"Dugu Bo is the legendary Poison Douluo. As far as I know, this supposedly weakest Titled Douluo has the lowest Soul Power Level of all the Titled Douluos."
Gu Luoyi spoke, sharing what she knew about Dugu Bo.
"That's indeed the case. Of all the Titled Douluos, Dugu Bo is the weakest in individual combat, but there's one thing about him you mustn't underestimate."
"And that's Dugu Bo's unmatched Group Combat Ability. His poison can kill an entire city's population. As long as Dugu Bo wishes it, everyone in a city will be poisoned to death.
"That's why Dugu Bo is known as the Titled Douluo with the strongest Group Combat Ability. He can easily poison anyone below the Titled Douluo level to death."
"Even the weakest Titled Douluo has the strength to kill a Soul Douluo with ease.
"Dugu Bo's poison might not have much effect on Titled Douluos, but against Soul Masters far weaker than Titled Douluos-Soul Douluos, Soul Saints, Soul Emperors, and Soul Kings-he can poison them to death with ease. Every Titled Douluo has the ability to hold their own.
"So every Titled Douluo is someone you can hardly afford to provoke."
"Sister Leng Yaozhu and Sister Leng Yulai are examples, especially after reaching the Super Douluo and Limit Douluo levels. They became even more formidable.
"They could have easily defeated or even killed Tang Hao.
"Tang Hao only escaped because the secret technique Tang Chen left behind was genuinely powerful, and he had a 100,000-year Soul Ring. Blowing up a 100,000-year Soul Ring would produce even greater power."
"Besides, the two of them had to keep us safe at the time, and Tang Hao wasn't their main focus, so they let him get away..."
Kai did not continue. There was another point: the Asura God might have helped behind the scenes. After all, Tang Hao had fought three Titled Douluos just after reaching the Titled Douluo level himself. That was simply too outrageous. No matter how powerful Tang Chen's secret technique was, surely it could not be that outrageous?
Tang Hao had only just reached the Titled Douluo level back then, yet he had to face three veteran Titled Douluos. Winning would have been a very uncertain prospect.
Moreover, being able to unleash Titled Douluo-level power after only reaching the Soul Saint level really made it hard to believe the Asura God had not helped behind the scenes. But there was no evidence, so he did not voice it.
"So that's how it is. Looks like Titled Douluos generally aren't just meek little vegetarians."
After hearing Kai's explanation, Gu Luoyi came to understand that every Titled Douluo had an area in which they were formidable.
"So when we meet Dugu Bo, watch your attitude. We're going to discuss business and cooperation with him. Don't speak. We'll talk things over properly, and you just stay to the side."
"If we really push Dugu Bo into a corner, we might be safely protected somewhere else. But the problem is that we'll be on his turf, within the home ground he's prepared. There's a very real possibility... that both of us might die."
"Even if it's only a possibility, we still need to be careful about our safety."
"Understood."
With Leng Yaozhu's formidable Spiritual Power, she soon discovered a special place. This was where Dugu Bo had set up protective measures to safeguard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Dugu Bo had laid multiple layers of "anti-theft measures" around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, centered on three overlapping defenses: a poison formation, a deadly environment, and his own deterrent presence:
The outer Jade Phosphorous Poison Formation: within a certain area around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he had laid a poison formation using his own Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison. The "original work" explicitly stated, "Without Soul Power above level seventy, taking even one step inside means certain death." Even Soul Beasts over ten thousand years old dared not cross the boundary.
The environment itself was a line of defense. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had twin springs within a single well, with the intensely hot Yang Spring and the bitterly cold Yin Spring existing side by side. Ordinary people and Soul Beasts approaching it would have their bodies burst apart by the two opposing spiritual energies. Because Dugu Bo was afflicted with deadly poison, this environment instead suppressed the backlash within him, effectively turning a "death trap" into his own protective domain.
The Sunset Forest's Soul Beast barrier: the perimeter was a famous Soul Beast forest, and most of the Soul Beasts roaming outside were over a thousand years old. Even anyone who escaped would not survive.
On top of that, he personally guarded the place and controlled the reach of his poison. He was a level-92 Poison Douluo who could lay waste to every living creature within a thousand meters in an instant. He also regularly used this place as a second residence/seclusion site, with the poison formation serving as a fallback when he left.
"Looks like we're here," Leng Yulai said.
"Let's say hello first," Kai said. Doing so would also show that they were not enemies and had come to cooperate.
"Is Dugu Bo here?" Leng Yulai began transmitting her voice, using Soul Power to spread it throughout the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. If Dugu Bo was here, he should be able to hear it.
"Who's there?!" Upon hearing her, Dugu Bo immediately rushed over to them as fast as he could.
"Who are you? Why have you come to my territory?" Dugu Bo asked, utterly bewildered. He immediately revealed his Soul Rings: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black-two yellow, two purple, and five black. Although this Soul Ring Configuration was not the best possible combination, it was the configuration of most Titled Douluos in the first installment of Douluo Continent. Even the level-97 Sword Douluo only had this configuration.
Even though Spirit Hall was a Soul Master Holy Land, most of its Titled Douluos also had two yellow, two purple, and five black rings, such as Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo.
Thus, Dugu Bo's Soul Ring Configuration was not poor.
"That's all the strength you have?" Leng Yaozhu immediately made her move, directly revealing a configuration of six black and three red rings.
"Three 100,000-year Soul Rings and six Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings!" Dugu was scared witless. Could someone actually achieve such a configuration?
A 100,000-Year Soul Beast was a legendary supreme treasure for Soul Masters, something one could encounter only by chance, not seek out. Moreover, a 100,000-Year Soul Beast possessed Titled Douluo-level combat strength. Three 100,000-year Soul Rings meant that three 100,000-Year Soul Beasts had all died at this female Titled Douluo's hands.
"Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, Leng Yaozhu. Soul Power, level 99."
"Level 99!" After hearing that, Dugu Bo had no thought of disbelieving her at all. With those three 100,000-year Soul Rings, he would even believe it if she said Leng Yaozhu was a deity.
"Dugu Bo, we came here to make a deal with you. We know about your physical condition. You're guarding a treasure basin without even realizing it.
"Would you like to cooperate with us? As long as you're willing, we're willing to help you resolve the poison in your body, as well as your granddaughter's poison. We know that both you and your granddaughter are poisoned.
"On the surface, you look perfectly fine, but the truth is, things haven't been that easy for you, have they? There's no need for us to spell these things out."
Leng Yulai also revealed her six black and three red Soul Rings.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Dugu Bo was still stubbornly denying it at this point. To put it plainly, he did not believe them at all.
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