: Refining the Golden Body with Ice and Fire.
Although it didn't reach the monstrous level of a Golden Body, his physical strength had increased to a terrifying degree.
The two immortal herbs, Dragon Soul Ice Heart Lotus and Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, didn't bring much enhancement to Ma Hongjun's soul power cultivation, only raising his soul power from level 43 to level 46.
However, his body and martial soul received a comprehensive improvement. Needless to say, his martial soul's defects were remedied, and its quality was enhanced.
As for his body, he was now immune to water and fire, and resistant to all poisons.
Of course, this refers to ordinary poisons; Ma Hongjun's body couldn't withstand powerful poisons like those from Poison Douluo.
His two external soul bones were also tempered.
In short, this brought many benefits, which Ma Hongjun needed to digest slowly.
After Ma Hongjun safely emerged, Tang San felt much relieved.
When he saw the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Tang San had considered entering it to temper his Golden Body, but since it was his first time, he had no experience. Now, with Ma Hongjun as a precedent, he felt more confident.
So, after Ma Hongjun put on his clothes, Tang San took them off.
He slowly approached the spring of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and once again used Blue Silver Grass to draw the two immortal herbs, Eight-Cornered Profound Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Blossom, to his side. He
quickly consumed the immortal herbs and then entered the central boundary of the spring.
"I just soaked in it, and Little San didn't mind. He's a true brother!"
Ma Hongjun chuckled.
However, not just anyone could afford to soak in this spring. While
Tang San soaked in the hot spring, Ma Hongjun found himself with nothing to do. Although there were many immortal herbs here, he didn't recognize any of them, and many were extremely poisonous. Ma Hongjun dared not act recklessly.
Moreover, he had already consumed two immortal herbs, and consuming more would not be very effective, which would be a waste. So he
simply sat down to cultivate.
However, once Ma Hongjun sat down, he couldn't concentrate on cultivation.
He suddenly realized that he and Tang San had been captured, and Flander and the others must be very anxious. If they found this place and encountered Poison Douluo, things would be difficult.
Poison Douluo was eccentric. If Flander and the others thought he was dead and started fighting him, Poison Douluo would be difficult to deal with. If he really killed Flander and the others, that would be one thing.
Because Ma Hongjun had been in the Ice-Fire Spring for a long time without realizing it, it was almost dawn, and the east was already showing the first hint of light.
Tang San had only just entered the spring, and it would be at least noon by the time he came out.
Ma Hongjun didn't delay any longer. Flander was like a father to him, and over the years, they had become like family. He couldn't let anything happen to Flander because of him.
Just then, Ma Hongjun heard a loud noise coming from outside the poison array, like someone fighting.
Ma Hongjun immediately activated his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and flew in that direction.
Now that the Fire Phoenix had completed its mutation, although it couldn't fly high without additional spirit rings, its low-altitude flight speed was still quite fast.
Dugu Bo's poison array was currently useless against Ma Hongjun. The Dragon-Phoenix power within him hadn't been fully refined yet, and inhaling some poison gas could stimulate the fusion of these two powers.
Flying swiftly down the mountain, Ma Hongjun could already see golden and red lights in the forest not far away.
The golden light was likely Grandmaster's Golden Dragon Martial Soul,
and the red light was undoubtedly Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon Martial Soul.
It was still night, and the forest was still pitch black, making these two colors quite conspicuous in the darkness, while Dugu Bo's dark green was not visible.
However, the commotion ahead was too great, and the fighting was extremely intense, most likely the Golden Iron Triangle's Martial Soul Fusion Technique.
It was somewhat illogical that Grandmaster's Martial Soul could maintain a three-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Technique after its mutation.
Just like how Dai Mubai's Martial Soul mutated and fused with Xiang Chengxian, it couldn't fuse with Zhu Zhuqing again.
Grandmaster's Martial Soul was now in its complete form, so theoretically, it didn't need the other two to participate in complementary fusion.
In any case, it was certain that Flander and the others were ahead.
Watching the golden and red lights slowly dim, Ma Hongjun quickly accelerated.
"Have mercy!"
"Have mercy!"
...
Ma Hongjun shouted as he flew over, but the golden and red lights had already disappeared, which made him worry.
Finally, he arrived.
"Hongjun!"
"Hongjun..."
"Hongjun, you're not dead."
Looking at the scene before him, Ma Hongjun was dumbfounded, and so was Dugu Bo.
"Hongjun, it's good you're alright. Why did you save this poisonous creature?
Where's Xiao San?"
the master asked, looking at the dazed Ma Hongjun.
Ma Hongjun was still in a daze. He had originally come to save Flander and the others, but now his cries for mercy had turned into calls to save Dugu Bo.
