Absorbing the Poison Dragon Spirit Bone, Mutation!

Sunset Forest, Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

"Xiaoyang, I must ask you one more time. Are you really going to do this?"

Dugu Bo looked at Dugu Yang, who sat before him, his gaze filled with worry and anticipation.

Dugu Yang nodded slightly, his eyes resolute.

"Second Grandfather, I'm ready. I'll definitely be able to absorb this spirit bone."

Before Dugu Yang lay a right arm spirit bone as green as jadeite, radiating a terrifying spirit power aura. It was the Ninety Thousand Year Emerald Poison Dragon Right Arm Spirit Bone purchased from the Heaven Dou Auction House.

A month had passed since the auction ended.

Over that month, Dugu Yang had thoroughly stabilized his realm. At the same time, his second soul skill, Poison Body Adaptation, had taken effect, allowing him to adapt to all fourteen deadly poisons he had mastered, including Jade Phosphor Snake Poison.

In other words, Dugu Yang had now completely resolved the flaw of his Martial Soul.

However, perhaps because hair was not an organ, those few jade-green streaks resembling highlights had not returned to their original black.

Dugu Yang did not mind. As long as it did not affect his body, it was fine.

Dugu Yang had now adjusted himself to peak condition, so he wanted to absorb the Emerald Poison Dragon Right Arm Spirit Bone.

Seeing Dugu Yang say this, Dugu Bo no longer tried to stop him and said,

"Then begin."

"Alright."

Dugu Yang answered, then picked up the spirit bone and slowly closed his eyes.

Buzz—

A wave of spirit power spread from Dugu Yang's body and, as though guided, flowed into the Emerald Poison Dragon Right Arm Spirit Bone in his hand.

In an instant, the Emerald Poison Dragon Right Arm Spirit Bone erupted with a dazzling jade-green radiance. Like an emerald beneath sunlight, it engulfed Dugu Yang's entire body almost immediately.

Unlike spirit rings, absorbing spirit bones was not limited by soul power. Even though Dugu Yang was only level 23, he could still absorb this Ninety Thousand Year spirit bone.

Wrapped in jade-green light, Dugu Yang felt an oceanic surge of energy pour into his right arm.

The spirit bone began to fuse.

At this sight, Dugu Bo's heart rose to his throat.

Because spirit bone fusion had no soul power restriction, the fusion itself would not pose a danger. The truly dangerous part came after it had fused.

Buzz—

Layers of green scales emerged across Dugu Yang's body, while one yellow and one purple spirit ring slowly appeared around him.

Once he sensed that the spirit bone had fused with him, Dugu Yang released his Martial Soul.

He knew that once the spirit bone entered his body, it would release Heart-Corroding Poison and erode his physical body.

Sure enough, in the next moment, Dugu Yang sensed a subtle change occurring in his right arm.

Dugu Yang had possessed Poison Body Adaptation for a month already, so he was very familiar with this change. It meant that his physical body had begun adapting to the Heart-Corroding Poison.

Success!

Dugu Yang was overjoyed. Although Poison Body Adaptation required time to fully adapt to the Heart-Corroding Poison, as long as it could adapt, he would eventually become completely immune to it.

Even if the Heart-Corroding Poison caused his soul power level to drop by one or two levels during that time, he could fully accept it.

But in the next instant, a terrifying energy fluctuation burst from Dugu Yang's right arm—the Emerald Poison Dragon Right Arm Spirit Bone.

If one could peer inside Dugu Yang's body at that moment, one would see that the Emerald Poison Dragon Right Arm Spirit Bone seemed to have broken some kind of seal. Dense runes appeared over its surface, causing this Ninety Thousand Year spirit bone to release another incomparably powerful force.

"What's going on? This spirit bone..."

Dugu Yang's expression changed drastically. Before he could react, a resounding dragon roar echoed from within the spirit bone.

Roar—

The next moment, Dugu Yang's consciousness sank, dragged into a Mental Illusion.

Outside, Dugu Bo immediately sensed the strange energy erupting from the Emerald Poison Dragon Right Arm Spirit Bone. But before he could step forward to stop it, he saw towering green light bloom around Dugu Yang.

As the green light gradually solidified, it formed a terrifying figure that blotted out the sky.

It was a Giant Dragon over a hundred meters long, its entire body covered in translucent, Imperial Green Jadeite-like overlapping diamond scales. Eerie Blue Poisonous Light shimmered along the edges of its scales. It had two horns, but they resembled twisted Beryl Stone Pillars, their surfaces covered in web-like Purple Poison Black Veins. Crystal-clear venom sacs hung from their tips, spraying pale-green poisonous miasma.

"E-Emerald Poison Dragon!"

Dugu Bo's pupils abruptly contracted. At a glance, he recognized it as the Emerald Poison Dragon, extinct for more than a thousand years.

"Why would a mere spirit bone summon a poison dragon phantom? And what was that strange power that erupted just now? What is the reason behind all this?"

Dugu Bo frowned deeply. Everything happening before him far exceeded his expectations.

Suddenly, Dugu Bo saw the poison dragon phantom slowly lower its head. A glimmer of "intelligence" flashed through those dark crimson gold Inverted Pupils.

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

Dugu Bo shouted, repeatedly declaring it impossible. Yet he could not deceive himself—he had truly seen that fleeting glimmer in the phantom's eyes.

This meant that the phantom was alive!

But how could that be possible? The Emerald Poison Dragon had died long ago. Otherwise, how could it have dropped this Right Arm Spirit Bone?

Unable to make sense of it, Dugu Bo muttered,

"Unless the Emerald Poison Dragon that produced this Right Arm Spirit Bone was no ordinary Emerald Poison Dragon and possessed some ability to seal its consciousness within a spirit bone!"

A vague speculation surfaced in Dugu Bo's mind. This was not baseless conjecture. Soul beasts and Martial Souls possessed endless mysteries, and humanity had only explored a small corner of them.

The ability to seal one's consciousness within a spirit bone was by no means impossible.

At the very least, Dugu Bo knew that there was a powerful Weapon Martial Soul on the continent that had a Giant Dragon sealed within it.

At that thought, Dugu Bo's expression changed instantly.

An Emerald Poison Dragon on the brink of death had sealed its consciousness inside a spirit bone for only one possible purpose.

Possession!

"Oh no! Xiaoyang is in danger!"

Dugu Bo immediately prepared to act, intending to forcibly strip the Emerald Poison Dragon Right Arm Spirit Bone from Dugu Yang's arm.

But in the next moment, for some unknown reason, the dragon phantom suddenly dispersed. Dugu Yang opened his eyes at the same time and shouted, "Second Grandfather, don't! This thing can't possess me!"

"Xiaoyang! Are you alright?"

The eyes were the windows to the soul. With one look, Dugu Bo could tell that the person before him was not the possessing Emerald Poison Dragon, but Dugu Yang himself without a doubt.

"I'm fine. I'll explain the details later. Right now, I need to focus completely on fusing the power of this spirit bone."

"Good! Go ahead and fuse it. I'll personally stand guard for you."

Dugu Bo said solemnly.

Dugu Yang did not respond. He closed his eyes and entered a strange state.

Seeing this, another question suddenly surfaced in Dugu Bo's mind.

"Hasn't Xiaoyang already fused with the spirit bone? Why does he need to fuse it again?"