Chapter 50: A Furious Shout—Dugu Bo's Painstaking Intentions?
Lin Yuan seemed to transform into a ray of dawn, tearing through the darkness, charging straight into the mass of blue poison mist!
The fearsome Blue Jaded Scale Poison was actually split apart by him, a clear path forcibly carved straight through its center!
Wherever the spear tip passed, the poison mist retreated in all directions!
A flash of icy light flickered rapidly in Dugu Yan's eyes!
"Not good!"
Chen Xin and Dugu Bo both narrowed their eyes at the same time, alarm bells ringing in their hearts.
This kid was far too fast!
Just as Dugu Bo was about to step in and stop it, he saw Lin Yuan flick his wrist with exquisite precision.
The God-Killing Spear leaves a low hum and comes to a steady halt less than three inches from Dugu Yan's chest.
Silence filled the field.
After a moment, Lin Yuan looked at the stunned Dugu Yan and spoke calmly:
"Miss Dugu, thank you for the match."
Only then did Dugu Yan snap out of it.
"I… I lost? I actually lost?"
She lowered her head, feeling unwilling—but even more confused.
"Why?"
"Why did my poison have no effect on you at all?"
Lin Yuan looked at her and suddenly said something that made everyone present freeze in place:
"There's no denying that your Jade Phosphor Serpent poison is extremely potent. But your path is crooked—no, rather, your development of the Jade Phosphor Serpent martial soul has gone in the wrong direction."
Dugu Yan jerked her head up.
"What do you mean?"
Even Dugu Bo pricked up his ears. An rank eleven- or twelve-soul master kid was lecturing a Titled Douluo's granddaughter on cultivation?
Lin Yuan didn't beat around the bush and spoke bluntly:
"Your poison mist attacks are too dispersed and too slow."
"Once you encounter an opponent with explosive power, or someone with wind- or fire-attribute counters, your poison becomes nothing more than decoration."
"Once your poison mist defense is breached, your body is as fragile as paper."
At this point, Lin Yuan's gaze burned intensely as he looked at Dugu Yan, his tone carrying a trace of frustration at wasted potential:
"The Jade Phosphor Serpent is a top-tier beast martial soul!"
"Since it's a beast martial soul, that means it possesses powerful physical strength and raw force!"
"Why insist on training yourself into a control system soul master who only knows how to release poison?"
"Why don't you walk the path of a power-attack system soul master instead?"
"Power-attack system?!" Dugu Yan was stunned. "But my grandpa told me to walk the control system path!"
Dugu Bo: ...
Lin Yuan glanced at Dugu Bo, then continued:
"That's right. Use a strong physique and close-range offense as the core, with deadly poison as a supplementary restraining method—that is the path you should be walking."
"You can imagine it yourself. If, just now, you were a power-attack system beast soul master, you could have fought me in close combat."
"And the moment I accidentally got hit by your Soul skills, your poison would have had the chance to inject into my body through the surface, and my condition would have rapidly deteriorated."
"Instead of what happened just now, where you only knew how to release poison mist; once I broke through that mist, didn't you lose all means of self-defense?"
Lin Yuan's words struck like lightning, instantly splitting apart the fog in Dugu Yan's mind!
At that moment, the look in Dugu Yan's eyes as she stared at Lin Yuan became extremely complicated.
She suddenly turned to look at the silent Dugu Bo, her eyes filled with excitement and hope.
"Grandpa! I think Lin Yuan is right! I want to switch to the power-attack system!"
"Nonsense!"
Dugu Bo's face darkened as he coldly shouted her down.
"Yan Yan, what do you know?"
"Cultivation emphasizes gradual progress, and even more so, teaching according to aptitude."
"Though you possess the Jade Phosphor Serpent martial soul, your physique leans toward yin and softness. You're not suited for an aggressive, all-out power-attack system route."
"The control system route is what suits you best."
"This is for your own good."
Though Dugu Bo's tone was harsh, it carried an unyielding firmness.
Dugu Yan froze.
She had always listened to her grandfather without question—but this time, faced with Lin Yuan's flawless logic, she felt doubt for the first time.
"But Grandpa—"
"We'll talk about this later!"
Dugu Bo waved his hand and cut her off, clearly unwilling to pursue the topic further.
He turned to look deeply at Lin Yuan, his tone complex:
"Kid, your theories are novel, but they don't apply to everyone."
"There are things you don't understand."
Lin Yuan watched the scene without surprise. Instead, his resolve only deepened.
He calmly put away the God-Killing Spear and smiled faintly at Dugu Bo.
"Perhaps."
"I was only speaking casually. Poison Douluo, please don't take offense."
After saying that, his consciousness summoned the diary.
'If you old tsundere refuse to tell the truth, then don't blame me for stripping you bare in my diary!'
[Tsk tsk, just as I expected.]
[That stubborn old man Dugu Bo immediately vetoed Dugu Yan's proposal to switch to the power-attack system.]
[As a Titled Douluo who has played with the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor martial soul his entire life, how could he not know this martial soul is better suited for a power-attack system?]
[After all, even he himself isn't a control system Titled Douluo, but rather an attack system specialist focused on area attacks.]
[So why insist on forcing his granddaughter onto the control system path, training those delicate poison-control techniques?]
[Why even suppress her aggressiveness?]
[Heh. That old man's painstaking intentions are probably known only to me.]
Lin Yuan wrote to this point, the corner of his mouth lifting into a playful smile.
At that moment, the diary copies in the minds of the three girls began vibrating simultaneously. Without exchanging a word, they focused their attention and began "peeking."
[The reason is actually very simple—and very heartbreaking.]
[Compared to overwhelming strength, Dugu Bo wants his granddaughter to live.]
[The backlash of Jade Phosphor Serpent poison is a curse engraved into their family's bloodline.]
[The faster you cultivate, the more poison accumulates—and the sooner you die.]
[If she walks the power-attack system path, she'll have to frequently mobilize the martial soul's violent power. That will accelerate the circulation and sedimentation of poison within her meridians.]
[But the control system path focuses on fine manipulation of poison.]
[This allows Dugu Yan to spend more time learning how to suppress the poison inside her body, rather than stimulating it.]
[Dugu Bo is sacrificing his granddaughter's potential in exchange for extending her life.]
[Unfortunately, this only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.]
[It's only because Dugu Bo himself reached the level of a Titled Douluo, with a powerful physique, that he can barely suppress the poison and survive.]
[But what about Dugu Yan?]
[At this rate of cultivation, forget about becoming a Titled Douluo—she might not even be able to cross the threshold of Soul Saint.]
[In fact, she might not even live past thirty!]
Boom!
Those final words struck Dugu Yan like thunder.
She stood frozen in place, her delicate body trembling violently as she bit down hard on her lip.
This was the second time Lin Yuan had said she wouldn't live past thirty.
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