Not far from the forest.
The sounds of a Soul Beast and a Soul Master fighting rang out.
"Looks like Dugu Yan has successfully reached Level 40, too. She's hunting a Soul Beast."
After Yu Xiaolong broke through to Level 40,
his perceptive abilities had clearly improved.
He had inherited the traits of the Twelve Star Dragons' Sagittarius Star Dragon.
His Soul Power had grown exponentially.
He waited.
Just after Dugu Yan defeated a snake-type Soul Beast,
as she began absorbing its Soul Ring,
the opportunity came!
Whoosh!
The instant a sound rang out from the jungle,
Dugu Yan's eyes snapped open.
Unfortunately, though she reacted quickly,
she was too late!
"Boom!"
"First Soul Skill, Thunderbolt Rocket Launcher!"
Boom!
The next second,
Dugu Yan was struck in the abdomen.
Her whole body flew backward,
slamming hard into a towering tree.
Before she could react,
the next second,
she felt a dark figure rush toward her.
"Ugh—"
Then Dugu Yan felt someone tighten their grip around her neck.
Even breathing became extremely difficult.
"Creak..."
It was the sound of muscles contracting as someone squeezed her throat.
She felt she was going to die.
"Help..."
Dugu Yan's face was deathly pale.
She tried desperately to force a word from her mouth.
"Impudent! Spare my Yan'er's life!"
Just as Yu Xiaolong was about to kill Dugu Yan,
a sinister voice rang out.
Immediately afterward,
the phantom of a green snake Martial Soul
shot out in a flash.
Yu Xiaolong's heart jolted.
"Fire!"
An arrow shot out.
Then Yu Xiaolong disappeared into the darkness.
"Yan'er, are you all right?"
"It's all Grandpa's fault!"
Dugu Bo appeared.
He anxiously checked his granddaughter's injuries.
Fortunately, she was still clinging to life.
Only then did Dugu Bo notice
the piece of paper from just now.
"Tang San?"
Dugu Bo's eyes widened.
Dugu Yan had also woken up. "Grandpa, that seemed like a Hidden Weapon just now..."
She told her grandfather that Tang San was skilled at using Hidden Weapons.
"Good, good, good! What kind of damn Shrek Academy is this?"
"You dared to hurt my Yan'er? You're asking for death!"
A cold, venomous look appeared on Dugu Bo's face.
He would avenge his granddaughter!
Star Dou Great Forest.
Tang San had just joined the members of the Shrek Team in defeating a thousand-year Soul Beast.
Rustle...
Then, an emergency suddenly arose.
"Who is Tang San?"
Black mist billowed through the forest.
An old, white-haired man clad in black-and-green armor
descended from the sky.
Beneath his feet,
one Soul Ring after another
rapidly spread outward.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black!
"Nine Soul Rings!?"
When Tang San saw this,
his pupils couldn't help but contract.
Beside him, Yu Xiaogang, a flat-topped man dressed in black,
immediately stepped in front of Tang San to shield him. "He's a Titled Douluo!"
"With poison this potent, he must be Senior Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo, right?"
Flender's expression darkened.
"I'm Tang San." Tang San took a deep breath
and stepped forward.
"Hmph! Since you know my name, then die."
The Poison Douluo's eyes narrowed as he looked at the young boy before him.
But the next second, a fierce glint appeared in his gaze.
He raised his palm,
and with a flash of lightning,
struck at Tang San.
Pfft!
A mouthful of blood sprayed from Tang San's mouth.
His whole body was sent flying dozens of meters
before crashing to the ground.
He clutched his chest,
his face twisted in pain.
"My internal organs... they all hurt..."
His face contorted with agony.
"Xiao San!"
"Third Brother!"
The members of Shrek rushed over.
"Senior Dugu Bo, why are you doing this?"
Yu Xiaogang was on the verge of collapse.
Xiao San was his only lifeline, the one person who could prove whether his theories were right.
If he died today at the hands of this Titled Douluo,
Yu Xiaogang didn't know what he would do from then on!
"There's only one end for anyone who harms my granddaughter Yan'er: death!"
Dugu Bo let out a cold laugh.
His eyes brimmed with murderous intent.
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
Flender stepped forward.
Yu Xiaogang was nearly falling apart.
He had no idea what Xiao San had done to provoke a Titled Douluo.
"What else is there to say?"
"Tri-Element Fusion!"
Liu Erlong also came forward.
The three stood together.
"Take Xiao San and get out of here!"
Flender shouted.
The members of the Shrek Team were all dumbfounded.
Their minds were in turmoil.
As the three of them—Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong—fought back,
they retreated step by step.
Yu Xiaolong had no idea that Tang San was now facing a life-or-death crisis.
Right now,
he needed a bow.
He went to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
Carrying all the materials, he entered a blacksmith's shop.
A disheveled old man had a headband tied around his forehead. "Grandmaster, could you forge a bow for me?"
"What do you need it for?"
"A divine bow that surpasses Tier 9."
As he spoke,
Yu Xiaolong laid out the rare divine metal supplied by the system, along with the blueprint.
"This is..."
The middle-aged blacksmith stared at the blueprint and the rare metal.
His mechanical movements came to a halt.
His gaze settled on the blueprint.
His pupils suddenly contracted.
The dull expression on his face cleared in an instant.
"This is..."
Yu Xiaolong said, "Grandmaster, just tell me whether you can do it."
"I can... I can!"
The disheveled-looking blacksmith
nodded.
That answer
surprised Yu Xiaolong.
He had thought a top-tier blacksmith
would be needed to forge such a divine weapon.
He had never imagined that a blacksmith in the imperial city
could complete this kind of work.
In the end, Yu Xiaolong attributed it to the completeness of the blueprint and materials.
Shrek Academy.
"No, the young master is too badly injured!"
"We have to ask the master to come back!"
"Xiaogang, can you get in touch with Clear Sky Douluo?"
In the room.
Several people looked extremely anxious.
That night.
A shabby old man arrived at Shrek Academy.
"What happened to Xiao San!?"
"He was injured by Poison Douluo and poisoned with a highly potent toxin."
Yu Xiaogang said cautiously from the side.
Clear Sky Douluo had entrusted his son to him.
And now, someone else's son had been injured so badly.
He felt a little uneasy.
Fortunately, Tang Hao had no time to pay them any attention.
Instead, he hurried to treat his son's wounds.
Half an hour later.
Only then did Tang Hao rise and take a moment to speak with the people in the room.
"Grandmaster Xiaogang, your younger brother, like you, knows how to bring out the best in his students."
"My younger brother?"
Yu Xiaogang was stunned.
His younger brother was Yu Xiaolong!
They had been apart for so long.
He had almost forgotten he even had a younger brother.
"Mm. I heard about him in the imperial capital."
"Teacher Yu Xiaolong took on an extraordinary disciple. Apparently, the student is a genius from Skywater Academy."
"What!?"
At that, Yu Xiaogang's expression changed.
Skywater Academy.
It was one of the Five Elements Academies of the Heaven Dou Empire.
His useless younger brother had actually managed to take a genius from Skywater Academy as his disciple.
How had he done it!?
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