Douluo: Xiao San, Gangzi Is Miserable
Chapter 40

One Man About to Wipe Out His Entire Family

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Dugu Bo!

The closer they got, the fewer soul beasts there were around them, while the sickly sweet stench in the air grew stronger.

When they reached their destination, they saw a towering poison array ahead. There was no trace of a soul master's handiwork to be found. Even passersby would only assume that the poison before them had naturally formed in this land.

After all, soul masters who could enter this place generally had considerable confidence in their own strength.

They would never carry antidote pills with them unless they had come to hunt poison-attributed soul beasts!

Emerald-green poisonous mist filled the entire mountain range without spreading any farther outward. Otherwise, this place would have become a kingdom of poison.

Dugu Bo had likely arranged it this way deliberately to avoid attracting unnecessary attention.

Yue Guan stroked his chin and looked at the poisonous mist before him. "That old poison freak really went all out. Covering such a vast area must have taken him quite some time. He really found himself a good place."

"Yue Guan, did you bring any antidote pills?" Ghost asked calmly.

Yue Guan froze, then shot Ghost an annoyed glare.

When Qian Chenzhou had first called him along, he had assumed they were merely hunting soul beasts. With a powerful level-98 Titled Douluo like Golden Crocodile accompanying them, there had been no need for him to make a move at all.

He had only needed to help Qian Chenzhou scout for suitable soul beasts.

Naturally, he had not brought antidote pills with him. They were not going to deal with Dugu Bo, after all.

Yet after entering Sunset Forest, Qian Chenzhou had said they were going to deal with Dugu Bo. Yue Guan had assumed Golden Crocodile would take action, so he had not prepared anything else.

After all, for Golden Crocodile to kill Dugu Bo would be absurdly easy. Antidote pills would be completely useless!

When Qian Chenzhou heard Yue Guan fall silent, he knew he had not prepared any.

"Why would we need that stuff for poison mist like this?" Golden Crocodile declared domineeringly. Soul power gathered in his palm as he layered protection around Qian Chenzhou and Bibi Dong, while a golden soul-power shield spread over his own body. "Move. We're going in!"

Yue Guan and Ghost simultaneously formed soul-power shields around themselves and followed Golden Crocodile into the poisonous mist.

Sizzle!

When Dugu Bo's poison array came into contact with Golden Crocodile's soul-power shield, it immediately began corroding it with a hiss.

But the immense soul power of a level-98 Titled Douluo wrapped around him like an impenetrable defensive fortress. This poisonous mist could not possibly break through it.

After passing through the poison array, they found a narrow stone stairway ahead. The air within was fresh, untouched by the poisonous mist.

Golden Crocodile did not remove the soul-power shields from the two of them, and the group proceeded along the stone steps.

When they arrived at the end of the stairway—

A massive spring of intertwining red and blue lay before them. The waters on either side were divided yet merged together, resembling a taiji symbol.

The surroundings were filled with rare and exotic herbs. The instant Yue Guan saw them, his face flushed crimson, his eyes rolled upward, and his body began trembling uncontrollably.

He had always loved flowers and plants. How could he not be excited upon seeing such things?

Someone had forcibly cleared an open space beside the spring, where a wooden cabin stood. From within came intermittent groans of pain.

Dugu Bo sat beside the spring, soul power continuously circulating through his body as he rapidly suppressed the pain surging from within.

Inside the wooden cabin, a woman emerged with a swaddled infant in her arms. Anxiety covered her face, turning into pain when she looked at Dugu Bo. Then she turned back toward the cabin with worry in her eyes.

"The old poison freak really has been poisoned." Yue Guan stroked his chin, unable to hide the smile at the corner of his lips.

Who would have thought that the Poison Douluo, whose title was poison, would truly be poisoned himself?

If word got out, absolutely no one would believe it!

"Let's go." Qian Chenzhou spoke and walked down directly.

Dugu Bo, with his head of green hair and beads of sweat on his brow, swiftly suppressed the poison backlash within his body. Sensing several powerful auras approaching, he immediately opened his eyes. His soul power surged, sweeping away the sweat on his forehead.

One of those auras was especially familiar!

Yue Guan!

Dugu Bo rose to his feet and swiftly released poisonous mist around himself, glaring coldly at the five people approaching.

"Old poison freak, long time no see." Yue Guan greeted Dugu Bo with a smile, as though they were old friends who had not met in years.

"Yue Guan!" Dugu Bo's voice carried boundless fury, yet he did not dare act rashly.

Yue Guan stood half a step behind those three, which meant the three before him undoubtedly held higher status than he did.

That could only mean people from Spirit Hall's Offering Hall had arrived!

He had seen that young girl a few times before. She was Bibi Dong, Qian Xunji's disciple!

As for that boy, with his golden hair and appearance of no more than six years old, his features somewhat resembled Qian Xunji's. He was probably Qian Xunji's foolish son.

And the man standing beside them gave Dugu Bo incomparable pressure. His strength was undoubtedly above both Ghost and Yue Guan!

"Poison Douluo, it seems you've run into a bit of trouble." Qian Chenzhou looked at Dugu Bo, then at the woman holding the swaddled infant, before finally letting his gaze settle on the wooden cabin from which painful groans were emerging. "But I can help you solve that trouble. What kind of reward can you offer?"

"You?"

Dugu Bo looked at the little boy with contempt on his face.

Even if he was from Spirit Hall, even if Spirit Hall's influence was incomparably powerful, it could not possibly solve the Dugu Clan's problem!

In every generation of the Dugu Clan, only one or two people survived.

The others all died when they reached the Soul Emperor or Soul Douluo realm, killed by the poison carried by their own martial souls!

How could such a hereditary affliction possibly be cured by a mere six-year-old child?

"Dugu Bo, you've been poisoned." Qian Chenzhou spoke blandly. His gaze fixed on the wooden cabin as he pointed at it. "The one inside should be your son. He's already on the verge of a poison outbreak, suffering from the torment of poison every day. Within a few days, it will erupt and kill him."

"And his wife is poisoned as well. The same goes for the granddaughter in her swaddling clothes."

"Dugu Bo, you're on track to kill your whole family all by yourself."

Qian Chenzhou did not hold back in the slightest.

He had come here only to give Dugu Bo an opportunity. If Dugu Bo could not recognize the situation, then he could do without the so-called immortal herbs here!

In any case, they absolutely could not be left for Tang God King!

Without the help of immortal herbs, what could Tang San do even if he were strong on his own?

Spirit Hall's younger generation had yet to be selected, but with Whale Glue to raise soul-beast age limits, why should they fear some insignificant brat who had not even grown up yet?

"You!"

Dugu Bo's chest heaved violently as he stared fixedly at the six-year-old boy before him, his eyes filled with intense killing intent.

He was a Titled Douluo!

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