Eight-Thousand-Year Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent, Miasma Breath!

The Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent was covered in semi-transparent, jade-green diamond-shaped scales, each one marked with silver spiral patterns.

The edges of its scales were sharp as blades, producing a metallic hum as it moved. Its head bore a spiraling transparent horn.

A rapidly spinning green vortex could be seen within it, while the tip of its tail ended in a jagged bone blade. And now, right before them, was a Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent suitable for Dugu Yan!

"To judge the age of a Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent, you mainly need to look at the inside of its seventh spinal segment, where there are concentric annual rings. For every additional hundred years of age—"

"—another annual ring appears. The edges of those rings are embedded with tiny wind-element particles, which can be detected with Soul Power to determine its age!"

Dugu Bo looked at the Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent curled up in the corner and said with a smile, "This Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent has a full eighty annual rings, meaning it is eight thousand years old!"

"Yanyan, this Spirit Beast's age is extremely suitable for you. I caught it for you, so absorb it!" As he spoke, Dugu Bo moved and captured the Spirit Beast.

He carried it before Dugu Yan, knocked it unconscious, then took out a dagger from his Space Soul Tool and handed it to her. "Yanyan, kill it and absorb its Soul Ring!"

Dugu Yan did not hesitate. She took the dagger and stabbed it into the Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent's head. Blood flowed freely as a Soul Ring slowly emerged above the corpse.

"Yanyan, this is a Fourth-Grade Soul Guard Pill. Take it before absorbing the Soul Ring." Dugu Bo took out the Soul Guard Pill and handed it to Dugu Yan.

After taking the pill, Dugu Yan sat cross-legged on the ground and drew the Soul Ring onto herself, beginning to absorb it. Dugu Bo and Dugu Yao waited quietly nearby.

"Given Yanyan's original physical strength, absorbing a 7,800-year Soul Ring would have been no problem at all. But a Soul Ring around 8,000 years old would be somewhat dangerous."

"But with this Fourth-Grade Soul Guard Pill, absorbing an 8,000-year Soul Ring is completely feasible!" Dugu Yao thought as he watched Dugu Yan absorb the Soul Ring.

He knew the effects of the Fourth-Grade Soul Guard Pill well. It could increase the age limit for absorbing Thousand-Year Soul Rings, while also reducing the damage to the body if Soul Ring absorption failed.

A moment later, Dugu Yan slowly opened her eyes. She had completely absorbed the Soul Ring, and two purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings were clearly visible beneath her feet.

"Yanyan, what is your Soul Skill?" Dugu Yao asked with a smile.

An eight-thousand-year Soul Skill should not be weak, right? Since his younger sister's Second Soul Ring was already eight thousand years old, her Third Soul Ring being ten thousand years old was practically certain!

"My second Soul Skill is Triple Miasma Breath!" Dugu Yan explained with a smile. "After using Triple Miasma Breath, the three heads of my Martial Soul will simultaneously spew hurricanes!"

"The hurricanes carry deadly poison and hallucinogenic toxins, while the wind itself is immensely powerful, slicing like blades. If an enemy is poisoned... hehehe~"

"The toxin will gradually erode their body, and the hallucinogenic effects will emerge as well. The enemy will see snake shadows attacking them, throwing their mind into chaos!"

He was extremely satisfied with the effects of this Soul Skill. If it were used together with her first Soul Skill, its effect would simply exceed the scope of a Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

"Not bad!" Dugu Yao said with a smile.

"This Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent possesses three abilities: Miasma Breath! That is the ability Yanyan obtained as her Soul Skill. The other two are Void-Rending Wind Arrow and Hurricane Annual Ring Formation!"

"Of these three abilities, only Miasma Breath is poisonous. The other two, Void-Rending Wind Arrow and Hurricane Annual Ring Formation, do not possess a poison attribute."

"Of course, if ranked by power, Hurricane Annual Ring Formation is the strongest. For every hundred years of age it gains, the power of Hurricane Annual Ring Formation increases!"

"Actually, it is Miasma Breath. But in my view, Miasma Breath is the Soul Skill most suited to the two of you," Dugu Bo said calmly.

Of course, even if they obtained either of the other two abilities, it would not matter much. Their Martial Souls' fundamental attribute was poison, so even those other two abilities would contain toxins once turned into Soul Skills.

After Dugu Yan successfully absorbed her Soul Ring, the group continued onward, searching for the ten-thousand-year Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent.

"Grandfather, what exactly does Hurricane Annual Ring Formation do?" Dugu Yao asked, curious about its power.

Dugu Bo explained, "When this Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent releases its pressure, Hurricane Annual Ring Formation creates tiny cutting wind blades around it—one for every hundred years of age. They line up in a counterclockwise vortex, and their power is tremendous!"

"As for Void-Rending Wind Arrow, it is simply the bone blade on the Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent's tail separating from its body and transforming into a solid wind arrow. Once it hits a target, it splits into fragments and inflicts damage again."

When it came to other Spirit Beasts, he might not have researched many of them. But when it came to snake-type Spirit Beasts, he was an absolute authority!

As a Titled Douluo, his reserve of Soul Master knowledge was quite extensive, though not comprehensive. It was basically all focused on the type of Martial Soul he possessed.

"So that's how it is!" Dugu Yao nodded slightly.

After encountering two Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpents that had just crossed into the ten-thousand-year range, Dugu Bo understood that they had reached the deepest part of the karst cave. He reminded Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan:

"Yao'er, Yanyan, we have reached the depths of the karst cave. That Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent of around 19,000 years old, although several years have passed—"

"—is still here. It is hiding from us. Stay close to me!" Earlier, he had already sensed the aura of that 19,000-year Spirit Beast. It had merely been deliberately avoiding them, which was why they had not encountered it yet.

The two nodded slightly and followed closely behind Dugu Bo.

It was unknown where the hurricane blowing through this karst cave came from. If not for Dugu Bo's Soul Power protecting them at this moment, they would likely have been unable to open their eyes from the wind.

"Hisss—hisss—hisss—hisss—"

Dugu Bo looked around but did not spot the Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent. Yet it was here. Where exactly was it hiding?!

He suddenly raised his head and saw a Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent coiled around a massive stalactite above the karst cave. It was six meters long, with a diameter approaching one meter!

"So you were hiding here. No wonder this old man could not find you. Now, let's see where you can run!"

Dugu Bo shielded Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan behind him and declared domineeringly. Then he unleashed his Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Martial Soul and charged at the Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent!