Flender's eyes dimmed slightly at this sight.
The fact that the three of them could form the Golden Triangle Spirit Fusion Skill was fate bringing them together. Flender found himself hopelessly in love with Liu Erlong and was willing to silently devote himself to her.
What Flender found hard to accept was that he could sense Liu Erlong's feelings for Yu Xiaogang; Liu Erlong also deeply loved Yu Xiaogang.
And although Yu Xiaogang hadn't expressed it, Flender could also see Yu Xiaogang's intentions towards Liu Erlong.
They were mutually in love, and as for himself...
Flender regarded Yu Xiaogang as his brother and couldn't bear to poach his brother's love interest, so he could only silently watch Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong's relationship warm up.
After waiting for a long time, after Yu Xiaogang finished showing off in front of Liu Erlong, Flender finally spoke, "Xiaogang, Erlong, I've dealt with this Flame-headed Lizard. Come quickly and absorb this spirit ring."
"Oh, alright, thank you, Boss Flander." Liu Erlong reluctantly detached herself from Xiaogang's ocean of knowledge and walked towards Flender.
Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back, a wise glint flashing in his eyes, and followed Erlong step by step towards the Flame-headed Lizard.
As the Spirit Master's world's foremost theorist, Yu Xiaogang naturally understood the relationship between the three of them. Their mutual attraction stemmed from their Spirit Fusion Skill!
It was precisely because of the Spirit Fusion Skill that Flender fell in love with Liu Erlong, and Liu Erlong fell in love with him. Of course, he also had feelings for Liu Erlong!
However, Yu Xiaogang never worried that his brother would poach his love interest. He clearly understood a theory: there is a primary and secondary relationship within Spirit Fusion Skills.
Spirit Fusion Skills can have an equal or primary/secondary relationship. For example, in the Spirit Fusion Skill formed by Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo, both are equal; there is no primary or secondary. Therefore, they are inseparable, and neither would betray the other.
But there are also Spirit Fusion Skills with a dominant and subordinate relationship, such as the Hell White Tiger. This Spirit Fusion Skill is dominated by the White Tiger.
Historically, no matter how a Spirit Master with the White Tiger Spirit treated a Spirit Master with the Hell Civet Spirit—even if it involved betrayal, keeping a mistress, or anything else—the Spirit Master with the Civet Spirit would ultimately never betray the Spirit Master with the White Tiger Spirit.
Their love triangle was actually also influenced by this Spirit Fusion Skill.
Among the three, the seemingly weakest Yu Xiaogang actually dominated the entire Spirit Fusion Skill, while Liu Erlong and Flender were in the subordinate position.
Therefore, the relationship between the three was:
Flender regarded Yu Xiaogang as his brother and would not betray Yu Xiaogang. At the same time, because of the Spirit Fusion Skill, he fell in love with Liu Erlong.
Liu Erlong, the only woman in the Golden Triangle, would also be attracted to the two men in the Spirit Fusion Skill. However, between Yu Xiaogang and Flender, Yu Xiaogang was the dominant one. So, even if Yu Xiaogang's strength was inferior to Flender's, he didn't need to do anything to have already triumphed over Flender emotionally.
As for Yu Xiaogang himself...
Recalling his past, he originally thought his awakened Spirit was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. But it turned out to be something that was neither pig nor dog. He thought he would live his life burdened with the reputation of being a "waste," but unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better.
He met Flender and Liu Erlong, and to his surprise, the three of them could even form a Spirit Fusion Skill. The key was that Yu Xiaogang himself was in the dominant position of the Spirit Fusion Skill. If he were subordinate, Yu Xiaogang would have turned and left immediately; he didn't want to live his entire life in someone else's shadow.
Both Flender and Liu Erlong had the potential to become Titled Douluo, yet because of the Spirit Fusion Skill, their relationship with him was extraordinary. With the renown of the Golden Triangle, the three of them had also made a good name for themselves in the Spirit Master's world.
In the future, as Flender and Liu Erlong's strength increased, Yu Xiaogang could even rely on the Spirit Fusion Skill to challenge the status of a Titled Douluo.
This feeling was truly quite good.
Yu Xiaogang also had a slight guess about his Spirit because of this fusion skill: his Spirit should have mutated towards the Golden Sacred Dragon, but due to insufficient postnatal development, it degenerated into Luo Sanpao.
Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang was full of complaints about his Spirit. "Why are you so useless? Wouldn't it be better to evolve into the Golden Sacred Dragon? Why did you have to degenerate into Luo Sanpao, causing me, Xiaogang, to bear the name of 'waste' for so many years?"
Yu Xiaogang shook off his extraneous thoughts and, with Liu Erlong, came to Flender's side, looking at the half-dead Flame-headed Lizard. Just as Liu Erlong was about to make a move, Flender's ears twitched, and he suddenly said cautiously, "Xiaogang, Erlong, something's coming."
The three of them immediately became alert.
A rustling sound came from the forest, followed by...
A Flame-headed Lizard, dozens of meters tall and enormous in size, entered their field of vision. This Flame-headed Lizard looked at the half-dead smaller lizard, and a flash of anger crossed its eyes.
"Be careful, this is a fifty-thousand-year-old Flame-headed Lizard, and its relationship with this one is extraordinary," Yu Xiaogang said. "We can only deal with it using our Spirit Fusion Skill."
After speaking, a hint of pride appeared on Yu Xiaogang's weathered face. Only at this moment could his crucial role as Xiaogang be fully demonstrated.
Flender and Liu Erlong nodded. The three stood in a triangle, preparing to use their Spirit Fusion Skill.
At this moment, a black-robed figure, holding a black holy sword, pierced through this Flame-headed Lizard and landed in front of the three of them.
The enormous body of the Flame-headed Lizard crashed down.
The fifty-thousand-year-old Flame-headed Lizard was dealt with by this black-robed person just like that. Yu Xiaogang and the others did not show relaxed expressions; on the contrary, they watched this person with even greater vigilance, ready to summon their Spirit Fusion Skill if anything seemed amiss.
The man, concealed by a black cloak, said gently, "No need to be wary. I merely saw that your three's strength was insufficient and offered assistance; I have no intention of harming you."
Yu Xiaogang breathed a sigh of relief. A Spirit Master who could kill a fifty-thousand-year-old Spirit Beast in one blow—this strength, at least...
As he calculated, cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead. It had to be at least a Titled Douluo! They had just considered attacking such a figure. This was like lighting a lamp in a toilet—asking for trouble.
"Your Excellency, thank you for your rescue just now. May I ask your title?"
"I am merely a good person passing by. You may call me Kalim Bloodhoof," the black-robed person said.