Chapter 281: Tang Hao: I Want It All

"You want the dragon and snake head bones? You're dreaming! These are my family heirlooms; how could I possibly give them to others?"

Before Long Gong could say anything, She Po was the first who could no longer hold back; she knew well how much her husband valued these two dragon and snake head bones.

He treated them entirely as treasures.

Aside from himself and his granddaughter, nothing in Long Gong's heart exceeded the importance of those dragon and snake head bones.

"She Po, do you think that because you have broken through to Spirit Saint and obtained your Spirit Avatar, you have the qualifications to speak to me as an equal?" Tang Hao stomped on the ground, and the entire residence immediately began to shake.

The soul power fluctuations spread toward She Po along with the shockwaves; She Po was so frightened that she retreated again and again, and Long Gong hurriedly used his dragon staff to block in front of her.

The dragon staff struck the ground, and Long Gong used an equally powerful shockwave to cancel out Tang Hao's.

This exchange was a draw, but this was merely a casual strike from Tang Hao, who hadn't even used his martial soul, while Long Gong had exerted his full strength; the vast gap between the two sides was obvious.

This strike from Tang Hao was not only a warning to She Po but also a show of force toward Long Gong.

Long Gong was shocked in his heart; Tang Hao's strength was simply too over-the-top, something an ordinary Title Douluo could not compare to at all. It was truly hard to imagine how the Profound Ice Douluo had managed to defeat such a monster back then.

Looking back at his wife and granddaughter, who had been completely terrified out of their wits, Long Gong gritted his teeth and said, "Clear Sky Crown, my old woman has a hasty temper and has offended you; I hope you will not take it to heart. You are right; since I offended you due to my own overestimation of my capabilities, then giving compensation is only proper. How about this: I am willing to give the more powerful dragon-type head bone from the dragon and snake head bones to you as compensation? I ask that you temporarily extinguish your Thunder's Fury."

The situation was stronger than the man; Long Gong knew that even if his whole family attacked, they would have no way to survive against Tang Hao. Although it pained him to part with a soul bone, he would treat it as money to buy their lives.

Meng Yiran's martial soul was a snake staff, so what suited her was naturally the snake-type head bone. In any case, there were no young talents in the family of this generation who were compatible with Meng Yiran. If this dragon-type head bone could ensure the safety of his whole family, giving it away was fine.

"Heh, Long Gong, you seem to have misunderstood something. I said, what I want are the dragon and snake head bones," Tang Hao said coldly. "In other words, I want the dragon-type head bone, and I also want the snake-type head bone!"

For Tang Hao, although it was impossible for both head bones to be absorbed by Tang San—he could only let him absorb the stronger dragon-type head bone—this did not mean the snake-type head bone had no other uses.

A head bone dropped by a 50,000-year Chimera was a top-tier item among soul bones. If one went to the black market to trade goods, it was possible to exchange it for a Torso Bone or left leg bone of the same quality; these were exactly the parts Tang San was currently missing.

"Tang Hao, you are going too far!" Long Gong was so stimulated that his eyes were about to split; for such a small grievance, he actually wanted to take everything his family treasured as his own.

How would he have the face to see the ancestors of his family in the future?

"If you don't give them, you die!" This time, Tang Hao's aura erupted, and he even used his Killing God Domain.

That gloomy and cold killing intent caused the temperature of the entire valley to drop by several degrees suddenly. All the birds and beasts nearby, as if feeling the arrival of the apocalypse, ran madly toward the distance like they had gone insane.

Feeling that Tang Hao's murderous intent was not fake, cold sweat streamed down Long Gong's face. Meng Yiran had goosebumps all over her body and didn't even dare to move; she had never felt such biting killing intent, which felt as if it had placed her in Hell itself.

If she had known that trying to obtain a thousand-year Phoenix-Tail Crested Serpent Spirit Ring back then would bring such great trouble to the family, she would never have agreed to fight Tang San and would have preferred to lose to him on purpose.

