Tremors Among the Major Factions

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Dugu Bo caught it instinctively. It felt warm and smooth in his hand, and a vast surge of life force instantly flooded into his body, revitalizing his waning aura and greatly easing the faint stabbing pain caused by his poison injuries!

His heart was filled with mixed emotions: the delight of obtaining such a treasure, the humiliation of being casually bestowed one by another, but above all... an indescribable feeling.

He casually gave me such a miraculous Immortal Herb... Though its effects cannot compare to the core Immortal Herbs given to those three, its value still far exceeds anything I obtained in the past... Does he... truly not care about these things?

Having finished distributing them, Ling Han finally turned his gaze toward the core of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—the spring itself, where crimson and azure intertwined as halos of light flowed around it.

His eyes became deep and sharp, as though they had pierced through the scorching and freezing waters to see what lay deeper within.

The burial ground of the Ice Fire Dragon King... it really is here!

A remnant of the Dragon God War.

This spring was not merely a convergence point for the world's vital energy. It was also where the residual dragon souls and origin blood essence of the two Dragon Kings had gathered!

The value of this place went far beyond these Immortal Herbs!

If I can use their Dragon Soul Blood Essence to temper myself, my Ice Hell Dragon Emperor Spirit... will surely undergo a qualitative transformation!

With his mind made up, Ling Han no longer hesitated and walked straight toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Young Master!"

"Young Master, you mustn't!"

"Watch out!"

Three cries rang out almost at once!

Xue Qinglan, Long Chen, and Ying Yue instantly flashed in front of Ling Han to stop him. Even Dugu Bo, who had just received an Immortal Herb, instinctively stepped forward, his face full of horror.

"Young Master, the aura of that spring is terrifying!"

"The forces of ice and fire have reached the extreme. They repel yet merge with each other, forming an incredibly unstable domain!"

"The closer you get, the temperature difference between that extreme heat and extreme cold is enough to tear apart a Soul Sage in an instant!"

"Even a Titled Douluo would be in grave danger approaching it!"

Long Chen spoke urgently. He could clearly sense the destructive energy emanating from the center of the spring, energy that made even his Extreme Fire tremble.

Ying Yue's voice carried unprecedented gravity:

"There is an extremely ancient and powerful will lingering deep within the spring. It is filled with violence and destruction. It is dangerous!"

Her keen senses had caught the terrifying draconic pressure hidden beneath the origins of ice and fire.

Xue Qinglan directly grabbed Ling Han's arm, her ice-blue eyes filled with concern. "Young Master, it's too dangerous!"

"The temperature there... even I feel suppressed and burned by it!"

Dugu Bo hurriedly added, "Young Master, please reconsider!"

"This old man has been here for many years and knows full well how terrifying it is!"

"I have never dared to truly approach the core of the spring!"

"That power... cannot be resisted by human strength!"

Ling Han looked at the four people blocking his path. The anxiety and concern on their faces were plain to see.

Warmth stirred in his heart, but his resolve only grew firmer.

He gently patted the hand Xue Qinglan had wrapped around his arm, his calm gaze sweeping over them all.

"Don't worry."

"I know what I'm doing."

"This spring... cannot trap me."

His tone carried an unquestionable confidence, as if he were merely stating an established fact.

Before his words had even faded, a deep ice-blue glow abruptly lit up around his body. A faint dragon-shaped phantom coiled about him as the extreme cold and majesty of the Ice Hell Dragon Emperor erupted, forcibly driving back the approaching scorching aura!

The next instant, before the four could react from their utter horror, Ling Han's figure flashed. Without the slightest hesitation, he leaped into the heart of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where red and blue intertwined in a bizarre display that radiated both destruction and vitality!

Splash!

Water sprayed into the air, only to be instantly evaporated or frozen by the extreme forces of ice and fire!

Ling Han vanished into the churning spring, which seemed capable of melting and freezing everything!

"Young Master!!!"

Long Chen roared and instinctively tried to jump in after him, but Xue Qinglan and Ying Yue grabbed him tightly at the same time.

"Don't be reckless!"

Xue Qinglan's voice trembled slightly, but her eyes forced themselves to remain calm. "We have to trust the Young Master!"

"If he says he knows what he's doing, then he does!"

Ying Yue said nothing. She only stared fixedly at the churning spring, every bit of her Soul Power taut to the limit like a sharp blade ready to leave its sheath. At the slightest disturbance within the water, she would rush in without regard for anything else.

Dugu Bo stood dumbstruck, his mind completely blank.

He... he jumped in?!

Has he... gone mad?!

That is a death trap capable of instantly annihilating even a Titled Douluo!

For a time, beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, only the strange sounds of the churning spring remained, along with the heavy, tense breathing of the four Titled Douluo, including Dugu Bo.

Like four stone statues, they guarded the edge of the spring, waiting for an unknown outcome.

Just as Ling Han leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Xue Qinglan, Long Chen, Ying Yue, and Dugu Bo waited anxiously at its edge—

The brief yet earth-shaking battle between Titled Douluo deep within Sunset Forest had unleashed terrifying energy fluctuations like a boulder cast into a still lake. Its ripples had already spread outward, alarming the continent's sensitive top factions.

Though the distance was great and the battle had ended swiftly, with no clear soul rings appearing, that pure Soul Power pressure capable of making souls tremble was enough to put the strongest experts on alert.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, council hall.

Ning Fengzhi sat in the seat of honor, a trace of solemnity on his gentle, jade-like face.

An intelligence elder at the Soul Douluo level knelt on one knee, giving a detailed report on the shocking news from the direction of Sunset Forest.

"...Sect Master, it is absolutely true!"

"Just one hour ago, an incredibly terrifying collision of Soul Power erupted in the core region of Sunset Forest!"

"Its intensity... far exceeded that of an ordinary clash between Titled Douluo!"

"According to the energy readings desperately sent back by our hidden sentries stationed at the forest's outskirts, at least four Titled Douluo-level auras appeared simultaneously!"

"Three of those auras... possessed such pure Soul Power and such vast pressure that the sentries, dozens of li away, instantly had their Soul Power stagnate and nearly suffocated!"

"It was as though they were being crushed beneath invisible mountains!"

"The other aura was somewhat weaker and carried an intense poisonous attribute."

"The battle ended very quickly, as if one side had been instantly suppressed or some kind of agreement had been reached. Afterward, every aura withdrew completely, as though they had never appeared."

"Four Titled Douluo... and three of them possessed such terrifying pressure?"

A sharp glint flashed through Ning Fengzhi's gentle eyes. "From your description, that poisonous aura... was it Dugu Bo?"

The intelligence elder hurriedly nodded. "In reply to Sect Master, I have never experienced Poison Douluo's full pressure at close range, but that poisonous aura's sinister, tyrannical, all-corroding nature was extremely consistent with the rumored Jade Phosphor Snake Empress Poison!"

Ning Fengzhi took a deep breath and looked toward both sides of the hall, his voice more serious than ever. "Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, what do you think? Dugu Bo's aura was mixed in with them. Was he a participant, or... was he the one being targeted?" (A 91st-level Titled Douluo fighting a 96th-level Super Douluo—I am Dugu Bo, remember that.)