Dugu Bo was dumbfounded: you're using your life-bound poison Qi as a tonic?
The wind howled in my ears, and the Heaven Dou City and the fields beneath my feet rushed past, transforming in the blink of an eye into a vast, undulating sea of deep green forest.
Sunset Forest is located in the heart of the Heaven Dou Empire. Due to its northern latitude, the temperature in the forest is much lower than that of the Star Dou Great Forest. As far as the eye can see, there are towering and straight northern coniferous giant trees.
As Dugu Bo channeled his level 91 titled Soul Power deeper into the heart of the forest, the sounds of birds, beasts, and insects gradually faded away.
Just past noon, a steep hill, five hundred meters high, suddenly rose from the depths of the dense forest ahead.
There is not a single stone path leading up the entire hill. The surrounding cliffs are steep, and the hillside is shrouded in a thick, perpetual gray fog.
"Young friend Su Chen, the herb garden where I cultivate in seclusion is just ahead."
Dugu Bo controlled the Jade Cloud Aura as it swooped down, landing steadily on a Blue Stone slab at the foot of the mountain.
He dispersed his Soul Power and turned to look at the boy beside him who was breathing steadily. Although Su Chen had pointed out his fatal illness at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and demonstrated his ability to cure Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo was ultimately Poison Douluo who had been a loner all his life, and his personality was sinister and suspicious to the core.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the greatest secret of his life. He had agreed to it in desperation in the secret room, but after being exposed to the cold wind for so long, he couldn't help but have doubts.
This kid is only twelve years old, and his Soul Power is only level forty. Does he really have the ability to force out the poison and exchange blood for me, a level ninety-one Titled Douluo?
What if he only knows some unorthodox technique to suppress superficial snake venom, and after entering this treasure land and taking all the herbs, he still can't cure his deep-seated bone poison? Wouldn't he have lost everything?
Before letting this kid step into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, we must first find out how much real ability he has to withstand poison!
Thinking of this, Dugu Bo pointed to the mountain path ahead, completely blocked by a thick gray-green fog, and forced a half-smile on his face, "Young friend Su Chen, this mountain of mine has many treasures. To prevent foolish Soul Beast and petty villains from accidentally trespassing, I have spent twenty years of my life setting up this Jade Phosphorous Ten Thousand Poisons Grand Formation on the mountainside."
At this point, Dugu Bo deliberately paused, his tone revealing a hint of arrogance befitting Titled Douluo: "This formation uses my natal Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison as a catalyst, mixed with hundreds of highly poisonous miasmas. The formation rotates with the miasma, endlessly regenerating. Let alone Soul Ancestor and Soul King, even ordinary Soul Douluo above level 80, or even Titled Douluo, would be unable to withstand the poisonous miasma within ten breaths if they rashly stepped into it without mastering the ultimate poison control technique, their protective aura would be eroded, turning them into a puddle of thick liquid."
He turned to the side and gestured "please" towards the surging gray-green Poison Mist: "Since you say you will help me expel the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison from my bone marrow, I suppose you won't take my Poison Array seriously. I wonder if you would like me to use my Soul Power to carry you there, or would you like to go yourself?"
If someone were to carry him there, it would mean that Su Chen himself couldn't withstand the title-level Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison, rendering his previous boastful words meaningless.
But if you force your way through, what lies ahead is a truly deadly poison cave.
Su Chen stood on the Blue Stone platform, Truth-Piercing Divine Light of pale golden light flashing in his eyes.
This old poison master had been tormented by poison wounds for twenty years. He was both afraid of death and cherished his life. Unless his supposedly proud poison skills were completely crushed, even if he outwardly obeyed, he would always harbor some ulterior motives.
In the original story, when Tang San was captured here, he had to rely on eating the Aromatic Silk Beauty in advance to prevent poisoning. However, he possessed the bloodline of the Chaos Ancestral Dragon and had just received the minor Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity Physique the System. Let alone a mere dead Poison Array, even if Dugu Bo himself swallowed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar in one gulp, he wouldn't be able to harm a single hair on his head!
