Old Mu Gu

"Hehe! You're too polite!"

"We're brothers!"

"Brother Yun Shan, why go to such lengths!"

Seeing this, Hai Bodong hurriedly helped Yun Shan, who had already fallen to his knees, back up.

Then, with a smug grin, he said,

"Hehe! Big Brother, you flatter me!"

"This is only what I should do!"

Yun Shan paused.

As though he had suddenly remembered something.

He hastily cupped his hands toward Hai Bodong, his face filled with anxiety.

"Right, Big Brother, there's something you don't know!"

"Not long ago, that old dog Wu Protector from the Hall of Souls who ambushed me, in order to harm you—"

"—has already rushed off to invite a Hall of Souls Venerable Elder to deal with you!"

"Judging by the time, he and the Hall of Souls Venerable Elder he invited should be nearing the Jia Ma Imperial Capital by now!"

"Big Brother, you must be careful!"

Yet Hai Bodong did not pay much heed to his words.

After all, Old Yao had told him about this long ago.

The various Great Heavenly Venerables of the Hall of Souls rarely acted personally.

By his estimation—

Before accurate information had been reported back—

The Hall of Souls, restrained by the Ancient Clan—

Would likely send no more than a few ordinary Venerable Elders this time.

And with Hai Bodong's current strength—

As long as the Half-Saints of the Hall of Souls did not appear—

Even if he could not defeat them—

Escaping their pursuit would still be more than easy!

Moreover, from the information provided by that old brat Yun Shan, Hai Bodong knew that the one reporting this matter was merely a minor Earth-rank Protector of the Hall of Souls!

In Hai Bodong's estimation—

For reports from such insignificant characters—

The Hall of Souls would generally send, at most, some low-star Dou Zun Venerable Elders to their deaths!

In order to dispel Yun Shan's few remaining misgivings—

And make him follow him wholeheartedly from then on—

After revealing a little of his approximate strength to this ignorant little brother—

Hai Bodong directly transmitted some information about the Central Continent into Yun Shan's mind with his divine sense.

This gave Yun Shan a rough understanding of—

Just how awkward a position the Misty Cloud Sect under his command occupied—

When viewed across the entire Dou Qi Continent!

And after this good-for-nothing Yun Shan spent a full half hour barely digesting the information Hai Bodong had just transmitted to him—

Yun Shan, who had now gained a certain amount of common sense—

Quickly came to clearly realize just how ignorant his former shallow understanding had been!

His current cultivation was merely that of a one-star Dou Zong.

And the Misty Cloud Sect under his command, if placed upon the grand stage of the entire Dou Qi Continent—

Was utterly tiny and insignificant!

"Your little brother Yun Shan thanks Big Brother for your guidance!"

After accepting the information transmitted by Hai Bodong and contemplating it for a moment—

Yun Shan sincerely cupped his hands and spoke.

At the same time, the space beside Yun Shan suddenly began to ripple violently.

A moment later, waves of spatial ripples surged forth and struck the outer wall of the cave.

The mountain walls, specially reinforced by the elders of Misty Cloud Mountain and harder than refined steel—

Were now like tofu.

In an instant, they were effortlessly blasted into powder.

Finally, the space beside Yun Shan violently tore open, revealing a passage large enough for one person.

Then, a figure slowly stepped out from the spatial passage temporarily opened by this Dou Zun Expert.

"Spatial Shuttle, a Dou Zun Expert?"

Yun Shan, standing beside Hai Bodong, instinctively sucked in a cold breath and could not help taking another two steps back.

After all, having only recently broken through to the Dou Zong realm and stabilized his cultivation—

He naturally understood deeply how difficult it was for a Dou Huang to advance to Dou Zong, as well as the true power of a Dou Zong Expert.

And this Dou Zun Expert before him, who stood an entire major realm above a Dou Zong Expert, likely viewed him the same way he viewed ordinary Dou Huangs.

If he dared to speculate even further—

Then in this Dou Zun Expert's eyes, he was probably no different from an ordinary Dou Huang!

He was merely an insignificant insect that this Hall of Souls Venerable Elder before him—

Old Mu Gu—

Could crush to death with a casual wave of his hand!

This immense gap in the very nature of their lives made every instinct in his body frantically warn him.

If Hai Bodong had not been standing beside him—

He would certainly have been cowed by the pressure of this Dou Zun Expert to the point that he could not even move his feet to flee!

Compared to Yun Shan's instinctive urge to retreat in the face of such terror, Hai Bodong appeared far calmer.

After briefly observing—

The newcomer's distinctive aura and physical features—

Based on some of the information Old Yao had told him about the Hall of Souls, Hai Bodong quickly determined this Hall of Souls Venerable Elder's approximate identity!

"If I'm not mistaken, you must be the legendary Hall of Souls Venerable Elder, Old Mu Gu, right?"

Having roughly guessed the identity of the Hall of Souls Venerable Elder before him, Hai Bodong spoke with a teasing expression.

"You bastard! I am Old Mu Gu, a Venerable Elder of the Hall of Souls! Not long ago, that brat Wu Ying told me that although you possess only the cultivation of a one-star Dou Zong, you may very well have combat strength comparable to a Dou Zun!

"Today, I..."

"Originally intended to spare your dog life because of that!"

"So that you could serve my Hall of Souls!"

"Since you are so incapable of appreciating kindness!"

"Then don't blame me, Old Mu Gu, for being merciless!" Old Mu Gu immediately said with fury upon hearing this.

Hai Bodong had no intention of listening further to the barking of this Old Mu Gu.

Before Old Mu Gu could continue speaking, Hai Bodong flashed forward in an instant.

Taking advantage of the gap while the other party was speaking—

He directly activated the Divine Blood Particles within his body, which had instantly accelerated to more than three times their normal speed—

And combined them with his Dou Qi.

The instant he charged at Old Mu Gu—

He shattered the other party's entire Soul Body in a single blow!

"Are you fucking sick or something?"

"Don't you know human speech and dog language don't communicate?"

Hai Bodong casually mocked him twice.

Then, he continued wrapping Old Mu Gu's remaining Soul Body in his newly fused Heavenly Flame and stored it inside his Ice Spirit Storage Ring.

The reason Hai Bodong used Heavenly Flames to wrap it—

Was not only to prevent the Soul Body from reacting too violently and damaging his Storage Ring.

He also intended to use the merciless burning of the Heavenly Flames—

To avenge an old grudge for his master, Old Yao.

And according to his plan—

Until the next time he left the Jia Ma Imperial Capital—

And saw Old Yao again—

Only after Old Yao had vented the resentment in his heart, and Hai Bodong felt this fellow had learned his lesson and would no longer dare act recklessly—

Would Hai Bodong cease burning him with the Heavenly Flames!