Burden? Poison Douluo's Scheme

On the other side, Poison Douluo was taking his eight-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter, Dugu Yan, and preparing to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

They had come this time to help Dugu Yan obtain her second soul ring. Although the Sunset Forest where Dugu Bo's residence was located also had plenty of soul beasts, they were at least thousand-year level and above.

Besides, most Soul Masters with the means would choose to come to the Star Dou Great Forest. It had the greatest variety of soul beasts; whatever kind one wanted, it could be found here, and it was easier to absorb the most suitable soul ring age.

As for places like Spirit Hall's captive Soul Hunting Forest, there might be what one wanted there, but finding one that matched both the desired type and the exact right soul ring age was much harder.

A difference of a hundred years was still a hundred years.

Now, Dugu Bo had already helped his granddaughter obtain her second soul ring and was preparing to return home.

Dugu Yan said happily, "Grandpa, our luck was really good this time. Not only did we find the rare Spirit Tail Poison Snake, its age was just right too—eight hundred years, pretty much the limit you said I could absorb."

"Ahahaha, my granddaughter's luck naturally wouldn't be bad." Dugu Bo stroked his beard and laughed.

"Hehe, although absorbing the soul ring was a little difficult this time, just like Grandpa said, the second ring can exceed 764 years. I'm never looking at that lousy Master Yu's theories again."

Dugu Bo said, "Yan Yan, Grandpa told you long ago not to read what that trash wrote. First ring limit of 423 years, second ring of 764 years, and all that nonsense—what could a piece of trash who hasn't even reached rank thirty understand!? He only misleads the younger generation."

"I know, Grandpa."

As grandfather and granddaughter talked, Poison Douluo finally sensed Chrysanthemum Douluo ahead, and his expression instantly darkened. "Ju Hua Guan!"

"Hmm? That guy actually has a junior about Yan Yan's age with him."

Poison Douluo sensed Chu Ye's presence as well and discovered that Chu Ye was only a First Ring Soul Master. His eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The grudge between Chrysanthemum Douluo and Poison Douluo was no small matter. It could be considered a feud of life and death, and Poison Douluo hated Chrysanthemum Douluo deeply.

If these two ran into each other in a place like the Star Dou Great Forest, they were bound to fight. They had already clashed several times before; each time, Poison Douluo had sought out Chrysanthemum Douluo to challenge him, but he had lost every time and been beaten into retreat.

Although he could not win, Poison Douluo was still stubborn and unconvinced. Like Chrysanthemum Douluo, now that they had met—

If he acted like a coward and ran by taking a detour, where would Poison Douluo's dignity go?

So Poison Douluo would not choose to give way. No matter what, he had to fight a couple rounds and then leave with his pride intact.

Although he knew he could not win, Poison Douluo was still confident he could escape with his granddaughter. Besides, Chrysanthemum Douluo also had a junior with him.

"Yan Yan, come with Grandpa!"

Just like that, the two sides began rapidly approaching each other and met before long.

They stopped when they were about fifty meters apart. Chu Ye looked ahead and saw the little girl beside Dugu Bo.

She had short, deep-purple hair and a pair of green eyes. At this age, girls were generally quite cute, but besides cuteness, she also gave off a strange, bewitching feeling, possessing a rather unique charm.

If I'm not mistaken, this girl should be Dugu Bo's granddaughter, Dugu Yan, Chu Ye thought.

At that moment, the two had already begun mocking each other.

"Yo, Old Poison, we meet again. Since the last time I beat you until you fled in panic, it should have been three or four years, right?"

"Heh, Ju Hua Guan, I didn't expect you to bring a junior to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a soul ring too. This kid couldn't be your disciple, could he?" Poison Douluo ignored Chrysanthemum Douluo's taunt and set his sights on Chu Ye.

If Chu Ye had a very good relationship with Chrysanthemum Douluo, then this would be easy. Today might perhaps be the first time he, Poison Douluo, made Chrysanthemum Douluo suffer a loss.

He could absolutely make Chu Ye become Chrysanthemum Douluo's burden, distract Chrysanthemum Douluo, and thus gain an advantage over him.

"That isn't something you should be worrying about, Old Poison. Right now, you'd better think about how to run." Chrysanthemum Douluo sneered.

Unexpectedly, Poison Douluo suddenly launched an attack. A cloud of poisonous mist shot out from his palm, and its target was not Chrysanthemum Douluo, but Chu Ye!

Chrysanthemum Douluo was instantly furious. In a flash, he blocked in front of Chu Ye and dispelled the poisonous mist with one move, killing intent erupting in his eyes. "Well done, Old Poison. You actually attacked a junior! If anything happens to him, even if you flee back to Heaven Dou City and have Prince Xue Xing protecting you, you still won't escape death!"

"Hahahaha! Looks like this kid is very important to your Spirit Hall." Poison Douluo burst into laughter. After this move, he already understood how important Chu Ye was to Chrysanthemum Douluo.

After realizing this, Poison Douluo began calculating inwardly, and his confidence immediately swelled. "Hehe, run? Chrysanthemum Douluo, today, the one who should run is you!"

"Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor!!"

Poison Douluo released his martial soul on the spot. A huge green serpent appeared, carrying an immense toxic aura, while the nine soul rings beneath his feet also appeared one by one: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black.

Chrysanthemum Douluo could not understand why Poison Douluo was so inflated and so bold today. Could it be that after not seeing him for several years, this Old Poison's strength had improved again?

But Chrysanthemum Douluo was not afraid in the slightest. His Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum martial soul was released, and similarly, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—nine soul rings appeared beneath his feet.

"Old Poison! You're courting death!!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo directly charged at Poison Douluo, and Poison Douluo charged over as well.

Boom, boom, boom!

The terrifying power between two Title Douluo experts slammed together at this moment.

The battle broke out instantly.

So this is the power of Title Douluo-level experts. Chu Ye watched the energy clash between Chrysanthemum Douluo and Poison Douluo, slightly shaken. It also made him clearly feel just how weak he currently was beneath such power.

However, Chu Ye was not worried about Chrysanthemum Douluo at all. Chrysanthemum Douluo was rank 95, while Poison Douluo was rank 92. A three-rank gap between Title Douluo was very large. Poison Douluo could not possibly be Chrysanthemum Douluo's match.

It was precisely because he knew Poison Douluo could not win that Chu Ye found it a little strange. Where had Poison Douluo gotten the courage today?

While clashing with Chrysanthemum Douluo in Soul Power, Poison Douluo transmitted his voice to his granddaughter. "Yan Yan, help Grandpa today. Go over and deal with that kid. He's only a First Ring Soul Master, not your match."

"Don't kill him. This kid's identity should not be simple. Just seriously injure him!"

"Okay, Grandpa." A somewhat wicked smile appeared at the corner of Dugu Yan's mouth.

Watching Dugu Yan begin walking toward him, Chu Ye seemed to finally understand where Poison Douluo's courage had come from today.

Poison Douluo probably thought he was no match for Dugu Yan.

If Chrysanthemum Douluo saw him getting beaten by Dugu Yan, he would inevitably worry about whether something would happen to Chu Ye, thus becoming distracted. He might even, because of helping Chu Ye, give Poison Douluo an opening to heavily injure him in one strike, right?

(Something suddenly came up. The next chapter might be posted a little later.)