Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor?! Tang Shuo Was Immune to All Poisons! Eastern Sovereign's True Form!

However, Dugu Bo's gaze fell on Dugu Yan once more.

If this girl's cultivation speed ever failed to keep up with the rate at which the poison eroded her—

She would die young.

He had no choice but to consider it.

Could what this boy said... possibly be true?

After all, he himself was helpless to do anything about it!

Dugu Bo withdrew his gaze and looked back at Tang Shuo.

"I can give you a chance."

"But I have one condition."

Dugu Bo's gaze turned sharp.

"I will administer three kinds of poison to you."

He spoke slowly.

"As long as you emerge unscathed."

"I will give you the chance to try treating me!"

Tang Shuo looked into Dugu Bo's hawk-sharp eyes and spoke.

"Fine."

It was as though Dugu Bo had not mentioned three deadly poisons that made the powerhouses of Douluo Continent tremble in fear, but merely three ordinary dishes.

Seeing him agree so readily, Dugu Bo's doubts deepened instead.

Was this boy truly fearless, or simply ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth?

He said no more.

"Then take this!"

Dugu Bo snorted coldly and lightly raised his right hand.

A cloud of pitch-black mist materialized from his palm.

The black mist churned, giving off a sickly sweet stench. Even the surrounding air seemed to corrode with faint sizzling sounds.

"This is Black Mist Snake Venom."

Dugu Bo's voice carried a trace of coldness.

"It is not my strongest poison, but if an ordinary Soul Ancestor comes into contact with even a trace of it, they will turn into a puddle of pus and blood within half an hour."

This was merely a small test.

He wanted to see exactly where this boy's confidence came from.

Yet, to his surprise, Dugu Yan at the side was even more nervous than Tang Shuo himself.

Dugu Yan subconsciously clenched her fists, her beautiful eyes fixed on the black mist as though she had even stopped breathing.

"Tang Shuo..."

Her voice trembled with worry.

Dugu Bo glanced at his granddaughter, and an odd feeling flashed through his heart.

This girl had never cared so deeply for an outsider in all her life.

Even the so-called gifted sons of heaven at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy who courted her every day had never earned so much as a proper glance from her.

Had the sun risen in the west today?

Just as his thoughts shifted, Tang Shuo moved.

Facing the Black Mist Snake Venom, which could melt metal and stone, he neither summoned his martial soul nor used soul power to defend himself.

He merely slowly raised his hand and made a gentle beckoning motion at the black mist.

As though drawn by some invisible force, the viscous black mist turned into a thin black thread and flew straight toward Tang Shuo's palm.

In the blink of an eye, it sank into his skin and vanished.

The entire backyard returned to silence.

Tang Shuo lowered his hand, his expression unchanged. There was even a hint of lingering amusement on his face.

"Average."

He gave his assessment.

Dugu Bo's pupils abruptly contracted.

It was gone?

Just like that?

The Black Mist Snake Venom he took such pride in had been directly absorbed like a tonic?

In nearly a century of life, he had never seen anything so bizarre.

This boy really did have some skill!

Seeing Tang Shuo unharmed, Dugu Yan let out a long breath and patted her chest, still shaken.

Dugu Bo was having trouble saving face.

"Hmph, don't celebrate too soon!"

His expression darkened.

"Next is the second kind!"

As soon as he spoke, his third soul ring suddenly lit up.

A flash of jade-green light streaked through the air.

A tiny jade-green snake, no larger than a palm yet exquisitely delicate as if carved from jade, appeared before him out of nowhere.

The little snake's body was divided into nine segments, each one glimmering with an eerie sheen.

"Nine-Jointed Jade!"

Dugu Yan cried out, her face instantly turning pale.

She rushed to Tang Shuo's side and grabbed his arm.

"Tang Shuo! Don't force yourself! This poison is different!"

Her voice was tinged with tears.

"The Nine-Jointed Jade is known as 'death in one bite'! If it bites you, even my grandfather must suppress the venom immediately. If it isn't dealt with within a quarter of an hour, not even the gods can save you!"

"Don't try to endure it. If you can't take it, say so at once. I'll beg Grandpa to cure you!"

She was so anxious that tears nearly fell from her eyes.

This was no joke. Her grandfather's poison was hundreds, even thousands of times stronger than the poison in her own body!

Seeing her anxious expression, Tang Shuo felt warmth rise in his heart.

He lightly patted the back of Dugu Yan's hand and gave her a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry."

His voice was gentle.

"Your grandfather's poison can't hurt me."

Every word of that exchange reached Dugu Bo's ears.

The corner of Dugu Bo's eye twitched hard.

Good boy!

Flirting with my granddaughter right in front of me?

And saying my poison can't hurt you?

How arrogant!

"Go!"

With a hint of anger in his heart, he flicked his finger.

The Nine-Jointed Jade transformed into a bolt of green lightning, crossing dozens of meters in an instant and biting Tang Shuo's arm.

"Ah!"

Dugu Yan shut her eyes in fright.

Yet the expected scream never came.

She cautiously opened one eye.

The Nine-Jointed Jade was biting down hard on Tang Shuo's arm.

But Tang Shuo still wore that calm, unruffled expression.

He even lowered his head with great interest to examine the little snake.

Then something bizarre happened.

The Nine-Jointed Jade's incomparably venomous body rapidly shriveled and withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The deadly venom contained within it poured continuously into Tang Shuo's body through its fangs.

No, that was not poisoning.

It was more like... being devoured!

A moment later.

"Pat."

A soft sound rang out.

The Nine-Jointed Jade, which had once been capable of poisoning a Soul Emperor to death, had become a shriveled husk. It fell from Tang Shuo's arm, hit the ground, and turned into a handful of ash.

Only two shallow fang marks remained on Tang Shuo's arm, without even a trace of blood.

"This..."

Dugu Yan was completely stunned. She rubbed her eyes, unable to believe what she was seeing.

He... he really ate the Nine-Jointed Jade's venom?

Dugu Bo's face had gone from dark to livid.

Humiliating!

Too humiliating!

He was a dignified Titled Douluo, the Poison Douluo whose venom dominated the world. Yet the two deadly poisons he was proudest of were like children's toys before this boy, completely useless!

If word of this got out, where would he put his old face?

He felt that he could not recover any dignity at all in front of this boy!

A ruthless impulse surged up from the depths of Dugu Bo's heart.

"Good!"

"Very good!"

He laughed in extreme anger.

"Boy, if I don't show you some real skill, you won't know how the word 'death' is written!"

"Since you insist on courting death, I shall grant your wish!"

Before his words had even faded, an aura a hundred times more terrifying than before erupted from his body!

"Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, possess me!"