Serpent-Dragon Species

Wang Chuan and his grandfather, having gained nothing, planned to return the way they came.

But facts proved that the heavens always enjoyed causing trouble for those with plans.

A beast tide erupted without warning, or rather, its source was so distant that Wang Chuan and his grandfather had been swept into it before they even noticed.

Wang Lie grabbed Wang Chuan by the collar and leaped onto an ancient, thousand-year-old tree to avoid the first wave of the beast tide.

However, the terror of a soul beast tide lies in the fact that they do not merely collide with everything in their path in a chaotic frenzy.

They are also driven by hatred, subconsciously seeking to tear their enemies to shreds.

Humans!

At this moment, the ape-type soul beasts swinging over like they were on monkey bars, as well as the avian soul beasts flying toward them, had all spotted Wang Lie and his grandson.

Almost instinctively, both types of soul beasts killed toward Wang Lie without hesitation.

Seeing this, Wang Lie's brows furrowed deeply.

Because among them, there were not only weak hundred-year and thousand-year soul beasts.

There were also powerful soul beasts reaching thirty or forty thousand years, capable of rivaling a Soul Saint.

This immediately made Wang Lie tense to the extreme; seven soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black—surfaced, and his seventh soul ring lit up without hesitation.

In an instant, Wang Chuan was tossed into the air.

Regaining his senses, Wang Chuan realized he was now perched atop the head of a silver giant python over seventy meters long, shimmering with three colors.

Standing beside him was Wang Lie, who had already donned his full set of silver True Body Armor.

Wang Chuan realized it then.

Beneath them was Wang Lie's Martial Soul Avatar, a sub-dragon of the dragon-snake species, the Three-Colored Silver-Scaled Python, a powerful sub-dragon Martial Soul capable of controlling the three elements of water, fire, and wind.

No sooner had Wang Lie unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar than his fifth soul skill, Wind Control, was unleashed with ferocity, forming a terrifying tornado barrier that blocked the soul beasts attacking his grandson and him.

Wang Lie had a clear understanding of his own strength; in the face of such a disaster, no matter how strong he was, he would eventually be dragged to his death.

Thus, after repelling another wave of soul beast attacks, Wang Lie immediately unleashed Wind Control again while shouting at Wang Chuan.

"Xiao Chuan, hold on tight to me, don't fall off!"

In an instant, the gale wrapped around the massive Three-Colored Silver-Scaled Python, fleeing toward the outer perimeter of the Sunset Forest.

Because they were flying high enough, the range Wang Chuan could see became increasingly vast, and he suddenly spotted a thick green mist in the direction of the Sunset Forest's mixed zone.

Within it, a giant emerald python was roaring and battling an entity that looked like a snake-woman.

Seeing this, a thoughtful look crossed Wang Chuan's eyes; these characteristics were too obvious, making it truly difficult for him not to recognize who the culprit was.

At this moment, Wang Lie, standing beside him, also noticed the situation over there and began to curse loudly.

"Damn it, so it was him! I was wondering why there would be a beast tide for no reason; it must be that bastard spewing poison everywhere again!"

Hearing this, a hint of gossip flickered in Wang Chuan's eyes. It seemed his family had some connection to this future Poison Douluo.

However, they were currently fleeing for their lives, so Wang Chuan didn't ask any further questions.

Soon, the distance that would have taken half a month to cover to reach the outer perimeter was traversed in less than half a day under Wang Lie's full-exertion flight, allowing the two to escape that chaotic land.

The result was that even with Wang Lie's Soul Saint-level cultivation, his face was deathly pale and he looked completely exhausted. He found a secluded corner with Wang Chuan and hastily began to rest on the spot.

Just after collapsing to sit down, Wang Lie couldn't help but grumble.

"You see, Xiao Chuan? Soul Master soul hunting is just this dangerous. In the future, don't you ever learn from your foolish parents and act recklessly just because you have a little bit of strength.

Sometimes the danger is so great that even a level 78 Soul Saint like me can barely hold on."

Wang Chuan nodded repeatedly in agreement, then hurriedly took dry rations and water from his storage Soul Tool and handed them to Wang Lie.

After consuming some carbohydrates, Wang Lie's complexion improved slightly.

However, Wang Lie did not sit in meditation to recover his soul power.

After all, the recovery of soul power relies mainly on meditation techniques, and in his current mental state, it would be a joke if he finally escaped the beast tide only to suffer a cultivation deviation because of a slip-up during meditation.

Seeing that Wang Lie had no intention of taking a nap to recover his spirit, Wang Chuan asked curiously.

"Grandpa, judging by your tone, you know that person. Can you tell me about him?"

Wang Lie looked at Wang Chuan in surprise, not expecting him to be interested in this. Since they were idle anyway, he began to talk about the past.

The acquaintance between the two sides was due to their Martial Souls.

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Anyone who has read Douluo Continent knows that this is a series with severely broken settings; a Martial Soul that might be hyped up as heaven-defying at the start could turn into something found on the side of the road later on.

For instance, the Purple Radiance Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon from the second installment was like that, hailed as the ancestor of all sub-dragons, only for the villain Xu Tianran to be finished off by it easily.

Therefore, Wang Chuan's initial judgment of this world was that it was a world similar to the manga version, rather than blindly following the views of the original work.

Because this is a real world, the logic certainly wouldn't be left brain fighting right brain, so anyone who fully believes in the settings of the original work is just looking for trouble.

According to the knowledge Wang Chuan had gathered, true dragons are divided into three categories.

First are the large lizard types, such as the Golden Sacred Dragon; this category is known as the Pterosaur Species, because their uniform characteristic is that they have wings.

Following that are those with long, serpentine bodies similar to Dugu Bo, which are known as Serpent-Dragon Species.

Finally, there are those from the "nine sons of the dragon" lineage, as well as those resulting from crossbreeding between true dragons; because their appearances are so disjointed, this category is collectively referred to as Hetero-Dragon Species.

For these three categories of true dragons, every single one has clear records, and if even one aspect does not match the records, it is considered a mixed-blood Sub-Dragon.

Since both the Jade Phosphorous Serpent and the Three-Colored Silver-Scaled Python are branches of the Serpent-Dragon Species of soul beasts, the two of them naturally felt a sense of affinity, and they even traveled across the continent together when they were young.

Speaking to the end, Wang Lie laughed and cursed.

"Looking at that old guy's posture, he is about to break through to Soul Douluo, and his martial soul seems to have undergone a transformation and evolution, now infinitely close to a true dragon.

It really makes one envious. I'll have to find a chance to grab a drink with him later; he didn't even notify me, his second brother, about such a big deal. Look at how smug he is."

Wang Chuan also chimed in from the side, never expecting that his family had such a connection with Dugu Bo. If things really didn't work out in the future, there would at least be a place to go for a free meal.

Just as Wang Chuan intended to learn more about Dugu Bo's past from Wang Lie.

A rustling sound approached from afar.

In an instant, both Wang Chuan and Wang Lie became alert, standing up one after another to take a defensive stance.

Right at this moment, Wang Chuan saw a streak of gold rushing toward them to kill.

But before Wang Chuan could even make a move, Wang Lie acted even faster, demonstrating the perfect control a high-level soul master has over soul skills. His fifth soul ring flashed rapidly, and he immediately activated Wind Control to form a Wind Barrier, blocking the incoming soul beast.