What a scene!
It was a little hard to look at.
"Ahem."
"What are you doing?"
Although he hated to interrupt the strange atmosphere between the three men, Demon Subduing Douluo felt that business came first.
"Which bastard is making that racket? Can't you see we're busy with something important?"
Demon Bear Douluo instinctively voiced his displeasure.
After all, when Snake Lance Douluo learned that Second Brother's Inflatable Buddy was a divine artifact, he had exclaimed that it defied the heavens and insisted on admiring its splendor up close.
Even the way he looked at Demon Bear Douluo had changed, as though he were gazing at the king of jar opening, with a touch of admiration.
Demon Bear Douluo found that very gratifying.
"Are you insulting me?"
After hearing Demon Bear Douluo's words, Demon Subduing Douluo's face darkened, and he coldly spat out those few words.
"What, you don't like it? Got a problem?"
Demon Bear Douluo turned around to see who was being so arrogant...
One look left him dumbfounded.
"Qian Jun Douluo, Demon Subduing Douluo..."
"Well, if you have a problem, just tell me... I'll do my best to change..."
He instantly changed his tune.
"Forget it."
"Business comes first."
Qian Jun Douluo soothed Demon Subduing Douluo.
"Yes," Demon Subduing Douluo answered, turning his gaze toward Snake Lance Douluo. He said slowly, "I came to confirm something. Was the enhancement of your martial soul connected to the jars sold at that little shop?"
"That's right."
"I got two Amplifiers from jars at the Lucky Jar Shop. After I used them, my martial soul grew stronger."
Snake Lance Douluo answered calmly. There was nothing to hide about this.
Besides, Demon Subduing Douluo had personally witnessed his battle with Ghost Leopard Douluo earlier. Even if he wanted to hide his increased strength and the matter of the little shop, he could not.
Moreover.
Sooner or later, the Lucky Magic Jar Shop's fame would resound throughout Spirit City, and perhaps even spread across the Douluo Continent.
Rather than hide it, he might as well be frank.
Having received confirmation, Demon Subduing Douluo looked at Qian Jun Douluo again. "Big Brother, you heard him, right? I wasn't lying to you."
Was this really true?
This time, Qian Jun Douluo truly believed it, and excitement began surging through him.
He strode up to Snake Lance Douluo and said with an intensely eager gaze, "Show me your martial soul."
"All right."
Without hesitation, Snake Lance Douluo curled his right hand around empty air. Light flashed, and a snake lance instantly appeared in his hand. As his martial soul manifested, a powerful surge of soul power burst forth.
"It really has grown stronger, and its strength is in no way inferior to the Coiling Dragon Staff!"
Qian Jun Douluo was utterly astonished by the sight.
As a fellow tool martial soul master, he could clearly sense that the aura of the snake lance was now every bit as strong as the Coiling Dragon Staff's.
More importantly, there was now a faint, inexplicable sharpness about the snake lance.
This was an additional ability brought about by the improvement in his martial soul's quality. In other words, with this sharpness enhancing him, the power of Snake Lance Douluo's soul skills would also increase dramatically.
Had Ghost Leopard Douluo known what Qian Jun Douluo was thinking, realization would surely have dawned on him.
This was also a major reason why Snake Lance Douluo had been able to break through Ghost Leopard Douluo's ten-thousand-year Fifth Soul Skill with his own thousand-year Fifth Soul Skill.
That mysterious Jar Shop... It looks like I really must pay it a visit.
Qian Jun Douluo thought to himself.
"Sorry for the interruption."
Qian Jun Douluo gave everyone a meaningful look, then said to Demon Subduing Douluo, "Let's go."
"Wait."
Just as the two were about to leave, Demon Bear Douluo called out to stop them.
"What, is there something else?" Demon Subduing Douluo asked in confusion.
"I should remind you that the contents of the jars in that Jar Shop are random. There's no telling what you'll get. And each jar costs a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, so bring enough money before you go."
