Heart Fire Breaks the Evil Poison!

After Dugu Yan underwent Martial Soul Possession with her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, her legs became an emerald-green snake tail, making her look like a snake woman. Fortunately, she was wearing a skirt; otherwise, when she released her Martial Soul Possession, her lower body would probably be completely exposed.

"Whoosh!"

A pair of Phoenix Wings unfurled from Ji Bai's back, every feather covered in a faint golden sheen.

The purplish-red flames of the past were gone. Ever since he had absorbed the heart of the Fire Phoenix, those purplish-red flames had evolved into even more powerful golden-red flames.

"Buzz—"

Ji Bai slowly rose into the air. Three Soul Rings—yellow, purple, purple—appeared in succession, and the temperature around them abruptly soared.

"Yellow, purple, purple... This!"

Dugu Yan stared at Ji Bai, shrouded in golden-red flames, at the Fire Phoenix rising behind him, and at those three Soul Rings. Her pupils suddenly contracted.

The pressure on her instantly doubled. It was not only because of Ji Bai's yellow-purple-purple Soul Ring configuration; the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul also seemed to restrain her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.

"Jade Phosphorous Serpent, huh."

"The one backing you is that Title Douluo whose title is Jade Phosphorus, also known as the Poison Douluo, isn't it?"

"With such a powerful background, I really can't hit you too hard."

Ji Bai looked down at Dugu Yan from above. He slightly raised his right hand, and a small fire tornado silently gathered there.

"Hmph!"

"Your Soul Ring configuration is indeed astonishing, but that alone doesn't mean you can definitely beat me!"

As soon as Dugu Yan finished speaking, she used her first and second soul skills in succession. Her purple hair quietly took on a layer of red, while a blue glow appeared over her body.

"Your flames are nothing before me."

"Go!"

With a sharp shout, Ji Bai immediately hurled the fire tornado in his hand. It rapidly expanded in midair, becoming large enough to nearly destroy the entire Soul Fighting Platform in the blink of an eye.

"First Soul Skill, Flame Spin Burst!"

After charging for so long, the compressed first soul skill was powerful enough to destroy a purely defensive Soul Ancestor.

For a control-type Soul Master at Dugu Yan's Soul Elder level, even if she possessed a beast Martial Soul, trying to block this move head-on was nothing but wishful thinking.

"Despicable!"

Dugu Yan had realized by now that Ji Bai had kept talking to her solely to stall for time and create an opportunity to unleash this soul skill.

"You noticed too late!"

Ji Bai stood with his hands behind his back, his expression cold as he watched Dugu Yan about to be swallowed by the fire tornado.

"Third Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison!"

A layer of purple silently covered Dugu Yan's green eyes. Then she opened her mouth and expelled a dense cloud of purple poison mist, which instantly spread through the air.

However, the moment the poison mist touched the fire tornado, it was incinerated completely, vanishing without a trace as if it had never existed.

"This...!"

Dugu Yan could no longer put the shock in her heart into words. The flames Ji Bai had unleashed were far stronger than she had imagined.

With the fire tornado about to swallow her and nowhere around her to evade, panic seized her. The thought of jumping off the Soul Fighting Platform and admitting defeat surfaced in her mind.

"Whoosh!"

Ji Bai reached out and grabbed. The fire tornado immediately responded to his control, shattering in an instant into streams of fire that returned to his palm.

Yet the air remained thick with fire elements, and the Soul Fighting Arena was still filled with scorching heat.

"Boom—"

Ji Bai's Phoenix Wings suddenly beat behind him. Wrapped in golden-red flames, he shot toward Dugu Yan.

"Not good!"

Dugu Yan's expression changed drastically, and she once again spat out a thick cloud of purple poison mist.

"Overestimating yourself!"

Ji Bai charged directly into the poison mist. The golden-red flames around his body burned away every trace of Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison they touched, leaving nothing behind.

After breaking Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison, he had gained a rough understanding of the intensity of his flames. He was also far more confident about entering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well later.

"I spared you once just now, yet you still dared to resist!"

Ji Bai reached out to grab her.

Before Dugu Yan could react, he had already seized her by the throat and lifted her up.

Her face rapidly turned red from lack of oxygen.

Ji Bai loosened his grip slightly.

He was genuinely worried that he might strangle Dugu Yan to death.

That would be troublesome. Offending a lone Title Douluo for no reason would get him hunted to the ends of the earth.

But...

He could not simply let Dugu Yan off like this.

"Heart Fire, Tendon and Bone Tempering!"

Ji Bai raised his right hand, and an invisible, colorless flame quietly appeared in his palm.

He pressed his palm against Dugu Yan's heart.

That invisible, colorless Heart Fire swiftly flowed through Dugu Yan's limbs and bones along her heart meridians.

Through this method, Ji Bai also discovered the toxins hidden within Dugu Yan's meridians, blood, and bones.

Those toxins clung tightly inside Dugu Yan like maggots attached to bone. Even when burned by the Heart Fire, they were not destroyed very quickly.

"Mm... ah..."

Dugu Yan's face quickly turned pale and bloodless, yet the overwhelming comfort spreading through her body made her unable to stop letting out soft moans.

"You really are a poison woman."

"The toxins in your body are so stubborn that removing even a trace takes quite a bit of my Soul Power."

After confirming that his Heart Fire could truly burn away the toxins within the meridians, Ji Bai was delighted. He slowly descended from the air with Dugu Yan.

"Referee!"

Upon hearing him, the referee immediately announced the result of the match.

The Gambling Fight was over.

Ji Bai stared at Dugu Yan. Her snake tail had disappeared by now, and her legs had returned.

What made him curious was whether Dugu Yan was wearing anything.

"Too confident."

"So confident that no one even came to watch."

Ji Bai carried Dugu Yan in his arms through the contestants' passage and arrived beside his own VIP room. Earlier, he had personally seen Dugu Yan and the others emerge from this VIP room.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Still carrying Dugu Yan in his arms, he used Dugu Yan's head to knock on the door. The sound was crisp. A good head.

Hearing the knocking, Ye Lingling, the only one left in the VIP room, stirred. A trace of life appeared in her vacant, dark-purple eyes.

Click!

The moment she opened the door and saw that it was not her companion but a stranger, Ye Lingling's delicate brows slightly furrowed. But when she saw Dugu Yan cradled in Ji Bai's arms, her calm expression abruptly changed.

"Yanzi!"

Ji Bai said softly, "She just had a Soul Fight with me and lost. But don't worry, she isn't seriously hurt."

Hearing that, Ye Lingling stared at Ji Bai in shock. Dugu Yan had lost? To the man before her!

"Can you let me go in first?"

"This woman is pretty heavy!"

Ji Bai bounced Dugu Yan lightly in his arms.

"Okay... come in..."

Ye Lingling stepped aside. Ji Bai carried Dugu Yan straight into the room and casually placed her on a sofa.

Ye Lingling followed closely behind. Once Dugu Yan had been set down, she immediately released her Martial Soul and three Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple.

A pinkish-white radiance spread over her body, and a beautiful pinkish-white flower appeared in her hands.

This was her Martial Soul, the Nine Heart Begonia.

No matter what kind of Soul Rings the Nine Heart Begonia absorbed, it ultimately possessed only one soul skill: healing.