An Oath on His Martial Soul, Dugu's Submission

"This is Bi Ji, a five-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-year-old Life-System Healing Soul Beast, an Emerald Swan."

"How many years?!" Dugu Bo's eyes bulged like bronze bells.

Five hundred and fifty thousand years?!

And a healing-type beast at that?

"If Sister Bi Ji says you only have that many years left to live, then that's all you have."

"We can solve your problem. Not only is that something you stand to gain, but it also means fighting for a future of your own."

Jin Jiuxiao instantly activated Martial Soul Possession and summoned his second martial soul at the same time.

His first martial soul had four soul rings: black, black, black, and red.

His second martial soul had four soul rings, all scarlet.

They bore varying numbers of golden markings.

The moment Dugu Bo saw those golden markings, he sensed what they meant. Those soul rings had surpassed a hundred thousand years.

He murmured blankly, "Twin martial souls... Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, two Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, a four-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, a five-hundred-thousand-year soul ring..."

"You look seven or eight after taking human form, and you're a level forty-six Soul Ancestor..."

Dugu Bo finally understood. "Haha... you really are a monster through and through."

With so many extraordinarily ancient soul rings empowering him, every one of Jin Jiuxiao's attributes had to far exceed the Soul Ancestor level.

Without even exchanging blows, Dugu Bo knew Jin Jiuxiao was outrageously powerful.

He had no idea why soul beast humanization could produce something as absurd as twin martial souls.

He could not understand how Jin Jiuxiao could cultivate two martial souls simultaneously without exploding and dying.

Even less could he fathom how Jin Jiuxiao had achieved such a heaven-defying soul ring configuration.

Dugu Bo now understood what Jin Jiuxiao had meant by "strength."

He had not merely been referring to the strength of that Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but to Jin Jiuxiao's strength as well.

And Dugu Bo's strength.

"But I still want to try." Dugu Bo took a deep breath. "Let's see whether you're the real deal or just putting on a show!"

Aside from being unable to use his Martial Soul Avatar, his other injuries and depleted soul power had all been restored by Bi Ji.

"Then let's settle this in one move." Jin Jiuxiao put away the Poké Ball, maintaining his Martial Soul Possession.

"Fine. Let me see just how far your all-out strike can go." Dugu Bo deliberately widened the distance between them.

He braced himself for battle.

Thunder Wings lit up behind Jin Jiuxiao, and his first soul ring, third soul ring, and fourth soul ring shone simultaneously.

Dark clouds blotted out the sky as lightning flashed and thunder boomed.

His lightning wings fluttered, and Jin Jiuxiao raised a hand toward the sky.

Lightning gathered.

His figure flashed, and the lightning moved with him, finally converging in his palm.

"Thunder God’s Dawn Flash!"

Thunder God’s Dawn Flash likewise had both close-range and long-range modes of release.

What Jin Jiuxiao used now was the long-range mode.

"?!" Dugu Bo's expression changed drastically.

You're telling me a Soul Ancestor unleashed this attack?

Since when could a Soul Ancestor's strike rival a Titled Douluo's?

"Medusa's Gaze!"

"Ninth Soul Skill-Jade Phosphorous Divine Light!"

Dugu Bo unleashed his soul bone skill and ninth soul skill in succession.

Only after Medusa's Gaze weakened the attack could Jade Phosphorous Divine Light fight Thunder God’s Dawn Flash to a standstill.

Cold sweat seeped from Dugu Bo's forehead.

After using Thunder God’s Dawn Flash, Jin Jiuxiao doesn't look as though he's consumed much soul power at all...

Does a Soul Ancestor really have that much soul power in reserve???

There was another, most crucial point... he had a gut feeling.

He could not dodge this Thunder God’s Dawn Flash at all.

Medusa's Gaze alone could not petrify the strike; it could only weaken it.

And Jade Phosphorous Divine Light lacked sufficient head-on destructive power.

