Sunset Forest, Dugu Yan Blocks the Way! Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison Burned Through by Great Sun Golden Flame!

Outside Sunset Forest.

Di Yao had not brought a large force.

There was only Hu Liena, two Soul Ancestor enforcers, and Chrysanthemum Douluo following in secret.

The more people there were, the greater the commotion.

And the greater the commotion, the more likely Dugu Bo would relocate the Herb Garden in advance.

Di Yao had not come to put on a show.

He had come to race against time.

Hu Liena looked at the dense forest ahead, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Are you sure you're only bringing this many people?"

Di Yao flipped through the scroll Xue Qinghe had given him.

"More people are useless."

"If Dugu Bo truly wants to kill someone, even a hundred Soul Ancestors would just be corpses."

Hu Liena choked on her words.

It was unpleasant to hear.

But it was true.

She lowered her voice. "Then you still dared to come?"

Di Yao closed the scroll.

"Because the Herb Garden is valuable."

Hu Liena's lips twitched.

"One day, those four words will get you killed."

Di Yao said, "If I get the resources before I die, it won't be a loss."

"Just shut up."

Hu Liena truly did not want to speak to him anymore.

After the two entered Sunset Forest, the air quickly changed.

It was damp and cold.

Gloomy.

A faint green glow clung to the leaves.

The deeper they went, the thicker the Poison Mist became.

At first, it was only pale green.

But deeper inside, it had already formed a wall of fog blocking the way ahead.

One of the Soul Ancestor enforcers had barely taken a breath when his expression changed.

"Poison!"

He hurriedly circulated his Soul Power to force out the poison, but he was still half a beat too slow.

His fingers went numb, and even the flow of his Soul Power became sluggish.

Hu Liena immediately summoned her Demon Fox Spirit, spreading out her spiritual power.

"This isn't ordinary Poison Mist."

"It feels like a poison formation deliberately laid by someone."

Di Yao looked ahead, a dark golden gleam flickering in his eyes.

"Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison."

Hu Liena froze.

"How did you know?"

Di Yao raised his hand.

His First Soul Ring lit up.

"Great Sun Golden Flame."

Dark golden flames rose from his palm, transforming into thin strands that pierced the Poison Mist.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!"

The dense green Poison Mist seemed to have encountered its nemesis, as the golden flames burned a path through it.

The poisonous gas did not spread.

Instead, it was burned completely clean by the flames.

Hu Liena's eyes lit up.

"Your Great Sun Golden Flame suppresses poison this strongly?"

Di Yao said, "Not every kind of poison."

"It is especially effective against cold, corrosive poisons and toxins mixed with beast blood."

As soon as he finished speaking.

A young girl's cold snort came from deep within the Poison Mist.

"You talk big."

"You dared to trespass into my Grandfather's poison formation, and you still dare to critique Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison?"

The green mist parted.

A young girl emerged from the forest.

She was not very old, but she was tall and slender. Her purple hair draped over her shoulders, and her gaze was cold and proud.

Green Soul Power flowed behind her as an illusory Jade Phosphorous Serpent coiled into existence.

Dugu Yan.

She stared at Di Yao, her eyes filled with vigilance.

"Are you people from Spirit Hall?"

Hu Liena stepped forward half a pace.

"We mean no harm."

Dugu Yan sneered.

"No harm?"

"You brought Spirit Hall enforcers into my Grandfather's poison formation, and you say you mean no harm?"

"Do you take me for an idiot?"

Di Yao glanced at her.

"You're not an idiot."

"But you're too impatient."

Dugu Yan raised a brow.

"What did you say?"

Di Yao did not explain.

His gaze fell upon the phantom Jade Phosphorous Serpent behind Dugu Yan.

Its poison was powerful.

Its bloodline was not bad either.

But the flow of its Soul Power was unstable.

Especially during Martial Soul Possession, the poison was not entirely released outward. Instead, it seeped back into her body.

There were black-green poison marks deep within her bone marrow.

This was not cultivation.

It was a countdown to death.

Dugu Yan felt deeply uncomfortable beneath his stare.

"What are you looking at?"

Di Yao said, "I'm looking at how long you have left to live."

Dugu Yan's expression instantly turned cold.

"You're courting death!"

Her Soul Ring lit up beneath her feet.

Green Poison Mist suddenly exploded outward, surging toward Di Yao like a tidal wave.

