Ao Yin looked at the Life-Bound Poison Pellet hovering above Dugu Bo's palm, glowing with jade-green light, and sighed inwardly.
The Old Poison really does think of everything. Even after agreeing to work together and asking Ao Yin to cure the poison, Dugu Bo remained on guard to the very end. He had left himself a way to keep Ao Yin in check at every turn.
Ao Yin could only wave a hand, caught between laughter and exasperation. "Senior, you're worrying too much. I've been clear from the start: no poison in the world affects me. There's no chance your poison will harm me. You don't need to be so cautious."
Dugu Bo's gaze stayed cold and grave. He stared at Ao Yin and spoke slowly, one word at a time.
"You think this is an ordinary poison pellet? You're dead wrong!"
"This is the Life-Bound Inner Pellet my Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul spent decades refining, bit by bit. It has long since become one with my bloodline, Soul Power, and soul!"
His voice sharpened with warning.
"In other words, if you take on this treatment today and kill me through a mistake, or if you deliberately stall or do a halfhearted job, the power bound to this pellet will immediately turn on you!"
"Even if you're Myriad Poisons-Immune, your soul will be shattered, and you'll die on the spot! So you'd better give this everything you have and rid both Yan'er and me of the poison completely!"
Ao Yin clicked his tongue inwardly. Dugu Bo is ruthless.
To make absolutely certain the treatment succeeded, Dugu Bo had brought out the Martial Soul's core pellet, cultivated over his entire life, and tied both their lives to it.
But Ao Yin also understood what lay behind the gesture.
It