Ten Thousand Years?

One day, two months later, just as Dugu Yang had predicted, he successfully broke through the level 29 barrier, and his Soul Power Level reached 30.

This also meant that he had become a Quasi-Soul Elder.

Upon learning this news, Dugu Bo immediately set aside all his work and personally brought Dugu Yang to the place with the densest population of Soul Beasts on the Douluo Continent—the Star Dou Forest.

Dugu Yang had long decided on his Third Soul Ring: a Lycoris radiata with the "Harmonization" soul skill.

However, the choice of its age once again greatly shocked Dugu Bo.

"Xiaoyang, you're not joking, are you?"

Walking through the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, Dugu Bo stared wide-eyed at Dugu Yang in disbelief.

He had only just learned what level of Spirit Ring Dugu Yang intended to absorb.

"A Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring—do you know how great the difference is between a Thousand Year Spirit Ring and a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring? Even between a Nine Thousand Year Spirit Ring and a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, there is a gulf between them."

"You're only level 30 right now. Rashly absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring is simply too risky."

Over the past few years, Dugu Bo had stopped treating Dugu Yang as a child. He did not oppose Dugu Yang's decisions, whether it was buying the Emerald Poison Dragon Right Arm Spirit Bone or choosing Lycoris radiata as his Third Soul Ring.

But upon hearing that Dugu Yang wanted to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, he could not help voicing his opposition.

In Dugu Bo's eyes, even if Dugu Yang absorbed a Nine Thousand Year Level Spirit Ring, he would still have considerable confidence in him.

But a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring was too great a leap.

After all, the maximum absorption limit for a Third Soul Ring was only 1,760 years.

Compared to Dugu Bo's agitation, Dugu Yang remained remarkably calm. He said evenly,

"Second Grandfather, both my First Soul Ring and Second Spirit Ring surpassed their absorption limits, and I absorbed them all successfully. I believe my Third Soul Ring will succeed as well."

Hearing this, Dugu Bo's mouth twitched. How could a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring be compared to a Thousand Year Spirit Ring?

But he knew that although his nephew-grandson seemed quiet and obedient on the surface, he was actually extremely stubborn. Otherwise, he would not have chosen a Tree Poison Toad for his First Soul Ring.

More importantly, it was precisely because of that stubbornness that Dugu Yang had grown to a point where even Dugu Bo could only marvel.

Thinking this, Dugu Bo swallowed his rebuttal. Since Dugu Yang wanted to try, then he would let him try.

In any case, he was right beside him. If anything went wrong, he could simply intervene and stop it.

"Fine. It's your decision."

Seeing that he had convinced Dugu Bo, Dugu Yang smiled faintly.

It sounded exaggerated for a Soul Elder to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Level Spirit Ring, but for the current Dugu Yang, it was not difficult at all.

Tang San's Fourth Soul Ring had been a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, let alone Dugu Yang's.

Although Dugu Yang was ten levels lower than Tang San had been at the time, the two could not be compared at all.

To be precise, Tang San could not compare to Dugu Yang.

Having absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Emerald Poison Dragon Right Arm Spirit Bone, fused with part of the Giant Dragon Bloodline, and evolved his Martial Soul into the Jade Phosphor Flood Dragon, Dugu Yang's Physical Body strength alone was now beyond comparison. Not even a Three-ring Soul Elder, or even a Four-ring Soul Ancestor, could hold a candle to him.

Combined with the Golden Finger of All Things Affinity, which made him immune to Soul Beast Remnant Souls, it would be strange if Dugu Yang could not absorb a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring.

As the place with the densest concentration of Soul Beasts on the Douluo Continent, the Star Dou Forest was far from safe.

Lycoris radiata grew in the Core Zone of the Star Dou Forest, where Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts could be found everywhere.

But Dugu Yang had a Second Grandfather like Dugu Bo—powerful and doting on his grandson.

In just half a day, Dugu Yang arrived in a beautiful Mountain Valley. Brilliant red flowers grew everywhere, full and lovely, exhaling mist like scattered dust.

They were Lycoris radiata.

Upon sensing the two humans, Dugu Yang and Dugu Bo, the Lycoris radiata immediately released large amounts of Poison Mist.

Because Lycoris radiata converted elemental energy into deadly poison, its Poison Mist was also a riot of colors. If it had not contained lethal toxins, the scene before them would truly have been dreamlike and beautiful.

Facing the Poison Mist that filled the sky, Dugu Bo snorted coldly. As Soul Power circulated within him, Spirit Rings appeared one after another around his body.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black!

Other than lacking a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, this was the most perfect Spirit Ring configuration.

Buzz—

The Seventh Soul Ring suddenly lit up. Dugu Bo transformed, becoming a dark green serpent thirty meters long and as thick as a water vat.

Martial Soul Avatar, Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor!

Hiss—

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor soared into the air, opened its enormous maw, and inhaled fiercely. Like a dragon drawing in water, it sucked all the Poison Mist into its belly.

Whether it was Fire Poison, Water Poison, or anything else, Dugu Bo swallowed it all cleanly.

As for whether it would affect Dugu Bo, that was utter nonsense. Did anyone think his title as Poison Douluo had been earned for nothing?

After dealing with the Poison Mist, the lantern-sized vertical pupils swept across the ground and quickly locked onto their target.

It was a Lycoris radiata several times larger than the other flowers, the Lycoris radiata King that had surpassed ten thousand years of cultivation.

It seemed to sense its own danger as well. The Lycoris radiata King's branches trembled violently, but as a Plant System Soul Beast, its greatest weakness was that it could not leave the place where it grew.

Faced with a powerful enemy, it could not even run away.

However, as a Ten Thousand Year Level Plant System Soul Beast, the Lycoris radiata King possessed attack methods beyond merely using deadly poison.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The elemental poison it released either condensed into ice spikes or formed fireballs, raining down upon Dugu Bo.

Unfortunately, the gap between a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast and a Titled Douluo was like an insurmountable chasm. The ice spikes and fireballs summoned by the Lycoris radiata King landed on the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor without even damaging a single scale.

Moreover, the Lycoris radiata King's act of attacking first directly enraged Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo might have appeared kind and amiable before Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan, like a benevolent old man.

But in truth, this Poison Douluo's reputation across the continent was not particularly pleasant.

Otherwise, he would not have extorted Huo Lie, the headmaster of Blazing Academy, back then.

"You still dare fight back!"

Dugu Bo shouted. His thick, powerful Snake Tail came down in a devastating chop, smashing fiercely toward the Lycoris radiata King.

With a thunderous boom, the terrifying force shook the ground. The Lycoris radiata King was a Plant System Soul Beast with a frail Physical Body, and it simply could not withstand such a direct attack. Its entire flower stalk snapped apart instantly.

However, Dugu Bo knew that Dugu Yang needed to absorb the Lycoris radiata's Spirit Ring, so he held back and did not kill it.

The other Lycoris radiata growing nearby were not so fortunate. To give Dugu Yang a quiet environment for absorption, Dugu Bo swept his Snake Tail and sprayed snake venom, killing every Lycoris radiata within a hundred meters.