On a desolate and uninhabited area of the Extreme North Snowfield, Shen Hanyu and Dugu Bo landed one after another.
A vast spiritual force spread out, scanning a radius of five kilometers around them. After receiving the feedback, Shen Hanyu raised an eyebrow and said:
"There are only a few thousand-year soul beasts wandering nearby; the rest are just ten-year or hundred-year ones, practically negligible."
In that instant, Dugu Bo had also sensed the terrifying spiritual fluctuation emanating from Shen Hanyu. His eyes narrowed slightly in shock, but he said nothing.
"Kid, are you sure you can do this? This old man is truly putting his life in your hands."
Dugu Bo asked in a deep voice.
Although Shen Hanyu's method was flawless from every angle, even so, to be honest, he still felt uneasy deep down.
Shen Hanyu smiled. Eight neatly arranged soul rings slowly rose beneath his feet. In an instant, the terrifying pressure from the dense golden and red light caused the surrounding air currents to become chaotic.
Dugu Bo's hands, which were clasped behind his back, suddenly clenched tight. His gaze became dazed, and even his currently somewhat aged face trembled slightly.
"While I sometimes choose to take risks, I prefer to do things I'm confident about."
Shen Hanyu stepped forward, patted Dugu Bo's shoulder, and spoke reassuringly.
Dugu Bo stared at the soul ring configuration at Shen Hanyu's feet and said somewhat incredulously:
"You went to hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast? And your seventh soul ring… how is that possible…"
Shen Hanyu felt a bit helpless. At this point, it wasn't the era of Dou Luo 2 or 3. Displaying such a soul ring configuration would shock the entire world. It was far from the time in Dou Luo 3 when almost every Titled Douluo had black as the base, a pile of red rings, and occasionally even gold or ferocious beast-level rings.
"I did hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. But I have many secrets; you'll have to figure some things out yourself. It's not the right time to talk about them yet."
Shen Hanyu said. At the same time, the platinum-colored seventh soul ring beneath his feet lit up. A massive figure formed from energy appeared behind him, and a set of armor condensed from energy covered his body. In an instant, his aura reached its peak, surpassing Dugu Bo's.
"Old fart, now's not the time for this. The Extreme North has truly terrifying existences. Let's finish this quickly. If we accidentally provoke those few, both of us might be done for."
Shen Hanyu urged. He really didn't want to fight either the Ice Emperor or the Snow Emperor right now. If it were that foolish Titan Snow Demon King, though, he wouldn't mind adding a soul ring to his second soul ring.
Dugu Bo also snapped out of it. There was no time to probe who those "terrifying existences" Shen Hanyu mentioned were. He decisively took out a jade box from his soul guide. The worry and hesitation in his eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by unparalleled determination.
As a snow-white, crystalline immortal herb appeared in Dugu Bo's hand, a faint fragrance began to fill the air. His hands uncontrollably turned ink-green, and the surrounding toxins began to riot. Thick green mist spread out, melting the accumulated snow wherever it passed, accompanied by crackling sounds in the air.
A pale blue domain appeared on the Cold Heaven Spear. An extreme cold chill spread out, slowly enveloping a fifty-meter radius around Dugu Bo below. He couldn't fully prevent the deadly poison from dispersing, so he could only do his best to reduce its spread and dilute the poisonous mist.
Though this was somewhat immoral, there was no other choice. The Extreme North had always been sparsely populated by humans, and most soul beasts only lived in areas with the necessary resources for survival. The place Shen Hanyu and Dugu Bo had chosen was truly a barren wasteland that neither soul beasts nor humans would willingly set foot in.
If some foolish soul beast really came looking for trouble, Shen Hanyu would truly be at a loss. After all, soul beasts had an instinct to seek fortune and avoid disaster; unless they were sick, they wouldn't approach such a dangerous place.
Feeling the boiling Jade Phosphor Serpent poison in his body, Dugu Bo gritted his teeth and swallowed the entire Snow Swan Kiss.
Shen Hanyu felt a chill run down his spine watching this. Although his body had gained immunity to all poisons through the Ice and Fire Forged Golden Body, and he was protected by extreme ice, facing the Jade Phosphor Serpent poison, close to the extreme level when Dugu Bo fully activated it, still left him momentarily stunned.
