"Even if you shake me to death, what can you do to me?!"
"Xiaowu really knows how to pick her moments, summoning the Sky Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape just when Ye Feng and the others are away."
"Is this trying to work me to death, Du Gubo?!"
Du Gubo spoke out loud.
Exhausted like a dog, he made a desperate effort to dodge the Sky Blue Bull Python's stomp and keep it under his feet.
"Du Gubo, hurry up and keep up, don't lose track."
Yue Guan was leading the way, while Du Gubo was leisurely lagging behind.
This was enough to drive Yue Guan crazy.
"Humans, stop struggling. You can't escape us. No matter where you hide, we will find you. Just give up on this idea of living."
The Sky Blue Bull Python said to them.
"Do you think that we humans don't have the power to defeat you, or are you just looking down on our strength?"
"Seventh soul skill, Green-scaled Serpent Emperor."
Using the Martial Soul True Body along with it, the strength increased tremendously and became extremely powerful.
"Bang—"
Du Gubo threw all his strength at the Sky Blue Bull Python, but to the Python, it was just like scratching an itch and it didn't make much of a difference.
"I already told you, human. Don't disbelieve my words."
"Xiaowu, put me down and stop fighting with me. She's the revered Xiaowu, dare to touch her and try, I'll stew you in a pot right away."
Da Ming said furiously.
"Da Ming, haven't we not seen each other for many years?"
Yue Guan looked at Da Ming with a smiling expression.
At this moment, Da Ming looked at Yue Guan with puzzled eyes, not recognizing the androgynous figure before him.
He didn't know the person in front of him at all and had never seen him before, having no impression whatsoever, yet the person claimed they had met several years ago!
"Who are you, and why don't I have the slightest memory of you?"
Da Ming asked.
Thereupon, Yue Guan changed back into Qian Renxue's appearance.
Da Ming suddenly enlightened, gazed at Yue Guan.
He then remembered that many years ago, they had indeed met once before.
But when he met Yue Guan back then, he wasn't in the same form, not at all looking like the same person.
"What's the use of having met before? If you dare touch my people, it's a disrespect to me. Are all you humans so disrespectful?"
Da Ming said angrily.
"Ao ao—"
Da Ming opened his huge mouth and roared furiously at Yue Guan and the others.
Without exaggeration, a violent gale nearly blew them away!
One could only see Yue Guan and Du Gubo standing still on the ground, unflinchingly firm!
If they had moved even slightly, they might have been blown away, with their fate between life and death uncertain. Of the two, Du Gubo was the one who feared death the most, gripping the ground tightly, showing a strong will to survive.
"Stop the endless prattle, it's useless. When it's time to take action, we must fight. While I'm still alive, I might as well have a good fight with this gigantic soul beast."
Du Gubo declared, eager for a duel with Da Ming and Er Ming!
"Eighth soul skill, Time Solidification."
So Du Gubo released his eighth soul skill again, as Yue Guan watched, his own soul skill shining forth as well.
Du Gubo dropped Tang San to the ground, deciding to deal with the matter at hand first.
"Haotian Senior, what are you doing?!"
"????"
Tang San looked on curiously.
Without another word, Du Gubo flung him to the ground.
Tang San looked half-dead, and Du Gubo had no intention of attending to him.
"None of your damn business."
Du Gubo immediately retorted.
"Eighth soul skill, Time Solidification."
He unleashed the eighth soul skill for a second time.
A series of yellow lights appeared before their eyes.
For a moment, it felt like everything around them was frozen, everything was so prolonged.
Du Gubo and Yue Guan, two old men, were suspended in mid-air.
"Bang—"
Both sides unleashed hundreds of punches and kicks towards Da Ming and Er Ming!
"I'm so tired! That almost cost me my life."
At that moment, Du Gubo spoke out.
But it wasn't over yet!
"It's normal to feel tired. After all, soul beasts over a hundred thousand years old are not so easy to defeat. Keep hitting them hard for me," Yue Guan instructed.
"Elder Yue Guan, why don't you let me go, look how tired you are getting."
Xiaowu looked at Yue Guan, panting heavily.
"You, young lady, keep quiet."
Xiaowu was helplessly told off!
At that time, every word Xiaowu said was a lie, so Yue Guan wasn't going to easily believe her, suspecting she was looking for a chance to slip away.
This way, there was a chance to escape.
But Yue Guan wouldn't possibly give her any such opportunity.
"You're overthinking it. You're just a young lady; you think I can't handle you? If you want to live longer, you'd better behave," Yue Guan said as he sealed Xiaowu's mouth again, finally bringing some peace.
Yue Guan spoke to Xiaowu.
However, Yue Guan did not put Xiaowu down but protected her quite well, possibly not realizing that Da Ming and Er Ming had come precisely for Xiaowu.
"Chrysanthemums are wrecked, all around are wounds, flowers fall and people are heartbroken."
Yue Guan released his proudest soul skill.
Soul power reached a hundred, no, two hundred percent!
"Da Ming, Er Ming, I really am sorry about this."
Yue Guan said with a smiling expression.
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It seemed to fall from the sky slowly like a petal!
"Swish, swish——"
The petals turned into sharp blades, attacking in the direction of Da Ming and Er Ming.
"What is this thing? It's the first time I've seen it."
Da Ming's bulky body struggled to block the opponent's soul skill!
Watching Da Ming and Er Ming being bombarded by Yue Guan's soul power, they quickly retreated several steps.
