Chapter 214. The Divine King's Bet.
Yu Tianheng's pursuit of Dugu Yan stems partly from her beauty, but more importantly, from the wild Titled Douluo behind her, Dugu Bo.
Marrying Dugu Yan would likely draw Dugu Bo into the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan. With the support of the Poison Douluo, Yu Tianheng would have a strong chance of defeating Yu Tianxin and becoming the sect's heir.
As for Dugu Yan, that was merely a sideline.
Suddenly, Dugu Bo's expression changed slightly. He said to Dugu Yan, "Yanyan, you stay here. Someone has broken through the poison array I've set. I'll go and meet them."
Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan nodded.
Dugu Yan transformed into an emerald green figure and sprinted toward the outside of Sunset Forest.
Outside Sunset Forest, Tang Hao and his son saw the poison array before them. Tang Hao asked, "Xiao San, is this the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire you mentioned?"
"Yes, that's right." A gleam of light flashed in Tang San's eyes. The poison array before them was pervasive, showing no signs of being destroyed. Clearly, Dugu Bo had taken over this place, and nothing unexpected had happened.
Very good, very good! Fiery Apricot Vegetables, Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass, Snow-Colored Swan Kiss, Longing for Autumn Water Dew Immortal Products, and the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire. I, Tang San, have arrived.
Tang Hao released his spirit power to dispel the spreading toxins and led Tang San into the poison array as if strolling in a garden. As they walked, he warned, "Xiao San, don't stray more than three meters from me, understand!"
"Got it, Baba," Tang San said.
Under Tang San's guidance, Tang Hao gradually advanced deeper into the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire. However, a gloomy voice soon emanated from within the poison array:
"Who is so bold as to trespass upon my poison array?"
Tang Hao immediately zeroed in on the source of the voice, a clutch of Clear Sky Hammers appearing in his hands.
"How dare a little poisonous insect play tricks!"
Tang Hao smashed his hammer down. A gust of wind from the hammer swept past, dispersing the surrounding poisonous fog and revealing Dugu Bo, hidden within.
Dugu Bo's emerald green pupils trembled slightly, reflecting the image of Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer.
"Clear Sky Hammer" followed, and nine spirit rings slowly descended around Tang Hao.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red.
"You are... you are Clear Sky Douluo?" Dugu Bo exclaimed in shock.
"Yes, I am officially yours," Tang Hao said.
Dugu Bo suppressed his shock and asked, "I wonder what Haotian Douluo wants from me?"
Tang Hao said, "Du Douluo, I heard you have an Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eye, right?"
"Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eye?!" Dugu Bo muttered, then looked toward the Sunset Mountains behind him.
"Why do you ask?" Dugu Bo asked.
"I want that place," Tang Hao said.
"That's my territory, Dugu Bo. Do you want it?" Dugu Bo frowned.
"That's right," Tang Hao said. "Dugu Bo, you can give it to me or not. It's just a matter of whether I need to intervene."
What Tang Hao didn't know was that the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eye was the key to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan's survival. To take it away would be tantamount to the end of Dugu Bo's life.
Dugu Bo said nothing, but the spirit power rising around him spoke volumes. Nine soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—surrounded Dugu Bo. Behind him, a Jade-Scaled Serpent King poked its head out, its central vertical eye open, gazing at Tang Hao.
"So what if I don't give it to you?" Dugu Bo said coldly.
Tang Hao sneered, "What? Back then, the Spirit Hall's Pope and three Titled Douluo tasted my Clear Sky Hammer, and you want a taste too?"
"Dugu Bo, you're just the weakest Titled Douluo," Tang Hao said.
Dugu Bo smirked, "True. Among Titled Douluo, it's almost impossible to find anyone I can defeat. But don't forget, my poison is unrivaled."
"Poison? What's the point of your poison between us Titled Douluos?" Tang Hao sneered.
"It's meaningless, but I'm willing to poison the kid next to you, even at the risk of being killed by you. I do have some skill," Dugu Bo said maliciously.
Tang Hao: "..."
