Little Medusa

Bibi Dong's soul power radiated from her body, the strength of a Soul King erupting in full force as the Death Spider Emperor martial soul manifested behind her.

Two yellow, two purple, and one black soul ring rose from beneath her feet.

As her martial soul possessed her, streaks of purple-black spider emperor patterns began to spread across Bibi Dong's skin.

Six spider spears gleaming with a cold light emerged from her back, and she transformed into the form of the Spider Empress.

"Third Soul Skill, Death Spider Web Bind."

Bibi Dong flung out a highly toxic spider web, which expanded autonomously in mid-air.

The Medusa's snake eyes flashed with a red light.

Time slowed down; even the spider web attacking through the air moved at a speed slowed by dozens of times.

"Holy crap, Time Stasis!"

"Teacher, dodge!"

Bibi Dong's soul power circulation speed had already slowed, and before she could react, the Medusa had already rushed over, arriving before her in the blink of an eye. Within this domain, the Medusa was completely unaffected, moving even faster than before.

"You're courting death!"

Just at this moment, a figure landed steadily on the branch of a large tree; it was Broken Sword Douluo, who had been following in secret.

Two yellow, two purple, and five black—nine dazzling soul rings revolved around him.

"Sword, come!"

Broken Sword Douluo was dressed in white.

With that single call for his sword, he displayed an air of transcendent grace.

A notched, rusted, and broken sword appeared before him.

Though the sword was worn and old, it radiated waves of killing intent.

In the next moment, it transformed into dozens of blades.

"Sword, go!"

With a wave of his hand, Broken Sword Douluo sent the dozens of broken swords obliterating toward the Medusa.

The Medusa's eyes flickered, her soul power erupting completely.

With just a single glance, she turned sword after sword into stone, causing them to fall to the surroundings.

Broken Sword Douluo's expression shifted slightly as the eighth soul ring on his body began to rotate.

"The day the broken sword is reforged..."

"Shatter all the shackles of the world."

"One sword sweeps away Mydei."

"Sword, come!"

Hum!

Those dozens of swords broke free from the petrification, returned to the air, and merged into one, forming a massive broken sword.

The notches and cracks on the broken sword recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the rusted marks gradually vanished. The sword intent impacted the surroundings, creating ripples in the air.

"Slash!"

Broken Sword Douluo pinched his fingers, and the sword intent slashed toward the Medusa in accordance with his movements.

The Medusa activated Medusa's Gaze once more, but this time it had no effect whatsoever; the sword body did not petrify in the slightest.

The sword intent struck the Medusa, sending her body flying; the terrifying sword intent tore at her body frantically.

The Medusa let out a wail, her body crashing through four or five large trees before falling heavily to the ground.

Before she could rise, Broken Sword Douluo was already before her, knocking the heavily injured Medusa unconscious with a single strike.

A thoughtful look appeared in his eyes: "Your Highness Saintess, the bloodline of this Medusa is a rare existence. It would be better to keep her; when you need her Soul Ring, you can slay her then..."

Bibi Dong nodded lightly; she was somewhat tempted by this Soul Beast.

If she used it as her own Soul Ring, she would likely obtain a powerful control-type Soul Skill.

It was a pity she couldn't absorb it for the time being, and the same went for Su Chen; otherwise, it would have been very suitable for him as well.

However, it did not matter; Martial Soul Hall had a place specifically for raising Soul Beasts, where it could be kept temporarily.

Su Chen watched quietly.

He knew that this Soul Beast would also drop a soul bone.

This originally belonged to Dugu Bo.

With things turning out this way, it seemed Dugu Bo's title as the weakest Title Douluo was well-deserved.

Suddenly, Broken Sword Douluo looked toward a certain direction.

Without a word, he lightly slashed a sharp ray of sword light toward that direction.

"Boom!"

The vines and piled rubble at the entrance of the cave exploded in response.

The cave stood wide open.

It came into view.

A purple figure cowered timidly in the deepest part of the cave.

A flash of astonishment instantly crossed Su Chen's eyes.

It was actually another Medusa.

This one was smaller in stature.

Its scales were pale, and the Soul Power surrounding its body was far inferior to that of the large Medusa.

He guessed in his heart that the two Medusas were likely mother and daughter.

Su Chen remembered that she did not appear later in the Douluo Continent.

It was likely that Dugu Bo had killed her along with the other, or perhaps this Soul Beast had lost its mother's protection and been hunted by other Soul Masters.

Bibi Dong was also slightly surprised, but she quickly reacted, stepped forward, and within moments, used her spider spears to restrain the small Medusa.

She looked back at Su Wen behind her and said, "Su Chen, come here. The age of this Soul Beast is just right; it is compatible with your Martial Soul. Kill her, and you shall absorb her to serve as your second Soul Ring."

Jianpo Douluo's expression changed. This Soul Beast had at least two thousand years of cultivation; even for a third Soul Ring, it seemed quite high.

He thought he was old and had misheard, but seeing Su Wen's posture, as if he were truly about to take action, he no longer doubted it.

Jianpo Douluo opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but stopped himself.

He knew the Holy Maiden would not do such a foolish thing.

Back in that valley just now.

She must have obtained some kind of fortuitous encounter.

Jianpo Douluo said nothing and asked nothing, grabbing the large Medusa and vanishing from the spot.

Having dealt with the Medusa, Su Chen felt little turbulence in his heart.

In a world where the weak are prey to the strong, if he had fallen into the hands of a Soul Beast, his own fate would have been no better.

Even if he did not absorb it, someone else would come to take her Soul Ring.

Besides, they had attacked first; was he supposed to play the saint and let them go?

Looking at the purple Soul Ring floating in the air, Su Chen sat down to absorb it, filled with anticipation.

Having had the experience of absorbing a Soul Ring once before, this time was exceptionally smooth. Apart from the power being somewhat violent at the beginning, the rest was almost painless, though it still took an hour to complete.

One yellow and one purple!

Two distinct Soul Rings rotated around Su Chen's feet.

"Hoo!"

Su Chen looked at his Soul Ring configuration, his eyes filled with delight.

"Not bad, not bad. It went even smoother than I imagined."

"A thousand-year purple ring; this is a first even within our Martial Soul Hall."

Bibi Dong was exceptionally satisfied and immediately asked about the Soul Skill.

Su Chen sensed the energy of the Soul Ring before replying: "My Soul Skill is called Love Thread Entanglement. I can cast blood-colored threads from my hands to entangle and bind enemies, draining their life and Soul Power, while also possessing petrification and time-stop effects."

"To trigger the time reversal, I need to cover the entire field with threads. This area will be frozen for ten minutes. As for how powerful an enemy I can restrain, that will require verification through actual combat."

Su Chen felt there must be an upper limit, but as for where that limit lay, he would only know after real combat.

Bibi Dong was somewhat astonished; this control ability was actually more powerful than she had imagined.

To possess draining, entanglement, petrification, and time-stop effects—and this was only the second Soul Skill, not the eighth or ninth.

"Not bad, not bad. The thousand-year Soul Ring is more special than I imagined, and this Soul Beast was more formidable than I had anticipated."