But this was only brief, because after Dugu Bo swallowed the Snow Swan Kiss, his body suddenly swelled. All the skin on his body turned a deep ink-green, and thick, terrifying, poisonous mist continuously emanated from him, as if he were a poisonous gas balloon about to explode at any moment.
Shen Hanyu was startled and quickly shrank his domain until it only enveloped Dugu Bo. Extreme ice energy frantically battled the poison gas. Shen Hanyu shouted:
"Old fart! The toxins in your entire body have already begun to riot; it's now! Guide all the toxins throughout your body into your dantian and compress them. I'll help you with everything I've got!"
Dugu Bo's swollen body made no sound, but Shen Hanyu could clearly feel the poison gas and toxins in Dugu Bo's body being drawn by something, surging madly toward his dantian.
Shen Hanyu's expression brightened. After adding another layer of extreme ice protection around himself, he placed a palm on Dugu Bo's back. Pure and clean ice-attribute energy helped suppress the toxins that had grown thousands of times stronger while assisting in compressing the toxins entering the dantian.
Under the full suppression of a level 92 Titled Douluo plus Shen Hanyu, a Soul Douluo no weaker than an ordinary Titled Douluo, a rice-grain-sized ink-green bead finally slowly appeared in Dugu Bo's dantian, emitting a deep, eerie glow.
"Old fart, the poison core has basically taken shape. Now you just need to inject all the remaining toxins in your body into it and establish a connection with your Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor martial soul. From then on, you will no longer suffer from toxin invasion."
Shen Hanyu said, simultaneously stuffing an ice-blue bead into Dugu Bo's mouth. This was the highest-level ice-attribute energy crystal he could currently condense; the energy it contained was comparable to a three-thousand-year ice-attribute soul ring. It was one of the strongest aids he could offer Dugu Bo.
As the energy from the ice-blue bead was slowly absorbed by Dugu Bo, a terrifying low temperature descended. Dugu Bo's still somewhat swollen body couldn't help but tremble, and the rate of shrinking accelerated once more. Soon, he had completely returned to his original appearance.
Shen Hanyu didn't dare relax. This was the first attempt; he wouldn't let his guard down until the very last moment.
Dugu Bo's hair gradually turned black again; the original white hair had vanished without a trace. The gloomy aura on his body slowly dissipated as well, leaving only the unique temperament belonging to a Titled Douluo.
Tian Meng had been startled awake long ago but hadn't disturbed Shen Hanyu. Instead, he silently activated the "perspective" skill attached to his million-year spirit skull bone to help Shen Hanyu carefully observe the scene inside Dugu Bo's dantian.
The originally rice-grain-sized poison core had now become perfectly round and about the size of a plum. Its surface was extremely crystalline, and the terrifying toxins surging within could be faintly seen.
The toxins in Dugu Bo's body had been almost completely cleared, though some remnants still lingered in a few places. For Dugu Bo, however, this was no big deal; once he regained consciousness, he could spend some time perfectly eliminating them.
At the same time, Shen Hanyu noticed Dugu Bo's only soul bone, a skull bone from the Snake Queen Medusa, a ten-thousand-year head soul bone whose value far exceeded an ordinary fifty-thousand-year soul bone.
Apart from that, Dugu Bo was truly poor; he didn't even have any other soul bones, not even a thousand-year-old one.
Shen Hanyu sighed softly. It seemed he would need to find time to equip Dugu Bo properly.
Once Dugu Bo broke through to level 95, tsk tsk riding the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and standing there, his deterrence would be no less than a level 97 or 98 Titled Douluo.
After all, in a one-on-one true man's battle, probably no Titled Douluo was Dugu Bo's opponent. But if a level 95 Dugu Bo fully activated the Jade Phosphor Serpent poison, only a few Titled Douluo above level 96 would likely be able to survive.
Not to mention that this was the Jade Phosphor Serpent poison strengthened by the Snow Swan Kiss, its toxicity far surpassed before.
In the original story, Tang San relied on this immortal herb to destroy the Killing Capital, releasing the ancestors of a bunch of evil soul masters and paving the way for Dou Luo 2 and 3, though it also cost the lives of countless innocent civilians and heroes.
Just as Shen Hanyu was thinking about these matters, Dugu Bo suddenly surged with power. Soul power rapidly circulated throughout his body, and in a short instant, he directly broke through to level 93. Then, like a vacuum cleaner, his body absorbed back all the poison that had previously dispersed, and his soul power rose to level 94.
