Chapter 165: The Confidence of the World's Number One Poison Master, All Below Titled Douluo Must Die
Yu Tianheng took a deep breath, suppressing the surging emotions in his heart.
He stepped forward and hurried in the direction Dugu Yan had left.
Dugu Yan was striding quickly toward the outside of the academy.
In her mind, she was calculating how to find her grandfather as soon as possible and ask him about the matter directly.
A familiar voice came from behind.
"Yanzi, don't go."
Dugu Yan paused, then turned around.
Seeing Yu Tianheng chasing after her, her face instantly became expressionless. She couldn't be bothered to offer even a perfunctory smile.
"What is it?"
Her cold and distant attitude was like a needle piercing fiercely into Yu Tianheng's heart.
Suppressing his temper, he took a step forward, his gaze fixed tightly on her.
"What's wrong with you today? You were distracted during training and even talked back to Teacher Qin. This isn't like you at all."
"What exactly happened?"
"What does my business have to do with you?"
Dugu Yan raised an eyebrow, her tone full of impatience.
"Yu Tianheng, I already made it very clear to you yesterday. I'm not interested in you. You don't need to pretend to care about me here."
"Pretend?"
Yu Tianheng's anger flared instantly.
He took a big step forward, raising his voice.
"Dugu Yan, I'm your captain! I'm worried about you!"
"Your current state doesn't just affect you; it affects the entire team! What's wrong with me asking a question?"
"Captain?"
Dugu Yan scoffed, her face full of disdain.
"You're just the captain of an academy team. Do you really think you're something important?"
"Whether I'm doing well or not has nothing to do with you. Move aside; I'm leaving."
After speaking, she turned to leave.
She didn't take Yu Tianheng seriously at all.
"You!"
In his entire life, Yu Tianheng had never been looked down on like this.
He was the heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, a top genius of the younger generation. Wherever he went, he was always surrounded by admiration.
Yet with Dugu Yan, he repeatedly hit a wall, failing to receive even a shred of respect.
He instantly became furious.
Acting on impulse, he reached out to grab Dugu Yan's wrist.
He growled, "Dugu Yan, make yourself clear. What do you mean today?"
But before his hand could touch her wrist—
A terrifying chill suddenly swept in from all directions.
That chill carried a bone-eroding poison, like countless cold, venomous snakes wrapping around his limbs and body.
The soul power within him was completely suppressed. He couldn't even summon his martial soul.
The ground beneath his feet was instantly covered with a layer of dark green mist, and the surrounding air grew sluggish.
"Boy, who gave you the guts to touch my granddaughter?"
A domineering voice rang out.
Dugu Bo's figure appeared silently in front of Dugu Yan.
He wore a dark green robe, his green hair drifting in the wind.
A pair of murky yet sharp eyes fixed steadily on Yu Tianheng.
Nine soul rings slowly rose from his body, and a terrifying pressure pressed down on Yu Tianheng like a mountain.
"!!!"
Yu Tianheng's face turned deathly pale.
His legs trembled uncontrollably, and his knees buckled as he fell to the ground.
He realized the person before him was a Titled Douluo. For a moment, he didn't even dare to lift his head and look at Dugu Bo.
The surrounding academy students and teachers, feeling the pressure of a Titled Douluo, all stopped in their tracks.
No one dared to breathe loudly.
Everyone lowered their heads, afraid of provoking this notoriously ruthless Poison Douluo.
Everyone knew Dugu Bo had a strange temper and was extremely protective.
Offending his granddaughter was even worse than offending him.
Dugu Bo snorted coldly, intensifying his pressure.
Yu Tianheng could no longer endure it. A surge of blood rose to his throat.
"I'm telling you, boy."
Dugu Bo's voice was icy and filled with warning.
"Yan Yan is my, Dugu Bo's, precious granddaughter. Forget that you're just a junior of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan—even if your grandfather Yu Yuanzhen came, he would still have to give me face."
"Stay away from Yan Yan in the future."
"If I see you provoke her again or dare to touch her, even if the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan protects you, I have plenty of ways to make you wish you were dead."
"Do you understand?"
Facing a Titled Douluo, Yu Tianheng didn't even have the right to resist.
He could only grit his teeth and squeeze out a single word, "...Understood."
Behind him, when Dugu Yan saw Dugu Bo, her eyes lit up.
Her previous impatience and coldness vanished instantly.
She quickly stepped forward and hugged Dugu Bo's arm, her tone full of joy and coquettishness.
"Grandpa, why are you here? I was just about to look for you. I have something really important to ask you!"
Seeing his granddaughter, the ferocity on Dugu Bo's face instantly disappeared.
His murky eyes filled with affection as he raised his hand to rub Dugu Yan's hair.
His tone was so soft that he seemed like a completely different person from before.
"Oh? What important matter does our Yan Yan want to ask Grandpa about?"
"Let's talk after we leave. There are too many people here."
Dugu Yan pulled his arm, subconsciously glancing around.
"Alright, alright. We'll do as our Yan Yan says."
Dugu Bo smiled and nodded.
All his previous dominance was gone, like an ordinary grandfather doting on his granddaughter.
He glanced at Yu Tianheng, who was still kneeling on the ground, snorted coldly, and withdrew his pressure.
Then he took Dugu Yan and disappeared from sight.
Only after that terrifying pressure completely dissipated did the surrounding people dare to breathe again and disperse.
No one dared to look at Yu Tianheng kneeling on the ground.
…
Yu Tianheng slowly stood up.
There was not a trace of color on his face.
His fists were clenched tightly, his nails digging into his flesh, already oozing streaks of blood.
His expression was extremely gloomy, his eyes filled with humiliation and unwillingness.
As the young clan head of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he had never suffered such humiliation.
In front of so many people, he had been forced to kneel by Dugu Bo's pressure and was even warned like that.
And all of this was because of Dugu Yan.
He gritted his teeth, chest rising and falling violently, as a vicious aura surged from the depths of his heart.
…
Back Mountain of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Dugu Bo turned to look at Dugu Yan and asked with a smile, "Alright, Yan Yan, now that we're alone, what do you want to ask Grandpa?"
"Is it about cultivation, or do you want Grandpa to teach a lesson to that ignorant brat from before?"
"If you've been wronged in the academy, tell Grandpa. Grandpa will stand up for you."
"That brat from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, if he dares to provoke you again, Grandpa will go straight to his clan."
Dugu Bo was not joking.
If anyone dared to harm his granddaughter, he would absolutely do it.
Even if he wasn't a match for Yu Yuanzhen, who was also a Titled Douluo with higher soul power than him.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan only had Yu Yuanzhen as a Titled Douluo.
The rest of the clan members would not survive his poison.
Even if he had to die, Dugu Bo could drag more than ninety-five percent of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan down with him.
This was the confidence of Dugu Bo—the world's number one poison master.
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End of Chapter