Jin Jiuxiao's Thunder God’s Dawn Flash, however, was a textbook single-target, explosive assault skill, with terrifying destructive power.

Jin Jiuxiao did not attack again. "Dugu Bo, what about now?"

The empowerment of so many soul rings, combined with Charge, the thunderstorm's amplification, and his highly compressed and refined soul power...

Had more than doubled the power of Thunder God’s Dawn Flash.

Whether it was luck or something else... this strike happened to trigger that ten-percent chance.

A Thunder God’s Dawn Flash with quadruple damage!

"..." Dugu Bo took a deep breath. "I, Dugu Bo, swear upon my martial soul, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, that from this day onward, I will pledge my allegiance to Jin Jiuxiao."

"Should I betray him, may my martial soul shatter and my bloodline end!"

Jin Jiuxiao gave Dugu Bo a long, penetrating look. "That's ruthless, Dugu Bo."

In this world, an oath sworn upon one's martial soul truly took effect if broken.

"Hmph. Following a Little Monster like you is hardly shameful." After swearing the oath, Dugu Bo was no longer so worried.

He had already submitted. Surely they would not kill him now?

If Jin Jiuxiao really intended to kill him, there would have been no need to go to all that trouble.

Jin Jiuxiao smiled faintly. "Let's return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first."

He had won Dugu Bo over in person.

But merely securing his service was not enough.

He still had to win his heart.

After they returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xiong Jun continued guarding the entrance.

Jin Jiuxiao took Bi Ji and Dugu Bo to sit on a patch of grass.

Calling it grass was misleading; in truth, it consisted of thousand-year-old medicinal herbs.

Thousand-year-old medicinal herbs could be found everywhere within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Little Monster, you said earlier... that you could cure the poison in my body?" After watching Jin Jiuxiao and Bi Ji sit down, Dugu Bo sat opposite them.

Jin Jiuxiao extended his awareness into his Storage Soul Tool, turned his hand over, and took out a soul bone, tossing it to Dugu Bo. "To be precise, I'm not the one who can cure your poison. Sister Bi Ji can."

"For now, you only need to channel the toxins into the soul bone to alleviate your condition."

Hope shone in Dugu Bo's eyes as he looked at Bi Ji, who sat beside Jin Jiuxiao.

Bi Ji nodded gently. "I can, but completely eliminating the underlying danger will take some time."

"I'll need to use the medicinal herbs here to prepare some medicines."

"For now, do as Jiuxiao said and channel the toxins into the soul bone, using it as a temporary vessel."

"That will treat the symptoms. With your current accumulated cultivation... once you've transferred the toxins, you'll be able to break through to level 92."

She was indeed confident that she could resolve the hidden danger within Dugu Bo.

With such a treasure trove at her disposal, so many supreme medicinal ingredients, and even a whole collection of immortal herbs, it would have been strange if she could not.

Dugu Bo handed the soul bone back. "But this... I haven't earned it."

His treasured land had been seized, and he had been forced to submit. All of that could only be blamed on his own inadequate strength.

Things had already come to this, and he had agreed to follow Jin Jiuxiao.

But agreeing to follow Jin Jiuxiao was one thing.

He had not done anything yet, and the other party had already begun addressing the hidden danger in his body.

And now he had been tossed a soul bone...

Dugu Bo felt as though the soul bone in his hand was burning hot. "Little Monster, you probably don't have any soul bones yourself, do you? This seventy-thousand-year soul bone should be useful to you too."

"I don't, but Dugu Bo, you should be able to tell that I'm a Soul Beast Humanization, right?"

Di Tian's reverse scale could not conceal his aura.

Put plainly, the thing was a locator and a summoning device.

Di Tian could locate Jin Jiuxiao through the reverse scale, and Jin Jiuxiao could summon Di Tian through it.

Dugu Bo nodded. As a Titled Douluo, of course he could tell.

"Soul Beast Humanization can't absorb soul bones indiscriminately during the early stages."