Scheming and Ruthless Huo Yuhao (Second Update)

Scheming and Ruthless Huo Yuhao (Second Update)

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Late at night, at the darkest hour.

The cloud cover blanketing the pitch-black sky was so thick that even moonlight could not pierce through.

Huo Yuhao climbed out of the icy and fiery spring waters, his body steaming with scorching vapor and covered in bitter frost. Yet the Soul Power within him had reached its peak, urgently awaiting a breakthrough.

He stretched his limbs and felt utterly refreshed.

His current physical strength was far more comfortable than his former fragile body.

At the very least, he would not nearly break his wrist when dealing with a Wind Baboon.

Not only had he assimilated the Soul Power enhancements brought by the two immortal herbs.

Originally, the First Soul Ring could only withstand a limit of two hundred years. Now, it had expanded enough to accommodate a thousand-year Soul Ring, a full fivefold increase.

His current physical condition was already sufficient for him to absorb a Second Soul Ring and begin the next stage of cultivation.

His Second Soul Ring would begin at a thousand years.

Although it was the dead of night, some warmth still lingered in the air.

Thick clouds hung over this valley. During the day, sunlight shone down and the earth absorbed and retained the heat; by night, the dense clouds also hindered the dissipation of that heat to a certain extent, trapping the warmth left over from the day.

He turned his head toward the cave and abruptly activated his Insight Eye.

Dugu Bo was still enduring inside the cave, but his condition did not look promising.

Huo Yuhao swept his gaze over the many spiritual herbs around him before setting out to gather them.

He lit the furnace, added the herbs, and used blood as the catalyst.

The pill inside the furnace gradually took shape.

The pill was complete!

With a wave of his sleeve, twelve crystal-clear, lustrous pills flew out of the furnace. He collected them all into a Jade Bottle.

Inside the cave.

Dugu Bo sat cross-legged on a stone bed, his face twisted, veins bulging. His clawed hands clenched tightly, digging deep into his flesh as his entire body trembled.

Hearing footsteps outside the cave, Dugu Bo suddenly looked up.

The handsome youth in plain clothes stood at the entrance, his hands folded over each other as he leaned against the rock wall, watching him with cold eyes.

"Boy... have you come here to die?" Dugu Bo suppressed the trembling in his body. His pupils quivered slightly, and killing intent surged from him.

"You can try." Mysterious Purple-Gold Patterns appeared in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

"To be honest, you're truly terrible at handling poison. You're sitting on such a treasure trove, yet you've still turned yourself into neither man nor Ghost. If I were you, I'd have become a Hundred Level Deity long ago." A trace of contempt flickered in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

"Seeking death? I'll grant your wish!"

Dugu Bo erupted in fury, rushing forward like a gale. His hand formed a claw as he lunged straight for Huo Yuhao's throat.

In the next instant, Dugu Bo's wrist was seized by a slender hand. His clawed fingers were inches away, yet could not advance even a fraction.

His gaze met a pair of eyes marked with Purple-Gold Patterns, cold light flickering within them. A gray, desolate aura radiated from the youth in plain clothes, and in a daze, Dugu Bo saw that figure who had once filled him with terror.

Then, his body was dragged by his twisted arm, sending him into a backward flip. The sight before his eyes abruptly became the flat stone ground, upside down—

Bang!

Dugu Bo hit the ground face-first, crashing down heavily. His arm was locked behind his back, while the back of his neck was held in a grip.

"What? You refuse to submit?"

Huo Yuhao held Dugu Bo's arm in place with one hand and gripped the back of his neck with the other, making his face intimately acquainted with the ground.

"Argh." Dugu Bo groaned in agony. He tried to struggle, only to discover that his Soul Power seemed frozen and could not circulate.

What was going on?

"There is a special herb in that medicinal garden called the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss. It is not poisonous itself, but it can multiply toxins by hundreds or thousands of times. Let's see how you plan to suppress it!"

Huo Yuhao released his hold on Dugu Bo's neck, took out a bottle of pills from his sleeve, and poured one into his palm. He roughly stuffed it into Dugu Bo's mouth, forcibly making him swallow it before letting go.

