When the Soul Bone appeared in front of him, Demon Bear Douluo was completely dumbfounded.
The energy fluctuations coming from the Soul Bone made even Demon Bear Douluo, a level-94 Titled Douluo, feel his heart thumping in alarm!
"This... This is..." His voice trembled as he reached out to touch it, only for Ghost Douluo to slap his hand away.
"An 80,000-year-old Soul Bone!" Ghost Douluo's voice was full of barely concealed pride.
"The Hell Ghost Shadow Left Arm Bone!"
Demon Bear Douluo's voice went up an octave, his eyes bulging like copper bells.
"80,000 years?!"
"Old Ghost... where... where did you get this Soul Bone?"
His eyes were fixed on the Soul Bone radiating a terrifying aura, and he was practically drooling.
Seeing the shock on Demon Bear Douluo's face, Ghost Douluo couldn't have been more pleased with himself.
"Want to know?"
He hefted the Soul Bone in his hand, looking utterly smug.
"It's from that Maple Dye Pavilion Yue Guan told me about!"
"I went there for a meal today, and then I won this in a lucky draw!"
Demon Bear Douluo instantly turned to stone.
"What did you say? You can win an 80,000-year-old Soul Bone just by having a meal?"
"Old Ghost, are you running a fever?"
Demon Bear Douluo stepped forward and reached out with his fan-sized hand to feel Ghost Douluo's forehead.
Ghost Douluo slapped his hand away, exploding on the spot.
"Damn it! I'm trying to help you get rich, and you're doubting me?!"
His voice was thick with anger.
"I'll give you a fever, you bastard!"
Demon Bear Douluo was startled by the sudden outburst and instinctively took two steps back.
"Old Ghost, calm down! I just think this is too absurd..."
"Absurd my ass!"
Ghost Douluo was so furious his face turned green. He shoved the priceless Soul Bone into his Storage Soul Tool.
"I show you an 80,000-year-old Soul Bone, and you fucking say I'm running a fever?"
"Believe it or don't!"
With that, Ghost Douluo turned and left, his footsteps thudding away with furious determination.
"Hey, hey! Old Ghost, don't go!"
Seeing Ghost Douluo leave, Demon Bear Douluo panicked.
He'd gotten a good look at that Soul Bone just now. It was definitely a real 80,000-year-old Soul Bone!
No one could fake that aura!
He might not believe you could win a treasure like that just by having a meal, but the proof was right in front of him!
"Wait, Old Ghost! Old Ghost!"
Demon Bear Douluo lunged forward and reached to grab Ghost Douluo's arm.
But Ghost Douluo sidestepped him and glared coldly.
"I was kind enough to take you along to find a lucky break. If you don't appreciate it, fine!"
Ghost Douluo's tone was full of disdain.
"Senior Lin has plenty of customers. He doesn't need you!"
With that, he took another couple of steps forward.
"Wait, wait, wait!"
Demon Bear Douluo was completely flustered. He hurried around in front of Ghost Douluo and blocked his way.
"Old Ghost, I was wrong, all right?"
"Ghost Bro! Ghost Bro!"
"I was just too shocked. I didn't know how to react!"
He rubbed his hands together, his weather-beaten face full of ingratiation.
"Don't be mad. We've been brothers for years!"
Seeing Demon Bear Douluo pleading like that, Ghost Douluo's anger finally began to fade.
"Fine. For the sake of our years as brothers, I'll give you one more chance."
"But let me make this clear first!"
He pointed at Demon Bear Douluo's nose.
"When we get to Senior Lin's place, you behave yourself!"
"Of course! Of course!"
Demon Bear Douluo nodded again and again like a chick pecking at grain.
"I promise I'll behave and won't cause you any trouble!"
Only after getting Demon Bear's promise did Ghost Douluo lead him at a fast pace toward Maple Dye Pavilion.
The two raced along, Demon Bear Douluo's fan-sized hands clenched tight. His heart was full of both nerves and anticipation.
An 80,000-year-old Soul Bone!
If he really could win such a treasure, his life would have been worth it!
Meanwhile, Yue Guan wasn't having much luck.
