Dugu Yan clenched her fists nervously, knowing that her grandfather was gambling with his life.
finally.
Tang Qing put down her teacup.
"Can."
He uttered two words calmly.
Dugu Bo was overjoyed. He knew that Tang Qing was a man of his word; once he made a promise, he would never go back on it.
He was about to say something polite when Tang Qing spoke first.
"However, the stakes need to be changed."
Tang Qing's voice was very calm.
"I have no interest in your life."
Dugu Bo was taken aback.
"What does Your Highness desire?"
Tang Qing raised her eyes, her gaze seemingly able to penetrate one's heart.
"If I win, give me your medicinal herb garden."
"The Eye of Ice and Fire".
These five short words struck Dugu Bo like a thunderbolt.
He froze on the spot, the color draining from his face instantly.
The Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire!
How could he have known?!
That was his biggest secret, the foundation upon which he survived and the basis for suppressing the deadly poison in his body!
"you..."
Dugu Bo's voice was trembling.
Tang Qing stopped looking at him, picked up her teacup again, and gently blew on it.
"how?"
"Afraid to gamble anymore?"
Dugu Bo's expression was uncertain, as he struggled with a conflict within himself.
On one side lies her greatest secret and treasure.
On the other side, it was his and his granddaughter's only hope for survival.
Looking at Dugu Yan's pale face beside him, slightly wan from the poison, the scales in his heart tipped instantly.
That's all.
What good are treasures if the people are gone?
"good!"
Dugu Bo gritted his teeth and squeezed out a single word.
"I'll take the bet!"
"As long as Your Highness wins, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well will belong to Your Highness!"
A barely perceptible smile appeared on Tang Qing's lips.
He wanted those immortal herbs, and with his power, he could naturally send the Xuanjia Army to forcibly seize them.
But it doesn't come to that.
Now that this betting contest has come to our doorstep, it saves us a lot of trouble.
...
...
On the training ground.
Tang Qing and Dugu Bo stood facing each other from a distance of ten zhang.
Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan retreated to the sidelines, both looking somewhat nervous.
Looking at the slender young man opposite him, Dugu Bo's confidence was rekindled.
Rumors circulate that Tang Qing, the Blue Silver King, excels in commanding troops and in military formations.
His Xuanjia Army is so powerful that it can be summoned and used in combined attacks. When the army is mobilized, even titled Douluo have to give way.
However, no one knows anything about his actual abilities.
He, a level 92 Title Douluo, was fighting against a teenager.
If he can't even win half a move, then he's really wasted his life.
"Your Highness, please!"
Dugu Bo let out a deep shout and no longer hesitated.
In an instant, the green light shone brightly.
Nine spirit rings rose up one after another from beneath his feet.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black.
The pressure from the titled Douluo was like a mountain, crushing down on Tang Qing.
A huge, emerald-green phantom snake coiled up behind him, flicking its tongue, its cold, vertical pupils fixed on Tang Qing.
Martial Soul: Azure Phosphorous Serpent Emperor!
"First Soul Skill, Azure Phosphorous Red Poison!"
Dugu Bo immediately used his soul skill upon entering the fray.
He opened his mouth, and a red poisonous mist, like a tidal wave, swept towards Tang Qing.
This poisonous fog is all-pervasive; contact with it is fatal.
However, this was a deadly poison capable of turning a city into a deadly wasteland.
Tang Qing stood still, without moving an inch.
He simply raised his right hand.
"Blue Silver, Domain".
Buzz—
A soft chirp.
One after another, crystal-clear blue silver grasses, as if carved from sapphires, sprouted wildly from the ground beneath his feet.
They spread at an incredible speed.
In an instant, the entire training ground was transformed into a blue ocean.
Each Blue Silver Grass exudes an extremely rich life force.
The moment the red poisonous mist touched the Blue Silver Grass, it was like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun.
No, it's not melting.
Instead, it was absorbed...
Those dark green toxins became nourishment for the Blue Silver Grass, making it even more crystalline and dazzling.
"What?!"
Dugu Bo's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
His poison was actually used as nourishment?!
How is that possible!
Nine spirit rings slowly rose from Tang Qing's body.
Purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black, red, red.
"hiss--"
Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing, standing on the sidelines, both gasped in shock.
What did they see?
Two... 100,000-year spirit rings?!
This is completely beyond their comprehension!
Is this even human?!
"How is this possible... The first and second spirit rings are purple, the rest are black, and there are two 100,000-year spirit rings, and he's such a young Title Douluo!"
Dugu Bo felt as if his heart was about to stop beating from fright.
monster!
A complete monster!
Tang Qing ignored their shock and simply raised her hand.
On the ground, countless blue silver vines rose up, like living serpents, strangling and attacking Dugu Bo from all directions.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul True Body!"
Dugu Bo dared not be negligent in the slightest. In an instant, he transformed into a Jade Phosphorous Serpent King that was over thirty meters long. His huge serpent tail swept out, trying to shatter all the vines.
However.
"Smack!"
The snake's tail lashed out at the vines, but those seemingly slender vines remained completely still.
Instead, even more vines coiled up his snake tail, binding his massive body layer by layer.
"Azure Phosphorescent Light!"
Dugu Bo opened his snake mouth wide, and a dark green beam of light, containing terrifying corrosive power, blasted towards Tang Qing.
"boom!!!"
Before Tang Qing, a giant shield woven from Blue Silver Emperor material quietly materialized.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—"
The azure light struck the shield, leaving only a faint white mark before being completely neutralized and eliminated by the life energy contained within it.
Dugu Bo was utterly desperate.
They can't break through.
They're completely unkillable.
All his attacks seemed so pale and powerless in the face of the opponent's endless vitality.
Tang Qing shook his head, seemingly somewhat disheartened.
"it's over."
The words fell.
The blue silver vines binding Dugu Bo tightened suddenly.
Countless fine thorns extended from the vines, piercing his scales and frantically draining his soul power and life force.
"ah--!"
Dugu Bo let out a painful roar, and the huge snake body rolled wildly on the ground, but it could not break free no matter what it did.
Tang Qing did not kill him, but simply restrained him.
He slowly walked up to Dugu Bo and looked down at him.
"You lost."
Sidelines.
Zhu Zhuqing gazed at the blue ocean and at the boy standing within it like a god, her beautiful eyes sparkling with wonder.
That's incredible.
Is this the true power of the Blue Silver King?
Absolutely terrifying!!!
(End of chapter)