Forget It, Forget It, You Can't Beat Him

"Xiao Xuan, why are you joining in the nonsense too?" Qin Ming immediately grew anxious.

If anything happened to this precious treasure in his care,

even dying ten thousand times would not absolve him of blame.

"Don't worry, Teacher Qin. I wouldn't do anything without confidence. It's just that I may have to leave the cleanup to you in the end." Tang Xuan turned back with a radiant smile.

Seeing how assured Tang Xuan looked,

Qin Ming found himself unable to make up his mind for a moment.

"Brother Xuan, do you need my support?" Ning Rongrong asked, her face full of concern.

Even she did not know that Tang Xuan had the ability to neutralize poison.

"No need. Just watch with peace of mind. This battle will only be easier than defeating Yu Tianheng." Tang Xuan smiled brightly.

Dugu Yan grew irritated the moment she saw that smile. "Hmph, I hope you can still be so relaxed under my poison."

With that said,

Dugu Yan activated her Super Transformation Form.

Her pupils became slitted like a snake's.

Her legs merged into a jade-green serpent tail.

From her slightly parted lips flickered a purplish-red forked tongue.

Anyone afraid of snakes would probably drop dead on the spot after one glance.

"Forget it, forget it, Yan Zi. You can't beat him. Can't you two just talk things out?" Yu Tianheng was numb with helplessness.

He knew full well that Dugu Yan had chosen to make things difficult for Tang Xuan because of him.

But in his view, Tang Xuan had not actually done anything wrong.

Caught in the middle, whether either side won or lost was not something he wanted to see.

"Tian Heng, don't worry. I won't let off a single person who hurts you." Dugu Yan's voice after Martial Soul Possession had become as cold and sinister as a venomous snake's.

Yet when she faced Yu Tianheng, it still carried a trace of warmth.

The moment Dugu Yan said that,

Yu Tianheng's expression softened.

He could no longer bring himself to persuade her otherwise.

"I'm just saying, can you two have some sense of boundaries? We're having a soul battle here! This isn't playing house." Tang Xuan was speechless.

Young men and women these days truly forgot the world around them whenever they flirted.

Dugu Yan's face reddened, and she said as though embarrassed into anger, "Hmph, then have a taste of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison."

With that said,

Dugu Yan let out waves of hissing from deep in her throat.

Pale green poisonous mist poured from her mouth.

It slowly spread through the classroom.

Seeing this,

Qin Ming swept out a hand.

He unleashed raging flames, isolating the poisonous mist while encircling and protecting the terrified students.

Beside Qin Ming,

Ning Rongrong bit her lip hard with her pearly teeth.

In her sweat-covered palm, she tightly gripped something that looked like a firecracker.

This was the Communication Device unique to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

As long as she fired the signal into the sky, Sword Douluo would arrive in moments.

If anything happened to Tang Xuan,

she would make the entire Heaven Dou Royal Academy accompany her Brother Xuan in death!

While the poisonous mist continued to spread,

Dugu Yan spoke arrogantly, "This is my Life-bound Serpent Poison. Other than my Grandpa, no one can cure it. It won't kill you, but making your left hand twitch and your right hand shake, making you drool while eating—that won't be a problem. If you beg for mercy now, I can still withdraw the poison mist in time. Otherwise... heh heh."

Tang Xuan acted as if he had not heard her. Instead, he teased, "They say the more beautiful a woman is, the more vicious her heart. The ancients truly did not deceive us."

"You..." Dugu Yan did not know whether to be angry or pleased. Tang Xuan had called her vicious, but what woman did not like being praised as beautiful? "Hmph, a sharp tongue won't neutralize poison."

"Then let me open your eyes." Tang Xuan looked utterly relaxed.

He casually stirred the Heavy Sword.

Centered on the Heavy Sword, a powerful suction force erupted.

As the Heavy Sword spun faster and faster,

the poisonous mist in the air swept up sparks of flame and coiled around the Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword like a giant python.

It could no longer spread even a fraction farther.

"How is that possible? What kind of Ghost move is that?" Dugu Yan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Poison could be neutralized like this?

Tang Xuan had not lied to her. He really had broadened her horizons.

