#162 - Constantly provoking Dugu Bo
This was the Pill Orb condensed when Dugu Bo's Bi磷 Snake Spirit evolved into the Bi磷 Snake Emperor.
It contained powerful energy and toxins, condensing half of Dugu Bo's strength.
It was connected to Dugu Bo's heart and blood. Once Dugu Bo died, the Pill Orb would immediately explode, destroying everything around it.
In the still space, everything stopped moving.
Only Dugu Bo could move.
Dugu Bo's arms were injured and he couldn't lift them.
He could only use his mind and soul power to control the Pill Orb, flying it in front of him to directly block the energy of the ray.
Ordinary flames would stop emitting light and heat in a state of time standstill.
However, his soul skill was not absolute. If faced with high-level energy, time standstill would not be so effective.
Dugu Bo looked at the faint black line with lingering fear, and let out a sincere sigh of admiration.
“Now, let me see your true face.”
Dugu Bo flew along the black thread to a place in the air, where the black thread terminated.
In the darkness, Dugu Bo couldn't see anything, but he could feel a heat radiating from the space in front of him, which was exactly the same as the energy emitted by the thread.
The corners of Dugu Bo's mouth curved up, and he said evilly, “Finally found you.”
The Pill Orb floating beside Dugu Bo began to emit emerald green energy, spreading to the space in front.
Suddenly, the emerald green energy began to diffuse, and eventually slowly took shape, eventually turning into a ball of flame.
Dugu Bo's energy enveloped Quan Yi's ball of flame.
The emerald green energy continuously drilled into the inside of the flame, but the internal flame energy was extremely pure and extremely tough. Even Soul Douluo-level energy was strongly repelled.
Moreover, in the space where time was stopped, this ball of flame seemed to be continuously increasing its temperature, trying to resist the invasion of energy.
“Oh? It can actually maintain consciousness in stopped time. Truly remarkable.”
Dugu Bo's cold expression turned into one of extreme surprise.
That's right, at this moment, Quan Yi could sense everything around him, and also saw Dugu Bo approaching.
However, he was like he had been fixed in place by a Body Immobilization Technique, unable to move at all.
“Time Stop!”
Quan Yi didn't expect that a poison attribute Soul Master would possess the extremely rare time-based soul skill.
If it weren't for the fact that Quan Yi's current fire element body was composed of ultimate fire elements, the energy invasion just now would have been able to dissolve his Fire Spirit Body without Quan Yi's awareness.
Miscalculated!
What to do, what to do?
The current situation was the worst situation Quan Yi could have imagined.
Quan Yi could only resist the invasion of energy by increasing the temperature of the flame.
His elemental body could completely ignore physical attacks, but it could not completely immunize against energy attacks.
Being completely enveloped by Dugu Bo's soul power, he couldn't replenish fire element energy from the outside.
Once his soul power was exhausted.
He wouldn't be able to escape even if he wanted to.
Time stop was simply a cheat-like skill.
“Since you can maintain consciousness, then you should know how bad the situation is now.”
As he spoke, Dugu Bo's expression was sinister and full of pressure, but after saying the first sentence, he suddenly changed the subject.
“However, considering that you didn't try to kill me before, I've decided to spare your life.
I'll give you two choices. One is to choose to join my family and obey my orders.
That way, you can not only freely use my medicine garden, but I can also personally guide your cultivation.
It's definitely a perfect choice for you.”
Dugu Bo's tone returned to calm, but there was an overbearingness in his words that would not allow refusal.
After finishing the first choice, Dugu Bo paused slightly.
“The second is to wait until you run out of soul power and reveal your original form. I will directly cripple your meridians, and then throw you directly into the forest outside.
Two choices, no matter which one you choose, you can save your life from my hands.
I usually exterminate little mice like you, but this time I'm being magnanimous.”
His tone was still extremely calm.
Dugu Bo's sunken cheeks, illuminated by the dark green light, looked less like a person and more like a demon.
Quan Yi was speechless after hearing this.
Were these two choices?
This was clearly just one choice.
Crippling his meridians and throwing him into the forest.
This was the central area of Sunset Forest.
Outside, powerful soul beasts were as numerous as hairs.
In less than a quarter of an hour, his body would be torn to pieces and then swallowed by soul beasts.
Regarding the 'two' choices Dugu Bo gave him.
Quan Yi's choice, of course, was to not choose either of them.
Now, although Quan Yi couldn't escape, Dugu Bo couldn't do anything to him either.
With Quan Yi's soul power reserves, he could probably resist for half an hour.
Not short, but not long either.
The aura of heat and extreme cold infinitely weakened Dugu Bo's poison attribute soul power, but half an hour would definitely not be enough to exhaust Dugu Bo's vast soul power.
However, Quan Yi had left a backup plan.
He could only pin his hopes of escape on this backup plan now.
The stopped time began to turn again.
The black light on Dugu Bo's body faded, and the dark green scales returned to emerald green.
Although his eighth soul skill was extremely powerful, the soul power consumption was also extremely huge.
After catching Quan Yi, he immediately lifted the time stasis.
And sat on the ground, monitoring Quan Yi's appearance.
He controlled the Pill Orb, continuously putting pressure on Quan Yi, trying to exhaust Quan Yi's soul power as soon as possible.
“Alright, kid, I've lifted the time standstill, now you should be able to speak.
Don't try to break free. Once you're caught by me, you'll never be able to escape.
So, tell me, what's your choice?”
Quan Yi was now trapped by soul power and unable to move, but he seemed to be able to speak.
“Ah~, I guess I'm unlucky to have encountered a soul skill that can stop time. If it wasn't for it, you would never have been able to find my location.”
Quan Yi looked like a stubborn and mischievous child who refused to admit defeat.
“Kid, answer my question.”
Dugu Bo stared at Quan Yi, his tone becoming impatient and increasingly cold.
Faced with Dugu Bo's coercion, Quan Yi continued to do his own thing, and even began to blatantly provoke Dugu Bo.
“Ah~, ah~. I never thought that the top poison attribute Soul Master on the continent would suffer so much from poison. It's really a joke.
Old man, looking at your appearance, you don't have many days left to live. You might as well give this territory to me early.
In exchange, I can help you take care of the funeral. How about it, not bad, right?”
Hearing Quan Yi's provocation, the aura emitted by Dugu Bo became cold, and a flash of anger flashed in his eyes.
Because Quan Yi's provocation just hit the point he cared about most.
Carefully observing Dugu Bo, Quan Yi keenly observed the subtle changes in Dugu Bo's expression.
He rejoiced in his heart, “It seems that I have stepped on Dugu Bo's sore spot.”
