Heaven Dou City is indeed not far from Sunset Forest. Yu Qing and her group arrived at the edge of this vast forest in less than half a day.
Lush green trees filled the view, the air thick with the fragrance of grass and trees, and a faint, almost imperceptible, sense of danger. Because the group included two pregnant women and two Ling Xins with only level ten spirit power, completely defenseless... Ling Mou and Yu Qing appeared exceptionally cautious.
With a thought, a vast, ocean-like mental force quietly spread out from him, forming an invisible domain with a diameter of 100 meters. Within the domain, all the Spirit Beasts that felt this terrifying pressure, regardless of their age, scattered in terror and fled, instantly clearing the area.
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"Let's go, stay close to me." Yu Qing led the way, while A Rou tacitly brought up the rear, covering Duan Xin, Zi Ruyi, and Ling Xin. Ling Mou stood protectively in the middle.
Guided by past memories and a powerful mental force, Yu Qing led the group deeper into the forest. Sunset Forest was vast and had complex terrain; even with the guidance of their memories, it took them an entire night to finally find the peculiar snow-capped mountain shrouded in a light mist amidst a majestic mountain range.
"This is it." A glint of excitement flashed in Yu Qing's eyes as he gazed at the colorful poisonous miasma shrouding the mountainside. He knew that beyond this barrier of death lay the legendary treasure trove— the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
"There's poisonous miasma ahead, everyone be careful," Yu Qing warned Dao, then immediately unleashed his Power of Life. A vibrant green light spread out from him, forming a semi-transparent Life Barrier about five meters in diameter, enveloping everyone within. The air inside the barrier was fresh and full of life, a stark contrast to the deadly poisonous fog outside.
"Stay close to me and don't leave the barrier area." Yu Qing solemnly instructed, especially Ling Xin. Ling Mou.
The group slowly stepped into the Poisonous Miasma Zone.
Upon entering the poisonous miasma, the surrounding scenery instantly became bizarre and terrifying. The multicolored poisonous fog churned and writhed as if alive, reducing visibility to a minimum. Beneath one's feet lay soft, muddy, and ominously purplish-black earth, while the air was filled with a strange, cloying stench tinged with decay.
Outside the barrier, chilling sights could be seen from time to time: the massive skeletons of Spirit Beasts lay half-buried in the swamp, their bones displaying a dark or eerie color, corroded by the deadly poison; some seemingly intact Spirit Beast corpses stood frozen in place, maintaining the posture of their last struggle before death, their fur intact, as if they were merely asleep, but upon closer inspection, one could see that their eye sockets were hollow, their interiors long since dissolved by the toxins; even a few human skeletons could be seen, with broken armor and rusted weapons remaining on their bodies, some curled up in a ball, others stretching out their hands in vain, silently telling of the despair they had felt at the time.
Deep within the poisonous fog, occasional rustling sounds could be heard, suggesting the presence of small, venomous insects adapted to the fog's environment. However, none of them dared approach the barrier that emitted the life force they loathed.
Ling Xin and Ling Mou had never seen such a terrifying sight before. Their faces turned pale with fright, and they clung tightly to A Rou, barely daring to breathe. Duan Xin and Zi Ruyi also instinctively clutched their lower abdomens and moved even closer to Yu Qing.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Yu Qing's gentle voice brought a sense of reassurance to everyone. He focused intently on maintaining the barrier and moved forward steadily. As they went deeper, the concentration and toxicity of the poisonous miasma increased dramatically. Even the surface of the Life Barrier began to ripple, as if it were fighting against the invisible toxins.
" Dugu Bo's poisonous miasma setups are getting more and more elaborate, but his courage is dwindling," Yu Qing thought to himself, a smile playing on his lips. He remembered that while Old Poison was skilled with poisons back then, he wasn't this cautious.
Just as they were about to break through the core area of the densest poisonous miasma—
In Yu Qing's mental perception, a powerful spiritual power fluctuation, imbued with coldness and venom, suddenly appeared in front of him, like a venomous snake awakening!
"Who dares to trespass on my territory! You're courting death!"
