Black!? How could it be black?

"Whoosh—" Upon seeing this, Dugu Yan also tore off her fur coat, treating the winter weather as nothing.

In any case, when a Soul Master is preparing for battle, as their Soul Power circulates and their blood and qi boil, this temperature alone makes it impossible for anyone to feel the cold.

As a vibrant green color rose, a diamond-shaped green scale appeared between Dugu Yan's eyebrows.

"Azure Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, Possess!"

Her legs had merged into a thick snake tail. Her supple body swayed, and her sharp snake eyes revealed a chilling aura, like a venomous snake poised to attack. Three spirit rings—two yellow and one purple—demonstrated her cultivation as a Soul Master.

"Sea God Dragon Martial Soul, Possession."

As the blue light dissipated, Ouyang Ling, clad in blue armor, stretched out his right hand, letting snowflakes fall into his palm.

"Dugu, the current situation is favorable to me."

Dugu Yan smiled and showed no politeness.

"Then let me go first."

"Can."

Before she finished speaking, her first spirit ring flashed with a yellow light. The next second, a large number of black snakes shot out from the ground, like a net covering the earth.

"We haven't even started yet." Although Ouyang Ling said that, his hands were moving quickly.

With a wave of his hand, pools of clear water surged around him, quickly freezing into ice spikes that shot out like arrows, pinning each black snake to the ground with a series of "crackling" sounds.

However, the black snake, pinned to the ground by the ice spike, burst open instantly, and countless streams of black liquid soaked the white snow on the ground, spreading continuously.

At the same time, Dugu Yan's second soul ring lit up, and a layer of red mist instantly spread out in front of her.

When the pervasive red mist encountered the black snake, the already swift black snake became even more agitated and violent, as if it had gone mad, surging towards Ouyang Ling like a tidal wave.

This scene sent chills down everyone's spine! Even Ouyang Ling frowned and felt physically uncomfortable.

and…

You call that not having many tricks up your sleeve?!

"Dugu, you're not telling the truth."

"That's how a Soul Master who uses poison must be. Insidious and ruthless, that's how you find the right opportunity to win."

Dugu Yan smiled slyly, constantly manipulating the red mist and the snakes scattered on the ground. "I'll show you how this Azure Phosphorous Serpent can be used as a control-type."

Ouyang Ling was absolutely not bluffing.

"Then bring it on."

The icicles fell, and the ground froze instantly!

At this moment, Ouyang Ling had already figured it out. Both the black snake and the red mist were poison arrays set up by Dugu Yan to control the battlefield.

Once trapped, without the use of a special antidote, the opponent will be constantly poisoned, causing a significant weakening of their functions.

But for him...

All of this is in vain!

The ice spikes acted as a vessel for freezing; with each spike that fell, the freezing cold spread outwards from the spike. Therefore, no matter how the black snake "died," her poison array could not take shape.

Even as the next wave of red mist swept in, Ouyang Ling simply stretched out his right hand, slowly pushing out a swirling ball of water that had condensed, seemingly unremarkable.

However, this water sphere itself was like a massive whirlpool. Once the red mist approached, it was completely absorbed by the water sphere, then rippled outwards and vanished without a trace.

Dugu Yan was stunned when she saw this.

"this--"

"Dugu, it seems I'm completely your nemesis."

Ouyang Ling's lips curled up. "You know, poisoning is actually a negative effect. It seems that your Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul is completely countered by me."

"Nonsense! I don't believe it!"

What was originally just a simple sparring match took a turn for the worse. Being so suppressed by Ouyang Ling, a powerful Soul Master, provoked Dugu Yan, who, after a few drinks, instantly became intoxicated. She shouted, "You can seal my Hidden Shadow Serpent Formation, you can break my Boiling Blood Poison. But I refuse to believe you can break my Azure Phosphorous Purple Poison too!"

However, Ouyang Ling smiled without saying a word, and stretched out his palm to hook it behind him, the provocation being extremely strong:

—Come on, give it a try.

"You don't believe me!?"

Dugu Yan also lost her temper, as if she was sulking, "Then take a look at my third soul skill!" With a sharp whistle, her third soul ring suddenly shone brightly.

The next second, her originally emerald green eyes turned completely purple, and even the emerald green scales on her snake tail were covered with a layer of pale purple light. She opened her mouth and spewed out a thick purple mist, which quickly spread in the air and surged towards Ouyang Ling.

Even before the purple mist arrived, a pungent, fishy stench filled the air as the poisonous fog appeared, causing nausea and dizziness. At that moment, Yu Tianheng and the others watching nearby were also affected, their expressions changing drastically!

