An Encounter with Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo!

"Chu Lan, did you know that girl?"

Somewhere in the forest's mixed zone, Dugu Bo rode the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor as he swiftly fled with Chu Lan and Dugu Yan.

Thinking back on what had just happened, Dugu Yan found it deeply strange, especially at the very end...

Dugu Bo had been no match for the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, yet Chu Lan had actually wanted to take her back the way they came!

"Of course..."

"If I didn't know her, why would she help us out?"

Chu Lan glanced back toward Star Lake.

"You brat... there's seriously something off about you. You actually..."

Dugu Bo turned to look at Chu Lan, his expression grave.

Just as he was about to say the words "Shapeshifting Soul Beast," he saw Chu Lan staring sternly at him.

Dugu Bo withdrew his gaze and turned away, sighing inwardly. Just how many secrets are you hiding?

Dugu Yan was still immersed in the danger they had just escaped. She sighed, "That girl was so strange. She could actually make two Soul Beasts that powerful bow to her commands."

Chu Lan said, "Senior, we should search around the eastern part of the mixed zone. The eastern mixed zone is close to Spirit City, so it shouldn't be as dangerous."

"That makes sense, but... if we run into people from Spirit Hall, that'll be troublesome." Though Dugu Bo said so, he still rode the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor swiftly eastward.

Chu Lan chuckled. "We've already been unlucky twice. We can't keep being unlucky."

Dugu Bo nodded. "True enough. We can't be the only unlucky ones forever."

Dugu Yan let out a sigh. "Or maybe we used up all our luck already."

She and Chu Lan had each fused with two Soul Bones over forty thousand years old!

For most people, encountering even one Soul Bone in their entire lives would be unlikely, let alone fusing with one.

The three of them searched eastward for Soul Beasts.

Following the principle of settling for nothing less than the best, Dugu Bo's standards were exceptionally strict.

Along the way, they rejected Soul Beasts whose type was suitable but whose age was insufficient, as well as those whose age was suitable but whose type was lacking.

Nearly ten days passed, yet Dugu Yan still had not absorbed her fifth Soul Ring.

"Grandpa, how long are we going to keep searching like this?"

"Something decent will do!"

Dugu Yan looked miserable as she rubbed her slightly aching calves and sighed.

"No!"

Dugu Bo's answer was decisive, his tone stern. "My granddaughter's Soul Ring has to be a good one!"

Seeing this, Chu Lan felt that he had placed this much pressure on Dugu Bo.

In the original story, Dugu Bo had not seemed nearly so serious about Dugu Yan's Soul Rings. For example, her first and second soul skills had both leaned toward support.

If she was going to follow the control path, why give Dugu Yan support-oriented Soul Rings? Wasn't that ridiculous...

"Who's there? Come out!"

Dugu Bo suddenly rose to his feet and stared into the dim forest, his expression grave.

Chu Lan immediately pulled Dugu Yan up and looked in the direction Dugu Bo was watching.

The forest around them suddenly fell silent enough for a pin to drop.

"Old Poison, it's been a long time..."

A sinister, hoarse voice rang out through the dark forest and reached the ears of the three of them.

Chu Lan spread out his spiritual power and fixed his gaze ahead. A cloud of black mist slowly emerged, containing the outline of a figure whose features could not be seen.

"It's you!"

A cold glint flashed through Dugu Bo's eyes as green light surfaced, and astonishing black poison mist billowed from his body.

By the look of it, he could strike at any moment.

Chu Lan pressed a hand against the Chicken Talisman at his waist, ready to flee with Dugu Yan at any time.

Damn it!

Could their luck get any worse!?

They had actually run into one of Dugu Bo's enemies!

"You want to fight? Are you serious?"

A hoarse, chilling voice came from within the black mist, accompanied by a faint, disdainful sneer.

"Why are you alone? Where's Yue Guan? Aren't you two inseparable best buddies?"

As Dugu Bo spoke, his guard was fully raised.

Hearing that, Chu Lan immediately understood the identity of the person shrouded in black mist!

An elder of Spirit Hall, a level ninety-five Titled Douluo—the Ghost Douluo!

His name was Gui Mei!

Chu Lan was secretly speechless. Of all people, they had run into such a terrifyingly powerful fellow.

And this person had an inseparable companion: another elder of Spirit Hall, a level ninety-five Titled Douluo—the Chrysanthemum Douluo!

His name was Yue Guan!

Back when Dugu Bo became a Titled Douluo, he had gone to Spirit Hall to receive his title, with Golden Crocodile Douluo presiding over the ceremony. Afterward, they had invited Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall, but he had refused, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had ultimately pursued him!

Only with Prince Xue Xing's aid had he escaped danger!

Chu Lan scanned his surroundings.

If a level ninety-five Titled Douluo wanted to hide, there was no way he could discover him.

"Old Poison, now that we've run into you here today, should we leave you behind? Or leave you behind? Or leave you behind?"

A soft, effeminate voice echoed through the forest overhead. Then, a handsome man in a red robe descended from the sky, chrysanthemums drifting around him.

The newcomer was none other than Chrysanthemum Douluo!

Dugu Yan's expression turned cold. If Dugu Bo had only been facing Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo himself, escaping would naturally have been no problem.

But... Chu Lan and Dugu Yan were beside him, and he had to protect them!

"Hm? This aura is...!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo's gaze fell upon Chu Lan and Dugu Yan, and he was suddenly drawn by the aura emanating from them.

"Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!?"

Chrysanthemum Douluo carefully sensed it, recognized the aura emanating from Chu Lan, and his pupils abruptly constricted.

Chu Lan narrowed his eyes slightly.

He was not surprised that Chrysanthemum Douluo could recognize that he had consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemum Douluo bypassed Dugu Bo and charged straight toward Chu Lan and Dugu Yan.

"Yue Guan, since when did you learn to bully children!"

Dugu Bo met him head-on, his five fingers curling into claws as terrifying Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison coiled around them.

Chrysanthemum Douluo dodged aside and said coldly, "Old Poison, I'm not in the mood to fight you right now!"

"Hmph!"

Dugu Bo said in a deep voice, "You want to touch my people, yet you say you don't want to fight me?"

"If you so much as touch a hair on their heads today, tomorrow I'll make sure Spirit City has no one left but Titled Douluo!"

"You know I'm capable of doing that!"

As soon as those words fell.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo's expressions changed at once.

If Dugu Bo wanted to flee, the two of them alone could not stop him!

If they truly harmed anyone close to Dugu Bo, they believed he would really throw caution to the wind!

"Yue Guan, you know this!"

Dugu Bo's tone was icy. "I only have this one granddaughter. If anything happens to her, I don't even know what I'll become!"

"As for that brat... if anything happens to him, my granddaughter definitely won't forgive me!"

Ghost Douluo came to Chrysanthemum Douluo's side. The two stood shoulder to shoulder as they confronted Dugu Bo.