Douluo: Martial Soul Iron-Eating Beast, Never a Slave - Chapter 30

Dugu Bo rolled his eyes at Zhao Mu and did not take him too seriously, merely assuming Zhao Mu was joking.

After all, Douluo was just a backwater fantasy world. Body possession? Transmigration? Who would believe that?

Turning his gaze back to Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo seemed to realize something as well.

"Grandpa only wanted to use his own experience to secure your happiness. But now it seems that Grandpa's experience belongs to the past. You still need to forge your own path."

"Yan Yan, perhaps you really have grown up. Grandpa should let go too..."

Throughout the process of absorbing the Snowy Swan Kiss, Dugu Yan remained very calm. There was far less commotion than when Zhao Mu and Heibai absorbed Immortal Herbs and condensed Soul Rings.

About an hour later, Dugu Yan slowly opened her eyes.

After rising to her feet, she waved a hand, and four Soul Rings slowly rose from beneath her feet, circling around her body.

Yellow, yellow, purple, white?!

"White?!"

Dugu Bo, whose gaze was fixed on Dugu Yan, could not help but be startled when he saw her fourth Soul Ring.

Still, he was only mildly surprised. After all, someone had three abnormally colored Soul Rings among his four.

The fourth Soul Ring emitted a faint white glow. The next moment, Dugu Yan swung her right hand toward a nearby cliff face.

In an instant, a ball of purple mist slammed into the cliff wall.

The mist ball itself had little impact force and immediately dispersed upon striking the stone wall.

Then, the purple mist that had scattered and thinned abruptly became incomparably dense. Wherever the mist reached, the cliff and ground both let out sizzling corrosive sounds.

When Dugu Yan withdrew the mist, the cliff wall and ground had both been eaten away into depressions more than ten centimeters deep.

Dugu Bo clicked his tongue in amazement. "What vicious poison... No, what terrifying amplification!"

Naturally, Dugu Bo recognized that Dugu Yan had only used her Third Soul Skill, Jade Phosphor Purple Poison. It was Jade Phosphor Purple Poison, but one enhanced by the Snowy Swan Kiss—or rather, by Dugu Yan's Fourth Soul Skill.

Judging from the poison alone, it was no longer something a Soul Ancestor could withstand.

In other words, Dugu Yan already possessed the foundation to fight above her level.

Of course, it was merely a foundation. To truly fight above one's level, one still needed the right mindset, experience, and many other factors.

Dugu Yan was equally satisfied with the amplification effect of her fourth Soul Ring.

Just as she was about to walk over and share the news with Dugu Bo, the fourth white Soul Ring she had yet to withdraw suddenly began radiating white light uncontrollably.

As the fourth Soul Ring went out of control, purple mist began pouring continuously from Dugu Yan's entire body.

Seeing this, Dugu Bo's heart, which had only just relaxed, clenched once more.

"Yan Yan!"

Watching Dugu Yan change before his eyes, Dugu Bo assumed that she had failed to control the Snowy Swan Kiss's power and that it had gone berserk.

Dugu Bo immediately wanted to step in and suppress the poison for Dugu Yan.

Just as he was about to act, Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Jiao Martial Soul suddenly shot out.

Like Dugu Yan, the Jade Phosphorous Jiao continuously leaked purple vapor, and it looked far more pained.

The purple vapor quickly wrapped tightly around the Jade Phosphorous Jiao. To the naked eye, only a long shape could be seen writhing inside.

Dugu Bo had already arrived at Dugu Yan's side. He placed a palm against her back, preparing to help her control the leaking poisonous vapor.

However, just as Dugu Bo made his move, a roar came from within that long shape wrapped in purple mist.

The roar charged straight at Dugu Bo, as if refusing his assistance.

Hearing that roar, Dugu Bo froze for a moment.

Something felt wrong...

It was the roar!

There was something strange about it...

Although Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Jiao Martial Soul had not evolved long ago, Jiao Martial Souls often roared, so both Dugu Bo and Zhao Mu had heard its cry before.

A Jiao dwelled in deep pools, streams, and stone caves. Its cry resembled a cow's low, muffled bellow.

But the roar just now had been incomparably high-pitched.

It was a dragon's roar!

Dugu Bo was the first to react.

He finally understood what sound had come from within the purple mist.

It was extremely similar to the sound made by that fellow from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Whenever that old man used Martial Soul Possession, his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul would let out such a roar.