A hoarse yet furious shout, like thunder, pierced through the thick fog and rolled in! The spirit power contained in the voice made Ling Xin... Ling Mou's face turned even paler, and even Duan Xin and Zi Ruyi felt a pang of fear.
Before the person arrived, the sound came first! A nauseating, fishy smell hit you first, and even with the Life Barrier filtering it, it made you feel dizzy.
Immediately afterwards, a blurry, emerald-green figure, shrouded in the multicolored poisonous mist, slowly emerged like a ghost, stepping through the mist towards their direction. With each step, the surrounding poisonous mist seemed to become more active, and the chilling, terrifying pressure grew clearer and heavier!
The newcomer wore a long, dark green robe, and his hair was also an eerie dark green. He was tall and thin, resembling a bamboo pole. His face was pale, but his eyes were green, radiating a cold and sinister light. Most striking were the nine spirit rings swirling around him: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black!
It was none other than "Old Deng" that Yu Qing had been thinking about not long ago— Poison Douluo Dugu Bo!
Dugu Bo was in a bad mood at the moment. No one would be happy if an uninvited guest suddenly appeared at their door.
What shocked and enraged him most was that the other party had managed to pass through his prized poisonous miasma unscathed. He could sense that the newcomer possessed an aura no weaker than his own, and even... a more oppressive one! This unfathomable feeling made him extremely uneasy.
"Hmph, hiding your true colors! Get out here!" Dugu Bo sneered, waving his hand. The dense, emerald-green poisonous mist, as if possessing a life of its own, transformed into a ferocious venomous python, roaring as it charged towards the location of Yu Qing and the others. Wherever it passed, even the ground sizzled and corroded.
Faced with an attack powerful enough to instantly kill an ordinary Spirit Emperor, Yu Qing merely smiled slightly. He didn't even make any defensive move. The moment the Azure Phosphorous Serpent collided with the Life Barrier, it hissed and disintegrated rapidly, like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun, ultimately turning into nothingness without even causing a ripple.
"What?!" Dugu Bo's pupils suddenly contracted, and for the first time, shock appeared on his face. His Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison had been neutralized so easily? The opponent hadn't even used Spirit Ability?! That pure life energy seemed to be the perfect nemesis of his poison! This instantly raised his vigilance to its peak.
Yu Qing slowly withdrew part of the Life Barrier, clearly revealing everyone's figures to Dugu Bo. When Dugu Bo saw how young Yu Qing was, his shock deepened. Such a young Titled Douluo? How could this be?! And when his gaze swept over the five beautiful women behind Yu Qing, each with their own unique charm, he was even more stunned, especially when he sensed A Rou's undisguised Titled Douluo. As he breathed, his expression turned completely serious.
A young Titled Douluo? And several women who seemed to have varying levels of skill? This group was too strange. But Dugu Bo's unease grew stronger; he couldn't see through this young leader at all.
" Who is Your Excellency? Why do you trespass on my private residence?" Dugu Bo asked Dao in a deep voice, his tone icy, his entire body tense, already in a state of highest alert.
His green eyes were fixed on Yu Qing, trying to find a trace of familiarity in her, but the handsome face with a playful smile in front of him was not in his memory at all.
Yu Qing, a playful smile on her face, sized up Dugu Bo's alarmed expression and clicked her tongue, " Old Poison, years have passed, and your temper is still as bad as ever. What, don't you recognize your old friend?"
Dugu Bo frowned, his voice growing colder: "Old friend? Your Excellency, have you mistaken me for someone else? I've never met you before!" He was certain he had never seen such a young and powerful Titled Douluo.
"Oh? Really?" Yu Qing feigned surprise, then touched her smooth chin. "It seems the poison in your body has worsened; even your mind isn't working properly. Want me to take a look? Maybe you can live a few more years."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo trembled violently, as if struck by lightning! His deep poisoning was his greatest secret, known only to him and that other person! How could this young man have seen through it so easily?! And say it so casually?!
After the initial shock came a deeper sense of apprehension and a hint of annoyance at having his secret exposed!