"not good!"

"This poison is incredibly potent!"

"Yanzi! Stop!"

At first, they were just watching, but the potency of the Azure Phosphorus Poison exceeded everyone's expectations, which made the few who realized what was happening immediately want to stop it.

After being drunk by everyone and with the cold winter wind blowing, Dugu Yan, who had just been angry, instantly sobered up in her slightly tipsy state.

Just as he was about to stop, Ouyang Ling made a move.

He opened his arms as if embracing, and a layer of blue waves rippled from his chest.

"Deep Blue Purification!"

In an instant, the azure waves transformed into a surge of water, instantly enveloping the purple mist. And the moment the azure phosphorus poison touched the azure waves, it vanished without a trace, just as stains were washed away by the water and evil was purified by the azure light.

"No, that can't be..." Dugu Yan was in a daze after regaining her senses, staring blankly at Ouyang Ling with disbelief in her eyes.

You must understand that his third spirit ring skill is arguably the most poisonous attack he has ever used. The poison works extremely quickly; if you get even a tiny bit on it, you'll be reduced to pus and die within moments.

When she obtained this spirit ring, her grandfather even specially caught a spirit beast of similar cultivation level for her to test it on. The effect was absolutely amazing.

Who would have thought that things would turn out this way?

When Dugu Yanzhen came to her senses, her expression was complicated. "You really broke my Azure Phosphorus Poison!"

She felt that from this moment on, only one sentence echoed in her mind: Could it really be like what this guy said, that he is completely incompatible with her?

Moreover, it wasn't just Dugu Yan who was stunned; Yu Tianheng and the others who were watching from the sidelines were also caught off guard.

Although it was their first time seeing it, the sheer potency of the purple mist was palpable even to bystanders. Unexpectedly, Ouyang Ling dealt with it with remarkable ease, as if it were a perfect counter!

"Holy crap! Zero, you're not kidding, are you?!"

Yu Feng's voice boomed in everyone's ears.

But when everyone’s eyes were on him, they saw that he was no longer astonished as he had just exclaimed, but instead looked thoughtful.

Then, less than a second later, "I said..."

Yu Feng spoke again.

Just when everyone thought Yu Feng was about to say something reasonable, he unexpectedly said, "Big Sister, did you hold back? Or was the poison you just released just for show? All show and no substance?"

Yu Tianheng ╮(╯▽╰)╭: "……"

Alas—you reap what you sow.

The Shi brothers and Ye Lingling \ (〇_o) / "..."

Yu Feng is courting death!

Oslo (」ﾟﾛﾟ)｣：：……

Brother, you were so brave! Rest in peace…

"Yu Feng! Go to hell!"

(#｀ﾟд´)ﾉ

Almost no one saw the action clearly. By the time everyone reacted, Yu Feng, who didn't even have time to scream, had already been turned into a star in the sky by Dugu Yandi's fist and disappeared somewhere unknown.

Everyone: "..."

What a pitiful person... but they deserved it...

Ouyang Ling: "..."

Should we continue fighting?

At that moment, the atmosphere seemed to freeze.

Until Ouyang Ling spoke,

"Dugu, shall we continue?"

"continue?"

Dugu Yan, her anger subsided, turned around.

But when she saw the giant water sphere that Ouyang Ling had conjured in his hands, cold sweat broke out all over her body.

"What...what do you want to do?"

Getting splashed with cold water in the dead of winter can be deadly!

"Nothing."

Ouyang Ling grinned, a determined glint in his eyes. "If this continues, it'll be my turn to attack!"

Before Dugu Yan could refuse, Ouyang Ling's voice had already drowned out everything.

"Take this! Whirlpool Water Cannon!"

The deep blue, purified water swirled rapidly, transforming into a massive water column that shot through the air with lightning speed, crashing into Dugu Yan with tremendous force. In an instant, she was engulfed in a water prison.

"Gurgle... I... gurgle... I give up..."

As Dugu Yan's intermittent voice echoed from the water dungeon, Yu Tianheng immediately shouted, "Zero! Stop! Stop! Yanzi has surrendered!"

Upon seeing this, Ouyang Ling slapped him.

The water prison that had imprisoned her shattered instantly, and Dugu Yan, having lost her martial spirit possession, collapsed to the ground. Upon seeing this, Yu Tianheng immediately stepped forward and helped his girlfriend up. However, upon touching her, he discovered that Dugu Yan was completely dry.

But soon he realized something was wrong.

black!?

Why is it black?