Eva's Plan

"No!" Dugu Bo refused immediately, his tone somewhat urgent, but he quickly softened his voice.

"Silly child, what use could those healing Soul Masters be against the backlash of a Title Douluo's Soul Power? Your grandfather plays with poison himself... ahem, it's best if I regulate it myself. Be good and go rest. Your grandfather will be fine after circulating his power and recovering."

He forced himself to raise a hand and gently patted Dugu Yan's head, doing his best to make his expression look more relaxed.

Dugu Yan bit her lip. She knew her grandfather had many secrets, and she knew the old injuries within his body often flared up, but she had never seen him look so weak.

Still, she could only nod obediently. "Then rest well, Grandfather. If you need anything, you must call for Yan Yan."

As he watched his granddaughter leave the study, looking back every few steps with worry, the composure Dugu Bo had forced onto his face instantly collapsed, replaced by deep exhaustion, pain, and a trace of despair.

Ge Duo's strange and unfathomable methods of using poison, her terrifying ability to mobilize the energy of the entire treasure ground, and the mixed poison that had entered his body at the end all gnawed away at his already battered body like flesh-eating worms.

The backlash from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison had become even fiercer and more unpredictable with the addition of this new poison.

The Icefire Yin Yang Well was gone. The only place that could ease his suffering had been occupied by a terrifying woman of unknown origin.

What would happen in the future? How much longer could he hold on? And what would become of Yan Yan afterward?

Endless gloom shrouded Dugu Bo's heart.

Meanwhile, within Heaven Dou