Lu Chen watched Dugu Bo make his move and asked curiously, "Senior Dugu, what did you just do to those two?"
"Dealing with Zhao Wuji was just a small punishment."
Dugu Bo picked up his teacup and took a sip, his tone as casual as if he were discussing something trivial.
"For the next month, whenever he uses his Soul Power, the poison will invade his bone marrow. I guarantee he'll wish he were dead."
He paused, the corner of his eye sweeping over the distance. A cold smile curled his lips. "As for that sleazy fatso, sending him to the palace to serve the emperor is just the thing."
At that, Lu Chen thought to himself, Old Poison really lives up to his name!
After Shrek's interruption, the Lu Chen Trio had lost their appetite. Once they had paid for the damage to the hotel, they each returned to their rooms to rest.
The next morning, the mist had yet to clear.
Dugu Bo was already leading Lu Chen and Dugu Yan through the Star Dou Great Forest.
Lu Chen had set his sights on Soul Beasts between fifty and seventy thousand years old for his Fifth Soul Ring.
Dugu Yan, meanwhile, wanted to find a Soul Beast between ten and twenty thousand years old.
By noon, the three of them still hadn't found a suitable Soul Beast for Lu Chen or Dugu Yan.
Dugu Bo cleared an Open Ground and said, "Let's rest for a bit first!"
Lu Chen and Dugu Yan nodded and sat side by side beneath a big tree.
Dugu Yan leaned lazily against Lu Chen's shoulder, her fingertips rubbing the Storage Soul Tool ring he had given her all those years ago.
"Rest for an hour. Then I'll take you to a Poisonous Pond!"
Dugu Bo took a sip of water and continued slowly, "I remember seeing a Ten Thousand Year Jade Phosphorous Serpent in there when I passed by years ago. It'll make just the right Fourth Soul Ring for Yan Yan."
An hour later, the three of them stood before a pool of emerald water.
The water was so dark green it was almost black, and it gleamed with an eerie light.
Looking at its unusual color, Dugu Bo said, "It's only been a few years, yet the water's turned even darker!"
Lu Chen kicked a stone on the bank. The instant it fell into the pool, it began to sizzle as it corroded.
Wisp after wisp of black smoke rose from the stone. In moments, it had dissolved without a trace.
"The water's poisonous!" Lu Chen exclaimed in surprise.
Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Emperor! Martial Soul Possession!
Soul Power surged around Dugu Bo, and a diamond-shaped emerald scale appeared first between his brows.
Next, emerald poisonous mist enveloped him as dragon scales rapidly covered his body.
Dugu Bo's eyes turned dark green once more. He raised both hands, and the emerald water surged upward as if it were alive.
At the same time, a giant serpent over fifteen meters long, its entire body covered in emerald scales, appeared before Lu Chen.
The edges of each scale on its body shimmered with a faint purple glow.
A pair of translucent purple wings grew from its belly. Poison-fang-like horns jutted from either side of its triangular head, and its tail ended in a hooked tip that gleamed with a faint green light.
"Senior Dugu, this is a fifteen-thousand-year-old Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon! It's perfect for Yan Zi!"
Looking at the Soul Beast before him, Lu Chen guessed, "That Jade Phosphorous Serpent must've eaten something and transformed in just a few short years!"
"Senior Dugu, let me test this Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon's strength!"
The Asura Demon Sword appeared in Lu Chen's hand, and four Soul Rings—Two Yellow One Purple One Black—circled its blade.
Dugu Bo had learned on the way that Lu Chen's body was now immune to all poisons. He simply stood aside and let Lu Chen take the lead.
The Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon beat its purple wings, sending a wave of poisonous mist sweeping toward Lu Chen.
Lu Chen swung his sword. A flash of blood-red light streaked past, splitting the poisonous mist in two.
Then the third Soul Ring on the Asura Demon Sword lit up.
Blood Shadow Instant Kill! Activated!
A flash of blood-red light, and Lu Chen appeared in front of the Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon.
Crimson Sword Intent coiled around the blade. Blood-red light gathered along the edge of the Asura Demon Sword, and the Dark Gold Patterns on its Sword Body lit up in an instant.
Lu Chen raised the Asura Demon Sword with both hands and brought it down hard on the Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon's head!
The Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon roared and lashed out with its thick tail, slamming into the Asura Demon Sword!
"Roar—!"
The Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon cried out in pain. A terrible gash had appeared on its tail.
Asura Sword Intent burrowed through the wound into its body, tearing apart the flesh within!
A tremendous force struck Lu Chen, and he leaped backward with the momentum, landing steadily on the bank.
Thin wisps of blood-red light drifted from the Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon's wound and settled on the Asura Demon Sword.
A flicker of blood-red light crossed Lu Chen's eyes, and delight rose within them!
With the power of Asura Sword Intent, the Asura Demon Sword could actually devour Blood Qi and transform it into pure energy to nourish itself.
The Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon let out an enraged roar. Its scarlet eyes locked fiercely onto Lu Chen.
The poison-fang-like horns on either side of its triangular head suddenly lit up green.
A beam of light formed from Jade Phosphorous Poison shot straight toward Lu Chen.
Lu Chen's gaze sharpened. Though he wasn't afraid of poison, the energy contained in the beam was terrifying!
The fourth Soul Ring on the Asura Demon Sword lit up!
A red-gold glow rose from Lu Chen's body.
The Asura Demon Sword trembled faintly in his hand.
He swung it, and the Blood-Colored Sword Light collided with the green beam with a thunderous crash!
The moment the green beam touched the Blood-Colored Sword Light, the Asura Sword Intent within it cleaved it in two!
The two halves of the green beam fell behind Lu Chen, corroding a wide patch of plants and sending up clouds of black smoke.
The Blood-Colored Sword Light, meanwhile, struck straight into the Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon's body!
"Argh—!"
The Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon's massive body convulsed violently, splashing emerald water in every direction.
It struggled to escape back into the pool.
Seeing this, Lu Chen called to Dugu Bo, "Senior Dugu, make your move!"
At his words, Soul Power surged around Dugu Bo, and nine Soul Rings—Two Yellow Two Purple Five Black—appeared behind him.
The Sixth Soul Ring lit up.
The phantom of the Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Emperor appeared behind Dugu Bo, and a beam of green light shot from its jaws.
The beam struck the Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon, instantly corroding most of its body.
Dugu Bo blurred forward and appeared in front of the Poisonous Flood Dragon. Grabbing its body with one hand, he hauled it bodily out of the pool.
Dugu Bo brought the barely breathing Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon to Dugu Yan. His right hand, wrapped in emerald dragon claws, pinned its head down and pressed it firmly to the ground.
Dugu Bo turned to Dugu Yan. "Yan Yan, go ahead."
Dugu Yan nodded, took a sharp sword from her Storage Soul Tool, and plunged it into the Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon's eye.
The creature's body shuddered violently, but under Dugu Bo's restraint, it soon fell still.
At the same time, a pitch-black Soul Ring slowly coalesced from the Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon's corpse.
Dugu Yan released her Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Martial Soul. As if guided, the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring slowly settled onto her.
Dugu Yan sat cross-legged beneath the tree and began absorbing the Soul Ring.
Dugu Bo inspected the Jade Phosphorous Poisonous Flood Dragon's corpse, then finally shook his head.
Unfortunately, it hadn't produced a Soul Bone.
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