Shen Hanyu: qaq?
After completing the breakthrough, Dugu Bo's complexion improved by more than a notch. He looked radiant, as if he had become a different old man.
"How is it, old fart? How do you feel?"
Shen Hanyu asked curiously.
Dugu Bo sensed the vast power in his body and laughed heartily:
"This old man has never felt this comfortable in his entire life. The toxins that plagued me for a lifetime are finally perfectly under my control. From now on, my cultivation will no longer be affected by these toxins. In the remaining years of my life, I even have a chance to charge toward level 96 Super Douluo…"
Shen Hanyu finally relaxed completely and said:
"Congratulations, then. This method can be passed down in the future, but it's best to do it while still young. Once the toxins sink into the bones or internal organs, it becomes much more troublesome…"
Dugu Bo patted Shen Hanyu's shoulder, his tone filled with joy:
"Kid, I truly didn't misjudge you. Betting on you was the most correct decision I've made in my life!"
Shen Hanyu rubbed his slightly aching shoulder and said irritably:
"Ease up on your strength. Although you just broke through, the damage caused by the Jade Phosphor Serpent poison still needs time to repair. After you return, refine some foundation-strengthening and essence-nourishing pills to take. That way, I estimate you can break through to the Super Douluo level within five years."
Dugu Bo nodded in agreement. Then, as if remembering something, he suddenly said through gritted teeth:
"Once this old man breaks through to level 95, it will be that dead chrysanthemum's doom. After he dies, this old man will take everything he owns to vent my hatred…"
Shen Hanyu inexplicably recalled a famous saying:
After your death, I will raise your wife; do not worry.
This was something he most wanted to do in his previous life. Although his personality had changed quite a bit in this life, he still couldn't suppress that stirring feeling.
Though the prime minister is dead, the Cao thief lives forever!
Those who mix in the jianghu must follow five basic rules:
Betray trust, sell out brothers, bite the hand that feeds you,
Frame others, and take care of the widow.
Of course, the consequences of doing so could be extremely severe—you might be beaten to death by your brothers…
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After Shen Hanyu and Dugu Bo returned to the small courtyard, they acted as if nothing had happened and continued living their leisurely days.
Although Shui Ningbing and the others were curious about Shen Hanyu and Dugu Bo, with a Titled Douluo present, they didn't dare to ask. They could only wait and question Shen Hanyu later.
Shen Hanyu had nothing to hide about it. He simply said he went to help Dugu Bo break through his realm. Because of Dugu Bo's special poison attribute, they found an open area.
Shui Ningbing and the others believed this. After all, upon returning, Dugu Bo seemed like a completely different person, but his aura had become more restrained, and his soul power was somewhat unstable, clear signs of a breakthrough.
After staying a few more days, Dugu Bo proposed to take his leave. Although he felt very at ease staying with Shen Hanyu, everyone else besides Shen Hanyu was terrified, afraid he might slap them dead if he got upset.
Shen Hanyu was somewhat speechless about this. Look at this, what a cute old man, how did he become so terrifying in your eyes…
However, Dugu Bo also had reasons he had to leave. Dugu Yan was alone in Tian Dou City without anyone to look after her. What if she got bullied? For a granddaughter-obsessed grandfather, this was unbearable torture. Thus, Dugu Bo resolutely set off on the road back.
Shen Hanyu also informed him that he wouldn't be going to Tian Dou City again in the short term.
According to his plan, he intended to prepare to break through to the Titled Douluo realm in Element City, then go obtain his ninth soul ring. This process would take at least one to two years.
If he wanted to add soul rings to his second martial soul now, it probably wouldn't even take half a year. Shen Hanyu was considering this issue and also asked Tianshui Academy to search for information about ice and fire attribute soul beasts.
Shui Ningbing said she would visit the dean of Blazing Fire Academy. Blazing Fire Academy had existed as long as Tianshui Academy, and several generations of its deans had even broken through to the Titled Douluo realm. They should have quite a few secret pieces of information about the distribution of fire-attribute soul beasts.
As for whether they would share it, Shen Hanyu said that as long as the benefits were sufficient, nothing was impossible. And to be honest, with the level of their students, aside from Huo Wu, almost no one had the talent to reach Titled Douluo; keeping it would be a waste. If they really refused, Shen Hanyu wouldn't mind using a smurf account to give their higher-ups a lesson…
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