Leaving Holy Soul Village, Robbing Dugu Bo!

The morning sunlight filtered through the broken window lattice, scattering patches of light across the wooden floor.

Lu Xuan sprang out of bed with a kip-up.

He casually stretched his limbs.

As his bones crackled and popped, he suddenly froze.

"Huh? My body... how did it get so light?" Lu Xuan looked down at his hands, his eyes full of disbelief.

He instinctively clenched his right fist and punched sharply at the air before him.

"Crack!"

A crisp sonic pop suddenly rang out.

His fist actually struck a visible ripple into the air.

"And what the hell is this feeling of being filled with strength?"

Sitting nearby, Leng Yaozhu took it all in.

A flicker of surprise crossed her exquisite phoenix eyes, and she asked tentatively:

"Xiao Xuan, did you notice anything strange last night?"

"Anything strange? No. Why?" Lu Xuan scratched his head and shook it in bewilderment before breaking into a grin.

"If I had to name something, I slept really comfortably, and my whole body felt warm. Does that count?"

Seeing Lu Xuan's clear gaze, Leng Yaozhu shook her head slightly and concealed the shock in her eyes.

"Nothing. Since you're awake, we should go."

Leng Yaozhu still had no intention of telling him what had happened last night.

"Can I go say goodbye to Grandpa Jack? He's been taking care of me all these years!" Lu Xuan put away his smile, his tone turning solemn.

Leng Yaozhu looked at him, a trace of gentle approval flashing in her eyes. "Of course!"

In this world where the strong devoured the weak, Lu Xuan possessed both this kind of character and talent.

That made it all the easier for others to trust and follow him.

They arrived at Old Jack's home.

By then, Old Jack had already woken up.

He seemed unaware of what had happened the day before.

Tang Hao, meanwhile, was nowhere to be found.

According to Leng Yaozhu, Tang Hao had fled in a panic with Tang San in the middle of the night, his destination unknown.

"Xiao Xuan, this lady is...?"

Old Jack looked at the noble, red-haired woman beside Lu Xuan, who seemed like a goddess descended to earth.

He could not help feeling a little ill at ease.

"Grandpa Jack, she's my teacher, a powerful Titled Douluo!"

Lu Xuan stepped forward and took Old Jack's rough hand, speaking before she could.

"I'm leaving with my teacher to train, so I won't be going to the junior Soul Master Academy in Nuoding City."

Standing beside him, Leng Yaozhu's lips curved almost imperceptibly.

She did not expose Lu Xuan's lie. In truth, it was hardly a lie at all.

They were not master and disciple, but their bond was even closer than that.

"A... a Titled Douluo?!"

Old Jack trembled, a light of delighted surprise suddenly bursting into his cloudy eyes as he nodded repeatedly.

"Good, good, good! Wonderful!"

Trembling, he turned toward Leng Yaozhu and bowed deeply.

"My lady, Xiao Xuan has had a hard life, but he's a very good child. He's kind and knows gratitude. I humbly beg you to treat him well!"

"I will!" Leng Yaozhu nodded solemnly.

"Then I can rest easy!" Old Jack's eyes reddened slightly as he smiled with heartfelt relief.

After saying goodbye to Old Jack.

Leng Yaozhu took Lu Xuan away from Holy Soul Village, turning into a streak of crimson light that shot straight toward the northeast.

The traveling speed of a Limit Douluo could only be described as outrageously fast.

Fierce winds howled past his ears.

Yet Lu Xuan was completely wrapped in a warm layer of fiery-red soul power and could not feel the slightest breeze.

The sun had not even climbed directly overhead.

They had already reached Sunset Forest, a hundred li east of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Although the baptism of the previous night had greatly improved Lu Xuan's body.

He was still a growing child, after all.

Having eaten nothing all morning, his stomach had already let out a humiliating, rumbling protest.

Leng Yaozhu chuckled and personally caught a plump Soft Bone Rabbit.

Lighting a fire, skinning it, roasting it—her movements flowed like drifting clouds and running water.

Watching her skillfully turn the rabbit meat over the fire, Lu Xuan knew.

This lofty Heavenly Phoenix Douluo must have spent plenty of time surviving in the wilderness in her younger days.

"Try it. How is it?"

Leng Yaozhu tore off a rabbit leg roasted golden and crisp and handed it to Lu Xuan.

"Crispy outside, tender inside. Delicious!"

Lu Xuan took a huge bite and raised his thumb, mumbling his praise through a mouthful of meat.

Leng Yaozhu smiled.

Watching Lu Xuan wolf down his food.

A tender smile blossomed on Leng Yaozhu's exquisite face.

Once they had eaten and drunk their fill, Leng Yaozhu led Lu Xuan into Sunset Forest in earnest.

Hum—

An immense surge of Spiritual Power, vast as the sea, instantly spread outward from Leng Yaozhu like ripples across water.

It effortlessly covered the entire forest.

Not only did she detect a unique treasure ground deep in the forest, suffused with the auras of ultimate ice and fire.

She also discovered that someone else had entered Sunset Forest.

From the look of them, they were a grandfather and granddaughter.

"One old, one young. They look like a grandfather and granddaughter. The old man has green hair, and the younger one is a girl about your age."

Leng Yaozhu casually described the scene her Spiritual Power had detected.

A grandfather and granddaughter—it was probably Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.

At this point in time, Dugu Yan had probably reached rank ten and was hunting for her first soul ring.

Dugu Yan's innate soul power was probably around rank six or seven.

Reaching rank ten in a year fit quite well.

Leng Yaozhu's eyes lit up. Had their target delivered himself straight into their mouths?

At that moment, in Leng Yaozhu's eyes, which gleamed with a dangerous light, Dugu Bo was a glittering, walking mountain of Gold Soul Coins!

"Let's go!"

With a flash, Leng Yaozhu took Lu Xuan directly in front of Dugu Bo and his granddaughter.

"Who's there?!"

Dugu Bo, who had been keeping a wary eye on his surroundings, broke into a cold sweat at this sudden turn of events.

Almost reflexively, he scooped up Dugu Yan beside him.

His legs exploded with power, carrying him several dozen meters backward.

He stared fixedly at the red-haired woman and six-year-old child before him as though facing a formidable enemy.

Dugu Bo was inwardly horrified.

When had these two appeared?

How had they given off no presence at all?

Before Dugu Bo could begin questioning them.

Leng Yaozhu folded her arms across her chest, raised her chin slightly, and spoke in a domineering tone, as though her demand were perfectly natural.

"Hey, old green-hair, hand over all your Gold Soul Coins and valuables!"

Leng Yaozhu said.

Old... old green-hair?!

Dugu Bo widened his eyes and pointed at himself.

Was she talking to him?

"Good, good, good... very good!"

After a brief moment of stunned disbelief.

Dugu Bo laughed in his fury.

Cold killing intent flashed through his eyes.

"A wet-behind-the-ears girl with a little brat dares to rob me!"

Boom—!

A foul, pungent cloud of sickly-green poisonous mist erupted from Dugu Bo's body.

The surrounding vegetation instantly withered and turned black.

He had ruled the soul master world for decades. He had always been the one killing others and taking their valuables.

Moreover, he had now successfully broken through to the Titled Douluo realm.

Across the entire Heaven Dou Empire, who dared provoke him?

"It seems I've gone too long without taking action, and some people have already forgotten my fearsome reputation!"

Dugu Bo's gaze turned sinister, his soul power surging wildly.

He had decided to make an example of these two fools who knew neither the heights of heaven nor the depths of earth.

He would show the world the Poison Douluo's illustrious, savage reputation once more!

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