Brothers' Duel (Part 2)

As the soul skill was unleashed, colorful toxic powder swirled around Dugu Yuan.

As Yu Tianshuo approached, the toxic powder entered his body with every breath.

However, for someone who had already formed a miniature Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well within his body, these toxins could no longer affect him in the slightest.

Seeing this, Dugu Yuan's expression turned grave; he halted his advance and flashed backward.

In a blind spot hidden from Yu Tianshuo, Dugu Yuan's fifth and sixth soul rings lit up, radiating a toxin invisible to the naked eye from his position as the epicenter.

As Yu Tianshuo closed the distance, the moment this layer of toxin touched his skin, dense black spots erupted across the parts of his body that had not yet undergone dragonification, creating a terrifying sight.

Yet, this could not stop his advance; as he increased his soul power output, golden dragon scales sprouted over the areas where the black spots had appeared.

With the emergence of the dragon scales, Dugu Yuan realized his fifth soul skill had also failed.

However, a smile of calculated success spread across his face as his sixth soul ring flared once more.

Yu Tianshuo's forward momentum came to a dead stop.

It was not that he did not want to move, but blood was now streaming from his seven orifices, and a searing pain tore through his head, as if his very soul had been dealt a heavy blow.

Yu Tianshuo was left stunned; logically, given his current poison resistance, neither physical nor mental toxins should have been able to take effect.

But then, why was this happening?

Yu Tianshuo watched helplessly as blood flowed from his eyes, unable to do anything, his body completely paralyzed...

Wait! He could move again?

Looking at his disheveled junior brother, Dugu Yuan bared his teeth in a grin and offered an explanation.

"Junior brother, what do you think of my sixth soul skill?"

"This is a soul skill produced by an extremely rare Explosive Poison Beast that my old man found for me back in the day."

"The effect of this soul ring is incredibly overbearing; the toxin inhaled by the opponent explodes directly, and it is guaranteed to poison them!"

"How about that? Even you..."

Just as Dugu Yuan was about to continue his explanation, Yu Tianshuo suddenly let out a roar.

Nine Dragon Protection Seal!

In an instant, three dragon shadows appeared behind Yu Tianshuo.

These three dragon shadows were more solid than when he had fought in the class brawl, and each one emitted a soul-shaking dragon roar.

Once the roars subsided, the three differently colored dragon shadows dove into Yu Tianshuo's body.

As the dragon shadows merged with him, Yu Tianshuo's poisoned state began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Wiping the blood caused by the poisoning from his face, Yu Tianshuo flashed a smile that made Dugu Yuan's hair stand on end.

Seeing this smile, Dugu Yuan laughed sheepishly and asked Yu Tianshuo.

"Can we call a truce? Junior brother."

Upon hearing this, Yu Tianshuo's smile widened, and he shattered his senior brother's hopes of reconciliation with a cold remark.

"Of course, senior brother, just wait until I'm done applying the medicine to you!"

With that, Yu Tianshuo's second soul ring flashed violently!

"Second soul skill, Ice and Fire Twin Dragon Transformation!"

Following the release of the soul skill, two figures split off from Yu Tianshuo's body.

Both figures possessed the exact same appearance as Yu Tianshuo.

Only their hair color and scales differed, but what remained unchanged was the chilling smile on their faces.

"Attack together!"

As the words fell, the three of them charged toward Dugu Yuan in unison.

Seeing such a terrifying sight, Dugu Yuan was scared out of his wits.

One of him was already terrifying enough to beat him up, and now there were two more! This was going to be the death of him!!!

Without a moment's hesitation, Dugu Yuan struck a very dashing pose and shouted the most cowardly words possible.

"Junior brother! Have mercy..."

The "ah" at the end was not a filler word, but a miserable scream emitted by Dugu Yuan as he was beaten.

Yu Tianshuo's main body charged forward with a flying kick, knocking Dugu Yuan flat onto the ground.

The red and blue clones followed up immediately, raining punches and kicks down on the fallen Dugu Yuan, shouting out their move names as they struck.

"Dragon Claw Strike!"

"Chaotic Dragon Fist!"

"One Breath Great Hand Explosion!"

"Castration..."

Hearing the red clone's idiotic attempt to deal a ruthless blow to his senior brother, Yu Tianshuo's main body quickly intervened.

"Damn it! That won't work!"

Realizing he had almost caused trouble, the clone scratched the back of his head with a smile and hurriedly apologized.

"Sorry, sorry, I got too caught up in the previous fight. Let's start over, let's start over."

Fearing this guy might pull another stunt, Yu Tianshuo took a brick out of his Soul Tool and handed it to the clone.

Taking the brick, the clone asked his main body, "I've got this, what are you using?"

"Me? I'll just use this."

With that, Yu Tianshuo pulled a folding stool from his Soul Tool and began greeting his senior brother with it.

Seeing the main body had a weapon, the clone didn't dawdle and rejoined the carnival!

Watching this scene, which was called a duel but was actually a gang beating, Dugu Bo slapped his forehead.

I really can't bear to watch. If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have just taken them to find soul rings myself.

However, Dugu Bo didn't stop the farce; it was just a group beating his own child, after all.

If you were my disciple too, and helped our family solve the poison problem, I would let you beat my son as well.

Moreover, Dugu Bo could tell that although Yu Tianshuo looked like he was putting his back into every strike, he was actually holding back.

He figured it was just to vent the frustration of being blindsided by Dugu Yuan.

The intensity was exactly as Dugu Bo thought; although Yu Tianshuo appeared to be going for the kill, he was just putting on a show. At most, it would leave his senior brother in pain for a few days, and with some ointment, he would recover even faster.

This incident also served as a reminder to Yu Tianshuo that Douluo Continent truly contained many unreasonable conceptual skills.

For instance, Bibi Dong's "Sixth Soul Skill: Eternal Trauma" and "Ninth Soul Skill: Undying Body," as well as Xiao Wu's "Fourth Soul Skill: Invincible Golden Body."

These conceptual-level soul skills had to be guarded against in advance; just like this time, he had been blindsided by his senior brother's sixth soul skill, Poison Explosion.

It was fine this time since it was just sparring between brothers, but in any other situation, the moment he was caught off guard, he could have been killed instantly.

Although he had generated the Firm Investment Device within his body, he still couldn't confirm if this thing could help him resurrect or recover from a near-death state.

If it followed the effects in the game, one would have to die ten times before it triggered into a Diamond Hand.

Heaven knows what this effect had become now that it was in Douluo Continent.

Setting these thoughts aside, Yu Tianshuo stopped the gang beating of his senior brother and retracted his "Second Soul Skill: Ice and Fire Twin Dragon Transformation."

Just as Dugu Yuan thought the fight was over, he felt Yu Tianshuo's aura undergo an even greater change.

It seemed, possibly, probably, that his junior brother was about to hit even harder after the three-in-one fusion.

Dugu Yuan asked with a trembling voice, "It's over, right? Junior brother?"

Yu Tianshuo still said with a smile, "Not yet~, my dear senior brother!"

The stool descended, and the screaming within the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well continued.

"Ah--!!!"