The Snow Swan Kiss.
Though this immortal herb itself contained no toxins, its inherent characteristic was stimulation. Merely touching it, let alone consuming it, would cause any virus on the affected area to multiply a thousandfold or more. One could say that this immortal herb named "Snow Swan Kiss" was more terrifying than any lethal poison.
Precisely because this immortal herb's power was so horrifying, the Elegant Orchid Immortal Herb trembled with such fear. While she herself was indeed immune to all poisons, in the current situation, a single mistake would unleash catastrophic poison upon this blessed land.
At that point, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well would be destroyed!
"I know. That's why I'm being so cautious."
Glancing at the Snow Swan Kiss enveloped in soul power, Chen Junting rarely deigned to offer an explanation to the Elegant Orchid Immortal Herb.
His gaze fixed on Dugu Xin before him, he spoke in a deep voice: "I will send the Snow Swan Kiss into your mouth, and you must swallow it. However, the moment you make contact, the Snow Swan Kiss will stimulate all viruses within you. Of course, I will use inscriptions to wrap it, trying to minimize this process as much as possible. But once it enters your stomach, it will thoroughly stimulate the concentrated poison in your dantian and push your poison attribute to the extreme—to the level of Ultimate Poison."
"At that time, I will have Little Tian use his soul skill to put you into an invincible state. Within those ten seconds, you must seize the right moment to swallow the mutated Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core."
Seeing Chen Junting's grave and solemn expression, Dugu Xin nodded seriously. With a flip of his palm, he produced the inner core.
Even Ning Tian held up her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, her blood-red eighth soul ring slowly rising—clearly also ready to strike at a moment's notice.
Seeing them arrayed in battle formation, Chen Junting took a deep breath.
"Prepare yourselves."
The hand wrapped around the Snow Swan Kiss couldn't help but tremble slightly. Even though he knew what to expect, he couldn't suppress his nervousness.
In the next second, inscriptions quietly emerged.
At the fastest speed, they sealed the Snow Swan Kiss within, to prevent any accidental stimulation during the transfer process.
Simultaneously, his brow split open as well.
The Eye of Destiny fixed upon Dugu Xin without the slightest relaxation.
The next second, his right hand loosened. Sending it forward wrapped in soul power, the Snow Swan Kiss arrived before Dugu Xin's mouth.
Dugu Xin didn't even look at it, swallowing it in one gulp.
A sweep of Destiny's light, and the inscriptions wrapping the Snow Swan Kiss shattered layer by layer. However, Dugu Xin had already swallowed it with lightning speed, sending the immortal herb straight to his abdomen.
And at this moment: "Little Tian!"
Almost simultaneously, a soft chant rang out: "Nine Treasures emerge with glazed light, Nine Treasures have names, the Eighth is called: Nine-Treasure Invincible Divine Light."
A nine-colored radiance descended, flying toward Dugu Xin.
And at this moment, waves of terrifying greenish-black poisonous mist suddenly erupted from within Dugu Xin's body. In less than a single breath, his entire person seemed to have transformed into a being of pure poison.
His whole body exuded an aura of death.
At this moment, everyone felt a pang of heart palpitations.
Just as Dugu Xin, ravaged by the Ultimate Poison, was on the verge of having his life force severed, Ning Tian's eighth soul skill landed upon him, instantly halting his state of decline.
"Nine-Treasure Invincible Divine Light"—one second of invincibility, usable ten times.
In other words, Dugu Xin could be invincible for ten seconds.
At this moment, Ning Tian continuously activated her eighth soul skill, with a stream of light entering his body every second, maintaining Dugu Xin's invincible state and preventing the Ultimate Poison from severing his life force.
And at this time, a jade-green hue flashed across Chen Junting's Eye of Destiny before shining upon Dugu Xin's body.
The rich vitality contained within the Life Gold, after expending one second, immediately brought Dugu Xin back to full consciousness.
Seeing this, Dugu Xin took a deep breath. With a fierce gulp, he swallowed the mutated Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core whole.
This caused the Ultimate Poison, originally suppressed by the vitality, to surge up once more. Clearly, the poison within the mutated Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's body was being further catalyzed by the Snow Swan Kiss, making the toxins even more violent! Fortunately, with Ning Tian's soul skill protection currently in place, he remained safe and unharmed.
However, up to this point, Ning Tian could only apply the invincible state six more times. In other words, the poison had to be suppressed within six seconds, and then the Poison Pill successfully condensed.
Facing the continuous rampage of Ultimate Poison through Dugu Xin's body.
Chen Junting merely glanced at his changing complexion and the poisonous mist beginning to pour from his body, took a deep breath, waved his hand, and activated the formation beneath him.
Instantly, the spring waters surged.
Ice and fire spring water erupted violently, and even more terrifying ice and fire energy rose up, directly enveloping Dugu Xin's entire body.
Sssssss—
Just like before, the moment the ice and fire energy mixed with the spring water shrouded Dugu Xin, the dense poisonous mist on his body surface immediately scurried back into Dugu Xin's body like mice encountering cats, lightning-fast!
As the Ultimate Poison re-entered his body, Dugu Xin's frame shuddered violently. Then the ice and fire energy penetrated Dugu Xin's skin, rushing into his body and chasing down those toxins like madmen!
The ice and fire energy spread to nearly every corner of Dugu Xin's body. With his own cooperation, as well as the external assistance from Chen Junting and Ning Tian, the pervasive toxins within Dugu Xin's body began to rapidly retreat. Moreover, under the conscious manipulation of the two people inside and out, the Ultimate Poison continued to gather toward Dugu Xin's dantian.
Meanwhile, in his dantian.
Under the pressure of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, the terrifying Ultimate Poison had gradually formed a vortex. And within this poisonous gas vortex, a purple-red pill continuously rose and fell at the vortex's center.
In the next second, under the impact of the ice and fire energy, its energy continuously fused with the Ultimate Poison outside the pill.
But at this moment, the phantom of a strange serpent suddenly appeared!
Hmph—
The moment Chen Junting's Eye of Destiny swept over it, he let out a cold snort! The Eye of Destiny's gaze immediately locked onto it, and then a terrifying sword intent suddenly erupted!
Effortlessly, it annihilated this wisp of remnant soul.
Dugu Xin had consumed the Snow Swan Kiss, using this opportunity to break through to Ultimate Poison. His situation was a hundred or a thousand times more dangerous than simply condensing a Poison Pill—there was absolutely no room for any demons or monsters to cause trouble.
"Xin!"
Chen Junting's light shout was like thunder piercing straight to the soul.
"Circulate your soul power, compress the poisonous gas, inject it into the pill."
Under Chen Junting's shout, Dugu Xin hurriedly circulated his soul power. Following Chen Junting's instructions, he channeled the Ultimate Poison into the pill.
Under his careful manipulation, the poisonous gas vortex began to converge toward the pill. As the Ultimate Poison continuously infused into it, the mutated Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's mark within the pill also completely dissipated.
This pill had thoroughly become Dugu Xin's own.
"Poison Pill, condense!"
At this moment, the ten seconds were exactly up.
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