Dugu Yan's Twisted Pain!

The more he ate, the more he wanted to eat. It wasn't until his tongue went slightly numb that Chu Men finally stopped, quietly casting a potent Inversion on himself.

Then, he went right back to eating!

He didn't look like a gourmet savoring a delicacy, but rather a fearless warrior charging into battle!

Conquering the pufferfish!

Xiao Wu couldn't handle the numbness after only two bites; she stuck out her little tongue and was forced to retreat from the fray.

Ye Lingling also merely tasted it; there was no need to actually use her martial soul just for a bite of food.

Dugu Yan, that girl, had transferred her competitive spirit toward Xiao Wu onto Chu Men.

Seeing Chu Men eating with such gusto, Dugu Yan didn't stop either!

She picked up her pace and, in one go, polished off the entire plate of pufferfish!

Just as she set down her knife and fork, preparing to lift her proud little chin, her face suddenly turned pale.

At first, it was just a mild, twisting pain in her lower abdomen. She assumed it was from overeating and didn't pay it much mind.

But immediately after, a heart-wrenching pain surged from her belly, as if countless tiny snakes were gnawing at her internal organs, rapidly spreading through her blood vessels to her entire body!

Her lips visibly lost their color, turning a ghastly greenish-blue. Her forehead was instantly covered in cold sweat, and her vision began to blur.

Her body swayed, and unable to support herself any longer, she collapsed limply against Chu Men.

"Dugu Yan!"

Chu Men was quick-witted and caught her falling body; she felt ice-cold to the touch.

Dugu Yan leaned against Chu Men's chest, her muscles twitching uncontrollably and her teeth chattering. She managed to squeeze a sentence out of her throat:

"I... my stomach hurts..."

Even at this point, she refused to admit she had been poisoned—there was no other reason, it was just too embarrassing!

[Pufferfish is poisonous! I told you not to eat random things!]

[The Jade Phosphor Snake can still get poisoned? Who would believe that!]

[Chasing girls costs money, chasing boys costs your life. I'd only heard it before, but now I've seen it for real.]

"Isn't this just suffering for the sake of face? You're just a little Grand Spirit Master, not your grandfather; you really think you're fearless, don't you!"

Chu Men complained inwardly, but his hands moved quickly.

He fed her the Antidote Tea the restaurant had prepared in advance, but it only made things worse.

Seeing the greenish-blue hue on Dugu Yan's face deepening, Ye Lingling immediately activated her martial soul. The healing light enveloped Dugu Yan, but this time, it had little effect.

"It's not working!"

Ye Lingling's eyes turned red with anxiety.

"It's not the pufferfish toxin, it's the Jade Phosphor Snake venom! Her own poison has gone berserk! This isn't ordinary poisoning, I... my spirit power isn't enough. I can only delay it, I can't neutralize it!"

[Holy crap, this pufferfish definitely has something going on!]

[The Dugu family's hereditary poison, was it triggered early? Even Poison Douluo couldn't handle this!]

[Quick, go get Ancestor Tang San!]

Chu Men thought for a moment and summoned the Inversion Pen once more.

"Hope this works!"

As he injected his spirit power, a faint purple glow shimmered across the pen.

Chu Men gently tapped the tip of the Inversion Pen against Dugu Yan's abdomen.

"Status Inversion!"

As a strange, bewitching purple hue bloomed over Dugu Yan's body, she began to tremble violently.

Soon, the heart-wrenching pain receded like a receding tide.

In its place, an indescribable, bone-deep, tingling pleasure erupted from her abdomen, sweeping through every cell in her body like an electric current.

A intoxicating flush immediately rose to her cheeks, spreading all the way to her fair neck and delicate collarbones.

Her unfocused eyes turned misty and liquid, and her long eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings.

Her lips parted slightly, letting out an irrepressible, bone-melting moan.

She leaned softly against Chu Men, her muscles contracting unnaturally, her fingers gripping his lapels so tightly her knuckles turned white.

Her body continued to spasm slightly, as if she were immersed in some ultimate pleasure, unable to pull herself away!

The air froze instantly!

Xiao Wu's eyes widened, her mouth forming an 'O' shape, and the shaved ice in her hand nearly dropped to the floor.

Ye Lingling was also stunned; she didn't even notice that the light of her Nine-Heart Begonia had faded. She stared at this bizarre scene in a daze.

