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Ye Lan could only hold his forehead helplessly upon hearing Tang San constantly convince himself that Ye Lan was poisoned.
Indeed, when he was first parasitized, many Striated Blue Silver Vines had crawled across his body.
Although he had immediately activated Blood Armor, preventing the vines from piercing his muscles, they had still managed to penetrate his outer skin.
That said, whether he was poisoned or not was debatable.
This was because Tang San's poison—when faced with Ye Lan's Ultimate Life Physique—was like a drop of toxin falling into the sea: completely diluted and rendered ineffective.
Any discussion of poison without considering dosage is meaningless.
Technically, Ye Lan had been poisoned by Tang San, but only by an infinitesimally small amount.
The toxin's effects were so minor they couldn't even overcome Ye Lan's natural healing rate. He didn't even need to use Soul Power to recover.
From the very start of the battle, Ye Lan had no fear of Tang San's poison. He had already tested this in the Star Dou Great Forest—Ultimate Life had a natural resistance to toxins.
Unless the poison was generated using massive amounts of Soul Power, he was nearly immune to toxic damage.
So how much poison could actually affect Ye Lan?
It would take an opponent with Soul Power at least twenty levels higher.
Among the few capable of poisoning him would be Bibi Dong with her Death Spider Emperor, or Dugu Bo with his Bilin Snake Emperor—the two strongest poisons in all of Douluo Continent.
"Sorry to disappoint you. Your poison has zero effect!" Ye Lan declared, just as his Radiant Living Vines shredded all the surrounding Blue Silver Vines into dust.
He extended his palm toward Tang San. Eighteen Radiant Living Vines surged forth in an encircling attack toward Tang San and Xiao Wu.
"Third Brother, run! His Blue Silver Vines have a control radius of ten meters!" Xiao Wu yelled, dragging a frozen Tang San backward at full speed.
In seconds, the two reached the edge of the arena.
Thinking they'd escaped Ye Lan's range, they turned around.
Xiao Wu made a face and stuck her tongue out at Ye Lan. "Nya-nya!"
But before she could finish, Tang San's expression changed—the range of these Golden Pattern Blue Star Vines was clearly far more than ten meters!
As the vines closed in, Tang San didn't hesitate. He used his Striated Blue Silver Vines to bind Xiao Wu and hurled her aside.
"I forgot to mention, Xiao Wu," Ye Lan said coolly. "My Blue Silver Vines cover the entire arena."
Xiao Wu watched helplessly as Tang San was completely wrapped into a ball by the Golden Pattern Blue Star Vines.
She could barely make out that it was a person inside—just a human-shaped ball.
Believing Tang San had suffered serious injuries, Xiao Wu flew into a rage. "Ye Lan, you're dead!"
She lunged at him, raising her palms.
From her sleeves, four silent projectiles shot forth—silent sleeve darts, aimed directly at Ye Lan's golden eyes.
Any normal person would've had their brain pierced instantly by these hidden weapons.
But Ye Lan wasn't ordinary. Under his Golden Eye, Xiao Wu's sleeve darts were utterly exposed.
Against Tang San and Xiao Wu, Ye Lan never deactivated his Golden Eye—always wary of sneak attacks from the infamous ambush duo.
In his vision, the four darts moved in slow motion, slicing through the air.
Ye Lan smiled wryly. Figures... you two lunatics never disappoint.
Whenever one of them got hurt, the other would go berserk—fighting until the enemy was dead.
For most Soul Masters, facing this pair was a nightmare. Injure one, and you'd immediately face a rampaging revenge assault from the other.
And eventually—die from an endless barrage of hidden weapons.
Ye Lan recalled several Radiant Living Vines and positioned them in front of him.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sleeve darts were batted away and hit the ground, scattering sparks.
Xiao Wu, seeing her darts fail, didn't retreat.
Instead, she used the moment to close in—Ye Lan's nearby vines were sparse.
Ye Lan immediately directed the remaining vines to surround her, but Xiao Wu skillfully weaved and dodged through them.
Her battle instincts were sharp. As she neared Ye Lan, her second yellow soul ring lit up.
"Charm!"
Golden light vanished from Ye Lan's pupils.
Seeing this, Xiao Wu thought her skill had landed. Her scorpion-tail braid snapped forward, aiming to wrap around his neck to launch the Eight-Stage Throw.
However, Ye Lan wasn't actually affected.
Since his mimicry training in the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Lan had practiced mental simulation daily, and his spiritual power had grown far beyond that of his peers.
Combined with the Golden Eye's True Vision, skills like Charm no longer worked on him.
He had merely pretended to be vulnerable—and Xiao Wu had taken the bait. Thankfully, his mimicry training wasn't too advanced yet, or Xiao Wu might've been mentally backlashed.
As her braid snapped toward him, Ye Lan activated his vines, wrapping around the braid mid-swing.
He then used the vines to spin Xiao Wu around, building momentum—before releasing her.
Xiao Wu was flung from the stage, her small body rolling across the marble floor like a tossed rabbit, finally crashing into the wall.
The referee stepped onto the stage, about to announce the Green Emperor's victory—
But inside the vine sphere, Tang San, now missing several Radiant Living Vines, watched Xiao Wu being thrown and snapped.
"Ahhh—Xiao Wu!!"
Rage overtook his mind. Soul Power exploded violently from his body!
The vines, not fully tightened, were blasted apart by the sudden surge.
Gaining some freedom, Tang San activated his second soul skill—Parasitism—on himself!
Dozens of Blue Silver Vines sprouted from his body, squeezing him and the surrounding vine-ball.
The internal space widened. Tang San retrieved the Striated Blue Silver Vines and escaped through the gaps.
Breathing heavily, he stood back on the arena floor.
Within moments, Tang San assessed the situation—he had to avenge Xiao Wu.
Only one method remained: Tang Sect hidden weapons.
His Blue Silver Grass was useless. Only the Tang Sect's arsenal could be relied on now.
He activated Xuan Tian Technique, Ghost Shadow Tracing, Mysterious Jade Hands, and Purple Demon Eye all at once.
Flicking his wrist with precise force, he launched a hidden weapon technique.
Whoosh!
Ten Bone-Piercing Nails shot toward Ye Lan in an instant!
Ye Lan didn't have time to summon back his distant vines. The ones nearby weren't enough to block all the angles.
"Now this is more like it," Ye Lan said with a smirk. "Rats in the dark really are best at sneak attacks."
(End of Chapter)