With a dragon's roar, the enormous Blue Silver Prison encasing Zuzong's body instantly dissipated. It transformed into a more than ten-meter-long, blue-silver serpent-like dragon with a hooked nose and barbs, charging towards the oncoming Tai Nuo.
Tai Nuo was utterly shocked. "What on earth is this soul skill? Do millennium soul skills usually have this kind of power?"
As for Tailong, his gaze became vacant. At this moment, he truly realized the enormous gap between himself and Zuzong. The person he had challenged just the day before turned out to be a monster like this!
Instinctively, Tai Nuo threw a punch to block, but the serpent-dragon dodged his fist, twisted, and bit down on his muscular shoulder. Its body coiled around him, tightly binding him.
In an instant, Tai Nuo felt utterly powerless. Although he was indeed a pure strength-based soul master, strength still depended on soul power. Without soul power, relying on muscle alone would be ten times less effective. The Blue Silver Dragon's primary feature was its ability to absorb soul power. Even the Titled Douluo Dugu Bo had struggled to break free when not using his martial spirit. How could Tai Nuo, merely a Soul King, hope to escape?
"Blue-haired kid, I'll fight you to the death!" A massive black shadow descended from the sky—it was Tailong.
At this point, Tailong couldn't care about anything else. Even though he knew he was no match for Zuzong, his father's life was more important than anything. Seeing his father being "bitten" by the dragon, he completely forgot about the gap between himself and Zuzong.
Zuzong ignored him. With a wave of his hand, the Blue Silver Dragon's tail instantly wrapped around Tailong, binding him tightly.
No matter how much Tailong struggled, he couldn't break free.
At that moment, Zhu Zhuqing approached.
Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Zuzong, raising her eyebrows slightly with a hint of concern. "Zuzong, you're not going to kill Tailong's father, are you?"
She wasn't really worried about Tai Nuo, but she'd heard from Flender earlier that Tailong had a grandfather who was a Soul Douluo. If that person came seeking revenge, Zuzong could be in danger.
Upon hearing this, Tailong's eyes filled with blood, and he howled, "What? If you kill my father, I'll take you down with me!"
Before Zuzong could respond, Tai Nuo's voice rang out from the side, "You little brat, are you really hoping for me to die?"
His soul power had been drained by the Blue Silver Dragon by nearly half, and combined with the energy he had expended earlier, his remaining soul power was less than one-tenth. Now, bound by the dragon, he was unable to move.
"Young man, today my son and I admit defeat. I'm at your mercy, but please spare my son. Our Strength Clan has only one heir—he's our sole descendant!" Tai Nuo pleaded.
Upon hearing this, Tailong cried even harder, "No! Kill me and spare my father!"
Tai Nuo glared at Tailong, his eyes turning red, then looked back at Zuzong. "Listen to me, kill me."
"Kill me and spare my son."
"Kill me and spare my father."
"Stop wailing! Who said I was going to kill you both? Weren't you the ones who came to make trouble for me in the first place?" Zuzong said, his mouth twitching.
Hearing Zuzong say that he wouldn't kill them, Tai Nuo and Tailong both shed tears of relief. After all, who really wanted to die if they could avoid it?
"However, while you may avoid death, punishment is inevitable." Zuzong pulled Zhu Zhuqing into his arms, gently pinching her pale chin and kissing her cheek. "Zhuqing, how do you think we should handle them?"
Blushing from Zuzong's playful move, Zhu Zhuqing gave him a sidelong glance and said, "You never act serious. Do what you think is right, but don't overdo it."
Zuzong made an "OK" gesture. "Big Gorilla and Little Gorilla, look over here." He pointed to his eyes.
Tai Nuo and Tailong, knowing they were being addressed, instinctively looked into Zuzong's eyes.
At that moment, Zuzong's eyes closed slightly, and when they reopened, they had become the three-tomoe Sharingan.
"Genjutsu—Sharingan!"
Tai Nuo and Tailong, father and son, locked eyes with Zuzong and instantly became dazed, falling under the illusion.
Normally, it wouldn't have been so easy for Zuzong to control and alter the memories of someone like Tai Nuo, whose soul power was much higher than his own. But since refining the immortal dew herb, Zuzong's mental strength had grown significantly, and his ocular power had more than doubled. Controlling Tai Nuo now, especially in his weakened state, was no longer difficult.
Zhu Zhuqing, knowing the capabilities of Zuzong's Sharingan, was still surprised that he could now control even a Soul King. "What kind of illusion did you use?"
Zuzong smiled and said softly, "Nothing much. I just didn't want them going back and tattling to their old clan leader, so I erased their memories of our encounter."
What he didn't mention was that while erasing their memories of him and Zhu Zhuqing, he had also planted a suggestion in both Tai Nuo and Tailong's minds: the one who had beaten them was a student from Shrek Academy with a Blue Silver Grass martial spirit.
And who else at Shrek Academy had a Blue Silver Grass spirit but Tang San?
After all, Zuzong was a fan of Douluo Continent—he had to stay true to the story! Eventually, just like in the original, Old Titan would still come after Tang San, and that would be exciting.
"Got it." Zhu Zhuqing nodded. Zuzong's approach was indeed well thought out.
Zuzong snapped his fingers, and all the Blue Silver Grass faded into nothing. "Let's go! They'll wake up soon."
With that, Zuzong led Zhu Zhuqing out of the forest.
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At the same time, within the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan.
Under the gaze of a refined middle-aged man, an elder in white robes, and another with a withered appearance, Ning Rongrong activated her martial spirit—the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
These three were none other than Ning Fengzhi, the Clan Leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan, and the two Guardian Elders, Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
Before Ning Fengzhi could take a closer look, Sword Douluo exclaimed, "Nine layers and nine colors—it's truly the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda!"
"This…" Even the usually calm Ning Fengzhi was astonished. He had thought his mischievous daughter was joking earlier, but now it was clear that she had been telling the truth all along.
"So, Zuzong gave you a Immortal herb called the Beautiful Silk Tulip. Not only did it help you break through to level thirty in such a short time, but it also evolved the Seven Treasures Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Pagoda." Ning Fengzhi looked deeply at Ning Rongrong.
As the dazzling light faded, Ning Rongrong retracted her martial spirit. "Now you believe me, right? Zuzong would never harm me. Not only me—everyone in our group received a Immortal herb, and everyone's soul power has increased significantly. Zuzong even said that after I obtain a soul ring, I could advance another four or five levels!"
At this, even Ning Fengzhi, along with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, were utterly shocked. Their little princess had certainly struck gold.
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo exchanged a meaningful glance with Ning Fengzhi, who nodded in agreement. Yesterday, Sword Douluo had mentioned that Zuzong would come to thank them, but Ning Fengzhi had assumed it was just a polite gesture. Now, it seemed the gift they had received was far more significant than he ever imagined!
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