Poison Douluo Comes Calling

Dugu Bo stood at the Gate of Blue Tyrant Academy.

He was hardly dressed for an occasion: a dark green robe, a Medicine Case in his hand. He looked like an old physician come to collect a debt in the dead of night. But as the poisonous mist behind him spread, the gatekeeper's legs went weak. Several students on night patrol hid behind the pillars, scarcely daring to breathe.

Liu Erlong arrived first.

She had a fiery temper. The moment she saw the poisonous mist pressing into the academy, her expression turned cold. "Dugu Bo, are you barging into the academy in the middle of the night looking for a fight?"

Dugu Bo glanced at her. "If this old man wanted a fight, there wouldn't still be anyone standing at the Gate."

"Then what are you here for?"

"To find someone."

The words had barely left his mouth when Bai Jin strolled out, holding a half-eaten chicken leg. He saw Dugu Bo, looked at the Medicine Case, then the poisonous mist, and finally that sour face.

"Here to deliver a midnight snack?"

A vein jumped at Dugu Bo's temple. "How is that mouth of yours more irritating than poison?"

"It's a gift."

Bai Jin walked up to the Gate. The poisonous mist stopped three feet from him. It neither dispersed nor blew away. It was as though it had struck an invisible wall, moving slower and slower until its last wisps hung suspended in the air.

Dugu Bo's gaze sharpened slightly.

He had seen Bai Jin stop poison before, but every time he saw it, it still rubbed him the wrong way. Poison was supposed to seep through every crack, yet Bai Jin made the very idea of getting close into a joke.

Tang San arrived soon after.

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