[Holy crap, what kind of wild plot is this!!]

[Inversion Pen, turning pain into pleasure! Holy moly! Streamer, you really know how to play!]

[Everyone look, Dugu Yan's eyes are looking all wrong. The conquest progress bar just surged forward. It's over, she's about to fall for him!]

[Dugu Yan: I think I've just opened the door to a new world...]

[Streamer: I just wanted to save someone, I don't know anything about this!]

[I give this move a perfect score. Screenshot for proof, this is a legendary moment! I suggest everyone watch this on repeat; I could watch this part at least a hundred times!]

[Not to lie to you all, I have a bold idea...]

The erosion of the toxin riot on Dugu Yan's body turned into nourishment, and her body's resistance to the poison rose rapidly.

Soon, the rampaging toxins gradually calmed down. As her poison resistance surpassed the toxicity, Dugu Yan's body settled into a state of peace.

Only her lower abdomen twitched slightly from time to time.

Furthermore, as a blessing in disguise, she successfully leveled up, her soul power reaching level twenty-seven!

The exhilarating sensation of breaking through a level brought Dugu Yan back to her senses with a jolt.

She realized how she had looked just a moment ago, and her small face turned beet red once again.

She hurriedly broke free from Great Emperor Chu Men's embrace, lowering her head and not daring to meet anyone's eyes. Steam was practically rising from the top of her head.

She had never experienced that kind of feeling in her entire life!

And it had happened in Great Emperor Chu Men's arms, while he used that magical martial soul on her...

Dugu Yan snuck a glance at Great Emperor Chu Men, her heart racing.

Teacher Chu was only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old youth, gifted with extraordinary talent and so interesting. He had just saved her, and it felt so comf...

Dugu Yan's mind wandered further and further, her face growing redder by the second.

A thousand thoughts flowed like a clear spring, continuously nourishing the seeds of affection that had already taken root and sprouted in her heart.

"Th... thank you, Chu... Chu..."

Her voice grew smaller and smaller, as faint as a mosquito's hum.

Ye Lingling finally snapped out of it as well. Looking at the sweat-drenched Great Emperor Chu Men, she said with some embarrassment:

"Teacher Chu, I didn't help much just now. Let me heal you as well to replenish your soul power!"

"Nine-Heart Begonia can replenish soul power too?"

Great Emperor Chu Men was puzzled, but he accepted Ye Lingling's help. Dugu Yan's toxin outbreak had been fierce, and he had indeed expended quite a bit of energy. "I seem to have forg..."

A pale pink light of healing struck Great Emperor Chu Men.

"Pfft—"

Great Emperor Chu Men violently spat out a mouthful of blood, staggering several steps backward.

Damn it!

He had forgotten that the potent inversion effect on his body was still active!

The pure, extreme healing power of the Nine-Heart Begonia had turned into absolute damage for him!

And it was all-encompassing, pure damage!

Without a single impurity!

Great Emperor Chu Men clutched his chest, his expression one of utter despair.

Ye Lingling was stunned, exclaiming, "What's going on? I... I didn't mean to!"

Xiao Wu was terrified; she rushed over to support Great Emperor Chu Men, tears welling up in her eyes:

"Weird Uncle, what's wrong? Did you get poisoned too?"

Dugu Yan couldn't care about her shyness anymore and hurried forward to check on Great Emperor Chu Men, her face full of worry.

"No, it's nothing, really nothing." Great Emperor Chu Men waved his hand and gave a bitter laugh.

The audience in the livestream was dying of laughter:

[Hahahaha, the streamer almost got healed to death by the Nine-Heart Begonia!]

[The bane of the Inversion Pen, the streamer's natural enemy—the Goddess of Healing, Ye Lingling!]

[Ye Lingling: I just wanted to top off his mana, I didn't expect... the patient's body is too weak, he can't handle the supplement!]

[The most miserable protagonist in history! Just finished saving someone, only to get backstabbed by a teammate!]

[I suggest Ye Lingling stay away from the streamer from now on, or she might accidentally milk him to death one day, haha!]

Lin Xiaoyu was laughing in the livestream like a child who had just been given a treat:

"Haha, this is too funny. Who would have thought that our Great Emperor Chu Men's weakness would actually be this!"