" Xin'er!"
A shrill roar followed, and Dugu Bo on the other side was thrown into chaos, his killing intent surging. He immediately controlled the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar to rush towards his own son.
At this moment, Dugu Bo was in a very miserable state. Half of his head, the head of his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar, had been sliced off by the first half of the sword leaf, and he almost died on the spot.
On the other side, Wang Hao didn't dare to be negligent either. He decisively broke the third and final sword leaf in half and shot it toward the arm where Ah Yin was, to prevent Dugu Bo from taking her away.
Although this was a golden opportunity to kill Dugu Bo, he wasn't entirely confident he could eliminate him.
Once the last half of the sword leaf is used up, my strength will decrease by at least 90%, and that will be dangerous.
Moreover, Dugu Xin only lost an arm, but still retains most of his fighting strength.
This is a significant threat!
So after much deliberation, he decided to use the last sword leaf to protect Ah Yin, while holding back his attack to intimidate Dugu Bo and his son.
Ultimately, he wasn't fully prepared to face Dugu Bo head-on this time, not to mention the unexpected addition of Dugu Xin, which almost led to Ah Yin being snatched away.
So achieving this result is already quite good. Now, all we need to do is end this battle and wait for the severed sword blades to regrow before heading towards the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
This time, Dugu Bo was severely injured by himself and there is no chance of him recovering in a short time. This is the best time to attack.
With a mixture of resentment and apprehension, Dugu Bo glared at the Swordleaf Grass and the half-sword leaf swirling nearby, then decisively fled the area with his severely injured son.
Although he knew that the strange Swordleaf Grass only had one last attack left, he was confident that he could withstand it.
But the problem is, if they really fight, he's not confident he can protect his injured son.
Once that Swordleaf Grass sets its sights on her son, given the power of its physical sword-like leaves, Xin'er will have little chance of survival.
After careful consideration, Dugu Bo had no choice but to retreat.
Wang Hao, on the other side, didn't dare to linger either. He rushed over and wrapped the Blue Silver Grass that Ah Yin was possessing around him again before decisively leaving.
The battle that just took place was quite a commotion, which would inevitably attract the Soul Beast and even human Soul Master from Sunset Forest.
Since his combat strength has been greatly reduced, he must temporarily hide until the severed sword blades grow back before going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to settle accounts with Dugu Bo.
Nine Heavens days passed in the blink of Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Dugu Bo, looking at his son who was sad and dejected, felt terrible.
Losing an arm is tantamount to ruining a Soul Master's future. His own son, already corrupted by the poison of his Martial Soul, is now essentially finished after losing an arm.
But there was nothing Dugu Bo could do about it. After all, no Soul Master could guarantee 100% success and safety when hunting Soul Beast, and quite a few Soul Master had been killed by Soul Beast.
My son and I were just unlucky this time; we ran into a tough opponent.
"Dare to trespass into my poison array? You're courting death!"
Suddenly, Dugu Bo's ears twitched slightly as he heard the commotion coming from the poison array outside. He flashed out and rushed out.
But when Dugu Bo saw the figure slowly moving forward in the poison array, he felt completely unwell.
That was the strange Swordleaf Grass that had nearly killed the father and son a few days ago, and now the three broken sword leaves of the Swordleaf Grass had actually grown back.
What this means is obvious to Dugu Bo even with his toes.
Compared to the strange herb that had fully recovered, his injuries had only barely stabilized, and his combat strength had been reduced by nearly half.
If a fight breaks out, the chances of dying are very high.
More importantly, her own son was recovering from an injury inside.
" Laozi it, how can a blade of grass seek revenge!"
With a thought racing through his mind, Dugu Bo cursed inwardly in anger, decisively turned back, and left the place with his son, who was still confused about what was going on.
There was nothing we could do; they had come knocking on our door, and we couldn't win a fight, so we had no choice but to run away.
Although abandoning this precious land was painful for him, it paled in comparison to the lives of himself and his son.
Dugu Bo understood this point well, so he did not recklessly engage in a deadly battle with that strange herb.
"Hmph! Wait till I get some friends with me, then I'll teach you a lesson!"
He glared resentfully at the Swordleaf Grass that had already broken out of the poison array, Dugu Bo snorted coldly and made a mental note of it.
He alone is no match for that Swordleaf Grass, but he can find help!
At worst, he could just give away some of the precious herbs from the treasure land as payment. After all, he Dadu of those herbs and they were unlikely to be of any use to him, so giving them away was no big deal.
"You're smart to know what's good for you!"
Sensing Dugu Bo's decisive departure, Wang Hao sneered inwardly, while also feeling a slight pang of regret.
As a seasoned cunning schemer, he naturally wanted to eliminate the threat completely; otherwise, having a Soul Douluo- level enemy constantly on his mind would keep him up at night.
Unfortunately, the Swordleaf Grass he's currently possessing is incredibly slow, making it impossible for him to catch up.
But it doesn't matter. With the help of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, my cultivation speed will definitely increase a hundredfold or a thousandfold.
As long as my strength increases, if that old bastard Dugu Bo dares to come again, I'll just kill him.
After surveying the treasure land of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Wang Hao directly controlled the Swordleaf Grass to enter the spring water of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Its roots spread out to absorb the energy in the spring water, and at the same time, it transferred the refined energy into Ah Yin's body to accelerate its growth.
