Dugu Bo snorted. "Anyway, it's just you and me here. So what if I'm a Titled Douluo? Titled Douluos are still human. I promised you that as long as you cured my poison, I'd do three things for you. You've already stated the first—no harming anyone from Shrek Academy. I gave you this Ruyi Hundred-Treasure Pouch—doesn't that count as the second?"
Tang San blinked at Dugu Bo, looking up at the Poison Douluo with an almost innocent expression. "Old Monster, you were the one who offered to give it to me just now, weren't you? Did I ever ask you for it?"
"You—" Dugu Bo was immediately speechless, yet he could do absolutely nothing about the boy in front of him.
Tang San smiled faintly, reaching a hand to his waist. After a moment, he flipped his wrist and presented his open palm to Dugu Bo. "Even though the Ruyi Hundred-Treasure Pouch can't count as one of the three conditions, I can't just take your things for nothing. Consider this a return gift."
Dugu Bo looked into Tang San's palm, where a pair of small iron balls lay silently. The balls were completely black, showing no distinguishing features whatsoever.
"What is this? Poison? Or some kind of medicine?" Dugu Bo twitched his nose but couldn't catch any scent, so he asked with curiosity.
Tang San laughed. "Can't you see? They're two iron balls. What medicine would they be? Old Monster, have you gotten to the point where you can't tell medicine from metal?"
Dugu Bo's eyes widened. "And you think these two things can compare to my Ruyi Hundred-Treasure Pouch?"
Tang San replied, "Why not? They can save your life."
Dugu Bo gave a disdainful snort. "Little Monster, is there something wrong with your head? I am a Titled Douluo. Very few people in this world can defeat me, and those few are all freakishly powerful individuals. What could these two iron balls possibly do against them?"
Tang San said, "You don't believe me? Fine, then I'm not so sure I want to give them to you." As he spoke, he started to pull his hand back.
A flash of green light—before Tang San could turn his wrist, the two iron balls were already in Dugu Bo's hand. "Taking back a gift you've already given—have you no shame? Tell me, what do these things do?"
Dugu Bo held the two iron balls up to his face, examining them from every angle, but couldn't make anything of them. He picked one up with his other hand, about to test its hardness, when Tang San hurriedly stopped him.
"Are you trying to die? Don't squeeze it!" Tang San grabbed Dugu Bo's wrist. Though his strength was meaningless against Dugu Bo, the old man trusted him enough to immediately loosen his grip.
"What is it? Stop being so secretive—tell me, what exactly are these things?" Dugu Bo asked impatiently. In terms of curiosity, he was no different from anyone else. Though he put on an air of disdain on the surface, deep down he was quite certain about the things Tang San created. If this little monster was offering them as a gift, they certainly weren't ordinary items.
Tang San then spoke seriously. "These are called Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Pellets—the most formidable Hidden Weapons I've created so far. You must handle them with extreme care. If subjected to excessive external force or impact, their power will activate immediately. They're always used in pairs, launched using the Meteor Chasing the Moon technique. Their direct destructive force may not be enough to harm a Titled Douluo, but combined with their sheer surprise factor and your own strength, they can certainly hold off any enemy. Their greatest feature is that the higher the user's inner—no, Soul Power, the more powerful they become."
"Something this small can have any real power?" Dugu Bo still looked skeptical.
Tang San said, "I'll show you." With that, he took the two iron pellets back from Dugu Bo's hand, testing their weight briefly. "Watch closely."
As he spoke, white light flickered around Tang San's body. With a flick of his wrist, both iron pellets shot out simultaneously.
Though they flew out at the same time, they didn't travel together. Just as the first pellet's momentum began to wane, the second one suddenly surged forward, slamming directly into the first.
With a muffled bang, a massive cloud of purple mist erupted, instantly blanketing an area of over ten square meters.
Dugu Bo's eyesight was extraordinary. He could clearly see that within the purple mist, countless black filaments accompanied by a faint, dense buzzing sound flashed past in the blink of an eye, penetrating the mountain wall not far away.
Tang San explained, "The term 'mother-child' refers to both the pellets themselves and the attacks that burst forth when they detonate. The purple mist is Soul-Confusing Poison Mist—it has a powerful anesthetic effect. Even a small inhalation will cause an ordinary person to fall unconscious for ten days. Even a powerful Soul Master who isn't paying attention will have their speed severely hampered. And when the two Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Pellets collide, the 'children' inside burst forth. Those are hundreds of Bone-Dissolving Divine Needles, specifically designed to pierce protective qi barriers, coated in extremely deadly poison. If even a single needle strikes you, the toxin will spread rapidly, turning whatever it touches to bone as brittle as—"