"You brought this upon yourself. Didn't expect karma to come so quickly, did you?" Huo Yuhao said with a calm smile.

Dugu Bo clutched his throat with both hands, his face contorted. Extreme cold and scorching medicinal potency spread through his body, simultaneously activating the snake venom within him and causing it to erupt completely.

He immediately shot out of the cave and raced straight toward the medicinal garden.

Huo Yuhao watched calmly from inside the cave as Electrolux's phantom emerged and floated beside him.

"Are you sure this counts as attacking his heart?" Electrolux asked.

"Intimidation is also a form of attacking the heart," Huo Yuhao said calmly.

"Besides, he once used this same method against a certain Tang. I'm merely returning the favor in kind."

Furthermore, he had already gathered the immortal herbs in advance, lest Dugu Bo, in his desperation, ruin them through blind attempts at treatment.

"Come on, let's see how he reacts." Huo Yuhao headed outside the cave.

The way Electrolux looked at Huo Yuhao changed slightly.

This was no docile little white rabbit. His methods were hard enough—and ruthless enough.

Outside.

Dugu Bo frantically plucked herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, stuffing them into his mouth and chewing wildly. He desperately wanted to suppress the erupting snake venom, unwilling to give up even if there was only the slightest chance of survival.

Huo Yuhao watched calmly from behind.

As time grew more urgent, Dugu Bo naturally noticed that quite a few herbs were missing.

His gaze immediately swept toward the two poisonous herbs in the center of the icy and fiery spring waters. They had already been destroyed.

Time was running out, yet Dugu Bo was still desperately seeking survival.

"Enough. Haven't you noticed the state of your own body?" A cold voice sounded from behind him.

Dugu Bo froze.

Only then did he realize that the pain caused by the snake venom inside him had gradually faded.

Earlier, he had been picking herbs with such vigor that he had not noticed it at all.

Dugu Bo abruptly turned around and saw Huo Yuhao walking toward him.

"You—" Dugu Bo could not help taking half a step back, a hint of fear in his eyes.

"Do you want to completely resolve the snake venom within your body?" Huo Yuhao asked coldly, icy light glinting in his eyes.

"You have a way?" Dugu Bo stared warily at the youth before him, filled with apprehension.

"That depends on your choice," Huo Yuhao said evenly.

"What are your conditions?" Dugu Bo frowned slightly.

He had already figured it out.

This person had a mysterious identity and bizarre, unfathomable power that fluctuated between strength and weakness. There was likely a Deity backing him.

If the other party wanted to kill him, he would have died long ago.

Since he had spared his life and even helped alleviate his snake venom, he clearly wanted something else.

"Smart," Huo Yuhao said. "If you agree to my conditions, I will help you and your granddaughter eliminate the hidden danger of the snake venom."

"What are your conditions?" Dugu Bo's gaze was extremely guarded.

Did he want him to kill someone, or do something else?

"First, I want ownership of this medicinal garden," Huo Yuhao stated.

"If you can resolve the snake venom in my granddaughter and me, what does it matter if I give you this medicinal garden?" Dugu Bo agreed without hesitation.

"Second, protect my disciple for three years," Huo Yuhao said calmly.

"No!" Dugu Bo rejected it outright.

What a joke. As a Titled Douluo, how could he possibly serve as someone else's bodyguard?

Now he understood why the person before him seemed strong one moment and weak the next. The one controlling this body now was someone else—the Deity who had made him feel the terror of death.

His disciple was clearly this youth.

"Don't worry. You need not follow him closely every day. But when he encounters trouble and requires help, you must act," Huo Yuhao said calmly.

Upon hearing that, Dugu Bo immediately began weighing the matter in his heart.

Huo Yuhao turned and prepared to leave.

"Wait!"

Huo Yuhao glanced back over his shoulder.

"I agree, but only if you can resolve the snake venom in my granddaughter and me." Dugu Bo stared fixedly at Huo Yuhao.