Tender Moments Before Parting

Only the faint pain and struggle showing between her brows proved that she was enduring the excruciating backlash of her Woeful Poison Body's eruption.

Harsh hissing sounds rose from every part of Xiao Yi Xian's body. Great clouds of gray-purple poison drifted up from wherever the Heavenly Flames burned, surging toward the cavern ceiling.

The instant that deadly purplish-brown poison touched the rock overhead, it ate pits of varying depths into the stone, producing a corrosive hiss that made the scalp prickle.

Qin Chen glanced at the gray poison mist pouring out before him and took a deep breath, suppressing his worry. With a sharp sweep of his hand, the gray-brown Green Lotus Core Flame surged forth and swelled into a curtain of fire that enveloped Xiao Yi Xian's entire body.

The moment the poison met the Heavenly Flames, it was as though it had encountered its natural enemy. No longer able to run rampant, it was forced by the Green Lotus Core Flame to stream toward the sea of qi in Xiao Yi Xian's dantian.

As the poison gathered and compressed, Xiao Yi Xian's eyes turned a lifeless gray. An unnerving aura of death spread wildly from her body.

At the same time, masses of purplish-brown poison rushed toward her skin. Driven into a corner, it was clearly trying to break out of her body and erupt into the outside world.

But Qin Chen had anticipated this and made every preparation.

Just as the poison made Xiao Yi Xian's lower abdomen swell slightly, he stepped forward again. His hand passed straight through the gray-brown barrier of fire and settled firmly on her soft, fragrant shoulder.

"Condense!"

Qin Chen's hand seals shifted at blinding speed, and his low shout rang through the cavern. The Green Lotus Core Flame pierced Xiao