Chapter 193: A Man in Black Robes Blocks the Way, a Titled Douluo?
After obtaining the antidote for the poison array, Yu Tianlin chatted with Dugu Bo for a while before leaving.
There was nothing else to do here. Xiao Wu would be able to avoid Dugu Bo's eyes tomorrow, so Yu Tianlin no longer needed to worry about her. With that settled, he left the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and headed toward his destination, Sunset Forest.
Sunset Forest wasn't far, only about 100 miles from Heaven Dou City. With Yu Tianlin's speed, he could reach it in a day. If he took a shortcut, he could cut the time in half.
Since he was chasing speed, Yu Tianlin naturally didn't take the official road. Instead, he chose a shortcut and plunged straight into a grove.
This grove wasn't a Spirit Beast forest, so it wasn't dangerous, and you could move through it freely. Once he passed through, he would be close to Sunset Forest.
However, just because there were no Spirit Beasts here didn't mean there were no Spirit Masters.
As Yu Tianlin crossed the grove, he suddenly saw a figure shrouded in black robes standing quietly in front of him. Yu Tianlin's expression changed instantly.
With his current spiritual strength, even without fully extending his perception, no one below the Spirit Saint level should have been able to hide from him.
Yet this black robed figure had appeared in front of him without warning.
That meant the man was at least a Spirit Douluo, and possibly even a Titled Douluo.
Yu Tianlin turned and ran without hesitation. He knew he had no chance against either a Spirit Douluo or a Titled Douluo. His only option was to escape.
As he fled, Yu Tianlin activated all his senses. To his shock, even then, he still couldn't detect the black robed man's presence at all.
That confirmed it.
This man was a Titled Douluo.
Fortunately, the black robed man didn't chase him, and he didn't attack either. It seemed the Titled Douluo's target wasn't Yu Tianlin, and Yu Tianlin had simply been unlucky enough to run into him.
Even so, Yu Tianlin felt an uneasy pressure in his chest.
He had already confirmed the man was a Titled Douluo. With a Titled Douluo's perception, he must have sensed Yu Tianlin's approach long ago. If Yu Tianlin wasn't his target, the man could have easily hidden.
Instead, he had stood directly in Yu Tianlin's path.
Yu Tianlin's unease was quickly proven correct. Even as he sprinted back with all his strength, the black robed figure appeared again, blocking him once more.
Clearly, the man relied on absolute speed to circle around and cut him off.
So he really came for me.
With that confirmed, Yu Tianlin stopped running. He entered a full body dragon transformation, and 4 Spirit Rings rose from his body, black, purple, purple, and black.
His voice was calm, neither humble nor arrogant. "I am Yu Tianlin of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. May I ask which esteemed senior you are, and what brings you here?"
"Mm."
When the black robed man saw Yu Tianlin's Spirit Rings, he let out a low sound, clearly surprised.
That was normal. Anyone seeing Yu Tianlin's Spirit Ring configuration for the first time would be stunned.
But for some reason, Yu Tianlin's intuition told him that most of the man's surprise came from Yu Tianlin's first black ring. As for the later 2 purple and 1 black rings, the man seemed to have known about them already.
Could this Titled Douluo have seen my Spirit Ring configuration before?
Even in such a tense situation, Yu Tianlin's mind kept moving, rapidly analyzing.
At the same time, he flipped his hand and took out a metal ball from his dragon patterned ring, preparing to crush it.
But at that instant, an overwhelming aura erupted from the black robed man and slammed down on him.
Yu Tianlin felt as if the space around him had frozen. He couldn't move an inch.
This was the terror of a Titled Douluo.
Yu Tianlin's current combat strength was comparable to a Spirit Emperor. Yet under a Titled Douluo's pressure, he still couldn't even twitch. It was horrifying.
"You brat from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan," the black robed man's deep voice sounded. "I will not allow you to send out a distress signal."
Is that so? Not necessarily.
Even now, Yu Tianlin refused to give up. He directly activated his 4th Spirit Ring and used Thunderous Fury, boosting his thunder power and Spirit Power by 150%.
With that surge, Yu Tianlin immediately felt the frozen space loosen. He could move again, though only with difficulty.
Just as Yu Tianlin tried to seize the chance to crush the metal ball, the black robed man increased his pressure at the same time.
His control was terrifyingly precise. The moment Yu Tianlin regained a sliver of freedom, he was pinned down again.
If Yu Tianlin could speak his heart out loud, he would have cursed.
"I told you. It's useless," the black robed man said. "Give up struggling. I won't…"
Yu Tianlin didn't bother listening any further.
That suffocating feeling, being unable to move at all, filled him with pure danger. He couldn't hide it anymore and directly activated his head Spirit Bone skill.
A phantom light burst from his head and instantly spread over his whole body. Yu Tianlin vanished within the light, disappearing without a trace.
"Hmm, a head Spirit Bone with a teleportation skill." The black robed man was startled, then quickly sensed outward. After a moment, he opened his eyes. "The teleport distance is actually that far. Interesting. The quality of that Spirit Bone is not bad."
As he finished speaking, the black robed man disappeared as well.
It wasn't teleportation. It was simply speed.
About 2 or 3 kilometers away, ripples appeared in the air like water. A heartbeat later, a figure stepped out of the distortion.
It was Yu Tianlin.
This was one of the teleportation skills contained within the skull of the Holy Dragon.
As long as it was within the range of Yu Tianlin's spiritual power, he could teleport there instantly. The farther the teleport distance, the greater the Spirit Power consumption.
After catching his breath, Yu Tianlin finally broke free of the other man's oppressive aura. He immediately crushed the metal ball, sending out the news that he was under attack.
Then he deactivated his 4th Spirit Skill, quickly took out a handful of dragon fungus leaves from his dragon patterned ring, and began chewing them hard.
Yu Tianlin had already given up on escaping.
His teleportation limit was the range covered by his own spiritual power. The black robed man's spiritual power was above his, which meant that even if Yu Tianlin teleported 2 or 3 kilometers, he would still be within the other man's perception.
Teleportation alone couldn't save him.
He had done this for only one reason, to create an opening to send a distress signal and buy time for support to arrive.
After that, he would have to rely on the second skill of his head Spirit Bone to stall for time.
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