Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor

Dugu Bo did not speak, but his expression changed wildly. Seeing Dugu Bo's unusual demeanor, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's face also seemed to turn a bit strange.

Based on his understanding of Dugu Bo, if Dugu Bo hadn't been poisoned by his toxins from the very beginning, wouldn't he have started mocking Yue Guan by now for being blind and not seeing through the secrets of the continent's number one poison-type Titled Douluo?

Why did he suddenly stop talking?

"Wait, Old Poison, were you poisoned by yourself back then?"

Yue Guan looked at Dugu Bo with disbelief, his eyes filled with confusion.

Hold on, all these years, he had always thought Dugu Bo was on the second level, while he had calculated further, so he was on the third level.

But it turns out Dugu Bo wasn't even on the second level—he'd been living in the basement all these years and only now climbed up to the first floor.

"Hmph." Dugu Bo snorted coldly, unwilling to explain further. Seeing this, Yue Guan didn't push his teasing any further.

Though they were old rivals, after fighting for so many years, the two had developed a mutual appreciation and could even be called frenemies.

There weren't many people Yue Guan considered friends. Aside from his lifelong companion Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, Dugu Bo was one of the few who was relatively close to him.

When they spent time together, they didn't have to worry about maintaining the dignity of a Titled Douluo in front of others. They could laugh when they wanted, curse when they felt like it, and fight when the mood struck—reminiscent of their younger days roaming the continent.

"If you had surrendered to me earlier, maybe I'd have taken pity on you and helped you detoxify," said Chrysanthemum Douluo as he drank two cups of wine and ate a few bites of food. Looking at Dugu Bo, he shook his head helplessly.

"Bah!" Dugu Bo grabbed a nearby jar of opened wine and drank it all in one go. He then casually tossed the jar, now containing only poisonous residue, onto the ground, shattering it to pieces.

"Let's go, Old Chrysanthemum. Let's spar outside Spirit City."

"Fine! Let's spar again, and I'll show you the skills of Chrysanthemum Douluo!"

Their eyes locked, and just like that, they found the excuse to start a battle.

Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo gathered their soul power and leaped out of the window, streaking toward the outskirts of Spirit City like two beams of light.

Left in the room were only Dugu Yan, Chen Ming, and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, who continued eating in silence. With Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo gone, the atmosphere in the room grew awkward.

Ghost Douluo looked at the two younger individuals standing nearby, seeming a little dazed.

Due to his status as a half-dead person, he had never been good at interacting with others. For so many years, he'd been a closed-off person and didn't know how to communicate with the younger generation.

"Want to eat something?" Ghost Douluo raised his faceless head and asked Dugu Yan and Chen Ming.

"Your esteemed excellency, Ghost Douluo, we're not hungry. We'd like to go see the battle between Grandpa and Chrysanthemum Douluo," Chen Ming responded politely to Ghost Douluo.

"Oh? Oh! Right, you're Chen Ming, the grandson-in-law Dugu Bo took in at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy half a year ago, correct?"

Ghost Douluo finally registered Chen Ming's identity. His gaze rested on Chen Ming, now filled with curiosity.

"If you two want to see a Titled Douluo-level battle, I'll take you. Otherwise, you might get caught up in the fight."

As soon as Ghost Douluo finished speaking, his figure became a blur. Grabbing Chen Ming and Dugu Yan by their shoulders, he carried them both and leaped out of the window. With a speed befitting his name, he dashed toward the outskirts of Spirit City.

Even though Ghost Douluo was a speed-focused Titled Douluo, carrying two people slowed him down slightly. And since Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo had already set out earlier, by the time Ghost Douluo and the two youths arrived at the forest outside Spirit City, Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo were already locked in combat.

Colorful poisons filled the air, and golden chrysanthemums bloomed.

Powerful soul power clashed in the air with massive shockwaves. A green and a golden figure moved at speeds nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.

Emerald-green soul power covered the area, even corroding the ground itself with Dugu Bo's poison. Yet against Chrysanthemum Douluo, this poison caused little trouble.

The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was an immortal herb with a quality between top-tier martial souls and super martial souls. Its soul power combined the metallic toughness of metal and the vitality of wood, granting it unparalleled resistance to abnormal effects.

Even though Dugu Bo had reached Level 94 and was now equal in soul power to Chrysanthemum Douluo, he still couldn't easily pierce through Chrysanthemum Douluo's defenses.

"Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum True Body!"

"Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor True Body!"

With two loud shouts, two massive figures materialized in the forest.

A multi-meter-tall Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum bloomed between heaven and earth, radiating its unyielding golden power. A colossal Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor wreathed in emerald-green poisonous mist, exuded a menacing aura like that of a world-ending demon.

"Chrysanthemum Withers, Scattered Wounds, Flowers Fall, Hearts Break!"

"Jade Phosphor Heavenly Light Shield!"

To be fair, Chrysanthemum Douluo had prepared for Dugu Bo to use his eighth soul skill and head soul bone ability to immobilize him mid-air. Thus, he had spread his soul skill defensively to envelop himself, ensuring that Dugu Bo wouldn't be able to kill him during the few seconds of immobilization.

But Chrysanthemum Douluo had not anticipated that this time, Dugu Bo would throw the rulebook out the window.

Emerald-green soul power enveloped the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, which charged directly through the scattering chrysanthemum petals toward Chrysanthemum Douluo.

Though the petals pierced the Jade Phosphor Heavenly Light Shield and left multiple wounds on the serpent's body, Dugu Bo seized the chance to get right in front of Chrysanthemum Douluo.

"Medusa's Gaze!"

"Time Freeze!"

Two powerful control abilities struck simultaneously, immobilizing Chrysanthemum Douluo in mid-air before he could dodge.

At Dugu Bo's current power level, these two skills could hold even Chrysanthemum Douluo, in his martial soul's true body state, for three seconds. And in a battle between Titled Douluo, three seconds was more than enough to reverse the tide of the fight.

The Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, grinning cruelly, activated its ninth soul ring. Its massive body began to turn semi-transparent, and the poison within it became extraordinarily volatile.

The inner core spun rapidly, and soul power flooded outward recklessly. In less than a second, Dugu Bo completely enveloped Chrysanthemum Douluo in a world of his deadly poison.