This time they felt a hint of nervousness in their hearts.
Da Ming still got cut by the sharp blades.
"So, you're the Elder Yue Guan from Spirit Hall."
Was this an intentional opportunity to chat with Yue Guan, or just to prolong the time?
Although the Sky Blue Bull Python and Titan Ape had lived for a very long time, they knew something about Spirit Hall, Xiaowu's mother Ah Yin was killed by someone from Spirit Hall.
Even if Yue Guan did not introduce himself, Da Ming would still know that the Chrysanthemum Douluo in front of him was from the Spirit Hall.
"Hmm, are you trying to take Xiaowu from me? Your sudden appearance has disrupted our original plans."
Yue Guan said in a cold tone.
"So, you really don't know, or you pretend you don't know anything, Xiaowu is my sister. Dare to touch her and see, I'll crush you to death. I'll give you one chance, better hand her over."
Da Ming threatened Yue Guan to hand over Xiaowu; if he didn't heed the warning, there would be only one path left for him—death.
No second chance to live!
The reason Da Ming wanted to help Xiaowu wasn't that, when they were young, Xiaowu once saved the young Titan Ape, so he always regarded Xiaowu as his sister, and she treated the Titan Ape like a brother.
But what does this have to do with the Sky Blue Bull Python? The Titan Ape was his brother, they both watched Xiaowu grow up day by day, turning into a human, and they both had deep feelings for her.
So both brothers regarded Xiaowu as their true sister.
This time when Xiaowu was in trouble, Da Ming and Er Ming hurried over to help her out!
"Xiaowu is impossible to hand over, she will soon belong to one of the hundred-thousand-year soul rings on the body of the Pontiff of Spirit Hall."
"You must not know about this, such a big deal. It's not like Xiaowu not to tell you guys, right?
"It seems she only sees you as tools for her own use, not sincerely as her brothers," Yue Guan said at that moment.
Instantly, upon hearing this, Da Ming and Er Ming could no longer control their emotions and became furiously angry.
"Roar——!"
"Old Chrysanthemum, here's a pill for stamina."
Immediately, Du Gubo handed Yue Guan a stamina pill; they were indeed too exhausted to fight!
They were no match for Da Ming and Er Ming; thankfully, Du Gubo remembered he had a few stamina pills that Ye Feng had given him long ago, just in case something happened and they would be needed!
Originally, Du Gubo had refused to take them but later thought it over and decided to keep a few. If luck was bad, they could still come in handy. Now, facing Da Ming and Er Ming, it really proved useful.
"What is this damn thing, so pitch-black? I don't have the time and patience to mess with these useless things right now, it's a total waste of a precious life," Yue Guan refused to waste time on trivial matters and certainly didn't want to die at the hands of a soul beast.
"Just take it, man. This is from Old Peel. If you don't want to die, you'd better swallow it now; it'll be a big help," Du Gubo frankly told him, hoping it would help.
"If you don't want it, fine, I'll keep an extra one for next time, it might come in handy. I'm pretty weak right now and need to take one myself."
"Ding!!"
As soon as Yue Guan heard it was from Ye Feng, his whole demeanor changed.
Anything given by Ye Feng was naturally not to be refused.
"Thank Little Fengfeng for me," Yue Guan said, quickly and immediately swallowing the stamina pill.
"Hiss——"
Oh, not bad, definitely a miraculous stamina pill. My speed has increased and I feel much lighter, not so clumsy anymore!
When I see Little Fengfeng, I'll ask him for a few more. How can I miss out on such good stuff!
Stamina greatly increased, I need to find a chance to slip away and head back to Spirit Hall.
Yue Guan muttered to himself.
The conversation between them was overheard by Tang San and Xiaowu.
Du Gubo had forgotten about these two people and was earnestly listening to their conversation.
The fact that Ye Feng had developed stamina pills and Tang San knew about it was no longer a secret, Du Gubo once again betrayed Ye Feng!
"Are you eavesdropping on our conversation?"
Du Gubo asked.
"No... No, I don't understand what you're talking about!?"
Tang San stammered out.
You think the current Tang San is the same as before? Ever since his arms and legs were broken, he's harbored intense hatred towards everyone associated with Ye Feng!
Meanwhile, Ye Feng.
"Ye Feng, you stop right there, thinking of escaping? One hammer blow from me is enough to kill you."
Ye Feng ran for his life, heading forward, and ended up running towards where Du Gubo and the rest were!
"Eh, what a coincidence that you're here too. Didn't we agree that you'd head back to Spirit Hall first? What are you still doing here? The Pope will be furious soon."
Ye Feng quickly said.
Something feels wrong; I sense something behind me!!
"Ye Feng!!"
Fucking hell, it's Da Ming and Er Ming. Who called them over? Who wants to make a big deal out of this? Just dealing with Tang Hao is exhausting enough, and now two massive soul beasts show up!
Ye Feng lamented internally.
"Ye Feng, you're running too fast, wait for me!"
The crown prince yelled.
After fighting to half-death, he couldn't possibly wait for you, and you still blame Ye Feng for not waiting.
This was not a vacation but a duel with Tang Hao!
Now things got even busier!
Soon Tang Hao also caught up, and just about everyone arrived.
Du Gubo and Yue Guan stared in stunned amazement!
They all looked at each other.
"Oh ho, it's getting more and more lively."
"Hehe! Tang Hao, you're really stirring up quite a scene by provoking Da Ming and Er Ming. What a spectacle."
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