The Terrifying Jade Scale Poison Domain! A Fragrance That Plunged Living Beings into Ruin!

The giant beast was coiled in the center of the swamp, seemingly digesting its prey.

Its eyes were half-closed, its breathing slow and even, and its entire body exuded a languid air.

This was when it was most relaxed.

No vigilance, no defenses.

Now!

Dugu Bo's spiritual power erupted!

That invisible force was like a heavy hammer, smashing viciously into the Venom Swamp Python's Sea of Consciousness.

The spiritual power of a twelve-thousand-year Soul Beast was as fragile as paper before a level ninety-three Titled Douluo.

The Venom Swamp Python did not even have time to scream before its eyes went vacant and its enormous body crashed to the ground.

It had not been killed.

It had merely been knocked unconscious.

"Yan Yan, go!"

Dugu Bo gave a low shout.

Dugu Yan had long been ready.

The Jade Scale Dragon Martial Soul appeared behind her, killing intent blazing in her jade-green Dragon Eyes.

She leaped down from the tree and charged toward the unconscious Venom Swamp Python.

Jade-green Soul Power gathered in her palm, forming a sharp blade of light.

Her hand rose and fell.

A massive wound was sliced open across the Venom Swamp Python's neck, and dark green blood spurted out.

The python's body convulsed violently a few times before falling completely still.

At the moment of death, the Venom Swamp Python had no awareness.

It died while unconscious.

No pain.

No fear.

No struggle.

Dugu Bo's spiritual power remained tightly locked onto the Soul Ring's formation.

A black halo slowly rose from the Venom Swamp Python's corpse.

Black—a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

And at the instant the Soul Ring formed, Dugu Bo keenly sensed it.

Resentment.

But it was very faint.

So faint that it could almost be ignored.

Compared to the violent surge of resentment that normally came from hunting a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, the resentment left behind by this Venom Swamp Python was no more than a faint haze.

So it worked.

The corners of Dugu Bo's mouth lifted.

"Yan Yan, absorb it."

Dugu Yan nodded, sat down cross-legged, and guided the black Soul Ring toward herself.

The Soul Ring slowly descended and merged into her body.

Her body suddenly shuddered.

That was the normal reaction of a Soul Ring entering the body.

But immediately afterward, her expression returned to calm.

No pain.

No struggle.

It was even easier than when she had absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring.

The Martial Soul pressure of the Jade Scale Dragon completely suppressed the Venom Swamp Python's faint trace of resentment.

The spiritual suppression of a True Dragon Species over a Sub-Dragon was displayed to its fullest at that moment.

Dugu Bo stood at the side, silently protecting his granddaughter.

His Dark Golden Dragon Eyes were filled with gratification.

The absorption process lasted roughly the time it took to burn an incense stick.

When Dugu Yan opened her eyes again, her aura had completely changed.

Four Soul Rings rose beneath her feet.

Yellow, yellow, purple, black.

Her fourth Soul Ring was a ten-thousand-year black ring.

She had really done it!

Grandfather's theory had been right!

A Soul Ancestor.

A true Soul Ancestor in every sense.

Dugu Yan rose to her feet, feeling the surging power within her, excitement filling her jade-green Dragon Eyes.

"Grandfather, I succeeded!"

She rushed over and threw her arms around Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo smiled and patted her back.

"How does it feel?"

"It feels... my fourth Soul Ring skill is incredibly powerful!"

Dugu Yan released her grandfather and said excitedly, "It's a poison-element area attack, and it can be released together with the Jade Scale Dragon's Dragon Might!"

"Grandfather, this skill is called..."

"Jade Scale Poison Domain!"

"Jade Scale Poison Domain."

The instant Dugu Yan spoke the Soul Skill's name, jade-green light exploded outward from her as its center.

The light spread in ripples, covering an area dozens of meters wide in the blink of an eye.

Within the domain, the air turned a faint jade-green.

It was not the vibrant green of life, but a shadowy green that carried the aura of death.

The grass and trees on the ground visibly withered, blackened, and turned to ash.

Strange green patterns emerged across the soil, as if something were writhing beneath the earth.

A cloyingly sweet fragrance filled the air, drawing anyone who smelled it into ruin.