Indeed, the one lying injured on the ground was Dugu Bo.
Flander, Grandmaster, and Liu Erlong were completely unharmed.
However, standing next to them were two other people: Bai Baoshan, the Soul Douluo whom they had met the previous morning, and Chen Xin, the Sword Douluo,
a member of Ning Rongrong's family. Judging from this, Ma Hongjun had a general idea of what had happened after his disappearance. The presence of Bai Baoshan was somewhat unexpected. Although he had said he would follow him the previous morning, Bai Baoshan was, after all, a Soul Douluo. Ma Hongjun and the others had been forced to leave the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, so no one mentioned it. His appearance here now—could he really have come looking for him to follow? As for Poison Douluo, he was undoubtedly defeated by Sword Douluo. Ma Hongjun then replied, "Xiao San is alright, don't worry." After the scare, Ma Hongjun actually wanted to laugh. Last night, the arrogant and domineering old poisoner, who could have easily taken his and Tang San's lives, was now lying here in a sorry state. This feeling was exhilarating. At this moment, the old poison master looked at Ma Hongjun and stubbornly said, "I don't need your help." Ma Hongjun rolled his eyes at him. Did he really think he was here to save him? However, now that he'd said it, there was no need to deny it. It wasn't necessary for Sword Douluo to kill Poison Douluo. It was better to use this opportunity to do him a favor; this old poison master was quite endearing. In Douluo Continent, Ma Hongjun actually quite liked Poison Douluo. Of course, excluding the part about using him as a guinea pig last night. Actually, he should thank the old poison master. Although it was a twist of fate, a lucky accident, the old poison master had still brought him an opportunity. His treasure land had indeed given Ma Hongjun a lot of help. "Hongjun, why did this old poison master capture you?" Sword Douluo was relieved to see that Ma Hongjun was alright; now it was time to find out. "Grandpa Sword, don't worry. Senior Dugu meant no harm. He just saw that Xiao San and I have outstanding talents and became curious, wanting to take us as his disciples. But Xiao San and I refused, which made him unhappy, so he locked us in the poison array he set up. We didn't need him to teach us anyway. He could only teach Xiao San the most he could, but Xiao San is better at using poison than him and looks down on his poison skills. As for me, needless to say, even if I were to learn, it would be from you, Grandpa Sword. What could he possibly teach me?" Ma Hongjun finished speaking to Sword Douluo and then turned to look at Poison Douluo. Poison Douluo had stood up in a disheveled state, with several sword wounds on his body. He looked angrily at Ma Hongjun, resentful that Ma Hongjun also looked down on his poison skills. "Isn't that right, Senior Dugu? I told you yesterday to release us quickly, but you didn't believe me. Now you've been taught a lesson by my Sword Grandpa, are you satisfied?" Poison Douluo said leisurely, "Hmph, it's your loss if you don't become my disciples." Ma Hongjun smiled inwardly. This Poison Douluo was quite arrogant, even his cowardly words were so domineering. Having accepted Ma Hongjun's kindness, it seemed he was still afraid of death. Sword Douluo sheathed his martial soul. He didn't actually want to kill Poison Douluo; killing a Title Douluo was no small matter. Sword Douluo coldly said, "Alright, old poisoner, since it was a misunderstanding, let's clear it up. Ma Hongjun is from our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Don't try anything with him again, or my sword won't be so polite." Grandmaster added, "Don't even think about Tang San, or you'll suffer even more than you did to Sword Douluo. I might as well tell you, Tang San's father is Haotian Douluo, Tang Hao. I think you should know the name Haotian." Dugu Bo's face darkened, and he looked at Grandmaster in surprise, asking incredulously, "Impossible, his martial soul is Blue Silver Grass." Seeing Dugu Bo's expression, Ma Hongjun felt sorry for him and smiled again, "That's just one of Xiao San's martial souls. Xiao San, like me, has twin martial souls, and his other martial soul is the Haotian Hammer." Only then did Dugu Bo realize, looking at Ma Hongjun in shock, his small eyes wide open as if they were about to bulge out. Ma Hongjun was currently in the state of being possessed by a fire phoenix, with a pair of seven-colored wings on his back as the best mark. Yesterday, he saw Ma Hongjun use a silver spear as his martial soul. Dugu Bo's vision blurred; at that moment, he felt like a clown. He 'd captured two kids, both with twin martial souls! Good heavens, such geniuses, almost died at his hands last night. Most terrifyingly, both kids had powerful backers. One was a Sword Douluo, the other a Haotian Douluo, each more terrifying than the last. How had he managed to offend both at the same time? Poison Douluo: "This is too much for me!"