Hu Liena immediately wanted to make a move.

But Di Yao raised a hand and stopped her.

"No need."

Great Sun Golden Flame ignited once more.

This time, the flames did not merely burn open a path.

Instead, they transformed into several golden lines of fire and shot directly into the wave of poisonous mist.

"Boom!"

The Poison Mist was forcibly burned through.

The dark golden flames surged forward, like a sun falling into a poison pool.

Green mist billowed.

The poison power collapsed and scattered.

Dugu Yan's expression changed drastically.

"Impossible!"

Since childhood, almost no one among her peers had dared to face her Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison head-on.

Even people with greater Soul Power than her would be forced back in disarray by the poisonous mist.

But Di Yao did not retreat.

He did not even frown.

His flames seemed to have been born specifically to burn poison.

Dugu Yan gritted her teeth as her Second Soul Ring lit up.

"Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison!"

The color of the poisonous mist abruptly deepened.

It became more sinister, more vicious.

With the ability to paralyze Soul Power, it swept toward Di Yao and the others.

Hu Liena's expression darkened.

"She's serious now."

Di Yao's Second Soul Ring lit up beneath his feet.

"Ten Thousand Demon Edict."

A Dark Gold Emperor Edict descended.

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul behind Dugu Yan suddenly stiffened.

Its snake pupils contracted.

Even the advancing Poison Mist faltered for half a beat.

Dugu Yan's body trembled.

For the first time, she felt her own Martial Soul afraid.

It was not she who was afraid.

It was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent.

It feared the faintly visible Demon Emperor Manifestation behind Di Yao.

In that instant.

Great Sun Golden Flame had already reached within three inches of her face.

The flames stopped.

They did not burn her.

But the scorching heat had already made the hair on her forehead curl slightly.

Dugu Yan's face turned pale, yet she stubbornly refused to retreat.

"Just what Martial Soul do you have?"

Di Yao withdrew the golden flames.

"Demon Emperor Di Jun."

Dugu Yan stared at him intently.

"The Spirit Hall monster with Innate Level Twenty Soul Power?"

Hu Liena gave a soft snort beside him.

"Your information travels quite fast."

Dugu Yan's expression was ugly.

"So you really came for the Herb Garden?"

Di Yao said, "Yes."

Hu Liena froze.

Was he really being that direct?

Dugu Yan laughed furiously.

"You still dare admit it?"

Di Yao said, "I came for resources."

"I also came to discuss a deal."

Dugu Yan said coldly, "My Grandfather will not negotiate with you."

Di Yao looked at her.

"Yes."

"Because you will die."

Dugu Yan's expression changed drastically.

"Shut up!"

Di Yao did not stop.

"Bone pain at night."

"Your poison backfires when your emotions are stirred."

"The backlash worsens after breakthroughs in Soul Power."

"The more fiercely you use poison, the colder your body becomes."

Dugu Yan's face slowly turned pale.

Hu Liena also looked at Di Yao.

She had not expected Di Yao to describe the symptoms so precisely.

Dugu Yan gritted her teeth. "Did you investigate me?"

Di Yao shook his head.

"You're not worth investigating in advance."

Those words were even more insulting than a curse.

Dugu Yan was so furious that her eyes reddened.

But she could not refute him.

Because everything Di Yao said was correct.

Di Yao looked at her, his tone calm.

"Your poison is not a weapon."

"It is a countdown."

"If you keep training like this, you'll poison yourself to death first."

Dugu Yan's body trembled.

Just then.

Deep within the forest, the poison mist suddenly churned.

An eerie, terrifying presence pressed over them like a wave of emerald green.

Hu Liena's face instantly went pale.

The two Soul Ancestor enforcers retreated several steps.

A hoarse, sinister voice sounded from deep within the poison mist.

"Brat."

"You know too much."

Di Yao raised his head.

Dark gold firelight slowly ignited in his eyes.

Poison Douluo.

Dugu Bo.

He had finally arrived.

Dugu Bo had yet to show himself.

But the poison mist had arrived first.

A wave of emerald-green fog rolled through the forest, and the grass and leaves instantly withered black.

Several low-level soul beasts hiding in tree hollows did not even have time to cry out before the poison forced them to collapse limply to the ground.

Hu Liena's expression was grim.

"This poison is far stronger than before."

Di Yao said, "Of course."

"Before, it was the granddaughter."

"Now, it's the grandfather."