Chapter 95: Senior Dugu, would you be willing to trade your pill bead for a detoxification method?
At noon, the sunlight was just right.
Deep within the Sunset Forest, outside the valley of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
"It's decided, Ning Rongrong, you're up!"
Zhu Zhuqing raised her hand, and the bracelet on her wrist emitted a faint blue glow.
"The amplification is fine, but Zhuqing, what big thing are you planning? Whom are you going to fight?"
Ning Rongrong held the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, her eyes full of curiosity.
She cautiously probed:
"Can I watch the battle from outside?"
"Of course."
Zhu Zhuqing "readily" agreed, but her beautiful eyes looked as if she were staring at a dead person.
She spoke calmly and seriously:
"Watch however you want, but if something goes wrong, I won't save you."
"Th-then… forget it."
Ning Rongrong gave an awkward laugh and instantly chose self-preservation.
Zhu Zhuqing tilted her chin toward Ning Rongrong:
"Apply the amplification."
"The Seven Treasures have names: first, strength; second, speed!"
Ning Rongrong's soul ring lit up, and two beams of light from the glazed pagoda precisely landed on Zhu Zhuqing.
Then she moved closer, her body flashing as she actively "dove" into the living bracelet.
"White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"
Zhu Zhuqing instantly transformed into a White Tiger girl.
A hundred-thousand-year soul ring lit up, her muscles tensed sharply, and surging soul power swept through her body as her strength skyrocketed.
In the next moment, her fur shifted from white to black, and she returned to her Hell Spirit Cat form.
"Go for it, little kitty! Once you're ready, set off!"
Bai Lu encouraged her.
"I will win!"
Confidence flashed in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes as she stepped forward into the poison-filled valley ahead.
Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well
"It's finally grown back…"
Dugu Bo looked at the medicinal herbs he had replanted before him, and a nameless fury suddenly surged.
He clenched his fists, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"That damn little thief actually stole my herbs and ruined my efforts."
"If I ever find you, then…"
"No need to look. I'm here."
A cold voice sounded from the valley entrance.
"Who?!"
Dugu Bo suddenly turned his head, his pupils shrinking in shock.
He saw Zhu Zhuqing walking steadily, as if strolling through her own backyard, passing through layers of deadly poison formations and entering the valley.
A girl barely in her teens could treat his lethal poison formations as if they were nothing?
"Little girl, why is it that my poison formations can't do anything to you?"
Dugu Bo questioned in a deep voice, the poisonous aura around him pressing the air to near-solidity.
"Otherwise, how do you think I took your immortal herbs before?"
Zhu Zhuqing spoke lightly, without the slightest trace of fear.
"Good, good, good!"
"Since you admit it, that makes things easier!"
Dugu Bo laughed in anger, killing intent surging in his green eyes:
"Since you dare to come again, have you prepared to die?"
"Not at all."
Zhu Zhuqing remained calm. "I came here to make a deal with Senior."
"A deal? Heh, just you?"
Dugu Bo sneered with disdain:
"What could I possibly lack that I need from a thieving little girl like you?"
Zhu Zhuqing's gaze sharpened slightly as she repeated Bai Lu's words exactly as instructed in her mind:
"Senior, the poison has already penetrated your bones, rooted in your blood, and even affected your descendants. Don't you want to resolve this problem completely?"
"What a joke!"
Dugu Bo's expression darkened as he shouted sharply:
"I am Poison Douluo. All poisons under the sky are under my control. Would my own poison harm me?"
His eyes flickered slightly, but he stared at Zhu Zhuqing coldly.
"I am seventy-eight years old. It has always been others who fall to my poison, never myself. You little girl, do you even know what nonsense you're talking about?"
"No need to deny it, Senior. The pain in your body and heart is something only you understand."
Zhu Zhuqing's words were like a blade stabbing straight into his weak point:
"It is said your son and daughter-in-law suffered a mysterious accident while hunting soul beasts.
True or false, the reason behind it… only you would know, right?"
"What did you say?!"
Dugu Bo let out a low roar as the terrifying pressure of a Titled Douluo erupted instantly.
Invisible pressure, carrying a nearly tangible killing intent, crashed toward Zhu Zhuqing like a mountain.
"White Tiger Killing God Transformation!"
With a thought, Zhu Zhuqing released a dense killing intent.
The two killing intents collided and perfectly canceled each other out.
As for the following Titled Douluo pressure, she relied solely on her enhanced physical body to withstand it without fear, not even taking a single step back.
"Hm? You do have some skill."
Dugu Bo appeared calm, but his heart was in turmoil.
He had released his pressure without holding back. Even a Soul Saint would likely have been forced to cough blood.
Yet this girl remained expressionless and unmoving?
As if she were already accustomed to this level of pressure.
"Lies don't hurt people. The truth is the sharpest blade."
Zhu Zhuqing suddenly said, "Senior, you're flustered."
"I'm flustered? Little thief, what nonsense are you spouting?!"
Dugu Bo's aura faltered, clearly struck where it hurt.
"Senior, if I recall correctly, you also have a granddaughter."
Zhu Zhuqing's gaze was firm. "Her name is Dugu Yan, right?"
"Little thief! What are you trying to do?!"
Dugu Bo suddenly recalled the note left in the herb garden earlier.
In an instant, his eyes turned colder than a venomous snake, and the surrounding poison mist thickened several times.
Could it be that this thief had already captured Yan Yan?
"If you won't think for yourself, won't you at least think for Sister Yan?"
Zhu Zhuqing's tone lowered as she tried to persuade him:
"Her prime has only just begun. If the poison fully penetrates her bones… the consequences will be unimaginable."
"Heh…"
Dugu Bo forcibly suppressed his anger and stared at her:
"Then tell me, how do you intend to proceed with this deal?"
"I will detoxify both you and your granddaughter and also tell you how to deal with the poison permanently."
Zhu Zhuqing spoke word by word: "In return, Senior must give me the Pill Bead you condensed when you broke through to the Titled Douluo level."
"You! How do you know about my Pill Bead?!"
Dugu Bo was both shocked and furious, completely unable to remain calm.
That Pill Bead was formed when his Jade Phosphor Serpent martial soul evolved into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor martial soul upon reaching rank 90.
It contained not only the majority of his soul power but also the essence of his poison path.
This was his greatest secret. Even his granddaughter Dugu Yan did not know!
"Secret."
Zhu Zhuqing replied concisely.
"Since you know this secret, you should understand how important it is to me!"
Dugu Bo's voice trembled:
"If I lose the Pill Bead, my strength will drop drastically. I might even fall below the Titled Douluo level. Do you really call this a deal?"
"The Pill Bead is valuable, but life is more valuable, isn't it?"
Zhu Zhuqing countered.
"Hahaha! Well said!"
Dugu Bo threw his head back and laughed, but only ruthlessness and coldness remained in his eyes.
End of Chapter