"I'm afraid we'll have to stay here a little longer."
Dai Xiu was as overbearing as ever, with no intention of explaining himself.
"I've already made a major concession. Don't push your luck!" Dugu Bo's gaze grew colder.
The next moment, Dugu Bo immediately unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar.
Without this medicinal field, he and his granddaughter would both die in agony from the backlash of their own venom sooner or later.
Whether he died sooner or later, he would die all the same!
Rather than let that happen, he might as well stake his life on a fight.
A thirty-meter-long jade-green serpent as thick as a water vat appeared before the two of them.
"Fourth Soul Skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower!"
With himself at the center, Dai Xiu unleashed countless fist-sized golden spheres of light to attack.
Each meteor had an attack power equal to one-tenth of his own Soul Power.
Dugu Bo's face darkened. He dared not take the attack head-on.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul Avatar unfurled completely, its enormous jade-green body coiling up as its serpentine eyes fixed on Dai Xiu.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorous Purple Mist!"
Purple-black poisonous mist, so dense it was almost solid, spewed from Dugu Bo's mouth and collided head-on with the golden meteors filling the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Violent explosions rang out one after another. Golden spheres of light burst apart, and raging shockwaves swept in every direction.
"Hahaha, it's been a long time since I've had a proper fight!" Dai Xiu laughed heartily.
His first, third, and fifth Soul Rings lit up.
White Tiger Protection Barrier!
White Tiger Vajra Transformation!
White Tiger Demon God Transformation!
With the enhancement of these three amplification Soul Skills, Dai Xiu's imposing presence grew much stronger once more.
For Power Attack System Soul Masters in the early stages, acquiring Soul Rings that provided amplification Soul Skills was definitely less cost-effective than acquiring Soul Rings that provided power attack Soul Skills.
Amplification Soul Skills showed their strength in the later stages.
Just like now.
Dai Xiu charged straight in without even activating his Martial Soul Avatar.
Dugu Bo, meanwhile, was beaten back without any ability to resist.
That was only natural. Dugu Bo's wide-area destructive power was indeed formidable, but he was quite weak among Titled Douluo.
He was a contender for the title of weakest Titled Douluo alongside Snake Lance Douluo, She Long.
Dai Xiu, on the other hand, was not only a Power Attack System Soul Master, but also a Level 95 Super Douluo.
"Sixth Soul Skill, White Tiger Annihilation Kill!"
Dazzling golden light erupted from every strand of golden fur on Dai Xiu's body. He shifted his form several times in the air, and intense golden light burst forth and crossed over itself, forming a gigantic character for "kill" in the air that bore down on Dugu Bo.
Only at this moment did Dugu Bo truly understand
the gap between himself, a level 91 Titled Douluo, and a level 95 Power Attack System Titled Douluo like Dai Xiu.
His opponent had beaten him to this point without even using his Martial Soul Avatar.
With a muffled groan, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar shattered on the spot, and Dugu Bo crashed heavily to the ground.
Dugu Bo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and climbed to his feet, a vicious glint flashing in his eyes.
He intended to use his eighth and ninth Soul Skills.
His eighth Soul Skill, combined with his ninth, could easily destroy a city.
Unless he had no other choice, Dugu Bo would not normally use them lightly.
Just then, the previously calm water at the center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well suddenly began to boil violently.
With a splash, a head emerged from it.
"Haha, that felt great!"
Dai Tianfeng shouted excitedly.
The previously unimaginable pain had long since faded.
In its place was an indescribably pleasant sensation.
Refining the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass had brought Dai Tianfeng even more benefits than he had expected.
Not only had his physique improved tremendously, but the properties of the two Immortal Herbs had also granted Dai Tianfeng the special abilities of immunity to both ice and fire and resistance to all poisons.
Absorbing immortal-grade herbs did indeed have the effect of raising one's level.
Unfortunately, the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass had not brought any noticeable improvement to his Soul Power Level.
Before long, Dai Tianfeng noticed what was happening outside.
I only took the time to absorb an Immortal Herb, so how did a fight break out?
Dai Tianfeng was not particularly surprised by Dugu Bo's arrival.
After all, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was Dugu Bo's lifeline.
In principle, Dugu Bo did not know what those immortal-grade herbs did, and faced with two Titled Douluo, he should not have been so stubborn as to fight to the death.
"Tianfeng, thank goodness you're all right!"
Seeing that Dai Tianfeng was safe and sound, Dai Xiu had no desire to keep fighting Dugu Bo. "You're the future hope of our White Tiger Lineage. You must never do anything so dangerous again!"
"Grandpa Patriarch, I understand." Dai Tianfeng nodded, unconcerned.
Seeing this, Dugu Bo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He now understood why Dai Xiu had said they needed to stay a little longer.
As long as they did not covet this medicinal field, everything else was negotiable.
Still, this kid was really reckless, actually going straight into the spring water.
Even he only dared cultivate beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
When Dai Tianfeng prepared to climb out of the spring, he suddenly discovered that his clothes had long since dissolved completely.
"Ahem, um... Aunt Zhu, could you turn away for a moment?" Dai Tianfeng said awkwardly.
Seeing how shy Dai Tianfeng looked, Zhu Na chuckled and turned her head away.
Dai Tianfeng leaped up, touched his Storage Soul Tool, and a set of clothes appeared in his hand. He immediately put them on.
"It looks like you gained quite a lot this time!"
Sensing the changes in Dai Tianfeng, Dai Xiu's eyes flashed with golden light.
"I..." Dai Tianfeng nodded.
"Now that this kid is out, you should be able to leave, shouldn't you?"
Before he could finish speaking, Dugu Bo interrupted him.
"Of course," Dai Xiu said gravely.
If this fine place had been within Star Luo's borders, he would definitely have claimed it for himself.
But it was in the Heaven Dou Empire, especially near the Heaven Dou Imperial City, so he had better forget it!
Dai Tianfeng's eyes shifted slightly.
He wanted to recruit Dugu Bo.
Although Dugu Bo, that old poison master, was the weakest of the Titled Douluo, his mastery of poison was terrifying.
When it came to wide-area destructive power, absolutely no one could compare to his poison.
On a battlefield where two armies clashed, it was practically a nuclear weapon.
Most importantly, Dugu Bo kept his promises and would definitely do what he agreed to do.
In the original story, he had made an enemy of the entire Spirit Hall for Tang San's sake.
From that perspective, Dugu Bo was undoubtedly quite reliable.
"Grandpa Patriarch, I want him to join our Star Luo Empire."
At that thought, Dai Tianfeng spoke up and proposed it.
"This fellow may be weak, but he's still a Titled Douluo. If he joined our Star Luo Empire, we'd naturally welcome him with open arms."
"But he's already a guest elder of the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial family. Why would he join us?"
Hearing this, Dai Xiu gave Dai Tianfeng an appreciative look. "Even if we forced him to join, it could come back to bite us in the end. The losses wouldn't be worth the gains."
Good, he knows to look out for the clan.
He's just a little too naive!
With a younger generation like this, the White Tiger Lineage and even the entire Star Luo Empire had hope for the future.