In the blink of an eye, Zhou Tong was enveloped in thunderous power. A layer of blue-gold armor and a layer of purple-gold armor appeared over his body, with strange patterns emerging across them and flashing with dazzling bolts of lightning.
At that moment, Zhou Tong seemed to have become a Thunder God, a heavenly deity who commanded the power of thunder.
With so many Soul Skills bolstering him, he had unleashed his full strength. He was stronger than ever before.
His defenses were especially astonishing. With two layers of armor protecting him, his defensive power had quadrupled—an almost absurd level of protection.
Rumble!
A series of muffled thunderclaps burst out around Zhou Tong, causing Sikong Zhen's aura to rise steadily. Thunderous power raged around him like a wild dragon.
"Not bad, you brat!"
Standing opposite Zhou Tong, Dugu Bo's eyes lit up. He couldn't help praising him.
Whether it was attack, defense, or movement speed, Zhou Tong excelled in every area.
"With an aura like that, you've at least reached the peak of Soul King strength. You could even go toe-to-toe with a Soul King."
"Teacher, let's have a spar."
Zhou Tong sprang into the air, his whole body flashing with lightning, as if a heavenly deity had taken to the skies.
Bolts of thunder poured down from the heavens and fell upon him, seemingly an inexhaustible source of power.
At that moment,
"Martial Soul Possession!"
Dugu Bo no longer dared to take things lightly. Nine Soul Rings slowly rose beneath his feet—two yellow, two purple, and five black. The powerful aura of a Titled Douluo swept through the surroundings.
Behind him, the phantom of a massive Jade Phosphorus Divine Dragon slowly appeared. Its enormous snake eyes stared coldly at Zhou Tong, while terrifying poisonous mist rolled off its body.
"You brat, you're indeed strong, but you're still a long way from matching a Titled Douluo."
"Be careful."
Dugu Bo said in a low voice, "I'll limit my strength to the peak of Soul King level. Go ahead and attack with everything you've got."
"Excellent!"
At his words, Zhou Tong's aura erupted.
"Third Soul Skill, Heavenly Punishment Thunder Pillar!"
In the next instant, Zhou Tong raised his hand, and a bolt of lightning as thick as a millstone dropped from the sky, forming a beam of thunder that surged toward Dugu Bo.
The air tore apart wherever the lightning passed, and sharp crackling filled the surroundings.
"First Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorus Poison Array!"
"Second Soul Skill, Poison Mist Permeation!"
Seeing this, Dugu Bo's eyes flashed with a trace of solemnity. He couldn't take such terrifying thunder head-on.
He could only summon poisonous mist to avoid the brunt of the attack.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—
When the poisonous mist collided with the Thunder Beam, it let out a shrill, piercing sound.
The vast cloud of poison was consumed by the Thunder Beam and vanished in an instant, only to gather again moments later as an endless torrent that rushed toward the beam.
After a short while, the lightning and poison array gradually faded, revealing the master and disciple.
The poison mist was gone, and the Thunder Beam could no longer continue.
Since thunder naturally countered poisonous mist, Zhou Tong had managed to suppress his opponent despite the difference in rank.
Still, with Dugu Bo's movement skills, dodging the Thunder Beam would have been easy.
"Thunder God's Twin Wings!"
"Fourth Soul Skill, Thunder God Whip!"
In the next instant, Zhou Tong transformed into a streak of lightning and appeared behind Dugu Bo in the blink of an eye. A thick whip wrapped in endless bolts of lightning lashed toward Dugu Bo's shoulder.
Dugu Bo merely smiled faintly and shifted aside, easily dodging the deadly strike.
"Good speed, but against a Titled Douluo, it's still not fast enough."
Dugu Bo said with a casual smile.
Zhou Tong frowned. He hadn't expected even an attack that fast to be dodged.
"Again!"
"Fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Forest Thunder Prison!"
In the blink of an eye, the area within a thousand meters turned into a sea of purple lightning.
One thunder cage after another appeared from the storm clouds and descended upon Dugu Bo.
Seeing this, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor behind Dugu Bo swept its tail, smashing the cages to pieces one after another.
The berserk lightning gathered together, forming a series of thunder dragons that charged at the Jade Phosphorus Divine Dragon behind Dugu Bo, only to be shattered one by one.
"Hm?"
Zhou Tong frowned and eyed Dugu Bo suspiciously. "Teacher, you haven't secretly used power from a higher level, have you?"
Dugu Bo had shattered the Fourth Soul Skill from Zhou Tong's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring in a single blow. That seemed a little too outrageous.
But Dugu Bo didn't so much as bat an eye. "No, absolutely not."
"I keep my word."
"I would never."
"Don't accuse me unjustly!"
"As the saying goes, an old ginger is spicier. You're still young. You'll understand when you grow up."
Zhou Tong's thunderous power countered poisonous mist, so Dugu Bo had resorted to a few little tricks.
Zhou Tong eyed him suspiciously. "Then let's go again."
In the next instant, two layers of armor appeared over his body: the Blue Silver Tyrant Emperor Armor and the Thunder Hell Armor. He seemed to have become a human tank, his entire body flashing with purple-gold lightning, utterly indestructible.
He sprang forward and appeared beside Dugu Bo in an instant.
Zhou Tong swung his iron fists, becoming a God of Thunder as he fought Dugu Bo at close range.
His fists landed with a solid thud, each strike carrying Thunderous Might. He actually held his own against Dugu Bo.
Every flash of lightning made Dugu Bo suffer.
This brat's thunder really gives this old man a hard time.
Dugu Bo rolled his eyes. If he hadn't used even stronger Soul Power, he would probably have already lost.
At that moment, Dugu Bo was indeed fighting with power beyond that of an 80-plus-level Soul Douluo.
After all, as Zhou Tong's teacher, he would have been rather embarrassed to lose to his own student.
And he especially couldn't afford to lose face in front of his granddaughter and the others.
So Dugu Bo fought while pretending to be at ease, even offering Zhou Tong pointers.
"You brat, your punches need to be faster!"
"Put all your thunder into every strike. Win with one punch!"
Only after a long while did the sparring match between the two finally end.
"Well done, brat. You're only a Soul Ancestor, yet you're already this strong."
"You really are my disciple."
"Cough, cough, cough."
Dugu Bo suddenly started coughing.
"Teacher, what's wrong?"
Zhou Tong quickly noticed that something was off about Dugu Bo.
Dugu Yan hurriedly asked from the side, "Grandpa, are you all right?"
At her words, Dugu Bo's expression stiffened slightly, but he quickly recovered his composure.
"It's nothing. The snake poison that's built up in my body must be affecting me. It seems some of it hasn't been completely cleared."
Zhou Tong frowned. "Teacher, didn't your Martial Soul evolve into a dragon? The poison still hasn't been completely cleared?"
By rights, true dragon blood naturally countered poison, so no toxins should have remained in his body.
"I thought I'd cleared it all before."
"But just now, when I used a lot of Soul Power in battle, I realized there was still some residual poison in my body."
"Looks like my bloodline evolution wasn't complete enough, and I didn't purge all the poison."
Dugu Bo said.
"Teacher, it's all right. We can still take care of it."
"We just need to find a better divine dragon bloodline."
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