Douluo: Unparalleled General, Starting by Deceptive Thousand-Snow-Peak 68

Chapter 68: Blood Demon Mad Bear

The Bimeng Canyon was filled with dense rocks and trees; anyone without the ability to fly could easily get lost.

Du Guobo’s Azure scaled Serpent Emperor, naturally, couldn’t fly, but he had reached the Title Douluo realm, making sustained flight using his soul power a simple matter.

Title Douluos could fly, but compared to true flying Soul Masters, they struggled to perform effectively in aerial combat.

Du Guobo surveyed the canyon from above, quickly locating their destination before descending. “Let’s go, it’s here.”

He walked ahead, and Nan Feihuang boldly followed.

The advantage of having a Title Douluo protector was that, as long as you avoided going to perilous places like the Lake of Life or the deepest parts of the Extreme North, most other locations were easily accessible.

Soon, they spotted a large depression ahead.

It wasn’t so much a depression as a giant footprint—the mark of a colossal creature.

The print was fresh; the beast couldn’t have gone far.

Du Guobo compared the footprint’s shape and length. “This is definitely a Blood Demon Mad Bear’s footprint. Blood Demon Mad Bears aren’t giant soul beasts; their size is roughly comparable to a Titan Giant Ape. Even at ten thousand years of cultivation, they’re only around twenty meters tall. Before ten thousand years, they grew one meter every thousand years; between ten thousand and one hundred thousand years, they grow one meter every ten thousand years. Judging by the size of this footprint, this Blood Demon Mad Bear is about five and a half meters tall, meaning it has five thousand five hundred years of cultivation—perfect for us.”

“Wow, Old Poison, I didn’t expect you to know so much about soul beasts!” Nan Feihuang exclaimed in admiration.

Du Guobo chuckled proudly. “Haha, I’m a Title Douluo after all, and I’ve also attended advanced studies at the Martial Soul Temple. The Martial Soul Temple’s archives are open to Title Douluos for free. Years ago, I went there searching for a way to cure my own poison, and I read a lot of books in the process. If you need information on any soul beast in the future, just ask me.”

Du Guobo was delighted to be able to help Nan Feihuang, considering it a way to repay his debts.

At that moment, the ground began to tremble, the sound of an enormous creature approaching.

Du Guobo quickly grabbed Nan Feihuang and pulled him behind a rock. He didn’t know if the approaching beast was their target, as one with over ten thousand years of cultivation would require a significant effort to defeat, even for him.

Soul beasts with Bimeng bloodline were always capable of exceeding their level in battle – a thousand-year soul beast fighting a ten-thousand-year one, a ten-thousand-year soul beast matching a fifty-or sixty-thousand-year one, a fifty-thousand-year soul beast battling a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, it was all commonplace. And Du Guobo wasn’t particularly skilled at one-on-one combat.

Their target was merely a five-thousand-year-old beast. There was no need to waste soul power on others.

Observing first was the best course of action.

‘Boom, boom, boom…’

The enormous creature lumbered through the canyon. Du Guobo and Nan Feihuang peeked from behind the rock, having held their breath.

Nan Feihuang finally relaxed. “Whew, good thing we hid. That one was over ten meters tall, a ten-thousand-year soul beast! It would be a good one for my E’lai in the future. His martial soul is perfectly suited for this type of soul beast.”

“Don’t relax yet, kid. There’s another one coming, much smaller than the last. That should be our target,” Du Guobo said, his profound cultivation allowing him to sense another presence.

Sure enough, another Blood Demon Mad Bear slowly approached, a meter-long fish-shaped soul beast dangling from its mouth; it had been foraging.

“Just over five meters long, that’s the one!” Du Guobo’s eyes lit up. Two yellow, two purple, and five black soul rings appeared around him, his third soul ring glowing. “Third soul skill, Azure Scale Bewitching Array!”

Du Guobo’s third soul skill, the Azure Scale Bewitching Array, used the venom of his Azure scaled Serpent to create a poisonous formation. It could control and confuse enemies, and those caught within would gradually succumb to poison.

The Blood Demon Mad Bear was startled by the sudden appearance of the poisonous formation and roared in anger, attempting to blow away the poisonous gas, but no matter how hard it tried, it couldn’t affect the array in the slightest.

This wasn’t an ordinary poisonous array but a soul skill from a Title Douluo.

Nan Feihuang, holding his Heaven-shaking Halberd, prepared to charge, but Du Guobo stopped him. “Hold on. Even if a Blood Demon Mad Bear is powerful, a mere thousand-year soul beast won’t be able to break through a Title Douluo’s poisonous array. Give it some time; it will lose all its strength under my Azure Scale Bewitching Array. Don’t worry, the poison from my third soul skill isn’t fatal; you can deliver the final blow later.”

Nan Feihuang, hearing this, stopped resisting and watched the Blood Demon Mad Bear within the poisonous array.

Unable to break through Du Guobo’s array, the inherently brutal Blood Demon Mad Bear grew increasingly agitated due to the poison.

Its powerful punches pounded against the rock walls, causing the ground to shake.

“That’s the Blood Demon Mad Bear’s Blood Demon Heavy Punch. The Demon Bear Douluo from the Martial Soul Temple has a similar soul skill. Watch its attack pattern carefully; if you encounter him in the future, you’ll know how to beat him senseless,” Du Guobo pointed out.

The Blood Demon Mad Bear then switched from punches to claws, leaving a deep scratch tens of meters long on the rock wall.

“Pay close attention to this move. It’s the Bloodthirsty Claw, slightly less powerful than the Tear Heaven Claw of the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear clan, but this Blood Demon Mad Bear lacks the cultivation to fully unleash its power. The Demon Bear Douluo’s version is much stronger.”

“Old Poison, do you have a grudge against the Demon Bear Douluo?” Nan Feihuang teased; it seemed like Du Guobo wanted Nan Feihuang to kill the Demon Bear Douluo someday.

“Not really, but I just hate people from the Martial Soul Temple. After repeatedly refusing their recruitment, I was nearly killed by the Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo of the Martial Soul Temple. If I hadn’t luckily encountered Prince Xue Xing’s patrol army, I would have died without a trace. After that, I fought several Title Douluos from the Martial Soul Temple, mostly the Chrysanthemum Douluo. Unfortunately, I couldn’t beat any of them; every encounter ended with me running away in disgrace, little Fei, you have great potential, remember to avenge me in the future,” Du Guobo said, fully treating Nan Feihuang as a good friend, even sharing his embarrassing experiences openly.

Nan Feihuang nodded. “Alright, Old Poison, bullying my friends is the same as bullying me. I’ll definitely help you smash that chrysanthemum one day!”

At that moment, the Blood Demon Mad Bear underwent a change. Its eyes turned blood-red, and its body swelled, radiating intense power.

Its current aura was no less imposing than any ten-thousand-year soul beast.

Du Guobo’s eyes narrowed. “Here it comes, their strongest amplification skill: Frenzy. It boosts their strength to the maximum at the cost of losing their sanity. Little Fei, all we have to wait for now is this guy to self-destruct. Then, you can simply use your Crescent Moon Slash to behead it.”

(End of Chapter)

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