The two Nine-Section Emeralds kept circling.
The two Pill Beads inside them covertly gave off a suction force, absorbing the wisps of Rainbow Poisonous Toxin from within Rotten Bone.
That rainbow light was none other than Tyrant Poison.
It was the high-quality toxin the Pill Beads needed.
Suddenly, Dugu Feng's eyes went wide.
"Stop, stop! Come back!"
The green energy within the Pill Beads was surging wildly.
It gave Dugu Feng the feeling that the Pill Beads were about to lose balance.
Pill Beads were not Poison Pills. If they were Poison Pills, they could absorb any amount of toxin.
Pill Beads were similar to the Inner Cores of Serpent Soul Beasts, formed from toxins, energy, and Soul Power.
If they absorbed too much toxin and their energy fell out of balance, they would poison him instead.
He had already been extremely cautious while absorbing it just now, but those strands of toxin were far too high in quality. Compared to the Pill Beads he had formed at his current stage, their quality was simply too high.
The two Nine-Section Emeralds, dazed and woozy, coiled around Dugu Feng's wrist.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Dugu Feng hurriedly turned and returned to the carriage.
The moment he entered the carriage, he saw a shocking scene.
There was a pool of black blood in front of Dugu Shuo, sizzling loudly, while Old Snake and Old Scorpion beside him both looked tense.
"Dad!"
Dugu Feng was startled and hurriedly moved closer to Dugu Shuo.
Dugu Shuo's closed eyes slowly opened, and they were actually filled with excitement. He smacked his lips and said, "Feng'er, no need to panic. This is the backlash one must bear when using external force to unleash Tyrant Poison.
"But when Tyrant Poison kills, it is simply an art. That feeling of perfectly matching with Spiritual Power—you still don't understand it."
Dugu Shuo's face was full of lingering satisfaction.
That left Dugu Feng stunned.
This was truly the first time his father had ever shown such rich expression.
It was like the look of utter satisfaction after doing that.
He really was a madman!
But thinking back to Dugu Shuo's control over the lives of the Elephant Armor Sect members just now, that feeling was definitely beyond words.
"Feng'er, eat the whale blubber as much as you like. If it's not enough, ask Old Snake for more.
"To withstand the power of Tyrant Poison, the strength of your Meridians, flesh, and blood still needs to continue improving. Strive for your Second Spirit Ring and challenge a thousand-year one!" Dugu Shuo said with great enthusiasm.
Dugu Feng had been cultivating well recently, but the intensity could still be raised further.
Especially after this use of Tyrant Poison.
Dugu Shuo had once again experienced how tyrannical Tyrant Poison was, so it was safer to keep increasing the intensity.
Otherwise, he might end up like himself, not daring to add a fifth Poison Attribute Soul Beast by the time he reached his Fifth Spirit Ring.
"Yes, Dad. The Ten Thousand Year Whale Blubber I won through Soul Fighting at the academy is already enough for me to use for a while!"
Ning Rongrong had been quite generous last time, directly giving him a large piece.
Maybe deep down, she was also hoping he would die in bed!
In any case, Dugu Feng had felt a thick sense of malice.
After Dugu Shuo finished speaking, he closed his eyes, his face full of satisfaction, as if he had begun savoring the experience again.
Dugu Feng sat beside Little Snake and also let his mind sink down.
He sensed the Pill Beads inside the Nine-Section Emeralds.
In an instant, his mind trembled.
The green energy in the two Pill Beads had directly risen from fifty-five to eighty-six.
And it had turned blackish green.
Damn it, at the very beginning, it had only increased by one point a month.
This time, it was like taking a Great Tonic, directly increasing by thirty-one points.
That was equal to several years of toxin accumulation for him. It was too frightening.
Dugu Feng came to a realization: the toxins that the Pill Beads could contain had already reached their upper limit.
No wonder, when absorbing Tyrant Poison just now, he had felt the Pill Beads were about to lose balance.
