The thought had barely crossed his mind.
A powerful aura suddenly rose from the distant forest.
Qian Daoliu turned to look.
A streak of dark green light shot through the woods, heading straight for the cliff.
Before the light drew near, the surrounding leaves rapidly withered and yellowed.
A sickly sweet, bloody smell filled the air.
"Xue'er, step back."
Qian Daoliu reached out and wrapped an arm around Qian Renxue's waist.
Golden light flashed.
Their figures instantly vanished from the spot.
Boom!
The dark green light slammed into the cliff.
A vast stretch of rock shattered with a crash.
Dirt and broken stones flew in all directions.
A deep crater several zhang wide now occupied the spot where the two had stood.
Qian Daoliu appeared with Qian Renxue more than ten zhang away.
He released his hand, letting Qian Renxue steady herself.
An old man slowly emerged from the woods.
His long, dark green hair hung behind his shoulders.
A lifelike Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor was embroidered on his deep green robe.
The old man glanced at the deep crater in the cliff.
"You actually dodged it."
Qian Daoliu sized up the newcomer.
Long, dark green hair.
Poison all over his body.
The cultivation of a Titled Douluo.
Only one person on the entire Douluo Continent possessed these traits.
"Dugu Bo?"
Dugu Bo stopped below the cliff.
Instead of answering, he took out a portrait.
The white-haired man in the portrait was none other than Qian Daoliu.
"It seems I found the right man."
"You're the one who killed Prince Xue Beng, aren't you?"
Qian Daoliu's expression remained calm.
"I killed him."
Dugu Bo casually tossed the portrait onto the ground.
"You dare to own up to your deeds. You do have some courage."
"However, Xue Beng was a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, after all."
"You killed him openly in the streets of Heaven Dou City. You must pay a price."
Qian Daoliu looked at Dugu Bo, who had delivered himself to his doorstep, saving him the trouble of continuing his search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
"You want to avenge Xue Beng?"
Dugu Bo took a step forward.
Nine soul rings rose from beneath his feet in succession.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black.
Dense, dark green soul power spread in all directions.
An enormous Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor appeared behind him.
The Serpent Emperor reared up, its scarlet forked tongue flicking in and out.
The surrounding vegetation instantly withered upon contact with the dark green poisonous mist.
Qian Renxue retreated behind Qian Daoliu.
Golden soul power covered her entire body, keeping the encroaching poison at bay.
Dugu Bo raised his right hand.
His sixth soul ring abruptly lit up.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor opened its enormous jaws.
Vast amounts of poison gathered in the Serpent Emperor's mouth, forming a ball of dark green light.
"Sixth soul skill."
"Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Break!"
A dark green beam blasted forth.
Wherever the beam passed, it left a pitch-black trail across the ground.
All the vegetation along its path dissolved into black liquid.
Dugu Bo watched Qian Daoliu, who remained standing where he was.
He had entered the realm of Titled Douluo many years ago.
Thanks to the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's deadly poison, ordinary Titled Douluo were reluctant to face him head-on.
Across the entire continent, the people who could reliably defeat him could be counted on one hand.
Since the white-haired man refused to dodge, this strike would be enough to end the battle.
The dark green beam reached Qian Daoliu in the blink of an eye.
Qian Renxue watched the poisonous light fill her vision without the slightest panic.
Her grandfather stood right in front of her.
A mere Dugu Bo could not hurt them.
Qian Daoliu raised his right hand and casually swept it forward.
Boom!
Golden soul power swept across the area.
A shock wave instantly engulfed the entire cliff.
Before the dark green beam could touch Qian Daoliu, a single palm strike knocked it into the sky.
The poisonous light streaked diagonally over the forest before exploding in the distance.
Great swaths of poisonous mist rained down from the sky.
Not the slightest mark remained on the ground beneath Qian Daoliu's feet.
The confidence on Dugu Bo's face vanished completely.
"How is that possible?"
That had been his sixth soul skill.
His opponent had neither released his martial soul nor used a soul skill.
With a mere wave of his hand, he had knocked the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Break away.
Dugu Bo reassessed the man before him.
He focused his spiritual power on Qian Daoliu, trying to determine his soul power level.
Yet no matter how he probed, he could not reach Qian Daoliu's true aura.
The white-haired man standing before him seemed like an ordinary person without soul power.
Yet that palm strike alone was enough to prove that his strength far surpassed that of an ordinary Titled Douluo.
Dugu Bo retreated half a step.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor coiled behind him, and his nine soul rings began spinning faster.
"Who exactly are you?"
Qian Daoliu looked at Dugu Bo.
"I was just about to look for you."
"To think you'd come to me of your own accord."
Dugu Bo's brows knitted tightly.
"What do you want with me?"
Qian Daoliu did not answer.
Brilliant golden light rose from within him.
Golden radiance instantly illuminated the dim forest.
A sacred, majestic Six-Winged Angel slowly manifested behind Qian Daoliu.
Three pairs of golden wings unfurled.
A pure, sacred aura descended upon Sunset Forest.
The poisonous mist Dugu Bo had released rapidly dissolved upon contact with the Angel Divine Light.
Even the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor instinctively lowered its head.
Dugu Bo's pupils abruptly contracted.
He had seen records of this martial soul.
Across the entire continent, only Spirit Hall's Qian Family passed down the Six-Winged Angel martial soul.
But how many members of the Qian Family could possess such overwhelming pressure?
Qian Daoliu's toes left the ground.
His body slowly rose into the air.
His golden robe fluttered with his soul power.
The first soul ring rose from beneath his feet.
Black.
Then came the second.
Black as well.
The third.
The fourth.
The fifth.
The sixth.
Six full black ten thousand year soul rings arranged themselves around Qian Daoliu in sequence.
With each soul ring that appeared, the pressure enveloping the forest grew stronger.
Dugu Bo's body grew heavier and heavier.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor behind him could no longer lift its head.
The seventh soul ring slowly rose.
Scarlet light illuminated the cliff.
A hundred thousand year soul ring!
Dugu Bo's breath caught.
Before he could react, the eighth and ninth soul rings appeared in succession.
Red.
Red.
Three hundred thousand year soul rings hovered above the six ten thousand year soul rings.
Red and black light shone upon each other.
The pressure of a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo completely enveloped this stretch of heaven and earth.
Every soul beast in the forest lay prostrate on the ground.
Dugu Bo's legs kept growing heavier.
Only by exerting all his soul power did he avoid falling straight to his knees beneath that pressure.
Yet it was not over.
Beyond the nine soul rings, another soul ring rose from beneath the Six-Winged Angel's feet.
That soul ring was scarlet as well.
Yet its color was deeper than that of the preceding three hundred thousand year soul rings.
Golden divine runes covered the soul ring's surface.
The moment the two hundred thousand year God-Bestowed Angel Soul Ring descended, golden light pierced the clouds in the sky.
The entire cliff shook violently.
All nine soul rings Dugu Bo had released stopped spinning.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor let out a mournful cry, its enormous martial soul phantom shrinking continuously.
Six black.
Three red.
And finally, a scarlet soul ring that far surpassed a hundred thousand year soul ring.
Dugu Bo looked up at Qian Daoliu, who stood before the Six-Winged Angel.
White hair.
The Six-Winged Angel martial soul.
A level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo.
Only one person on the entire Douluo Continent met these conditions.
Dugu Bo finally recognized the identity of the man before him.
"You're..."
"Qian Daoliu?!"
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