Ye Lingling pressed her palms together and knelt on the ground with impeccable posture.
She raised her head and looked at Chu Sheng and Ning Rongrong, a trace of envy flashing through her beautiful eyes.
On the Douluo Continent, there was an unwritten rule that all support-type Soul Masters took for granted.
A pure support-type Soul Master's partner would be a powerful Battle Soul Master.
Support-type Soul Masters had little fighting ability. Acting alone left them vulnerable to bullying and murder, especially those of the pure support type.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Nine-Star Begonia martial souls were both among the finest support-type martial souls.
For that very reason, Soul Masters with these two martial souls had absolutely no fighting ability.
She's only twelve, and she's already found such a powerful partner...
The envy in Ye Lingling's eyes almost took tangible form.
She wanted someone powerful enough to easily subdue a Titled Douluo, too. She wanted that so badly!
Especially since he was about her age and incredibly handsome...
"Damn it! If you've got the guts, let us go and fight us fairly!"
"Without that sword, you couldn't possibly win!"
Seeing Dugu Bo humiliated, Dugu Yan spoke with anger surging through her.
She kept feeling that it wasn't Chu Sheng who was powerful, but the sword in his hand.
The sword looked utterly unremarkable, but it had to contain unimaginable might.
Besides, a Soul Master's foundation was their martial soul and soul power!
Winning with a weapon other than one's martial soul was no honorable victory.
"Yanzi, just say a little less."
Yu Tianheng, kneeling beside Dugu Yan, spoke quietly.
This wasn't the time to argue!
They held the cleaver, while his side was the fish on the chopping block!
What if they truly angered him and he decided to kill them?
Dugu Bo was a Titled Douluo with powerful protective astral qi. Perhaps their opponent couldn't do anything to him.
But Soul Elders like them...
That girl named Zhu Zhuqing could kill one with every swipe of her claws!
Upon hearing that,
Dugu Yan turned toward Yu Tianheng, displeasure on her face.
If she lost, she lost. If she died, she died. She wasn't afraid, yet Yu Tianheng had gotten scared first?
She had said those things to gamble on a sliver of survival, betting that Chu Sheng would "prove himself" and refrain from relying on that sword...
Not only had Yu Tianheng failed to back her up, he had told her to say less?
Was a coward who clung to life and feared death worthy of her, Dugu Yan?
"Yu Tianheng, we're through!"
Dugu Yan spoke coldly.
Yu Tianheng had been pursuing Dugu Yan lately, and she had nearly agreed to date him before this incident happened.
The first to react to her words wasn't Yu Tianheng, but Dugu Bo!
"Good, very good!"
"Yanyan, I told you long ago that Yu Tianheng wasn't a suitable match, but you wouldn't listen!"
"It's not too late to see him for what he is!"
Dugu Bo knew that Yu Tianheng was pursuing Dugu Yan.
He also knew Yu Tianheng's purpose.
He didn't know how much was genuine affection and how much was compromise, but family most likely outweighed love.
Dugu Bo's judgment was sound. In the original story, Yu Tianheng really had abandoned Dugu Yan for the sake of his family's survival...
"Grandpa~"
"Yanyan~"
Everyone: "..."
They desperately wanted to make a snide remark, but none dared open their mouths.
"Yanzi, Senior Poison, that's not what I meant!"
Yu Tianheng's face alternated between green and white as he tried to salvage the situation...
He had only told Dugu Yan to say less so she wouldn't bring death upon them. What had he done wrong?
"Yu Tianheng, I, Dugu Yan, would rather die standing than live on my knees!"
"Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together!"
"You're afraid of death. I'm not!"
Dugu Yan bluntly exposed the thoughts lurking in Yu Tianheng's heart.
Before this, she had believed Yu Tianheng was a Peerless Hero among their peers.
He was not only strong, but responsible, too. She had almost agreed to date him...
Yet when real trouble struck, Yu Tianheng actually contradicted her!
Look at the other side-the wife followed the husband's lead, thick as thieves...
But when it came to her, not only did she get no agreement, she got opposition!
If she really got together with Yu Tianheng, she would surely be the first abandoned when trouble came!
"What a hypocrite you are, Yu Tianheng!"
At that thought, Dugu Yan looked at Yu Tianheng as though he were already dead.
"Yanyan, that's the way! Keep your chin up. Don't lose face!"
Dugu Bo was thoroughly pleased by this.
The smile on his face deepened. He would have been even more pleased if he hadn't been kneeling while saying it.
Of course, he didn't want Dugu Yan to die. She was his only descendant, his only remaining family.
Someone like Yu Tianheng couldn't protect Dugu Yan.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing watched in astonishment. This really was quite a show.
They had never imagined that the Imperial Fighting Team could fall into infighting under these circumstances!
And a breakup showdown at that!
Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Osler, Yu Feng, and the others kept their heads lowered, not daring to speak.
Their captain and vice-captain were fighting, and the vice-captain's grandfather was right there. How were they supposed to mediate?
Chu Sheng: "..."
He had something to say, but wasn't sure whether he should!
He didn't understand why the plot had developed this way, either!
He had only been holding up his sword, without responding to Dugu Bo or Dugu Yan...
As for him without the sword...
Would that be any different from a supreme demon whose seal had been broken?
His physique spoke for itself. He could casually break through walls that gods couldn't breach.
As for martial souls, any one of his three mythical martial souls was more than Dugu Bo could withstand.
Especially his first martial soul. Unless it was a critical moment, he truly didn't want to use it!
Once that martial soul appeared, it would offend the harmony of heaven.
"All right, all right."
Chu Sheng waved a hand and spoke to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
"Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, take their Storage Soul Tools. We're leaving!"
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing froze, then had a little flash of realization!
Robbery?!
They were robbing a Titled Douluo and a bunch of privileged heirs!
"That's my man! As fierce as ever!"
Ning Rongrong was a Little Demoness to begin with. She did whatever she pleased, with almost no inhibitions.
This was her first time robbing a Titled Douluo.
Just thinking about it thrilled her!
Zhu Zhuqing, however, had no such thoughts. She simply did whatever Chu Sheng told her to do.
If she couldn't hold out, and Chu Sheng couldn't either, then they would die together!
Her life was little different from one she'd picked up off the ground anyway.
Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and everyone in the Imperial Fighting Team were utterly dumbfounded.
Wait, they were actually robbing them?
Was this some kind of mistake? There was a Titled Douluo here...
Forget it. Even a Titled Douluo was useless, kneeling just like them!
"Miss, miss, leave me a little! Just a little!"
Yu Feng wanted to cry but had no tears as he pleaded with Zhu Zhuqing.
"Earning Gold Soul Coins isn't easy. Please leave me at least a few!"
"Young lady, I... I..."
Ye Lingling's face flushed crimson. She looked at Ning Rongrong, then at the Storage Soul Tool the latter was "stealing," hesitating to speak.
Who didn't keep a few private things in their Storage Soul Tool?
"What's all this 'you' and 'me'? From now on, it all belongs to yours truly!"
Ning Rongrong snatched away Ye Lingling's Storage Soul Tool and spoke disdainfully with a wicked smile.
Storage Soul Tools were extremely valuable, but none of the kneeling people present had an ordinary background.
It was perfectly normal for them to own one.
In no time at all, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had plundered everyone kneeling there, Dugu Bo included.
The corner of Dugu Bo's eye twitched. In all his years, this was the first time he had encountered anything like this.
A dignified Titled Douluo, robbed by three youngsters!
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