Chapter 314: The Battle of the Titled Douluo!
Just as Yu Tianlin was thinking about how to answer Yu Luomian, a sudden change occurred.
Yu Luomian's eyes narrowed, and his right hand shot out like lightning, grabbing at the air as if he had caught something.
This abrupt scene immediately changed Yu Tianlin's expression as well. Although his mental force had already reached the level of a Titled Douluo, he had been distracted by his thoughts just now and had inevitably relaxed a little. Even so, he reacted at once.
In that instant, something had shot toward them from the distance at terrifying speed. Fortunately, Yu Luomian had intercepted it at the critical moment.
Someone had actually launched a long range sneak attack on them. If Second Grandfather had not reacted fast enough, the opponent would have succeeded just now.
Stimulated by this, Yu Tianlin instantly leaped to his feet. Lightning surged across his body, Dragon scales spreading to cover him in the blink of an eye as he directly entered a battle state and vigilantly swept his gaze across the surroundings.
Yu Tianlin's sudden movement startled Ye Lingling, who had been preparing dinner nearby. Her strength was insufficient, and she was also a Support System Spirit Master, so she had not sensed the sneak attack at all. She looked at Yu Tianlin in confusion and asked, "Tianlin, what happened?"
Before Yu Tianlin could answer, Yu Luomian slowly opened his palm.
"A guest came in the middle of the night and even brought us a little gift."
Resting in Yu Luomian's palm was a strange little blade that looked neither like copper nor iron. If one observed carefully, it was shaped exactly like a flower petal.
The moment Yu Tianlin saw that petal shaped blade, a thought flashed through his mind, and he roughly guessed the identity of the attacker, though he still could not confirm it completely.
"Chrysanthemum Guan, since you're already here, why keep hiding?" Yu Luomian said coldly. "A dignified Titled Douluo, yet you hide your head and show your tail like a rat."
As he spoke, his gaze locked onto a certain direction, clearly certain that the attacker was hiding there.
It really was him, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan!
"Sister Lingling, come here!"
After confirming the attacker's identity, Yu Tianlin also stared toward the same direction with full vigilance while pulling Ye Lingling behind him.
Ye Lingling understood at once that the situation was wrong. Without another word, she directly summoned her Nine Heart Begonia. Five Spirit Rings, 2 yellow, 2 purple, and 1 black, rose around her body as she prepared to provide healing and recovery at any moment.
"Old Second Yu? Instead of staying obediently inside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, why have you suddenly run all the way out here?"
A slightly feminine voice sounded, and the next moment, a figure slowly walked out of the pitch black forest nearby. It was indeed Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.
Just like Ye Lingling, he also held a flower in his hand. However, it was naturally not the Nine Heart Begonia, but the Marvelous Sky Reaching Chrysanthemum.
Nine Spirit Rings slowly rose around him, yet no overwhelming aura spread outward. Yue Guan casually played with the chrysanthemum in his hand and asked, "Can you tell me what you were doing in the Breaking Clan? And what sort of agreement you reached with them?"
As he spoke, his gaze casually swept across Yu Tianlin. On the surface, he still looked calm, but inwardly he was deeply shaken by Yu Tianlin's 2 hundred thousand year Spirit Rings.
Originally, when Yue Guan realized the intelligence was wrong, that the target was not some 8 ring Spirit Douluo Elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan but Yu Luomian, a 9 ring Titled Douluo, he had already found the situation troublesome. He had even hesitated over whether he should continue the mission or withdraw.
Then he saw Yu Tianlin's Spirit Ring configuration.
In just a little over a year since they last met, that brat from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had actually become a 6 ring Spirit Emperor and had somehow obtained 2 hundred thousand year Spirit Rings. This was an enormous threat.
If they gave him more time to fully mature, what would happen then?
Today, Yu Luomian had to die, and that brat named Yu Tianlin had to die too!
Yue Guan had already made up his mind.
"Is Spirit Hall secretly monitoring the movements of our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?" Yu Luomian frowned, then replied expressionlessly, "I am afraid this is a matter concerning the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, so it is not convenient to tell you."
"Since Old Second Yu refuses to cooperate, then I cannot let you leave."
Yu Luomian's answer was entirely within Yue Guan's expectations. He only smiled faintly, and then his 5th Spirit Ring lit up.
"5th Spirit Ability, Gathering of Cold Essence!"
In truth, Yue Guan was not interested at all in what the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was trying to do. He had come here for one reason only, to kill people. Asking earlier had merely been a random excuse before making his move.
In Yue Guan's opinion, Yu Luomian had been stuck at Rank 89 for more than 20 years. Even if he had finally broken through and become a Titled Douluo, he had likely already reached his limit and would probably have difficulty improving much further. At most, he should only be Rank 91, while Yue Guan himself was Rank 95.
At the Titled Douluo level, every single Rank was like a different heaven. With a 4 Rank gap, turning the tables was almost impossible. Moreover, they were currently in Star Luo Empire territory, where the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had limited reach and could not provide support in time. If Yue Guan truly went all out, he was very confident that defeating Yu Luomian would not be difficult, merely somewhat troublesome at most.
As for Yu Tianlin and Ye Lingling, one was only a 6 ring Spirit Emperor and the other a 5 ring Spirit King. Even if Yu Tianlin's Spirit Ring configuration was terrifying, they were still insignificant in Yue Guan's eyes.
The instant the 5th Spirit Ability was unleashed, the delicate Marvelous Sky Reaching Chrysanthemum in Yue Guan's hand suddenly expanded. As it rotated, countless petals filled the sky and formed a small tornado that rapidly swept toward Yu Tianlin and the other 2.
A Titled Douluo was still a Titled Douluo. Even a casually used 5th Spirit Ability carried astonishing power.
Yu Luomian had clearly not expected Yue Guan to attack so directly. In his view, the flying petal blade from earlier had only been a greeting. But the moment Yue Guan used a Spirit Ability, the meaning completely changed.
Although the relationship between the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Spirit Hall had already become somewhat tense, it had not yet deteriorated to the point where Titled Douluo from both sides would directly start a war.
What Yu Luomian did not know was that Spirit Hall had already begun plotting the extermination of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Though slightly surprised, Yu Luomian's reaction was not slow at all. He immediately unleashed his own 5th Spirit Ability. Large bursts of lightning exploded before him and crashed head on into the petal tornado.
"Sister Lingling, retreat with me!"
As the Spirit Abilities of the 2 Titled Douluo collided, Yu Tianlin quickly led Ye Lingling backward to a safe distance.
The battle between Titled Douluo was about to erupt.
Yu Tianlin himself was not afraid, but Ye Lingling definitely could not endure the aftermath, so they had to leave the center of the battlefield first.
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