You Are Not Qualified to Negotiate with Me

Dugu Bo watched this scene unfold and felt his entire worldview crumble.

Why were Bibi Dong and Yu Yuanzhen both centered around a child?

Bibi Dong had even asked for the white-haired boy's opinion?

Didn't that mean his life and death rested on the white-haired boy's whim?

What in the world had happened to this world...

"Dugu Bo, you... weren't here just for the herbs, were you?" Yu Xiaogang looked Dugu Bo up and down.

Ice Dragon King, Fire Dragon King, if I'm not mistaken, Dugu Bo is close to death, isn't he?

The Fire Dragon King gave an affirmative reply from within his sea of consciousness. Isn't that right? This kid is relying on the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to forcibly suppress the toxins in his body.

The Ice Dragon King gave an even more direct confirmation. I haven't investigated the specifics, but once he leaves the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, given his current condition, he has four or five years at most, or a year and a half at least, before his life comes to an end.

Dugu Bo's heart jolted. Could he have seen through me?

No, impossible. Even Bibi Dong and Yu Yuanzhen don't know. How could a boy of only eight or nine possibly see through it?

Yet Dugu Bo remained tough in words. "These herbs are peerless treasures. Take out any one of them, and it would be enough to make people outside fight themselves bloody over it."

"So this place belongs to me now." With a single sentence from Bibi Dong, Dugu Bo swallowed every word he had been about to say.

"..." Dugu Bo was now caught between a rock and a hard place.

If he gave in... he probably would not last many more years.

Without this precious land, he absolutely could not withstand an outbreak of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison.

If he refused... he truly could not defeat Bibi Dong.

Whether he could even escape was another matter entirely.

He knew that Bibi Dong possessed another martial soul.

An equally top-tier beast martial soul, the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor.

Who knew how many Soul Rings Bibi Dong had added to the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor by now?

He did not even need to think to know that the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor's Soul Rings had definitely started at the ten-thousand-year level.

That meant Bibi Dong simply could not be regarded as an ordinary level ninety-five Super Douluo.

If he had been alone, then even if it meant perishing together, he would never let them obtain this precious land so easily.

But... he had a granddaughter!

If he died, was he supposed to leave his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, alone in this world?

With a quiet sigh in his heart, he took the initiative to compromise. "I can share the precious herbs here with you. This is the greatest sincerity I can offer."

He did not want to give up this place, and he could not give it up.

"Watch your attitude when you speak, Dugu Bo."

"It is already an act of mercy that I am willing to spare your life. You are not qualified to negotiate terms with me."

"Leave now, and I shall pretend you were never here."

Bibi Dong had her own concerns as well.

She was not sure whether Yu Yuanzhen would join her in keeping Dugu Bo here for good.

If Dugu Bo escaped, Spirit Hall would suffer.

Spirit Hall could disappear, and it could suffer devastating losses, but absolutely not in this manner.

Dugu Bo was terribly weak in a one-on-one fight, but against anyone below the Titled Douluo rank, he was overwhelmingly powerful.

No one below the Titled Douluo rank could withstand his poison.

Even a Titled Douluo might fall victim to his poison if they were careless.

Although the chance of Dugu Bo escaping if she attacked was extremely low, she still had to guard against it.

It seemed... she would have to use the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor.

The Death Spider Emperor alone was not secure enough.

"Do you really think I, Dugu Bo, have no temper?!" Dugu Bo had not expected Bibi Dong to press him so relentlessly.

He truly could not endure it any longer!

"Ninth Soul Skill—"

Before the Soul Skill could finish gathering power, Bibi Dong instantly switched martial souls.

She changed from the Death Spider Emperor to the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor.

Bibi Dong had long been prepared to strike.

Her Soul Ring configuration of yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red instantly transformed into seven Soul Rings: black, black, black, black, black, red, red.

The crimson Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring lit up.

"Sixth Soul Skill—Eternal Creation!"

This was the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor's lethal single-target attack Soul Skill.

A killing strike that ignored all physical defenses.

"What?!" Alarm bells blared in Dugu Bo's heart.

"Medusa's Gaze!"

A petrifying beam shot from his head.

Even so, Bibi Dong's level ninety-five cultivation still completely crushed Dugu Bo's level ninety-one cultivation.

While Eternal Creation ignored all physical defenses, it could also ignore fifty percent of energy defenses.

Eternal Creation still struck Dugu Bo.

One strike heavily wounded him.

A diagonal cross-shaped gash appeared across Dugu Bo's chest.

The wound began spreading. Dugu Bo spat out a mouthful of blood and hurriedly circulated his Soul Power to suppress it.

Gritting his teeth, Dugu Bo summoned his Life Core Bead. "Stop! Take one more step forward, and I'll detonate my Life Core Bead. I'll die, but don't even think about obtaining this precious land!"

Intense killing intent flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes.

The move Dugu Bo had used to resist her Eternal Creation had not been a Soul Skill.

It had been a head Soul Bone skill.

But she did not know how powerful the explosion of Dugu Bo's Life Core Bead would be.

Even if it had only half the power of a Titled Douluo's self-destruction, combined with Dugu Bo's highly toxic attribute, the precious herbs here would be beyond saving.

But Dugu Bo had already been struck by her Eternal Creation. His death had effectively been decided.

The wound could not heal and could only be suppressed with Soul Power. Once his Soul Power ran out, death would be his only path.

So she did not continue approaching and merely stared coldly at Dugu Bo.

Yu Yuanzhen, who had watched the entire exchange, could not help but marvel inwardly. Bibi Dong, you've hidden yourself deeply indeed... Eternal Creation? What an overbearing Soul Skill.

Naturally, he could see just how domineering that move was.

If Bibi Dong did not withdraw that corrosive force, then Dugu Bo would be dying a slow death.

At the same time, Yu Yuanzhen stepped farther back, guarding against Dugu Bo truly detonating that bead.

"Dong'er, come back." Yu Xiaogang only spoke after seeing that Bibi Dong's intimidation had been sufficient.

He had met Dugu Bo in his previous life and understood him reasonably well. He was not someone easily persuaded.

The characteristics of Dugu Bo's martial soul destined him to be a major problem.

He was like a powerful weapon. He posed little threat to Titled Douluos, but to mid- and low-level combatants, he was a massacre waiting to happen.

For such a highly dangerous and unstable existence, one either had to eliminate him or take him for one's own use.

But there was no way Yu Xiaogang would relinquish the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

And if they truly discussed who this precious land belonged to, then it belonged to the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.

Everyone else had arrived later.

There was no such thing as who it belonged to.

Or, to put it more bluntly—those capable possessed it.

He was more inclined to subdue Dugu Bo.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was indeed weak now, with only Yu Yuanzhen as its sole Titled Douluo.

Arrogant and unruly? That was not a problem.

As for what if Dugu Bo could not withstand Bibi Dong's attack and simply died?

He was only a level ninety-one Titled Douluo. If he could not endure it, then his strength was nothing special anyway.

Bibi Dong had not even activated the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor avatar yet. If he could not even withstand this, then there was no need to subdue him.

His view of others was simple: only those who could serve his purposes were his own people.

Everything else was unimportant.