"Ghost Leopard! You bastard, stop right there!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo was a level-95 Titled Douluo, one level above Ghost Leopard. But Ghost Leopard was an agility-type Soul Master, and naturally much faster than someone like him from the Power Attack System.
On top of that, Ghost Leopard had activated a speed-boosting Soul Skill to avoid getting beaten. It had even made up for the difference in their ranks, making him even harder for Chrysanthemum Douluo to catch.
"Fuck! I didn't even do anything to you!"
Ghost Leopard Douluo looked back and saw Chrysanthemum Douluo hot on his heels, wearing an urgent expression.
That look gave Ghost Leopard Douluo goosebumps.
"Yue Guan, have you gone crazy?!"
Ghost Leopard Douluo shouted over his shoulder as he ran. "I only made fun of you a few times at Meeting Mountain. You don't have to hunt me down for that!"
"Like hell I'm hunting you down!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo chased after him, panting, his orchid-like fingers pointing ahead. "I'm doing this for your own good!"
"For my own good?"
Ghost Leopard Douluo nearly choked on those words. "You're chasing me like a mad dog, and you say you're doing it for my own good? Do you take me for an idiot?"
With that, Ghost Leopard picked up speed, widening the distance between them even further.
"Hey! You bastard!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo's face turned green with anger. Watching Ghost Leopard Douluo's rabbit-like figure race farther and farther away made him frantic!
He was a customer of Senior Lin's!
He couldn't let a single one get away!
"I'll fight you to the death!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo gritted his teeth and released his Martial Soul!
Boom!
The golden Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum bloomed behind him, its nine Soul Rings pulsing with terrifying pressure.
He stepped onto his Martial Soul and sped after Ghost Leopard Douluo.
When Ghost Leopard Douluo saw Chrysanthemum Douluo release his Martial Soul, his eyes nearly popped out of his head!
"Holy shit! Yue Guan, are you for real?!"
The golden Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum glimmered in the sunlight, its nine Soul Rings pulsing with terrifying pressure. The lower-ranked Soul Masters on the street scattered in fright.
Ghost Leopard Douluo was in a complete panic.
Damn it! This guy really wants to kill me!
With Chrysanthemum Douluo closing in, Ghost Leopard Douluo threw caution to the wind.
"If you're going all out, then I won't hold back either!"
Boom!
A streak of black light shot into the sky. Ghost Leopard Douluo's Seventh Soul Ring flashed, and his body began to change.
Martial Soul Avatar!
Black fur surged out like a rising tide, his muscles swelled rapidly, and his bones cracked and shifted.
In the blink of an eye, Ghost Leopard Douluo had become a gigantic black leopard ten meters long!
"Roar!"
The black leopard threw back its head and roared. Its limbs pushed off the ground, and its body shot away like an arrow loosed from a bow.
The Martial Soul Avatar of an agility-type Titled Douluo was absurdly fast!
"I'll fucking kill you!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo cursed furiously, but still urged his Martial Soul on and chased with all his might.
"Ghost Leopard, you tortoise's son! Stop for me!"
Just as the two Titled Douluos staged a wild chase through the streets of Spirit City,
one kilometer ahead of them, a curvaceous woman emerged from a boutique, carrying bags upon bags of shopping.
She was the only female among the Spirit Hall elders, Spirit Kite Douluo, a level-93 Titled Douluo!
Though she had already reached the rank of Titled Douluo, she loved shopping just like most women.
She'd finally had some free time today, so she'd gone out and bought herself a pile of clothes and jewelry.
"I did pretty well today."
Spirit Kite Douluo looked at the various shopping bags in her hands and smiled with satisfaction.
She was about to continue on to the next shop when—
"Boom!"
Before Spirit Kite Douluo could even figure out what was happening, a huge black figure shot past her!
It was moving at an astonishing speed!
The gust of wind it kicked up nearly knocked her off her feet!
"Did some giant black rat just fly past?"
Spirit Kite Douluo blinked, staring blankly in the direction the shadow had gone.
It had moved so fast she couldn't even make out what it was.
Just as she was about to dismiss it and keep walking, she suddenly heard a panicked, coquettish voice from behind her.
"Ling Yuan! Get out of the way! I can't stop!"