"AHHH—"
"You dare—"
Seeing Yu Tianheng already injured, the four Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples could no longer contain themselves and were about to charge at Ignaz. But in the next second, Ignaz quickly pulled out his war spear, flashed forward, and swung it to strike Yu Tianheng's waist.
"THUD—"
Yu Tianheng, whose hands had already lost all feeling, was sent flying and crashed into the four Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples who were about to charge forward.
One of the men quickly caught him, while the other three erupted with Spirit King-level pressure, releasing their martial spirits as they continued charging toward Ignaz with murderous intent.
"You injured our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's young master—you won't leave Thunder Canyon alive today."
"Insolence!"
Dugu Bo flashed to Ignaz's side, releasing the pressure of a Titled Douluo. The three charging Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples immediately had their martial spirits dissipate, and all three crouched on the ground, unable to rise, beads of sweat dripping from their foreheads as they were nearly crushed into meat paste by the spirit power pressure.
"Your Excellency Dugu, are you really going to become enemies with our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for this person?"
"If you insist on this, even if our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan can't kill you, your granddaughter—"
When Dugu Bo heard a Spirit King threatening him—a Titled Douluo—with Yanyan's life, his surrounding pressure intensified again, and the Spirit King who had threatened him died on the spot.
"Your Excellency, forgive us! We know we were wrong!"
A high-level Spirit King, seeing his brother who had touched Dugu Bo's reverse scale killed instantly, apologized in extreme fear.
"That man deserved to die, and this young man is someone I value. I already consider him my grandson. Whoever moves against him becomes my enemy."
However, at that moment, Yu Tianheng, who was being held, suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood.
"This—this is a symptom of poisoning?"
The man holding Yu Tianheng pointed directly at Ignaz, speaking with extreme anger and fear:
"You sneaky brat, you actually coated your martial spirit with poison!"
Dugu Bo looked at Yu Tianheng's worsening condition and frowned as he glanced at Ignaz, making him tremble slightly and feel quite ashamed—now he, Ignaz, had brought trouble to the Dugu family.
Dugu Bo turned around, quickly withdrew his spirit pressure, and walked to Yu Tianheng.
"Your Excellency, please don't be confused! If you kill us, don't think the three of you will escape responsibility."
"Enough noise!"
Dugu Bo casually waved his hand, and the man who had dared threaten him and tell him what to do crashed into a tree and died.
Then Dugu Bo ignored the remaining two men, channeling his internal spirit power to quickly force the Blood Rust poison from Yu Tianheng's body and rapidly bandaged his wounds with some herbs.
"Brother Iggy, are you hurt anywhere? Let me see!"
"Little sister, I'm fine. A little lightning can't hurt me."
At this moment, Dugu Yan paid no attention to Ignaz's dismissive words and directly pulled him to her side, carefully examining his injuries. But aside from a few places blackened by lightning strikes, the rest of his body was completely unharmed.
"Little sister, I told you I was perfectly fine. Why won't you believe me? But we do have trouble now."
"So you do know there's trouble! Why didn't I see you holding back when you were fighting?"
Dugu Yan elbowed Ignaz's chest with her small elbow, looking ahead with a worried expression.
She wasn't concerned about Yu Tianheng, but worried that because of this incident, Yu Tianheng's grandfather, Yu Yuanzhen, would come looking for trouble with her grandfather, or even directly eliminate this fraudster Iggy who didn't know when to hold back in competitions.
After all, Yu Tianheng had been directly designated by his grandfather as the next clan master heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan just six months ago. If Yu Tianheng died, Yu Yuanzhen would probably go completely mad and eliminate both the Dugu family and Ignaz.
As time passed minute by minute, Yu Tianheng's condition finally stabilized. Although the penetrating wound on his arm was severe, for a spirit master with a top-tier beast martial spirit like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, it wasn't too serious an injury.
At most, after one or two months of recovery and treatment with some medicinal herbs from their clan, he could be completely healed.
"This matter is due to my, Dugu Bo's, poor supervision. Now young Tianheng's poison has been cured by me, and his wounds have completely stopped bleeding. If that old dragon comes looking for me, I'm not afraid either."
"Little Iggy, come over here and apologize to Yu Tianheng."
Seeing Dugu Bo call him, Ignaz immediately stepped forward and sincerely bowed 90 degrees in apology.
"Uncles and elders, injuries are inevitable in sparring matches. I, Ignaz, apologize to you all today. My behavior shouldn't have been so harsh—injuring my senior and making the elder solve my troubles. I'm truly sorry."
Dugu Bo looked at the two men who had finally managed to stand up. Although they still harbored anger, he showed no courtesy whatsoever, his tone filled with fury:
"Little Iggy has already apologized, and I personally treated Tianheng's injuries. This matter between our two families ends here! Get lost."
The two men, already extremely panicked, knew that if they didn't run now, they'd eventually be eliminated by Dugu Bo. The only reason Dugu Bo didn't kill them was because Yu Tianheng needed someone to care for him, and out of respect for Yu Yuanzhen.
They turned their heads, glanced at their two dead brothers, and quickly left with the unconscious Yu Tianheng.
Afterward, Dugu Bo looked at Ignaz beside him, feeling both surprised and somewhat pained. Although he could see from his words protecting Dugu Yan how much he valued his granddaughter, the behavior of severely injuring or even wanting to kill people in competitions was very bad.
"You brat, next time you spar with someone, can you not injure people, and certainly not kill them? Harmony should be valued above all!"
Facing Dugu Bo's reminder, Ignaz nodded repeatedly in agreement. Actually, he had already held back—when using the third consecutive strike of his second spirit skill, he had already reduced his force.
But the situation at that time was completely beyond his control! Yu Tianheng had actually tried to block his attack with both hands—not dying was already something to celebrate.
"Senior, little sister, I've caused you trouble this time. I'm sorry."
"Kid, what kind of trouble is this? I'm still a Titled Douluo, after all. As long as you don't do anything extremely outrageous, I can still protect you!"
Dugu Bo spoke with the sincerity of Ignaz's actual grandfather, but then his tone suddenly shifted:
"This is a favor you owe me. Now that Yanyan's strongest competitor has been driven away by you, you'd better take good care of Yanyan from now on, or I won't forgive you!"
"Grandfather, what are you saying! Who asked him to take care of me?"
Dugu Yan stamped her foot bashfully, her face blushing red again.
"Uh—"
At this moment, Ignaz found himself in a bind—agreeing wasn't right, and not agreeing wasn't right either. After all, Shui Bing'er was still waiting for him. Given Dugu Yan's personality, if the two girls met, wouldn't they fight directly? In the end, he'd be the one to suffer.
"What, you're unwilling?"
Dugu Bo looked at him with a strange expression, while Dugu Yan stared at him intently.
"I'm willing!"
When soldiers come, generals will block; when water comes, earth will dam it up. Forget the floods and wild beasts—just go for it!