"Arrogant brat! Stop spouting nonsense!" Dugu Bo roared, his eyes gleaming with a fierce green light. "Since you refuse to tell the truth, then let this old man test your mettle!"
He no longer hesitated. The other party knew too much about Dao and was so strange. He had to take him down first!
"The Eighth Spirit Ability —Time Freezes!"
Dugu Bo's eighth spirit ring suddenly lit up, and a strange and unpredictable power instantly enveloped Yu Qing! This was his control system's ultimate technique, which could briefly freeze time in a small area, making the opponent like a lamb to the slaughter, unable to move, unable to think, and even unable to activate their spirit power!
He once made many powerful people wary of this skill!
However, faced with this strange power of time, Yu Qing simply shook her head slightly, her voice tinged with helplessness: " Old Poison, you're still so impatient."
Before he finished speaking, Yu Qing's forehead lit up slightly, and an even more mysterious fluctuation, as if touching the Origin of space, quietly spread out.
" Head Spirit Bone Technique - Hyperspace Freeze."
There was no earth-shattering force, but the time-freezing power that enveloped Yu Qing seemed to have hit an invisible, space-distorting wall within a few feet in front of him, and he was actually "frozen" in place, unable to move forward even an inch!
Time itself has been forcibly imprisoned by the power of space!
"This is impossible!!!" Dugu Bo exclaimed in shock, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets! His eighth Spirit Ability, the invincible Time Freeze, had actually been broken so easily by his opponent?! And in a way he couldn't comprehend at all!
At this moment, Dugu Bo's shock reached its peak. His opponent's strength was not only unfathomable, but their methods were also incredibly bizarre and beyond his comprehension!
Seeing Dugu Bo's horrified expression, Yu Qing finally stopped teasing him, laughed, and dispelled her Spirit Ability. Her aura subtly shifted, revealing a unique quality familiar to Dugu Bo —the unique quality of that research fanatic: "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Old Poison, the grove outside Suotuo City, you lost a bet to me for three herbs, remember? I even helped you temporarily suppress the Spirit backlash back then."
A long-buried memory suddenly flooded Dugu Bo's mind like a tidal wave! Many years ago, he did indeed meet a young fellow near Suotuo City. That fellow had an astonishing understanding of herbs and Spirit, and the two spent nearly a year together as mentor and friend, also playfully teasing each other. At the same time, that fellow even helped him temporarily control the backlash from Spirit...
But... is that unkempt, unshaven, low -spirit-power research fanatic really the same person as the handsome, unfathomably powerful young Titled Douluo before us?
Dugu Bo's eyes widened, pointing at Yu Qing, his finger trembling like a leaf in the wind: "You...you're that Madman Ye?! How is that possible?! Your appearance...your strength..."
Yu Qing looked at him with a smile: "The real deal. How about it, Old Poison, are you surprised? Now can you invite us in for a seat? Your hospitality is really not very good." He pointed to the poisonous fog that still lingered around them.
Dugu Bo stood frozen, staring at Yu Qing's familiar yet unfamiliar smile, feeling his worldview being shattered like never before. He opened his mouth, the half- Genius managing to stammer out, "You... what kind of Divine Pill did you take?!"
" We didn't take the Divine Pill," Yu Qing shrugged, "we were just lucky to find the right way to cultivate. By the way, how long do you plan to leave us standing here in this poisonous fog?"
Dugu Bo seemed to snap out of his daze, quickly retracting his spirit ring and coughing somewhat awkwardly, "Ahem... Since we're old friends, then... please come in." He waved his hand to disperse the surrounding poisonous fog, revealing a path leading to the valley, but the shock and doubt in his eyes remained.
He simply couldn't understand how someone could rise from Spirit Saint to Titled Douluo in just a few years, and become so handsome as well? It completely contradicted his belief in Spirit Master. All knowledge about Cultivate!
Yu Qing smiled and waved to the people behind him, then followed Dugu Bo into the valley. He couldn't wait to see Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and more importantly, he wanted to gather Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores there to lay a solid foundation for his future plans.
Dugu Bo, meanwhile, kept glancing back at Yu Qing, his expression indescribably complex, as if to say, " Something must be wrong with this world..."
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