Xu Qing Overwhelms Dugu Bo! Submit!

"What a waste of heaven's gifts."

A flash of greed flickered in Dugu Bo's eyes.

"Such an excellent place of geomantic fortune being occupied by a Dean at the Soul Douluo level is simply a waste!"

Though he was astonished by the environment here, Dugu Bo felt even more confident.

No matter how good the environment was, it still required overwhelming strength to protect it.

He was a genuine Title Douluo!

In Blue Silver Academy, where the strongest was only a Soul Douluo, he was the absolute ruler!

Today, not only would he avenge his granddaughter, he would also seize this precious land while he was at it!

Dugu Bo closed his eyes, and his powerful spiritual power spread outward.

Very soon, he sensed a source of life deep within the academy, so immense it was suffocating.

"The best treasures must be there!"

Dugu Bo licked his lips and immediately changed direction, speeding toward Lake of Life.

He passed through a dense bamboo grove.

The view ahead suddenly opened up.

A shimmering lake appeared before Dugu Bo.

Yet before he could properly examine the lake's peculiarities,

a voice, calm to the extreme, exploded beside his ear without warning.

"A dignified Title Douluo, instead of staying at home, sneaks onto someone else's territory in the middle of the night."

"Having looked around all this way, what do you think of the scenery at my Blue Silver Academy?"

Every hair on Dugu Bo's body instantly stood on end!

Who was that?

He had not sensed the other person's presence at all!

Dugu Bo spun around sharply, toxic Soul Power erupting from within him as he assumed his most guarded defensive stance.

At the edge of his vision,

a young man in green robes sat atop a massive boulder.

The young man looked no older than eighteen. His features were handsome and otherworldly, and he idly toyed with a Purple Bamboo Fishing Rod in his hand without even sparing Dugu Bo a glance.

Dugu Bo was dumbfounded.

That brat had said those words just now?

The wariness in Dugu Bo's heart faded slightly, replaced by a chilling sneer.

"Brat, your perception is quite good."

"You could even detect this old man's stealth. You must be one of the academy's top instructors, right?"

"Call your Dean out. This old man is in a good mood today."

Xu Qing casually planted the fishing rod in the soil beside him.

He slowly turned around, his deep gaze settling on Dugu Bo.

"Dugu Bo."

Xu Qing called out his name directly.

Dugu Bo frowned, irritation rising within him.

Xu Qing ignored his reaction and continued calmly.

"Whenever the rain lingers, both sides of your ribs suffer agonizing pain, as though countless ants are biting into you."

"Not only that, every midnight, the crown of your head and the soles of your feet alternate between searing, bone-piercing pain and extreme cold."

"This torture, worse than death itself, lasts a full half hour every day."

"Am I right?"

As those few casual words entered Dugu Bo's ears,

his pupils contracted violently, and for an instant, his heart seemed to stop beating.

He stared at the youth before him, the contempt on his face replaced by overwhelming terror.

"How do you know that?!"

This was the greatest secret on his body!

It was the fatal backlash of the Dugu Family's martial soul. Other than himself, no outsider could possibly know of it!

After his brief terror faded, endless killing intent surged wildly from Dugu Bo's heart.

This child could not be allowed to live!

"..."

Dugu Bo roared, no longer caring about maintaining the bearing of an expert.

Nine soul rings rose one after another from beneath his feet.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black!

The phantom of an incomparably massive Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, radiating a pungent poisonous aura, condensed behind him.

The pressure of a Title Douluo crashed down on Xu Qing like Mount Tai.

The boundless green toxic mist transformed into a giant venomous python, opening its bloody maw as it lunged for Xu Qing's head.

Faced with this horrifying attack, powerful enough to poison an entire city to death,

Xu Qing remained seated on the boulder, without moving even a finger.

"Little poisonous bug, you've got quite the temper."

Xu Qing sighed softly.

The next moment,

the earth beneath Xu Qing's feet shook violently.

There were no dazzling lights, nor did he release any martial soul phantom.

Countless thick blue-gold vines, like coiling dragons, burst from the ground without warning!

This was the true emperor of the plant kingdom—Life Blue Silver!

The blue-gold vines, carrying the incomparably terrifying Law of Life, collided head-on with the venomous spirit serpent.

"Hissss—"

The Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison, capable of melting steel, not only failed to cause any damage the instant it touched the Blue Silver vines, but was directly purified and absorbed by the life-green radiance emanating from them!

"What?!"

Dugu Bo was horrified, utterly unable to comprehend what was happening before his eyes.

Before he could make another move,

hundreds of blue-gold vines had already interwoven like lightning into an inescapable net, instantly binding Dugu Bo and his martial soul phantom within it.

Dugu Bo desperately circulated the Soul Power in his body, trying to use his Martial Soul Avatar to break free.

But to his horror, he discovered that the vines wrapped around him were like greedy ferocious beasts.

His proud level ninety-one toxic Soul Power was draining away at a dam-bursting pace, all of it swallowed clean by those vines.

He could not resist at all!

This was suppression on an entirely different level.

Several thick vines forcibly hoisted Dugu Bo into the air, leaving all four of his limbs unable to move.

He used every poison technique and hidden weapon he possessed, and even considered detonating his Soul Power to injure himself for a chance to escape. Yet beneath the suppression of this vast, boundless life force, every method became a futile joke.

Dugu Bo panted heavily, his entire body soaked in cold sweat.

He raised his head to look at the green-robed youth, who still sat calmly on the boulder, and deep fear finally appeared in his eyes.

"Y-you... who exactly are you?"

"Since when did Heaven Dou Empire produce a monster like you?!"

Xu Qing rose to his feet and walked step by step toward Dugu Bo.

He looked up at the old poisoner hanging in midair, his tone utterly calm and without a ripple.

"My name is Xu Qing."

"I founded this Blue Silver Academy myself."

"They generally call me the Dean."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo's mind exploded with a boom.

The Dean?

This youth, who looked only eighteen, was actually the unfathomable Blue Silver Dean from the rumors?!

Stormy waves rose in Dugu Bo's heart, yet the arrogance in his bones still had not completely yielded.

He gritted his teeth and glared at Xu Qing.

"Fine, what a Blue Silver Dean!"

"This old man admits defeat today!"

"Kill me or torture me as you please. If this old man so much as furrows his brow, I do not deserve to be called the Poison Douluo!"

Dugu Bo put on an unyielding, death-before-submission stance.

But his heart was bleeding.

His death was nothing, but what would happen to Yanyan?

If he died here, the Dugu Family would have no heir. Who would be able to protect that girl then?