"Whether it's possible or not, haven't you already seen it? Does this count as neutralizing your poison?" Tang Xuan asked playfully.

Yet the motion of stirring the sword in his hand did not stop in the slightest.

The Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword did possess Black Hole Attraction.

But it could only alter the flight paths of things like Hidden Weapons to a small extent.

It was not nearly as exaggerated as imagined.

Though substances like air and mist were light enough,

they covered far too great an area.

The slightest carelessness could allow some of it to escape.

Tang Xuan had no desire to drool every time he ate in the future.

"Of course it doesn't count. It only counts as neutralizing it if you inhale the poisonous mist and remain unaffected." After hesitating for a moment, Dugu Yan refused.

"You only said to neutralize the poison. You never said what method had to be used. Now that your Life-bound Serpent Poison can't even enter my body, how does that not count as neutralizing it?" Tang Xuan asked innocently.

Dugu Yan opened and closed her mouth, wanting to refute him but unable to find the words.

His reasoning was indeed sound, yet she still felt inexplicably stifled.

It was like throwing a fierce punch into cotton.

Tang Xuan ignored her and said to Qin Ming instead, "Teacher Qin, please burn this poisonous mist away. Otherwise, it may harm innocent people."

Qin Ming naturally had no objection. Smiling cheerfully, he unleashed two Soul Skills.

Amid wave after wave of hissing,

the fearsome Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison was neutralized in such a dramatic fashion.

Yet upon seeing this,

Tang Xuan could not help feeling puzzled.

Judging from Dugu Yan's reaction, she did not seem particularly surprised that Qin Ming used flames to disperse the serpent poison.

Presumably, she understood that high temperatures countered poison.

It was not just Dugu Yan.

Qin Ming also understood this principle clearly.

But why, in the Original Work, had Tang San and Ma Hongjun only needed to add some Realgar Wine to the Phoenix Flame to make Dugu Yan break down?

Aside from the alcohol in the Realgar Wine helping fuel the flames,

the realgar itself had no effect whatsoever in countering serpent poison.

Unable to figure it out no matter how much he thought, Tang Xuan simply stopped thinking about it.

The schemes written by that great author were more absurd than the last.

Whatever he said went, then.

It was still better than being killed off by the plot's built-in setting.

When the poisonous mist had burned away completely,

Ning Rongrong darted in front of Tang Xuan with a whoosh and held up two delicate fingers before his eyes. "Brother Xuan, how many is this?"

Tang Xuan: ...

Those who knew would think Ning Rongrong was worried about him.

Those who did not might think he had just recovered from a stroke...

"Don't worry, Rong Rong. I'm fine. Mere poisonous mist can't do anything to me." Tang Xuan reassured her.

Ning Rongrong was still unconvinced. She began feeling Tang Xuan all over, searching him thoroughly.

Only after confirming that Tang Xuan was still as fit and strong as ever, and truly did not look poisoned, did she finally stop.

But in a corner where no one noticed,

Ning Rongrong's face had long since turned bright red...

"Yan Zi, I told you that you couldn't beat him." Yu Tianheng said with absolutely no tact.

At his words, an inexplicable fury rose in Dugu Yan's heart. "You heartless bastard, who do you think I did this for? Besides, I haven't even used my Soul Skills. What makes you think I've lost?"

Yu Tianheng was immediately speechless.

Since they knew each other inside and out, there was no need to bluff.

Her only two Soul Skills were both support-type poisons.

Not only were they nonlethal, they would even grant Tang Xuan additional effects.

Then Tang Xuan would just use the same method to "neutralize" her poison.

With Tang Xuan's monstrous close-combat ability, beating her would be like crushing an ant.

Dugu Yan realized this as well and silently shrank behind Yu Tianheng, saying nothing more.

Qin Ming watched the scene with a cheerful smile. "At this point, does anyone still object to Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong joining Heavenly Class One?"

The students looked at one another, then rolled their eyes together.

They silently returned to their seats.

The two strongest people in the class had been defeated by Tang Xuan one after another.

Even if they wanted to object, they needed the strength to do so.

"In that case, Xiao Xuan, Rong Rong, take your seats." Qin Ming smiled in satisfaction.

After watching such a long show, they could finally begin class.