"Hmm, your little foot smells nice and fresh. No strange odor."
"Looks like there's no need to disinfect it before the tattoo."
After taking an epic lungful of her scent, Su Yu spoke with an air of righteousness.
As everyone knew, preparations had to be made before getting a tattoo.
Su Yu was naturally no exception.
His preparations were exceptionally thorough.
He looked here and felt there for nearly half an hour before finally getting down to business.
Dugu Yan's face and ears turned red from everything Su Yu had done.
It wasn't as if she hadn't asked around about this.
Even if there were preparations, they didn't need to be this elaborate.
Dugu Yan was absolutely certain.
Su Yu was using his position for personal gain, all while putting on a serious act.
Under the pretext of tattooing her, he was openly taking advantage of her.
Though Dugu Yan knew it in her heart,
she didn't expose him.
After all, she had already prepared herself to become Su Yu's woman.
What did it matter if she let him take a little advantage?
"This next part will hurt a little!"
"Bear with it..."
Su Yu patted Dugu Yan's little foot and warned her.
"I'm not afraid of pain."
Dugu Yan's expression was resolute.
She wasn't some delicate, weak little girl.
After all, every backlash from the Jade Phosphorus Snake was worse than death.
Over the years, Dugu Yan had long since become immune to pain.
Su Yu looked at Dugu Yan, his heart aching a little for her.
He wanted to tell her, You don't have to be so strong anymore, because your Strong has arrived!
But in the end, Su Yu didn't say it.
Dugu Yan was the strong, capable woman type.
He didn't need to be so greasy.
Next, Su Yu's Martial Soul began to prick Dugu Yan's lower leg, needle by needle.
With each prick, a graceful curve was traced out.
The Soul Power in Su Yu's body was draining away rapidly.
His five Soul Rings resonated continuously.
They brought life to the Black Mamba tattoo that was about to take shape.
Dugu Yan gritted her teeth and quietly watched her left lower leg.
It was as though she could see a Black Mamba coming to life.
"What an incredible technique!"
Dugu Yan could clearly feel herself resonating with the tattoo.
Time slipped by unnoticed...
Finally, Su Yu stopped.
A lifelike Black Mamba was coiled around Dugu Yan's leg.
"Give it a try!"
"Concentrate all the toxins in your body into the tattoo."
Su Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead and instructed her.
Dugu Yan nodded and obediently did as he said.
As Dugu Yan continued to direct the toxins in her body into the tattoo on her leg,
the Black Mamba's slit pupils suddenly burst with black light.
In an instant!
The Black Mamba was like a tireless gold-devouring beast.
It absorbed every bit of poison in a steady stream.
These deadly toxins, which people regarded as floods and savage beasts, were nothing but highly nourishing sustenance to the Black Mamba.
"It works!"
"It really works!"
Dugu Yan shouted excitedly.
The toxins that had settled in her body were being cleared away bit by bit.
Dugu Yan felt much lighter, as though she had been given a new lease on life.
Su Yu watched silently, without interrupting.
Time passed until evening...
Suddenly, Dugu Yan snapped her eyes open and breathed out a mouthful of turbid air.
"It's solved!"
"The hidden danger that plagued the Dugu Family for years has finally been dealt with."
Dugu Yan wept tears of joy.
She had always lived in the shadow of death.
As she grew stronger and stronger, the Jade Phosphorus Snake's toxins had been seeping into every cell of her body.
If she couldn't break through to Titled Douluo within the allotted time,
she would die from the backlash.
But now, Dugu Yan no longer had to live in fear.
Not only that, Dugu Yan's Soul Power had naturally risen by one level.
Cultivating in the future would yield twice the result for half the effort.
"Congratulations on your new lease on life."
Su Yu was genuinely happy for Dugu Yan.
When all was said and done, he was already her man now.
Naturally, Su Yu cared.
"Brother Yu, thank you."
Dugu Yan's form of address had changed.
From this moment on, her heart officially belonged to Su Yu.
"Jie, jie, jie!"
"Is there any need for thanks between us?"
Su Yu grinned with delight.
It hadn't been easy!
He could finally eat meat!
Heaven knew how long he had waited for this moment.
"Love me!"
Dugu Yan took the initiative and leaned in for a kiss.
Naturally, Su Yu went at it with all guns blazing.
After that, everything fell naturally into place.
That night, Dugu Yan completed her transformation from a girl into a woman.
Meanwhile, Dugu Bo still had no idea that his little cabbage had been eaten clean.
Of course, even if he knew, Dugu Bo would have raised both hands and feet in approval.
After all, he had always thought highly of Su Yu and intended to bring the two together.
The next day!
Dugu Yan slowly woke up, aching all over.
"Honestly!"
"How is that even more tiring than fighting?"
Dugu Yan shot Su Yu an annoyed glare.
Even in the Soul Fighting Arena, she had never been in such a sorry state.
Su Yu was nothing short of a tyrant.
He had nearly killed her.
"Ahem..."
"Who said support Soul Masters can't be aggressive?"
"I just had to show you that support Soul Masters are no worse than you."
Su Yu spoke smugly.
Dugu Yan rolled her eyes again.
Was he actually proud of bullying a woman?
"Brother Yu, what should we do about my grandpa?"
The moment Dugu Yan thought of her old geezer, she felt aggrieved.
Although she had successfully shed her old self and escaped the Jade Phosphorus Snake's backlash,
Dugu Bo had not.
He was still living in the shadow of the backlash every moment.
Dugu Bo's backlash was the fiercest of all.
Having reached the level of a Titled Douluo,
the toxins accumulated in Dugu Bo's body could be said to have reached a terrifying degree.
Whenever it was overcast or rainy, and at midnight and noon...
The poison fire would begin to sweep wildly through his body, pricking him like needles.
Dugu Yan knew in her heart
just how much pain Dugu Bo had to endure at those times.
If possible, Dugu Yan hoped Dugu Bo could also escape the backlash of the poison fire.
"Don't worry!"
"Now that you're my woman, your grandpa is naturally my grandpa too."
"How could I sit back and do nothing when it's my own grandpa?"
"Bring the old geezer... oh, no... bring our grandpa over."
"I'll give him another tattoo, and won't that solve it?"
Su Yu spoke with a relaxed expression.
This sort of thing posed no difficulty for him at all.
He still wanted to work Dugu Bo, that top-tier beast of burden, hard in the future.
Of course he wouldn't let Dugu Bo suffer the poison fire's backlash any longer.
Even if Dugu Yan hadn't mentioned it, Su Yu would have taken the initiative to do it.
"Brother Yu, you're so good to me."
"But your tattoos are all unique."
"Now that you've given the Black Mamba to me, what can you do for Grandpa?"
"Simple. I can just tattoo a Bamboo Viper on our grandpa."
The tattoo designs Su Yu could create were countless.
There was no need to worry about running out.
If venomous snakes didn't work, other poisonous creatures would do just as well.
Poison Dart Frogs, venomous scorpions...
If Dugu Bo liked them, Su Yu could offer them all for him to choose from.
Dugu Yan's eyes lit up at his words.
Her man was truly amazing.
He actually knew so much.
It seemed their descendants would have nothing to worry about either.
The Dugu Family's future was secure.