"A mere Six-Ring Soul Emperor! You've got some nerve!"
The moment the words fell, an aura a hundred times more terrifying than Zhao Lie's Soul Emperor pressure came crashing down!
This pressure was not aimed at Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing, but precisely locked onto the two men from the Fire Leopard Sect.
Thud!
Thud!
Two dull impacts rang out almost simultaneously.
Zhao Lie and Yan Qing, who had been arrogant and overbearing just moments ago,
did not even have time to react before an irresistible force slammed their legs down, forcing them to their knees!
"Urgh—!"
A pained groan escaped Zhao Lie's throat.
He desperately circulated his soul power, trying to stand, but the pressure was simply too overwhelming.
His proud cultivation as a level sixty-one Soul Emperor was as insignificant as dust before this power.
"This... this is..."
Kneeling on the ground, Zhao Lie trembled violently, his face filled with shock and terror.
He was a level sixty-one Soul Emperor!
Yet a single voice had forced him to his knees, leaving him unable to move!
What level of powerhouse was this?
A Soul Sage? Or a Soul Douluo?
No! Even a Soul Douluo could not render him completely helpless through pressure alone!
Could it be... a Titled Douluo?!
The instant that thought surfaced, Zhao Lie was horrified, cold sweat instantly soaking his back.
A Titled Douluo?
How was that possible!
Why would such a legendary existence appear in this godforsaken place? And stand up for two little brats with three rings?
Yan Qing was in an even more miserable state. He was merely a three-ring Soul Elder, and under this pressure, he had been crushed flat against the ground, his face pressed into the gravel-covered earth.
His body shook violently, and he could not even force out a scream.
Just as the two men were gripped by terror, a figure slowly drifted down from the night sky.
It was a thin, lanky old man dressed in a plain green robe.
His long dark-green hair hung loosely around his withered face.
Yet those emerald-green eyes sent chills down anyone's spine!
As he descended, nine Soul Rings lit up beneath his feet in sequence and slowly rose.
The nine Soul Rings were yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black!
Two yellow, two purple, and five black!
When the ninth Soul Ring lit up, Zhao Lie and Yan Qing's eyes widened, their faces filled with disbelief!
Damn it, nine Soul Rings!
He really was a Titled Douluo!
It was over!
Completely over!
Zhao Lie's heart sank to the bottom. No matter how hard he thought, he could not understand how he had provoked such a terrifying figure.
At the same time, Zhu Zhuqing was stunned by this sudden turn of events.
When she saw those nine Soul Rings, especially the final five suffocating black Soul Rings, her little face instantly turned pale, and fear rose instinctively within her.
A Titled Douluo!
She instinctively grabbed Lin Ye's arm. Her small hand, usually so cold, was now trembling slightly from nervousness.
Feeling her tension, Lin Ye clasped her hand in return and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"Big kitty, don't be afraid."
Then he leaned close to Zhu Zhuqing's ear and softly said:
"With me here, don't worry."
Zhu Zhuqing froze at his words and instinctively looked up at Lin Ye.
There was not the slightest trace of fear on Lin Ye's face. Instead, he wore a calm expression as though everything was under his control.
He... he did not seem afraid at all?
"Big kitty, this is the Poison Douluo. He came to help us."
Lin Ye's voice sounded again.
"Help... help us?"
Zhu Zhuqing was completely dumbfounded, disbelief filling her beautiful eyes.
Her lips parted slightly as she stared at Lin Ye in shock.
When had this big jerk gotten acquainted with a Titled Douluo?
And even made him personally come help us?
What was going on?
Just how many secrets was this guy hiding?
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's adorable expression of shock, as though she was about to go stupid, Lin Ye smiled and returned to his infuriatingly teasing tone.
"Secret."
Zhu Zhuqing: "Hmph!"
This big jerk, this awful Lin Ye!
At a time like this, he was still keeping her in suspense!
Still, after Lin Ye said he had come to help them, most of the fear in her heart had indeed faded, replaced instead by curiosity.
By then, Dugu Bo had landed on the ground. Without even sparing Zhao Lie and Yan Qing, who were kneeling there, a glance, he turned his gaze toward Lin Ye.
When he saw that Lin Ye was only somewhat pale and had not been injured, he quietly let out a sigh of relief.
Zhao Lie, kneeling on the ground, was nearly scared to death.
He could feel that although this Titled Douluo was not looking at him,
the killing intent locked onto him could not be concealed.
He no longer dared to harbor any wishful thinking and suddenly spoke in a respectful tone:
"Se... Senior... This junior is Zhao Lie of the Fire Leopard Sect. I did not know of your arrival and have offended you..."
He tried to raise his head, but the pressure held him firmly down.
"Senior, what happened today may... may be some misunderstanding..."
"Heh, a misunderstanding?"
Dugu Bo finally spoke.
He slowly turned around and looked down at Zhao Lie on the ground.
"This old man saw everything clearly from the sky."
"The two children worked hard to beat a soul beast half to death. It would have been one thing for you two trash to jump out midway and try to steal it."
"When you couldn't steal it, you relied on your higher cultivation to try to kill two juniors?"
"With a level sixty-one Soul Emperor attacking a level thirty-seven Soul Elder and a young girl who had just broken through level thirty, you even wanted to force them to kneel and kowtow?"
"You've got quite the nerve!"
Cold sweat streamed down Zhao Lie's face as his heart nearly leaped out of his throat.
He had never imagined that every single thing he had just done had been witnessed by this Titled Douluo!
"Senior, spare my life! Senior, please spare my life!"
Zhao Lie completely panicked and begged incoherently.
"We didn't know they were your people! We failed to recognize Mount Tai! Please, for the Fire Leopard Sect's sake, spare our worthless lives!"
At this point, he could only invoke his sect and hope there was still a sliver of survival.
However, what he received was Dugu Bo's incomparably contemptuous sneer.
"The Fire Leopard Sect?"
As though he had heard the greatest joke in the world, Dugu Bo suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hmph, what the hell is the Fire Leopard Sect!"
"A trash sect without even a single Titled Douluo dares talk about face before this old man?"
"Forget that you're merely an elder. Even if the Fire Leopard Sect's sect master were here today, this old man would still slap him to death!"
As the words fell, Dugu Bo's eyes instantly turned incomparably cold, and murderous intent erupted from him!
Zhao Lie and Yan Qing felt their entire bodies turn icy. Their bodies were already trembling at their limit.
It was over. This time, they had truly kicked an iron plate!