Renewing Loyalty! Thirty Thousand Years of the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python

After giving the men some reassurance and dismissing the high-ranking officials, Su Changge looked toward a corner. The air distorted, and a figure in black robes quietly emerged.

"Senior, I am fortunate you returned today. Otherwise... I truly would not have known how to send them away."

Pufferfish Douluo remained noncommittal toward Su Changge's flattery.

In his eyes, this was a trivial matter. Even without his intervention, even if the situation had truly collapsed, Su Changge possessed the means to turn the tide.

This young friend of his was far too clever.

If he weren't, he would have run away long ago!

Seeing Pufferfish Douluo remain silent, Su Changge did not dwell on the topic, instead asking, "Senior, are you the only one who came this time? Where is His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"According to the intelligence secretly sent back by Lady Rose, the old King likely cannot hold on past this month. Ten days at the shortest, half a month at the longest, and he will surely pass."

"When that happens, with no King left to suppress the situation, the struggle for the throne will inevitably reach its climax. By then... the entire Royal City will descend into a living hell."

"This is a matter of great importance. His Highness the Crown Prince must arrive soon to preside over the situation! Otherwise, I have no confidence in my heart."

Recalling twenty days ago, when he had just finished setting up the framework for the Thirteenth Princess's faction, only for Xue Qinghe to abandon the project and dump all the dirty, grueling work onto him... Su Changge sighed.

Having played the dog for so long, this was the first time he had seen someone as shameless as Yu Xiaogang.

If it weren't for the ability to skim off the top and eat well, and if he weren't afraid of being settled with by two Title Douluos later, he would have run away long ago.

As for Xue Qinghe, the Gold Soul Coins and resources Pufferfish Douluo had bestowed upon him previously—sorry, those things were only enough to buy his loyalty for half a month.

That period of loyalty had already expired.

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"His Highness is currently entangled with political rivals at the Imperial City, but rest assured, His Highness will certainly appear here when the time is right."

Pufferfish Douluo glanced at Su Changge and, seeing his dejected expression, immediately understood.

"Little friend, although His Highness has not been in Haagen-Dazs Royal City during this time, he knows everything you have done and how much you have suffered."

"When His Highness sent me, he specifically instructed me to bring you a message!"

"Oh!? What did His Highness say?"

"His Highness said that your contributions will always be rewarded. When he next arrives in Haagen-Dazs Royal City, he will bring you a Soul Bone with an age of over fifty thousand years..."

Hearing that there was a top-tier Soul Bone to be had, Su Changge's spirits immediately lifted.

His loyalty to His Highness the Crown Prince... could be witnessed by the sun and moon!

He was a truly loyal subject!

"Additionally, His Highness ordered that if you have reached the level required to hunt a soul beast, I am to take you to the Star Dou Great Forest personally to find a suitable soul ring for you..."

"How about that?"

"His Highness treats you well, doesn't he?"

"Being able to have a Title Douluo act as your hired muscle is enough for you to brag about for the rest of your life."

"Su Changge will keep His Highness's kindness engraved in his heart."

As he spoke, Su Changge threw away all shame. Right in front of Pufferfish Douluo, he knelt toward the north and kowtowed several times to Xue Qinghe, despite the thousands of miles between them.

He then quickly stood up and grabbed Pufferfish Douluo's wrist. "Senior, why put off until tomorrow what you can do today? Since the Royal City is unlikely to see large-scale unrest in these next few days, why don't you and I make the trip now?"

One day later, in the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.

One had to admit, being carried by a Title Douluo made for fast travel.

Countless blurred images streaked past his eyes, and he had lost count of how many times he had vomited along the way.

However, with Pufferfish Douluo holding the line this time, Su Changge no longer had to worry about whether or not night would fall in the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Little friend Su, hunting a ten-thousand-year soul ring for your third ring—isn't that step a bit too large?"

"A soul ring is not necessarily better just because its age is high; suitability is what matters most."

"Take His Highness the Crown Prince, or even myself—our third soul rings were merely purple ones..."

Seeing that Su Changge was determined to target a ten-thousand-year soul beast, Pufferfish Douluo kindly tried to persuade him repeatedly.

It had been difficult enough to find someone capable of shouldering the burden by the Crown Prince's side; he did not want Su Changge to be blown apart by the soul power of a ten-thousand-year beast simply because he didn't know his own limits.

"Senior, rest assured, I have a plan! I am looking for a ten-thousand-year beast. Ten thousand years is not too little, and thirty thousand years is not too much."

Su Changge patted his chest, guaranteeing the outcome.

It was rare for him to get this opportunity; he wanted a suitable one, and as for the age... he wanted that too.

Seeing that Su Changge was impervious to reason, Pufferfish Douluo sighed helplessly. "Looking at you, you must have already had a target in mind, right?"

"Speak, what kind of soul beast do you want to hunt?"

"As long as it's a Soul Beast species with a powerful physical body, though I've already hunted the Titan Giant Ape and the Golden Nine-Headed Lion, the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python... or perhaps those ancient remnants and dragon-blooded anomalies would all suffice."

Su Changge spread his hands, seemingly signaling to Pufferfish Douluo that he wasn't greedy and would leave everything to the elder's arrangements.

This brazen display made Pufferfish Douluo's facial muscles twitch uncontrollably.

It seemed his little friend had become even more shameless.

With a general direction established, the subsequent tasks became simple.

Pufferfish Douluo shuttled back and forth through the mixed-inhabitance zone with Su Changge.

After anchoring several ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, they were all rejected by Su Changge.

Finally, they discovered a thirty-thousand-year-old Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python at a secluded pool.

The python's body spanned dozens of meters, its seven-colored luster flowing and illuminating half the pool.

"Senior, this one will do..."

Su Changge gestured vaguely, and Pufferfish Douluo struck decisively, seemingly afraid that Su Changge might change his mind and continue his endless nitpicking.

A thirty-thousand-year Soul Beast typically matched a top-tier human Soul Emperor.

The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python before them, even with its partial ancient remnant bloodline, could at most match a peak human Soul Saint.

In front of a Titled Douluo like Pufferfish Douluo, it couldn't even manage to flee.

Within a few short minutes, the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python was beaten half-dead by Pufferfish Douluo and tossed before Su Changge.

After delivering the finishing blow, Su Changge paid no mind to the carnage strewn about, sitting cross-legged to begin absorbing the black Soul Ring manifesting from the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python.

Crack!

In an instant, a massive, vast surge of soul power rampaged through Su Changge's meridians.

The sensation of his soul being torn apart was impossible for Su Changge to suppress, forcing a painful groan from his lips.

"This kid really is a monster, damn it."

"His temperament is like this, and his strength is too... a pure numerical freak!"

"If he doesn't fall, he will surely become a Titled Douluo in the future."

Watching the two purple Soul Rings circling Su Changge's body, along with the third Soul Ring gradually taking shape, Pufferfish Douluo sighed once more.

Fortunately, he was already a Titled Douluo at the pinnacle of the mortal world.

Otherwise, if he were of the same generation as Su Changge, even he would feel despair at such a sense of powerlessness.