Red-tailed Triangle Snake and Venom Flood Dragon

"Grandpa! Save me!"

Suddenly!

Just as Dugu Bo was about to capture the 2,500-year-old Red-tailed Triangle Snake, he suddenly heard his grandson calling for help.

The next moment, as Dugu Bo turned his head, he saw a massive python over twenty meters long open its bloody maw and bite toward Dugu Lin.

"Courting death!"

Whoosh!

Dugu Bo's heart lurched, and his mind instantly tensed. He erupted with the fastest speed of his life and appeared before Dugu Lin in the blink of an eye. A strike containing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's origin poison sent the giant python flying, and the next second, he was ready to poison it to death.

"Grandpa, don't kill it!"

"What is it?"

Dugu Lin hurriedly said, "Quick, see whether it's a poison-attributed soul beast!"

"Hm? It looks somewhat like a Black-striped Poison Python, but not quite. Could it be a mutated soul beast?"

Yet if it was not a Black-striped Poison Python, the patterns on its body were exactly the same as those of one.

But if it was a Black-striped Poison Python, even a ten-thousand-year Black-striped Poison Python would only be around ten meters long. The Black-striped Poison Python before them was clearly over twenty meters long!

Dugu Bo felt that this snake was extremely weak, something he could crush to death with one hand. Yet he also felt that it was not weak at all. It had taken one of his killing moves and was somehow still alive. In short, it was strange in every way.

Dugu Lin smiled. "Grandpa, look at its forehead. Isn't there a bulge there?"

"This... it's about to transform into a flood dragon!"

Dugu Bo's pupils suddenly shrank as he stared in astonishment at the flood dragon he had nearly poisoned to death.

"Haha~~ Grandpa, we're so lucky! It's actually a poison-attributed soul beast about to transform into a flood dragon, and its bloodline purity looks very high. It should be able to improve the quality of my Martial Soul."

"Mm." Dugu Bo nodded.

"Grandpa, although we can't determine this Venom Flood Dragon's age, we can kill it and check the color of its Soul Ring. If the color is lighter, I'll choose it for my first Soul Ring!"

"Let's kill it first and see its age."

Between the Venom Flood Dragon and the Red-tailed Triangle Snake, although both were poison-attributed soul beasts, Dugu Bo favored the Venom Flood Dragon. Its Dragon Clan bloodline was purer. While it could not cause Martial Soul Evolution, it could improve the quality of a Martial Soul.

"Mm, Grandpa, help me hold it down!"

With Dugu Bo acting, he used Soul Power to suppress the Venom Flood Dragon directly against the ground, leaving it unable to move.

Dugu Lin immediately raised a knife and stabbed it through the Black-Patterned Venom Flood Dragon's eye!

"Hisss~~"

After letting out one final hiss, the Venom Flood Dragon lost its breath.

Very soon, a light-purple Soul Ring condensed above it, making Dugu Lin's eyes burn with excitement.

Dugu Bo said in surprise, "Judging by this Venom Flood Dragon's strength, I thought it would be around five thousand years old! Yet it's only a Soul Ring barely over two thousand years! Lin'er, how about... we choose another one?"

After seeing the Venom Flood Dragon's age, Dugu Bo began to hesitate again.

After eating three pieces of Whale Rubber, Dugu Lin's physical condition could now completely withstand a Soul Ring more than 2,500 years old.

If he absorbed this barely two-thousand-year Soul Ring, it would be a full five hundred years weaker than the Red-tailed Triangle Snake's!

Dugu Bo could not help feeling that it was a loss.

Dugu Lin shook his head. "No, this one will do! Mutated soul beasts have a high chance of producing powerful soul skills! Maybe I can even get a buff-type soul skill."

If possible, Dugu Lin naturally wanted all of his first four Soul Rings to grant buff-type soul skills!

Besides, it was obvious that the Red-tailed Triangle Snake would definitely produce a poison-attributed soul skill, which was not what Dugu Lin wanted.

Therefore, Dugu Lin wanted to gamble on this poison python that was about to transform into a flood dragon.

Hearing that it might be a buff-type soul skill, Dugu Bo was tempted as well. "Are you sure you want this one?"

"Mm, this one."

In truth, Dugu Lin felt somewhat uneasy about absorbing a Soul Ring. He had transmigrated here; he had not truly been reborn from the future! This was his first time absorbing a Soul Ring, and he had no experience.

Moreover, his very first Soul Ring was a two-thousand-year Soul Ring. He was still worried that some sort of accident might happen.

Transmigrating into a fantasy world, becoming a god, and living forever were all tempting, but his life was the most important thing.

What was more, a thousand-year Soul Ring already surpassed everyone's third Soul Ring on the Douluo Continent!

Having decided to absorb the Venom Flood Dragon's Soul Ring, Dugu Lin, who had long been unable to wait, immediately sat cross-legged. After calming his excited emotions, he used the Soul Power within his body to draw in the Venom Flood Dragon's purple Soul Ring.

He released his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, then continued using Soul Power to guide the Soul Ring as it slowly floated over and settled around the Martial Soul.

The energy within the Soul Ring was extremely powerful. It surged into Dugu Lin's body all at once, making him let out a muffled groan.

Fortunately, the age of the Soul Ring he was absorbing was far below his body's limit, so the absorption process was not particularly painful.

At the same time, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent also felt pain, and a pained expression appeared on its tiny face.

Dugu Bo looked at the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul in surprise. "I never expected an External Spirit to feel the pain of Soul Power flooding through the meridians while absorbing a Soul Ring! This is truly unprecedented!"

Less than half an hour later.

Dugu Lin easily absorbed the Venom Flood Dragon's Soul Ring. He jumped to his feet excitedly, his face filled with delight.

"Lin'er, how was it? What kind of soul skill did you get?"

Dugu Bo eagerly anticipated what sort of effect a two-thousand-year first Soul Ring would bring.

"Mm, let me take a look!"

"Hisss~~"

As soon as he spoke, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent beside him excitedly flicked its tongue, then obediently rubbed its head against Dugu Lin. Dugu Lin also rubbed the little head of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, which had shot up from half a meter to one meter long, and said, "Little snake, come on. Use the first soul skill: Jade Phosphor Halo!"

Buzz~~

The purple Soul Ring trembled lightly. Immediately afterward, the Soul Power around both Dugu Lin and the Jade Phosphorous Serpent surged, and their auras abruptly rose by a level.

At once, even more abundant Soul Power filled his entire body, making Dugu Lin feel as if he could punch ten cows to death!

Dugu Lin said delightedly, "Just as I thought! I obtained a buff-type soul skill!"

Dugu Bo was delighted as well. "A buff-type soul skill? That's wonderful!"

"Grandpa, I named my first soul skill Jade Phosphor Halo! It can increase all my attributes, including strength, speed, Soul Power, and defense, by twenty percent, and it has no side effects! Every time I gain another Soul Ring, the all-attribute enhancement increases by another ten percent! The soul skill lasts for half an hour and cannot be stacked! In addition, it can increase poison resistance by fifty percent, though that poison resistance will not improve as I gain Soul Rings."

Poison resistance was of little use to Dugu Lin, because he would soon consume those two Immortal Herbs. With the Ice and Fire Body Tempering, he would be immune to all poisons and unaffected by ice or fire.