Chapter 126: Crippling Grandmaster
Yu Xiaogang still tried to talk his way out of it, but that was wishful thinking.
"Yu Xiaogang, I know it's you. Come with me," Qi Tian said.
"Don't be reckless—this is Clear Sky Sect territory. If you cause trouble here, the Clear Sky Sect won't let you off!" Yu Xiaogang protested.
"Even your father, Yu Luomian, wouldn't dare provoke the Clear Sky Sect recklessly!" he added, struggling.
He didn't shout loudly—he knew that once the Clear Sky Sect's mountain-closing decree was declared, any outside forces would draw the attention of Spirit Hall. If he publicized that they were in Clear Sky territory, Spirit Hall would come knocking at the next moment.
Even if Bibi Dong hadn't ordered action against them, her subordinates, hungry for merit, would sweep up Clear Sky Sect's affiliated forces on their own.
Wasn't that how the Strength clan and Defence clan always got harassed by the Elephant Armor Sect?
"Clear Sky Sect? They can barely protect themselves!" Qi Tian grabbed Yu Xiaogang by the shoulder and, in an instant, left Moon Pavilion.
The move of a Titled Douluo was too swift—the guards inside Moon Pavilion hadn't reacted before the two of them vanished.
Outside the city, Yu Xiaogang was thrown to the ground, gnashing his teeth in pain.
"Liu Erlong, we have blood ties—do you want to kill me?" Yu Xiaogang demanded.
He tried to use their family ties to restrain Liu Erlong, but Qi Tian didn't fall for it. He looked at Yu Xiaogang with an inscrutable half-smile.
"Have you met Tang San?" Qi Tian asked.
Yu Xiaogang frowned. "Liu Erlong, how do you know my disciple's name?"
He was bewildered—only Xiao Wu and some tutors at Nodding Academy knew Tang San was his disciple.
Qi Tian ignored his question and continued, "You must have met him. Otherwise, in your current state, you wouldn't have been able to get into the Moon Pavilion."
"Then you're of no value," Qi Tian said.
"Wait—don't kill me! Erlong, remember? I analyzed your martial soul—I helped analyze your martial soul!" Yu Xiaogang blurted.
"Martial Soul Fusion Technique, Erlong, we have the opportunity to cultivate the Martial Soul Fusion Technique!"
"You are now a Titled Douluo. If we use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill together, we can have eleven soul rings, making us far stronger than ordinary Titled Douluos. I will fully cooperate with you in your cultivation!"
Yu Xiaogang, with nothing proven to back him up, scrambled for anything to save his life.
"Benefactor, kill him. He's a fraud!" Liu Erlong said.
"But you really can cultivate the Martial Soul Fusion Technique, and the martial soul compatibility could reach near one hundred percent," Qi Tian said.
He felt it was a pity—this Martial Soul Fusion technique involving the Golden Holy Dragon wasn't an ordinary technique. Even if they didn't pursue fusion, it could serve as a reference. Maybe Liu Erlong could glean a direction for a second awakening of her Martial Soul.
Liu Erlong looked surprised—she hadn't expected Yu Xiaogang to have been right by sheer luck.
"I won't practice the Martial Soul Fusion skill with someone like him!"
She wasn't ignorant; training the martial soul fusion skill made two people's minds increasingly linked. The thought of such a future made her nauseous.
"But my Dragon Pearl can devour and store Martial Soul essence. Benefactor, you can use my Dragon Pearl to cripple his Martial Soul."
"Dragon Pearl?" Qi Tian was curious.
Liu Erlong explained, "After absorbing the inner core of Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent that Bibi Dong gave me, my Martial Soul didn't become Ten Headed Fire Dragon. Instead, it condensed into a Dragon Pearl."
"And after cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill and absorbing a hundred-thousand-year soul ring of Sea Star as my eighth soul ring, my Dragon Pearl gained a devouring effect!"
"Normally, I wouldn't use such a devouring function."
Liu Erlong hated evil—she could never become a devourer who consumed others. But for someone who might threaten her mother, she could be ruthless.
"I see." Qi Tian's expression changed.
This kind of soul beast reminded him of the Sea Star Douluo from the Seven Pillars of the Sea God Island—an expert in devouring abilities. He hadn't expected Bibi Dong to have given such a soul ring to Liu Erlong; perhaps Bibi Dong had taken an even better ring for herself.
As for the Mysterious Heaven Skill—God King Tang only discovered its ability to devour demonic bloodlines after his rebirth. Could Liu Erlong have already comprehended this now?
Qi Tian opened his mouth, and a gold-and-crimson Dragon Pearl materialized.
A surge of dragon might forced Yu Xiaogang to manifest his Martial Soul to resist the pressure.
This dragon's might is comparable to a Titled Douluo-level soul power pressure—truly extraordinary.
Just as the Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent was the supreme among serpents, this Dragon Pearl symbolized a superior rank of presence.
Luo Sanpao was an external Martial Soul and couldn't manifest to bear the pressure, so it could not help Yu Xiaogang.
The purple fat pig Luo Sanpao, seeing the Dragon Pearl, transmitted cravings to Yu Xiaogang.
He stared at the Dragon Pearl and swallowed.
Luo Sanpao told him that if he consumed the Dragon Pearl, his soul power bottleneck would break.
'Why does that bastard Liu Erlong, a mongrel, get such a treasure?' Yu Xiaogang seethed with jealousy.
If that Dragon Pearl had been his, he'd already be a Titled Douluo like Tang Hao!
What he didn't know was that even if he were given the Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core, he still wouldn't be able to absorb it.
The next moment, Qi Tian used the Dragon Pearl to shatter Luo Sanpao.
Its scattered essence did not return to Yu Xiaogang's body—it was absorbed by the Dragon Pearl.
"Sanpao! No!"
Although he despised Luo Sanpao's degeneracy, the instant he lost it, Yu Xiaogang realized what he had truly relied on.
A sharp pain erupted from his dantian, coursing through his meridians to every limb. In the next second, he fainted—on the brink of death.
When a Martial Soul is crippled, the soul master suffers backlash. Whether he could survive was another question.
"How does it feel?" Qi Tian asked.
Liu Erlong sensed the essence stored in the Dragon Pearl. "It truly resonates with my Martial Soul!"
"That's good. Study it more—maybe it'll help you break through to Rank 96," Qi Tian said.
"Um—are we not going to kill him?" Liu Erlong asked.
Qi Tian shook his head. "No need. He still has uses. And a life worse than death is the best fate for him."
Without a Martial Soul, Yu Xiaogang's days would be miserable—and Qi Tian planned to use him to mislead Tang San.
"Then castrate him. See if he still dares to think about my mother and me," Liu Erlong said.
Qi Tian felt a chill in his crotch. How did his kind-hearted Erlong turn into this?
Still, Qi Tian lightly kicked a stone that flew and struck Yu Xiaogang—a final blow.
Yu Xiaogang convulsed in his fainted state, face contorted, but did not wake.
After finishing, Qi Tian headed toward the Clear Sky Sect.
Before coming, he had already asked Bibi Dong for the exact locations of the Clear Sky Sect and their affiliated villages.
Bibi Dong had once led an assault on the Clear Sky Sect—how could she not know its whereabouts?
She hadn't destroyed the sect only because she respected Qian Daoliu's promise.
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