Fear washed over Tang San's limbs and bones like an icy tide.
Cold sweat trickled down from his temples, soaking his robes. His eyes were wide as he stared fixedly at the dark green miasma surrounding him and the bizarre poisonous creatures flickering in and out of view within it—he had never even seen such things before!
He had always considered himself one of the Tang Sect's foremost poison masters, yet before Dugu Luo's poison arts, he was like an ignorant illiterate, not even qualified to distinguish them.
Seeing the terror-twisted expression on Tang San's face, Dugu Luo slowly curled her lips into a faint smile.
Yet in Tang San's eyes, that smile was more terrifying than the savage grin of a demon from hell.
"Are you wondering why every one of these poisons is something you've never seen before?"
Her voice was light and airy, yet like poisoned needles, it pierced Tang San's heart again and again.
"Don't be surprised." Dugu Luo toyed with the poison vial in her hand, faint purple mist curling around her fingertips. Her tone carried a lazy sort of cruelty. "I painstakingly cultivated these poisons with my own body—specifically for you, Tang San."
"Just take a deep breath and endure the pain for a moment." She stepped forward, and the dark green miasma surged with her stride. "I won't poison you to death, anyway."
"At most... I'll torture you first."
The instant her words fell, the surrounding poison liquid suddenly churned. Countless streams of dark green fluid condensed into the forms of enormous pythons, their scales distinct and fangs menacing, each radiating a suffocating poisonous aura.
Tang San's expression changed drastically. He did not dare hesitate in the slightest. With a flicker of his body, he used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, darting through the