Why Should I Believe You?!

Zi Ji's icy, bone-chilling voice echoed through the vast Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well like a death god's summons.

Pinned to the ground, Dugu Bo found even breathing unbearably difficult.

Zi Ji's terrifying dragon might was like an insurmountable primordial divine mountain, crushing him firmly against the hard rock wall.

His bones creaked under the unbearable pressure, as though they would shatter completely the next second.

Ling Xuqing stood with his hands behind his back, calmly looking down at the bedraggled Titled Douluo beneath his feet.

There was not the slightest trace of pity in his eyes, only the indifference with which one regarded an ant.

"Deal with him?" Ling Xuqing repeated the words calmly, his voice especially clear in the silent Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. "Na'er, Zi Ji, what do you think?"

Gu Yuena knitted her delicate brows slightly, and a cold glint flashed through her violet eyes. "Brother, this man intended to kill us just now. He is also a human Soul Master and has always been hostile toward our soul beast clan. Since he has fallen into our hands, we might as well kill him outright and eliminate all future trouble!"

Zi Ji nodded slightly as well, murder blazing in her eyes.

"Her Majesty is right. Human Soul Masters are greedy by nature. If we let a tiger return to the mountain, he will surely bring endless trouble. Young Master, I am willing to break his neck immediately!"

Hearing this, the corners of Ling Xuqing's lips curved faintly.

He slowly walked over to Dugu Bo, crouched down, and looked directly into those dark green eyes filled with despair and fury.

"Killing him is naturally the simplest choice."

Ling Xuqing's voice was gentle, yet carried unquestionable authority. "But our future path is not merely to dominate the soul beast clan. We must develop throughout the human world and establish a power base and foundation of our own."

He paused before continuing, "In the human world, we need resources, intelligence, and countless people. Those who can be won over should naturally be put to use. As for those who stubbornly refuse to submit and cannot be won over, we simply kill them. I, Ling Xuqing, have never lacked the resolve to kill decisively."

Upon hearing Ling Xuqing's words, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed through the mind of Dugu Bo, who had already fallen into utter despair.

"Soul beasts... taking human form?"

Dugu Bo stared fixedly at Ling Xuqing and Gu Yuena before him as an utterly absurd yet incomparably real thought took root and spread wildly in his mind.

He recalled Gu Yuena's breakthrough in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well earlier.

She had not killed any soul beast, nor absorbed any soul ring. She had merely taken a bath, yet naturally condensed her third soul ring!

"H-How is that possible?!"

A storm raged within Dugu Bo's heart.

By the common knowledge of Douluo Continent, only soul beasts that had cultivated for a hundred thousand years could choose to take human form, and they could naturally condense soul rings without killing soul beasts!

Could it be that these two seemingly harmless children were actually Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that had taken human form?!

"You... you're soul beasts that took human form?!"

Dugu Bo's lips trembled as he forced the words out through clenched teeth.

Ling Xuqing neither denied nor admitted it. He merely smiled faintly.

"Knowing too much may not be a good thing for you."

"Now, you only need to answer one question."

"Do you want to die, or do you want to live?"

Dugu Bo's face instantly turned deathly pale.

A dignified Titled Douluo, the Poison Douluo, was now being forced by a six-year-old little monster to answer whether he wanted to live or die like a dog!

"Kill or torture me as you please!"

"If this old man so much as frowns, then I am unworthy of being called the Poison Douluo!"

Dugu Bo abruptly raised his head, a trace of resolute defiance flashing through his eyes.

He feared death, but the pride of a Titled Douluo would never allow him to bow his head to a few little monsters!

"Oh? You have backbone."

Ling Xuqing nodded approvingly, then changed his tone. "But is your backbone also worthless when compared to your granddaughter Dugu Yan's life?"

The moment he heard the name "Dugu Yan," the resolve in Dugu Bo's eyes instantly crumbled.

"Yan Yan..." His voice trembled, filled with endless pain and despair.

Ling Xuqing looked at him coldly. "The Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison inside your body not only tortures you, but also tortures your granddaughter. Do you truly think you can protect her for a lifetime? She will not live past thirty. This is the everlasting pain in your heart!"

"Shut up!!!"

Dugu Bo let out a beastlike roar, his eyes bloodshot as he glared fiercely at Ling Xuqing.

Yet Ling Xuqing acted as though he had not seen his anger. His tone became calm and enticing.

"I say, Dugu Bo, why must we make things so tense? Didn't you ask what I meant just now? Now, I will tell you exactly what I mean."

Ling Xuqing stood and looked down at him from above. "I can cure your poison. I can also completely resolve your martial soul's flaw and its backlash. Likewise, I can resolve your granddaughter Dugu Yan's poison and martial soul flaw as well, allowing her to live safely past thirty, perhaps even much longer."

"There is only one condition—I want you to pledge loyalty to me. No problem with that, right?"

The moment those words fell, the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well sank into deathly silence.

Dugu Bo froze.

He stared blankly at Ling Xuqing, his mind completely empty.

Cure his poison?

Resolve his martial soul backlash?

And even save Yan Yan?

H-How could that be possible?!

How much effort had he spent in Sunset Forest merely to suppress the poison within his body?

He had tried countless methods and searched through innumerable ancient texts, all to no avail.

Yet this six-year-old little monster before him claimed that he could cure it?!

At that moment, Dugu Bo's attitude underwent a complete transformation.

The readiness to die vanished from his eyes, replaced by deep hesitation and struggle.

On one side stood the dignity and freedom of a Titled Douluo; on the other stood the lives and future of himself and his granddaughter.

"Y-You mean all of this?"

Dugu Bo's voice trembled beyond recognition. He stared fixedly at Ling Xuqing as though trying to see through him. "Can you truly cure my poison? Can you really resolve my martial soul's flaw?"

"Of course." Ling Xuqing calmly spoke those two words, his tone filled with absolute confidence.

"Why should I believe you?!"

Dugu Bo gritted his teeth and asked.

Ling Xuqing smiled slightly and raised one finger.

"Because I am the Dragon God's inheritor. Within my body is the Golden Dragon King's source power. The Golden Dragon King's power is supremely rigid and pure yang, capable of suppressing every poison in the world. To you, it is an unparalleled treasure."

"As for your martial soul's flaw..."

Ling Xuqing's gaze grew deep.

"It is actually very simple."

"Find a Spirit Bone, such as your Medusa Empress's Skull, and force your poison into the Spirit Bone."

"If you need help, I can also use my Golden Dragon King source power to lend you a hand!"