Unlike his original destiny, Tang San's abilities were limited at that time, and he could only transplant Ah Yin to the shore of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
While this can accelerate growth, it doesn't maximize the effectiveness of the process.
Most of the energy in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is concentrated in the spring water, with only a small portion dispersing to the shore.
Therefore, taking root in the spring is the most direct and effective method.
The extremely powerful energies of ice and fire contained within the spring water are naturally beyond what Ah Yin's current body can withstand, but Wang Hao can!
From the very beginning, he had made the necessary preparations to develop the Soul Power of both ice and fire attributes using this Swordleaf Grass.
Although he hasn't yet condensed his ice and fire elemental Soul Power into a domain due to limitations in his cultivation level, it's almost there.
With his own ice and fire attribute Soul Power as a buffer, coupled with the ultimate control ability granted by the Great Firmament Realm, Wang Hao was not destroyed by the ultimate power contained in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Instead, he quickly devoured and refined the energy within.
As he continued to absorb the energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Wang Hao's originally grass-green body suddenly developed blue and red lines, which spread across the three huge sword leaves like meridians.
With a sufficient supply of energy, Wang Hao's Swordleaf Grass body began to grow larger at a visible speed, and a tender bud was even faintly emerging from its core.
That was the prototype of the fourth sword-shaped leaf.
Compared to the normal cultivation and growth of Soul Beast, Wang Hao, due to his profound realm, can maximize his own cultivation without leaving any major hidden dangers.
After all, to be honest, he was restoring his cultivation level rather than improving it, so the speed would naturally be very fast.
Of course, such rapid progress will inevitably cause a Sisi instability in one's foundation, making it virtually impossible to break through to the Great Luo realm.
The problem is that the mysterious mastermind is pressing too hard; who knows when their next attack will strike?
He could only do his best to improve his strength as quickly as possible and prepare for any eventuality, even if it meant destabilizing his foundation.
Meanwhile, the Blue Silver Grass, which was in a symbiotic relationship with Ah Yin, also benefited greatly. Its sky-blue leaves swayed in the wind and grew larger at a visible rate.
Unlike human Soul Master, the improvement of Soul Beast will generally lead to an increase in their physical size. In the Soul Beast race, size often determines everything, even for plant-type Soul Beast.
Only a very few can be exceptions, but Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass is clearly not one of them.
"The spring water indeed contains extremely diluted divine power and carries the aura of the Dragon Clan. It seems to be the transformed bodies of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings after their fall."
Calming himself down, Wang Hao sensed the energy within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and indeed discovered the presence of divine power within it.
Although it was diluted countless times, it was indeed divine power.
He had come into contact with divine power many times, whether it was Poseidon and Tang Chen who had become gods at level 100, or the sea god and the god of asura, all of them possessed divine power.
Therefore, he could tell at a glance that there was divine power in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and coupled with the faint Dragon Clan aura contained within, the legend was obviously true, and this was the burial place of the two great dragon kings of the Dragon Clan, Ice and Fire.
In ancient times, hundreds of thousands of years ago in the Douluo Continent, the Dragon God, who ascended to the Divine Realm, led his Nine Great Dragon Kings and united all the divine beasts and gods of the Divine Realm to wage war.
Unfortunately, he was ultimately defeated and split into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King.
The Silver Dragon King, being quite self-aware, immediately used the spatial turbulence to escape the Divine Realm despite his severe injuries, and then hid in the Star Dou Great Forest to recuperate.
However, the violent Golden Dragon King was a fool who recklessly confronted the gods of the Divine Realm, and was subsequently crippled and sealed away.
Previously, he was even thrown out by the gods of the Divine Realm to take the brunt of their attacks, and tragically killed by the Sky-Opening Axe —a death beyond any doubt.
The divine beasts that fought alongside the Dragon God also fared poorly, with most dying in battle. Even those that survived had their Divine Core stripped away by the gods and were kept as livestock.
Even the Nine Great Dragon Kings of the dragon Dragon Clan could not escape the fate of being killed in battle. The remains of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings fell to this place together, and after countless years, they formed the treasure land of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
But now all of this benefits Wang Hao.
It not only coveted the energy contained in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but also the remains of the two great dragon kings of ice and fire.
What he lacks now is energy, high-quality energy.
Although the two dragon kings of ice and fire have been dead for hundreds of thousands of years, and only a fraction of the energy in their remains has been preserved, it is still enough.
He was confident that if he could absorb all the energy within, he could elevate his cultivation level to the Taiyi Realm.
"Unfortunately, you are all disturbed by the Dragon King's aura in the spring water, making it difficult for you to develop intelligence. You can only continue to cycle through life and death like this."
Fine, I'll lend you a hand!
After examining the precious medicinal herbs growing on the shore, Wang Hao flicked his sword, sending thousands of light points flying out and precisely merging into the herbs, completely eliminating the Dragon Clan aura accumulated within them.
This precious land both nurtured these medicinal herbs and restricted their development of sentience, the Root of which lies in the aura of the two great dragon kings, Ice and Fire.
Only by eliminating this Dragon King aura can these herbs develop sentience and become true Plant-type Soul Beast.
After hundreds of thousands of years of cycles of growth and decay, these herbs have accumulated immense spiritual depth; now, all that remains is for them to develop their own sentience.
Once it develops full intelligence, it will undoubtedly become a powerful being no weaker than Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.