Xue Qinghe's Killing Intent

Creak!

The doors of Dugu Manor opened.

Fox King and Zhu One both looked toward the gates and saw an old man in his forties or fifties walk out, with green hair, green eyes, a green beard, green clothes, and green from head to toe.

One look at him, and Fox King and Zhu One knew he was Dugu Bo. His Majesty had originally cured his poison, but because he had achieved success in cultivating poison arts, he had devised a new method of scattering the snake venom in his Poison Core throughout his body to temper it, leaving him looking as if he had been deeply poisoned.

Dugu Bo looked at the two strangers before him. One was a slender man dressed in black, with black hair and a somewhat gloomy air. He looked perfectly ordinary, yet gave Dugu Bo a sense of danger.

This man's strength is no lower than mine!

Dugu Bo thought to himself.

He was already a rank ninety-two Title Douluo and showed signs of breaking through to rank ninety-three. At worst, this man in black was also a rank ninety-two Title Douluo.

As for the other woman, Dugu Bo only glanced at her once before feeling as if his gaze had been dragged toward her. He had long since lost interest in female beauty, yet his heart actually stirred, and he felt an urge to kneel before her and regard her as a supreme queen.

"What an enchanting woman!"

With tremendous willpower, Dugu Bo hurriedly shifted his gaze away, utterly shaken.

What kind of strength was this? She had nearly caused a dignified Title Douluo like him to lose himself with nothing but the charm she naturally exuded. If she truly made a move, how terrifying would she be?

Dugu Bo did not dare look at Zi Ming again. His wariness rose to its peak as he said calmly, "This old man is Dugu Bo. May I ask what business you two have with me?"

Fox King did not speak. Zhu One cupped his hands and replied, "Brother Dugu, I am Zhu One, titled Necromancer. This is Her Excellency Fox King. We have come by the Palace Master's command to serve as the Nation-Protecting Douluo of the Heaven Dou Empire. Brother Dugu is one of us, so we came to visit you first."

"You come from Sky Demon Island?"

Dugu Bo's expression changed when he heard this, and he looked at Zhu One in delighted surprise. He still did not dare look at Fox King again.

Zhu One said, "That's right. We come from Sky Demon Palace on Sky Demon Island. I am a clansman of the Palace Master, and Lord Fox King is one of the ten great consecrators of Sky Demon Palace."

"Ten great consecrators!"

Dugu Bo was even more shocked. Sky Demon Palace actually had as many as ten peerless experts like Fox King, along with ordinary Title Douluo like His Excellency Necromancer. The strength of Sky Demon Island was truly unfathomable!

"These are our identity tokens!"

Zhu One took out a jade token the size of a baby's palm. One side was carved with an incomparably mystical black spider, while the other side was carved with the words "Sky Demon." Beneath those words was a small spider.

Dugu Bo took the token and inspected it. Then he took another token out of his storage Soul Tool. Its back also bore an identical mystical spider, while the front bore the words "Sky Demon," and beneath the words was a jade-green python.

After comparing the two tokens, whether it was the material, the spider design, or the special charm emanating from the words "Sky Demon," none of it could be faked.

"You truly are one of us. Please, both of you, come inside."

Dugu Bo hurriedly and respectfully invited Fox King and Zhu One into the manor. After they entered the reception hall, he invited Fox King to sit in the seat of honor, then cupped his hands and said, "Dugu Bo greets Lord Fox King."

Without even needing to ask, just from Zhu One's attitude, he could tell that this consecrator Fox King's status on Sky Demon Island was absolutely above that of ordinary Title Douluo.

Fox King merely nodded and still did not speak.

Dugu Bo did not mind and walked over to sit opposite Zhu One.

"Brother Zhu, did Young Master also come with you?"

The first thing Dugu Bo asked was this.

Zhu One shook his head. "There's no rush. Young Master is only six. He will come over in a few years."

Dugu Bo was stunned and said with some disappointment, "We still have to wait a few more years?"

Zhu One gave a dry cough and said, "The Mistress could not bear to part with the Young Master. The Master could not win against the Mistress, so he could only wait a while longer."

"So that's how it is. The Mistress loves her son dearly and cannot bear to be separated from him. Understandable." Dugu Bo nodded repeatedly.

Zhu One said, "Lord Fox King and I came first because the Master promised Emperor Xue Ye that he would send people to oversee the Heaven Dou Empire and support the imperial family."

Dugu Bo said, "That's wonderful. In the future, you can properly experience the splendor of the mortal world in Heaven Dou City. You likely cannot experience that on Sky Demon Island. They are two different ways of life.

"In truth, the Heaven Dou Empire does not have any crisis that is difficult to handle. With me and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect here, ordinary petty villains are not worth mentioning. So the two of you will have it quite easy, with plenty of time to do your own things."

Zhu One smiled and said, "That is indeed not bad. To be honest with you, Brother Dugu, after staying in the mountains for so long, it really does get rather boring. The prosperous human world truly needs to be experienced properly."

"Indeed. Brother Zhu, if you do not mind, another day this old man will take you around to properly appreciate..."

As the two of them chatted, Fox King grew impatient listening and said coolly, "Enough. We are here to do business, not to play. Since we have met Dugu Bo, let us go to the imperial palace first."

Though her voice was cold, the charm she unconsciously exuded made her voice sound incomparably pleasant, carrying a power that made one sink into it.

Dugu Bo steadied his mind and hurriedly said, "Your Excellency is right. I will take you two to meet Emperor Xue Ye at once."

The three of them left Dugu Manor, and before long, they arrived at the imperial palace. After Emperor Xue Ye learned of this, he was overjoyed and immediately summoned the empress and the princes to come meet the two Nation-Protecting Douluo.

In the great hall, Fox King's graceful, delicate body sat on the sofa. Emperor Xue Ye was still several hundred meters away, but his entire party had already appeared in Fox King's eyes with perfect clarity.

"Hm?"

Fox King looked at the handsome, refined youth of fifteen or sixteen beside Emperor Xue Ye and sensed a trace of something unusual. She circulated the Demon God Art, gathering her vast mental power over her eyes. The Heavenly Eye Technique recorded within the Demon God Art quietly activated, and under that immense mental power, she could almost see through everything.

"Interesting!"

Fox King gazed across the great hall at the so-called eldest prince several hundred meters away, and an unreadable look flashed through her eyes.

"My lord, what is it?"

Zhu One sensed something unusual and asked in a low voice.

"Nothing. I just discovered something interesting!"

The Fox King did not say anything more, nor did he look at that eldest prince again. He simply continued to leisurely savor the tribute tea that refreshed the mind and had the slightest effect on spiritual power.

Outside the great hall, Xue Qinghe's heart suddenly tightened. He had the feeling that he was being watched, and inwardly, he raised his guard. Toward the two Title Douluo he was about to meet, a few more traces of wariness arose in him as well.

"Could they have noticed something?"

"No, impossible. I'm using a ninety-nine-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-year Soul Bone to conceal myself. Even a Super Douluo couldn't see through it. How could I possibly be exposed?"

Xue Qinghe forced himself to calm down, his heart turning ice-cold as killing intent began to grow.

The plan had reached this point, and he had paid far too much for it—six whole years of his youth. He absolutely would not allow anyone to ruin his plan.

If those two Title Douluo of unknown origin truly threatened him, then he knew he would have to ruthlessly eliminate them.