Tang Hao's composure was gone. He glanced at Tang San beside him and thought to himself, this is not good.
Why did he just get so carried away and bring Xiao San in?
Tang Hao wasn't afraid of Poison Douluo. Beating him would be like beating a loach. But he wasn't afraid of Xiao San. Xiao San was his hope for revenge against the Spirit Hall. Without Xiao San, he would have nothing.
Dugu Bo saw Tang Hao's concerns and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He said, "It seems that this kid is very important to you, Haotian Douluo."
"Humph." Tang Hao snorted coldly and said, "In that case, then I, Tang Hao, will take my leave."
"Do you think you can come and go as you please in my place, Haotian Douluo? You really don't take me seriously." Dugu Bo said, "Do you really think I don't know that you want to move this kid to a safe place before you come to trouble me?"
"I tell you, if you dare to take this kid away, I will poison him immediately. If I can't kill you, I will poison him to death."
Tang Hao: "..."
Tang Hao said angrily, "Then what do you want to do?"
Dugu Bo said, "What do I want to do? You are thinking about my Feng Shui treasure land. How can I be sure that you won't come back next time after you leave? Take this kid as a hostage, I will detain him here, you go."
"This is impossible." Tang Hao said angrily. He could imagine that Tang San would not be killed by Dugu Bo here, but Dugu Bo would not let Tang San grow. The two sides fell into a strange stalemate.
"Yanyan, it seems your grandfather finally approves of our relationship," Yu Tianheng said.
"Yes, Brother Tianheng," Duguyan nodded happily.
Yu Tianheng said, "Yanyan, I will treat you well. Believe me, I'll pluck anything you want, even the stars in the sky, and give it to you."
Duguyan said, "Tianheng, I don't want the stars, I just want your eternal love for me."
Yu Tianheng looked at Duguyan affectionately, and Duguyan looked at Yu Tianheng affectionately. Their snake lips met dragon mouths, and just as they were about to kiss—a strange laugh reached their ears: "Hehehe, young people these days are really so precocious?"
Duguyan and Yu Tianheng quickly turned their heads to see an elder dressed in emerald green snake-scale armor appear behind them, gazing at the young couple with a teasing expression.
"Who are you?" Duguyan asked warily.
"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is, Duguyan, you must follow me now," the elder said.
"How dare you! Yanyan is my woman, the granddaughter of Poison Douluo Dugu Bo. I'm the grandson of the leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan. Are you courting death?" Yu Tianheng threatened, revealing his true identity.
"You're courting death?" The man reached out, grasping a snake spear. Nine soul rings, yellow, purple, black, and black, descended. He declared, "Dugu Bo is nothing to me, and what are you, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, in front of the Spirit Hall?"
"Title Douluo? Spirit Hall?" Yu Tianheng was stunned. He hadn't expected the old man before him to be a Titled Douluo, and one from the Spirit Hall at that.
She Long approached the two, fiddling with his snake spear as he walked.
Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng were terrified and retreated. Suddenly, Dugu Yan felt a force from behind her push her forward, and she lunged at She Long.
Yu Tianheng?
Dugu Yan's face was filled with shock. The moment she fell into She Long's grasp, she turned her head and looked behind her.
The man who had promised her eternal love had thrust her into the hands of this Spirit Hall Titled Douluo, while she ran out of the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire.
She Long grabbed Dugu Yan's neck, admiring her expression as it shifted from initial astonishment and shock to resentment and sorrow, tears streaming down her velvety cheeks.
"It seems your partner doesn't love you as much as he claims," She Long said with a smile.
Dugu Yan, recovering from Yu Tianheng's betrayal, trembled as she asked, "What do you want?"
She Long smiled, "Nothing. I just want to take you to see our Pope."
Tang Hao and Dugu Bo were locked in a strange standoff.
Dugu Bo's strength was inferior to Tang Hao's, but he held Tang Hao's lifeline, forcing Tang Hao to act cautiously. However, Dugu Bo couldn't let Tang Hao go, as he couldn't guarantee Tang Hao would be able to strike back unless Tang Hao handed over the hostages.
