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Dugu Bo was terrified. He desperately drove the Soul Power within his body, trying to break free from the shackles of this gravity, but it was to no avail.
Just at this moment, Luo Nan slowly raised his right hand.
"Hum——"
Accompanied by a strange humming sound, circle after circle of dazzling spirit rings slowly rose from beneath Luo Nan's feet.
Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!
Eight spirit rings, like eight dazzling suns, illuminated the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as bright as day.
Especially that last one hundred-thousand-year spirit ring flickering with a dazzling red light, it emitted an even more heart-palpitating and terrifying coercive pressure.
"Eighty... Eighty-sixth rank?! And... a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring?!"
Dugu Bo looked at those eight spirit rings on Luo Nan's body, especially that red hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, and was completely dumbfounded.
He never expected that the seemingly young man before him was actually an eighty-sixth-rank Spirit Douluo possessing a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring!
You must know that a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring was the top-tier supreme treasure on the Douluo Continent, and even a Titled Douluo might not necessarily possess one.
Yet the man before him not only possessed a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, but his cultivation had also reached the eighty-sixth rank!
Dugu Bo had a clear understanding of himself.
Although he was a Titled Douluo, his combat power was considered at the very bottom among Titled Douluos.
If he encountered those Titled Douluos skilled in fierce attacks or control, he wouldn't even have room to fight back.
And the man before him, although only a Spirit Douluo, made Dugu Bo feel a deep sense of powerlessness from the terrifying aura radiating from his body.
More importantly, Dugu Bo recognized the man's identity.
"You... You are the Golden Scale Blood Butcher, Luo Nan?!"
There was a trace of undisguised trembling in Dugu Bo's voice.
The Golden Scale Blood Butcher Luo Nan—this name was practically resounding like thunder on the Douluo Continent.
Ever since he debuted, relying on his formidable Spirit and terrifying combat power, he had repeatedly challenged opponents of higher ranks and never tasted defeat. The Spirit Saints and even Spirit Douluos who had died at his hands were by no means few.
Dugu Bo knew that he was definitely not Luo Nan's opponent. If they really fought, he feared he would lose his life here today.
Thinking of this, the bit of arrogance in Dugu Bo's heart instantly vanished completely.
He hurriedly put away his Martial Soul True Body, squeezing out a smile on his face that was uglier than crying.
"Oh my, so it's Brother Luo Nan! What a case of the flood rushing into the Dragon King temple, where Family members fail to recognize each other!"
Dugu Bo rubbed his hands and said with a flattering smile all over his face.
"Since Brother Luo Nan has taken a fancy to this place, this old man naturally yields it to you. I will leave right now, right now!"
As he spoke, Dugu Bo turned around and prepared to slip away.
"Hold on."
Luo Nan's cold voice sounded behind Dugu Bo, causing his newly stepped-out foot to freeze instantly in mid-air.
Dugu Bo turned around and looked coldly at Luo Nan: "Luo Nan, I have given you this place, what else do you want?"
"Dugu Bo, every time it rains or is overcast, do your ribs develop a numb and itchy sensation that gradually intensifies, and at midnight, it becomes agonizingly painful?"
"Also, every night during the Zi and Jiao hours, do the top of your head and the soles of your feet experience needle-like stinging pains, along with whole-body spasms, lasting for at least half an hour?"
Hearing Luo Nan's words, Dugu Bo was as if struck by lightning, his entire person instantly standing frozen in place.
His deep eyes were filled with incredulous shock as he stared dead at Luo Nan, asking with a trembling voice:
"You... How do you know?!"
These symptoms were precisely the manifestation of the Jade Phosphor Serpent poison backlashing within his body.
This was his biggest secret. Aside from himself, even his closest granddaughter, Dugu Yan, did not know.
How could this Luo Nan before him know it so clearly?!
Luo Nan glanced indifferently at Dugu Bo and did not answer his question, continuing instead:
"The toxins in your body have already penetrated deep into your bone marrow. If they are not controlled further, you won't live much longer."
"This..." Dugu Bo's face turned pale. He knew what Luo Nan said was the truth. He was clearer than anyone about his own physical condition.
"Brother Luo Nan, since you can see this old man's symptoms, you must have a way to resolve them, right?!"
As if grasping the last straw, Dugu Bo fiercely rushed in front of Luo Nan, looking at him with a pleading face.
"This old man's aging bones are not worth pitying, but my poor granddaughter Yanyan, she is only ten years old!"
"She also inherited the Green Phosphor Serpent Spirit. If the problem of the toxin backlash cannot be resolved, sooner or later she will follow in this old man's footsteps!"
"I beg you, save her!"
As Dugu Bo spoke, his knees actually went weak, and he was about to kneel to Luo Nan.
Luo Nan frowned slightly, and an invisible Soul Power lifted Dugu Bo up.
"A man's knees are worth gold; don't go around kneeling lightly." Luo Nan said coldly.
After all, Luo Nan was a transmigrator. Although he had gotten used to the rules here, having someone kneel to him—especially an old man kneeling to him—was still something Luo Nan couldn't accept.
Looking at Dugu Bo's anxious and despairing gaze, he couldn't help but feel a bit emotional in his heart.
Although this Old Poison had an unsociable personality and was ruthless, he truly loved his granddaughter from the bottom of his heart.
"A method, I do have one." Luo Nan pondered for a moment and slowly said.
"Really?!" Hearing this, Dugu Bo was immediately overjoyed, trembling all over with excitement.
"As long as you can save Yanyan, this old man is willing to pay any price! Even for this life, this old man will never frown even a bit!"
"I'm not interested in your life."
Luo Nan waved his hand and said.
"The fundamental reason why the Green Phosphor Serpent venom of your Dugu Family backlashes against yourselves is that your Spirit itself is the source of virulent poison."
"With the enhancement of cultivation, the toxins continuously accumulate. When your bodies can no longer bear this poison, you will suffer a backlash."
Dugu Bo nodded repeatedly. Luo Nan could be said to have exposed the heavenly secret in a single sentence.
"Wanting to solve this problem is actually very simple."
Luo Nan looked at Dugu Bo: "Since you cannot change your body to adapt to the poison, then find an outlet for the poison to vent."
"An outlet to vent?"
Dugu Bo was slightly stunned, looking at Luo Nan somewhat uncomprehendingly.
"That's right."
Luo Nan nodded, "You only need to look for a poison-attribute Spirit Bone of decent quality, preferably one of ten thousand years or above."
"Then, when cultivating poison techniques, intentionally guide the toxins within your body, slowly transferring and forcing them into that Spirit Bone."
"Spirit Bone?!" Dugu Bo shuddered all over, as if receiving divine enlightenment, an incredible light bursting forth in his eyes.
"Although a Spirit Bone merges into your body, it is essentially still an independent energy carrier."
"It has no sense of pain, nor will it be corroded by the toxins."
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