It was not the scent of flowers, but poisonous gas.

Dugu Bo stood within the domain without moving an inch.

Jade-green poisonous gas rushed toward him, wrapping around his body as it tried to seep in through his mouth, nose, and skin.

But the instant the poison touched his body, it was repelled by a layer of dark purple Nether Qi.

The Nine Nether Divine Dragon, Lord of Ten Thousand Poisons.

Before the Nine Nether Divine Dragon, the Jade Scale Dragon's poison was not even qualified to approach.

Dugu Bo did not even need to deliberately defend himself. His body itself was immune to all poisons.

This was a passive ability brought about by Martial Soul Evolution.

"Not bad power."

Dugu Bo nodded, his Dark Golden Dragon Eyes sweeping over the surrounding area.

Within dozens of meters, not a blade of grass remained alive.

The insects in the soil, the earthworms underground, and even the small Soul Beasts hiding in cracks between the rocks all lost their lives the instant the poison domain was activated.

Those little creatures had not even had time to struggle before the poisonous gas eroded their nervous systems and killed them instantly.

"But it's useless against Grandfather."

Dugu Yan puffed out her cheeks and withdrew the poison domain.

She knew her grandfather was telling the truth.

She had witnessed the Nine Nether Divine Dragon's power with her own eyes.

It was a truly god-tier Martial Soul, standing at the pinnacle of all Martial Souls.

Though the Jade Scale Dragon was also a True Dragon Species, compared to the Nine Nether Divine Dragon, it was like a firefly before the bright moon.

"Grandfather, does this poison really have no effect on you at all?"

Dugu Yan asked unwillingly.

Dugu Bo glanced at his granddaughter, the corners of his mouth curling slightly.

"Forget your fourth Soul Skill. Even your ninth Soul Skill would be useless against Grandfather."

"It isn't that your poison is weak. It's that the Nine Nether Divine Dragon's attributes determine that it is the Lord of Ten Thousand Poisons."

"In this world, no poison can harm the owner of the Nine Nether Divine Dragon."

A trace of longing flashed through Dugu Yan's jade-green Dragon Eyes.

Lord of Ten Thousand Poisons.

What an overbearing existence that was.

"However..."

Dugu Bo changed the subject, his tone turning serious. "Just because this poison is useless against Grandfather does not mean it isn't powerful."

He pointed toward the area around them, which had already become a land of death.

"Look at this."

Dugu Yan followed her grandfather's finger, and her pupils contracted slightly.

Withered vegetation.

Blackened soil.

Dead insects.

The entire area had been stripped of life.

"Grandfather used to tell you not to use your third Soul Skill lightly because its effects were too terrifying."

Dugu Bo's voice was low and stern. "But now, your fourth Soul Skill is more than ten times as terrifying as your third."

"Once the Jade Scale Poison Domain is unleashed, every living being within its bounds, aside from you, will be corroded by poison."

"Those weaker than you, roughly equal to you, or not much stronger than you basically have no chance of survival."

"Even those far stronger than you will be continuously weakened."

"This is not ordinary poison. It is the True Dragon Poison of the Jade Scale Dragon."

"Unless they possess a top-tier means of detoxification, or are immune to poison like Grandfather, otherwise..."

He did not continue.

But Dugu Yan already understood.

Otherwise, they would die.

She lowered her head and looked at her hands, a complicated emotion flashing through her jade-green Dragon Eyes.

The power of her fourth Soul Skill far exceeded her expectations.

This was power capable of changing the course of battle.

But at the same time, it was power capable of causing massive destruction.

"Grandfather, should I..."

"No."

Dugu Bo interrupted his granddaughter, his tone calm yet firm.

"Soul Skills have no good or evil. Only those who use them do."

"When it is time to use it, do not hesitate."

"When it is not time to use it, do not abuse it."

"You must grasp that principle yourself."

Dugu Yan fell silent for a moment, then nodded firmly.

"Grandfather, I understand."

Dugu Bo gave a satisfied hum.

He inspected the Soul Beast's corpse and found no Soul Bone.

Then he placed the corpse into his Storage Soul Guidance Ring.

This beast was a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast. Its corpse was worth a great deal and could not be wasted.