Chapter Sixteen: Mastery of the Perfect Lightning Strike! Dugu Bo Backs Down! The Soul Conduit Device Acquired!

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Du Gu Bo watched as faint strands of electric light swirled around Du Gu Yan, her bluish-purple veins gradually returning to normal beneath her skin, and even her complexion slowly regained a healthy glow.

It was important to note that if Lu Yu had harmed Du Gu Yan’s martial soul or body, she absolutely could not have recovered her color at this moment; instead, her aura would be shallow, and she might even be bleeding from her orifices.

This realization made Du Gu Bo temporarily abandon his intention to strike Lu Yu. Instead, he focused all his attention on the two of them, ready to kill Lu Yu at the first sign of anything amiss to save his granddaughter.

After several seconds, Lu Yu suddenly withdrew his hand and collapsed onto the ground, sweat beading his forehead as he gasped for air, his face slightly pale.

Precisely controlling the Five Yang Thunders to such an exquisite degree, even though it lasted less than half a minute, nearly drained all his spiritual energy.

Had Lu Yu not mastered Yin Five Thunders to perfection in his previous life and possessed a profound understanding and control over lightning, even with his Soul Saint-level spiritual power, or even if it reached the level of a Title Douluo, achieving such fine control would have been impossible.

It was well-known on the Douluo Continent that many possessed high-quality lightning martial souls—take the Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus clan, for example!

Yet even so, Du Gu Bo still hadn’t resolved the inherited backlash of his martial soul.

This meant that even super strong warriors with lightning martial souls could not perfectly control the domineering and rigid lightning of utmost yang energy flowing precisely within another’s body.

Of course, if Lu Yu were to cultivate his lightning techniques to completion, accomplishing this would be effortless.

At this moment, Du Gu Bo had vanished from behind Lu Yu, hiding at a distance, watching the boy slump on the ground and his granddaughter’s complexion return to normal, his eyes full of shock.

This kid had actually done it! A mere first-ring cultivator had expelled nearly a tenth of the toxin within his granddaughter’s body without harming her in the slightest!

Just moments ago, Du Gu Bo had even considered forcibly abducting this boy to bring him back and detoxify his granddaughter.

As for the poison in his own body?

This kid was too weak to help him.

But he quickly discarded the idea because he dared not!

Manipulating lightning into the body is fraught with danger; even the slightest mistake could bring unimaginable consequences.

Du Gu Bo did not dare to use force to pressure Lu Yu—what if the youth decided on a desperate fight and dragged his granddaughter down with him?

He couldn’t gamble on that!

He could only try to befriend him and find a way to win him over, avoiding offense at all costs.

Thinking this, Du Gu Bo felt a bit frustrated.

He was a proud Title Douluo, yet here he was, thinking of ways to curry favor with a first-ring kid—he would lose all face if anyone knew.

Little did he know, earlier, when Lu Yu was detoxifying Du Gu Yan, he had already sensed Du Gu Bo silently approaching from behind.

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Lu Yu was gambling that Du Gu Bo wouldn’t dare make a move against him!

Because of this, he dared to reveal his lightning techniques.

This was his talisman for survival and his greatest leverage to claim a share from the Ice-Fire Two Instruments Eye.

Once Lu Yu recovered, he found Du Gu Yan still unconscious.

Thinking of Du Gu Bo lurking in the shadows, Lu Yu wanted to quickly remove this trouble.

Without hesitation, he lifted the girl into his arms and dashed toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest.

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Half an hour later, at the edge of the Star Dou Forest.

“You mean… you fainted too just now?” Du Gu Yan looked at Lu Yu with suspicion and uncertainty.

Lu Yu nodded, feigning a serious expression.

“Yes. When I heard a sound and turned, I saw you collapsed in pain, your veins turning bluish-purple, so I went to check.”

“But then everything went black, and I lost consciousness.”

Rubbing the back of his head, he added, “Now that I think about it, I was probably knocked out…”

“If it had been a spirit beast, we wouldn’t have made it safely to the forest’s edge.”

“I think someone wanted to drive us away but didn’t want to kill us.”

Listening to Lu Yu’s logical analysis and recalling what happened before fainting, the suspicion in Du Gu Yan’s eyes gradually faded.

This wasn’t the first time she’d suffered backlash from snake poison—the familiar pain combined with Lu Yu’s description led her to suspect a sudden toxin flare-up.

As for why she survived and why the poison in her body had lessened?

Du Gu Yan glanced around and sneered.

It was probably the old man who had been secretly following her, seeing the toxin flare-up and knocking Lu Yu unconscious before stabilizing her snake poison.

She recalled that when she was being chased by the Nine-Jointed Jade Serpents, the old man had been watching silently but did nothing, and her heart tightened with resentment.

She didn’t doubt Lu Yu’s words because she could never have imagined that the snake poison of her martial soul—something even her grandfather couldn’t handle—could be resolved by this first-ring child.

Just then, Lu Yu suddenly said, “We’ll be out of the Walking Forest’s range after another li ahead. Our deal ends there.”

He then stretched out his hand, fixing his gaze on Du Gu Yan.

Du Gu Yan froze, then remembered their agreement.

After a moment’s hesitation, she bit her lip, took a ring from her right index finger, and tossed it to Lu Yu with a proud expression.

“Look at you! Does sister ever go back on her word?”

“This is a storage soul guide device. Consider the contents inside a gift.”

Lu Yu caught the ring and promptly slipped it onto his finger, smiling.

“Thank you.”

Without further hesitation, he turned and left.

Du Gu Yan suddenly called out, “Hey! Didn’t you say someone wanted to drive us away? Going back now isn’t suicide?”

Without looking back, Lu Yu waved his hand.

“I’ll try a different direction to go deeper. No matter how strong that person is, they can’t possibly seal off the entire Star Dou Forest, right?”

Watching his figure disappear into the thicket, Du Gu Yan snorted and stamped her foot.

“Yan Yan, have you taken a liking to this kid?” a hoarse, aged voice suddenly sounded behind her.

Du Gu Yan, as if expecting it, didn’t even glance at the suddenly appearing old man and turned to walk out of the Star Dou Forest.

The once teasing smile on Du Gu Bo’s weathered face froze instantly. He hurried to catch up, shouting,

“Yan Yan! Granddaughter! Little ancestor! Wait for me!”

“Listen to grandpa—when you were being chased by the Nine-Jointed Jade Serpents, I was tangled up with a ten-thousand-year spirit beast. I wasn’t deliberately standing by!”

“By the time I arrived, you were already absorbing the Nine-Jointed Jade Serpent’s spirit ring!”

Seeing Du Gu Yan still not stopping, Du Gu Bo added,

“Besides, I never knocked that kid out!”

“He’s lying to you!”

“He’s the one who cured your poison!”