Chapter 146: Battle of the Titles: Ju Douluo vs. Dugu Bo

After meeting with the members of the Gulei Team, Nan Feihuang returned to the palace.

He still would not stay in the academy all the time; after all, now that he had the soul skill Increase Experience in hand, he certainly had to continue bitterly cultivating his soul power and not waste a single bit of precious cultivation time.

As for team coordination, going to the Soul Fighting Arena with them once every few days would suffice.

In fact, with the cultivation speed of him and Dian Wei, it was absolutely not impossible to raise themselves to the Soul King level before the tournament. At that time, even if there was no coordination, so what? Wouldn't it be fine for the two of them to just sweep through the other academies together?

Twin Spirits could not be exposed to others at will, so hiding at home and cultivating behind closed doors was best. Increase Experience currently only needed to be applied to a few family members; in any case, even Xu Rong, that mole, did not have the qualifications to trespass into the Eastern Palace.

Nan Feihuang only needed to be careful to keep a little distance from Lv Lingqi when he was in front of him, and get along like ordinary childhood sweethearts.

He had already spoken to Lv Lingqi about this matter, and Lv Lingqi understood that Nan Feihuang wanted to use Xu Rong to pass out false information.

By doing this to use Qian Renxue to slow down the pace of the Spirit Hall potentially coming to find trouble with Nan Feihuang, and winning precious growth time for them, it was despicable, but she understood.

What was most common in times of chaos were all kinds of schemes and tricks. His father's strategist, Chen Gong, was already considered a relatively kind-hearted advisor, but once he devised a plan, it was also sinister and ruthless.

For example, backstabbing Xuzhou; Liu Bei took their family in, yet they took advantage of the time he went to fight Yuan Shu to seize his home.

Growing up in troubled times, how could Lv Lingqi not fully understand these things?

As long as Nan Feihuang was well, she cared about nothing else, and she was willing to suffer some grievances.

A few days later, Xun Yu also returned. He had successfully hunted a Spirit Beast, and there was an additional type of Heavy Hammer Soldier in his Military Talisman.

This was also a type of Qiangong Xi military talisman. The difference was that the Pudao Soldier belonged to sharp blades, breaking light armor defenses, while the heavy hammer was a blunt weapon, breaking heavy armor defenses. Now he had five types of military talismans.

The innate Pudao Soldier, focused on defense.

The First Spirit Ring's Great Blade Soldier, focused on strong attack.

The Second Spirit Ring's Archer Soldier, focused on ranged combat.

The Third Spirit Ring's Chain Hammer Soldier, focused on control.

The Fourth Spirit Ring's Heavy Hammer Soldier, focused on blunt weapon strikes.

It could be considered quite comprehensive, and after his level rose to over forty, the strength of those soldiers also rose to the level of ordinary Great Soul Masters over level twenty, and their numbers were over eighty, which could already be considered a very strong combat force.

His return made the team more complete, and the group immediately entered into day-after-day bitter cultivation.

At the same time, deep in the Sunset Forest, in a desolate forest, Dugu Bo was walking slowly. Not long ago, he had issued a challenge to the Spirit Hall's Ju Douluo, and today was the day of the duel.

"So many years, Old Poison, have you finally accepted your fate? You actually took the initiative to come and seek death." A charming male voice came from the forest; he was exactly one of the Title Douluo of the current age, the public face of the Spirit Hall, Ju Douluo Yue Guan.

"Hmph, many years ago, I was hunted to the brink of death by you and Ghost. Today, I have come to settle the score with you." Harboring years of resentment, Dugu Bo was determined to wash away the shame today.

Regarding his determination, Ju Douluo smiled disdainfully, "Settle the score? Haha, have you forgotten? Which time you fought me were you not beaten until you were battered and bruised? The most dangerous time, if it weren't for you luckily encountering Xue Xing Prince's patrol army, and Xue Xing forcing me and Ghost to retreat with the military strength of the Heaven Dou Empire, you would have died long ago."

Having his sore spot touched, Dugu Bo became even more furious, "That was also because my life was not meant to end! Ju Hua Guan, watch how I deal with you today!"

"Old Poison, this time, there is no Xue Xing Prince coming to help you again!"

The two Title Douluo provoked each other, then simultaneously began to circulate the soul power within their bodies.

Yue Guan's level was higher, and he finished his preparations a step earlier. His fifth spirit ring lit up, "Fifth Spirit Skill, Cold Fragrance Gathering!"

Ju Douluo released countless petals. Under his fifth spirit skill, these petals formed sharp blades with extremely fast attack speed and were indestructible, rapidly flying toward Dugu Bo.

In a battle between experts, being slow by one step meant being slow in every step. Dugu Bo had to temporarily give up attacking, focusing mainly on dodging the attacks.

Utilizing the complex terrain of the forest, Dugu Bo's figure leaped, constantly dodging the attacks of Cold Fragrance Gathering, but Ju Douluo pursued relentlessly, and he could not find an opportunity to counterattack for a moment.

"Damn it, this broken flying blade only consumes my stamina. I must find an opportunity to get close to Ju Hua Guan."

"Third Spirit Skill, Jade Phosphor Bewitching Array."

With Dugu Bo's current strength as a Title Douluo, he could fully achieve an instant cast of his third spirit skill, but that bit of poison from the third spirit skill was simply not worth mentioning to Ju Douluo.

Of course, Dugu Bo never expected to defeat Yue Guan with this move; he just wanted to use this move to interfere with Yue Guan's line of sight.

"He disappeared!" Yue Guan lost track of Dugu Bo and had to retract the Cold Fragrance Gathering.

Just at this moment, Dugu Bo appeared behind Yue Guan in a flash and threw a punch. Ju Douluo raised his hand to block, but was pushed back by the force of Dugu Bo's punch.

Then Dugu Bo charged forward again. The transition between moves had almost no time gap, and this time it was Ju Douluo's turn to be chased and beaten.

After cultivating the Golden Body Art, Dugu Bo's physique had strengthened a lot. Because the cultivation time was still short and the level of the technique was not yet high, facing a monster like Tang Hao who had a Full Spirit Bone, he might still fall short, but facing Ju Hua Guan who did not have a single soul bone, his advantage was reflected.

"Such fast speed, is this Old Poison not wanting his life? With the deadly poison in his body, attacking with such full force without leaving a portion of soul power to suppress it, is he not afraid of the backlash killing him?" The reason Yue Guan never took Dugu Bo seriously was because he knew that Dugu Bo was fundamentally unable to exert his full strength.

He was called a Title Douluo, but his actual combat power was only slightly stronger than a Spirit Douluo. But today, Dugu Bo fully exerted the strength a Title Douluo should have, which made him feel very abnormal.

"Hehe, what's wrong, Ju Hua Guan? Is this all the ability you have?" Seeing that he held the upper hand, Dugu Bo began to mock him.

"Damn it, Old Poison, don't get too smug. I haven't gotten serious yet. Third Spirit Skill, Breath Barrier!"

Ju Douluo's third spirit skill, Breath Barrier, a control skill, released the petals of the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to surround the opponent, making the opponent unable to move.

For Dugu Bo, who had already reached the Title Douluo realm, the effect of this move was not too great, but it was enough to restrict him for an instant. Relying on this moment of effort, Ju Douluo quickly retreated, pulling apart the distance between the two.

Before activating his trump card, the Indestructible Golden Body, Ju Douluo was not a Title Douluo who excelled in close combat, and his soul power was close to Level 95. Relying on stronger soul power to suppress Dugu Bo was the most correct approach at this moment.

(End of chapter)