In other words, the remaining fourteen percent of space inside the Pill Beads could only contain Soul Power and physical energy.
As long as he filled the Pill Beads completely with Soul Power and physical energy, the Pill Beads could evolve again.
Dugu Feng felt as if joy had fallen from the heavens.
Because the hardest thing to condense inside the Pill Bead was poison. After all, with Dugu Feng's current cultivation, the amount of poison he could condense from his Soul Power each day was limited.
And if he condensed too much at once, it would harm his body too. There would always be some poison that seeped into him.
Now, the poison was fully condensed.
Condensing Soul Power and Flesh Energy meant nothing more than cultivating nonstop and eating and drinking his fill.
Dugu Feng decided to go all out.
He wanted the Pill Bead Evolution too badly.
After purification, the quality of the Pill Bead would rise again, and it could greatly feed back into his Body Strength.
Dugu Feng reached for his Storage Belt.
A plate of Fried Scorpion appeared.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Dugu Feng ate them one after another.
"This is way too satisfying!"
Dugu Feng took out a waterskin and drank with loud gulps.
"Young Master has already learned my True Teaching. Not wasting a single Green Bamboo Snake—this waterskin is filled with Serpent Blood, isn't it?"
Old Snake chuckled. As he spoke, he took out a piece of Whale Rubber. "Young Master, your Soul Power still can't melt Whale Rubber. I'll help you!"
Dugu Feng did not stand on ceremony either. He ate the melted Whale Rubber straight away.
His blood and qi surged all over.
Beads of sweat even appeared on his forehead.
He hurriedly steadied his mind and began cultivating. Soul Power circulated through his Meridians again and again.
Only after it had completed more than ten cycles through the Meridians of his entire body did his Soul Power improve again.
Then, as the Pill Bead spun, it absorbed more than half the Soul Power inside him.
Dugu Feng took a look and saw that the energy inside the Pill Bead had risen by a sliver.
His confidence immediately surged, and he began circulating his Soul Power again.
Beside him, Little Snake looked utterly admiring.
The Young Master was the Young Master. When he ate, he did not wrong himself in the slightest.
But how did the Young Master manage to eat so much and still keep his figure?
Why did he start growing taller whenever he ate a little too much? He really did not want to grow taller!
Little Snake's mind was filled with questions.
If he could not figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it. But after what had happened today, a new question arose in him.
He had seen two Titled Douluo today. Which one should he assassinate in the future?
Neither of those two seemed like good people. Little Snake kept weighing his choices and sank into cultivation.
At the same time, inside Thunder Academy's carriage.
After Yu Yuanzhen entered the carriage, the other Soul Masters from Thunder Academy tactfully set up tents outside it.
Most of Thunder Academy's Soul Masters knew one of the Clan Leader's traits: his temper was as explosive as his title.
Yu Yuanzhen's title was Thunder, after all.
Because of that, ordinary people did not dare go near him.
Only Yu Luo Mian walked into the carriage.
"Big Brother, you didn't even tell me in advance about the Elephant Armor Sect and the Dugu Family. You scared me half to death!"
The moment Yu Luo Mian sat down in the carriage, he began complaining.
Yu Yuanzhen had already withdrawn the lightning covering his body, revealing his original appearance.
He was likewise dressed in a blue robe, his features handsome and heroic, his gaze sharp. He glared fiercely at Yu Luo Mian, a trace of severity showing in his eyes.
"If you know to be afraid, then hurry up and cultivate. With that cultivation speed of yours, when are you ever going to break through to Titled Douluo?" Yu Yuanzhen was somewhat angered by his failure to live up to expectations.
Yu Luo Mian smiled awkwardly. "Big Brother, how can my talent compare to yours? At the Soul Douluo realm, advancing even one level takes years. I don't even know if I'll be able to break through to Titled Douluo in this lifetime.
"I'd rather focus on training Tian Heng and Tian Xin properly. I want to see them break through to Titled Douluo!"
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