Chapter 424

"The poison Guo Ling has been afflicted with is likely a rare and exotic toxin known as the 'Black Demon Worm.' This poison is extremely vicious; its toxic energy condenses into worm-like forms that flow through the flesh and blood, gradually devouring them to strengthen itself. Furthermore, this toxic energy is highly corrosive to Resonant Power, so attempting to neutralize it with ordinary Resonant Power is largely ineffective."

"This type of exotic poison is quite troublesome even for experts at the Heavenly Dipper General stage. Pei Hao really went to great lengths this time just to force Uncle Yuan away."

Inside the room, after spending the better part of the day analyzing the poisoned blood in Guo Ling's body, Li Luo had gathered a significant amount of information, but his expression had grown even more grave as a result.

The poison Guo Ling was suffering from was far more troublesome and thorny than he had imagined; compared to this, the poison Tang Yun and the others had been afflicted with previously was truly child's play.

This "Black Demon Worm" has a notorious reputation, and it is extremely difficult to produce, requiring exceptionally stringent materials. Such exotic poisons are rarely seen on the market; even Li Luo had only come across a mention of it in some detoxification books he had read over the past few months. To put it bluntly, using this poison against Guo Ling was truly overkill.

Behind Li Luo, Yuan Qing couldn't help but clench his fists upon hearing Li Luo's words, his eyes filled with a dim, angry look. That damned Pei Hao!

A large part of the reason Yuan Qing had spent many years away and had not returned to the Luolan Mansion headquarters was because of this disciple he valued. However, Guo Ling had been too young in previous years, so he hadn't brought her back to Luolan Mansion with him. He never expected that now, when the time was finally right, this disciple would be driven directly into a desperate situation.

This left Yuan Qing feeling extremely self-reproachful.

If he had known it would come to this, he should have returned alone first.

"Is there any way to neutralize it?" Jiang Qing'e asked in a low, serious voice from the side.

Li Luo was silent for a moment before saying, "Neutralizing it is very difficult, but I can temporarily help her obstruct the toxic energy and slow down its erosion and spread. This will give us more time to find a way to neutralize it."

"Have the detoxification materials I requested earlier been prepared?"

"Don't worry, Young Mansion Master. I have had every single one of the detoxification materials you needed purchased and brought back, and the quantity is sufficient." A soft, gentle voice came from outside the room as Cai Wei walked in gracefully. Her mature, charming face looked worried as she looked over, while simultaneously instructing people to bring the materials in.

"Sorry for the trouble, Sister Cai Wei."

Li Luo nodded with a smile; Sister Cai Wei was always so reliable in her work.

He didn't delay any further and immediately began to prepare the detoxification potion. After several failures, he finally succeeded in concocting the potion two hours later.

However, while it was called a detoxification potion, it was actually impossible for it to neutralize the "Black Demon Worm" in Guo Ling's body; at most, it could only slightly hinder the trend of its spread.

By this time, Guo Ling had already fallen into a coma, so Li Luo pinched her mouth open and forced the detoxification potion down her throat.

Afterward, with a grave expression, he reached out and took hold of Guo Ling's slightly cold little hand. The next step was the most dangerous: he needed to channel his own Water and Wood Resonance power into Guo Ling's body to use his unique dual-resonance detoxification ability to soothe the "Black Demon Worm."

Under the nervous gazes of Yuan Qing and Jiang Qing'e, Li Luo closed his eyes, activated the Water and Wood Resonance power within him, and channeled it through their joined hands into her body.

On Guo Ling's skin, faint blue and green luster could be seen spreading.

It soon made contact with the toxic energy, which resembled a swimming black worm.

Upon initial contact, the detoxification effect of Li Luo's Water and Wood Resonance power was quite effective; the Black Demon Worm's attempt to spread toward Guo Ling's heart was blocked, and its rate of spread slowed down. However, just as Li Luo had expected, even with the dual detoxification effect of his Water and Wood Resonances, it was still difficult to directly neutralize this extremely formidable "Black Demon Worm."

It was truly worthy of being an exotic poison that even experts at the Heavenly Dipper General stage needed to be wary of.

Fortunately, Li Luo hadn't expected to solve the poison all at once; he only needed to delay its spread, and in that regard, his goal had been achieved.

But just as Li Luo felt a sense of relief, the "Black Demon Worm" suddenly began to tremble violently. Li Luo then sensed that the condensed "Black Demon Worm" seemed to be torn apart, and in the next instant, the original black color began to transform, rapidly shifting into a dark red hue.

In Li Luo's sensory field, those toxic energies seemed to transform from a "Black Demon Worm" into a dark red "butterfly."

This transformation shocked Li Luo, and he instantly understood what was happening.

This was a dual-layered exotic poison.

Hidden within the so-called "Black Demon Worm" was another exotic poison called the "Blood Demon Poison Butterfly." With the two mixed and layered together, this poison could severely injure even an expert at the Heavenly Dipper General stage.

Using an exotic poison capable of threatening a Heavenly Dipper General stage expert to deal with Guo Ling, who was only at the Resonance Master stage? Did Pei Hao have more money than he knew what to do with? Li Luo would bet that even Pei Hao must have paid a huge price to obtain this exotic poison.

If it wasn't meant for Guo Ling, then who was it aimed at?

Li Luo's thoughts raced, and he lightning-fast retracted the Resonant Power he had channeled into Guo Ling's body.

But the moment he withdrew his power, the dark red butterfly toxic energy seemed to be triggered or driven by something, and it suddenly lunged in pursuit of his Resonant Power.

As for Guo Ling's body, the toxic energy didn't want to stay there at all.

Li Luo had withdrawn his Resonant Power quite decisively, but he still underestimated the speed of the butterfly toxin's pursuit. Just as his power was about to retreat, the butterfly toxin touched it.

In that instant, Li Luo's mind went momentarily blank, and he felt as if he could hear the sound of butterfly wings flapping in his ears.

Li Luo's eyes snapped open.

"What happened?" Jiang Qing'e, who was nearby, noticed the change in Li Luo's expression immediately and asked in a low, serious voice.

Yuan Qing looked at Li Luo, then at Guo Ling on the bed, whose complexion was actually beginning to return to normal, and said in disbelief, "Young Mansion Master, did you neutralize the poison?"

Li Luo shook his head with a complex expression and said, "It wasn't neutralized... it was transferred."

He slowly rolled up his sleeve, and Jiang Qing'e, Yuan Qing, and Cai Wei in the room all saw, with expressions of shock, a dark red butterfly mark appearing on Li Luo's arm.

The butterfly seemed alive, slowly flapping its wings, and an unsettling aura radiated from it.

Li Luo stared at the dark red butterfly as well, his voice becoming somewhat complicated.

"Sure enough... that dog Pei Hao was actually aiming at me this time. He really knows how to scheme."

"Such an extravagant exotic poison, one that even experts at the Heavenly Dipper General stage would fear."

"This guy really thinks highly of me."