Eastern Sovereign True Body! Dugu Bo Was Shocked Beyond Belief!

With a low roar, Dugu Bo's body began to undergo a drastic transformation.

His long green hair stirred without wind, his eyes turned into chilling emerald vertical pupils, and layers of dark green snake scales emerged from beneath his skin, covering his entire body.

Behind him, a massive, ferocious serpent phantom soared into the sky!

That was his most powerful martial soul—the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor!

"Grandfather, don't!"

Dugu Yan let out a terrified scream, all color draining from her face.

She knew her grandfather was truly enraged this time!

The Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison was the source poison of his martial soul, his most powerful toxin!

"Tang Shuo! Hurry and admit defeat!"

Dugu Yan's voice trembled with despair.

"This poison is different! It's Grandfather's strongest poison! Even a Soul Douluo would either die or be crippled from a single bite!"

Dugu Bo transformed into a half-man, half-serpent form, his cold vertical pupils locked firmly onto Tang Shuo.

"Boy, I'll give you one last chance."

His voice seemed to come from the depths of the netherworld.

"Admit defeat now, and it's not too late."

Faced with the pressure of a Titled Douluo and source poison potent enough to turn heaven and earth pale—

Tang Shuo remained where he was.

"Bring it on."

"Courting death!"

Dugu Bo was completely enraged!

The Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor phantom behind him suddenly lowered its head, opening its blood-filled maw as two miserable green fangs like daggers viciously bit down on Tang Shuo's shoulder!

Ssssh!

The sound of fangs piercing flesh was crystal clear.

"Tang Shuo!"

Dugu Yan's heart seemed to stop at that moment.

"Y-you... are you all right?"

She asked in a trembling voice, on the verge of tears.

Tang Shuo did not answer.

He merely slowly closed his eyes.

A surge of dark green poison rushed wildly from the wound into his limbs and bones with overwhelming force.

Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison.

It truly was... domineering.

Dugu Yan's heart sank to the bottom.

It was over.

Everything was over.

Even a Titled Douluo of the same rank would never dare endure her grandfather's source poison with their physical body.

Tang Shuo... was only a Great Soul Master in his twenties!

Yet second after second passed.

The agonized scream she had expected never came.

Tang Shuo remained standing quietly in place with his eyes closed, his body as steady as a mountain and utterly unmoving.

Not even the faintest trace of pain showed on his handsome face.

Th-this was impossible, wasn't it?

Dense confusion and shock also surfaced in Dugu Bo's chilling emerald pupils.

He could clearly sense that the snake poison he had injected into Tang Shuo's body was disappearing at a terrifying rate.

It was not being neutralized.

Nor was it being suppressed.

It was... being devoured!

Within Tang Shuo's body lurked an ancient beast even greedier and more tyrannical than his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor!

Just then, an unusual wave of energy quietly spread from Tang Shuo's body.

The Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison that had entered him did not wreak havoc through his organs. Instead, guided by a mysterious force, it flowed in orderly fashion through his meridians, all the way down until it finally poured entirely into his legs.

These were the Myriad-Poison Fiend Legs Tang Shuo had painstakingly tempered with countless lethal poisons.

These legs were immune to all poisons.

They could even feed on deadly poisons and turn them to their own use!

As the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison merged into them, Tang Shuo felt a numb, scorching sensation spread through his legs. An unprecedented power was brewing and rising within the meridians of his legs.

The next second.

Tang Shuo slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze was as clear as ever, without the slightest sign of poisoning. Instead, it was even deeper and brighter than before.

At the same time, a powerful surge of soul power abruptly spread outward from him!

Bzzzz—!

After absorbing the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's source poison, his soul power broke through its bottleneck as naturally as water flowing into a channel!

Level thirty!

"Th-this... this..."

Dugu Bo was utterly dumbfounded. The corners of his scale-covered mouth twitched violently, and he could not even form a complete sentence.

"His soul power... increased?"

This brat had treated his source poison like a miraculous tonic?

Not only had he remained completely unharmed, he had even broken through while he was at it?

Was this fucking kid even human?!

He had lived for nearly a century, roamed the continent, and prided himself on having seen much of the world. Yet what had happened before his eyes today had completely overturned everything he knew.

Beside him, Dugu Yan covered her mouth tightly with her little hands to keep herself from crying out in shock.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with astonishment and disbelief.

He... he had truly done it.

He had really... eaten Grandfather's strongest poison.

And he had even leveled up.

The martial soul possession state around Dugu Bo quietly faded, and he returned to his original appearance. Only, his face alternated between green and white, his emotions impossibly complicated.

He looked at Tang Shuo, and there was no longer the slightest hint of disdain in his eyes, only uncertainty and suspicion.

What kind of monster was this brat?

Silence.

Deathly silence.

After a long while, Dugu Bo finally took a deep breath and spoke to Dugu Yan beside him.

"Yan Yan."

"Go back first."

Dugu Yan froze for a moment. She looked at her grandfather, then at Tang Shuo's calm expression, and obediently nodded.

"Yes, Grandfather."

Only after Dugu Yan disappeared through the rear courtyard gate did Dugu Bo turn his gaze back to Tang Shuo.

Step by step, he slowly walked over to stand before Tang Shuo.

This time, he released no pressure at all. He had even completely restrained the aura of a Titled Douluo.

He looked like nothing more than an ordinary old man who had been troubled by something for a long time.

"Boy..."

Dugu Bo's lips moved, as though he were organizing his words.

For the first time, a trace of unease and anticipation appeared on his aged face.

"Can you... truly solve the problem with my body?"

He asked that question with great caution.

It had plagued him for most of his life, forcing him to endure the backlash of deadly poison day and night. Even his most beloved granddaughter had inherited this cursed poison.

This enormous problem.

And now, the hope of solving it had fallen upon a child not even ten years old.

It seemed absurd to him, yet he had no choice but to believe it.

Tang Shuo looked at him, his expression calm.

"Of course."

"I told you, your poison can't hurt me."

"Naturally, I can cure it as well."

He paused, then added one more sentence.

"Moreover, I guarantee that after I purge the poison for you, your cultivation will not suffer any damage."

Those words struck Dugu Bo's heart like a stabilizing pillar.

No damage to his cultivation!

That was his greatest concern!

The reason he had never dared seek help from other experts was that he feared losing the soul power he had cultivated throughout his life during the detoxification process.

Dugu Bo's breathing instantly became rapid.

He stared at Tang Shuo, his eyes burning.

"Good!"

"Good!"

He said "good" twice in succession, his tone brimming with excitement.

"As long as you can truly help this old man solve this problem!"

"Name any condition you want!"