Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 11 Knee-Jerk Response
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Wuhun City.

"Xue Xing? Why would he get involved in this?"

After their failed assassination attempt on Dugu Bo, Yue Guan and his companion quickly returned to Wuhun City and reported the entire incident.

"A guest of the Heavenly Dou royal family? Interesting." Bibi Dong rested her chin on her hand, contemplating her next move.

"Now that Dugu Bo has become a guest elder of the Heaven Dou royal family, we cannot take action against him for the time being."

"At least we can't act openly... Never mind, let's ignore that old poisoner for now."

"Tell me about that kid with the strange domain. Is it really a talent domain that can even affect a Title Douluo?"

"Your Holiness, it is absolutely true!" Yue Guan said.

"Old Ghost and I have experienced that strange domain more than once. Although we can quickly break free by bursting out our soul power, as long as that domain is activated first, even if we are on guard, we will be affected for a moment."

"Whether it's soul power, physical body, or even vision and breathing, there will be a momentary sense of inhibition, which is very uncomfortable."

"So domineering?" Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow, quite surprised.

The talent domain does indeed give Soul Masters greater dominance within their own rank, but how could a child who isn't even a Soul Master influence a Title Douluo?

Even the Angel Domain of the Thousand Family Six-Winged Angel Martial Souls cannot do this.

"Then why don't you bring him back?" Bibi Dong asked.

"You can't kill Dugu Bo, and you can't even capture a child?"

"Your Holiness, it's not that we don't want to arrest him, it's just that that kid has already teamed up with Dugu Bo," Yue Guan said nervously.

“How deep could the relationship be between someone like Dugu Bo and a child who has just awakened his martial soul?” Bibi Dong said.

"What if that old poisoner poisoned the child and threatened him?"

"This..." Yue Guan was speechless for a moment, and subconsciously looked at the ghost.

Ghost recalled for a moment, "That kid was a bit strange back then. He did want to leave with us at first, but he suddenly stopped halfway through, as if he had some concerns."

"Given Dugu Bo's character, poisoning... is very possible."

A six-year-old child, faced with that situation, would absolutely not make that decision unless there was some unavoidable reason!
“Since that old poisoner has become a guest minister of the Heaven Dou royal family, he will definitely put people in Heaven Dou City,” Bibi Dong said.

"Yue Guan, go and check on the situation. If you have the chance, bring the person back."

"What if that kid really is hanging out with Dugu Bo?" Yue Guan asked.

"Do I really need to teach you this?" Bibi Dong said.

He's not even a Soul Master yet, but his domain is already so domineering. If he really grows up, he'll definitely be a problem!
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On the other hand, after resting for a few days at the Tiandou Empire's military camp, Dugu Bo took Xuanming back to his residence in Tiandou City.

A quiet and peaceful residence far from the hustle and bustle of the city.

"grandfather!"

As soon as he entered the courtyard, a little girl who looked to be no more than ten years old, with long green hair, ran over and jumped onto Dugu Bo.

"Grandpa, where have you been? Why haven't we heard from you for so long?" Dugu Yan asked.

"I had some business to attend to and was delayed for a few days." Dugu Bo put Dugu Yan on the ground with a kind smile on his face.

"Come here, let me introduce you to a friend."

"Friend?" Dugu Yan shifted her gaze to the handsome little boy standing behind Dugu Bo. He had long, snow-white hair, wore a simple black robe, had a pair of strange, footless black dragons on his back, and exuded an aura that kept strangers at bay.

“His name is…” Dugu Bo paused, then turned to look at Xuanming.

"What's your name?"

"Xuan Ming."

“Oh, right, Xuanming.” Dugu Bo nodded.

"Yan Yan, Grandpa has some things to take care of. He'll stay with you for the time being, so please get along well with him." Dugu Yan looked puzzled. "Grandpa, you didn't kidnap him from somewhere, did you?"

You don't even know their names, and you call yourself a friend?

“It wasn’t kidnapped, it was found,” Dugu Bo said.

"You can ask him for details. Grandpa's matter is a bit urgent, so I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, without waiting for Dugu Yan to say anything more, he turned around and flew away.

"Hey!" Dugu Yan was about to call out, but Dugu Bo had already completely disappeared from her sight.

"What's the matter that's so urgent..."

Dugu Yan looked in the direction where Dugu Bo had disappeared with a puzzled expression. After a while, she turned her gaze to the little boy in front of her, who looked to be only about six years old. "Xuanming?"

Xuanming glanced at Dugu Yan and responded with a faint "Mm".

Dugu Yan looked at the two black dragons behind Xuan Ming with some curiosity, "What's the deal with these two dragons behind you?"

“The martial soul has mutated,” Xuanming said.

"Mutation?" Dugu Yan walked behind Xuan Ming and lifted the black robe covering him.

"Is it really attached to your body?"

The twin dragons grew from below Xuanming's shoulder blades, and at first glance, it looked as if they had crawled directly out of his body.

If humans have wings, they must have grown from here.

"Your martial soul mutation is really... ah!"

Before she could finish speaking, Dugu Yan, who was about to reach out and touch the black dragon, suddenly stepped back and almost fell to the ground.

"What are you doing!" Dugu Yan glared angrily at Xuan Ming.

If she hadn't dodged quickly, she would have been bitten by that dragon!
Xuanming turned his head and looked at Dugu Yan with a puzzled expression. "What's wrong?"

"You!" Seeing Xuanming's completely clueless expression, Dugu Yan became even angrier.

"I just touched you, why did you bite me?"

"Touch?" Xuanming looked at the black dragon on his left, only to see it staring straight at Dugu Yan.

"I'm sorry, but these two dragons will move on their own when they encounter certain stimuli, and they are not entirely under my control."

"Move it yourself?" Dugu Yan asked with a doubtful look.

"Didn't you say this was your martial soul? How come it's moving on its own?"

“They are my martial spirits, but not entirely under my control,” Xuanming said.

"You can think of this as their instinctive reaction after being touched. Don't even mention you, sometimes even I get hit by them."

"Really?" Dugu Yan was still somewhat skeptical.

What kind of Soul Master can't even control their own Martial Soul?

Xuan thought for a moment, "Do you know about the knee-jerk reaction?"

"Knee jerk...reaction?" Dugu Yan asked, puzzled.

"what is that?"

“Sit down, cross one leg over the other, and I’ll demonstrate for you,” Xuanming said.

Dugu Yan sat down on the stone stool with some doubt. "If you can't explain it clearly, you're going to get beaten up."

Xuanming walked to Dugu Yan's side and tapped the ligament below her right knee.

"Hmm?" Dugu Yan looked at her uncontrollably jumping calf with a puzzled expression, and reached out to tap it herself, causing the calf to bounce up again.

When she forcefully controlled her calves, the reaction became very slight, but her calves still had a feeling that they wanted to bounce up.

(End of this chapter)