Sword and Bone Come to the Rescue

Behind him, two bolts of lightning collided, transforming into a towering pillar of thunder.

Dugu Feng had just fled to the exit of the Star Dou Great Forest when a violent bolt of lightning came hurtling toward him.

He hurriedly activated Toad Style, and his Soul Power, balancing hardness and softness, formed a protective Soul Power barrier around him.

The instant the Soul Power barrier collided with the lightning, it shattered, and the powerful current surged wildly in every direction.

Dugu Feng quickly leaped away. The spot where he had been standing had already turned into scorched earth!

Every hair on Dugu Feng's body stood on end. He had not expected this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast to be so powerful. Even Lei Peng, a Soul Douluo,

had only managed to hold it back for a moment.

"You killed my son! I will kill you!"

The Thunder Tiger King was now filled with violent fury, and its eyes had long since lost all reason.

Its body was covered in wounds.

"This mad tiger is dead set on killing you!"

"Big brother, if it really comes to it, put me down. I don't want anyone else to die because of me!"

Though Ning Rongrong trembled in fear, she still gathered her courage and spoke.

Dugu Feng was stunned when he heard that.

"Since I accepted this job, I won't go back on my word. Fine, then let me trade blows with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and see how strong I am now!"

Dugu Feng set Ning Rongrong down from his arms.

Five Soul Rings slowly rose beneath his feet.

Two purple, five black.

A trace of surprise flashed through the Thunder Tiger King's eyes, which had previously held only brutality!

"A human prodigy. All the more reason not to let you live!"

The Thunder Tiger King stared at Dugu Feng. The Soul Ring configuration that surpassed all common sense made the killing intent in its eyes grow even stronger.

It flapped its thunderous wings, and countless violent bolts of lightning, like slithering snakes,

came at him from all directions.

The power of this violent lightning would kill an ordinary Soul King on contact.

Even a Soul Saint would have to avoid it.

"Fifth Soul Skill! Nether Domain!"

Black mist enveloped Dugu Feng's entire body, spreading outward from around him.

The ground seemed to turn into black ink,

as if it were about to swallow everything nearby.

Once those violent currents entered the Nether Domain, their power was immediately reduced by a third.

"Body-Protecting Astral Energy!"

Dugu Feng crouched on the ground like a toad, croaking from his mouth.

Just as the current was about to strike, Dugu Feng suddenly sprang up.

The Soul Power he had gathered instantly burst forth, forming Body-Protecting Astral Energy!

The Body-Protecting Astral Energy collided with the current, canceling it out.

Dugu Feng leaped into the air, gathered Soul Power, opened his mouth, and released deep, restrained croaks.

Like sonic cannons, the croaks attacked the Thunder Tiger King. This was Dugu Feng's self-created ultimate technique.

Deadly Sound Wave.

Though the Deadly Sound Wave could not shatter the Thunder Tiger King's internal organs, it could disrupt its meridians and keep its Soul Power from flowing smoothly.

Unexpectedly, the Thunder Tiger King opened its mouth and released a tiger's roar that resounded through heaven and earth. When it collided with Dugu Feng's Deadly Sound Wave,

the powerful air current it generated rushed straight at Dugu Feng.

Dugu Feng raised both hands against the oncoming air current and landed steadily.

"Worthy of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It's truly troublesome. Poison seems like the better option!"

Dugu Feng mainly followed the path of poison attacks rather than physical attacks.

In a contest of raw strength, he could not defeat the Thunder Tiger King. But with poison, he had some chance of winning.

When Dugu Feng had opened his mouth and released the sound waves earlier, he had also mixed the poison in his dantian into them.

His original purpose had been to use the sound waves to send the poison into the Thunder Tiger King's body.

Unexpectedly, the Thunder Tiger King was so powerful that it forcibly shattered the Deadly Sound Wave with its own tiger's roar.

But the poison had already spread through the air. As long as the Thunder Tiger King remained here, it would inevitably be corroded by it.

As for Ning Rongrong, because she was near him, the poison would be drawn into his body on its own and would not affect her.

The Thunder Tiger King stopped testing him. Its body shot directly toward Dugu Feng like a bolt of lightning, moving so fast that even Dugu Feng could not track it.

"Fourth Soul Skill! Hell Venom Fire!"

Dugu Feng slammed both palms against the ground, and tongues of flame blazing with fierce fire erupted from the earth.

Like a toad's tongue, they lashed toward the moving Thunder Tiger King.

The Thunder Tiger King moved nimbly, dodging several tongues of flame in succession.

Just as its sharp claws were about to claw into Dugu Feng's forehead, one tongue of flame seized it firmly at the last moment.

The highly corrosive flames instantly ignited over the Thunder Tiger King's claws like maggots clinging to bone. By chance, the tiger's claws bore wounds inflicted by Lei Peng.

The Hell Venom Fire rushed through the wounds and into the Thunder Tiger King's claws, beginning to burn.

The Thunder Tiger King felt an excruciating pain pierce straight to its bones.

Black poisonous smoke continuously rose from its claws.

Yet it still could not suppress its desire to kill Dugu Feng.

With a violent shake of its tiger claw, it forcibly shattered the flaming tongue.

Violent lightning energy flickered over its claws.

The Thunder Tiger King swung down a claw with unstoppable force, as though it would directly slap Dugu Feng into a bloody mist.

"Ice-Fire Toad Palm!"

Naturally, Dugu Feng had no intention of waiting to die. He brought his palms together and struck out at the same time.

When they collided with the Thunder Tiger King's paw, the powerful lightning energy surged from his palms through his entire body.

In an instant, he was sent flying backward.

His body crashed heavily into the ground like a cannonball.

A numb sensation spread from his palms, quickly extending throughout his body.

If his physique had not been tempered by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Immortal Herbs,

then taking the full-force strike of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, especially one in such a furious state,

would have meant shattered palms at best and instant death at worst.

"Could my appearance cause Ning Rongrong, who was not meant to die, to die instead?"

Dugu Feng no longer entertained such thoughts. He was not foolish enough to gamble his life for a favor from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Just as he got to his feet and prepared to use his Spirit Bone skill to flee,

an incomparably sharp sword aura suddenly struck, slashing across the Thunder Tiger King's face.

It instantly blinded one of the Thunder Tiger King's eyes.

The powerful sword aura sent the Thunder Tiger King reeling backward.

Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo descended from the sky in an instant, shielding Ning Rongrong behind them.

Seeing the two human Titled Douluo, the Thunder Tiger King let out an unwilling roar. Lightning gathered around its body into a spear,

which shot toward Ning Rongrong.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Bone Transformation Divine Dragon!"

As Bone Douluo activated his ninth Soul Skill, a bone dragon instantly condensed into existence.

The bone dragon let out a furious roar and clamped its jaws around the lightning spear.

It then flung the spear into the distance.

Though unwilling, the Thunder Tiger King knew that under the protection of these two Titled Douluo, it had no chance of killing Ning Rongrong.

Moreover, in this situation, it was more likely to be the one who died.

It secretly made up its mind that whenever it saw someone with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul in the future, it would kill them on sight.

Spreading its thunderous wings, its body became an afterimage as it fled straight into the Star Dou Great Forest.

"It sure runs fast!"

After Sword Douluo cursed under his breath, he turned to look at Ning Rongrong, who had been frightened out of her wits.

Just as he was about to comfort Ning Rongrong, she hurriedly ran toward Dugu Feng in the distance.

"Are you alright, big brother?"

Seeing Ning Rongrong actually worry about someone else, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo looked as though they had seen a ghost.

There was not the slightest trace of the little demoness she had once been in the sect.