This trait made Wang Xian raise an eyebrow slightly.
The trait was quite interesting. It did not attack directly, but interfered with the opponent's senses.
If an opponent suddenly heard footsteps behind them during battle, or could not hear their teammates' shouts, their rhythm could easily be thrown into disarray.
Unlike the mental suppression of Tiger Might, Sound Wave Illusion leaned more toward tactical interference. Used well, it could produce unexpected results.
"It counts as a mental-type trait too. Maybe it can take up a fusion slot."
The fourth was the High-Temperature Mucus trait from the Lava Worm martial soul.
After fusion, its body surface would secrete a viscous liquid that could reach temperatures of several hundred degrees, possessing powerful corrosive and adhesive properties.
After coming into contact with an object, it would continue burning and corroding it.
At the same time, its owner would gain extremely strong resistance to high temperatures.
"High temperature and corrosion." Wang Xian murmured.
This trait was highly offensive. If fused into Blue Silver Grass, his vines could burn and corrode enemies while binding them.
Combined with the cutting of Sharpness and the continuously intensifying effect of Deep Tilling, his damage output would rise another level.
"More importantly, my Blue Silver Grass can gain fire resistance through this as well."
Whether flames or frost, both were extremely effective at countering Blue Silver Grass.
If Blue Silver Grass could gain resistance, Wang Xian would undoubtedly become more well-rounded.
"Should I spend a fusion slot on it?" Wang Xian hesitated inwardly.
After all, he might be able to gain ice resistance and fire resistance later without fusing traits.
Tang San had gained both resistances after his body had been tempered by ice and fire at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
He then looked at the final trait. It was the trait of the Snake-Eating Frog, called Poison Ingestion.
Wang Xian had only taken one glance before excitement appeared in his eyes.
This was the trait he had long hoped for and desperately wanted to obtain.
Poison Ingestion: after fusing the trait, the martial soul could actively devour toxins in any form.
After they were taken into the body, special digestive fluids would break the toxins down into harmless nutrients and convert them into a small amount of Soul Power.
The stronger the toxins devoured, the more Soul Power they could be converted into. However, consuming excessive toxins at once would require more time to digest.
The value of this trait did not lie in converting toxins into Soul Power, but in devouring toxins itself.
There were many Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent who used Poison, and poisonous soul beasts were even more numerous. If he could become immune to toxins, he would hold a tremendous advantage in many battles.
Moreover, this trait was not passive defense, but active devouring. No matter how powerful the Poison was, as long as he could swallow it, he could neutralize it.
But none of that was the most important part.
Most importantly, he could use this trait to devour the toxins within Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, allowing them to escape their poisoned state.
Then, he could have them fuse soul bones and force the remaining toxins into those soul bones, completely solving the problem of their poisoning worsening as their cultivation increased.
He could also use this to enter Dugu Bo's herb garden and obtain Immortal Herbs.
He had been planning this for a long time, but had never found a suitable opportunity.
After all, although his relationship with Dugu Yan was fairly good now, before she brought it up herself, he had no reason to say that he knew her grandfather was Dugu Bo, much less ask to enter the herb garden and pick Immortal Herbs.
"Now that I have this trait, I finally have a way." Wang Xian could not help revealing an excited smile.
Without any hesitation, he directly instructed the system.
"System, fuse the Poison Ingestion trait."
"Fusion in progress..."
Wang Xian spread open his right hand, and the verdant Evergreen Blue Silver Grass emerged from his palm.
As soon as the fusion began, the color of the Blue Silver Grass started to change.
A layer of faint dark-purple patterns began appearing over its verdant base, like the spots on a Snake-Eating Frog's skin, spreading from the roots of the leaves toward their tips.
The patterns were not dense, scattered across the leaf surfaces like tiny stars and glimmering with a moist sheen beneath the light.
The silvery-white serrations along the leaf edges drew slightly inward, and their tips turned pale purple, as if coated in a thin layer of venom.
But Wang Xian knew this was not Poison. It was the manifestation within his martial soul of the digestive fluid that broke down toxins.
The aura of the entire Blue Silver Grass also underwent a subtle change.
Amid its originally gentle yet heavy life energy, there was now a trace of something sharp and devouring.
It was like an invisible snake lying in wait within the grass, ready to swallow everything that came near.
The changes continued for roughly a dozen breaths before gradually stabilizing.
The dark-purple patterns faded into the verdant base and were no longer so conspicuous, though they could still be seen upon close inspection.
The pale-purple serrations along the leaf edges also returned to silvery white, but gained a faint membranous sheen.
Wang Xian stared at the Blue Silver Grass in his palm. With a thought, he activated the ability of Poison Ingestion.
The faint purple membranous sheen on the Blue Silver Grass's surface glowed slightly, and the leaves trembled softly, as though breathing.
He could sense a brand-new function within the Blue Silver Grass, an instinct that craved devouring, breaking down, and converting.
"It worked." Wang Xian withdrew the Blue Silver Grass and let out a long breath.
He leaned against the headboard, the corners of his mouth slowly lifting.
With the Poison Ingestion trait, the poison of Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan was no longer an unsolvable problem for him.
As long as he found an opportunity to let Dugu Yan know that he could detoxify her, everything afterward would fall into place.
He was determined to obtain those Immortal Herbs in the herb garden.
On the second day after fusing the Poison Ingestion trait, Wang Xian went to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena as usual with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to participate in Soul Fighting.
His match ended early, another utterly unsurprising victory, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's match was also about to end.
After the match, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling happily pushed open the door to the lounge.
"Eight consecutive victories!" Dugu Yan shouted the moment she entered, the smile on her face brighter than the lights of the Soul Fighting Arena. "Wang Xian, did you hear that? Eight consecutive victories!"
Ye Lingling followed behind her, a faint curve on her lips. Though she did not shout excitedly like Dugu Yan, her eyes were clearly shining as well.
Wang Xian stood up from the sofa and said with a smile, "I heard, I heard. Congratulations, you two heroines."
Dugu Yan walked up to him, put her hands on her hips, and raised her chin. Just as she was about to say something, the smile on her face suddenly froze.
She frowned, her right hand unconsciously pressing against her chest as her complexion turned pale at a visible rate.
Her originally light-green eyes abruptly deepened into a rich dark green, like muddy deep water.
Her body swayed. Her lips parted slightly as though she wanted to say something, but before she could utter a single word, her entire body pitched forward.
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