Douluo Continent: Martial Soul - Azure Phosphorous Serpent, Second Master Dugu Bo

Sunset Forest, the Eye of Ice and Fire

A black-haired youth sat upright on a futon, his eyes slightly closed. The energy of heaven and earth flowed around him, flowing into his body like rivers flowing into the sea with each breath.

After a while, the boy suddenly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in his dark pupils, and a faint blue halo emanating from his body.

puff!

With a strange sound, the boy's aura suddenly surged.

"I've broken through! The Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire truly lives up to its reputation as one of the three great treasure lands; the energy of heaven and earth is incredibly dense. In just half a month, I've leveled up!"

The boy murmured to himself, his youthful face beaming with joy.

Dugu Yang, the grand-nephew of the famous Poison Douluo, was taken to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well by Dugu Bo to cultivate because he awakened the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.

But what others don't know is that Dugu Yang has another identity: a time traveler.

"The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul can be considered a top-tier beast Martial Soul, especially with its Jade Phosphorous Serpent venom, which is one of the most powerful means of overcoming the strong with the weak. What's even more pleasing is that Dugu Bo has become my second grandfather. With his protection, plus this treasure land in front of me, I might not be unable to take Tang San's place!"

Dugu Yang clenched his fists, his ambition burning brightly.

He was never one to settle for mediocrity. In his previous life, at a young age, he invested in an internet company with vision and courage far exceeding that of ordinary people, earning more money than others could earn in ten lifetimes.

Upon arriving in Douluo Continent, he certainly didn't want to become an ordinary Soul Master and live a mundane life.

He wants to become a Title Douluo, a Limit Douluo, and even a God King who rules the God Realm.

This is naturally very difficult, but for Dugu Yang, where there's a will, there's a way, especially since he has such unique advantages.

"The most important thing for me right now is to cultivate to level 10 as soon as possible and get my first spirit ring..."

A thoughtful look flashed in Dugu Yang's eyes.

In the eyes of many Soul Masters, the greatest function of Soul Rings is to grant Soul Masters Soul Skills.

However, Dugu Yang believed that soul skills were merely abilities attached to soul rings, and their true purpose was to enhance the quality of martial souls.

Take Tang San's Blue Silver Grass as an example. The first spirit ring he absorbed came from a Mandragora Snake. After successfully absorbing it, the Blue Silver Grass was given a "paralyzing" toxin, which essentially improved his spirit. This was much more useful than any "entanglement" spirit skill.

Of course, if Dugu Yang's martial soul was Blue Silver Grass, he would never have absorbed the soul ring of the Mandragora Serpent. Instead, he would have chosen a soul ring based on the characteristics of Blue Silver Grass itself.

The most remarkable characteristic of Blue Silver Grass is not its poison, but its vitality, which makes it "unquenchable by wildfire and spring back to life with the spring breeze".

If one can absorb the soul ring of a life-attribute soul beast, one will possess an immortal life force.

Of course, Dugu Yang wouldn't remind Tang San.

Putting everything else aside, just because of Dugu Bo, Dugu Yang had no good feelings towards Tang San.

In the original novel, because of Tang San's skill in using poison, Dugu Bo asked him to come up with a way to solve the drawbacks of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.

The former did indeed give it, forcing the Azure Phosphorus Serpent venom within his body into a soul bone, using the soul bone to store the Azure Phosphorus Serpent venom.

This method can indeed save one's life, but it also means losing a piece of one's soul bone.

If there are no other options, this method is of course excellent.

No matter how important the soul bone is, it cannot compare to life.

But the key is that there are other methods, and they are a hundred times better than self-destructing one's soul bone.

Dugu Yang looked at the immortal herbs growing in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire. Among them were several immortal herbs that could solve the drawbacks of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, and solve the problem once and for all, eliminating future troubles.

For example, the Fragrant Silk Fairy Item is a nemesis of all poisons; simply holding it can neutralize all deadly poisons.

The Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Blossom are even more capable of refining a body immune to all poisons; the mere Azure Phosphorous Snake Venom can be easily neutralized.

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Did Tang San not know? Of course he knew, otherwise how could he have refined the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Blossom on his own, and also taken away the Fragrant Silk Immortal Item?

The reason he didn't say anything was simple: he wanted to monopolize all the immortal herbs.

This can be seen from the fact that ten thousand years later, the Dugu clan no longer existed in the world, and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well became a forbidden area of ​​the Tang Sect.

"The pure and innocent Tang San Shao? Tsk tsk... He's utterly hypocritical."

Dugu Yang smiled dismissively. Now that he had Tang San, he would never let Tang San take away a single flower or blade of grass.

Shaking his head, Dugu Yang stopped thinking about the hypocritical people and focused on improving himself.

"The choice of spirit rings should be based on the characteristics of the martial soul itself, so as to enhance, improve, and even evolve the martial soul. The greatest characteristic of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent is poison, so I need to absorb spirit rings of poison-attribute spirit beasts to make the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison of my martial soul stronger, more mixed, and even evolve into the ultimate poison!"

Dugu Yang's eyes gleamed. It was common knowledge in the Soul Master world that although poison-attribute Soul Masters could defeat stronger opponents, that was only true for Soul Masters before the Seventh Ring Soul Saint level.

After reaching the seventh-ring Soul Saint level, one can easily expel the deadly poison from the body with powerful soul energy.

Having lost the advantage of being highly poisonous, Poison Soul Masters are inferior to other Soul Masters in other aspects, thus becoming weaker Soul Masters of the same level.

Moreover, the higher the cultivation level, the greater the gap.

Otherwise, Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo, wouldn't be known as the weakest Douluo.

However, Dugu Yang did not think so. The only reason why poison soul masters could not compare with other soul masters after the seventh-ring soul saint was that their level of poison was not as high as their cultivation level.

They say a Soul Saint can expel toxins from the body, but my deadly poison only takes effect for a split second. Before you can even circulate your soul power, you'll be dead.

Title Douluo have strong physical bodies and high poison resistance? That's because your own poison is too weak.

If a titled Douluo of the same level can withstand Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison, what about the Jade Phosphorous Five Emperor Poison? If he can still withstand it, what about the ultimate poison!

Dugu Yang did not believe that a Soul Master of the same level could withstand the extreme poison, even a Title Douluo.

Of course, the ultimate goal of Dugu Yang is to obtain the most potent poison; his current goal is simply to collect all five poisons, including the Jade Phosphorus Poison.

"Azure Phosphorus Scorpion, Azure Phosphorus Toad... Absorbing a certain Azure Phosphorus Soul Beast can give me a Azure Phosphorus Poison, but in that case, the complete Azure Phosphorus Five Poisons would require four Soul Ring slots, which is not cost-effective. It would be great if I could obtain the Azure Phosphorus Five Poisons with just one Soul Ring..."

Dugu Yang pondered silently, considering feasible methods.

Just then, two figures descended from the sky and landed on the flat ground not far away.

He was a tall, imposing old man with emerald green hair and beard, exuding a terrifying aura.

It was none other than Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.

Dugu Yang hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully:

"Second Grandfather".

Standing next to Dugu Bo was a purple-haired girl with delicate features and fair skin, who looked to be about the same age as Dugu Yang.

"It seems you haven't been slacking off these past few days; you've already broken through to level 6. Xiao Yang, you've done a great job."

Dugu Yang had just broken through and his aura was unstable, which Dugu Bo noticed at a glance.

Dugu Bo was also very satisfied with his hardworking grand-nephew.

As a titled Douluo, he understands that for a Soul Master to achieve great things, talent, opportunity, and one's own character are all indispensable.

Although Dugu Yang was less talented, his temperament far surpassed that of his peers.