Dragon Duke and Snake Granny Pledge Their Loyalty! Zhao Wuji Seizes a Soul Beast? Meng Shu: Have You Grown Tired of Living?

Yin Yu gave a cold snort and slowly took two steps forward. His nine Soul Rings shone against the night:

"Kill you?

I'd hate to dirty my hands.

Fifteen years ago, I would've fought to the death to tear a strip off you.

But now I'm a Titled Douluo, and Changqing is a prodigy. If I killed a Soul Douluo and a Soul Sage, people might think the Holy Dragon Sect was picking on the weak."

Meng Shu froze at his words. A faint glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes, and he hurriedly bowed.

"Then what do you mean, Your Excellency...?"

Yin Changqing stepped forward. Leaning against a tree, he studied the two of them and said evenly:

"Father, killing them serves no purpose.

Senior Meng and Senior Snake Granny have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Dragon-Snake Combination Attack. Its power rivals that of an ordinary Titled Douluo.

Even across Douluo Continent, they're a useful fighting force."

Yin Changqing turned to Meng Shu.

"The wager says we may deal with you as we please.

You have two choices:

First, swear an oath that from this day on, the Dragon-Snake Family will become a vassal of the Holy Dragon Sect and answer to me.

Second, hand over everything you own, then have a taste of what my father went through back then."

An oath might not mean much, but it would still put a shackle on Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang. Once word spread, betraying them would come at a higher cost.

Besides, Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang's Beast Clan was the strongest force in the Balak Kingdom. Its local businesses and influence were extensive.

That would matter greatly when the Holy Dragon Sect competed for a place among the Upper Three Sects.

As for Meng Shu stealing Yin Yu's soul beast back then?

After everything he had experienced in fifteen years, Yin Yu no longer cared about it, given his current standing.

Otherwise, Yin Yu would have wiped out the Beast Clan long ago. Meng Shu and his family would never have escaped.

If they could use this to bring the Beast Clan into the fold, the Holy Dragon Sect's power would grow considerably.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang exchanged a glance, their hearts in turmoil.

Submit to the Holy Dragon Sect?

The Holy Dragon Sect now had Holy Dragon Douluo Tuoba Xi, as well as Demon Dragon Douluo Yin Yu, a level 94 powerhouse with a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

And Yin Changqing, a peerless genius who had reached level 40 at just twelve years old, had a limitless future ahead of him!

Following a force like that hardly seemed like a bad thing.

If they agreed, their old grudge would be wiped clean, and they might secure a future for themselves.

Meng Shu immediately pulled Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran down with him. They dropped to one knee, bowed, and declared in loud voices:

"I, Meng Shu, and I, Chao Tianxiang, pledge to lead the Dragon-Snake Family in loyalty to Your Excellency Demon Dragon and the Holy Dragon Sect!

If we break this oath, may heaven strike us down!"

Kneeling behind them, Meng Yiran bit her lower lip. She secretly glanced up at Yin Changqing standing proudly before them, her eyes filled with conflicted feelings and admiration. At last, she lowered her proud head too.

Yin Yu burst out laughing at the sight and nodded in satisfaction.

"At least you know what's good for you!

Get up, all of you."

Yin Changqing said calmly:

"Now that we're on the same side, Yiran happens to need a third Soul Ring.

That Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent fled southeast after being startled. This is the perfect time to catch it."

Surprised and delighted, Chao Tianxiang hastily bowed in thanks.

"Thank you for the guidance, Young Master!"

Chao Tianxiang pulled Meng Yiran up and hurried southeast after the serpent.

They had not been gone long when Yin Yu raised an eyebrow. His immense spiritual power swept toward the southeast.

"Wait."

Yin Yu stopped the others as they were about to leave and turned to Yin Changqing.

"Changqing, I just scanned a mile to the southeast with my spiritual power and detected several Soul Power signatures.

One Soul Sage, one Soul Elder, and five Soul Grandmasters in their twenties.

From the look of it, a teacher from some academy has brought students into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Soul Rings."

A glint flashed in Yin Changqing's eyes.

A Soul Sage leading a group of Soul Elders and Soul Grandmasters, right in the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's escape route...

It had to be Zhao Wuji and the people from Shrek Academy!

Yin Changqing smiled faintly and turned to Yin Yu.

"Father, Senior Chao and Yiran just went that way. That group will probably run into the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and snatch it from them.

Senior Meng and his family have only just sworn loyalty to the Holy Dragon Sect. If they suffer a loss now, it'll look as though we can't protect them.

Why don't we go take a look? If that group really dares to steal the soul beast, we can help Senior Chao deal with them and show our new vassals that we stand behind them."

Meng Shu was deeply moved. He cupped his fists at once.

"Thank you for looking out for us, Young Master!"

Yin Yu laughed heartily and slapped his thigh.

"Changqing's right!

If they call me Your Excellency Demon Dragon, I won't let outsiders walk all over us.

Come on. Let's see which academy's Soul Sage has the nerve!"

With that, Yin Yu flashed forward, taking Yin Changqing, Tuoba Tingxue, and Meng Shu straight through the forest toward the southeast.

In a clearing to the southeast, Zhao Wuji had already knocked the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent unconscious with a palm strike.

Chao Tianxiang stood protectively before Meng Yiran, locked in a standoff with the people from Shrek Academy.

Zhao Wuji folded his arms across his chest. Confident in his strength as a level 76 Soul Sage, he grinned.

"Senior Chao, we were the ones who knocked this soul beast out and stopped it.

By the rules of the forest, it belongs to whoever knocks it out first.

Besides, my student has just reached level 30 and needs this Soul Ring badly."

Chao Tianxiang's face went livid with anger. She gritted her teeth.

"We chased that Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for miles and wounded it first!

If I hadn't let my guard down for a moment, you would never have had the chance to strike!"

"I'm afraid that's not how it works, Senior."

Tang San stepped forward from the side and said firmly:

"Soul beasts belong to no one. Whoever captures one has earned it.

Without solid proof, I'm afraid you won't convince anyone."

Furious, Meng Yiran drew her Serpent Cane.

"You're twisting the facts!"

"When you can't win an argument, you resort to stealing?"

A deep snort boomed through the trees like thunder.

The next instant, several figures descended into the clearing.

Meng Shu landed beside Chao Tianxiang in a flash and swept a cold gaze over Zhao Wuji.

"Zhao Wuji, you must have grown tired of living, daring to steal from my Beast Clan!"

Zhao Wuji's expression changed drastically when he recognized him.

"Dragon Duke Meng Shu?!"

If it had been Chao Tianxiang alone, he would have had nothing to fear.

She was only an old Soul Emperor. He could push her around without a second thought.

But Meng Shu was dangerous!

His Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Chao Tianxiang alone rivaled a strike from a Titled Douluo.

And Meng Shu himself was a Soul Douluo who had made his name long ago!

Before Zhao Wuji could recover from the shock, a terrifying pressure descended, as though it might crush heaven and earth!

Yin Yu strode out of the forest. Behind him, the Dark Demon Dragon roared into view, its demonic flames surging skyward. Nine Soul Rings rose one after another beneath his feet!

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!

When the final Soul Ring—bloodred and a hundred thousand years old—blazed to life, the temperature throughout the forest seemed to plunge to freezing!

Everyone from Shrek felt as if lightning had struck them.

Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others turned deathly pale. That supreme draconic pressure even forced their Martial Souls back into their bodies!

"A hundred... a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring?!

A Titled Douluo?!"