Since this old guy has practically begged to be beaten, let's just kick his signboard to pieces and make him behave completely!
"Use your Soul Power to fly there? Senior Dugu overestimates your few wisps of mud and miasma."
Su Chen chuckled and strode towards the gray-green mist wall ahead, "Just activate the Poison Array to its full potential. If I take even half a step out of the way, I won't take a single herb from this Medicine Garden today!"
"What an arrogant tone!"
Dugu Bo's eye twitched violently. He had only intended to maintain the formation at half its usual level, but Su Chen's words, "a few wisps of rotten mud and miasma," stirred up the fierce arrogance that belonged to the Poison Douluo in his heart.
"You said it yourself, young friend! If you can't hold on, just shout, and I'll come to your rescue!"
Dugu Bo let out a low shout, his withered hands suddenly forming a seal in front of his chest, and the dark green titled Soul Power around him poured into the depths of the mountain!
Rumble!! In an instant, the entire 500-meter-high hill seemed to come alive.
The gray-green mist that had been flowing quietly suddenly boiled and churned, and countless streams of deep, black Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison spewed out, instantly converging into a dark green sea of poison that blotted out the sky!
Inside the sea of poison, hundreds or even thousands of emerald green venomous snakes, formed from pure, potent poison, could be vaguely seen roaming and hissing.
The air was filled with a nauseating, sweet, and fishy stench. Under the powerful onslaught of this poisonous miasma, the hard granite walls on both sides of the mountain path were visibly crackling with dense, grayish-white bubbles, and layers of stone were peeling off and melting away!
Seeing this, Dugu Bo's eyes narrowed slightly. The Jade Phosphorous Ten Thousand Poisons Formation at its full power could even melt through stone. This kid was only level 40. No matter how strong his physical body was, could it be harder than granite? He stepped forward slightly with his right foot, his Soul Power gathering momentum, ready to pull Su Chen back the moment his skin began to fester.
However, the next second, Su Chen had already reached the edge of the dark green poisonous sea, and stepped into the formation with his right foot without pausing!
The dozens of illusory green venomous snakes that were originally scattered around smelled the scent of a living person's blood and instantly transformed into dozens of dark green poison arrows, viciously pouncing towards Su Chen from all directions!
Faced with this deadly poison tide that could instantly corrode a Soul Emperor into bones, Su Chen did not stop. His "Ancestral Dragon Indestructible Body" and the Chaos Ancestral Dragon bloodline within him began to operate with a roar.
A deep, resounding dragon's roar, seemingly emanating from the primordial era, boomed from within Su Chen's body!
Without activating any Soul Skill, a domineering and dazzling crimson-gold Pure Yang Dragon Fire, as bright as the sun and the golden crow, suddenly burst forth from the pores of Su Chen's body, transforming into a blazing crimson-gold fire shield within a three-foot radius around him!
Those ferocious, venomous serpent phantoms couldn't even touch the hem of Su Chen's clothes. The moment they collided with the three-foot-thick layer of Pure Yang Dragon Fire on the outer edge, they were burned to nothingness like snowflakes hitting molten lava! With a soft "sizzle", they were incinerated!
Moreover, as Su Chen's "Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity Physique, which was at the minor completion stage, naturally circulated within him, the small amount of poisonous miasma that seeped into his nostrils through the gaps in the fire shield, upon entering his lungs and Meridians, not only failed to cause any numbness or corrosion, but was instead crushed and devoured on the spot by the domineering ancestral Dragon Qi, transforming into Sisi of pure nourishment that flowed along his limbs and bones into his dantian, making his blood and qi even more vigorous and intense!
"Is that all the strength you've got?"
Without turning his head, Su Chen tossed out a sentence and strode forward, heading straight towards the mountainside where the Poison Mist was densest.