Douluo: Martial Soul Iron-Eating Beast, Never a Slave

"So these three golden things are your choice for the fourth Soul Ring?" Dugu Bo asked again.

From Heibai's repeated digging, anyone could tell it had been searching for something, and these three golden things were probably what they had been looking for.

The expressions on Zhao Mu and Heibai's faces just now could not have been faked.

Zhao Mu nodded honestly.

"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and let this little beast eat them! Could these three golden things be poisonous? Or dangerous?" Dugu Bo said.

"They shouldn't be dangerous. Heibai just wants to find another Immortal Herb to eat with them," Zhao Mu replied honestly.

"Isn't this little beast supposed to not be picky about food?"

"Maybe it got spoiled after coming here."

"Then just pair them with any Immortal Herb!" Dugu Bo urged.

"I don't know these Immortal Herbs. How am I supposed to pair them?" Zhao Mu blurted out.

Dugu Bo immediately caught the flaw in Zhao Mu's words. "What did you say? You don't recognize the Immortal Herbs here? Then how are you going to treat Yan Yan and me?"

Zhao Mu quickly explained, "I only recognize a small portion of them. It just so happens that among the Immortal Herbs I recognize, there is one that can treat the toxins from your Martial Soul."

Zhao Mu was telling the truth, but Dugu Bo still gave him a suspicious look.

He said nothing and made no move against Zhao Mu. Instead, with a wave of his hand, a green snake shot out and bit off a huge chrysanthemum.

The chrysanthemum was a gorgeous purple. What was strange was that every petal looked fluffy and exceptionally adorable. The entire flower seemed perfectly unified, yet it gave off no fragrance at all. Its stamen rose more than half a foot above the petals, and the tip gleamed with a faint golden light.

Taking the chrysanthemum, Dugu Bo directly tossed it to Zhao Mu.

"Use this with them. Hurry up and settle your fourth Soul Ring so you can treat Yan Yan and me. This is your last chance."

"This is?" Zhao Mu softly asked as he caught the chrysanthemum Dugu Bo had thrown him.

Dugu Bo said irritably, "This is the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. It strengthens the muscles and bones and replenishes vitality and blood."

Dugu Bo likewise recognized only a small portion of the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was among them.

After all, his sworn enemy, that chrysanthemum from Spirit Hall, had the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum as his Martial Soul. How could Dugu Bo not recognize it?

"So this is the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum..." Zhao Mu had seen that flower before, but he had not dared connect it to the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from the original story. There were at least a dozen chrysanthemum Immortal Herbs here, so how could Zhao Mu be sure which one was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum?

Then Zhao Mu pointed at the three golden things on the ground. "You recognize these Earth Dragon Golden Melons too?"

Zhao Mu certainly could not ask Dugu Bo whether they were Earth Dragon Golden Melons. If he did, Dugu Bo would probably take him for a quack trying to fool him and attack him on the spot.

Dugu Bo glanced at the three fruits on the ground, then shook his head.

"You don't recognize them, yet you're pairing them with the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. What if the two Immortal Herbs clash with each other?" Zhao Mu asked, feeling relieved that Dugu Bo did not recognize the three golden fruits.

Dugu Bo said coldly, "I may not recognize these golden fruits, but I know the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum is highly versatile. It is a neutral Immortal Herb, so no matter what these golden fruits are, there will be no problem taking them together with the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum."

Often, the person who knew you best was your enemy.

Dugu Bo, who had never gotten along with that Old Chrysanthemum from Spirit Hall, had long since studied the other man's Martial Soul inside out.

And judging by Chrysanthemum Douluo's mannerisms and way of speaking, he truly was exactly like the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum: neutral!

A Martial Soul's temperament matching that of its soul master really was true.

After hearing Dugu Bo's words, Zhao Mu finally felt at ease and handed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and the three suspected Earth Dragon Golden Melons to Heibai.

"Eat up! This time, I've finally met your demands!"

Heibai smiled faintly, then sat on the ground and took the three suspected Earth Dragon Golden Melons and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from Zhao Mu with its front paws, hugging them to its chest.

Then it ate the golden melons one bite at a time. As for the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, under Dugu Bo's guidance, Heibai ate the stamen first, then the petals, and threw away the stem and roots.

Before long, the three suspected Earth Dragon Golden Melons and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had all been swallowed by Heibai.

After eating its fill, Heibai habitually leaned back, intending to catch up on sleep.

Suddenly, a tremor arose deep within Zhao Mu and Heibai's hearts...

Just to clarify, very few people recognized the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. It was perfectly normal for a transmigrator not to recognize them.

