A meter-wide dragon claw came grabbing at him. Unable to dodge in time, Dugu Xin swung his poison claws straight at Xiao Tian's dragon claw.
Screeech-
His poison claws scraped across the surface of the dragon claw, producing the grating sound of dragon scales rubbing together. Not only did they fail to leave a wound, but the green poison on them also failed to do any substantial harm to the Dark Sacred Dragon.
After that strike, before Dugu Xin could react, Xiao Tian's other dragon hand came grabbing at him. Sensing trouble, Dugu Xin swiftly unleashed his First Soul Skill.
"First Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorus Dragon Armor!"
Countless Jade Phosphorus Dragon scales attached themselves to Dugu Xin's body. In an instant, they formed a suit of dark green, supple dragon-scale armor over him.
He crossed his arms in front of himself, preparing to forcibly withstand the Dark Sacred Dragon's casual swipe. Unexpectedly, in the very next second-
Bang-
A crisp collision rang out. One swipe from Xiao Tian forced Dugu Xin back dozens of steps, leaving his entire skeleton aching as never before.
"Brother Dugu, want to keep going?"
Standing far behind, Long Qianming smiled at the thwarted Dugu Xin and continued asking,
"Why don't you and Sister Qing'er come at me together? Xiao Tian can withstand Soul Elder-level attacks with its physical strength alone. Even if you go all out, you won't be able to hurt it."
"You said it! No taking it back!"
Dugu Xin was delighted. With Qing'er's healing abilities, he refused to believe they couldn't defeat the Dark Sacred Dragon before them.
Having witnessed all this, Su Qing'er, though astonished, quickly ran to Dugu Xin's side and unleashed her Third Soul Skill to heal his injuries.
In moments, with the Emerald Dragon circling beside him, Dugu Xin's internal injuries rapidly healed, and most of his expended Soul Power recovered as well.
"Brother Ming, don't get too smug. With Qing'er supporting me, you might not be able to beat us."
"Qing'er, let's use that move we just learned!"
"All right!"
Dugu Xin swiftly retreated and drew Su Qing'er into his arms. Two highly compatible Soul Power presences rapidly merged, and the two illusory lesser-dragon souls behind their backs fused together as well.
Before long, an enormous dragon-shaped creature, green all over and sporting a pair of green-gold horns, flew into the air and looked toward Long Qianming and Xiao Tian.
"Th-this is a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"
"It looks-it looks just like the Star Luo Imperial Family's Hell White Tiger!"
Gazing at the enormous green dragon, roughly fifteen meters long, Long Qianming had no choice but to grow wary.
Meanwhile, the two inside the Martial Soul Fusion Skill were brimming with confidence and spoke in unison.
"Brother Ming, this is the Martial Soul Fusion Skill we comprehended over three days while traveling to Heaven Dou City to search for Father-the Jasper Poison Dragon."
Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had already raised the Jade Phosphorus Dragon's poison to a higher level.
"Brother Ming, you'd better be careful."
The Jasper Poison Dragon flying overhead dove toward Long Qianming with sky-filling might. At the sight, the pride of the dragon race rooted deep within Xiao Tian's bloodline was fully ignited.
It would not allow a dragon-like creature with an impure bloodline to challenge its authority. Xiao Tian let out an explosive roar at the diving Jasper Poison Dragon.
Before Long Qianming could issue an order, Xiao Tian flew straight at it.
"Perfect timing!"
Seeing this, Dugu Xin and Su Qing'er moved as one in thought, controlling the Jasper Poison Dragon to raise its foreclaws high and swipe at Xiao Tian.
Unwilling to show weakness, Xiao Tian retaliated in the same fashion.
The two dragons tangled together in the sky above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, trading blows, neither able to gain the upper hand for the moment.
"To think Xiao Tian's physical body alone could match a Martial Soul Fusion Skill produced by two Soul Elders. Not bad. Not bad at all."
Long Qianming was pleased with this. The next moment-
Boom-
An extraordinarily loud, deep collision of flesh rang out, and the force each dragon exerted sent the other flying.
Due to its limitations, Xiao Tian could no longer remain airborne. It stared resentfully at the green dragon that had escaped into the distant sky, then turned to look at Long Qianming.
"I know what you mean!"
Long Qianming understood exactly what Xiao Tian was thinking at that moment.
"Second Soul Skill, World-Burning Black Flame."
A Yellow Soul Ring rose from beneath Long Qianming's feet, then slipped around Xiao Tian's body. Black Qi rapidly gathered in Xiao Tian's throat.
The Jasper Poison Dragon, which had escaped into the sky, also caught sight of Xiao Tian unleashing its Soul Skill.
"So that's how an External Martial Soul unleashes Soul Skills!"
Amid their surprise, the two swiftly moved to counter it. An extremely fierce stream of green dragon breath erupted from the dragon's mouth.
Unwilling to show weakness, Xiao Tian spewed black flames from its own dragon maw, shooting them straight at the descending dragon breath.
In an instant, the two forces collided. The resulting tide of power rapidly radiated outward, sending waves of air rolling. Loose stones on the ground were reduced to fine powder, and enormous rocks on the surrounding peaks tumbled to the ground.
Affected by the clash, Long Qianming swiftly retreated. As time passed, in less than a minute, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Dugu Xin and Su Qing'er were maintaining broke apart on the spot.
Seizing the crucial moment when the Martial Soul Fusion Skill broke apart, Dugu Xin quickly slipped past Xiao Tian's defenses and unleashed his strongest skill at Long Qianming.
"Third Soul Skill, Myriad Poison Mist!"
As Dugu Xin exhausted his Soul Power, corrosive, lethally poisonous green mist began spreading around Long Qianming, enveloping both him and Xiao Tian.
Now supported by Su Qing'er off to one side, Dugu Xin looked at the green poison mist with great delight.
"Brother Ming, this is the price of underestimating me. Although our Martial Soul Fusion Skill is newly formed and lasts less than two minutes, no matter how powerful your Martial Soul is, I only need to defeat you, its Soul Master, to turn the tide."
"Brother Xin, your Third Soul Skill is too powerful. Not only is it corrosive, but its poison is also extremely potent. If Qianming can't withstand it and dies, then..."
Only upon hearing this did Dugu Xin realize that he seemed to have made a # mistake. What had originally been a perfectly good sparring match, where they should have stopped short of harm, had now become a fight to the death?
If Long Qianming dissolved into a mist of blood because of his Third Soul Skill, he would be guilty indeed!
Just as Dugu Xin's heart burned with anxiety and he prepared to withdraw the effects of his Third Soul Skill, a familiar figure walked out of the green poison mist.
At the sight, Dugu Xin and Su Qing'er finally let out a sigh of relief, only to stare in astonishment at the completely uninjured Long Qianming and ask,
"Brother Ming, what's going on? You weren't poisoned at all? Did you use your needle techniques to counteract the poison?"
Long Qianming smiled at this.
"Brother Dugu, even a divine physician would have been helpless in that situation. But I'm different, because I'm..."
"Immune to poison."
"What? Immune to poison? This..."
Dugu Xin stared in astonishment at Long Qianming as he slowly approached, unable to look away for a long time. He had never expected Long Qianming to possess immunity to poison as well.
Honestly, when Long Qianming said the words "immune to poison," Dugu Xin inexplicably felt displeased, even angry.