Dugu Bo Was Stunned: Yin Yu Was Level 95? Yin Changqing: What Will You Offer in Exchange?

"Hold me hostage?"

Dugu Bo sneered, his usual pride as Poison Douluo returning:

"I may not rank among the strongest Titled Douluo.

But when it comes to killing with poison and destroying a Sect's foundations, few Titled Douluo in the world would dare push me too far!

If they try anything underhanded, I'll risk this old life of mine to leave the Holy Dragon Sect drowning in blood!"

But the hostility around Dugu Bo soon faded.

He closed his eyes and drew a deep breath.

"Still... that boy left himself plenty of room to maneuver.

He didn't threaten me outright. Instead, he proposed an 'equal exchange.'

The Holy Dragon Sect is on the rise, and I hear Yin Changqing is considered its future.

They have no reason to make an enemy of a powder keg like me."

Dugu Yan looked at her grandfather.

"So you mean..."

"I'm going to the Holy Dragon Sect!"

Dugu Bo's eyes snapped open, a ghostly green light reflected in them.

"I want to see for myself what trump card that twelve-year-old brat holds, if he can read the balance of power and find my weak spot so precisely!"

"If the Holy Dragon Sect really has a way to stop the Snake Poison Backlash, or some rare medicinal herb...

Forget trading herbs. I'd even owe the Holy Dragon Sect a favor!"

Early the next morning.

A streak of green light silently crossed the sky above Heaven Dou City. Without alerting anyone, it sped straight toward the Holy Dragon Sect's gates.

At the Holy Dragon Sect's Main Peak Training Ground.

The morning mist had yet to clear. Dressed in crisp white training clothes, Yin Changqing practiced a basic Dragon Fist routine at the center of the grounds.

Every punch he threw sent a low rumble through the air.

Tempered by Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, his body was now as powerful as a young Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast of a comparable level. Vast Bloodline Power surged through his every movement.

Just then, Yin Changqing paused mid-punch.

He slowly withdrew his fist and turned toward a point in the sky. His lips curved into a smile, as though he had expected this.

"He came sooner than I thought," Yin Changqing murmured.

Almost as soon as he spoke—

Boom!

A vast pressure of Soul Power, bitterly cold and roiling with green mist, crashed down from above and instantly engulfed the Holy Dragon Sect's main peak!

The disciples around the training ground went pale. They summoned their Martial Souls and braced for battle.

"Who dares trespass on the Holy Dragon Sect?!"

Several Soul Sage elders roared as they soared into the air.

"Stand down."

A deep, resonant voice came from the Main Peak Council Hall.

Then two terrifying Titled Douluo auras surged skyward!

One was like a platinum dragon, blazing and domineering, wreathed in Lightfire that could purify all things;

The other was like a Demon Dragon from the abyss, heavy as a mountain and carrying the suffocating pressure of a level 95 Super Douluo!

Their auras wove together into an invisible net overhead, effortlessly sweeping away the green mist and biting cold!

A green-robed figure appeared in midair.

It was Dugu Bo!

Hovering there, Dugu Bo felt the two Titled Douluo auras rushing toward him. His pupils contracted sharply!

"Level 91... and a level 95 Super Douluo?!"

Shock surged through Dugu Bo.

The reports said Yin Yu was formidable, but he had never imagined Yin Yu's Soul Power had reached the terrifying level of a level 95 Super Douluo!

In just a few years, Yin Yu had gone from newly breaking through to Titled Douluo all the way to level 95?!

Tuoba Xi shocked him even more!

The fluctuations of Tuoba Xi's Soul Power were strange. He was only level 91, yet the density and depth of his power rivaled that of a level 93 Titled Douluo!

Worse, the rising golden-white flames stirred an instinctive fear in Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor!

How are these two old monsters several times stronger than the reports claimed?!

A bead of cold sweat formed at Dugu Bo's temple.

He had counted on his strength as a Titled Douluo to unleash some pressure before landing, putting the Holy Dragon Sect on the back foot so he could gain an advantage in the coming negotiation.

Instead, he had discovered that the Holy Dragon Sect's depths seemed bottomless!

If a fight broke out against a level 95 Super Douluo and a strangely powerful level 91 Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo might not even get a chance to escape!

"Hahaha!

Mr. Dugu, welcome! Forgive the Holy Dragon Sect for not coming out to greet you!"

Tuoba Xi's hearty laughter echoed through the valley.

Tuoba Xi and Yin Yu rose into the air and stopped level with Dugu Bo. Polite smiles sat on their faces, but their Soul Power remained poised beneath the surface, sealing off every escape route.

Dugu Bo forced down his shock, reined in his poisonous mist and Soul Power, and drifted down to the center of the training ground.

Tuoba Xi and Yin Yu landed as well.

At the elders' direction, the disciples withdrew quickly and in good order. Only four people remained on the training ground.

Tuoba Xi, Yin Yu, Dugu Bo, and Yin Changqing, who stood calmly at its center.

Dugu Bo looked past Tuoba Xi and Yin Yu, fixing his gaze on twelve-year-old Yin Changqing.

"Mr. Dugu, good to see you again."

Yin Changqing bowed slightly in greeting as a junior. His smile was warm, and his composure hardly belonged to a twelve-year-old facing a Titled Douluo.

"I told you in Heaven Dou City that you were welcome to come have tea anytime.

Your visit today is an honor for the Holy Dragon Sect."

Dugu Bo snorted. His expression remained haughty, but his tone was noticeably less lofty than it had been in Heaven Dou City.

"Boy, spare me the pleasantries.

You know why I came to the Holy Dragon Sect today!"

Dugu Bo turned to Tuoba Xi and Yin Yu, his voice grave.

"Sect Masters, I'll get straight to the point.

I came for two things.

First, what exactly did this boy of yours mean by what he said at the Prince's Mansion?

Second..."

Dugu Bo gave Yin Changqing a long look.

"Does the Holy Dragon Sect have a way to cure or suppress the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison's backlash once and for all?!"

A brief silence fell over the training ground.

Tuoba Xi and Yin Yu exchanged a glance and saw the same hint of amusement in each other's eyes.

The situation was now entirely in the Holy Dragon Sect's hands.

Yin Changqing stepped forward. Looking into Dugu Bo's green eyes, bright with anxiety and wariness, he answered with a question of his own.

"Mr. Dugu, before I answer, I'd like to ask you something."

"If the Holy Dragon Sect can not only cure your granddaughter Dugu Yan's Snake Poison Backlash completely, but also help your Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul advance and free you from the agony of the backlash..."

Yin Changqing narrowed his eyes and spoke softly.

"Mr. Dugu, what would you offer... in exchange?"

Dugu Bo shuddered slightly, his fists clenched tight.