An Unexpected Encounter with Ning Rongrong!

[Entry: Immune to All Poisons!]

[Description: Once you bind this entry, everyone and all toxins within ten meters of you will automatically retreat!]

Was this third entry specifically for dealing with poisons?

Its effects might have been limited to poison, but within that domain, it was practically unbeatable!

It wasn't merely that he couldn't be poisoned. Poison couldn't even appear within ten meters of him?

Wasn't that essentially a passive aura?

He could walk into poison-infested places without a shred of fear from now on!

Poison-type Soul Masters like Dugu Bo would pose far less of a threat to him.

He might even be able to sneak into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!

In the original story, hadn't Dugu Bo merely surrounded the well with a poisonous miasma?

Against this entry, that miasma would be useless. Couldn't he harvest every last Immortal Herb inside?

The thought was genuinely tempting to Luofan!

The three Golden Entries each offered something completely different.

After careful consideration, Luofan ultimately chose entry two!

Adding a rule-based effect to every Soul Skill would make him stronger. That was what mattered most.

As soon as he made his choice, understanding washed over Luofan.

Both his First Soul Skill, Suppression, and his Second Soul Skill, Shield, had undergone tremendous changes.

Soul Masters understood the Soul Skills granted by their Soul Rings the moment those skills awakened.

Naturally, Luofan immediately understood what had changed!

First came his First Soul Skill, Suppression.

He could smash enemies with it, and it already had a rule-based control effect!

Now it had gained another rule: when he attacked a target with the Exquisite Pagoda, fifty percent of his attack ignored defense!

Put in game terms, suppose an attack had 100 points of destructive power, but the opponent's defense was so high he couldn't hurt them at all.

Fifty of those points would bypass the opponent's defense completely.

Luofan was quite pleased with that rule.

His First Soul Skill now combined attack and control, with a rule-based effect for each.

Next came Luofan's Second Soul Skill!

Originally, Shield let him grant any target, including himself, a defensive barrier that blocked attacks.

Now it had gained a new rule-based effect!

The first attack to strike the shield after it took effect would be completely nullified!

This Soul Skill would depend on how well he used it.

If he mistimed it, some casual blow might consume the effect and waste it!

But if he timed it precisely enough to nullify even a Titled Douluo's full-power strike, the effect would be incredible!

With his third Golden Entry bound, Luofan was thoroughly satisfied!

His First Soul Ring was already close to five thousand years old, and his Second Soul Ring was three thousand years old.

Now the ages of both Soul Rings were increasing at the same time!

The night passed uneventfully. The next morning, Luofan got up and washed, only to discover that Snake Lance Douluo had not returned all night.

What happened yesterday evening? What could have kept a Titled Douluo occupied this long? Luofan wondered.

After all, Xue Qinghe had tasked Snake Lance Douluo with protecting him until he successfully obtained his Second Soul Ring. If nothing had happened, he surely would have returned by now.

What should Luofan do next? Continue on to Heaven Dou City?

He shook his head and decided to wait a little longer.

Leaving Snake Lance Douluo behind without a word would be terribly inconsiderate.

After washing up, Luofan went out for breakfast. He had a faint feeling that someone was watching him.

"Hm?"

He turned toward the sensation, but saw no one watching him.

Was it my imagination? Luofan wondered.

Then he shook his head.

Impossible. After fusing with the sixty-thousand-year-old Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, his mental strength and perception had improved dramatically. His senses couldn't be wrong!

Keeping his expression calm, Luofan finished breakfast and wandered the town's streets.

In truth, he quietly extended his mental senses, searching for whoever was watching him.

Sure enough, the feeling returned. Someone even seemed to be following him in secret!

Luofan entered a secluded alley and spun around.

About half a minute later, a flurry of footsteps approached!

As the figure came around the corner, Luofan reached out and grabbed their head.

"Uh, who are you? Why are you following me?" Luofan froze for a moment before demanding an answer.

He had hesitated because his pursuer wore a small cloak with the hood pulled over their face. Judging by their build, they were even shorter than he was!

He wasn't even seven yet. If they were shorter than him, they had to be a child too!

Why would a child secretly follow him?

What was going on?

"Luofan! It really is you!"

The child he held spoke in a familiar voice, full of delight.

"Rongrong!?" Luofan exclaimed in surprise.

Sure enough, the child pulled back her hood, revealing an adorable young face. Who else could she be but Ning Rongrong, the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?

"Luofan, this is wonderful! You've been gone for more than half a year, and I ran into you here! Come back with me to—"

Ning Rongrong was so excited to see him that she clearly meant to ask him to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with her.

But before she could finish, something seemed to occur to her, and her face fell.

"Rongrong, what are you doing here? Why are you alone and dressed like that?" Luofan asked curiously.

Truthfully, Ning Fengzhi had all but forced him to leave. Luofan couldn't pretend he bore the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect no resentment.

But his grievance was with the older generation. He wouldn't take it out on Ning Rongrong.

Besides, Ning Fengzhi had wanted him gone precisely because Ning Rongrong was so attached to him and they were so close.

If he and Ning Rongrong had meant nothing to each other, Ning Fengzhi probably wouldn't have minded one more mouth to feed.

"Luofan, Spirit Hall attacked us. They captured my dad, and Sword Grandpa was hurt. I snuck out to find food!"

Ning Rongrong answered in a choked voice, her eyes brimming with tears.