Dugu Jue's Death

If things went wrong, the old tragedy of the Clear Sky Sect could repeat itself.

They might send five or six Titled Douluo to come and surround his grandfather.

That would be disastrous.

He did not dare gamble with his grandfather's life or his family's safety.

At that thought, Dugu Jue unleashed his Martial Soul. Four soul rings—yellow, purple, purple, and black—rose from beneath his feet. His arms transformed into jiaolong claws, while purple-black poisonous clouds swirled around his body.

The moment he appeared, the grass and trees within ten meters of him visibly began to wither.

"He also has a ten-thousand-year fourth ring and a thousand-year second ring." A grave look flashed through Chrysanthemum Pass's eyes as he looked worriedly at Gui Mei. "Old Ghost, what do we do?"

"If this brat wants to die, then we'll grant his wish." Compared to Chrysanthemum Pass, Gui Mei appeared full of confidence.

"Enough, you two old geezers, stop standing around like fools. Hurry up and make way for my grandson." Dugu Bo urged them.

"Old Poison, since your grandson is courting death, don't blame me for not warning you." Having been repeatedly humiliated by Dugu Bo, who had once been weaker than him, Chrysanthemum Pass finally grew angry.

Gui Mei seemed to have already foreseen Dugu Jue's death and transmitted his voice, "Chrysanthemum Pass, be ready to unleash the Martial Soul Fusion Skill at any time."

Chrysanthemum Pass nodded and immediately moved aside with Gui Mei, flashing to one side.

Only Dugu Jue remained in his Martial Soul Possession state. He glanced in the direction his grandfather had departed, then resolutely darted into the cave beneath the waterfall, which had already been opened.

The cave was three meters high and two meters wide, extending deep within. It was more or less the same as what Dugu Jue had learned from the original story.

But Dugu Jue did not know whether it was merely an illusion.

This cave was exceptionally cold.

Unlike the extreme cold of the frigid spring within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, this cold was bone-chilling and sinister.

Dugu Jue could not help frowning. Almost instinctively, his third soul ring lit up as he unleashed his only enhancement soul skill, Jiaolong's Fury.

His poison attribute increased by one hundred percent, while his strength, speed, defense, attack power, and Soul Power increased by fifty percent. Unless he actively stopped the skill, its effects would continue until his Soul Power was exhausted.

Under the effects of Jiaolong's Fury, Dugu Jue's muscles swelled by a full circle. The purple-black poisonous clouds around him became so dense that they solidified into something resembling a protective barrier.

Only then did Dugu Jue let out a long breath and continue deeper into the cave.

When he reached the end, everything around him suddenly lit up. Dugu Jue looked up and saw a stone opening at the top of the cave wall.

Below was a stone chamber of roughly ten square meters.

Directly beneath the stone opening, a young man placed the lead box containing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone into a Soul Tool and was about to put away the Blue Silver Emperor Seed of Life.

Dugu Jue's footsteps interrupted him. His expression darkened, and a chilling glint flashed through his eyes.

"I..."

Just as Dugu Jue was about to say something, the other party stopped what he was doing and transformed into a streak of bloody light that swept past Dugu Jue.

That bloody light was incredibly condensed and sharp. Before it even arrived, it had already sliced through the surrounding walls. Its speed was as fast as lightning. Standing at the entrance of the passage, Dugu Jue had nowhere to dodge and could only instinctively raise his two jiaolong claws to meet it.

Splat!

The bloody light swept through Dugu Jue's body. The poisonous cloud, lethal even to a Soul Ancestor and dangerous even to Soul Kings and Soul Emperors, shattered like paper.

The next moment, Dugu Jue's arms were severed cleanly at the shoulders and sent flying. At the same time, his upper body flew away as well.

He had been cut in half at the waist.

Looking again at that streak of bloody light, it had somehow already taken the form of the young man from before.

He wore a dark-blue fitted combat outfit with red patches of contrasting color across several parts of the garment. It had a high collar, a tailored waist, a wide black belt, and tightly bound leggings.

The outfit was primarily dark and subdued, accented by red. Though his face could not be called particularly handsome, it carried the weathered air of someone who had passed through countless killings.

His features were ordinary, even somewhat rough, yet his bearing seemed perfectly natural. Any ordinarily handsome youth would appear thin and shallow in comparison before him.

If Lin Yuan were here, he would certainly recognize this man as the friendly young fellow who had once purchased Whale Rubber from him, only to be coaxed by Lin Yuan into turning his attention toward Lin Tian.

But compared with his previous friendliness, he now held two black-and-white single-edged swords, his killing intent utterly terrifying.

He looked exactly like Black-White Xuanzhan from The Legend of Qin.

No, the assassins of Luo Net in The Legend of Qin were named after swords. The Martial Soul in his hands was clearly the pair of Black-White Xuanzhan swords.

In a sense, he was Xuanzhan himself.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three muffled impacts rang out in succession as Dugu Jue's hands and upper body crashed away. Only his lower body remained standing where it was.

Splat— As Dugu Jue watched his lower body slowly topple over, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His eyes were fixed on the twin swords in the young man's hands, filled with disbelief. "Black-White Xuanzhan... how is this possible...?"

"Whether it's Tang San or transmigrators, anyone who tries to threaten my teacher must die. You are not the first, and you will not be the last." Xuan Jian had inherited Xuanzhan's Martial Soul, and the moment his Martial Soul awakened, Xuanzhan's sword techniques and cultivation methods had appeared in his mind.

Even his personality had become extremely similar to Xuanzhan's.

In the original The Legend of Qin, Xuanzhan fell in love with Wei Xianxian after she saved him and was willing to protect her for the rest of his life.

Xuan Jian, meanwhile, had fallen madly in love with Bibi Dong after she saved him. In his heart, he swore to protect Bibi Dong for the rest of her life.

He would never allow her to suffer the tragedy of the original story.

There was only one slight difference.

The person Bibi Dong longed for was Yu Xiaogang, not him.

In the original story, Tang San left Nording Academy after school and returned to Holy Soul Village. Tang Hao would leave that very night after meeting Yu Xiaogang.

Originally, when Xuan Jian had obtained his second soul ring last time, he had intended to take the opportunity to kill Yu Xiaogang.

But after learning that someone in Notting City was buying Whale Rubber, he made a few inquiries and discovered that Notting City had produced a suspected transmigrator—Lin Tian.

A foolish fellow who had tried to abduct Xiao Wu, only to be hammered to death by Tang Hao.

From then on, he knew that he was not the only transmigrator.

Clearly, compared to Tang San, those transmigrators were far more deadly.

So Xuan Jian killed every one he encountered.

Unfortunately, all he had killed so far were merely minor lackeys.

Dugu Jue, who had delivered himself to his door, finally counted as a genuine big fish.

As for Yu Tianlong of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and Long Aotian, that bootlicking transmigrator from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he would kill them sooner or later as well.

After saying this, Xuan Jian stepped forward and cut off Dugu Jue's head, then searched his Soul Tool.

In the end, aside from a Lovesick Heartbreak Red, he found no Immortal Herbs.

"He didn't carry the other Immortal Herbs with him. Was he planning to give them to Qian Renxue? Are the other Immortal Herbs all stored with Dugu Bo? It doesn't matter. One day, every Immortal Herb within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes will be mine."

As Xuan Jian spoke, he slapped his chest and spat out a mouthful of heart's blood onto the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. It quietly fell from the Wujue Stone.