What did he mean by going easy?
Dugu Yan didn't quite understand Bai Mu's words.
But Bai Mu clearly had no intention of explaining. He simply smiled faintly.
"Little Soft, Glare."
"Awoo~"
A strange light burst forth from Zygarde's eyes. An invisible, mysterious force struck Dugu Yan instantly.
"What?!"
Her delicate body trembled violently. A numbing sensation spread through her limbs, as if electric currents were running through every muscle.
Her movements slowed, and the circulation of her spirit power became blocked.
"What kind of spirit ability is this?!"
After a moment of shock, rage exploded in her eyes.
"How dare you ambush me! I won't let you get away with this!"
As the granddaughter of Dugu Bo and the vice-captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Team, she had never suffered such humiliation within the academy.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Bai Mu chuckled, folding his arms as he watched her calmly.
"Then I'd love to see how you plan not to let me off."
"You're courting death!"
Dugu Yan roared in fury. Three spirit rings—two yellow and one purple—rose beneath her feet.
Spirit Possession completed in an instant. Her green eyes turned a dangerous shade of purple.
"Serpent-Scorpion Purple Poison—!"
Her third spirit ring lit up. She opened her mouth and spewed forth thick, dark-purple poisonous mist.
The stench was nauseating, the corrosion terrifying. Wherever it passed, vegetation withered instantly.
Yet Bai Mu didn't even flinch.
His first spirit ring glowed.
Jungle Protection.
The purple mist washed over him—yet when it dispersed, Bai Mu still stood there smiling, completely unharmed.
"How is this possible?!"
Dugu Yan's expression finally changed.
"You said you wouldn't let me off?"
Bai Mu shook his head in disappointment.
"So that's all you've got. What a pity. If time weren't tight, I'd make you kneel and kick your head around like a ball."
He sighed and waved casually.
"Little Soft, Extreme Speed."
"What did you—"
"Awoo!"
Before she could finish speaking, Zygarde vanished into a streak of white light.
In the next instant, it reappeared right in front of Dugu Yan.
Boom!
Its body slammed heavily into her abdomen.
"Pfft—!"
Dugu Yan was sent flying backward like a broken kite, smashing through three massive trees before crashing to the ground.
"Cough… cough…"
She lay there, blood spilling from her mouth, her internal organs feeling completely displaced. Her consciousness scattered.
In her haze, she seemed to see her deceased parents waving at her.
Then the illusion shattered.
What replaced it was Bai Mu's familiar smiling face.
"Swallow, why are you lying on the ground?"
"The earth is cold. If you want to sleep, come sleep on my bed."
He squatted beside her and poked her cheek with a grin.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't let me off? Hurry up—keep attacking."
"Why…?"
Her voice was faint, her eyes filled with pain and confusion.
She couldn't understand how this junior she hadn't seen in years had become so terrifyingly strong.
Nor could she understand why Bai Mu had suddenly appeared at the academy—just to target her.
"Why?"
Bai Mu gently brushed her face.
"Of course it's for you, Swallow. And for that old geezer of a grandfather of yours."
He took out a chain sticky cake from his Storage Ring, pried open her mouth, and stuffed it in.
"Mmm—cough—!"
She tried to resist, but the cake melted instantly, turning into a warm current flowing through her body.
Immediately after, an illusory purple chain condensed near her heart.
A powerful desire to survive—and an even stronger craving to become stronger—flooded her mind, diluting her fear.
At the same time…
She felt it clearly.
Her body was no longer entirely her own.
"What did you do… to me?"
Dugu Yan clutched her stomach and struggled upright. She stared at Bai Mu, unable to summon even the will to resist.
"Isn't it obvious?"
Bai Mu smiled wickedly.
"I'm putting you under proper control."
He didn't waste any more time.
"Well, time's tight and the task is urgent. Let's take you away."
With practiced ease, he pulled out hemp rope and a sack, tied Dugu Yan up neatly, sealed her inside, and tossed her into his Storage Space.
He clapped his hands.
"Done."
Satisfied, Bai Mu left the area calmly and headed straight toward the dean's office.
He entered the office building openly, walked to the top floor, and stopped inside the dean's office.
Taking out letter paper and a quill, he pondered briefly before writing:
> [Your Highness the Prince, long time no see. Seeing this letter is like seeing you in person.]
[To thank you for the generous three million gold coins you once provided as a gratuity, I have decided to wash my hands of dirty business and devote myself to saving more suffering people.]
[Through my tireless efforts, I have successfully rescued a woman named Dugu Yan from the hands of vicious thugs. She appears to have fallen deeply in love with me, insisting on clinging to me and begging to bear my children.]
[As you know, I have poor self-control and am easily tempted by beauty. Please prepare twenty million gold coins within five days and place them beneath the stone in the valley thirty li west of the city. Otherwise… I cannot guarantee that I won't touch her.]
[For every day you are late, you will receive either a hand or a foot. Your loving Fourth Prince ^v^]
At the signature, Bai Mu even drew a simple smiling face.
After placing the letter on Xue Xing's desk—ensuring it would be noticed immediately—he turned and left Heaven Dou Royal Academy as if no one else existed.
——
An hour later.
"What?! Dugu Yan is really missing?!"
Inside the dean's office, Xue Xing stared intensely at the three Education Committee members before him.
"We searched the entire academy. There was no sign of her—only some basic traces of combat."
Meng Shenji shook his head.
"We searched all over Heaven Dou City as well… no trace."
Zhi Lin and Bai Baoshan both shook their heads.
"How dare he… how dare he!!!"
Xue Xing clenched the letter in his hand.
His entire body trembled, cold sweat soaking his back.
He had never expected the kidnapper to dare target not only a prince—but also Dugu Yan.
"He could've kidnapped anyone—why did it have to be Dugu Yan?!"
At this moment, Xue Xing was even more anxious than when Xue Beng had been taken.
Others might not know Dugu Yan's background.
But he did.
She was Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's most beloved granddaughter.
His only remaining family in the world.
And now—
The wrath of a Titled Douluo was about to descend.
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