Douluo Dalu: 9 Treasure Sword

<Paul Blanch POV>

"Hahaha! Having a real fight is surely great! Even if I was sure of my victory!" I laughed withdrawing my domain and sword. Then I looked at the injures made by Tang San's Eight Spider Lancers, which were becoming purple and extending.

"The spirit bone poison is influenced by the user, having acquired the fire and ice poison. If Tang San could resist both poisons improving his physique, why cannot I do it?♪Wonder If I gave a Red Velvet Oreo♪" I chanted.

A black ring shined and on my left hand manifested an Oreo, this time with the cookie part red instead of the usual black.

My Oreo spirit 5th skill Red Antidote Oreo, it can cure any poison of the one who ate it. I really don't know its limit so I didn't risk with Yama's Invitation. The Oreo created by this skill will last forever, always maintaining its properties until being eaten or in the case that I die, the bad part is that I only can create 3 every year.

With so little uses it can be considered quite a trash ability, however, the best part is that it didn't cancel the poison in your body, it adapts the body to the poison he has in the body. I will obtain all the benefits of the poison, plus a complete immunity to it, without any drawback. Think about doping without any drawbacks.

It sucks that I was not obtained before or that I couldn't control the body. If I had, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan would have given everything they have to obtain it. Immunity to their Jade Phosphor Serpent poison, obtain all its benefits. A better alternative of healing it or redirect it to a spirit bone, losing any good effect that could be made in their body.

"This surely will make Dugu Bo stronger, even if it's not as important as before maybe I could make some deal with him, having another titled douluo on your part is nothing bad"

I ate the Oreo and sat cultivating, distributing the new Oreo energy all around my body. After half an hour finished.

Inspecting my body I could feel it stronger. Before it had the physical strength of a late spirit emperor, close to sage. Now I could go on par with a spirit sage, without using spirit energy I could fight against a spirit sage with a spirit beast and not lose. I also gained some near immunity to all poisons, with the combination of cold and hot energy there's not a lot of poisons that could resist it.

I stood up doing light stretches "Now, now. What could be my next course of action? The reality is that I don't know Bai's condition, only being aware of the very short memory of him. So I don't really know what he did. By Shi Nian attack now it would be the Tournament arc. The best I could do it will kill Xiao Wu, even if her spirit ring is too strong for me I could really use her spirit bone, however, I don't think it's possible to attack her without being noticed"

"The appearance of 100.000 years old spirit ring will be detected by a lot of people and being the Tournament I don't think that I could escape as how much guards there are" I said thoughtfully.

"Yata!"I clapped my hands "As now, the best option will be go to Slaughtering City, with my current physique plus my sword cultivation I don't think that I would have any problem. A god inheritance is too good to ignore" I grinned "Plus killing and s.e.x will be the best to vent the frustrations of being trapped 10 years"

As I was about to left I suffered a slight headache "F.U.C.K! F.u.c.k! You really want to return, leave me alone and stay in the dark like I was before! Why you must to be the one in control, useless weak trash. Even as support I contributed a lot more in our strength!" I cursed having sensed a push to my mind, recognizing as Bai's mind returning and pushing me away.

"F.u.c.k! I really have little time!" I turned to Fenrir who had waited at one side guarding me all this time "Good job" I said kindly. Then I ordered angry "Spit it out!".

Fenrir followed my order and spit out something. It was a blue shining little cranium, a head spirit bone.

I took it observing closely "A ten thousand years old head spirit bone if I should have been obtained by Tang San and given to Rongrong. It's a pity that it is more oriented to support than anything else. I don't really know what to do with it" I thought "Maybe it will be better to give to Rongrong, I liked her character and is our body's sister. In the manga, they used in the final battle vs Spirit Hall, but I really don't know if this world follows the manga, novels or a completely alternative route, plus the variations that Bai could make. F.u.c.k, why couldn't I simply be always in control?"

Then an idea came to my mind "I have little time and I really want to try my hypothesis. At worst he would die, causing Heaven Dou strategic power to lower, but I don't think that would change to much the story. By that time, I expect to be in control so I will change the war nonetheless. Let's try some luck!" I said grinning.

