The soldiers, upon hearing this, responded in unison, "Yes, Senior Douluo of Poison!"
With that said, they gripped their spears tightly, completely surrounding the carriage, leaving no chance for anyone to approach...
Xue Xing turned to Du Gu Bo, reminding him, "Poison Douluo, I must trouble you, but be extremely careful. Since the enemy knows it was you who released the poison fog, yet they still lie in ambush here, they must have some countermeasures!"
The former was the person he trusted most and naturally did not want any mishap to occur!
With utter confidence, Du Gu Bo replied, "Rest assured, Prince Xue Xing, many have wished to kill me, Du Gu Bo, but to this day, not a single one has succeeded!"
Having said this, he burst forth with terrifying Soul Power, charging directly into the forest ahead...
"Damn it, we've been discovered, attack now, attack!!"
"This is bad, how did it come to this? We should've completely concealed our Soul Power Aura!"
"The poison fog, it's the poison fog that revealed us, damn it!!"
Alongside the brief shouts, what followed were a series of agonized screams...
Clearly, these Soul Masters were in extreme agony at death's door...
Finally, after a quarter of an hour, the forest eventually fell silent...
One could see Du Gu Bo, his body stained with blood, walking back towards them...
Seeing his appearance, Xue Xing exclaimed, "Poison Douluo, are you wounded?"
Glancing at his blood-soaked clothes, Du Gu Bo replied indifferently, "This is the blood of those fellows. I got it on me by accident when killing them!"
The surrounding soldiers, upon hearing this, couldn't help but feel a chill creep up their spines...
It was a good thing they weren't those Soul Masters, or they might have ended up just like them!!
Only then did Xue Xing breathe a sigh of relief, "It's good that you're fine, good that you're fine!!"
However, a new doubt surfaced in his mind...
"Just Poison Douluo, if these Soul Masters were so easily slain by you, why would they still ambush us here?"
To ambush a Titled Douluo, one would need several Soul Douluo, or even a Titled Douluo of the same level!
Du Gu Bo hesitated before replying, "They might have simply wanted to delay our journey. I wanted to capture one alive, but they killed themselves the moment they lost their capability to move!"
Most likely, these Soul Masters were already prepared to die!
Before the ambush, they had anticipated their own end!!
Xue Xing pursed his lips and pressed on, "Poison Douluo, can you roughly surmise the identity of our adversaries?"
Du Gu Bo shook his head, denying, "I cannot!"
"But how many powers are there that can cultivate such suicide soldiers, if not a second choice?"
Xue Xing immediately grasped the implications, his tone growing steadily colder, "Humph, Martial Soul Hall is truly audacious to target our royal household so brazenly!"
"I must report this matter to my brother!"
Yet Du Gu Bo sighed, "It's useless, Emperor Xue Ye must have already known about these covert operations by Martial Soul Hall, but there has been no evidence... no, to be precise, there's been no way to punish Martial Soul Hall!"
"Punishing Martial Soul Hall could very well give Xingluo Empire a pretext to start a war!"
In other words, as much as the royal household detested Martial Soul Hall, they could not afford to completely break relations!
Upon hearing this, Xue Xing became even more furiously indignant, "Damn it, are we supposed to just keep all these grievances inside us?"
Although Du Gu Bo deeply sympathized, he still cautioned, "Prince Xue Xing, don't let anger cloud your vision, the true intention of Martial Soul Hall is to delay our return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"
"If I'm not mistaken, another prince may soon be attacked!!"
The former quickly came to his senses, "Poison Douluo, you're right, our goal should be to rush back to the academy, not to waste time here!"
With that thought, he immediately ordered the surrounding soldiers, "Poison Douluo has wiped out the enemies ahead, now let's return to the academy at full speed!!"
"Yes, Prince Xue Xing!"
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Sea God's Island!!
Seated on the ice-blue long bench, Poseissi, with her boundless and water-like eyes, slowly opened them...
She reached out her hand and then placed it on her own heart...
"Why, in recent days, have I had such an ominous premonition!"
She tried to trace the source of this ominous feeling, but found she couldn't do it at all!!
The woman responsible for serving her, seeing this, spoke softly, "Grand Elder, what's wrong with you? Your mood seems a bit chaotic?"
As Poseissi's servant, she naturally understood her character!
Poseissi nodded slightly, "Hmm, I feel that a disaster is about to come!"
The woman's pupils suddenly contracted, "Grand Elder, do you mean... there will be a huge disaster on Sea God's Island?"
In her memory, the premonitions of the other party had almost always come true, there had never been any deviation!
Poseissi glanced at her and sighed, "No... not just Sea God's Island, but the entire human world!!"
"I foresee the entire human world, extinct!!"
Upon hearing this, the woman became somewhat panicked, "This... how is this possible, with you, the Grand Elder here, who could possibly cause the extinction of the human world!"
She found it hard to believe!
Even a Grand Elder who is closest to the divine, an Ultimate Douluo, couldn't manage to extinct the human world!
What kind of creature could possibly do it!!
Poseissi shook her head, "Although I am very close to the realm of the divine, I am ultimately not a true God!"
"Perhaps, the cause of this disaster is that someone has broken through the shackles and reached that realm!"
After breaking through to Godhood, the Soul Masters of the Lower Realm will become completely different beings!!
The maid took a deep breath, seriously and earnestly, "Grand Elder, what should we do then, should we tell the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians about this?"
Poseissi decisively rejected this suggestion, "No... I sense that this disaster is still years away!"
"If we spread the word now, it will only cause panic!"
"Moreover, this is just my premonition, it might still deviate from the truth!"
She couldn't take her premonition as a prediction of something that would surely happen in the future!!
Therefore, she still needed to wait for a while to see any signs!!
The other party could only bow her head, apparently understanding something, "I understand, Grand Elder, I won't speak of this!"
A deviation, huh?
Even the Grand Elder showing such anxious expression, the likelihood of that seemed extremely slim!!!
Poseissi uttered a soft "Hmm!" and then closed her eyes...
Hopefully, nothing would turn out as she feared...
In an instant, the surging sea water swirled around, completely enveloping her...
Her train of thought, at this moment, returned to peace...
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