Detoxification, Dugu Yan's Shock!

When she said the words "still wet behind the ears," Dugu Yan deliberately lowered her voice,

but Lin Ye heard every word clearly.

Lin Ye: "..."

Still wet behind the ears?

No,

Miss,

was that polite?

Dugu Bo glanced at Lin Ye's expression and gave a light cough.

"Yanyan, don't underestimate him."

Then Dugu Bo turned around, his gaze falling on Lin Ye as he spoke calmly.

"Kid, show us your Martial Soul and Soul Rings."

Lin Ye raised an eyebrow after hearing that.

Fine.

Since the old man had said so, he would broaden this young lady's horizons.

"Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, possess me."

Buzz!!

Black evil energy instantly surged from Lin Ye's body.

At the same time, purple lightning exploded around him as wild winds howled.

A terrifying Supreme Evil Aura immediately swept across everything.

Seeing the black Evil Tiger, Dugu Yan instinctively took a step back,

feeling as though some existence at the very top of the food chain had fixed its eyes on her.

For some reason, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul within her body trembled wildly.

"Th-this... what Martial Soul is that?"

Even Dugu Yan's voice was shaking.

Yet what shocked her even more were the Soul Rings slowly lighting up beneath Lin Ye's feet.

The first was purple.

A Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!

The second was purple.

Another Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!

Two Thousand-Year Spirit Rings!

A Great Soul Master-level youth actually possessed Double Thousand-Year Spirit Rings?

Dugu Yan's mind went blank for a moment.

She had seen quite a few geniuses at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and every member of the Imperial Team was an elite chosen from among thousands.

But a Great Soul Master with Double Thousand-Year Spirit Rings?

It was simply unheard of.

"H-how is this possible?"

At that moment, Dugu Bo stood at the side with his hands behind his back, a rare hint of a smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

"Yanyan, do you understand now that this kid isn't ordinary?"

Dugu Yan opened her mouth, then closed it again.

But she still stubbornly turned her head away.

"Hmph, having a powerful Martial Soul doesn't mean he can detoxify poison..."

Dugu Yan's voice was much quieter now.

Dugu Bo waved his hand, no longer paying attention to her stubbornness.

He turned toward Lin Ye, his expression growing serious.

"Kid, I've brought Yanyan here."

He walked to Dugu Yan's side, placing one hand on his granddaughter's shoulder, his gaze sharp as a blade.

"You may begin."

Then his voice lowered further.

"I'll be watching from the side. If you dare to play any tricks..."

He did not finish his sentence, but those dark green pupils said it all.

There would be only one consequence.

Lin Ye's expression remained unchanged.

"Rest assured, Senior."

Dugu Yan then looked at Dugu Bo, then at Lin Ye, and irritably brushed aside the loose strands of hair near her ear.

"Enough already. Hurry up and start."

She raised her chin, looking utterly aloof.

"I still have a match tomorrow..."

Lin Ye did not argue with her and calmly extended his right hand.

"Please give me a drop of your blood."

Dugu Yan frowned and glanced at Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo nodded.

Only then did Dugu Yan raise a finger. A trace of Soul Power gathered at her fingertip, forcing out a drop of dark green blood.

The drop floated in the air. Although its poison concentration was far below Dugu Bo's,

its pungent stench was still overpowering.

Lin Ye then supported the drop of blood with Soul Power and brought his palms together.

"Devour, activate!"

Buzz!

A fist-sized black vortex slowly formed in his palm.

Due to his greatly improved Spiritual Power, this Black Hole was more condensed than when he had used it on Dugu Bo before, and it spun more evenly as well.

"It's starting."

At that moment, a precise suction force emerged from the Black Hole, seeping through Dugu Yan's wrist and into her body.

For the first few seconds, Dugu Yan felt nothing.

But ten seconds later—

"Hmm?"

Her brows twitched.

A strange sense of comfort began spreading from her wrist, slowly flowing through her meridians and throughout her body.

The sensation was hard to describe.

It was like a water pipe that had been clogged for years had suddenly been cleared.

The faint sluggishness in her meridians was fading.

The stinging pain that often appeared during cultivation was weakening as well.

Wisp after wisp of pale green mist was drawn from her palm, spiraling into the Black Hole.

"Mmm~"

"That feels so good..."

Dugu Yan unconsciously murmured softly.

She could no longer remember when her meridians had last felt so unblocked.

Perhaps it had been before she turned ten,

when the toxins had not yet begun to accumulate on a large scale, and cultivation had been effortless.

And now, that long-lost sense of ease had actually returned.

At that moment, Dugu Bo at the side stared fixedly at his granddaughter's palm.

He could not have been more familiar with that pale green poisonous mist.

It was the Innate Backlash Poison of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul.

Every wisp of poisonous mist drawn out meant that the toxins in Dugu Yan's body were decreasing.

One wisp.

Two wisps.

Three wisps.

More and more!

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes, his breathing growing more rapid.

It worked!

It really worked!

Something he had failed to accomplish even after exhausting half his life had been done by this kid.

Then time passed second by second.

Five minutes.

Ten minutes.

Fifteen minutes passed.

By then, Dugu Yan's complexion had visibly become much rosier,

and the dullness that had long lingered around her brows and eyes was fading, replaced by a healthy glow.

However, just then,

"Alright, that's enough."

For some reason, Lin Ye suddenly withdrew his Devour Skill.

The Black Hole in his hand vanished with a bang.

Dugu Yan had just been immersed in that comfortable sensation, and the abrupt interruption left her stunned.

"Huh? Why did you stop?"

Dugu Bo's expression changed as well.

"Kid, why did you stop?"

His tone suddenly turned sharp.

"The toxins in Yanyan's body haven't been completely removed. I may not be as skilled as you at detoxification, but I saw it clearly just now. At least thirty percent remains in Yanyan's body!"

"Why did you stop?"

Lin Ye raised his head and calmly looked at Dugu Bo.

"Senior, I know about the thirty percent remaining. But I can't continue."

"Because there's no point in continuing."

Upon hearing Lin Ye's words, Dugu Bo's gaze suddenly became dangerous.

"What do you mean, there's no point?"

"Senior, please don't be angry. Hear me out."

Lin Ye stood up and flexed his fingers, which had gone slightly numb from maintaining the same posture for so long.

"My Devour Skill can remove the toxins that have already accumulated in Dugu Yan's body. You saw that with your own eyes. There's no problem with that."

"But the Innate Backlash Poison of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul isn't an external poison."

"It is a byproduct generated by the Martial Soul itself during cultivation or when advancing in rank."

Lin Ye looked at Dugu Bo.

"In other words, even if I completely remove all the poison from her body today, new toxins will be generated the next time she cultivates or breaks through."

"It treats the symptoms, not the root cause."

Dugu Bo's body stiffened slightly.

Of course he understood that.

It was precisely because he understood that he had despaired for so many years.

"Kid, then how can the root cause be cured?"