I saved the spirit bone in the storage bracelet and went away.

I then returned to the city, it was near night time with the city illuminated. Not knowing were Shrek Academy was, I asked some passerby who showed me directions.

Arriving at the doors of Shrek Academy it will be better to not show my presence. I invoked my bone sword at my left hand. Holding it, it became translucent. I stroked the air, causing it to crack and disappeared.

Walking in another plane is strange as f.u.c.k, easy to lost if you are not careful. And even concentrated it caused me a terrible headache for my low comprehension of space "If only I could use the space personality this won't happen" I cursed "This will be like walking in the park, I could even shrink the distance"

I continue walking slowly. Being near the main building I searched for what it seems the teachers building. After some time searching I finally find my objective's room.

I stroked the air causing it to crack, appearing beside a middle-aged man. I could see the man opening his eyes surprised. Before he could shout I activated my domain around the room isolating it.

"Domain!" shouted shocked the middle-aged man "Who are you? And, what do you want?" he asked.

I made a little bow to him "Nice to meet you, Yu Xiaogang. You can call me Paul. For my reason for being here. Mmmm" I hummed a little "It will be to resolve one doubt"

"You don't need to intrude my room like an assassin if you only want to ask something" he said.

I grinned "Who said I'm not an assassin" I focused a little my death domain to him causing him to shrink scared. I moved my arm withdrawing it effects "Hahaha. It's only a joke, I won't kill you today, at least directly" I laughed.

Xiaogang sighed relieved losing my domain effect "It thought that I was going to die"

"Yeah, it's the usual effect when you have exposed a death domain" I smiled.

Xiaogang looked at me with hatred "What do you really want?!"

"Don't be angry at me" I approached him fl.i.c.k.i.n.g his forehead stumbling him to the ground "If you want t to be angry be at your own weakness. Your only that, a weak man who hid in a mountain of books"

"What do you know about me?!" He said angrily.

"I know a little, something that you even you don't know, or at least you want to ignore. No? Ex-Supreme Pontiff's lover?" I said smiling.

"H-how do you know?" He said shocked.

"Hahaha. It's difficult to read a maiden heart, but not impossible" I laughed.

He calmed down "Are you from Spirit Hall? You came to kill me?" he said seriously.

"Don't be so tense, didn't I already said that I wouldn't kill you?" I said.

"Directly, directly were your words" he corrected me.

I smiled "Yeah, the truth is that I want to ask you something. You are considered one of the best theorists in the world, so say, why are you so weak? Why prevent you to be stronger?"

He was calmer now, and I could see him looking around "Please, nobody will come. And even if they came, you really think that I can't kill you before they can react? Please, answer my question" I said.

He smiled "So you lied saying that you won't kill me directly in the case of someone coming?"

"Good point, but it's not like honor matter to me, I can withdraw my words anytime" I said.

"Okay, I will answer. My spirit is a mutation of the Blue Lighting Tyrant Dragon, San Luo Pao. This mutation is a bad one not permitting me to break through rank 29 until..."

"I know, until your disciple, Tang San gave you an herb to clean your impurities increasing your spirit essence. What I am asking is, what is it your spirit? What mutated?"

"He became an alive spirit, with very low strength, that only can fart to attack. It doesn't have any other power" He answered.

"There's no trash spirit, only trash people. Very true, you remember this sentence?" I asked. He nodded.

"So following it you're trash! Not your spirit" I said.

"I know that I'm trash! I always knew since my awakening day" he shouted angry "You didn't need to tell me"

"What would happen if I could change that?" I asked grinning.

He looked at doubtfully "What can you do?"

"How can a spirit that comes from one of the greatest ones be trash? Even observing it, it really seems alive and intelligent, having the capability to control your three people fusion, how can such a spirit be weak? The problem is not in the spirit in its rings" I told my hypothesis.

"The rings?" He asked.

