Tang Tianlin sensed the Poison Miasma's location, and delight stirred in his heart. He quickened his pace. "Stay close. Don't fall too far behind."
Hearing him, Tang San and Xiao Wu hurriedly gathered their thoughts and followed closely behind Tang Tianlin, one after the other.
The three pressed deeper in and soon stopped before a swirling bank of Poison Miasma.
Green mist churned and rolled, writhing like a living creature, as though it might pounce and swallow them at any moment.
Xiao Wu wrinkled her nose and could not help raising a hand to cover her mouth and nose. "What is this stuff? Just smelling it makes me dizzy."
"This is snake venom!" Tang San said gravely.
He could tell at a glance that this Poison Miasma had condensed from snake venom.
Although it was not particularly toxic, its range was far too vast. He had no idea how powerful the person who had laid this formation might be.
Just then, Tang Tianlin walked up to the Poison Miasma and stopped, spreading his fingers slightly.
The next second, a tremendous surge of blood qi erupted from his body!
Golden light flared, instantly igniting a layer of red-gold flames over his skin.
Hiss!
The instant the red-gold flames appeared, the surrounding Emerald Poison Miasma let out piercing shrieks, as though it had encountered its natural enemy.
Wherever the flames passed, the poisonous mist rapidly retreated like melting ice and snow.
The churning green mist seemed to be torn apart by an invisible hand, forcibly opening a passage three meters wide.
"Follow me."
Without the slightest hesitation, Tang Tianlin stepped inside first.
Tang San and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance and hurried after him.
The farther they walked, the denser the Poison Miasma became, and the stronger its toxins grew.
Yet the golden light around Tang Tianlin remained steady, enveloping all three like a golden shield.
The moment the poisonous mist touched the golden light, it seemed to ignite, dissipating into wisps of smoke.
After breaking through six seals, the Golden Dragon King's power within Tang Tianlin had long since formed an aura resembling a blood qi domain.
Within the blood qi domain, his vast, dense blood qi could ward off all toxins, granting immunity to every poison.
A mere Poison Miasma could not harm him in the slightest.
The three walked for another few minutes, and as they ventured deeper, the surrounding Poison Miasma gradually thinned.
When they finally passed through the Poison Miasma, the view before them suddenly opened up.
Ahead lay an enormous valley surrounded by mountains, its cliffs covered with all manner of vines, exotic flowers, and unusual plants.
At the valley's center, a two-colored spring bubbled, giving off hot vapor.
Half of its water was milky white, exuding a chilling cold.
The other half was crimson as blood, with waves of heat rising from it.
The two springs mingled yet remained as distinct as two separate rivers, forming a perfect yin-yang fish pattern on the surface.
"This is... the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?!"
Tang San's pupils contracted, and the words escaped his lips.
He had read accounts of such treasured places in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
A place where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered could nurture peerless treasures, and even grow the legendary immortal herbs!
Wait, isn't that...
Purple light shone in Tang San's eyes. He focused and swept his gaze across the area, only to find himself dazzled by the sights.
Octagonal mysterious ice grass, infernal delicate apricot, singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew...
Seeing one immortal herb after another from the ancient records appear before him, Tang San felt his head spin.
Is this paradise?
"It certainly lives up to its reputation as a legendary treasure ground."
Compared to Tang San's excitement, Tang Tianlin was much calmer.
He could sense an extremely familiar aura in the central spring, making the Golden Dragon King bloodline within him faintly seethe.
It was most likely the power of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.
Just then, a sinister voice rang out overhead.
"You little brats have quite some nerve, coming onto my turf to run wild."
The three looked up to see a ball of green light appear in midair, gradually coalescing into a figure.
The man had green hair and wore a dark green robe. His face was gaunt, and his entire body radiated a cold, vicious aura.
It was none other than Dugu Bo!
"Walking through the air-a Titled Douluo!"
Tang San's brows knitted tightly, and he instantly went on guard.
He should have realized long ago that such a treasure ground could not possibly be unclaimed.
Xiao Wu drew her neck in even farther, quietly positioning Tang San in front of her as a shield.
Tang Tianlin looked at the green-haired figure in midair and smiled faintly. "Senior, might you be Poison Douluo Dugu Bo?"
Had it been another Titled Douluo, handling him with Tang Tianlin's rank forty-eight soul power might have been somewhat troublesome.
But if it was Dugu Bo, he really did want to test himself against him.
Dugu Bo's gaze sharpened slightly.
This boy actually recognizes me?
And he can still smile under a Titled Douluo's pressure. He has some courage.
"Hmph. You have a good eye, brat."
Dugu Bo stood with his hands behind his back and looked down at them. "Since you know my name, yet still dare to trespass here, have you lived long enough?"
"Speak! What exactly are you after?!"
Had their extraordinary bearing not made him worry about what power might stand behind them, he would already have struck them dead.
Facing a Titled Douluo's threat, Tang Tianlin stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm. "My purpose today is simple. I'd like to borrow your treasure ground, senior. I hope you'll cooperate."
Had it been six years ago, Tang Tianlin might have entered the immortal herb redemption code.
But six years later, Tang Tianlin's stance was: if you object, fight!
"And if I refuse to cooperate?"
Dugu Bo sneered, dark green soul power surging around him like waves.
Nine soul rings lit up together, and a Titled Douluo's pressure bore down on the three like an invisible mountain.
The instant the pressure descended, Tang Tianlin stepped forward to stand before Tang San and Xiao Wu, battle intent boiling in his eyes.
"If you won't cooperate, senior, I'll help you cooperate."
"Golden Dragon Body!"
"Third Soul Skill: Dark Gold Tyrant Body!"
As his words fell, a blood qi soul ring and a ten thousand year soul ring lit up beneath Tang Tianlin's feet in succession.
The next second, golden light shone in Tang Tianlin's eyes, his pupils contracted into needlepoints, and a layer of fine dragon scales covered his skin.
With the two enhancements stacked together, Tang Tianlin shot up to two and a half meters tall. His muscles bulged, and crimson blood flames ignited over his body. He resembled a true dragon of blood qi awakening!
In midair, a trace of surprise flashed through Dugu Bo's green eyes as he saw Tang Tianlin's soul rings light up.
It was his first time seeing a soul ring configuration of one gold and one black.
Not only that, the moment the soul rings lit up, this person's aura rose from Soul Ancestor to Soul Douluo level.
A sixteen- or seventeen-year-old Soul Douluo? What kind of joke is this?!
"In that case, I have even more reason not to let you live!"
Dugu Bo's green eyes narrowed slightly. The third soul ring beneath his feet lit up, and his withered right palm pressed downward.
Jade-green poisonous mist churned like a living thing, and a jade-green giant python more than a hundred feet long suddenly lunged out, snapping its jaws at Tang Tianlin.
Facing the giant python descending from the sky, Tang Tianlin turned his hand over. A Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer appeared out of thin air, and he immediately swung it forward with one hand.
Boom!
With a thunderous crash, the giant python was instantly smashed to pieces by a single hammer blow.
Dugu Bo's pupils contracted.
His third soul skill was powerful enough to kill a low-level Soul Douluo in an instant, yet this person had shattered it with one hammer blow-and it looked like a casual strike at that.
Could his strength be beyond Soul Douluo level?!
But Tang Tianlin gave him no chance to think. His entire body became a golden afterimage, appearing before Dugu Bo in an instant.
"So fast?!"
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