As the first to bear the brunt of it, Liu Erlong was naturally frozen solid as well.
She also fell from the air, and her Martial Soul Avatar shattered right after.
Climbing up from the ground, Liu Erlong shivered from the cold. Ever since awakening her Fire Dragon Spirit, she had never felt such cold before.
"What exactly are you trying to do?"
"Didn't I answer that from the start? I wanted to see just how high the temperature of your fire dragon's flames could get.
But you disappointed me too much. At first, I thought you were a heroic woman who dared to love and hate.
Now, it seems you're nothing more than a cowardly, timid, self-pitying resentful woman."
"What did you say?!"
"Wasn't that the truth? You don't dare go looking for Yu Xiaogang. Even if Yu Xiaogang were standing right in front of you now, you still wouldn't dare do anything to him.
Your love is nothing but passive waiting, followed by blaming heaven and earth.
Or do you even understand what love is? Can you tell love apart from desire, or desire from obsession?
Forget it. Why am I wasting my breath on you? My goal has already been achieved anyway.
Oh, and let me tell you one more thing. Yu Xiaogang has already arrived. If you can forcefully take him for yourself, I might think better of you."
After saying that, Lan Yu left Blue Tyrant Academy. Even after he was gone, Liu Erlong remained where she was for a long time without moving.
Lan Yu truly could not help but mock them a few more times. In his view, there had never been any love among Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang. There was only their own desires and the obsession of wanting what they could not have.
Flender finally broke free from the frozen state, yet he still had to transfer Soul Power to Yu Xiaogang to help him recover.
Even so, after Yu Xiaogang recovered a little, he was still shivering from the cold.
Flender did not have time to care for Yu Xiaogang. Dragging him along, he went to find Liu Erlong.
Only after seeing that Liu Erlong was unharmed did they finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Sister Erlong, are you all right? What happened? Who did you fight?"
"Boss Flender, and Xiaogang!"
She should have been extremely excited to see Yu Xiaogang, but now she could not feel excited at all.
Yu Xiaogang merely turned his head away, not daring to look at Liu Erlong.
"Xiaogang, I didn't go looking for you for twenty years, and you didn't come see me for twenty years. Is there still love between us? Or did you ever truly love me?"
Flender was somewhat stunned. This did not sound like something Liu Erlong would ask.
"Sister Erlong, isn't this not the time to talk about that?"
"No! I have to figure this out. Was my twenty years of waiting worth it?"
"Erlong, stop talking. You should understand that we can never be together."
"So it's still the same answer? I understand, Cousin!"
That word, cousin, completely defined the relationship between the two of them.
Lan Yu had no idea that his words had actually affected Liu Erlong.
In truth, it was not merely Lan Yu's words that had worked. More importantly, it was that Ice-shroom.
Even Lan Yu himself did not know that, beyond its freezing effect, the Ice-shroom also carried a forced calming effect.
This effect was extremely effective in this continent of love, at least perfectly countering love-struck fools.
Besides the Ice-shroom skill, Lan Yu's sixth spirit ring also possessed another skill: Sealing Spore (sealing Soul Power).
At the same time, the final Torso Spirit Bone had also been gathered.
The Torso Spirit Bone's two Spirit Bone Skills were Fungus Beast Berserk and Soul Seize (temporarily seizing the right to use the opponent's Martial Soul).
Both skills were powerful, especially Soul Seize. For now, it could only seize Martial Souls, but perhaps in the future, it might even seize divine artifacts for use.
After leaving Blue Tyrant Academy, Lan Yu returned to Dugu Bo's residence.
There, he found Dugu Yan still confronting Dugu Bo, even blaming him for injuring Yu Tianheng.
"Dugu Bo, it seems you still can't bring yourself to discipline this granddaughter of yours."
Hearing Lan Yu's voice, Dugu Yan immediately turned her hostility toward him.
"It's all because of you! Grandpa only became like this because of you! What did you do to my grandpa?!"
"Yan'er! Stop this at once! Apologize!"
"No! Why should I apologize to him?!"
Lan Yu looked at Dugu Bo. "Will you keep indulging her, harden your heart, or shall I help you?"
Dugu Bo gritted his teeth. "Lord Sage, I'll leave her to you."
"What?! Grandpa, you're actually handing me over to him? Just as I thought! You must have controlled Grandpa."
"Dugu Yan, shouldn't you reflect on yourself instead?"
Lan Yu suddenly summoned fungal threads, binding Dugu Yan's legs while the threads seeped into her body.
Immediately afterward, Dugu Yan let out a scream. Clutching her chest, cold sweat streamed down her face as pain, numbness, and all manner of discomfort surged through her.
"Ah... What did you... do to me?"
"I did nothing. I merely let you experience your grandfather's pain.
This is what it feels like when the Spirit Poison of your Dugu family flares up. When your grandfather's Spirit Poison acts up, it is a hundred times worse than what you're feeling now.
Do you know why he indulges you so much? Because he does not even know how much longer he can live.
And because he does not want to see you, like your father, tortured to death by Spirit Poison while still alive.
And what are you doing? Falling in love? Trusting an outsider rather than believing your grandfather has your best interests at heart?
In my eyes, you don't even deserve to be called human. You're an ungrateful wretch, worse than a beast!"
Even Dugu Bo could not bear to listen any longer.
"Lord Sage, those words are a little too harsh. There's no need for..."
"Fine. Dugu Yan, I'll seal your Soul Power. Reflect on yourself properly. Come find me again once you've thought things through."
Lan Yu glanced at Dugu Bo again. "There is only so much I can do. If it still doesn't work, then give up.
You're still vigorous in your old age, and you're a Title Douluo. You'll have descendants sooner or later."
"Cough, cough... Lord Sage, please don't make fun of me. I'll speak with Yan'er again."
"Mm. I'll go out for a walk. You two talk."
With that, Lan Yu left, leaving the space to the grandfather and granddaughter.
Dugu Bo stepped forward to help Dugu Yan alleviate the pain from her Spirit Poison flare-up.
After recovering somewhat, Dugu Yan threw herself into Dugu Bo's arms and began to cry.
"Sob..."
Dugu Bo patted Dugu Yan's back without saying anything.
After a long while, Dugu Yan stopped sobbing.
"Grandpa, I'm sorry!"
"Sigh. It's good that you know you were wrong. Spirit Poison is the curse of our family, and Grandpa must find a way to remove it.
Grandpa originally did not intend to interfere with your relationship, but Yu Tianheng is not a suitable match for you.
You must not only think about yourself, but also about our family. Are you willing to see the Dugu line lose its inheritance?"
"Grandpa, I..."
"Don't rush to answer me. Grandpa hopes you'll think it through carefully."
Lan Yu was wandering around Heaven Dou City when he soon noticed someone following him—and the person tailing him was a Title Douluo.
Other than Dugu Bo, there was only one group of Title Douluos in Heaven Dou City.
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