Civilian Soul Masters in Douluo World

Chapter 168 Reason
As the extreme lightning surged into the alchemy furnace, the nascent poison pill within was undergoing a transformation.

When a crack appeared in the alchemy furnace, Tie Li instinctively tried to withdraw the lightning.

"Don't hold back, you're about to succeed!" Dugu Bo shouted hurriedly.

His gaze as he stared at the alchemy furnace was filled with excitement. With this poison pill, his poison skills would be able to unleash even greater power.

Dugu Bo absorbed two great immortal herbs. The Jade Phosphorous Serpent King fused with top-tier fire poison and ice poison. In a sense, his poison was on the same level as Tie Li's Black Thunder, infinitely close to the ultimate attribute.

However, the poison pills he refined required extreme attributes to aid in their formation, and Tie Li thought of a certain possibility.

Given his title of Douluo and his connection to the Heaven Dou royal family, he might have discovered something in some ancient texts.

"Very good, let's go!"

The alchemy furnace was covered with dense cracks. Dugu Bo supported Tie Li's back and quickly retreated dozens of meters away.

"呲呲"

A faint white mist seeped out from the crack, and everything around the alchemy furnace was melting away at a visible speed.

Dugu Bo's face lit up with joy. He enveloped his body with his soul power and rushed into the white mist.

In no time, the white mist disappeared, revealing his figure.

He had hidden the poison pill somewhere, but judging from his expression, it must have been successfully made, and of good quality at that.

"With this poison pill, we'll definitely make Chrysanthemum Pass suffer!"

Thinking of the tragic state of Chrysanthemum Pass, Dugu Bo couldn't help but smile.

"Senior, have you been refining this poison pill lately?"

Tie Li looked around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well but did not find Tang San. According to the original timeline, Tang San should have been taken to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well by Dugu Bo at this time.

Even if the current timeline is different from the original timeline, the Shrek Academy team should have had a team battle with the first team. Tang San breaking Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison will inevitably attract Dugu Bo's attention.

Based on Dugu Bo's original personality, he would definitely have captured Tang San. However, after witnessing Yang Wudi's ability to use poison, he no longer thought that his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Venom was invincible.
Tang San's ability to break through his granddaughter's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison surprised Dugu Bo, but instead of kidnapping Tang San as he had in the original timeline, he secretly observed him to see where he came from.

They discovered his terrifying background and promptly gave up.

"Yes, this poison pill took a lot of my energy. You've done me a great favor this time. If you ever run into trouble in the future, feel free to come to me."

Dugu Bo escorted Tieli to the outside of Sunset Forest.

"By the way, you'd better not mess with that girl from Shrek Academy. She's from the Zhu family of the Star Luo Empire, and her family has been intermarrying with the Star Luo Empire's royal family for generations. Her fate is already tied to the third prince of the Star Luo royal family," Dugu Bo advised appropriately.

Tieli simply nodded without responding to the question.

Dugu Bo then mentioned the four single-attribute families. The Heaven Dou royal family was willing to provide them with protection. Currently, all four single-attribute families are located in Heaven Dou City, and each has a sizable temporary residence.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has recently extended olive branches to the four major single-attribute families.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, severely weakened, wants to quickly recover to its peak, and absorbing the four single-attribute families is one of the fastest ways.

After bidding farewell to Dugu Bo, Tie Li did not rush into Tian Dou City, but returned to the academy first.

They planned to rest for one night and then enter Tiandou City the next day.

As soon as they arrived at the college gate, they saw that the members of the second team looked disheveled and dirty.

Today they participated in a team battle at the Grand Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City, but unfortunately, they encountered an extremely powerful team. The team had five Soul Masters and two Soul Venerables; only Gu Qi and Ning Ning among the team members had reached the level of a four-ring Soul Master.

"Boss, when did you get back?"

Upon seeing Tie Li, Tuo Yu's eyes lit up. They had been wondering whether Tie Li would return before the Soul Master Competition.

The members of the second team already knew Tie Li's identity and thought that Tie Li might not participate in the Soul Master Competition, but then the Spirit Hall announced the prize for the champion of the Soul Master Competition.

With three soul bones, this can be considered the most generous reward in the history of the Soul Master Competition.

The left arm soul bone of the 70,000-year-old Yin Thunder Demon Dragon is extremely tempting to thunder-attribute soul masters.

"What's wrong with you all?" Tie Li asked, looking at them.

"Sigh, we ran into a team and lost to them." Tuoyu didn't hide anything and gave a general account of the situation.

"Boss, are you planning to participate in this Soul Master Competition?" Zhang Xiaohe couldn't help but ask.

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Tie Li. If there was a Soul King in the team, it would undoubtedly greatly increase the team's strength, and they would become strong contenders for the championship.

Which team currently has a Soul King at its helm?
Even the Five Elements Academy competes on the number of Soul Masters in their teams and the teamwork between members.

Tieli simply nodded, which greatly excited them.

The All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament continues to this day, not only for the sake of glory, but also to prove and demonstrate one's own value.

The members of the second team all have the support of their families or sects, proving their worth so that they can receive future training from their families or sects.

Especially recently, the seven members of the Shrek Academy team have seen their soul power levels increase very rapidly.

They all speculated that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had provided them with resources, and that several of them had already broken through to level 40 in soul power.

In contrast, most of the members of their second team were stuck at around level 35 in terms of soul power.

Shrek's sudden surge put a lot of pressure on them.

Ning Ning's position within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was awkward, so she couldn't get any information. Gu Qi, being a disciple of an affiliated force, was even less likely to know.

However, Ning Rongrong is Ning Fengzhi's daughter, so it is reasonable for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to provide resources to Shrek Academy.

Even though the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was severely exploited by the Spirit Hall, its foundation still remained.

Tuoyu did not hide anything and told everyone what had happened in the past year, especially what happened at Shrek Academy.

Tie Li never expected that even after losing the immortal herb, they would still be able to raise their soul power level to level 40 before the start of the Soul Master Competition.

How did they do it?

Even if one could raise their soul power level to level 40, it would still be far inferior to the improvement achieved in the original timeline.

The immortal herb brought them a fundamental sublimation; their soul power level was merely incidental.

For example, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda breaks through its limitations and advances to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda; it dispels evil fire and completely advances to the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and the Indestructible Body, etc.

What they are improving now is only their current soul power level.

Just as he was wondering, he remembered what Dugu Bo had told him: all four single-attribute families were in Tiandou City. Tie Li thought of another possibility.

(End of this chapter)