"Oh? Is that so?"
Both brothers, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, were surprised.
Demon Subduing Douluo looked at Demon Bear Douluo again, realization appearing in his eyes. "If I'm not mistaken, that wooden club in your hand also came from a jar sold at the little shop, didn't it?"
Now he understood why a wooden club had several Titled Douluos crowding around it.
Apparently, it was no ordinary item.
"Yes."
Seeing Demon Bear Douluo nod, Demon Subduing Douluo asked curiously, "What is that wooden club, and what does it do?"
Not only him-even the composed Qian Jun Douluo's eyes gleamed with curiosity.
"This is no ordinary thing. It's a divine-artifact-grade item..."
Demon Bear Douluo could only steel himself and explain.
"Pfft..."
"What true divine artifact doesn't possess world-shaking divine might and boundless power? Does that wooden club of yours deserve to be called divine-artifact-grade?"
"Could you have been swindled?"
Demon Subduing Douluo could not help laughing. This really was hilarious.
Forget divine power-he even felt that he could snap the wooden club if he exerted himself.
"True, this divine artifact may not have the power to destroy heaven and earth."
"But it isn't worthless either. It has a powerful ability."
Demon Bear Douluo's expression grew serious.
His tone also hardened.
"Have you misunderstood what 'powerful' means?"
Hearing the displeasure in Demon Bear Douluo's words, Demon Subduing Douluo's expression turned cold as well.
Did these fools not even realize they had been duped?
He did not believe this wooden club possessed any powerful ability.
"Come on, attack me with that divine artifact of yours. I've lived all these years, and I've never experienced the power of a divine artifact."
"Well..."
Demon Bear Douluo hesitated at those words.
"What are you afraid of? Are you worried I'll hurt you?"
"How about this? Neither of us will use soul skills. We'll fight using only our martial souls, soul power, and combat techniques. That should put your mind at ease, right?"
Demon Subduing Douluo waved a hand.
"Fine. I hope you can accept it when you lose."
Demon Bear Douluo widened his bronze-bell eyes. "It's too cramped here. Follow me to the Training Ground."
Even a clay figure had a spark of temper. With Demon Subduing Douluo pressing him so aggressively, he could hardly be blamed for being ruthless.
Today, someone would bleed beneath his mighty club.
Outside the Training Ground, Ghost Leopard Douluo revisited familiar ground with complicated feelings.
The difference was that this time, the duel was between Demon Bear and Demon Subduing Douluo.
In truth.
Had he not personally witnessed the wonders of the Jar Shop, Ghost Leopard admitted that he would have behaved no better than Demon Subduing Douluo.
After all, something that shattered the accepted rules of the Douluo Continent was bound to invite doubt.
On the other side of the Training Ground, Snake Lance and Qian Jun also stood watching.
In the arena.
Demon Subduing Douluo summoned his martial soul, the Coiling Dragon Staff, at once.
The aura unique to a rank-ninety-six Titled Douluo bore down upon the entire arena.
The weighty aura emanating from the Coiling Dragon Staff nearly left everyone unable to breathe.
Oppressive.
Utterly oppressive.
Only after completing Martial Soul Possession, transforming into a half-man, half-bear form, could Demon Bear Douluo withstand that pressure.
"Come on."
"Attack me with everything you have."
Demon Subduing Douluo displayed absolute confidence.
And he certainly had the strength to justify it.
After all, there was a gap of three ranks in soul power between Demon Bear Douluo and him.
Those three ranks were not to be underestimated.
They also included the enormous difference between ranks ninety-five and ninety-six.
It was practically an insurmountable chasm, hardly smaller than the gap between a Soul Douluo and a Titled Douluo.
What was more, although both had power attack system martial souls, Demon Subduing Douluo's martial soul surpassed Demon Bear Douluo's in quality.
In a situation like this, even losing would be difficult.
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