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Zhao Mu clutched his chest over his heart.

Heibai, which had been about to sleep, was now completely wide awake. It rolled over and got to its feet, its face creasing into an obviously uncomfortable expression.

Thump!

Another powerful tremor!

Zhao Mu's heartbeat accelerated.

Heibai was probably experiencing the same thing.

And Zhao Mu could completely confirm the source of this discomfort. It was the three suspected Earth Dragon Golden Melons and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum that Heibai had just eaten.

The feeling in his heart grew stronger and stronger along with the energy passing over from Heibai.

What was going on?

Could they really have eaten the wrong thing?

Were those not Earth Dragon Golden Melons?

No wonder those three golden things looked like potatoes instead of melons!

It was all Heibai's fault for insisting on eating them!

Zhao Mu could not help but grow suspicious.

Taking the wrong medicine was serious enough, especially medicine from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He might have Poison Immunity, but that did not mean he could withstand every other kind of torment.

Heibai stood on all fours, panting heavily as it gave Zhao Mu a resentful look. It knew it. Nothing good ever came from following its soul master. It had gotten sick from eating twice in one day.

Thump!

Thump, thump!

Thump, thump, thump!

His heartbeat grew faster and faster. Zhao Mu felt as though his entire heart was about to leap out of his chest.

It felt as if something deep inside him was about to burst forth.

As his heart pounded faster, that sensation became increasingly intense. Just as everything seemed to reach a critical point, on the verge of breaking through that thin barrier, a change appeared on Heibai's side first.

Heibai lay low, black-red mist continuously spilling from its body. The mist swirled around it and gradually enveloped it.

But while Heibai was undergoing this drastic change, Zhao Mu discovered that the discomfort in his body and those strange sensations rapidly receded like a tide, soon returning to normal.

When Zhao Mu looked at Heibai again, all he saw was the last look in Heibai's eyes before it was completely wrapped in black-red mist.

They were still large black eyes, but the former adorably lively look was gone. In its place was something mysterious and gloomy.

As the black-red mist enveloped Heibai, Zhao Mu could no longer see what was happening inside. He could only vaguely hear low growls, each one filled with intense pain.

"Heibai, hold on!"

"I don't want to die yet! I'm only seven years old! Even counting my previous life, I'm barely pushing thirty! I haven't even experienced the joy of pretty girls yet! I don't want to die young!"

"You're only a little over a year old too! There are still so many things you haven't eaten. You don't want to die either, right?"

Watching the scene before him, Zhao Mu roughly concluded that the changes in him and Heibai were probably not caused by the Immortal Herbs damaging their bodies. It seemed more like they had triggered some kind of transformation—perhaps evolution.

And since Heibai was the one evolving now, Zhao Mu could only keep encouraging it.

"Grandfather."

Dugu Yan came to Dugu Bo's side and softly called out. She seemed worried about the adorable little bear as well.

Dugu Bo gently patted Dugu Yan's hand. This infamous Poison Douluo revealed a tenderness that no one else would see in their lifetime.

"This little beast should be having its body reshaped by the Immortal Herbs. It should be fine. After all, this boy knows something about these Immortal Herbs. He wouldn't recklessly eat them and gamble with his own life."

Zhao Mu: "..."

The black-red mist grew thicker and thicker until Heibai's body could no longer be seen at all.

The next moment, the black mist suddenly began expanding violently in every direction, as though something inside was forcing it open while it enveloped Heibai.

The sudden change left Zhao Mu and Dugu Yan stunned. In the end, Dugu Bo was the quickest to react. He grabbed Zhao Mu and Dugu Yan, one in each hand, and rapidly retreated.

The mist that had only just wrapped around Heibai expanded to a diameter of five or six meters in the blink of an eye.

The black-red mist began shaking continuously, as though the thing inside were trembling.

After expanding, the black-red mist did not last long. In about two or three minutes, it gradually thinned and slowly dispersed.

And Heibai, which had been wrapped in the mist, finally appeared again.

Heibai was still on all fours. Compared to the transformations from its first three Soul Rings, its coloration had not changed much, but its bearing and presence had undergone an earthshaking transformation.

It was still a Heibai Bo. Its eye patches, ears, and limbs were black, while its face, neck, waist, and belly were white. But the black markings around its eyes were no longer round and gentle as before. Instead, they radiated outward with fierce aggression. It bared its teeth, its savage fangs imposing and gleaming faintly. A cryptic marking had appeared on its forehead, looking ancient and distinctly unfashionable, while a black-red ring had appeared around its neck.