Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor

"Martial Soul True Body!" Dugu Bo flickered like a phantom, his soul power surging. He immediately unleashed the Martial Soul Avatar, which is extremely important to a Soul Master, entering a state of full combat power.

"Eighth Spirit Ability: Time Freeze!"

"Medusa's Gaze!"

In the true form of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, all of Dugu Bo's spirit abilities were greatly enhanced. The effect of the Eighth Spirit Ability, Time Freeze, was nearly doubled compared to its normal state.

But that wasn't the end. Despite his soul power rapidly depleting like flowing water, Dugu Bo followed up with Medusa's Gaze. These two powerful control skills directly struck the Netherworld Scorpion, who had just recovered from its digestion state.

With Dugu Bo's level-93 soul power, the combination of the Eighth Spirit Ability and Medusa's Gaze in his Martial Soul Avatar state was enough to control even a true 100,000-year soul beast. Even fierce beasts who had survived their first tribulation couldn't resist it.

For the sake of this once-in-a-lifetime soul ring, Dugu Bo held nothing back and unleashed his ultimate moves from the very beginning. Despite the high quality of the Netherworld Scorpion, it was completely immobilized by the chain of control abilities, unable even to think.

Given its legendary resistance to poison, Dugu Bo, in the form of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, decided not to use poison at all. Instead, he infused his soul power into his body and directly performed a massive serpent collision, slamming the Netherworld Scorpion into the corpse mountain formed by the Emerald Gecko. Then, with a dragon-like tail whip, he sent the Netherworld Scorpion flying from the corpse mountain, pinning it heavily against a rock wall.

Under the violent impact, the Netherworld Scorpion broke free from the control of the two abilities. However, against Dugu Bo's sheer physical power, its body was already completely out of control, with its carapace covered in cracks.

A deep purple light flickered, and a domain began to expand with the Netherworld Scorpion, embedded in the rock wall, at its center. The neutral soul power in the heavens and earth was quickly drawn into the domain and converted into poison-attributed power.

This poison-attributed energy wasn't used for offense but instead rapidly surged into the Netherworld Scorpion's body, repairing the damage caused by Dugu Bo's heavy attacks.

Although the Netherworld Scorpion's body was visibly recovering at a rapid pace, Dugu Bo wasn't going to stand idly by and let it regain its strength.

Dugu Bo slammed his serpent tail against the rock wall, shaking the Netherworld Scorpion free. Ignoring the effects of the domain, he wrapped the one-meter-long Netherworld Scorpion tightly in a Death Coil.

The poison-attributed energy within the domain did not affect Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo. Moreover, with Dugu Bo's body acting as a barrier, the Netherworld Scorpion couldn't continue absorbing the poison-attributed energy to repair itself.

The carapace that had barely begun to recover from its cracks shattered once again under the Death Coil of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, causing large amounts of bodily fluids to gush out.

These fluids splashed onto the body of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, producing a sizzling sound. Though they didn't affect Dugu Bo at all, the violent toxicity was evident.

Dugu Bo maintained control over the tempo, increasing his strength bit by bit. Finally, after a fierce struggle, he managed to crush the Netherworld Scorpion into a near-death state, completely interrupting its poison-attributed domain.

"Hurry up and prepare to absorb the soul ring!" Dugu Bo, in the form of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, raised his serpent head and shouted toward Chen Ming's hiding spot. Seeing this, Chen Ming immediately activated his Martial Soul Possession and quickly ran toward the Netherworld Scorpion.

Chen Ming climbed onto Dugu Bo's body and used the tail behind him to attack the cracks on the Netherworld Scorpion's head. Though the tail tip pierced deeply into the crack, Chen Ming could still feel resistance greater than when cutting through the body of the Man-Faced Demon Spider.

After some effort, the tail tip finally penetrated the scorpion's body. Chen Ming forcefully stirred and destroyed its internal structure, releasing a dose of poison in the process.

Chen Ming quickly leaped away. Before the Netherworld Scorpion could react, he used his second spirit ability, Poison Explosion, to detonate the poison-attributed soul power he had left in the scorpion's body.

With a muffled sound, the Netherworld Scorpion, which had been suppressed by Dugu Bo, finally stopped struggling. A purple soul ring slowly rose from its corpse, signifying the death of this legendary soul beast. Dugu Bo uncoiled his body, allowing the Netherworld Scorpion's corpse to fall to the ground. He let out a slight breath of relief.

Since he had never dealt with the Netherworld Scorpion before, he had been worried that he might inadvertently kill it too thoroughly. In the end, he realized that the scorpion was even tougher than he had imagined.

Chen Ming approached, marveling at the dead Netherworld Scorpion.

To be honest, Chen Ming had thought his Poison Explosion would be enough to blow the scorpion's body to smithereens from the inside. But after the soul ring appeared, he realized that while his skill had caused some fragmentation to the scorpion's body, it was far from the level of destruction he had imagined.

"As expected of a legendary soul beast. Even its internal structure is this sturdy."

Chen Ming sighed, found a relatively flat spot to sit, and began channeling his soul power to absorb the Netherworld Scorpion's soul ring.

As the scorpion's soul ring poured into Chen Ming's body, a strange power surged through his meridians.

It was the power of death but pure and potent. Wherever it passed, all things withered, and life decayed.

Although most of this soul power was poison-attributed, with death energy comprising only a small fraction, the meridians it passed through still lost some of their vitality, becoming fragile.

Thankfully, thanks to months of medicinal supplements and recovery, Chen Ming's foundation was strong. He immediately replenished the lost vitality, preventing the soul power from causing any irreversible damage.

What followed was a game of pursuit and evasion.

Noticing the abnormality in this soul power, Chen Ming used his spiritual energy to combine his soul power and mental strength. He maintained control over his body's condition while blocking and dulling the sharp edges of this soul power, gradually guiding it into the flow of his soul power.

Bit by bit, strand by strand… Chen Ming adopted a strategy of slow assimilation, gradually breaking down and absorbing the energy. After half an hour, the energy was mostly subdued, and the soul ring absorption entered its final stages.

As before, Chen Ming entered the world of laws. However, this time, the world before him was entirely different from what he had experienced before.

What appeared before Chen Ming was a world composed of two colors: seventy percent green and thirty percent deep purple.

From the green part, Chen Ming could perceive the rules of the Douluo World. From the deep purple part, he sensed a power that was distinctly different from the Douluo World.