How could Tang Hao possibly hand over the hostages?
At this point, Tang San couldn't sit still. His primary purpose for this visit was the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, but there was also another important objective: to subdue Dugu Bo and make him his greatest tool.
Dugu Bo's strength wasn't impressive, but his poison was incredibly powerful. At Jialing Pass, he had slaughtered all the civilian spirit masters in an entire city, significantly weakening the Spirit Hall's spirit master advantage.
He was an efficient killing machine, and Dugu Bo's strength was indispensable in the future war against the Spirit Hall.
Tang San stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty the Poison Douluo, young Tang San, I'm not sure if I should say something."
Dugu Bo remained silent. In his eyes, Tang San was nothing more than an ant that could be easily crushed.
Tang San didn't care, but continued, "The reason you're unwilling to give up the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire is because you consider it as important as your life. Without it, your life will also come to an end, am I right?"
Poison Douluo glanced at Tang San and said, "Boy, is that your guess?"
Tang San shook his head and said, "No, this is my conclusion. The world thinks your poison skills are unparalleled, but in my eyes, yours is worthless. Not only does it make the people you practice it inhuman, but it will also bring disaster to future generations. You are the worst of the worst."
"What did you say?" Dugu Bo suddenly became excited and reached out to grab Tang San, but was blocked by the Clear Sky Hammer.
Tang Hao said domineeringly, "You, a little poisonous insect, dare to touch my son in front of me?"
Tang San breathed a sigh of relief. In his previous life, he had faced Dugu Bo alone. Now with Baba by his side, persuading Dugu Bo was even less risky.
Tang San continued, "Do you think you'll have a good ending? Your symptoms will continue to worsen. Let me guess, the reason you're still alive is because the special environment of the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire suppresses the toxins in you."
Dugu Bo's eyes flickered with an uncertain light. He said, "How can you be so sure I'm poisoned?"
Tang San snorted disdainfully, his mouth curled up, and said, "Then let me ask you. When it's not cloudy or rainy, do you experience a tingling sensation in your ribs that gradually intensifies? It occurs once at noon and midnight. Given your current condition, it should last for more than an hour each time. Also, every night, around three o'clock in the morning, you experience a stabbing pain in the top of your head and heart. Your whole body convulses for at least half an hour. I don't need to describe the excruciating pain. If you weren't poisoned, would you have these symptoms? Not only are you poisoned, but it's penetrated deep into your bones. I'm just curious why you're not dead yet. Your poison simply can't be suppressed by spirit power."
"You, how did you know?" Dugu Bo could no longer contain his shock and said it subconsciously.
"In my eyes, your poison is nothing but trash. The problem that has troubled you for years, I can easily solve, while you can only linger on, clinging to your last breath, hehe." Tang San said.
"You kid, you really think I have no temper, don't you?" Dugu Bo said angrily. It's okay for the old man to call him a little poisonous insect, after all, he is not as strong as the other person, but the young one dares to be so arrogant.
"My son has such a temper, what do you want to do, Poison Douluo?" Tang Hao sneered.
"Huh, you say my poison is trash, so what." Dugu Bo looked at Tang San with cold eyes and said, "Boy, do you believe that Tang Hao can't protect you? He can kill me, but you will also turn into a pool of pus in my poison."
Tang San said, "Believe, of course I believe. Senior Dugu Bo, you do have the ability to kill me under my father's protection. In this entire world, I'm the only one who knows how to solve your Green Scaled Snake venom problem. If you kill me, no one else can solve your problem. Even if you're not afraid of death, don't you consider your granddaughter?"
Dugu Bo's eyes flashed with uncertainty when he heard this: "That's ridiculous! My Green Scaled Snake lineage has never found a way to detoxify for generations, and you, a young boy, dare to speak so arrogantly?"
Tang San's mouth tilted again, and he smiled: "Your Majesty the Poison Douluo, do you want to make a bet with me?"
"Bet? How do you want to bet?" Dugu Bo asked.
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