"Fine... fine... I will give them to you!" Long Gong had no other choice but to take one green and one red head bone out of his Spirit Tool with a pained heart and hand them toward Tang Hao.

Just at this moment, a heroic laugh echoed through the valley, "Haha, this truly has opened my eyes. I thought I was greedy enough, but I didn't expect you, Tang Hao, to be even more insatiable than me."

Accompanied by this laughter, the pressure on Long Gong, She Po, and Meng Yiran suddenly lightened.

Someone was helping them withstand Tang Hao's soul power.

"This voice, is it Dugu Bo?" Tang Hao frowned. How could this Old Poison be here?

"Long time no see, Tang Hao!"

Just like Tang Hao a moment ago, Dugu Bo appeared abruptly in front of Long Gong and She Po. These Title Douluo, with their ghostly appearances, were always too fast for even Spirit Douluo to react.

Dugu Bo chose to appear at this moment as the best timing; he saw that Long Gong had been forced to the brink of despair by Tang Hao, and intervening at this time could bestow the greatest favor.

"Such fast speed. Dugu Bo, I didn't expect that after more than a year, your cultivation has improved again. You're close to level 94, right?" Tang Hao said indifferently.

He was not afraid of one Dugu Bo; what he was truly worried about was whether Lan Xue had come along.

If that madwoman was also there, he wouldn't just fail to extort the soul bones today; he might even lose his life here.

"Heh, I cultivate internal divine arts and consume Immortal Herbs externally; what is wrong with my cultivation progressing a little faster? Tang Hao, how unreachable you were in my eyes before, but looking at you now, you are nothing more than this. My Medusa Zhi Yan can see that the hidden injuries in your body have accumulated to a critical point," Dugu Bo said, staring closely at Tang Hao.

At this moment, Tang Hao's injuries were much heavier than in the original story. Outside the tavern and in the canyon, he had fought the Profound Ice Douluo twice and was severely injured both times. He hadn't even recovered before he broke into the Spirit Hall to face the Spirit Hall's various Douluo; it was a miracle his body hadn't collapsed.

Tang Hao did not deny it. Indeed, in these past few years, his hidden injuries had become more and more serious, and he could die at any moment if they erupted. Therefore, he was so eager to help Tang San collect soul bones, just to let Tang San grow quickly.

"Dugu Bo, why have you appeared at this moment? Do you want to meddle in other people's business?" Tang Hao did not refute his physical condition but instead questioned Dugu Bo.

His appearance was truly bizarre.

No matter how he thought about it, Dugu Bo shouldn't have appeared in this place. He had always been a loner and had no friendship with the Dragon Snake Family.

It couldn't be that someone had guessed his plan and arranged for Dugu Bo to block him here in advance, could it?

Dugu Bo laughed, "So what if I am meddling? Tang Hao, in the valley, Long Gong's actions did indeed offend you, but don't forget, the person he saved at that time was my close friend, Xiaofeijiang. He saved my brother, so he is my friend. Moreover, Xiaofeijiang once had an invitation for Long Gong in the Star Dou Great Forest; I wonder if you remember, Long Gong?"

"I remember, I remember, of course I remember," Long Gong nodded repeatedly. "At that time, General Fei invited my family to visit the Gu Lei Royal City when we had leisure time; how could I forget?"

Never mind that Long Gong actually remembered; even if he had truly forgotten, he had to say he remembered right now. Listening to Dugu Bo's tone, it was obvious he had come to help him; would he push a helper away?

Dugu Bo nodded, "Tang Hao, you heard it. I came today for this invitation from Xiaofeijiang to take Long Gong's family to be guests. They are now guests of my Gu Lei Kingdom; you wouldn't want to lay a hand on my guests in front of me, would you?"

Upon hearing this, Long Gong was overjoyed. He hadn't expected that the invitation he hadn't taken to heart in the past would become his family's straw to clutch at for survival at this moment.

(End of chapter)