Chapter 97: Murderous Intent Within the Poison Fog

After entering the Shudong, Li Xuan cleaned up the hygiene inside, then directly took out a simple bed.

Li Xuan took only ten days to go from entering the Sunset Forest to its deep interior, so he still has ten days left to search for the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan; the time allotted to him is relatively generous.

The Poison Fog before him must be Dugu Bo's handiwork, meaning the fog is extremely dangerous; Li Xuan must recuperate and gather his strength before he can enter the Poison Fog.

Li Xuan hasn't used his Green Spirit Liquid today, and he is about to enter the Poison Fog, so he chose to plant a Heavenly Material Earth Treasure with excellent detoxifying effect, preparing for entering the Poison Fog.

Although Filthy Flame can detoxify, Li Xuan still worries about accidents, so he needs to stock up on additional detoxifying herbs.

Next, Li Xuan scattered insect‑repelling powder and Sulfur Powder around the Shudong to prevent poisonous insects and beasts from harassing him under the night.

Lying on the bed, Li Xuan dared not let himself sleep too soundly; after all, this is the deep part of the Sunset Forest, where the soul beasts generally have cultivation of tens of thousands of years, and he fears being snatched away by a soul beast in the middle of the night.

It is also to prevent poisonous insects in the Sunset Forest from harassing him.

In short, in the Soul Beast Forest, to live longer one must not let one's vigilance lapse.

A night passed without incident; at early dawn, when the sun rose, Li Xuan woke, rubbed his slightly nervous face, and crawled out of the Shudong.

Although he slept on a bed last night, Li Xuan remained on guard and did not sleep well.

He does not know whether Dugu Bo is currently inside the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan, but to enter the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan one must pass through this layer of Poison Fog.

"Now that I possess Filthy Flame, this toxin should not affect me," Li Xuan thought of Filthy Flame, nodded, and said.

Having Filthy Flame grants Li Xuan a certain immunity to a hundred poisons; although Filthy Flame's name suggests a filthy fire, its actual ability is to purify filth.

"After a night of recuperation, it's time to venture into the Poison Fog for investigation," Li Xuan nodded, then began to mobilize the soul power within his body.

Then, with a shift of mind, a layer of pitch‑black, sticky Filthy Flame emanated from Li Xuan's body, enveloping him and ensuring that no of his skin was exposed.

"Let's try," Li Xuan, his whole body wrapped in Filthy Flame, took a deep breath and lifted his leg, walking toward the Poison Fog.

As Li Xuan's entire body entered the Poison Fog, he felt the temperature around the Filthy Flame surge sharply, and he could hear a sound like food frying in hot oil.

It must be the sound caused by Filthy Flame scorching the Poison Fog.

Filthy Flame is burning all toxins that attempt to breach the Filthy Flame and enter Li Xuan's body.

These toxins, after being burned by Filthy Flame, transform into extremely pure soul power that is injected into Li Xuan's dantian; in other words, merely standing in the Poison Fog without cultivation will still cause his soul power cultivation to improve on its own.

"Makes me not want to leave; if I stay here for a few years, I might emerge as a Title Douluo," Li Xuan chuckled self‑deprecatingly, then took out the Treasure‑seeking Compass, stood in the Poison Fog, and began to determine the direction to go.

The Poison Fog is extremely dense; visibility here does not exceed five meters, meaning maps are useless, so Li Xuan can only rely on the Treasure‑seeking Compass for guidance.

Soon, Li Xuan found the direction toward the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan, tucked away the compass, and set off.

But after walking only a few hundred meters, Li Xuan suddenly halted, cautiously observing his surroundings.

Li Xuan just sensed something approaching. "Something else in the Poison Fog?" he muttered, furrowing his brows.

Boom!

A sudden massive force struck; Li Xuan raised his arms before his chest, and the huge power hurled him ten‑plus meters, sliding on the ground for a while before stopping.

"Damn! There really is something! That old guy Dugu Bo is indeed not simple; no wonder he's so confident about the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan," Li Xuan spat a mouthful of fresh blood, then coldly wiped his mouth.

Li Xuan didn't see clearly what had attacked him, but he sensed its tremendous power, likely a special soul beast.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have such force.

After getting up from the ground, Li Xuan took the Treasure‑seeking Compass out of the Void Pearl, shoved a Yunling Pill and a Detox Pill into his mouth, then set off, sprinting rapidly in the direction indicated by the compass.

Li Xuan wanted to leave here as quickly as possible; this Poison Fog is not a place to linger.

But at that moment, another attack came.

This time, with his focus and the boost of double soul power, Li Xuan easily saw that it was a Giant Snake, and the attacking part was the snake's tail.

Although it was a tail, it was as thick as a bowl's mouth, entirely jet‑green, with scales extremely thick and smooth; at a glance one could tell its scale armor's defense was not weak.

More importantly, judging by the tail's thickness, it is a Giant Snake; Li Xuan estimated its length to be several tens of meters.

Snakes of this thickness and length are at least ten‑thousand‑year soul beasts.

"Damn, Dugu Bo wouldn't be this simple, what a crappy trick; could it be that I'm going to die in the snake's mouth today?" Li Xuan said irritably.

Li Xuan has plenty of good items in his hands, but against the combat power of a ten‑thousand‑year soul beast, they are rather insignificant.

Nevertheless, Li Xuan is not cowardly; he took a three‑to‑four‑jin bag of Sulfur Powder from the Void Pearl and tossed it onto himself!

Snakes, insects, rats and ants all detest the smell of sulfur and will try to avoid anything that smells of sulfur.

Thus Li Xuan is betting that the Giant Snake also dislikes sulfur; if the snake truly hates the scent, he might indeed leave the Poison Fog unscathed.

After coating himself with Sulfur Powder, Li Xuan concentrated, observing his surroundings; having absorbed the soul of the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus, his soul is also very powerful—though soul power cannot be projected outward, it sharpens his five senses.

Seeing his body now completely covered in Sulfur Powder, Li Xuan once again took out the Treasure‑seeking Compass and continued sailing toward the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan.

The Sulfur Powder truly worked; Li Xuan charged several hundred meters, and the Giant Snake did not attack him.

Just as Li Xuan was about to relax his guard, the Giant Snake reappeared, but this time what rushed at him was a massive python tongue about the size of a water buffalo's head.

A foot‑long massive poisonous fang, dripping Poison Liquid, drew ever closer to Li Xuan.

Thank you, dear readers, for your favor; the Mid‑Autumn Festival is the day after tomorrow, two days away—wish everyone a happy time.

(End of Chapter)