At the end of her rope, the Dugu maiden sought help late at night
At midnight, the rumbling thunder that had been rolling all night finally crashed down over Suotuo City, and large raindrops pattered against the stained-glass windows on the top floor of the Rose Hotel.
On a large, round Rosewood table sat an open, gilded Ironwood, inside which were neatly stacked the 20% bonus personally presented by Manager Ao.
Twenty Wan Amethyst Card.
Ning Rongrong washed away the dust from the Soul Fighting Arena, changed into a light pink silk nightgown, and was now staring intently at the table, counting her Amethyst Card. Xiao Wu sat cross-legged on a soft couch covered with a snow-white velvet carpet, holding a plate of sliced honeydew melon in her hands, crunching away as she listened to Ning Rongrong ramble on about how many shops this huge sum of money could buy in Heaven Dou City.
Su Chen picked up the warm tea on the table and took a sip. His gaze passed over the glass window covered with water droplets and landed directly on the darkness shrouded in rain at the end of the long street.
Half an hour ago, a wisp of chaotic energy had already entered the streets and alleys surrounding the Rose Hotel.
The energy emanating from that area took on a sickly Black-Purple, churning violently under the influence of the cold, rainy night. With each step it took forward, the life force deep within its Meridians was eroded...
The fish took the bait, even more urgently than expected.
Setting down his Teacup, Su Chen said, "Zhu Zhuqing, go and open the outer door. Rongrong, take Xiao Wu back to the inner room to rest."
Ning Rongrong paused, glancing at the dark, rainy night outside the window following Su Chen's gaze. Quick-witted as ever, she immediately understood, swiftly closing the gilded wooden box and clutching it to her chest. Smiling, she pulled Xiao Wu, who was still munching on a melon, Xiao Wu: "Come on, Xiao Wu, someone's coming to deliver a gift tonight. Let's not get in the way."
Xiao Wu blinked her big eyes in confusion, but she always obeyed Su Chen's every word. She obediently wiped the corner of her mouth and followed Ning Rongrong into the inner room behind the screen.
Zhu Zhuqing walked lightly to the suite door and reached out to pull open a latch.
Three steps away from the door, a tall, drenched figure stood frozen in place, her right hand still raised in a knocking position...
A large black hooded cloak was draped over Dugu Yan, the hood having long been blown off by the gale, her long, purplish-black hair sticking wetly to her pale, paper-like cheeks.
It's currently midnight, a time of thunder and rain, precisely the time when the venomous backlash from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison is at its most ferocious.
Dugu Yan felt as if a red-hot iron nail had been driven into her Baihui Acupoint on the top of her head, and each heartbeat brought with it a tearing pain in her brain.
He clung to life for two hours in the hotel where the Imperial Fighting Team was staying, watching Yu Tianheng, who remained unconscious and whom even Ye Lingling couldn't help, while touching the black blood spilling from the corner of his mouth...
She didn't want to die. She was only seventeen, hadn't yet enjoyed all the riches and honors, and certainly didn't want to die on her sickbed, her body covered in pus and ulcers.
The renowned doctor from Suotuo City, whom Teacher Qin Ming invited, couldn't even understand her pulse. Her grandfather, Dugu Bo, was far away in the Heaven Dou Imperial City. Even if a message were sent by express courier, it wouldn't be enough to quench her immediate thirst.
Moreover, Grandpa himself still suffers terribly on rainy days, and there's simply no cure!
With nowhere else to turn, the dignity of the prodigy of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was finally crushed by fear. She secretly made her way to the Rose Hotel in the rain, hiding from everyone.
"Come in. Standing in the wind will only cause the snake venom in your body to penetrate your heart faster."
Su Chen's voice came from inside the hall.
Dugu Yan bit her bloodless lips and dragged her legs across the threshold.
Zhu Zhuqing slammed the door shut behind her, then vanished silently into the shadows behind the screen, her icy gaze fixed on Dugu Yan's vital back.
The warm, dry air enveloped her entire body, but Dugu Yan didn't feel warm at all. Instead, the alternating hot and cold caused the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison in her body to spasm violently once again.
Her legs buckled and she nearly collapsed to the ground. She could only grit her teeth and force herself to walk to the center of the carpet, five steps away from Su Chen.
She raised her bloodshot, emerald-green snake eyes and stared at the loosely dressed, indifferent-looking boy in the main seat.
Just hours ago, she was in the preparation corridor, arrogantly mocking her opponent as a brat who hadn't even grown his first hair.
But now, the other side sits firmly on the high platform, while he himself is almost exhausted, unable even to stand up straight.
"Since you predicted my arrival, you should know what I seek."
Dugu Yan's voice was hoarse and dry as she tried to maintain the last shred of the composure befitting the granddaughter of the Poison Douluo, "As long as you're willing to remove the poisonous root from my body, name your price. Gold Soul Coin, rewards from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, even high-level Soul Bone —my grandfather can get them for you!!"
Picking up his teacup, Su Chen blew on the tea leaves floating on the surface. "Gold Soul Coin? I just filled a box on my desk with two hundred thousand. A reward from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family? A place where even their own academy's leader only knows how to use Wild Chicken Workshop to make a show of things, I don't care. As for Soul Bone, if I want them, I'll go get them myself, why bother trading with others?"
At this point, Su Chen put down his Teacup.
"Dugu Yan, haven't you figured out the current situation yet? The accounts..."
Before he finished speaking, Su Chen's blood and qi trembled slightly, and a pure, blazing Ancestral Dragon Pressure quietly spread across the floor of the hall.
"Ugh...!"
Dugu Yan let out a muffled groan, feeling the terrifying yang energy that had burned away her Jade Phosphor Purple Poison during the day approaching again.
Stimulated by this, the cold snake venom that had been lurking in her Baihui Acupoint on the top of her head and the Meridians in her ribs began to surge wildly and violently within her body!
A sharp, piercing pain swept through her body. Her swaying frame could no longer support her, and her knees slammed heavily onto the thick carpet with a thud.
She clutched her soaked clothes tightly with both hands, curled up in agony, large beads of cold sweat mingling with raindrops falling from her hair...
Just as the intense pain was about to drive her mad, a very subtle yet extremely pure and domineering Scarlet-Gold Warm Current, following the force of Su Chen's flick of his finger, precisely entered her brow.
The moment that wisp of Pure Yang Dragon Qi entered her body, the turbulent phosphorus poison that had been churning in her brain and ribs was instantly suppressed and forced to lie dormant, like a mouse seeing a cat!
The sharp, stabbing pain and tingling numbness that had plagued her for half the night vanished completely within two breaths, replaced by an unprecedented warmth and comfort, as if her parched and cracked Meridians had been soaked in a hot spring under the warm sun.
Dugu Yan gasped for breath, slumped on the blanket, her body as exhausted as if she had just been pulled out of the water, but the look in her eyes as she stared at Su Chen had completely changed.
If she was only wary of Su Chen's combat strength and eyesight before, now that she has personally experienced this supreme power that can suppress even the most potent poison of Martial Soul Origin, the last trace of hope and doubt in her heart has completely vanished.
The boy before her truly possessed the life-saving supernatural power that she and her grandfather had dreamed of!