(Fourth update)
Snake Lance Douluo truly lived up to his reputation as a veteran powerhouse. Relying on his formidable soul skill, the moment his spearhead pierced the abdomen of Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar, it inflicted unprecedented agony upon Dugu Bo. It also left a basketball-sized hole in his body, along with a bleeding effect. The blood continuously pouring from the wound sapped Dugu Bo's stamina while worsening his injuries.
Yet success and failure both stemmed from the same thing.
When Snake Lance Douluo abandoned Snow Star Prince as his opponent, he completely failed to notice that Snow Star Prince had appeared behind his companion, Porcupine Douluo, in an eerie manner.
At the Titled Douluo level, one could use Soul Power to sense the conditions around oneself, and very few people could successfully launch a sneak attack.
But just now, in order to help Snake Lance Douluo deal with Dugu Bo's poisonous mist, Porcupine Douluo had no choice but to temporarily ease his vigilance over his surroundings. By the time he sensed something strange behind him, it was already somewhat too late.
Snow Star Prince placed one hand on Porcupine Douluo's shoulder and leaned close to his ear like an old friend, whispering:
"Can you imagine someone going without food or water in the desert for a month, then being baked dry by the sun?"
A sense of impending doom suddenly surged through Porcupine Douluo's heart. Just as he prepared to use the poisonous spikes on his body to stab this fellow to death, he abruptly felt the moisture within his body draining away at an astonishing speed.
No, it should not be called draining away. It should be called being absorbed!
Where Snow Star Prince's hand pressed against Porcupine Douluo's swollen shoulder, the point of contact seemed