Douluo: Returning Alone, the Heaven-Defying Seal Smashed Tang San to Death — Section 15

Dugu Bo's teasing gaze and smile vanished from his old face, his expression freezing at once. He hurried after her, calling out, "Yan Yan! Granddaughter! My little ancestor! Wait for me!"

"Listen to Grandpa! When you were being chased by that Nine-Section Jade Viper, I happened to be tangled up with a ten-thousand-year soul beast. It wasn't that I deliberately stood by and did nothing!"

"By the time I arrived, you were already absorbing the Nine-Section Jade Viper's soul ring!"

Seeing that Dugu Yan still had no intention of stopping, Dugu Bo added, "Besides, I never knocked that kid unconscious!"

"He was lying to you!"

"He was the one who cured your poison!"

At these words, Dugu Yan finally stopped. She slowly turned around, her face filled with disbelief.

Then Dugu Yan suddenly burst out laughing and rolled her eyes. "All right, Grandpa! I'm not mad at you anymore, so stop trying to fool me with something that would only trick a three-year-old!"

Dugu Bo's mouth twitched. Then his expression turned grave as he said in a deep voice, "I'm not lying to you. That kid really did help you purge the poison and stabilize the backlash from your Martial Soul!"

"And this time, he cleared out one-tenth of the toxins in your body in a single go. At the very least, the snake venom won't flare up again before you advance to a Five-Ring Soul King!"

Seeing how serious he was, Dugu Yan finally believed him somewhat. Her eyes widened as she asked in shock, "How is that possible?"

Dugu Bo shook his head with a bitter smile. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it either..."

"That boy commands the Power of Thunder, and his control over lightning is exquisitely precise. He guided lightning through your body to purge the poison without harming your body or foundation in the slightest!"

"Even the clan leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could never achieve such a thing!"

After hearing this, Dugu Yan's pretty face grew solemn. She had originally been about to head toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

But Dugu Bo stopped her and asked doubtfully, "Are you planning to forcibly take that boy back with us?"

Dugu Yan shook her head. "Lu Yu used lightning to purge my poison. With lightning entering the body, the slightest mistake could lead to utter ruin. If we force him, he may very well fight us to the death!"

"However, he seems to be very short on money. If we offer him enough benefits, I'm sure he'll be willing to help!"

Dugu Bo shook his head. "His cultivation is too weak. Helping you purge the poison earlier already exhausted all his strength, and there was probably some luck involved as well."

"Lightning entering the body is no trifling matter. Even if he agrees, I wouldn't dare let him continue purging your poison!"

"I'll investigate him properly after we return. Once his cultivation is stronger, we can go find him again."

As he spoke, Dugu Bo rubbed Dugu Yan's head, smiling affectionately. "I know you want him to help me purge my poison, but your grandfather's poison has already seeped into my bones. And how could poison at the Title Douluo level possibly be cured by him?"

"Have you thought over what I told you last time?"

Dugu Yan's expression stiffened, and she lowered her head.

Not long ago, Dugu Bo had told her of a way to ensure that the descendants of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul lineage would no longer suffer from Martial Soul backlash...

That was for her to unite with a Soul Master who possessed a top-tier Thunder Martial Soul. Even if their descendants awakened the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, they would inherit some of the Thunder Martial Soul's bloodline to a greater or lesser degree.

Even if they still had to endure the pain of snake venom backlash, at least it would no longer threaten their lives.

If they were lucky, and a descendant's Martial Soul mutated to possess both the Jade Scale Snake's poison and the Power of Thunder, the hidden danger could be eliminated entirely.

For some reason, Lu Yu's figure suddenly appeared in Dugu Yan's mind. Her pretty face flushed slightly as she stammered, "Grandpa... I'm still young... Besides, you said it yourself. The snake venom won't flare up again before I reach the Soul King level..."

"Let's talk about this later!"

With that, she turned and left.

Dugu Bo watched her retreating back, then looked toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, lost in thought.

After taking only a few steps, Dugu Yan seemed to remember something. Gritting her teeth, she muttered, "That brat! He actually dared to lie to me!"

"Achoo!"

As he walked through the Star Dou Great Forest, Lu Yu suddenly sneezed. Rubbing his nose, he muttered, "Who's cursing me?"

Thinking about how he had just deceived Dugu Yan, he knew that once she met Dugu Bo, his lie would surely be exposed.

But Lu Yu's lie had never been meant for Dugu Yan. It was intended to mislead that old fox, Dugu Bo.

