The Jade-Scaled Snake's Unique Effect and a Peculiar Evil Martial Soul

"What a monstrous constitution."

Dugu Bo did not know what to say. At least the Core Bead could still speed up Tang Shan's Soul Power cultivation. Otherwise, it would offer him no benefit at all, making the whole thing feel little different from forcing him to swallow poison.

"All right, Senior Dugu. Now that I've swallowed the Core Bead, you can rest easy, can't you? So tell me: what exactly is wrong with your Martial Soul?"

Tang Shan skipped the pleasantries and went straight to the point, considering how he could solve Dugu Bo's problem.

Xue Qinghe had returned to his earlier, gentle manner. He waited for Dugu Bo's revelation, curious as well. How could even a Titled Douluo run into problems with his cultivation? It was baffling.

Dugu Bo hesitated for a moment. But they had come this far, and there was no point hiding certain things. He spoke slowly, and his first sentence made Xue Qinghe's mouth fall open.

"I've been poisoned."

A powerful man whose very title was based on poison claimed he had been poisoned. It was absurd—as unbelievable as telling the Angel Clan, whose members almost invariably possessed holy or light attributes, "There's a Fallen One in your family. An Evil Soul Master."

Tang Shan already knew the answer from the original story, so he showed only a token flicker of surprise.

"Our Dugu Family's Jade-Scaled Snake Martial Soul is formidable. Even before it advances into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, it ranks among the finest Martial Souls. But that powerful gift has also brought us a terrible danger: the innate venom carried by the Jade-Scaled Snake."

Dugu Bo's face darkened, and a faint rasp entered his voice.

"That venom appears the moment a Soul Master undergoes Martial Soul Awakening. It then begins eating away