Dugu Bo, Dead!

Then Qian Daoliu spoke to Yue Guan.

"Leave him to you."

Hearing this, Yue Guan replied.

"Grand Pontiff, I understand."

Dugu Bo heard them and flew into a rage. They had barged into his herb garden as if they owned the place, and now they were discussing killing him right in front of him. To make matters worse, one of them was his enemy, Yue Guan.

So Dugu Bo spoke up.

"Chrysanthemum Guan, you don't have Gui Mei with you, and you're on my turf. You still dare make such a boast?"

After saying that, Dugu Bo immediately used Martial Soul Possession, preparing to attack Yue Guan. In his eyes, this was his home ground, and the poisonous fog surrounded them. There was no reason he should lose to Chrysanthemum Guan.

Yue Guan wasn't afraid when he saw Dugu Bo's stance. He, too, summoned his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and fought Dugu Bo.

Seeing them clash, Qian Daoliu stepped in front of Qian Renxue and Tai Yi to keep their battle from affecting the two of them.

Though Qian Renxue and Tai Yi were shielded behind him, they kept craning their necks to watch Yue Guan and Dugu Bo fight. After all, it was rare to see two Titled Douluo battling to the death.

Yue Guan and Dugu Bo's battle began above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. By rights, Yue Guan's Soul Power was at level ninety-five, while Dugu Bo's was at level ninety-one, so Yue Guan should have had the advantage. And at first, that was exactly how things went: relying on his Soul Power, Yue Guan had Dugu Bo on the back foot.

But where were they? They were in Dugu Bo's lair, surrounded by traps and poisonous miasma that he had laid out. Dugu Bo was a poison expert, so as their battle went on, he used the traps and miasma to fight Yue Guan to a standstill, sometimes even gaining the upper hand with his poison.

Dugu Bo used Martial Soul Avatar, and a gigantic Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor appeared, spraying poisonous fog at Yue Guan. Meanwhile, he stirred up the miasma around them, hoping to trap Yue Guan and kill him.

But Yue Guan wasn't a pushover. He saw through Dugu Bo's plan at a glance, then used his Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul Avatar.

Their full-force attacks collided. Both were Titled Douluo, so the shock wave was naturally powerful. In the next instant, the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well began to tremble. Tai Yi even saw boulders tumbling down the slope.

That wouldn't do. The Immortal Herbs were below. If they were damaged, that would be a disaster.

So Tai Yi spoke to Qian Daoliu beside him.

"Grandpa, don't let those rocks fall. It'd be bad if they damaged the Immortal Herbs."

Hearing this, Qian Daoliu didn't waste words. He raised his hand and struck, turning all the rocks rolling down the slope into powder.

Then he called out to Yue Guan, who was still fighting Dugu Bo.

"Stand down. You've been following Bibi Dong all these years, and what have you been doing? You can't even take down a level-ninety-one Dugu Bo."

Yue Guan looked embarrassed. He thought, What does following Bibi Dong have to do with this? With the terrain so heavily in Dugu Bo's favor, even if I'd chosen the Worship Hall faction back then, I might not have been able to take him down by now.

But Yue Guan could only think that. He didn't dare say it aloud.

Dugu Bo saw Qian Daoliu make his move, and his heart sank. He had been around the Douluo Continent for many years. Though he didn't know Qian Daoliu, he had just heard Yue Guan call him Grand Pontiff.

The Grand Pontiff of Spirit Hall—wasn't he the one who had been a Peerless Douluo alongside Tang Chen of the Clear Sky Sect?

A level-ninety-nine Peerless Douluo! No matter how confident Dugu Bo was in the poisonous miasma he had laid out, the thought of that level of Soul Power made him tremble. And Yue Guan had already worn him down.

After weighing his options, Dugu Bo decided to swallow his pride and flee. He wasn't a fool, and besides, he had a granddaughter.

The next instant, Dugu Bo drew the surrounding poisonous miasma toward Tai Yi, Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu.

Then, as soon as he had done so, he began gathering his Soul Power to escape. At the same time, he swore to himself that once he got away and reached safety, he wouldn't forget this day. He had already worked out how to get his revenge. Dugu Bo might not be a match for Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo one-on-one, but surely not everyone in Spirit Hall was a Titled Douluo.

So Dugu Bo planned to escape, find somewhere to settle his granddaughter, and then head to Spirit City. Once there, he would unleash his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and slaughter the city.

Dreams were beautiful, but reality was cruel. Having read the original story, Tai Yi knew what Dugu Bo's martial-soul massacre of a city would look like. Besides, in the original story, Dugu Bo had often threatened to slaughter cities. If he escaped now, Spirit City would surely suffer. Seeing Dugu Bo flee, Tai Yi hurriedly called out to Qian Daoliu.

"Grandpa, don't let him escape! He'll be a threat forever!"

Even without Tai Yi's reminder, Qian Daoliu knew Dugu Bo couldn't be allowed to leave alive. As a veteran powerhouse, he knew all too well what happened when you made a mortal enemy of a Titled Douluo but failed to eliminate him. A Titled Douluo could lurk in the shadows, waiting for the moment you let your guard down to strike a fatal blow.

Before Tai Yi could finish speaking, Qian Daoliu had already broken through the poisonous miasma Dugu Bo had been so proud of and struck at the fleeing Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo naturally noticed Qian Daoliu's attack. When Qian Daoliu's casual strike broke through the poisonous miasma he had carefully laid out, Dugu Bo could only feel deep helplessness.

But there was no way he could simply take such an attack without defending himself. He had no choice but to stop, block the attack, and then keep running.

But what happened next made Dugu Bo realize he had overestimated himself. It also showed him just how powerful Qian Daoliu, the Grand Pontiff of Spirit Hall, truly was.

That seemingly casual blow from Qian Daoliu was more than Dugu Bo could withstand. It sent him flying and left him gravely wounded.

Then Qian Daoliu turned to Yue Guan and said, "If you still can't finish him off, you needn't return to Spirit City."

Yue Guan understood what Qian Daoliu meant and replied, "You can count on me, Grand Pontiff."

With that, Yue Guan walked toward Dugu Bo, speaking as he went.

"Old Poison, in the end, you're still going to die by my hand. And don't worry—I won't let you walk the road to the underworld alone. I remember you have a granddaughter, right? I'll send her to keep you company."

Hearing this, Dugu Bo shouted at Yue Guan, "You dare?"

"Wait for me on the road to the underworld!"

Yue Guan launched his attack. A gaping wound opened in Dugu Bo's chest, and the grievously wounded man was finished off.

Dugu Bo's last words were still:

"Don't hurt Yanzi..."