Dugu Bo: Where Did My Huge Poison Array Go?

Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

During that time, Jiang Xuan and Qian Renxue did not hear a single sound, as though there truly was no one in this valley.

Seeing this, Jiang Xuan simply called out again:

"Five minutes are up. Since no one has responded, I'll assume there's no one in this valley. If my methods cause any damage to this valley later, please do not blame me!"

Hearing this, Dugu Bo inside the valley curled his lip disdainfully.

Ever since he had discovered the miraculous Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and artificially planted a large number of Jade-Scale Seven-Extinction Flowers around the valley's perimeter, he encountered fools who did not know their place almost every so often.

Some, like Jiang Xuan, issued warnings beforehand, yet even after exhausting every method at their disposal, they could do nothing against his poison array and could only leave in frustration.

Others believed themselves powerful enough to force their way through the poison array, but without exception, they all ended up as nourishment for these Jade-Scale Seven-Extinction Flowers.

"Hmph! An ignorant little brat. I was in quite a good mood today and had even planned to collect your corpse after you died. But since you refuse to know your place, then become fertilizer for those flowers!"

After muttering that to himself, Dugu Bo resumed studying medicinal ingredient combinations.

The old ailment in his body had been worsening recently. Even with the strength of a Title Douluo, he had begun to struggle to endure it. If he had not luckily discovered this treasured place a few years ago, he might have succumbed to his old ailment long ago.

At this moment, Dugu Bo's medicinal mixture had reached its most crucial stage.

Yet just then, he suddenly sensed a wave of heat from the valley entrance that even left him somewhat startled.

That instant of distraction made his hand holding the herbs tremble.

He lost his grip, and the herbs in his hand fell directly into the stone mortar where he was preparing the mixture.

Although Dugu Bo reacted swiftly, he was ultimately a step too late.

For the medicinal liquid he was preparing, the timing for adding every herb had to be precise to the second. Even a moment too early or too late would disrupt the medicinal properties and waste an entire bowl of precious ingredients!

Without question, this batch of medicinal liquid had failed.

This undoubtedly touched Dugu Bo's reverse scale.

He silently swore that no matter what background that brat outside the valley had, he was dead today. Dugu Bo would not give anyone face!

Carrying towering fury, Dugu Bo flashed outside the valley, only for the sight before him to leave him utterly shocked.

The Jade-Scale Seven-Extinction Flowers he had painstakingly cultivated had already been burned into a raging sea of fire.

How was that possible?

Dugu Bo had chosen to arrange the Jade-Scale Seven-Extinction Flowers around the valley precisely because the poison array formed by these flowers feared neither wind nor fire. The only way through was to force one's way in with soul power. Ordinary flames would be extinguished in an instant upon burning within this poison array.

What kind of flame was this?

It had actually ignited his poison array directly?

But now did not seem like the time to dwell on that.

He had to save his poison array! He had spent tremendous effort planting those Jade-Scale Seven-Extinction Flowers. Now they were about to be reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye. The very thought made his heart ache.

Yet no matter how Dugu Bo activated his soul power, the raging inferno showed no sign of weakening. On the contrary, as his soul power poured into it, the flames seemed to grow even fiercer.

What the hell!

Why was this fire so bizarre?

Dugu Bo was both shocked and enraged. Seeing that he could not extinguish the blaze, he hurriedly considered a way to deal with it.

Right, the message he had heard from within the valley earlier!

With that thought, Dugu Bo swiftly spread out his spiritual power, searching for the "culprit" who had ignited this sea of fire and destroyed the fruits of his labor.

Although Dugu Bo was jokingly called the weakest Title Douluo in terms of individual combat strength on the continent, his soul power was genuinely at level 92. His spiritual power quickly covered the entire sea of flames, but then something even more shocking happened.

It would have been one thing if the flames could burn his soul power, but how could they burn even his spiritual power?

Did such powerful and bizarre flames exist on this continent?

To be honest, this was beyond Dugu Bo's understanding.

To avoid damaging his spiritual power, Dugu Bo swiftly withdrew it. Fortunately, when he had spread it out just now, he had also caught traces of the suspected culprit.

With a flash, he appeared directly before the two suspected culprits.

Yet after seeing their appearances clearly, Dugu Bo was dumbfounded again.

One of the suspected culprits was a young man a head shorter than him, carrying an incomparably huge fan on his shoulder.

The other, standing beside the young man, was... a little girl only half his height.

Could these two children be the culprits who had ignited this sea of fire?

The moment this question arose in Dugu Bo's mind, he dismissed it almost immediately.

How could that be possible!

How could the person behind a sea of flames that even made a Title Douluo like him feel threatened possibly be just two children?

That defied common sense!

But aside from these two children, his spiritual power had detected no trace of anyone else nearby.

Could it be that a Title Douluo even stronger than him had quietly concealed himself in the shadows?

Once that thought surfaced, Dugu Bo found it increasingly plausible. He immediately took a breath and used soul power to project his voice.

"Which fellow cultivator acted just now? Would you be willing to come out and meet me? Daring to act but not daring to admit it is not the bearing of an expert!"

Because he suspected that the person acting in secret might be stronger than himself, Dugu Bo kept his tone restrained and did not dare to be overly aggressive.

Yet after he finished speaking, the only sound nearby was the blazing sea of fire.

Could that person have already left?

But if so, why had he delivered a message outside the valley beforehand?

Just as Dugu Bo was utterly baffled, the harmless-looking young man before him, carrying a fan on his shoulder, unexpectedly spoke first.

"Senior, were you saying that you wished to meet the person who ignited this sea of fire?"

Hearing that, Dugu Bo immediately turned his gaze toward him and fired off a string of questions.

"Brat, did you see the arsonist just now? What did that person look like? Male or female? What method did they use? Where are they now? Have they already run away?"

Jiang Xuan responded with an innocent smile.

"Senior, has it occurred to you that the person who set the fire is standing right in front of you?"

The moment those words were spoken, Dugu Bo's mind froze for a moment.

What did he mean, right in front of him?

Was he saying that the arsonist had used some unique concealment technique and was standing before him, yet he could not see them?

If that was the case, just how powerful was that person?

At that thought, cold sweat broke out on Dugu Bo's forehead.