"A dignified Poison Douluo, bullying the young and weak, is truly too disappointing."
"Dugu Bo, get out of my Academy!"
From the inner courtyard of Peach Garden Academy, a young man in white, with a graceful bearing, walked out.
His eyes narrowed, and a peach blossom branch shot through the air, piercing the poisonous mist without a speck of contamination. The terrifying power slammed into Dugu Bo, actually forcing him directly out beyond the Academy gate.
Only when Dugu Bo gripped the peach blossom branch did he realize it had pierced his chest, stained with poisonous blood, yet still vibrant with the essence of peach blossoms.
"The power of a Titled Douluo?!"
Dugu Bo looked at Su Ran with some horror. The power of that strike could only be unleashed by a Titled Douluo; perhaps only the Sword Douluo could possess such sharpness.
This meant that he was not a Spirit Emperor, nor a Spirit Saint, nor even a Spirit Douluo!
His strength must have reached the Titled Douluo level?!
How could there be such a young Titled Douluo on the continent?!!
There's a mistake!
The intelligence is wrong!
Yaner misled me!
"..."
"Teacher!"
"Teacher, you've finally come out of seclusion!"
The moment the young man's peerless figure appeared, the tense expressions on Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, and Wang Sheng's faces instantly relaxed, replaced by surprise.
Su Ran glanced at Wang Sheng, and with a casual wave, completely drew out all the poison from his body. Even the Bi Lin Serpent Poison lingering in the air was completely cleared by Su Ran's Immortal Jade Hand.
The surrounding peach blossoms and peach trees, corroded and withered by the Bi Lin Serpent Poison, now burst forth with vitality again, unfurling themselves.
"Wang Sheng, how do you feel?"
Wang Sheng took a deep breath and respectfully said:
"Teacher, I'm fine now."
"That's good."
Su Ran nodded.
"Teacher, you're being unfair again, only caring about Wang Sheng and not caring if I got poisoned."
At this moment, Ning Rongrong said faintly from the side.
Wuwuwu, with more and more classmates, she felt like her teacher cared less and less about her.
How to describe this feeling?
It was like her beloved had married several wives, and she felt her love being divided.
"The Golden Bell Cover is impervious to water and fire, and invulnerable to blades and spears. Mere Bi Lin Serpent Poison won't be able to break through your Golden Bell Cover in such a short time."
Su Ran said indifferently.
Among these four disciples, Wang Sheng was the most defenseless against poison. How could he not care about him?
"Alright, you all step back. Leave the rest to Teacher."
"Teacher, you must be careful, his poison is not simple."
Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran both looked at Dugu Bo with apprehension, showing great concern for Su Ran.
"Don't worry, Teacher knows what he's doing."
Su Ran gave his disciples a reassuring look.
Ning Rongrong and the others then retreated to the back, but they didn't go too far. Instead, like Xiao Wu, they hid behind the peach blossom stone screen and peeked:
"Zhuqing, what do you think Teacher's strength is now?"
"I'm not sure, but I believe Teacher will definitely get justice for us. Teacher always has the ability to solve problems."
"This old geezer, if Dad and Bone Grandfather weren't busy, Teacher wouldn't even need to act. Bone Grandfather could have beaten him to death!"
Ning Rongrong said irritably.
...
"Dugu Bo, you trespassed into my Peach Garden Academy and poisoned my students. I'm only giving you two choices now."
"①, I'll poison you too. If you can withstand it, this matter will be dropped."
"②, Bow and apologize to my students."
Su Ran walked in front of Dugu Bo and said indifferently.
In the past few days, Su Ran had indeed been in seclusion.
During his seclusion, he broke through to Level 80, attached his eighth spirit ring, and also absorbed the 100,000-year external Spirit Bone, Cloud Dream Immortal Wing, directly reaching Level 86 Spirit Douluo.
Coupled with his unique skills, Dugu Bo was truly no match for him at this moment.
Dugu Bo threw the peach blossom branch that had hit him onto the ground. A large emerald green serpent appeared behind him, and nine standard spirit rings emerged on his body—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black:
"I won't choose either of these options. It has always been me, Dugu Bo, who gives others choices. This is the first time someone has given me choices. I didn't intend to harm them, but they insisted on blocking me."
