"This is the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
Looking at the dreamlike, magnificent scene before him, Dugu Xin's entire being was entranced. His serpent-like pupils respectively reflected the milky white and vermillion colors of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Staring, pondering... recalling how the predecessors of the Dugu family had sacrificed themselves one after another just to find the path to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Suddenly, a tear silently slid down.
But before it could fall, it was evaporated by soul power.
He barely calmed his turbulent emotions, looked at Chen Junting and Ning Tian who were quietly waiting for him, and said in a deep voice.
"I'm ready."
"Good."
Chen Junting stepped forward, ignoring the Aromatic Silk Beauty that had been "playing dead" since their arrival. He came to the front of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his hands continuously waving, outlining array patterns. While working, he turned his head to Dugu Xin and said:
"The function of this array is to isolate you from direct contact with the ice and fire spring waters. As for suppressing the Ultimate Poison in your body, it can be done by borrowing the energy of the two great springs. After all, without having consumed both the Inferno Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the scorching heat and Ultimate cold there—even with a Titled Douluo's physique—cannot be endured for too long. If you had direct contact, I'm afraid before long, you would be dissolved by the two types of spring water."
After speaking, Chen Junting had already completed the outlined array. With a light tap, he made the array fall toward the converging position of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but without sinking into the spring water.
"Alright, go in."
Dugu Xin nodded, his body suddenly rising into the air, flying toward the array above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Then he sat cross-legged, letting the illusory array disk support his body in mid-air.
The rolling steam continuously rose, and the scorching and Ultimate Ice aura contained within enveloped Dugu Xin's entire body. This first made him frown, but then he relaxed as he felt the Ultimate Poison poured into his Eight Spider Lances being suppressed by the two auras.
Seeing this, Chen Junting moved his mind.
Accompanied by three streams of light, the three spirit souls—Mad King, Tyrant, and Snow Empress—appeared around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
"Snow Empress, Tyrant, Mad King, I'll trouble you later. Don't let any commotion disturb us..." As he spoke, Chen Junting laid down another array on the periphery, just in case.
"Rest assured."
"Leave it to us."
Snow Empress's cold voice, Tyrant's murmur, and Mad King's low roar sounded in succession. The three figures moved, respectively landing at three positions of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Seeing this, Ning Tian also had her fifth soul ring spirit soul, the Diamond Baboon, fill the last position.
Withdrawing his gaze, Chen Junting looked at Dugu Xin who was ready for battle and said in a deep voice, "Since that's the case... let's begin."
He grabbed the "playing dead" Aromatic Silk Beauty.
"Hey hey hey—what are you doing!?"
The Aromatic Silk Beauty subconsciously swayed its body, wanting to struggle. However, before it could struggle even once, "Youyou, shut up!"
With a light shout, Chen Junting also sat cross-legged. With a grand wave of his hand, the array below Dugu Xin began to operate.
As ice and fire energy gathered, the steam no longer rose.
With the array's continuous operation, the energy of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well below continuously emerged from the spring water, blending with the steam.
In no time, the gathered ice and fire energy became increasingly dense. In the end, it even vaguely transformed into two dragon shadows. The terrifying high temperature and cold made Dugu Xin's brows tightly knit.
As time passed, Dugu Xin seemed to gradually adapt.
And it was precisely at this moment that Chen Junting waved his hand grandly!
The two illusory dragon shadows seemed to cry out in unison, suddenly drilling into Dugu Xin's body, swimming through his meridians and blood.
Seizing the right moment, Chen Junting shouted decisively.
"Xin, release the Ultimate Poison stored in the Eight Spider Lances!"
Dugu Xin didn't hesitate. In the next moment, the Eight Spider Lances external soul bone hidden within his body suddenly surged, directly breaking out of his body, unfolding its ferocious, weapon-like spider legs.
After years of Dugu Xin's nurturing and the Ultimate Poison's cultivation, this Eight Spider Lances external soul bone was no longer at the thousand-year level. It had long since advanced to the ten-thousand-year or even hundred-thousand-year level, and was even developing toward a ferocious beast soul bone, just one step away.
However, right now, what Dugu Xin needed to do was force out all the poison within the Eight Spider Lances. After all, the Poison Pill he was about to condense would be the convergence of all the Ultimate Poison throughout Dugu Xin's body. Apart from this, no other part of him should contain Ultimate Poison.
Of course, although this action would cause the Eight Spider Lances soul bone to lose all its Ultimate Poison, the disappearance of the Ultimate Poison wouldn't render this external soul bone useless, because this situation was temporary.
Once the Poison Pill condensation was complete, Dugu Xin could control the Ultimate Poison with ease. When needed, he could make the Ultimate Poison in his body return to the Eight Spider Lances, even promoting its evolution. But if not needed, he could withdraw the Ultimate Poison from the Eight Spider Lances back into the Poison Pill.
Sizzle sizzle—
Afterward, as Dugu Xin released the Ultimate Poison of the Eight Spider Lances, the poison comparable to Ultimate attributes began to swim through his body.
At the same time, after the Ultimate Poison in his body collided with the ice and fire energy, it was almost beyond Dugu Xin's control, transforming into mist that wafted out from his body, immediately bursting forth with sizzling sounds.
In an instant, Dugu Xin's face constantly changed.
Green, purple, black...
As the ice and fire energy continuously swam through him, the Ultimate Poison in Dugu Xin's body was continuously compressed, gathering toward his dantian.
Seeing Dugu Xin's face recover, then turn pale, Chen Junting said in a deep voice, "Little Tian, provide Xin with attribute amplification."
What was most important now was ensuring Dugu Xin's condition. Otherwise, later when the toxicity became more intense, he absolutely wouldn't be able to endure.
Ning Tian didn't dare to be negligent. The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was already released. As her sixth soul ring shone, attribute amplification instantly entered Dugu Xin's body, strengthening his condition.
Seeing this, Chen Junting flipped his hand and patted the Aromatic Silk Beauty's large flower, "Release pollen, help us block the poison that comes after."
Forced by Chen Junting's tyranny, Youyou immediately did as told without a word. Under the pollen's diffusion, it instantly enveloped the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, forming a barrier on the periphery. Together with the poison-avoiding sachets on Chen Junting and Ning Tian, this formed a double guarantee.
Chen Junting flipped his palm, and a snow-white immortal herb appeared in his hand. Each leaf was crystal clear and snow-white, as if about to drip water—slender and curved, looking like a swan's neck.
"Snow Swan Kiss!"
The Aromatic Silk Beauty's large flower suddenly swayed violently, as if trembling, as if thinking of something terrifying.
"This is the Snow Swan Kiss! If you let a poison-attribute soul master consume it, wouldn't that be killing him!?"
In an instant, she understood Chen Junting's intention. But precisely because of this, she let out a "screaming" voice.
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