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The red and white spring water was still quietly rolling, exuding an extremely rich Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
Nourished by the spring water, the surrounding Immortal Plants were growing increasingly delightful.
Dugu Bo was sitting cross-legged on a giant rock, cultivating with his eyes closed.
Ever since the method given by Luo Nan solved the backlash of the poison in his body, Dugu Bo could Cultivate without holding back.
Now, Dugu Bo had already reached rank ninety-three.
Sensing Luo Nan's arrival, Dugu Bo immediately opened his eyes, leaped down from the giant rock, and respectfully saluted, saying:
"Master, you are here."
"Mm." Luo Nan nodded, sweeping his gaze across the surrounding medicinal herb garden, and said with satisfaction:
"Old Poison, you have managed this place quite well during this period."
"Serving the Master is this subordinate's duty," Dugu Bo said humbly.
"I came today to instruct you on a matter," Luo Nan said with a solemn expression and a deep voice.
"I will soon leave Heaven Dou City for a period of time to head to the endless ocean and hunt a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast. My return date is uncertain."
"A hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast?!"
Hearing this, Dugu Bo's heart fiercely startled.
A hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast was a terrifying existence equivalent to a human Super Douluo of rank ninety-five or above!
And it was in the ocean, a place where Spirit Beasts occupied the absolute home-field advantage; the level of danger could be imagined.
But he knew Luo Nan's strength was unfathomable. Since he dared to go, he must have absolute certainty.
Therefore, Dugu Bo did not ask much, only saying respectfully:
"Rest assured, Master, this subordinate will definitely guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to the death, and will never let anyone step foot inside by even half a step!"
"No, you don't need to stay here."
Luo Nan shook his head: "The location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is extremely covert, and on the outer perimeter there is the poisonous formation you set up, so ordinary people simply cannot enter."
"What I want you to do is immediately activate the outer Green Phosphor Serpent poison formation in full, and completely seal off all passages entering here!"
"Even if a Titled Douluo tries to forcefully break through, make them shed a layer of skin!"
"After sealing the poison formation, immediately return to Heaven Dou City and hold down the fort at the Moon Pavilion!"
"Rest assured, Master, this subordinate understands what to do!" Dugu Bo cupped his hands and bowed deeply.
Luo Nan slightly nodded and didn't say anything more.
His figure flashed, turning into a brilliant stream of light that instantly soared into the sky.
He galloped rapidly toward the boundless ocean in the west.
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Just a few days after Luo Nan left the Moon Pavilion and embarked on the journey to Vast Sea City:
Spirit City, Supreme Pontiff Palace.
Below the main hall, a Spirit Hall dark guard dressed in black tight-fitting clothes was kneeling on one knee, holding up a sealed, top-secret intelligence report high with both hands.
"Reporting to Your Holiness the Supreme Pontiff, an urgent confidential report has arrived from the Heaven Dou City secret agent!"
"Present it." Bibi Dong parted her red lips slightly, her voice cold and majestic.
Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, who was standing to the side, immediately walked down the steps, took the intelligence, and respectfully handed it into Bibi Dong's hands.
Bibi Dong casually opened the envelope, her gaze sweeping rapidly across the letter paper.
At first, her expression was still very calm, but when she saw a certain section of content in the letter:
Within those eyes, as deep as an abyss, a burst of extremely terrifying sharp light suddenly exploded.
"In the ocean, a hundred-thousand-year-level dark-attribute Dragon Clan Spirit Beast has appeared?!"
Bibi Dong abruptly stood up, her powerful Qi instantly sweeping across the entire Supreme Pontiff Palace, pressing down on the dark guard below so hard that he didn't even dare to breathe heavily.
This intelligence not only detailed the sea area location where that hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast haunted.
More importantly, the intelligence also mentioned that Luo Nan, whom Spirit Hall had always regarded as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh, had not appeared at the Moon Pavilion for many days.
Combined with the clues that Luo Nan had long been secretly searching for dark-attribute Dragon Clan Spirit Beasts.
The dark guard deduced that Luo Nan was extremely likely to have secretly left Heaven Dou City to head to that sea area and hunt that hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast!
"Luo Nan... Hmph!"
Seeing that Luo Nan also set out to hunt a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, Bibi Dong sneered.
Bibi Dong suddenly became somewhat curious: wasn't Luo Nan's Spirit the Golden Sacred Dragon?
The Golden Sacred Dragon was of the light attribute, so why would he still look for a dark-attribute Spirit Beast?
Furthermore, Luo Nan was also a Titled Douluo; what was he doing looking for a hundred-thousand-year dark-attribute Spirit Beast?
"Could it be that Luo Nan is also a twin spirits possessor?"
Bibi Dong suddenly thought of this!
She herself possessed twin spirits, so Luo Nan could very well be a twin spirits possessor too!
Otherwise, there was simply no way to explain why Luo Nan would still look for a hundred-thousand-year dark-attribute Spirit Beast!
"Pass down my order!"
Bibi Dong abruptly waved the scepter in her hand, her voice echoing within the main hall:
"Immediately put aside all matters at hand!"
"Elder Chrysanthemum, Elder Ghost, the two of you shall depart with me immediately and head to Vast Sea City!"
"This time, this seat will personally make a move. Not only will I capture that hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, but I will also make that little beast Luo Nan bury his bones at the bottom of the sea forever!"
"Understood, Your Holiness the Supreme Pontiff!" Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo responded in unison.
"Luo Nan, you just wait for me! Watch how I conquer you!"
That very night, three extremely covert yet powerful auras silently left Spirit City, transforming into three black flashes of lightning as they headed straight for the endless ocean in the west of the continent.
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Vast Sea City, the largest coastal city in the western Douluo Continent.
After nearly ten days of long-distance travel, Luo Nan finally arrived at this bustling port city.
He did not rush to the docks. Instead, he first found a fairly large teahouse in the city named Sea God's Breath and sat down.
A place like this gathered people from all walks of life, making it often the best location to gather information.
Luo Nan ordered a pot of top-grade Sea Mist Tea, sipping it leisurely while quietly listening to the conversations of the surrounding tea guests.
Very soon, from the casual chats of those sailors and mercenaries, he captured the information he wanted.
"Have you heard? That most bustling trade route to the east is now completely paralyzed!"
At the neighboring table, a burly man with a full beard lowered his voice and said mysteriously.
"How could we not have heard?"
"It is said that an extremely terrifying sea monster has appeared in that sea area!"
"Over the past half month, more than a dozen large ocean-going merchant ships have mysteriously disappeared there, and not even a single piece of wood floated back!"
Another person chimed in with lingering fear.
Luo Nan's heart stirred, and he waved his hand to call the teahouse owner over.
"Boss, I'd like to ask you about something."
Luo Nan casually tossed a gold coin, which landed on the tabletop with a crisp sound.
The teahouse owner was a lean-looking middle-aged man; seeing the gold coin, his eyes instantly lit up.
He hurriedly came over with a face full of smiles:
"Young Master, what would you like to ask about? In this Vast Sea City, there is nothing that old Bao here doesn't know!"
Luo Nan pointed toward the neighboring table and asked indifferently:
"What on earth is going on with that sea monster they just mentioned?"