Then, the purple mist split open, and a long figure shot out from within.

The figure coiled through the air. Looking closely—

It was actually a dragon covered entirely in purple scales?!

Two horns rose from its head, its whiskers fluttered in the air, and claws extended beneath its belly. It had four claws with five talons each, and a mane at the end of its tail.

It was indeed a genuine true dragon, its appearance more solemn and well-proportioned than the previous Jade Phosphorous Jiao.

Purple haze surrounded the dragon. No, it was not haze—it was poisonous mist!

Not only was the mist poisonous, but even the purple dragon's horns were filled with a deep violet glow. Its claws flickered with dark light and seemed equally venomous.

So this was a poison dragon?!

Dugu Bo had never expected the Snowy Swan Kiss to cause Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Jiao Martial Soul to undergo a second evolution, truly shedding its Jiao form and becoming a dragon.

"Roar!"

The poison dragon roared.

It lacked the domineering majesty of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, but carried an additional air of sinister viciousness.

Still, Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo were both absolutely certain of one thing: this poison dragon was far stronger than the previous Jade Phosphorous Jiao.

"It was previously called the Jade Phosphorous Jiao. This dragon evolved from the Jade Phosphorous Jiao, so should we call it the Jade Phosphorous Dragon?"

Dugu Bo muttered.

Hearing that, Zhao Mu could not help mocking Dugu Bo inwardly for his terrible naming sense.

Before Zhao Mu could speak, however, a voice sounded.

"Perhaps Calamity Poison Dragon would be more fitting!"

"Calamity Poison Dragon?"

The one who spoke was Dugu Yan herself. As the Calamity Poison Dragon Martial Soul completed its evolution, Dugu Yan promptly awakened as well.

"Yan Yan, your hair..."

As Dugu Yan spoke, Dugu Bo and Zhao Mu followed the sound with their gazes. When their eyes fell upon her, Dugu Bo could not help but say it aloud.

Dugu Yan's neat purple short hair had turned into waist-length white hair. It was snow-white, just like the Snowy Swan Kiss.

Earlier, Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo had focused entirely on the evolved Calamity Poison Dragon Martial Soul and had not had time to notice Dugu Yan.

Looking at her now, she seemed like an entirely different person from before.

It could only be said that a hairstyle truly determined a person's appearance.

Still, as far as Zhao Mu was concerned, Dugu Yan was more beautiful and alluring now. Perhaps it was because dragons were inherently lecherous.

It would have been even better if that freely flowing snowy-white hair could be tied into a ponytail. Damn his ponytail fixation.

"This should be due to the poison's influence after my Martial Soul evolved. But don't worry, Grandpa. I'm in very good condition right now."

Dugu Yan gently stroked her snowy-white hair, filled with emotion as well.

In truth, even Dugu Bo's green hair was caused by accumulated poison. Otherwise, what normal person would dye their hair green? How unpleasant.

"Yan Yan, are you sure the poison in your body is stable? There are no signs of it going out of control?" Dugu Bo could not help asking worriedly.

After all, the Snowy Swan Kiss's reputation among poisonous herbs was simply too great. And after witnessing it stimulate the Jade Phosphorous Jiao Martial Soul into evolving into the Calamity Poison Dragon, Dugu Bo's understanding of the Snowy Swan Kiss rose to another level.

"Grandpa, don't worry! My evolved Calamity Poison Dragon Martial Soul has an incredibly strong control over poison. It is a naturally ultimate poison-element Martial Soul!"

"Grandpa, that's not all! Do you know what my Soul Power Level is now?"

Dugu Yan said with a smile, clearly in high spirits. Her absorption of the Snowy Swan Kiss seemed to have brought her tremendous gains.

Hearing Dugu Yan say this, Dugu Bo immediately examined her again. Given his strength, he could naturally clearly detect Dugu Yan's Soul Power Level.

It would have been fine if he had not checked. But the moment he examined Dugu Yan's Soul Power Level, Dugu Bo's pupils abruptly contracted as he looked at her in disbelief.

"Level fifty again?!"

"Another Quasi-Soul King?!"

The reason for the word "again" was naturally that Zhao Mu, who had shocked Dugu Bo not long ago, had directly maxed out his Soul Power Level after absorbing a Soul Ring and reached the realm of a level-fifty Quasi-Soul King.

Dugu Bo had originally thought he would only witness something so outrageous once in his lifetime. Who would have thought that he would see it twice in the same day?