Installing Swagger, You Have to See It Through on Your Knees!

"Senior, I think..."

"I don't care what you think. I only care what I think!"

Dugu Bo pressed forward step by step, Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison already gathering in his palm.

"Since you claim to have Hundred Poisons Immunity, I'll test you with poison. Consider it helping you verify it."

Ye Qing: "..."

He suddenly felt that his mouth had been far too reckless.

Why did he have to say he had Hundred Poisons Immunity? Couldn't he have phrased it more modestly?

Well, now he had handed the old man a knife.

"Grandpa!"

Dugu Yan rushed over and once again stood in front of Ye Qing, spreading her arms. "You said you wouldn't hurt him!"

"Yanyan, how is this hurting him?"

Dugu Bo wore an innocent expression. "He said himself that he has Hundred Poisons Immunity. Grandpa is just helping him verify it."

"If he truly has Hundred Poisons Immunity, then naturally, nothing will happen to him."

"If he's just bragging, suffering a little is good for him too. It'll keep him from getting ambushed by poison-using enemies in the future."

Dugu Yan: "..."

She realized that she was actually unable to refute him.

More importantly, seeing the "I finally got you" look on her grandfather's face, she vaguely understood that there was no avoiding this trial.

Her grandfather had been bottling up too much resentment lately. He had to find an outlet eventually.

Dugu Bo stepped past Dugu Yan and stopped before Ye Qing.

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison in his palm had already condensed into a fist-sized mass of dark green liquid.

"Kid, are you ready?"

Ye Qing took a deep breath.

Fine.

Since he had put on this act himself, he had to see it through even on his knees.

"Please, go ahead, Senior."

He straightened his back, his face bearing the tragic resolve of a man heading to his doom.

"I keep my word. Hundred Poisons Immunity means Hundred Poisons Immunity."

Dugu Bo grinned.

Finally.

He finally had a legitimate reason to get back at this little bastard!

What Eighteen Styles of Handling the Old Man? Calling him old man? Stealing away his granddaughter?

Today, he would settle every last debt, principal and interest included!

The emerald poison turned into a streak of light in Dugu Bo's palm and shot straight toward Ye Qing's chest!

"!!!"

Dugu Yan covered her mouth, her emerald eyes filled with anxiety.

Then, she saw a scene that left both her and Dugu Bo dumbfounded.

The poison landed on Ye Qing, but before it could take effect, it was instantly devoured by a Cyan Flame.

The Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul appeared, and Chaos Green Flame automatically protected its master!

The serpent poison, enough to kill a Soul Emperor, did not even last a second before the Chaos Green Flame!

"Hm?"

Even Ye Qing was stunned.

Dugu Bo's poison had not even entered his body before Azure Flame burned it away.

What was going on?

However, when he saw Dugu Bo's hand frozen in midair, the corners of his mouth curled up. "Senior, this poison seems... a little weak."

"Hah?"

Dugu Bo's face changed from green to blue, then from blue to black.

Then he abruptly raised his hand and gathered poison once more.

"I refuse to believe this!"

The emerald poison churned in Dugu Bo's palm like a pot of boiling concentrated sulfuric acid.

Ye Qing stood opposite him with a calm, composed smile on his face, while his heart was frantically screaming, Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, this old man is for real!

"Kid, it's not too late to admit defeat."

"Cough, cough. Then I admit defeat?" Ye Qing shrank back slightly.

"Hehe, it's too late now!" Dugu Bo grinned, his smile so sinister it could make children stop crying.

"Take this!"

Dugu Bo stopped wasting words. With a sweep of his right hand, the emerald poison became a streak of light and once again shot straight toward Ye Qing's chest.

Then, a scene that left everyone dumbfounded happened again.

Before the poison could touch Ye Qing's body, Chaos Green Flame automatically emerged from his chest once more.

Dugu Bo's smile froze on his face.

"This..."

Before he could finish, he saw the Cyan Flame wrap around the vaporized poison and begin rotating in a strange manner.

The poison was broken down, reassembled, devoured, and finally vanished completely within the flames.

It had not been neutralized. It had been eaten!

Dugu Bo's cheek twitched.

He had seen Martial Souls that could detoxify poison, and he had seen soul skills that could counter poison.

But he had never seen flames produced by a Martial Soul treat his poison like a snack.

Ye Qing was stunned as well.

This Chaos Green Flame was a little too domineering.

Old Poison had clearly brought out some truly lethal poison, yet it could still be eaten!

"Senior?"

