Douluo Continent: Ning Rongrong? Even a dog wouldn't chase her.

If that were really the case, he would be much more comfortable in the Spirit Hall from now on.

Controlling the ghost is equivalent to controlling the Chrysanthemum Pass. Given the relationship between the two of them, he would never want to destroy the ghost because of his disobedience.

With their support, seizing the position of Holy Son would be a piece of cake.

Unfortunately, the old man wasn't fooled.

If he were to attack head-on, Gu Yi wouldn't be confident he could hold the guy back. After all, with his elusive movements and soul skills, it would be too difficult to stop him. He also wasn't sure which Title Douluo's abilities he could acquire.

"Forget it, since he's not taking the bait, let's just leave it at that. There will be other opportunities later anyway."

Thinking of this, Gu Yi summoned his bone wings, flew into the air, and searched for his target among the charging beasts.

"Hmph, found you."

Gu Yi chuckled and fixed his gaze on a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast at the very front of the beast horde.

It was a giant fox with fiery red fur and six tails. Each of its four limbs had a white pattern resembling a cloud, and its six tails were burning with light blue flames, making it look very imposing.

"A 13,000-year-old Fire Cloud Fox is enough."

With that, he put the Ninth-Rank Ginseng King back into the system's warehouse, and then flashed to the front of the beast horde.

"Domain expansion! Endless Bone Domain!"

The next second, Gu Yi and the Fire Cloud Fox disappeared into the beast horde at the same time, their auras disappearing as if they had never existed, leaving even the ghosts on the giant tree somewhat bewildered.

"Ok!"

"Where did that kid go again?"

"How is this possible! How could I lose track of a kid who's only at the Soul Master level?"

"This is truly bizarre!"

Just now, the moment he saw Gu Yi rush into the beast horde, Ghost was about to make a move, but before he could, Gu Yi disappeared before his eyes.

"Strange! Very strange!"

"Being able to escape my mental perception range in an instant, this kid must be accompanied by someone."

"The only one who can teleport someone away from me in an instant is Gu Rong. Luckily, I almost fell for this kid's trick."

"Luckily, I didn't make a move. Otherwise, not only would I have offended Gu Rong, but I might have also lost a genius like Gu Yi."

Chapter 76 Poisoning

Meanwhile, at Hu Liena's residence.

"Hmm? What's going on? Can you smell a very strong, pleasant fragrance?"

Xie Yue was the first to notice this and turned to ask the others.

"Hmm, I can smell it too. What exactly is this smell? I only took one sniff, but it feels like my soul power is about to break through?"

Yan replied immediately.

"Wait! Have you noticed something? Why do the pebbles on the ground seem to be trembling?"

"And what's with those beast roars over there? Could Gu Yi have made them?"

Hu Liena also smelled the fragrance, but at the same time, she also noticed the strange changes in other places.

"This……"

Yan and Xie Yue exchanged a glance, neither knowing how to respond.

How could they possibly know such a thing?

This kind of thing has never happened before, but it happened so soon after Gu Yi left. No one would believe that it had nothing to do with him.

"Want to go take a look together? I'm really curious about what Gu Yi is doing?"

Hu Liena suggested, she couldn't help herself anymore. Gu Yi had too many secrets, and every single one of them intrigued her. It was just too much!

"I'll listen to you, Nana."

Yan naturally agreed wholeheartedly; he would do his best to support Hu Liena's ideas.

"Yes, I'm also very curious to know what Gu Yi has done."

Xie Yue echoed.

He was genuinely curious as to why a Soul Master could cause such a dramatic change.

“I advise you not to leave, just wait here for Gu Yi as he has arranged.”

“He must have his reasons for not letting us go with him, otherwise he wouldn’t have specifically told you these things.”

Just as they were all preparing to take action, Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward and offered a reminder.

She always remembered what Gu Yi had told her and was determined to follow it.

"Hmm? Zhu Zhuqing, I know, but sometimes people's curiosity is unstoppable."

“If you don’t want to go, you can stay here. I will arrange for four of them to protect you. That way, we can consider it as fulfilling Gu Yi’s request.”

Hu Liena thought for a moment and then responded.

Although she knew that Gu Yi had mentioned this, she just couldn't resist; she was just curious, and she had to go and see for herself!

"Then you can go. As for having them protect me... Hmph! Let them protect themselves instead."

Seeing that she couldn't stop her, Zhu Zhuqing didn't want to waste any more words, but she was very disdainful of Hu Liena's suggestion.

