"No one dares take what belongs to me?"
Upon hearing Ye Yu's words, Dugu Bo couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
Was this kid getting too cocky?
"Xiao Yu…"
Dugu Bo's tone turned sincere and weighty.
"Grandfather knows full well how talented and capable you are. You've evolved your Blue Silver Grass into the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree Martial Soul. You pioneered Lightning Body Tempering and Heavenly Thunder Tempering. Your sixth Spirit Ring is already a 90,000-year ring."
"But… with your current strength, you're likely still no match for the top-tier powerhouses on the continent."
"Take, for example, Sword Douluo Chen Xin of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. Before Tang Chen of the Clear Sky Clan emerged, his Seven Kill Sword was widely recognized as the number one tool-type Martial Soul on the continent—peerlessly sharp and immensely destructive. It happens to strongly counter your Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree."
"And that's just one man. As for Spirit Hall, their depth is unfathomable."
"The Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei who appear publicly are just the tip of the iceberg. Spirit Hall has numerous hidden Titled Douluo—some even rumored to be Super Douluo above Rank 95… or worse… Limit Douluo."
Saying this, awe and reverence briefly flashed across Dugu Bo's eyes.
"Sure, you defeated your Uncle Ling without even using your Martial Soul—if you had used it, you may well have reached the Titled Douluo threshold."
"But that's because you haven't yet met a Spirit Master who counters your abilities."
"And for someone like you who walks the path of extremes, the moment you encounter your natural counter, all that 200% performance potential could be cut in half—or worse, turned completely against you."
Dugu Bo's voice was low and serious. He wasn't criticizing Ye Yu, but warning him not to get arrogant.
Ye Yu was indeed a genius. Given time, he would become unstoppable on the continent.
But genius meant nothing if cut down before maturity.
Ye Yu, of course, understood his grandfather's concern.
In fact, he had always been clear-eyed about his own limitations.
As a transmigrator, he had always been cautious.
When it was time to take risks, he took them.
But when it was time to play it safe—he didn't hesitate.
Still, there was a reason he could say what he did with such confidence.
Smiling faintly, Ye Yu said:
"Grandfather, come with me."
As they walked, Ye Yu explained casually.
"I know what you're thinking—you probably believe I'm getting arrogant."
"But I'm not claiming I'm invincible or that I can beat anyone."
"I know there are still many senior Spirit Masters I can't match. Sword Douluo, for example."
"But whether or not I can defeat them is one thing—whether they can kill me, is another."
"And if they can't kill me… well, I can't promise they won't end up dead themselves."
"More importantly—their families, clans, and disciples will definitely die."
A dangerous light flickered in Ye Yu's eyes.
His confidence came from three key trump cards:
His core abilities: Soul Core Domain, Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone's 1st Ability: Flight, and his self-created Spirit Abilities Thunder Magnetic Armor and Thunderclap Step, forming a personal electromagnetic field.
Together, they granted him supreme speed—even among agility-type Spirit Masters.
"I may not be able to beat you… but you'll never catch me."
His ranged sniping: If forced into a distance battle, he could retreat far beyond ten kilometers, then activate his self-created Spirit Ability: Railgun, using Purple Demon Eye for targeting and precision sniping.
"If I can't kill you… I'll kill your people instead."
His greatest escape card: The recently developed Blue Silver Domain: Dimensional Space, allowing instant long-range teleportation between any location he planted a Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree.
Even Qian Daoliu, with his powerful flight and auto-locking Angel Domain, wouldn't be able to trap him now.
After explaining everything, Ye Yu smiled confidently.
"Grandfather, what do you think?"
"Sure, I can't beat certain people in a direct fight—Sword Douluo, Ghost Douluo with his immune-to-physical-damage Martial Soul form…"
"But no one in this world can catch me anymore."
"And if they can't catch me… I can grind them to death."
Dugu Bo was stunned.
"He's… right."
"No one really dares mess with him now."
Ye Yu's survivability was simply absurd.
And with long-range killing potential on top of that—who could defend against it?
You might be able to protect yourself…
But what about your family, clan, and disciples?
Still, Dugu Bo hesitated.
"But Xiao Yu, wouldn't fighting like that be a bit… underhanded?"
"Underhanded?" Ye Yu chuckled.
"What do you mean underhanded? It's not like I'm holding hostages, throwing lime powder, or poisoning their food."
"I'm just using my Spirit Abilities intelligently, based on my own strengths, and choosing the most effective tactics."
"What's wrong with that?"
"You wouldn't expect an agility-type Spirit Master to throw away their speed and fight a power-type head-on, would you? Or ask a support-type Spirit Master to fight a close-range tank?"
Ye Yu shook his head. The rigid, face-obsessed mindset of Douluo Continent natives baffled him.
He especially wanted to roast Qian Daoliu.
"You're a six-winged angel with unparalleled mobility and a domain that locks enemies in place—yet you insisted on tanking Tang Chen's Vast Sea Ring Explosion Hammer head-on?"
"You're a glass cannon, why didn't you dodge?!"
Ye Yu then added with a grin:
"Besides, Grandfather, I've already proven the validity of my strategy in battle."
He walked to the side and pulled something from his Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse.
What emerged shocked Dugu Bo:
A barely breathing man, limbs severed and haphazardly fused together using External Spirit Bone: Demon Willow Fluff, with Spirit Power and life force being forcibly drawn to keep him alive in a half-dead state.
"Th-this is…?!"
Even Dugu Bo was taken aback.
He'd never expected Ye Yu to use the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse like that.
The figure before him was filthy, disheveled, barely clinging to life.
And his identity?
Tang Hao—aka 'Tang Big Hammer' himself.