This time, brothers Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin both managed to break through the bottleneck and reach level 40.
Although their soul power only increased by one level, the extraordinary thing was that the path to their advancement was now paved.
In the long run, the effect of the Dragon Blood Fruit was even better than Ning Rongrong's nine-level soul power increase.
The two brothers looked at their dragon-transformed bodies with excitement.
Previously, both of them were among the top students in their respective academies in terms of soul power level, but they were always compared to top talents like Yu Xiaowei and Feng Xiaotian.
Especially within the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan, Yu Xiaowei's terrifying cultivation speed had silenced all criticism with raw strength.
However, people within the clan naturally wouldn't say anything negative about them due to the special circumstances.
Outsiders were a different story. They only knew that Yu Xiaowei cultivated quickly, while the Yu Tianheng brothers cultivated slowly.
As a result, when faced with ridicule from outsiders, the two could only weakly protest that it was the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex that cultivated slowly—not them.
Now that the bottleneck had been completely overcome, both of them had a smooth path ahead in their cultivation, and their innate level 8 soul power potential could be fully utilized.
After exchanging glances, Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin bowed to Yu Xiaowei and shouted loudly:
"Thank you, Uncle."
As grandsons of the first and second households, neither of them was stupid.
Yu Xiaowei had said earlier that he consumed the Dragon Blood Fruit, but judging by the fact that both brothers could fully transform into dragons after consuming it, it was likely that Yu Xiaowei had not taken the fruit himself but had given it to them.
So this time, they genuinely shouted "Thank you, Uncle"—unlike before, when they shouted "Uncle" only after being beaten.
But what they didn't know was that Yu Xiaowei had taken the Dragon Blood Fruit—it just didn't affect him at all.
Just as Yu Xiaowei was about to speak, Zhu Zhuqing, who was absorbing medicinal energy, suddenly screamed.
The shrill cry shocked everyone present.
Especially Yu Xiaowei—he stared blankly at Zhu Zhuqing, whose body was glowing with golden light, his mind filled with question marks.
This doesn't make sense!
In the original book, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone easily and absorbed the medicinal power very quickly. How could something go wrong now?
An unreliable thought suddenly popped into Yu Xiaowei's mind.
Damn it, did I take the wrong medicine?
...
A hundred miles away.
Tang Hao was leading Tang San in a frantic escape toward the Great Tiandou Forest.
At this point, Tang San no longer looked as composed and spirited as he had at Shrek. Covered in dust, his face was grim, and he clenched his teeth while cursing.
"Father, this must be Yu Xiaowei's doing."
"He's from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan, and his father-in-law is the leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"Dugu Bo treats him like his own son."
"If they hadn't come to intercept us today, Xiao Wu wouldn't have been killed."
Tang Hao, who now looked like a beggar, dragged his left leg—which had turned green and necrotic from poison—and looked at his son helplessly.
"Xiao San, you're still too young."
"Those four didn't agree with each other. Otherwise, why would they let me go?"
"You know, your father has more soul bones than that rabbit. If they had killed me, they could have gotten even more soul bones."
"But why did they let us go?"
"Because even though I was expelled from the Clear Sky Sect, I'm still Xiaotian Douluo's younger brother."
"They didn't dare bear the wrath of our Clear Sky Sect alone, nor did they want to team up to fight the Haotian Sect. So this was the best they could do—let us go."
"After all, there's only one 100,000-year soul beast. How would the two clans divide it?"
As they spoke, another massive explosion erupted behind them.
Dragon roars, blasts, and even Chen Xin's grumbling could be heard echoing through the forest.
Tang Hao paused and then said to Tang San:
"See? As soon as we left, they started fighting over the 100,000-year soul beast."
Seeing Tang San still unconvinced, he sighed.
"Son, this is how major clans are."
"There are no eternal friends—only eternal interests."
"But when the benefits aren't big enough, they'll fight among themselves. Understand?"
Tang San lowered his head and had to admit that his father made sense.
Whether in his past life or on the Douluo Continent, interests were always an unavoidable issue for major families.
He turned back reluctantly and silently vowed to avenge Xiao Wu.
Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan! Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
You dared to hurt Xiao Wu today—that's a death sentence!
If I, Tang San, ever become a Titled Douluo, I will destroy you!
However, what Tang Hao couldn't have imagined was that his aura had just barely disappeared...
Yu Yuanzhen immediately stopped and scolded Dugu Bo.
"All right, all right, they're long gone—stop it, Dugu Bo, you three-headed snake, why are you still seriously fighting!"
"Oh, I was just sparring with you," Dugu Bo replied sheepishly, covering his mouth.
He had gotten a bit carried away today. First, he nearly killed Xiao Wu. Then, he got so into his act that he actually fought with Yu Yuanzhen.
Fortunately, Yu Yuanzhen showed mercy; otherwise, Dugu Yan would've been visiting her grandfather's grave this time next year.
"You're good at causing trouble but not at fixing it," Yu Yuanzhen cursed bitterly.
Then he turned his blazing gaze to Xiao Wu, who was held in Chen Xin's arms.
A hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone were right in front of him.
After today's events, he was even more satisfied with his nephew.
Not only was he the fastest in the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan's history in terms of cultivation speed, he was also hundreds of times smarter than his iron-headed grandsons.
Even more impressive was that unlike himself, a Titled Douluo who built his strength with clan resources, Yu Xiaowei had only used family resources for his first ring. From the second ring onward, he cultivated on his own and acquired external resources.
So there was no need to worry that he would deplete the family's resources, causing a lack of top-tier combat strength.
Yu Yuanzhen truly felt at ease entrusting the clan to Yu Xiaowei in the future.
"Let's go—return to the clan!"
"Let's go, let's go."
In fact, Tang Hao was right. There were no eternal friendships between great clans. When it came to interests, even blood brothers would turn against each other.
However, he hadn't expected one thing.
What if the benefits were the same for both families?
Like right now.
These four shameless Titled Douluo were not fighting for the soul bone for themselves—but to give it to the same person.
Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Zhu Zhuqing's situation had become dire. Her body was trembling violently.
A terrifyingly sharp aura radiated from her entire being.
The aura was so intense that even Liu Erlong could be injured just by being near it.
Yu Xiaowei was utterly dumbfounded.
He really didn't know much about the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
But isn't it supposed to be a narcissus flower?
He had searched the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and didn't find a second narcissus flower.
This...
How could he have given her the wrong medicine?