Those four people now have an extremely bad impression of her.

Upon hearing this, Hu Liena frowned, but after a moment's thought, she still gave an instruction to Xu Yu and the other three.

"I am now ordering you, in the name of the captain, to protect Zhu Zhuqing. If anything happens to her after we return, you are to be prepared to leave the Spirit Hall."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yu and the other three immediately tensed up and hurriedly replied in unison, "Received!"

Although they still harbored some resentment towards Zhu Zhuqing, they dared not disobey Hu Liena's orders!

"Okay, let's go then, hurry up!"

"

As she spoke, Hu Liena waved to Xie Yue and Yan, then rushed out towards the source of the fragrance.

Gu Yi hadn't moved very far; with their speed, they arrived at the gathering place of the soul beasts in just one minute.

They hid in the bushes beside the giant tree, carefully observing the seemingly frenzied herd of beasts, and searching for Gu Yi's figure among them.

"Hmm? The fragrance is coming from here? Where is Gu Yi?"

"Could it be that this wasn't done by Gu Yi?"

Hu Liena raised her doubts with the two of them.

"I don't know. What I'm more concerned about now is what exactly happened to these soul beasts?"

Why do they go into this frenzied state?

Compared to Gu Yi, Xie Yue was more curious about the current state of these soul beasts. It had never seen anything like this before and really wanted to know why.

"Wait! Watch out, Nana!"

Suddenly, Yan's pupils constricted, and he shouted loudly.

Suddenly, a turquoise snake about two meters long appeared above Hu Liena's head. It flicked its tongue and sprang up the moment Yan spoke!

It opened its mouth wide, revealing its ferocious teeth that were still dripping with venom, and lunged straight at Hu Liena.

It was attracted by the fragrance of the Ninth Grade Ginseng King. It was initially in a frenzied state, but now that the fragrance has almost dissipated, it has naturally regained its rationality.

It lurked in the giant tree beside Huliena, and the moment it regained its senses, it locked onto its 'prey'!

Its form was like a streak of emerald lightning. Even though Yan was right next to Hu Liena and reacted immediately to try to stop it, it was too late.

As Yan grabbed its hindquarters, the green snake's fangs pierced Hu Liena's chest, and its deadly venom was injected into her body.

"Ah! Damn it!"

Seeing that he had ultimately failed to catch up, Yan's anger reached its peak. Behind him, a phantom of a fire giant suddenly appeared, and his hands were covered in lava.

With all his might, he yanked her off Hu Liena's body and slammed her hard onto the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a stream of lava shot into the sky, completely engulfing the emerald green snake.

When the lava disappeared, the little snake turned to ashes, leaving behind only a black soul ring.

However, Yan's series of attacks instantly attracted the attention of the other soul beasts present. Almost simultaneously, they all focused their gazes on Yan and his two companions.

But the next moment, a dark figure fell from the sky, unleashing all nine of its spirit rings. A terrifying aura spread throughout the area, causing the spirit beasts to scatter in all directions.

"Elder Ghost!"

When Xie Yue and the other person saw who it was, they were thrilled and immediately felt reassured.

"Huh? What brings you here? Didn't Gu Yi tell you to wait at the previous camp?"

"What happened to Nana?"

Ghost's expression was grim. He had been focused on Gu Yi's movements and hadn't noticed the arrival of Hu Liena and the other two.

Now, Hu Liena had fallen to the ground, her lips were purple, a few drops of black blood were flowing from her chest, and her face was beginning to turn pale.

"Nana was just bitten by a bright green snake-like spirit beast. She's most likely been poisoned. You should take her back to the Spirit Hall for treatment right away!"

Yan was extremely anxious at this moment. He frowned and pleaded frantically with the ghost.

But Ghost frowned and didn't make any move. He shook his head and said, "It's too late. There's simply not enough time. It would take me at least three minutes to take her back for treatment, but given her current condition, it's definitely too late!"

"What should we do?! Are we just going to leave Nana like this?!"

Yan was almost in tears, while Xie Yue stood aside, unable to get a word in edgewise.

The ghost's mind raced, desperately trying to think of a way to save him.

Suddenly, the ghost turned its head to look at the center of the previous herd of beasts.

Gu Yi had somehow returned to the spot where he had disappeared. In his right hand, he was dragging a dying, fiery red giant fox, and he was preparing to unleash his third soul skill once more.

"Ok!"