Ye Qing tilted his head, a harmless smile on his face.

"Did that just count as a warm-up?"

A vein throbbed on Dugu Bo's forehead.

Provocation!

Blatant provocation!

Old Poison took a deep breath, and emerald Soul Power gathered once more.

This time, he no longer held back. The poison in his palm changed from emerald green to dark green, then from dark green to nearly black.

Dugu Yan's expression changed drastically. "Grandpa! That's—"

"Don't worry, it won't kill him."

Dugu Bo snorted coldly. "Since this kid claims he has Hundred Poisons Immunity, then I'll test him properly."

Ye Qing remained where he was, a punchable smile still hanging on his face.

It was not that he did not want to dodge. He simply knew that Chaos Green Flame would automatically protect him.

That earlier probing attack had completely put his mind at ease.

As long as Old Poison did not use pure poison infused with the Soul Power of a Title Douluo, his poison was nothing before Chaos Green Flame!

"Hiss!!!"

The black poison transformed into a venomous serpent, baring its fangs as it bit toward Ye Qing's neck.

Boom!!!

Chaos Green Flame emerged once more.

This time, the flames were several times stronger than before, directly wrapping around the entire venomous serpent.

The serpent struggled wildly within the flames, but the more it struggled, the smaller it became. In the end, it was forcibly refined into a wisp of green smoke.

Dugu Bo: "..."

He changed to three other poisons.

The first was a corrosive poison capable of turning steel into molten iron in a single breath.

Chaos Green Flame burned it into air.

The second was a neurotoxin capable of instantly paralyzing any soul master below the Soul Sage rank.

Chaos Green Flame burned it into air.

The third was a mixed poison.

This was his personal secret formula, which had taken him ten years to prepare. There was no cure for it in the world.

Chaos Green Flame... still burned it into air.

Ye Qing stood in place from beginning to end, completely motionless.

The expression on his face changed from nervousness to composure, then from composure to boredom.

He even yawned.

"Ha~ Senior, why not try something else? Don't you have that Nine-Section Jade or whatever? Take it all out and let me have a look."

"You brat!"

Dugu Bo's beard was crooked with rage.

He was the great Poison Douluo, the ruthless man with the title "Poison," universally acknowledged as the number one poison expert on the continent.

Yet today, he had been utterly stumped by a kid who did not even have a Soul Ring.

If word got out, how was Poison Douluo supposed to keep showing his face among soul masters?

Dugu Bo gritted his teeth and used Martial Soul Possession.

"Grandpa, are you crazy?!"

The moment Dugu Yan saw Dugu Bo use Martial Soul Possession, she panicked.

"Grandpa, are you going to use the life-bound poison of your Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor?"

"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing."

Dugu Bo replied coldly.

His serpent eyes fixed on Ye Qing.

A suffocating poisonous aura instantly spread through the area.

The surrounding air gave off sizzling sounds as it was corroded, while the grass and trees on the ground withered and blackened at a visible rate.

Ye Qing's expression finally became more serious.

The life-bound poison of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor was already one of Dugu Bo's trump cards.

Could he withstand it?

He took a deep breath and activated the Soul Power within his body.

The Chaos Green Lotus appeared behind him. Its nine cyan petals slowly bloomed, and the Chaos Green Flame at its center abruptly expanded, transforming into a wall of fire that enveloped his entire body.

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes. "Hmph, looks like you want to test the limits of your own Martial Soul too. Then I'll grant your wish!"

Black poisonous gas surged toward the fiery barrier.

The two forces collided fiercely, producing sharp hissing sounds.

The poisonous gas tried to corrode the flames, while the flames frantically devoured the poisonous gas.

For a moment, neither side could gain the upper hand!

The stalemate lasted for roughly dozens of breaths.

The poisonous gas was finally completely refined by Chaos Green Flame.

The fiery barrier returned to its previous gauze-like form and drifted back into Ye Qing's body.

"..."

The sight plunged Dugu Bo into silence.

Then, he released Martial Soul Possession.

"Monster."

Old Poison squeezed out two words through clenched teeth.

The corner of Ye Qing's mouth twitched. "Senior, why does that sound like an insult coming from you?"

"It is an insult."

Dugu Bo glared at him irritably, then turned around and stood with his hands behind his back.

He needed to calm down.

This kid was only level ten!

At level ten, he could already ignore Dugu Bo's poison.

If he reached Soul Douluo or even Title Douluo one day, without the suppression of Soul Power Level, wouldn't he be able to treat Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor like an earthworm?