"Didn't we already agree to settle our scores?" Xuan Ming said.
Why are you still dredging up old grievances here?
"Because you yourself have a dark side, you project your own feelings onto others and think I am too?"
"A prostitute sees no virtuous woman?"
Dugu Bo's face darkened. "Don't be so rude, kid!"
"Isn't it because your work is ugly?" Xuan Ming said.
"Then why, after all this time, haven't you shown any sign of getting closer?" Dugu Bo asked.
Xuan Ming took a deep breath, "What constitutes closeness?"
"Pulling and tugging, hugging and cuddling?"
"Do you know how tiring it is for my two brains to cultivate non-stop? I meditate even while eating and sleeping, not daring to waste a moment. Absorbing Soul Ring is also pushing my limits to the limit, all in order to improve as much as possible as soon as possible."
Why do you think I'm working so hard?
"I can't even control my own life, yet you come to ask me why I'm not close to Dugu Yan and the others?"
"I really... are you fucking crazy?!"
"..."
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In the original work, absorbing Soul Bone only enhances skills and abilities, not directly increases Soul Power Level. High-grade Soul Bone only make skills more powerful, without any mention of increasing Soul Power. However, many fanfiction works depict people instantly gaining several levels after absorbing a Soul Bone...
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Chapter 71 You Can Fly, Can't You?
"I thought you were really good at holding it in."
Seeing Xuan Ming Ming's outburst of insults, Dugu Bo wasn't particularly annoyed.
He was indeed a little worried that Xuan Ming was holding onto his resentment towards him from back then, but he could also tell that the kid wasn't the kind of person who was treacherous.
If Xuan Ming were the type to keep everything bottled up, he wouldn't have brought this kid back to Heaven Dou City in the first place, much less put him and Dugu Yan together.
A genius is indeed a good thing, but he would never do something that would lead to his own downfall.
Today, he just wanted to know what Xuan Ming's attitude was towards Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
Does it mean they care, or they don't?
But judging from the kid's condition, I'm afraid I won't get anything out of him.
"Alright, now that we've talked it out, I won't bring it up again." Dugu Bo jumped down from the large rock.
"I remember we already made things clear when I first came back," Xuan Ming said speechlessly.
"Ahem, don't you know I'm a suspicious person?" Dugu Bo was a little embarrassed, but still shameless.
Xuan Ming took a deep breath, not wanting to say anything more about this matter, "You..."
Xuan Ming's expression changed slightly, and he turned to look at the other side of the hill. "What's the situation over there?"
"This is my villa, and that's my medicine shed," Dugu Bo said.
"Medicine herb? You're a herb farmer?" Xuan Ming said.
"Poison!" Dugu Bo said irritably.
"Can I go over and take a look?" Xuan Ming asked.
"No." Dugu Bo refused without even thinking.
"The environment over there is very dangerous. Let alone a newly-broken Soul Grandmaster like you, even Soul King would be doomed if they went in there with the slightest carelessness."
Xuan Ming's physique is indeed powerful, having reached the level of Soul Elder above level 30. However, even Soul Elder would absolutely not be able to withstand the impact of the ice and fire poisons in that place!
"Don't think I'm being stingy. Even Yanyan, I've never brought her here before," Dugu Bo said.
"If you're really interested, I can bring you here when you're ready to handle the dangers of this place."
"Besides, if you stay with Yanyan, this place will all be yours from now on."
There are lots of treasures inside!
Xuan Ming ignored Dugu Bo and thought for a moment, "What if I activate my domain?"
"Domain?" Dugu Bo was taken aback.
"I was able to force out the deadly poison from the Nine-Section Jade, so this shouldn't be a problem, right?" Xuan Ming said.
Dugu Bo thought for a moment, "I'm afraid that won't work. The poison of the Nine-Section Jade is very special. Once it's injected into Soul Master's body, it will merge into that Soul Master's own Soul Power. So, even Soul Saint would lose half their life if bitten."
"Your domain is indeed amazing; it can even forcibly suppress and stop your own Soul Power. However, the energy conflicts within it are extremely intense, and your domain may not be able to withstand them."
Xuan Ming's domain effect is somewhat similar to his eighth Soul Skill, the effect of Space-Time Solidification, but it is not as powerful. However, if the energy in the area covered by the domain is too weak, it will be suppressed to a state of near stagnation.
However, if the energy is strong enough, the domain cannot suppress it, just like when we encountered the Startling Wing Thunder Python last night.
"It's worth a try, isn't it?" Xuan Ming said.
"Since it's an energy conflict, the conflict will definitely be stronger closer to the core. I'll test it at the edge first. If I can withstand it, I'll go in and take a look. If I can't, I'm not one to deliberately seek death."
Dugu Bo thought for a moment, "Alright, I'll show you. But don't be reckless. If that poison damages your meridians and internal organs, it won't be a small matter."
This hellish place is a treasure trove for him, but for low-level Soul Master, it's no different from hell. As soon as they enter the valley, their bodies will be invaded by the energy containing both ice and fire poisons.
For an ordinary person, it wouldn't even take a moment; just a few breaths and they would be dead.
Leaving the villa, we continued climbing the hill and soon reached the summit.
Before us was an inverted cone-shaped valley, from which thick, hot air rose, carrying the smell of sulfur.
The mountain valley was deep, and the constant heat created a thick layer of mist in the air. If you flew over it, you would only think that there was a miasma there. Such miasma was not uncommon in Sunset Forest, but it was not a rare thing either.
No wonder so many Soul Master have entered Sunset Forest to hunt for Soul Ring, yet they've never discovered anything like this here.
However, since there are records of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the Douluo Continent, it means that a Soul Master must have found this place a long time ago, but simply did not pass on the location.
