Tang San! Just you wait for this young lady's Thousand Spider Poison Hand!

Meanwhile, at Dugu Manor, in the back garden!

Corpses lay everywhere!

The acidic gas in the air was thick enough to scorch skin on contact!

Poison spiders lay with their eight legs in the air, piled in heaps... centipedes covered the ground... scorpions swarmed... poisonous toads... poisonous lizards... without exception, these were all the venomous creatures Poison Douluo Dugu Bo used for his daily research on mixed toxins, all of them low-level soul beasts that possessed cultivation!

There were even two Three-Section Jade...

The artificial rockery in the back garden was hissing and emitting white smoke, riddled with dense, overlapping finger holes. If light were to shine on it now, it would surely be a mottled mess. "What a Thousand Spider Poison Hand!"

"This million was worth every penny!!"

Dugu Yan looked at her masterpiece; beyond satisfaction, she felt a surge of excitement and disbelief!

The power of this casual flick, while still far inferior to a ten-thousand-year soul skill, is absolutely a top-tier contender among thousand-year soul skills!

Most importantly, when she first started practicing, the power was only slightly stronger than an average hundred-year soul skill, but how long had it been?

It had already reached the level of a top-tier thousand-year soul skill!

At this rate, could the power of a ten-thousand-year soul skill be far off?

Back at the Scripture Depository, she had sensed the subtlety of the Thousand Spider Poison Hand, but she never expected the subsequent content to be this profound!

Originally, she only wanted the method to release the toxins within her body to resolve the curse in the Dugu Family bloodline. But who could have guessed that this toxin-release method, so vital to the Dugu Family, was merely the most insignificant part of the Thousand Spider Poison Hand?

Beyond the method for releasing internal toxins, it contained a set of techniques specifically for combat, including moves and soul power circulation methods that made the manipulation of virulent poisons far more efficient!

And most importantly, the method for condensing toxicity and increasing soul power... which was actually the "Refining Poison into the Body" technique she had initially overlooked!

That's right!

Refining poison into the body to increase soul power!

After returning home, she immediately tried to release the toxins in her body using the release method from the Thousand Spider Poison Hand. Once successful, while still elated, she began studying the other contents.

That guy had said that the toxicity in her body had been purged once, wasting over twenty years of accumulation... Since the release method worked, she no longer needed to fear the toxins accumulating in her body, so naturally, she had to make up for the lost accumulation!

Unexpectedly, just one simple attempt led her to discover a new world!

Refining poison into the body didn't just enhance toxicity; more importantly, it could further condense the toxins entering the body to achieve the effect of increasing soul power!

One attempt, and she was hooked, unable to pull herself away... Unfortunately, the poisonous spiders her grandfather raised for venom extraction were limited. So, after the spiders at home were exhausted, she made a bold attempt... introducing snake venom into her body.

Snake venom was the toxin closest to her own martial soul's poison, so even if an accident occurred, it would be controllable. Besides, the Thousand Spider Poison Hand contained methods for dealing with emergencies, and Lingling was staying at her house tonight!

The experimental results left her ecstatic... the snake venom worked!

Since snake venom worked, what about centipedes? Scorpions?

And poisonous lizards? Poisonous toads?

Attempt after attempt, condensation after condensation; by the time she came to her senses, the back garden was in this state, and her soul power had directly increased by 1 level!

She had previously been a level 42 Control System Battle Soul Ancestor, and it was expected to take several months to reach level 43, but now she was already approaching level 44. Strictly speaking, she hadn't just increased by one level of soul power, but a full level!

"It's just a pity for these poisonous creatures Grandpa raised..."

As she spoke, a wicked smile curled the corners of her lips. She hadn't liked messing with the creatures her grandfather kept before, but now... Heh, she loved it!

Her soul power moved with her will, naturally circulating according to the path in the Thousand Spider Poison Hand. It was smooth and seamless, as if her soul power was born to circulate this way. As the soul power flowed, cyan-black thread-like patterns spread from her fingertips, up her arms, and all the way to her snow-white neck.

