Dugu Yan's Shock

"Strong! Truly strong!!"

"No wonder he's Radiance! He's practically a god!!"

"Even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was defeated in an instant. Does anyone stand a chance against him?"

Su Changqing paid no heed to the uproar behind him and headed straight back to the resting area, as though he had merely finished an ordinary daily exercise.

There should not have been any more matches today, so he planned to return to the hotel and rest.

However, the moment that thought arose, a wave of Soul Power carrying a faintly sweet, bloody scent locked onto him.

Su Changqing looked up and saw Dugu Yan standing at the entrance to the resting area, her emerald eyes fixed intently on him.

"You're Radiance?"

Su Changqing was not wearing a mask at the moment.

Su Changqing's expression remained unchanged as he looked at her calmly. "What is it?"

The little girl took the bait!

It seems I'm one step closer to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"You injured Tianheng."

Dugu Yan approached step by step, faint dark-green mist swirling around her body. It was a sign that the Jade Phosphor Serpent's Venom was naturally leaking out.

"You struck so ruthlessly, and you could not even be bothered to use your martial soul. Are you humiliating our Imperial Fighting Team?"

Su Changqing replied indifferently, "It was not humiliation. If I had used a soul skill, Yu Tianheng would be a corpse by now."

To Dugu Yan, the calmness in his words was nothing less than extreme arrogance and provocation!

"Good! Very good!"

Dugu Yan laughed in fury, her emerald pupils narrowing into dangerous slits.

"Then let's see whether my Jade Phosphor Serpent's Venom is worthy of making you use a soul skill!"

As soon as she spoke, the three soul rings around Dugu Yan lit up, and the Jade Phosphor Serpent's Venom began erupting without end!

Su Changqing did not move. Instead, he allowed the poison to enter his body.

"You're truly courting death!"

Seeing him act so arrogantly, contempt flashed through Dugu Yan's eyes.

A few seconds later, all the poison had entered Su Changqing's body.

"You ignorant fool, you brought this upon yourself!" Dugu Yan said viciously.

Yet Su Changqing remained completely calm.

"So this is the Jade Phosphor Serpent's Venom. It truly is worthless."

As he spoke, Golden Light burst from Su Changqing's body. The dazzling Light Attribute was so brilliant that Dugu Yan could barely keep her eyes open.

"If your serpent venom were a little stronger, perhaps it could force out one of my soul skills. Unfortunately, it's far too weak! My martial soul naturally suppresses all evil and poison!"

As Su Changqing's words fell, his body, which had mutated after being tainted by poison, returned to normal.

"What?!"

Dugu Yan's pupils contracted sharply, and for the first time, horror appeared on her face.

Her Jade Phosphor Serpent's Venom had actually been neutralized so easily?

"Impossible!"

Refusing to believe it, she released her poison again.

The result was the same.

Dugu Yan's face turned pale as she staggered back a step, looking at Su Changqing as though he were a monster.

The Jade Phosphor Serpent's Venom she had always been so proud of had become a complete joke before this man!

That absolute suppression of attributes made her feel a deep sense of helplessness and fear.

"Now it's my turn."

With that, Su Changqing flashed with golden light and appeared before Dugu Yan in an instant. He raised his Golden Light Fist and drove it straight toward her face!

Dugu Yan's face filled with terror as she collapsed onto the ground, unprecedented fear surging within her.

But just as the fist was about to hit her, Su Changqing stopped his attack!

"I won." Su Changqing withdrew his martial soul and spoke indifferently.

"Y-You... who exactly are you?"

Her voice trembled slightly.

"Someone your family will never be able to defeat."

After saying this calmly, Su Changqing turned around and slowly left the resting area.

Dugu Yan stood there blankly. Only after Su Changqing's figure had completely disappeared did she collapse weakly to the ground.

She had actually lost so miserably!

She had not even managed to harm a single hair on him!

That blow was far heavier than losing an evenly matched battle.

She returned to the Imperial Fighting Team's quarters in a daze. She did not even have the heart to visit Yu Tianheng, instead locking herself in her room.

The scene of the poison mist being purified by Golden Light kept replaying in her mind, along with Su Changqing's calm eyes that sent chills through her heart.

The night grew deeper.

A dark-green figure silently appeared outside Dugu Yan's door. It was none other than the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.

He had sensed that his granddaughter had returned in an extremely low mood, her Soul Power fluctuations chaotic. This was utterly unlike her usual self.

"Yan Yan?"

Dugu Bo knocked on the door, his voice hoarse but carrying a trace of barely perceptible concern.

There was no response from inside.

Dugu Bo frowned slightly and pushed the door open.

He saw Dugu Yan sitting on the bed with her knees drawn to her chest, her eyes empty and tear stains still lingering on her face.

"What happened? Who bullied my precious granddaughter?"

Dugu Bo walked to the bedside, softening his tone somewhat.

Though his temperament was eccentric, he truly loved this granddaughter.

Dugu Yan looked up. When she saw her grandfather, her eyes reddened again, but she stubbornly turned her head away. "N-Nothing. I just lost a spirit battle today, and I don't feel very well."

"You lost?"

Dugu Bo was somewhat surprised. Among Heaven Dou City's younger generation, the Imperial Fighting Team had almost no rivals, much less Dugu Yan.

"Who did you lose to? That brat Yu Tianxin?"

"No..."

Dugu Yan bit her lip, but in the end, she still did not tell him about Su Changqing.

She had lost too humiliatingly. She had not even figured out the other party's background, and she truly found it too embarrassing to say aloud. Nor did she want her grandfather to worry about her.

Seeing that his granddaughter refused to speak, a sharp glint flashed through Dugu Bo's eyes.

He understood her personality. If it had been an ordinary defeat, she would never have looked like this. There had to be more to it.

He did not press her further. He merely patted her shoulder gently. "Victory and defeat are common in battle. The granddaughter of Dugu Bo can afford to lose, and she can win it back. Get some proper rest."

After comforting Dugu Yan for a while, Dugu Bo left the room, but his expression darkened.

He stood in the courtyard, gazing at Heaven Dou City's dimly glowing nightscape. In his serpent-like eyes, suspicion and cold light flickered.

"To leave my Yan Yan so distraught that she won't even mention the other party's name... it seems Heaven Dou City has gained quite an extraordinary little fellow."

He muttered to himself. Even the poison lingering in the air seemed to grow more active with the fluctuations of his emotions. "No matter who you are, if you dared bully Dugu Bo's granddaughter, this old man will personally pay you a visit!"

A faint, almost imperceptible killing intent quietly spread.

This Title Douluo, whose poison was unmatched beneath the heavens, had already remembered the unseen "Radiance."

Su Changqing's goal had now been achieved.

Inside the hotel.

Su Changqing sat cross-legged on the bed in meditation. After an unknown amount of time, he slowly opened his eyes.

So soon?

"Senior, there's no need to sneak around, is there?"