Great Victory and Return! Poison Douluo Dugu Bo!

Dai Mubai's White Tiger Intense Light Wave struck nothing but air!

Dai Yunzhao, who had been standing right in front of him, had already vanished.

By the time he reappeared, he was pressed right against Dai Mubai's face!

"First Soul Skill, War King Blood Wheel Mark!"

Short-range spatial teleportation allowed Dai Yunzhao to evade his opponent's attack.

The blood wheels on his hands instantly amplified his own soul power sixfold!

Puff!

The blood wheels plunged directly into Dai Mubai's chest cavity!

Assassin-style combat was always about a single, lethal strike.

If you couldn't kill your target, then you weren't a qualified assassin!

Before Dai Mubai collapsed, his eyes held only the sight of those two blood wheels.

His first soul skill was actually stronger than all three of his own soul skills combined!

Ma Hongjun was so terrified that he hid tightly behind Flender.

Watching Dai Mubai fall, his voice began to tremble: "Dean, didn't you say that guy was only a Great Soul Master? How is he a level thirty-five Soul Master?!"

"Such a powerful Soul Master; Boss Dai wasn't a match for him at all, he died in an instant."

"Boss Dai is dead!"

As the fat boy's wailing echoed, Flender finally reacted.

But he was completely unable to intervene.

His own soul power was exhausted, and on Yu Xiaogang's side, one was insane while the other was unconscious.

Dai Mubai had died in a single move!

He had originally thought that Dai Mubai could buy them some time to recover.

He hadn't expected the defeat to be so clean and absolute!

Flender slumped to the ground, his face ashen.

"Do it, we've lost completely."

In a small place like Three Gorges Pass, the opponent had managed to wipe them out entirely.

Dai Yunzhao was indeed far, far stronger than Dai Mubai.

They had been full of confidence, thinking they could defeat Dai Yunzhao.

But upon their first encounter, they had been routed in an instant!

Dai Yunzhao exhaled and waved his hand: "Get lost."

Ignoring them, Dai Yunzhao called for his men to collect Dai Mubai's corpse.

"Send it to the welcoming party from Star Luo City. Tell them that the Dai Mubai the Star Luo Emperor wanted has been brought back for him!"

Afterward, Dai Yunzhao mounted his horse and left with all his men without looking back.

Flender, crouching on the ground, felt a chill run through him.

Just like that... he let them go?

Zhao Wuji wore an expression of utter disbelief.

Flender let out a heavy, ragged breath.

Drip!

Drip!

Bean-sized raindrops pelted the ground, kicking up dust.

Immediately after, the humid air rushed into their nostrils.

A torrential downpour arrived in an instant.

Yet, they felt as if they had been reborn.

Flender watched the departing group of Dai Yunzhao and his men, unable to fathom why he had spared them.

Hearing that there was no more movement inside, Zhao Wuji began to carry the others toward the mountaintop.

From the top of the sheer cliff, they could overlook the entire scene below.

The thousand elite cavalrymen in the rear had been burned alive.

Where they had been, the Azure Vine was still wrapped around the cliff face, but it hung down limply.

The Heavenly Star Furnace had long since been shattered, and the bulky Bai Baoshan was covered in bloody holes.

The leader, Meng Shenji, had all four limbs severed, reduced to a human trunk!

Three Soul Douluos against one Soul Saint, and the Soul Saint had killed all three!

Zhao Wuji collapsed onto the ground.

The dignified Immovable Bright King actually wanted to cry!

Ma Hongjun had already been scared out of his wits.

He covered his eyes with his hands, crouching to the side and dry-heaving.

Flender's eyes turned red in an instant.

"We shouldn't have brought him back..."

Who could they even seek revenge from?

They had brought Dai Mubai back specifically to kill Dai Yunzhao.

They simply couldn't accept that the one who died was Dai Mubai.

He hadn't even taken a single blow before dying!

That was a student they had cultivated for so long, yet he had died so abruptly.

Flender felt his heart turn cold, sitting on the ground and letting the rain fall upon his face.

"We lost, we lost completely..."

The sound of the wind and rain grew more urgent, like the whimpering of a group of losers.

Eight hundred men marched forward, never expecting such a great victory.

Not a single man or horse had been lost, and they had nearly wiped out the opposition.

If not for Dai Yunzhao's sudden mercy, those last few wouldn't have escaped either.

Shadow walked side-by-side with Dai Yunzhao at the very front.

Dai Yunzhao spoke with deep concern: "Shadow, you're injured."

Having known Shadow for so many years, he could detect even the slightest change in him.

Shadow remained stoic: "The three of them coordinated well. To kill them, I had to pay a price."

"It doesn't matter. I'll heal by tomorrow. Any injury I sustain can fully recover by the next day, so don't worry."

Shadow's mechanics were still ahead of the curve.

Dai Yunzhao planned to rest at the border for a few days to give Shadow some time to recover.

At the same time, it would give him a chance to win over the border soldiers.

This battle would inevitably spread to every pass along the Star Luo border.

They certainly cared about whether Dai Mubai or Dai Yunzhao lived or died.

But Dai Mubai had intended to use them all as bargaining chips in a grand display.

Dai Yunzhao, however, had kept the conflict strictly between the brothers from beginning to end.

Even though he had set out with eight hundred men, he had returned with every single one of them intact.

Xiong Ao, walking behind them, looked at the still-troubled Dai Yunzhao and risked offending him by stepping forward.

"Your Highness, all other options have been eliminated. Now, only you remain."

"Whether it is the ministers in the court or the generals at the border, they will stand firmly by your side."

"You don't need to worry about anything anymore; you can go back and get a good night's sleep."

Dai Yunzhao looked at Xiong Ao.

Xiong Ao had indeed walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood with him.

This time, he had even risked the world's condemnation to escort him out of the imperial city and join his rebellion.

But that was not what Dai Yunzhao was worried about.

His gaze locked onto the path ahead.

A figure slowly appeared within the curtain of rain.

"His Majesty sent me to intercept you. I finally... caught up to you on your way back!"

The figure was indistinct in the rain, impossible to see clearly.

But the poisonous gas he emitted proved his identity.

Poison Douluo Dugu Bo!

Xiong Ao pulled on his reins, shouting sharply: "Dai Mubai is dead, why have you come?"

The Poison Douluo raised his eyes from the rain.

"Whether he lives or dies, what does that have to do with me? I'm here to kill Dai Yunzhao!"

"Dai Yunzhao is a much greater threat than some Dai Mubai."

The Poison Douluo was here specifically to kill Dai Yunzhao.

Shadow gripped his dagger with one hand.

"I am immune to poison. He cannot poison me, and I can take you and Xiong Ao away."

Shadow's voice was soft, but he said it right in front of Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo sneered: "You dare to boast in front of me?!"

Shadow's dagger slid from his waist into his hand; he was ready to fight.

The Black Armor Warriors behind them also spoke up: "We are all willing to fight to the death for Your Highness!"

The Poison Douluo laughed maniacally.

"Hehehehe... Good, good! Then let me see if you are all truly so loyal and devoted!"

At this moment, Dai Yunzhao's voice rang out, calm and indifferent:

"Dugu Bo, do you want revenge?"