Yet, these abruptly appearing, tattoo-like patterns didn't look out of place at all; instead, they seemed to cast a halo over her, making her look even more bewitching and alluring.

The moment they surfaced, they faded away as her soul power calmed.

A beauty of an instant, fleeting as a startled swan!

"That guy really didn't lie to me. My constitution is a perfect match for the Thousand Spider Poison Hand... Innate Poison Body, innate poison—this should have been my greatest advantage..."

She murmured.

"It's a pity that these creatures have had their toxins extracted too many times by Grandpa; the remaining poison isn't enough, nor is it strong enough... Grandpa was also worried I'd be poisoned, so he didn't keep stronger poison-type soul beasts at home. Otherwise, this young lady might have been able to rise two levels in soul power, or even more!!"

Crack--

Dugu Yan gritted her teeth, her pink fists clenching until they creaked. The more she tasted the sweetness of the poison, the more she loathed Tang San for purging the toxins from her body!

That was the foundation she had gained only after losing her parents and enduring twenty years of torment!

"That guy was right. This Scoundrel either pretended to know what he was doing or was purely malicious, tricking my grandfather with a superficial method that treated the symptoms but not the root cause!"

"He ruined my Innate Poison Body!"

"He swindled Grandpa's Nine-Section Jade... Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch and Herb Garden, and even tricked Grandpa into being a guest elder at that shitty Shrek..."

"Just you wait. During the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, this young lady will make sure you taste what the Thousand Spider Poison Hand is really like!"

"What the pain of Ten Thousand Poisons Devouring the Heart feels like!"

"I'll give up the guaranteed spot in the finals if I have to!"

Dugu Yan muttered, her voice low but incredibly firm!

This Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament was hosted by Martial Soul Hall and co-organized by the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. Her team from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was directly guaranteed a spot in the finals, but...

She couldn't wait that long!

The variables in the tournament format for the finals were too great. If she truly waited until the finals, the luck of the draw meant she might not have the chance to face Tang San, but the preliminary rounds were different.

The preliminary rounds were team-based and followed a single round-robin format. If fifty teams participated, every team would have to face the other forty-nine teams once.

As long as she convinced her teammates to participate in the preliminaries, she would definitely be able to face Tang San and Shrek. When that time came, it would be the moment for her to take revenge on that Scoundrel!

Furthermore, the captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy first team, the front-line assault and power attack specialist Tian Heng, was her boyfriend, and the team's most important support and survival specialist Ye Lingling was her best friend. With her as the vice-captain and command-control specialist, the three core members of the team were all on her side!

This could be done!

Dugu Yan glanced at the sky...

"It's already the end of the fifth watch? The tournament opening ceremony is this morning, and the first match of the preliminaries will start by the afternoon at the latest... I must get this done before noon!"

"I'll go find Tian Heng right now!"

After a moment of deliberation, she had already made her decision.

"Uncle Fu!"

Dugu Yan called out.

The next second, a figure appeared in the corner of the previously empty back garden. It was Dugu Bo's trusted aide, the only servant and butler of Dugu Manor, Ah Fu, whose martial soul was the Nether Snake, a six-ring Soul Emperor!

"Miss!"

"Go to Grandfather's medicine vault and select twelve Snow Silkworm and twelve Red Ginseng. They must be century-old and of high quality. Deliver them to the Scripture Depository on Gourmet Street. You must deliver them personally. Remember, the owner of that Scripture Depository is an honored guest of the Dugu Family; you must not be negligent... Forget it, I will go myself. Prepare the carriage, and after that, I will head to Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"

A single copy of the Thousand Spider Poison Hand had already made her realize the other party's terror and mystery, and the Thousand Spider Poison Hand was only one of them. In that Scripture Depository, there were many more similar Self-Created Soul Skill manuals. If every manual was like that... hiss!

Even as the granddaughter of a Title Douluo, she could hardly imagine what kind of existence that was, or what kind of foundation he possessed!

Since she had already made the acquaintance of such an outstanding person, she must maintain the relationship well!

"Yes!"