Douluo: Dream Overlord

A trace of longing flashed in the eyes of time.

In the past few months, apart from asking Dugu Bo to send out a few letters, he has been cultivating his soul power in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well area.

It's time to go back.

"Alas, back when I, Dugu Bo, roamed the Soul Master world with my Azure Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, I not only evolved my Martial Soul into the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Emperor through perseverance and some fortuitous encounters, but also successfully broke through to the Title Douluo realm."

Dugu Bo's dark green hair hung casually over his shoulders, the ends damp from the moisture. "But along the way, I've experienced many ups and downs, yet I've never made any true friends."

"There's only one reason!" Dugu Bo's voice was somewhat loud, perhaps because it was just the two of them here, allowing them to confide in each other. "That is because the world looks down on me, Dugu Bo! They think I have a terrible personality! They think I'm extremely dangerous! They think I'm a monster flowing with venom and dare not approach me!"

But they all misjudged me! I am a person too! A person of flesh and blood!

I also long for a group of close friends! Friends with whom I can share laughter and joy, and stand together through thick and thin!

As he spoke, Dugu Bo picked up a cup of sake from the wooden tray in front of him and drank it all in one gulp. Tears streamed down his cheeks and dripped into the steaming hot spring.

Shi Guang looked at the man beside her who was weeping, and a trace of sadness seemed to flash in her eyes as if in resonance.

He might also embark on a path of becoming an enemy of the whole world in the future, and at that time his treatment might be a thousand times or even ten thousand times worse than Dugu Bo's.

But time has no regrets!

"Senior Dugu Bo, you are mistaken."

Shi Guang patted the other person on the shoulder and said seriously, "The path of a Soul Master is not about so-called friendships, but about one's own strength."

Even though a Soul Master can gather a group of friends based on shared interests, they are ultimately just a mob!

No matter how lofty your ambition, how grand your aspirations, or how flawless your strategies, Douluo Continent ultimately values ​​strength! It's all about power! Might makes right!

As the saying goes, "One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand!" With great power comes great power! Only in this way can you utilize resources to help your friends improve their strength, enabling them to roam freely across the Douluo Continent with you!

What friends! What love! They're all just dust left by the passage of time! Only strength is the eternal melody and theme!

Looking at the starry sky outside, Shi Guang felt a surge of pride and ambition. He raised his glass to the perfectly round moon and toasted it to the moon.

"I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me!"

Listening to Shi Guang's words, which were full of ambition, even someone as accomplished as Dugu Bo could not help but be awestruck by his domineering aura.

"This young man harbors lofty ambitions! His ideals are grand! His words are filled with self-confidence and disdain for the world! He's utterly arrogant!"

As Dugu Bo looked at the passage of time, he suddenly recalled his temper and disposition when he was young.

At that time, Dugu Bo was also a ruthless and reckless killer!

Relying on the deadly venom of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, he ran rampant and almost swept through the Soul Master world at that time!

Back then, he also looked down on so-called friends and firmly believed in the supremacy of strength.

However, as he grew older, his understanding of things improved significantly. He put away his arrogant attitude of thinking he was the most important person in the world and became more carefree.

Amidst the grand ambitions of time, Dugu Bo inexplicably thought of himself.

"Sigh, I'm really getting old." Dugu Bo gave a wry smile, looked at Shi Guang with bright eyes gazing at the full moon, and shook his head. "I hope that when you reach my age, you can still maintain this mindset."

The two quickly ended their last recent conversation.

Shi Guang plans to return to the academy tomorrow, while Dugu Bo is about to break through to level 91 and prepare to continue his cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

However, after this night's conversation, Dugu Bo completely accepted Shi Guang as a person and acknowledged that his relationship with him was that of friends.

Nothing more was said that night.

the next day.

Shi Guang packed his things and stood in the forest outside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. His physique, strengthened by the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb, was no longer afraid of the poison array set up by the Jade Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers and Dugu Bo.

He looked at the forest behind him, but did not see the person he wanted to see come to see him off.

"Is it because you're reluctant to part with him? Or do you feel it's beneath a Title Douluo to send away a mere Soul Master?"

Time gazed at the forest where it had spent several months, a hint of reluctance flashing in its eyes, before turning and leaving. "Or is it both?"

After time passed, Dugu Bo appeared at the spot where time had stopped, gazing at the seemingly endless forest ahead, a few emotions flashing in his eyes.

Goodbye, Time! I'm sure we'll meet again soon!

Dugu Bo said softly, and the next second he disappeared from the spot.

"Hey! Why did you come out of Sunset Forest all by yourself?"

Emerging from one direction in the forest, Shi Guang looked at the several Soul Masters before him, who were filled with malice. Judging from their attire, they must have resembled ancient highway robbers.

These Soul Masters were probably only at the Soul Venerable level, while the leader of the bandits had the strongest aura and was a Soul Master at the Soul Sect level.

"Hey! Kid! I'm talking to you! Are you deaf?"

The robbers, wearing black masks that only revealed their eyes, noses, and mouths, glared menacingly at Shi Guang and threatened, "Where are your parents? You'd better let them out! We only take your money, not your life!"

"Kuo Noise."

Shi Guang calmly said, his mental energy sweeping around and covering the robbers.

After unleashing a mental attack, it instantly shattered their mental world!

Several robbers rolled their eyes back and collapsed to the ground, clearly unconscious, becoming lambs to the slaughter.

Under Time's all-out attack to test their mental strength, the mental strength of these robbers was completely shattered, and they will probably never be able to recover it in this lifetime.

Time shook its head and stepped forward, popping each head like a balloon, using its mental power to search the surroundings for a carriage or village.

After searching for a while, he found a horse-drawn carriage, which was probably used by the robbers to transport their goods.

However, now that all the robbers are dead and their bodies are torn to pieces, Shi Guang has no choice but to reluctantly act as a stable boy.

"Wait a minute! I think I've hit a mental deadlock!"

Time flies.

He could have easily mounted the horse all by himself!

Time freed the horses from the wagon's tether and then used his mental power to control them.

"drive!"

After Time kicked the horse in the back, the horse began to gallop wildly.

And so, the horses galloped along the wide road, carrying time on their way home.

After several days of travel, stopping in villages or towns to rest and replenish supplies, we were exhausted from the journey.

Shi Guang sat in the carriage, looking at the academy that was right in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face.

As for his horse, it had already died from exhaustion due to excessive running under the forceful control of his mental power.

"Heaven Dou Royal Academy, I'm back!"