Make him apologize to his students? If this got out, wouldn't he, Dugu Bo, become a laughingstock in the Spirit Master's world?
A Titled Douluo apologizing to a thirty-level brat, heh.
"In that case, we can only see whose blade is sharper through blood."
Su Ran said indifferently.
At the same time, Su Ran extended his hand casually, plucking a branch from the sky. A unique peach blossom branch, emanating wisps of immortal qi, descended from the clouds and floated before Su Ran.
Su Ran's spirit ring configuration was revealed, immediately causing Dugu Bo's pupils to constrict in shock. It was clearly:
Purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red!
"An eight-ring Spirit Douluo, with two 100,000-year spirit rings!"
Just those two 100,000-year spirit rings alone already made Dugu Bo lose in terms of aura.
"So it's someone with two 100,000-year spirit rings. No wonder his strength is so formidable."
"You are that teacher from Peach Garden Academy, Su Ran?"
"I didn't come here to make enemies with your Peach Garden Academy. I came to discuss something, to seek an audience."
"If we fight, I'm afraid you won't gain anything. This area of several thousand meters will turn into my poison field."
Seeing two 100,000-year spirit rings appear on Su Ran, Dugu Bo's eyelids twitched, and he immediately dared not be arrogant, his tone softening a bit as he spoke.
But Su Ran's tone was cold and indifferent:
"Poison Douluo's attitude is not one of seeking an audience, but of coming to settle scores and coerce. I still say the same thing: either apologize to my disciples, or I will poison you back in the same way you poisoned them."
"Alright, I am the Titled Poison Douluo. Am I afraid of your poison? There's no poison in this world that can fell me. Come on."
"If your poison is useless against me, then you must promise to do one thing for me."
This was the first time Dugu Bo had seen someone like Su Ran, who, for the sake of a few students, would seriously contend with a Titled Douluo, showing a stance of fighting to the death if he didn't back down, especially since those students were unharmed.
"This isn't a gamble. This is a punishment for your arrogance, and it's the prerequisite for me to be willing to communicate with you on equal terms. You are not qualified to propose conditions to me right now."
Su Ran glanced at Dugu Bo and said indifferently.
He actually knew Dugu Bo's intention: he came for the poison on himself and his granddaughter, trying his luck to see if there was a cure.
But this fellow's methods were too erratic. If he had been out of the Academy today, what kind of treatment would his students have suffered?
He had to teach Dugu Bo a lesson; this was Su Ran's principle.
"Meng Yiran, Zhuqing, watch closely. This item is called the Life and Death Talisman, one of the poison weapons recorded in the burial objects (Underworld Artifacts). You must remember: what burdens the human body and erodes the flesh is poison; what harms human body parts and seals the throat with blood is a Hidden Weapon; what possesses both is a poison weapon. You will learn this later as well."
Su Ran's spirit power reversed in his palm, condensing an ice talisman as thin as a cicada's wing. With a raise of his hand, he struck it into Dugu Bo's glabella.
When the Life and Death Talisman entered his body, Dugu Bo didn't feel any abnormality, just a cool sensation that quickly dispersed. Even he couldn't capture it, and he thought his poisonous body had instantly dispelled the poison Su Ran had administered. He said indifferently:
"Kid, I am already full of potent poison. Your poison is merely a trifle to me, it won't do anything to me at all. It seems we can talk about other matters now."
Su Ran said indifferently:
"Don't rush. This Life and Death Talisman hasn't started to act yet. Once it does, it will become more potent with each passing moment, the intense itch and pain increasing progressively for eighty-one quarters of an hour, then gradually subsiding. After eighty-one quarters of an hour, it will increase again, repeating endlessly, without cease."
"Let's talk after you can endure the first round of eighty-one quarters of an hour."
After Su Ran finished speaking, he turned and returned to Peach Garden Academy.
Dugu Bo remained unconcerned, leaning against a peach tree by the school gate, and said indifferently:
"Kid, I hope your poison won't disappoint me, so my long journey won't be in vain."
"Just don't beg for mercy then."
"Don't worry, even if I die, I, Dugu Bo, will not utter a single word of surrender."
Do you think my title as Poison Douluo is just for show?