Of course, it's also possible that their cultivation level was insufficient, and they were corroded by the potent poison of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, dying not long after leaving.
"How do you feel? Are you confident?" Dugu Bo asked.
"If you're not confident, then forget it. If something happens to you, Yanyan will definitely blame me."
"What can I sense here?" Xuan Ming asked speechlessly.
"Then go down and experience it," Dugu Bo said.
"What, you can't even get down?"
Xuan Ming's eye twitched slightly. "Don't you think you're being childish?"
Dugu Bo snorted softly, offering no rebuttal.
He's someone who hates trouble, and this place is too dangerous. He really doesn't want to go through all that trouble; he'll just wait for the kid to back down.
Seeing through Dugu Bo's meaning, Xuan Ming didn't say much and directly summoned the Blood Spear, with two Soul Ring, one yellow and one purple, rising from the soles of his feet.
Second Soul Skill: Startling Thunder!
A purple Soul Ring flashed, and blue-white lightning erupted from the Blood Spear, faintly gathering into a pair of lightning wings near the spear tip!
Dugu Bo's eye twitched. "You can't fly, can you?"
"Guess?" Xuan Ming gripped the Blood Spear tightly, leaped into the air, and flew down the valley. Driven by the Blood Spear, he swooped down as fast as lightning.
"Are you crazy!?" Dugu Bo was stunned for a moment, then swooped down and chased after him.
This valley is hundreds of meters deep!
Falling straight down is certain death, so why accelerate downwards?
"You little brat, don't..." Dugu Bo caught up, but before he could even try to rescue the person, Xuan Ming started showing off his skills.
Xuan Ming gently twisted the Blood Spear, causing the lightning wings to shift and the direction of flight to change. The Blood Spear with its lightning wings carried Xuan Ming as it spiraled down through the deep valley.
When they were still more than a hundred meters from the bottom of the valley, Xuan Ming had flown to the top of an open space. His lightning wings were almost exhausted and began to dissipate, and his flight speed slowed down.
As he was about to land, the lightning wings dissipated, and white light surged from Xuan Ming's body. Powerful resistance enveloped his body from all directions, even filling his body, slowing down and eliminating the last bit of inertia, allowing him to stand steadily on the ground.
"..." Dugu Bo.
Are you showing off your skills?
Chapter 72 The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well
"That terrifying acceleration, you're using it as a flight aid..."
Dugu Bo landed on the ground, his expression extremely strange.
"You're way too daring!"
"Even if I jump directly down, I can protect myself with the slowing effect of my domain," Xuan Ming said.
"Just now, I was merely testing my second Soul Skill."
"Then what is the ability of your second Soul Skill?" Dugu Bo asked.
"Don't tell me you recklessly absorbed a Limit Soul Ring and gained a dangerous, short-lived flight skill?"
"Do you think that's possible?" Xuan Ming was speechless.
"My second Soul Skill, Startling Thunder, is a surprise attack skill inherited from the Startling Wing Thunder Python. Violent lightning clings to the surface of the Blood Spear. Once a direction is determined, the Blood Spear will fly out like lightning piercing the sky, just like shooting an arrow. However, I don't need to draw a bow, and there is no pre-animation. As long as I activate the Soul Skill and release my hand, it will accelerate and thrust out."
" The Blood Spear spontaneously unleashed a thrust?" Dugu Bo asked with a strange expression.
"It's very sinister, isn't it?" Xuan Ming said.
"I also feel it's a bit eerie."
This Soul Skill is like American Iaijutsu; if you're not prepared, even someone stronger than you could be killed by it.
Of course, this Soul Skill can also be used to close the distance unexpectedly, especially in team battles. He can suddenly rush to the back row of the opponent, and even if he fails to kill the back row, he can still disrupt the opponent's formation.
"Then what happened to you just now?" Dugu Bo asked, puzzled.
"If I grab the Blood Spear, I'll be thrown away, and my arrow will turn into a rapid thrust," Xuan Ming said.
"And during flight, I can change my direction by twisting the Blood Spear, just like before."
"You really dare to play this game." Dugu Bo's eye twitched slightly.
Being thrown out by an object that suddenly accelerates at extreme speed is like being suddenly and forcefully thrown out. Even if the body is unharmed on the surface, the internal organs will at least shift due to that kind of rapid acceleration!
"I know this kind of rapid acceleration is dangerous. I protected my internal organs beforehand with my shameless domain. If it were an ordinary Soul Master, they definitely wouldn't be able to withstand this kind of rapid acceleration brought about by external force," Xuan Ming said.
Having spent so much time at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, his control over his domain is no longer the simple suppression he used to have. The deceleration he just experienced was just one application of it. His White Light Domain expands from within his body, providing overall deceleration without needing to consider the buffering effect of internal organs. Therefore, no matter how fast the speed, as long as it can be reduced before impact, it will be fine.
However, he hasn't started cultivating the Black Dragon Martial Soul yet. The slowing effect of this Innate Domain is limited. If the impact is too great, it won't be able to slow down, just like when the Startling Wing Thunder Python suddenly attacked and crashed into his domain but wasn't affected much.
"How are you feeling?" Dugu Bo asked.
"The energy surge here must be immense!"
Xuan Ming checked the state of his internal domain. "It's alright, I can hold on."
"Don't be reckless. You survived so many unfortunate things before. If you ruin your health here, you'll become a laughingstock," Dugu Bo said.
"I know." Xuan Ming opened his eyes and slowly approached the direction of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Since he's already here, he should at least find a chance to eat the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, since these are the only two Immortal Herb he remembers.
"Hey! Don't go any further in, it'll be really dangerous!" Dugu Bo warned.