Encountering Liu Erlong Again

Golden Crocodile Douluo left the Icefire Yin Yang Well with Ling Jing and Bibi Dong.

Because Yue Guan needed to remain at the Icefire Yin Yang Well to cultivate Immortal Herbs, Gui Mei was responsible for relaying messages between Spirit Hall and the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and Qian Daoliu stayed behind to pioneer Soul Cores, their party was naturally much smaller this time.

But Golden Crocodile Douluo had now become a Peerless Douluo. On the present-day Douluo Continent, there was simply no one in the open who could harm him.

Of the three Peerless Douluo, Qian Daoliu was one of their own, Bo Saixi lived in seclusion on Sea God Island, while Tang Chen was undergoing the Asura God's trial and was trapped deep within Slaughter City. Thus, theoretically speaking, as long as Di Tian, who slept beneath the Lake of Life, did not emerge, Golden Crocodile Douluo was the strongest.

Even with only Golden Crocodile Douluo protecting them, they were basically guaranteed complete safety.

As for Ling Jing's third Soul Ring, he still decided to head to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Just as Ling Jing's group was preparing to leave Sunset Forest, a conversation suddenly drifted over from somewhere nearby ahead.

"We stayed in Heaven Dou Imperial City for several days and watched Yu Xiaogang get rescued and treated by the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, escaping mortal danger. We have already done all we could. Now that Yu Xiaogang's father has also arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City, Erlong, you need not take it too much to heart. Yu Xiaogang has a crooked heart and serious flaws in his character. Becoming strangers is not necessarily a bad thing for us."

"I know... I'm only troubled by something else."

A woman's voice soon came from the forest, followed by a soft sigh.

These two were naturally Flender and Liu Erlong.

After Ling Jing's group left Heaven Dou Imperial City, Flender and Liu Erlong ultimately did not choose to leave immediately. Only after confirming that Yu Xiaogang's life was no longer in danger did they set out for Sunset Forest to hunt a Soul Ring.

In Flender's eyes, he and Yu Xiaogang had known each other once, but their relationship had never been particularly close. Having done this much already counted as doing all he could.

But in truth, Liu Erlong was not troubled over Yu Xiaogang.

What had happened in Heaven Dou Imperial City that day was quickly spread by others.

After receiving the news, Yu Yuanzhen, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's clan leader, personally appeared in Heaven Dou Imperial City. Accompanying Yu Yuanzhen was none other than Liu Erlong's biological father, Yu Luomian.

Seeing her father, whom she had not seen for a long time, Liu Erlong's feelings were clearly extremely complicated.

Her mother was of low status, and her martial soul was not the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon but the mutated Fire Dragon martial soul. Unless she could grow powerful enough in the future, it would be difficult for her to bring her mother back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and acknowledge their ancestry in this lifetime.

From that perspective, it seemed she ought to hate Yu Luomian.

Yet Yu Luomian had treated both mother and daughter rather well. Aside from being unable to acknowledge their identities and bring them back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he had practically done everything a father could do.

A relatively comfortable and stable life, a certain amount of cultivation resources, and occasional companionship and care.

This left Liu Erlong deeply conflicted, unsure how she should face her father again.

Thinking of this, Liu Erlong could not help letting out a soft sigh.

Just as Flender wanted to offer Liu Erlong a few more words of comfort, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and a vicious look surfaced on his somewhat sinister face. "Who goes there!"

As his words fell, Flender's pupils abruptly contracted.

The three people who appeared before them were none other than Ling Jing, Bibi Dong, and Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Golden Crocodile Douluo and Bibi Dong could naturally conceal themselves well enough that Flender would not notice them, but Ling Jing's strength was still somewhat lacking, which was why Flender detected him.

Ling Jing's gaze shifted back and forth between Liu Erlong and Flender as his mind raced, seriously considering the matter.

At first, he had indeed considered using the Soul Contract to form a contract with Liu Erlong, then cuckolding Yu Xiaogang once.

But now Yu Xiaogang had already become Wang Xiaogang, so there was no longer any need for that.

And upon careful consideration... Liu Erlong's talent and martial soul were merely average.

Although Liu Erlong possessed a mutated assault-type Fire Dragon martial soul, in reality, it was at most a powerful beast martial soul, nowhere near top-tier. Contracting Liu Erlong would give him nothing much beyond a sense of satisfaction.

There seemed to be no need to waste a precious contract opportunity on Liu Erlong.

After clearly seeing Golden Crocodile Douluo's face, Flender's expression suddenly changed. He immediately lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Greetings, Your Excellency Titled Douluo. Greetings, Your Highness the Holy Maiden and Your Highness the Holy Son."

Liu Erlong at his side also came to her senses a beat later and lowered her head in imitation of Flender.

Golden Crocodile Douluo casually glanced at Flender without speaking.

He simply could not be bothered with such minor figures, much less care about their feelings.

Yet this silent indifference felt like an invisible pressure weighing on Flender's heart.

Flender could only speak in a low voice. "My apologies. I had no intention of offending you, my lords. My companion and I came to Sunset Forest solely to help her obtain her fourth Soul Ring. Deep in the Soul Hunting Forest, one cannot help but remain vigilant..."

A fourth Soul Ring?

Liu Erlong should already be nearly twenty years old by now, right?

And she was only a Soul Ancestor?

Ling Jing instinctively glanced at Bibi Dong beside him—Bibi Dong, who was only twenty now, had already reached the terrifying Soul Power Level of seventy-nine, just one step away from breaking through to the Soul Douluo realm.

The gap between Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong was truly absurdly vast...

But after thinking about the geniuses from the first part of Douluo Continent, Ling Jing quickly accepted it.

Those geniuses in the first part of Douluo Continent had never been particularly impressive in the first place. Qin Ming of Shrek Academy was the continent's second-youngest Soul Emperor, while Tang Hao was the youngest Titled Douluo in history...

It was ridiculous.

A forty-four-year-old Titled Douluo was considered the youngest... Bibi Dong standing beside me has not even said anything yet, all right?

Liu Erlong's current cultivation also made Ling Jing completely abandon the thought of contracting her. Although his contract could directly replicate the full strength of a martial soul at his current cultivation level, the Fire Dragon martial soul... its potential was only so-so.

Neither Liu Erlong in Douluo Continent I nor Wu Feng in Douluo Continent II had displayed particularly great strength.

Rather than waste a contract opportunity, he might as well contract someone of higher quality and replicate a better martial soul.

Hearing Flender's voice, Golden Crocodile Douluo slightly turned his gaze toward them.

A Soul Ancestor who looked under twenty?

This talent... was actually rather decent.

"Do you two belong to any clan or have you joined any faction? Would you be willing to join Spirit Hall?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo glanced at Flender and Liu Erlong and casually asked.

Such talent was considered fairly good even within Spirit Hall. If he could recruit them into Spirit Hall along the way, that would naturally be for the best. Even if they were unwilling to join Spirit Hall, there would be no loss whatsoever.