He and Dugu Yan had merely crossed paths by chance. Saving her would certainly earn him the goodwill of Dugu Bo and his granddaughter, but if he casually revealed his ability to command lightning, it would definitely arouse Dugu Bo's suspicions.

If Dugu Bo guessed that Lu Yu had long since discovered he was following them in secret...

Then he would surely suspect that Lu Yu's series of actions had all been deliberate attempts to get close to the grandfather and granddaughter.

Two days later, deep in the outer regions of the Star Dou Great Forest, in a forest clearing.

Lu Yu, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, slowly opened his eyes. Not far from him lay the massive corpse of a soul beast.

It was a bear-type soul beast, covered in reddish-brown fur.

He stood up, and the Heaven-Defying Seal Martial Soul appeared in his palm. One yellow and one purple soul ring rose around him.

"Thousand Jun Seal!"

With a thought from Lu Yu, the purple soul ring lit up. The Heaven-Defying Seal rapidly expanded in the wind before smashing fiercely down onto the giant bear's corpse!

"BOOM!!!"

A deafening sound rang out.

When the dust settled, the giant bear's corpse had already been smashed into a pool of flesh, while a deep crater had appeared in the ground.

"Hard work really pays off!"

Lu Yu sighed emotionally as he withdrew his Martial Soul, his face brimming with delight.

After glancing at the giant bear's remains and confirming that it had not produced a soul bone, he finally turned and left.

He had been in the Star Dou Great Forest for three days now. During those three days, aside from the day he had spent with Dugu Yan, he had searched the deep outer regions of the forest almost without rest.

Only today had he finally found a soul beast that satisfied him beyond measure!

A Mutated Earth Bear!

With a cultivation of eighteen hundred years!

Although this soul beast's age had not reached Lu Yu's ideal expectation, he had still chosen it without hesitation as his Second Soul Ring.

There was no other reason: this Earth Bear's bloodline had undergone a special mutation!

The Earth Bear was a powerful soul beast. It did not possess many offensive methods, and its greatest strengths were its tough hide, immense durability, and boundless strength.

It was purely a defensive and strength-type soul beast!

However, the Earth Bear's bloodline rank was extremely high. Though it could not compare to the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff, it could still be considered a super soul beast. Once it reached a thousand years of cultivation, it would awaken a small-scale gravity control domain!

But this Earth Bear had undergone a special mutation. It had lost that monstrous defensive power, and its strength was also far inferior to that of an ordinary Earth Bear.

Yet aside from its gravity control domain, it had mutated another innate ability...

Lu Yu had named it "Unbreakable"!

The effect was simple: at the same level of strength, it ignored all defense!

To give a simple example, if an Earth Bear with this talent threw a punch with the power of a Soul Elder, it could instantly destroy any defense that did not exceed the Soul Elder level!

During the battle to kill this Earth Bear, Lu Yu's Golden Light Spell defense had been practically nonexistent before it.

Even the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman had been punched through five layers by the Earth Bear!

What satisfied Lu Yu was that his second soul skill had perfectly inherited the Earth Bear's "Unbreakable" talent!

Not only that, but Thousand Jun Seal also possessed a portion of the gravity control domain's power. It could control the Heaven-Defying Seal's own weight, and theoretically, there was no upper limit!

The higher his Soul Power Level, the stronger the weight-control effect would become!

After absorbing the Second Soul Ring, Lu Yu's Soul Power directly reached the peak of level twenty-five!

Absorbing a soul ring far beyond the limit had raised his Soul Power by two levels at once. Combined with the Soul Power he had continuously accumulated through Reverse Birth Triple after reaching a cultivation bottleneck, he had reached the peak of level twenty-five in one stroke.

With his current cultivation, if he used his second soul skill at full power, he could increase the Heaven-Defying Seal's weight to five times its original weight!

Once battle began, the Heaven-Defying Seal would expand to one meter on each side, with a base weight close to two hundred kilograms!

Five times that was one thousand kilograms—one ton!

With that weight alone crashing down, even an ordinary Three-Ring Soul Master would likely struggle to withstand it!

Three days later, Lu Yu finally returned to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

Director Su from the Academic Affairs Office was visibly surprised to see him return.

After all, Lu Yu had been gone for nearly ten days. If he had only gone to the Soul Hunting Forest, it should not have taken nearly so long.

Thus, many people had assumed that Lu Yu had met with an accident. They had not expected him to return safe and sound.

It was morning, and all the students were in class. When Lu Yu returned to the Seventh Dormitory, there was no one inside.