"Yeah, the rings. Your configuration is what made your spirit useless. There are examples of wrong ring configurations. For example, the speed clan spirit can only be specialized in speed, if you absorb any other the spirit will turn useless, not being able to breakthrough rank 38. But if you absorb a correct configuration you could continue to grow stronger, even if it's only faster in their case. The same case in your clan, the Blue Lighting Tyrant Dragon spirit can only absorb dragon-type beast, they are lucky to have a picky spirit that don't let them absorb any other type, if they could, they will find themselves unable to advance"

He opened his eyes surprised "Are you saying?"

"If my hypothesis is true, your spirit needs another configuration. I concrete one to grow. The proof is that you arrived at your rank very early in age, the problem is that you stuck in it. If it were completely trash, you will bear with close to zero spirit innate rank" I explained.

Xiaogang looked up thoughtfully "You may be right, but this didn't change anything. I already absorbed my rings, what could now change? And even if I could, how could I know what is correct? To tell you the truth I sense San Luo Pao attracted to dragon spirit, he wanted to absorb i-"

"Really? The first ring marks the way of the spirit master. You sensed that push?" I asked.

He opened his eyes "I pushed my spirit towards the dragon way, so it was normal that later he will be attracted by it, even if its wrong for it" he realized.

"Clap!" I clapped "Correct, or at least I think that's it like said before it's only a hypothesis"

He looked at me serious "What can you do? You said you could change it"

"Finally, I grab your intellect attention and not only your enmity. This is only my hypothesis, so the last choice is yours so listen attentively. The only other spirits that are alive, manifesting outside and having some free will, even having the capability of absorbing exterior energy, in your case food, it's the elemental ones" I exposed opening my arm.

"True, the elemental one absorb their element of the ambient, lowering their spirit power consumption if there enough of their element and they have some free will. But San Luo Pao is like a dog with a physical body. The elemental ones are like phantasm" argued Xiaogang.

"This is true for a normal one, however, you truly expect for your spirit to not have any vestige of its ancestor spirit? Moreover, you created him a body with the new rings, restringing more its abilities. If you were for the energy type spirit beast, in my opinion, San Luo Pao would have broken through his body becoming a spiritual one, showing all its might" I explained.

"If your hypothesis is true, I destroyed my spirit, limiting it. But it can't be confirmed that your true" he said with a scholarly air.

"To confirm it. It will be necessary to see your descendant, they will have more holy attribute spirit. It's own name it says San, usually refereed as 3 or to holy people, saints. I will say that this is your element, holy" I explained.

"What is the other one? You already said that you could change it" He asked me, this time with some hope in his voice.

"I have a method, it will reconstruct your spirit, leaning more to the light side" I said.

"Use it on me!" He shouted eagerly.

"Before that, let's say that this method could kill you. If my hypothesis is correct, you have a slim hope to get it, followed by a lot of pain, but even if I am correct the most probable is that you die. In the case that I am incorrect, you will die, 100%" I explained.

He flinched "What is the probability if you're correct?"

"I don't like to lie without meaning so I will say the truth, if I am correct it would depend on your willpower, at most, you will have a 40%. But I will come here for nothing if you deny my offer, so I won't let you have much time to think"

I extended my left arm "♪Wonder if I gave a Golden Oreo♪" a very brightly Golden Oreo appeared on my hand, double the size of a usual Oreo. I throw it toward Xiaogang who carefully took it "You had 30 seconds! After that it will disappear your opportunity, I will assure that it won't come. Choose, power or trash!"

I withdrew my domain and my sword became translucent I stroked the air, crashing it. Before disappearing a looked at Xiaogang "You own me one" I said grinning and disappeared.

After 25 seconds I could listen to agony cries from its room, making my grin grow bigger "I really want to know if I am right. At worst he will die, totally okay for me" I said smiling.

At that moment I had a big pain in the head, I couldn't maintain being this plane. With a crack I returned to the normal plane, spitting blood due to the backslash of breaking the ability. I could sense my mind spacing out, knowing that the next time this body opened his eyes it will be Bai.

"F.U.C.K!" I spat more blood "I vow to Heavens, that I will return! I will control this body and be the strongest!" I shouted angry before falling unconscious.