But Dugu Shuo had only just moved closer.
With a thud, someone beside Hu Yan Hong collapsed to the ground as well, veins bulging across his face, his complexion deathly pale. His mouth opened as if he wanted to say something, but no words came out.
"Hu Yan Ming, how are you poisoned too?"
Hu Yan Zhen was a little surprised. What was going on? He had only told Hu Yan Hong to pretend to be poisoned; he had not told you to play along!
This Hu Yan Ming had always liked messing around.
Was this improvisation? He was acting pretty convincingly.
"Good, good, good. Right in front of me, someone else has actually been poisoned. You truly don't put my Dugu Family in your eyes. With me here today, Elephant Armor Sect, not a single one of you will be poisoned to death!"
Blue veins bulged across Dugu Shuo's face.
He seemed furious to the extreme.
Seven Spirit Rings rose around Dugu Shuo—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black. He had the cultivation of a Soul Sage, also with the optimal Spirit Ring configuration.
Dugu Shuo strode toward Hu Yan Hong on the carriage.
The surrounding Elephant Armor Sect members were secretly excited.
When Dugu Shuo used his Poison Technique to treat Hu Yan Hong, he would definitely lower his guard the most.
Do it, Hu Yan Hong!
As long as Hu Yan Hong made his move, that would be the signal. They would all attack together and directly unleash their strongest soul skills.
There were only ten people in the Dugu Family altogether, but the only Soul Sages were their Clan Leader Dugu Shuo and Old Snake.
Among the other soul masters, the strongest was a Soul Emperor who had gone to help Thunder Academy.
The rest did not even have Soul Emperor cultivation, and one of them was even a One-Ring Soul Master.
Ridiculous.
With a lineup like that, each of them only needed to use one soul skill to wipe them all out.
"Huh? What's going on? Dugu Shuo is already within attack range.
What is Hu Yan Hong doing? Why hasn't he attacked yet? This is the best time to use a close-range offensive soul skill!"
Hu Yan Zhen clenched his fists, finding it somewhat impossible to hold back.
"Thud, thud, thud, thud!"
Four more sounds rang out. Four Meat Mountains fell to the ground, and four Elephant Armor Sect powerhouses who had originally been in Martial Soul Possession collapsed at the same time.
"Ah, I'm so furious!" A massive dark-green serpent shot into the sky and flew into the air. Seven Spirit Rings flickered around its body—it was a Soul Sage.
"Who dares keep striking with poison in front of my Dugu Family? You truly don't put my Dugu Family in your eyes! Do you dare fight me for three hundred rounds?"
Old Snake raised his head to the sky and roared, leaving Dugu Feng speechless.
That was about enough.
Each and every one of them really could act.
Hu Yan Zhen was stunned. What was going on?
Another four had fallen. Why had they all started acting one after another? You did not need to put on a show!
"Hu Yan Hong, Hu Yan Ming, and you four, attack immediately!" Hu Yan Zhen used Sound Transmission into a Line, issuing orders directly to those people.
He was so itchy with impatience that he even wanted to attack himself.
Then he heard another voice come from the Dugu Family not far away.
"Shameless! My second grandfather is the Titled Douluo, Jade Phosphor Crown.
You actually dare keep attacking here. Who exactly are you? I'll definitely kill you.
If you've got the guts, try striking again and let me see!"
Dugu Feng was the weakest, but his voice was the loudest.
It was extremely piercing in the dark night.
But the moment his words fell, as if in response to them, the Meat Mountains of the Elephant Armor Sect—apart from Hu Yan Zhen, who was still standing—had all collapsed to the ground, all seven soul masters unable to get back up, black blood spilling from their mouths. It was obvious they would not live.
Their bodies were far too massive. When they fell, it was like an earthquake, shaking the ground until it trembled.
Dugu Feng seemed scared stiff, his face blank. "Sect Master Hu Yan, you can't blame me for this. I was only trying to scare the person hiding in the dark."
So frightened that his whole body shrank back, he moved a little closer to Dugu Shuo.
