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How could he possibly not recognize the person in front of him?
Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo!
One of the most terrifying Titled Douluo on the continent!
A terrifying existence capable of slaughtering an entire city single-handedly!
However... how is this possible?!
Violent waves churned within Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's mind.
Wasn't Dugu Bo always standing on the side of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family?
Wasn't he an honored guest of Prince Xue Xing?
How could he appear in Moon Pavilion's caravan and act as a thug for Luo Nan?!
What Sect Master Yu Xiaolie did not know was that all of this had been calculated by Luo Nan long ago.
Back then, in order to conceal the fact that Dugu Bo had already been subdued by him and had become a hidden force of Moon Pavilion, Luo Nan subsequently allowed Dugu Bo to continue interacting with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
This gave the outside world, including the Upper Three Sects and Spirit Hall, a huge illusion that Dugu Bo was still a Guest Elder of the imperial family and had nothing to do with Moon Pavilion.
Because Prince Xue Xing liked to feign refinement and frequently went to Moon Pavilion to listen to songs and enjoy music, and Dugu Bo had a good relationship with Prince Xue Xing, he also frequently went along.
In the eyes of the outside world, this was normal to the extreme; no one suspected that there was an extremely profound master-servant relationship between Luo Nan and Dugu Bo.
Until this moment, looking at the murderous Dugu Bo before him, Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's greed-blinded brain finally felt like a basin of ice water had been dumped over it, instantly shocking him into sobriety.
"Fishing... That bastard Luo Nan, he is fishing!"
Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's whole body was ice-cold, as if falling into an ice cave.
He finally understood why the people of the caravan had fled so decisively, and why the intelligence had been so easily intercepted by them.
All of this was a trap set by Luo Nan!
A deadly straight hook specifically designed to lure those forces secretly harassing Moon Pavilion into biting!
And he, Sect Master Yu Xiaolie, was that clever-by-half, foolish fish that bit down hard on the fishhook!
"Sen... Senior Dugu!"
At this critical juncture of life and death, Sect Master Yu Xiaolie could no longer care about any Sect Master's dignity.
He violently ripped off the black mask on his face, revealing a face distorted by fear, and shouted with a trembling voice:
"Misunderstanding! This is all a misunderstanding! A flood washes the Dragon King's temple, and family members don't recognize their own!"
"I am Sect Master Yu Xiaolie of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect! Considering that our Upper Three Sects and the imperial family share the same branches and roots, you..."
"How noisy."
Dugu Bo coldly spat out two words, directly cutting off Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's plea for mercy.
In those emerald-green eyes of his, there was not the slightest bit of pity, only endless mockery and Killing Intent.
"His Majesty has orders, anyone who came to waylay the road tonight, other than the ringleader, leave none alive."
"Moreover..."
"Who shares the same branches and roots with you Upper Three Sects!"
Dugu Bo didn't give Sect Master Yu Xiaolie any chance to speak nonsense at all.
His hands suddenly clamped together in front of his chest, and the seventh black spirit ring on his body suddenly emitted a brilliant radiance!
"Seventh Spirit Ability: Martial Soul True Body!"
"Roar——!"
Accompanied by an earth-shattering roar, Dugu Bo's body instantly merged into one with the Jade Phosphor Serpent phantom behind him.
A terrifying giant snake over thirty meters long and as thick as a water vat abruptly appeared in the valley!
The giant snake opened its bloody maw, and a green poison mist rich to the extreme, like a tsunami, sprayed wildly toward the members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect!
"No—! Retreat quickly! Hold your breath!"
Sect Master Yu Xiaolie let out a despairing roar, frantically urging the Soul Power within his body, attempting to resist this terrifying poison mist.
Those two Spirit Douluo Elders also risked their old lives to release Soul Power barriers.
However, in front of the ninety-fourth-rank Poison Douluo's Martial Soul True Body, their resistance appeared so ridiculous and pale.
Jade Phosphor Serpent poison was the most virulent poison in the world!
Where the poison mist passed, hard rocks were corroded with sizzling sounds, turning into pools of green water.
The surrounding trees instantly withered, turned black, and turned to ashes.
"Ah—! My eyes! My face!"
"Save me! Sect Master, save me!"
Shrill screams rose and fell one after another in the valley.
Those elite Disciples of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect whose cultivation was only at the Spirit King and Spirit Emperor levels did not even have time to utter a few screams.
As long as their bodies were tainted by a trace of poison mist, their bodies festered and melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally turning into pools of foul-smelling bloody water.
This was a one-sided massacre without any suspense!
"Dugu Bo! I'll fight you to the death!"
Watching the Sect's last elites die tragically before him, Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's eyes turned crimson, and he fell into complete madness.
He finally released his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit, lightning bursting all over his body, transforming into a gigantic lightning dragon as he recklessly charged toward Dugu Bo.
"Mayflies shaking a tree."
A trace of disdain flashed in the eyes of Dugu Bo, who had transformed into a giant snake.
The huge snake tail whipped fiercely, carrying a sonic boom that tore through the air, and heavily lashed down upon the lightning dragon that Sect Master Yu Xiaolie had transformed into.
"Bang!"
A muffled sound.
Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's pride-and-joy lightning defense instantly collapsed, and his entire person flew backward like a kite with a broken string.
Then he slammed heavily into the cliff face, violently spewing a large mouthful of fresh blood mixed with visceral fragments.
He didn't know how many bones in his body had broken; the intense pain and the toxins invading his body made him instantly lose all combat effectiveness.
In less than half the time it takes to burn incense.
Falling Soul Valley once again recovered a death-like silence.
Except for Sect Master Yu Xiaolie, who was still twitching in pain and barely clinging to life on the ground.
Those two Spirit Douluo Elders, as well as dozens of elites from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, had all turned into pus on the ground, not even leaving behind a complete corpse.
The green poison mist gradually dissipated.
Dugu Bo canceled his Martial Soul True Body.
He walked slowly in front of Sect Master Yu Xiaolie, looking down condescendingly at this once-haughty Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
"Tsk tsk, the Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect personally led a team out to act as bandits."
"If word of this gets out, the face of the Upper Three Sects will be completely lost."
Dugu Bo sneered, stretched out his foot, and unceremoniously stepped on Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's face, grinding down forcefully.
"You... you..."
Sect Master Yu Xiaolie stared fixedly at Dugu Bo, his eyes filled with bitter hatred and despair, but he could no longer even speak a complete sentence.
"Alright, save your strength to explain to His Majesty."
"This old man really caught a big fish tonight!"
Dugu Bo couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense anymore, directly delivering a knife-hand strike to the back of Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's neck. Sect Master Yu Xiaolie rolled his eyes and completely passed out.
Dugu Bo picked up the unconscious Sect Master Yu Xiaolie with one hand, just like carrying a chick.
Before leaving, he turned his head to glance at the carriages parked in the middle of the road.
During the battle just now, the tarp of one carriage had been torn apart by the fierce wind, revealing the so-called peerless supreme treasure loaded inside.
That was simply not some cultivation resource, nor was it any Spirit Bone.
Instead, they were ordinary large stones casually dug up from outside Heaven Dou City, stained with mud.
"What a bunch of idiots."
Dugu Bo shook his head mockingly, his figure flashed, and carrying Sect Master Yu Xiaolie, he disappeared into the vast night.
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