(First update)
"Pfft!"
A jet of blood sprayed from Tuo Ba Xi's mouth.
In an instant, all color drained from his face, leaving him so deathly pale that the sight made hearts pound with dread.
Granted, the white-armored earth dragon martial soul was among the finest martial souls in the world, boasting formidable offensive and defensive capabilities. Tuo Ba Xi was a Titled Douluo, and after activating his Martial Soul Avatar, his immensely powerful dragon body had actually neutralized much of the impact from Yama's Invitation. That mouthful of blood he had just spat out was the result of his forcing its power out with his mighty soul power and his control over his own body.
But!
Yama's Invitation was devastatingly ruthless. Even though he had forcibly expelled it, his meridians had suffered unprecedented damage, and those injuries were anything but minor.
Tuo Ba Xi ought to have counted himself lucky that, before coming here, he had visited the Logistics Department and had those Support Spirit Masters, whom he normally maintained at great expense, stack a whole load of buffs on him. The one granting immunity to toxins for half a day had quite literally saved his life.
Otherwise, the deadly poison contained in Soul-Chasing Life-Reaping Yama's Invitation would have been enough to kill him on the spot the instant it entered his body.
Even so, Tuo Ba Xi was suffering terribly at that moment. It felt as though tiny needles had pierced his meridians, sending intermittent waves of stabbing pain through him. Even his soul power, which had originally circulated without the slightest obstruction, was now impeded. Whenever it passed through those meridians, it suffered a delay, like a 5G network knocked back down to the old 2G network, its speed reduced to a miserable crawl.
"Sect Master!"
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