Lin Yuan stood not far behind Bibi Dong, his eyes fixed on the direction where Dugu Bo was hiding.
As soon as he said this,
Dugu Bo's departing footsteps abruptly froze in place.
He whipped around and stared hard at the six-year-old child.
An unprecedented gleam burst from his green eyes.
Serpent poison!
It was the vicious nightmare that had plagued the Dugu Family for generations!
Whenever it rained, he had to endure the agony of ten thousand snakes gnawing at his heart, wishing he were dead.
His granddaughter, Dugu Yan, had already shown signs of poisoning at a young age. Her purple hair was the clearest proof.
This was the greatest burden on his heart, and his one and only weakness.
Dugu Bo took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent waves in his heart, and sent his voice across with Soul Power.
"Boy, you can eat whatever you like, but you can't just say whatever you please."
"You don't even know my background. What makes you think you can cure this poison she was born with?"
Lin Yuan stood tall amid the howling wind. His clothes were ragged, but his presence was astonishingly powerful.
Faced with the challenge of a Titled Douluo, he showed not the slightest hint of fear.
"The poison in your body has already penetrated to the marrow. Whenever it flares up, it feels like needles stabbing you beneath the ribs, and you even cough up blood."
"Dugu Yan's poison is still confined to her blood, but without intervention, she won't live past thirty."
"Are any of these symptoms even slightly wrong?"
Dugu Bo's pupils contracted sharply.
Every word was right!
Lin Yuan had even described the exact location and symptoms of his attacks without a single mistake!
Seeing Dugu Bo's shocked expression, Lin Yuan pressed his advantage.
"My Martial Soul can Devour all things, and it can refine every poison under heaven."
"Even the ten-thousand-year-old miasma of this Dark Swamp is nothing to me. What's your Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison compared to that?"
"Besides me, no one in the world can save you and your granddaughter."
Lin Yuan's gaze burned bright, his tone utterly certain.
He wasn't worried that Dugu Bo would refuse.
It was the deadliest kind of open trap.
Even if there were only one chance in ten thousand, Dugu Bo would never dare gamble with the life of his own granddaughter.
Sure enough,
the hesitation in Dugu Bo's eyes lasted less than two breaths.
He gritted his teeth, and a stream of ghastly green poisonous gas erupted from him, shooting straight into the sky.
"Boy, if you dare deceive me, I'll haunt you even after I'm dead!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Dugu Bo leaped straight down from the treetop.
Nine Soul Rings appeared around him: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and black.
The phantom of a colossal Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor coiled up behind him, flicking its scarlet tongue.
Dugu Bo held nothing back. He struck with all his strength from the start.
A vast expanse of ghastly green poisonous fog transformed into countless venomous snakes and surged toward Tang Hao like a landslide.
"Bibi Dong, I'm here to give you a hand!"
Dugu Bo shouted as he landed in the clearing, flanking Bibi Dong from the other side.
With Dugu Bo joining the fight, the pressure on Bibi Dong eased considerably.
She endured the pain in her palms and activated her Soul Power once more.
Her purplish-black poisonous web met the ghastly green mist of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent in midair.
The two potent toxins intertwined, sealing off the surrounding space completely.
Standing between two Titled Douluos, Tang Hao showed not the slightest fear.
He glanced coldly at Dugu Bo, his eyes full of disdain.
"You old poisoner, you actually dared to wade into this mess for a brat from Spirit Hall."
"Since you're asking to die, I'll grant your wish!"
Tang Hao gripped the long handle of the Clear Sky Hammer with both hands.
"The two of you can attack together. It won't make a difference!"
The aura around Tang Hao surged higher, and his black robe billowed out.
The light of that hundred-thousand-year-old red Soul Ring turned half the sky blood-red.
Clear Sky Nine Absolutes!
Tang Hao's figure instantly became a black whirlwind.
The Clear Sky Hammer traced one unfathomably intricate arc after another through the air.
He unleashed Void Art, Quake Art, and Shatter Art in quick succession.
One strike followed another, an unbroken barrage.
The force behind each blow compounded until it became more and more terrifying. The very air was smashed into shrill sonic booms.
Dugu Bo's poisonous mist had barely approached when the ferocious gale carried by the Clear Sky Hammer scattered it into nothing.
The domineering force even rebounded against Dugu Bo himself.
He was driven back again and again, blood surging in his chest.
Every time Bibi Dong's spider legs collided with the giant hammer, they let out a mournful creak, as if they were about to give way.
Even fighting together, they could barely raise their heads against Tang Hao's unreasonable, overwhelming strength.
Dugu Bo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and cursed furiously.
This madman's strength was too damn strange.
Each swing of his hammer was heavier than the last. There was no way to hold him off head-on.
Bibi Dong clenched her teeth, the carapace on her body already cracked in several places.
Still, she stood firm in front of Lin Yuan, refusing to give an inch.
Her beautiful eyes brimmed with a resolve to face death without flinching.
Lin Yuan watched the battle unfold before him, every detail clear.
He knew they couldn't keep dragging this out.
Dugu Bo's poison worked well against ordinary Soul Masters, but it could barely get close to Tang Hao through his violent aura.
Bibi Dong was powerful, blessed with the extraordinary talent of Twin Martial Souls, but she had yet to grow into her full strength.
Against Tang Hao, who was in a frenzy and bent on killing, she wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.
He had to break the deadlock.
A ruthless glint flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.
He raised his right hand to his mouth and bit hard into the tip of his index finger.
Bright red blood welled up at once.
But the blood that flowed from him gleamed with an intensely rich, dark luster.
It was pure blood essence of the Nine Nether Beast.
Lin Yuan swiftly activated the four-thousand-year Flood Dragon Soul Ring he had just absorbed.
His First Soul Ring blazed with purple light, its deep glow enveloping his entire body.
First Soul Skill, Ancient Dragon Soul—activate!
This skill was extraordinarily overbearing. It could not only strengthen him, but also imbue someone else with its power.
Lin Yuan didn't use the skill on himself.
His current level was too low. Even if he multiplied his strength several times over, he still couldn't join a life-or-death battle between Titled Douluos.
He locked his sights firmly on Bibi Dong ahead.
Lin Yuan took a step forward and rapidly traced a complex blood-red sigil in the air with his finger.
"Mother, catch!"
With Lin Yuan's loud shout,
the blood-red beam, infused with the blood essence of the Nine Nether Beast and the power of the Ancient Dragon Soul, shot toward Bibi Dong like an arrow loosed from a bow and plunged into her back.
The instant the beam entered her body,
Bibi Dong's entire body stiffened.
A power as violent and ancient as it could be, like molten lava, erupted inside her and ran wild.
Completely disregarding the boundaries of her Martial Soul, this power crudely transformed her body and Martial Soul from head to toe.
"Ah!!!"
Her scream was agonizing, yet brimming with boundless power.
At that moment, the Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul within her underwent a tremendous transformation.
Blood-red patterns began to emerge across her purplish-black spider legs, spreading at a visible pace.
Like living veins, the patterns pulsed across the carapace, radiating a heart-stopping red glow.
The eight spider eyes that had once been dim atop her head all turned a scarlet shade like blood moons.
A dark aura more than ten times as dense as before burst from her body.
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