Thud, thud, thud.
Demon Bear Douluo moved.
His powerful body brimmed with explosive strength, and every step he took made the entire training ground tremble.
Demon Bear Douluo might have been a strength-type Soul Master, but once someone reached the realm of a Titled Douluo, just how slow could they possibly be?
He closed the distance between them in a few strides.
The long staff now looked like a short baton in Demon Bear Douluo's hands.
He brought it smashing down at Demon Subduing Douluo's head.
"Just what I wanted!"
"Let's see whether your artifact is tougher or my Coiling Dragon Staff is stronger."
Demon Subduing Douluo was utterly disdainful. In his eyes, the collision would inevitably end with his Coiling Dragon Staff snapping that pink wooden stick in two.
Boom!
Second Brother's Inflatable Buddy collided with the Coiling Dragon Staff, producing a deafening sound.
Demon Bear and Demon Subduing were both Titled Douluo powerhouses. Even without using Soul Power, they could clearly see a ripple-like surge of Soul Power erupt.
Crack, crack, crack.
Rings of cracks spread through the bluestone tiles beneath Demon Subduing Douluo's feet, as fine and dense as a spiderweb.
Meanwhile, Demon Bear Douluo gritted his teeth and mustered every ounce of strength he possessed, yet still could not advance an inch.
"Your strength is still too weak."
Demon Subduing Douluo shook his head casually, then suddenly barked, "Back!"
With that explosive shout, Demon Bear Douluo felt tremendous force erupt from Demon Subduing Douluo's skinny body, sending his burly frame staggering several steps backward.
"A Level 96 Titled Douluo... truly terrifying!"
In the distance, Snake Lance Douluo's and Ghost Leopard Douluo's eyelids twitched.
Level 96 really was an entirely different world from Titled Douluos below Level 95.
Even the Level 93 Demon Bear Douluo could be toyed with at will.
Huff... huff...
Demon Bear Douluo stopped more than ten meters away.
His chest heaved like a bellows as he panted heavily.
"So this is an artifact? It's sturdier than I expected."
Demon Subduing Douluo looked somewhat surprised, then sneered, "But aside from being sturdy, it seems completely useless..."
"It seems this so-called artifact is nothing but a gimmick."
Qian Jun Douluo shook his head slightly.
To be honest, he had thought this so-called artifact might bring him an unexpected surprise.
Now it seemed to be nothing more than a gimmick to swindle people.
However.
Just then, Demon Subduing Douluo suddenly let out a strange cry, drawing everyone's attention.
"You... what did you do to me?"
He stared at Demon Bear Douluo in bewilderment, his body swaying as he spoke.
Clang!
Demon Subduing Douluo planted the Coiling Dragon Staff against the ground like a walking stick, finally steadying himself.
But his complexion looked dreadful, shifting between green and white like a revolving lantern.
"What's wrong with you?"
Qian Jun Douluo immediately noticed something was wrong with his younger brother and asked anxiously.
"Brother, I don't know what happened. My limbs feel weak..."
"Even my Soul Power seems to be weakening... it feels like I've been poisoned."
Demon Subduing Douluo spoke through gritted teeth.
Poisoned?
Everyone reacted differently upon hearing that.
Was the poison... really that potent?
Rather than looking shocked, Ghost Leopard Douluo, Snake Lance Douluo, and Demon Bear Douluo wore strange expressions.
"One strike put Demon Subduing Douluo into a poisoned state... my good luck seems to have gone to the wrong place."
"But this poison really is fierce."
Demon Bear Douluo was dumbfounded, unsure whether to be happy or upset.
If I'd had this luck while opening jars, wouldn't I have hit the jackpot in one shot?
At those words, Qian Jun Douluo's expression changed abruptly. "What kind of poison is this? It's so overbearing that it instantly weakened even a Level 96 Titled Douluo by this much?"
He was alarmed.
Wasn't this poison far too terrifying?
Even Poison Douluo, renowned throughout the Douluo Continent for his poisons, surely did not have anything this powerful.
Even Porcupinefish Douluo of Spirit Hall could not achieve this.
On the training ground.
Demon Subduing Douluo fixed Demon Bear Douluo with a piercing gaze. "How did you do it? When did you start poisoning me?"
"I didn't poison you. This is one of the artifact's additional abilities."
"The artifact is poisonous?"
Demon Subduing Douluo froze.
"I told you from the start that this was an artifact. Even if it can't destroy heaven and earth, it's still incredibly powerful."
"But you wouldn't believe me."
Holding the wooden stick, Demon Bear Douluo spread his hands. Combined with his bear-like head and appearance,
he actually looked rather endearingly goofy.
In truth, Demon Bear Douluo had never expected a single attack to trigger the poisoned state.
And it was a poison that could make even a Titled Douluo's legs go weak.
At that moment.
He was finally certain that the hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins had not been wasted.
In fact... he had made an absolute killing.
"Who are you trying to impress with that mockery?"
"Don't get cocky. My strength may have dropped by thirty or forty percent, but crushing you in this state still won't be a problem."
As Demon Subduing Douluo spoke, he bit the tip of his tongue, using the pain to force himself to focus, then attacked Demon Bear Douluo.
He's still strong!
Demon Bear Douluo was secretly alarmed. A Level 96 Titled Douluo truly lived up to his reputation. Even weakened so much, he would not be easy to handle.
He could only swing the wooden stick again to meet the attack.
Boom!
The two collided again.
Yet, to everyone's surprise, this time it was Demon Subduing Douluo who flew backward.
And judging by his posture, he looked as though someone had kicked him away...
"Demon Subduing, what's wrong?"
Qian Jun Douluo panicked. Forgetting everything else, he activated his Soul Power, rushed onto the training ground, and caught his younger brother.
Once he sensed that Demon Subduing Douluo's aura was still fairly stable, he sighed in relief.
Thankfully, Demon Bear Douluo didn't strike too hard.
At that moment.
Demon Subduing Douluo regained his senses.
"Brother, what happened to me?"
"I'd like to know that myself."
"Just now, when I collided with him, everything went white. My head spun, and I instantly lost control of my body..."
Remembering what had just happened, Demon Subduing Douluo felt a lingering dread.
It had been utterly inexplicable...
What on earth was going on?
Qian Jun Douluo was equally bewildered. He could only turn to Demon Bear Douluo for answers. "Could you tell me what happened?"
"It was a stunned state. Second Brother's Inflatable Buddy doesn't just poison people-it can stun them, too."
Demon Bear Douluo had already returned to human form. He gently stroked the wooden stick in his hand as he spoke.
His eyes were filled with delighted surprise.
He had never imagined his luck would be so heaven-defying.
His first attack had poisoned his opponent, and his second had stunned him.
Was this going to defy the heavens?
Poison!
Stun!
Abnormal states that even a Titled Douluo could not resist!
Demon Subduing Douluo was truly shaken.
In all his decades of life, this was the first time he had ever seen such a miraculous object.
Still... Second Brother's Inflatable Buddy? Didn't that name sound a little strange?
But that didn't matter. As long as it was powerful enough, nobody would dare look down on it even if it were called Lucky!
He asked in a trembling voice, "Does it have any other abilities?"
"No more special abilities... but..."
"But what?"
At those words, Qian Jun Douluo could not hide the burning eagerness in his eyes either.
He was desperately curious about what other effects this artifact possessed.
P.S.
A loud shout: "Bring on the votes!"