"You—"
Hu Yan Zhen was truly stunned with fright.
No matter how naive or ignorant he was, he had now reacted.
These clansmen of his had truly been poisoned.
The Antidote Pills they had taken were completely useless.
Still clinging to a shred of hope, he bit down and crushed the two Antidote Pills in his mouth.
"Dugu Shuo, it was you! You were the one who poisoned us!" Hu Yan Zhen gnashed his teeth, his eyes as round as beaten gongs.
The one who had secretly poisoned Ge Ying had been arranged by Spirit Hall. They definitely would not have targeted the Elephant Armor Sect.
Then the person who had poisoned them could only be Dugu Shuo.
He no longer had the mind to think about how Dugu Shuo had seen through all of this.
He only wanted revenge.
Three Soul Sages and four Soul Emperors—were they really going to die just like this?
Even now, he still did not believe Dugu Shuo could truly kill him.
He was a Soul Douluo, and in terms of defense, he could even match an ordinary Titled Douluo.
Eight Spirit Rings had already risen around him.
His body kept swelling, making his already burly physique seem endlessly mighty.
A series of bangs rang out.
The clothes on his upper body had completely burst apart.
His exposed torso was covered in rhombus-shaped muscles like pieces of diamond, his entire body like a diamond mirror image.
"Infinite Diamond!"
Diamond radiance shot into the sky.
Hu Yan Zhen charged toward Dugu Shuo.
Dugu Feng sneered inwardly. Father let you get close for so long. Even if you're a Soul Douluo, the poison has already entered your body.
The more Soul Power you use, the faster the poison merges with your body, and the faster you die.
"Hu Yan Zhen, what a fine way to repay kindness with enmity. Clan Leader wanted to detoxify you, yet you claim Clan Leader was the one who poisoned you. I can't stand it anymore, I can't stand it anymore!
"Die!"
In the sky, Old Snake's enormous dark-green serpent body swayed, and his Serpent Tail lashed down.
But in the end, the Serpent Tail still stopped in midair.
Because below, Hu Yan Zhen's pupils had gone wide, his whole body was turning blue-black, and a foul stench was rising from his diamond-like body.
"It was you! It was definitely you!"
Boom!
Hu Yan Zhen's eyes were filled with regret.
If I'd known your poison was this vicious, why would I have provoked you?
His massive body crashed to the ground, dead with his eyes still open.
In the blink of an eye, all fourteen members of the Elephant Armor Sect were dead.
The entire convoy fell deathly silent.
Dugu Shuo stood there blankly, still murmuring, "I hadn't even had time to detoxify them, and they died?
"This poison is too powerful. Just who is the person secretly poisoning them? Even stronger than my Dugu Family!"
For the first time, Dugu Feng, who knew the inside story, discovered that his father had this side to him as well.
Sigh, I still have so much to learn.
The Soul Masters of Thunder Academy, the Soul Masters of the Ge Family, Yu Luo Mian, and Ge Long all wore strange expressions.
Too strange.
What the hell was all this?
So many people had died, and they still did not know who the murderer was.
The Dugu Family was the most suspicious, but somehow it did not seem to be them. Seeing each of them so filled with righteous indignation, they absolutely had to have been wronged.
Too strange.
For a time, no one dared to make a move.
Yu Luo Mian swallowed, looking at the fallen Meat Mountains below as they were corroded into bones.
This was because Dugu Shuo had controlled the progress. Otherwise, they would have turned into black water all at once.
There was no trace of ease or arrogance left on Yu Luo Mian's face.
Hu Yan Zhen had been a genuine Soul Douluo, and was even about to make a push for Titled Douluo. Yu Luo Mian did not feel his own strength was much greater than Hu Yan Zhen's.
In terms of defense, Hu Yan Zhen was definitely top-tier.
And he was gone in the blink of an eye?
Dead so easily.
If this poison were used on him, he figured he would die too.
Big brother, you sent me to lead the team this time because you wanted to harm me, didn't you?
Yu Luo Mian felt bitter inside.
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