Chapter 10: The Ultimate Ice and the Ultimate Poison.
Another day.
As dawn broke, Dugu Bo led Dugu Lin to hunt for the first spirit ring, flying through the air.
"Grandpa, what kind of spirit beast are you planning to choose for my first spirit ring?"
"Do you have any ideas of your own? By the way, which spirit ring do you want to add first?"
"The Jade Phosphor Serpent, I suppose. We don't yet know the secrets of the Martial Soul Pictorial, so let's save that for later study."
"Alright."
Dugu Bo nodded. His idea was also to first add a new soul ring to the Jade Phosphor Serpent in order to hide the secret of the twin martial souls.
When Dugu Lin awakened his martial soul, many people saw that he awakened the Jade Phosphor Serpent martial soul. If he rashly took out the Martial Soul Pictorial martial soul, it would definitely cause a lot of trouble.
"Lin'er, what type of soul beast do you want to choose?"
"Soul beasts? I'd like to pursue the path of martial soul evolution, aiming to transform into a dragon, but as you know, grandfather, soul beasts with dragon bloodlines are extremely rare, and many soul beasts don't have pure bloodlines. So, just by acquiring soul rings, it's incredibly difficult to evolve my martial soul into a dragon!"
Dugu Lin had also considered using Immortal Herbs to evolve his martial soul, such as the Earth Dragon Golden Melon and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng in the hands of the Agility Clan!
But in the end, he gave up.
Because a single Immortal Herb is insufficient to evolve a Jade Phosphor Serpent martial soul into a dragon, it ultimately ends up as a hybrid that resembles nothing else.
In addition, there is another reason! The ninth, eighth, and even seventh spirit rings may all use divinely bestowed spirit rings. Although divinely bestowed spirit rings are very suitable for spirit masters, they have no effect on the evolution of spirits! Without the two or three crucial spirit rings, how easy is it to transform into a dragon?
Besides, evolving the Jade Phosphor Serpent into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor is enough. The Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor is already among the top-tier beast spirits; there's no need to overthink it. Wouldn't it be better to focus on developing a second spirit?
So!
Why not leave the Earth Dragon Golden Melon to Dugu Yan to help her martial soul evolve and completely resolve its defects?
Then leave the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to Dugu Bo. The Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng can reshape the physical body and allow Dugu Bo to return to his peak!
"That's absolutely right!"
Dugu Bo nodded. His martial soul, the Jade Phosphor Serpent, had evolved multiple times before becoming the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor. It wasn't even a Flood Dragon yet, and it was still a long way from transforming into a dragon.
Dugu Lin continued, "So, Grandpa, I want to acquire spirit rings that replenish the essence of my martial soul! At the same time, I also want to pursue the ultimate path!"
A martial soul with half-level innate soul power detached from the body does indeed have a weak origin.
However, obtaining the essence of a snake-type martial soul is actually quite simple; one only needs to find the best among snake-type soul beasts, as this type of snake is not rare.
The Eight-Petaled Fairy Orchid only compensated for Dugu Lin's innate talent deficiency, but it did not make up for the missing martial soul origin.
"The ultimate route?"
"Um, Grandpa, you should know about soul power attributes like ultimate fire and ultimate ice, right?"
"Have no idea."
"Um... okay. Anyway, I want to go down the path of extreme poison and extreme ice!"
In Douluo Continent, there is no concept of ultimate attributes, so it's normal that Dugu Bo didn't know about them. Later, Dugu Lin explained to Dugu Bo what ultimate attributes were, adding that he knew their origin: after the little punk became a god, he established the classification of soul power attribute quality.
Dugu Lin continued to explain seriously, "My Jade Phosphor Serpent is a mutated martial soul with both poison and water attributes. So, I have an idea to use the Eight-Cornered Mysterious Ice Grass in the Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes to make my martial soul become the ultimate ice attribute! I just don't know if it will work."
The Eight-Cornered Mysterious Ice Grass grants ice resistance, but! It always seems to be mutually reinforcing and restraining with the extreme fire attribute of the Blazing Apricot Blossom, and there's no record of it granting extreme cold attribute to anyone.
Therefore, Dugu Lin was not entirely sure either.
"It's good that you have a plan! Do you have any requirements for your soul skills? Amplification type or attack type?"
"It would be best if it were an amplification-type soul skill. If there isn't one, then a poison-attribute soul skill would be fine."
Dugu Lin believes it's better to let things take their course.
He had already decided on the type of soul beast he needed, and he could accept whatever soul skill he obtained.
Although, in the first and second stages, obtaining amplification-type soul skills is the most cost-effective.
However, without the amplification of the soul skill, a thousand-year-old poison attribute soul skill is acceptable, since a thousand-year-old poison attribute soul skill is already comparable to the strength of an ordinary soul master's third soul ring!
Dugu Bo pondered which snake-type soul beasts could unleash amplification-type soul skills, but after thinking it over, he could only sigh and shake his head.
After a moment of silence, Dugu Bo suddenly asked, "By the way, Lin'er, twenty-four years from now, what level will your soul power be?"
"Haha~~ Level 31."
Dugu Lin casually made up a soul power level, as long as it was slightly higher than Yu Xiaogang's.
"Level 31?"
Dugu Bo's mood suddenly became heavy. The thought of his grandson's talk about the future ignited a surge of anger within him. Then, he added another stroke to Tang San's notepad.
A moment later.
"Arrive."
The two landed near a swamp.
"So Grandpa, what kind of spirit beast did you prepare for me? Can you tell me now?"
"A group of snakes lives in this swamp, called the Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent! The Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent is not only a poisonous soul beast, but also has dragon blood, which can improve the quality and origin of your martial soul, making it very suitable for you."
"Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent?"
Dugu Lin nodded slightly. He had reincarnated, not truly reincarnated! Therefore, his knowledge of soul beasts was currently only superficial. However, the Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent—just from its name, one could tell this snake was extraordinary. Furthermore, given its dragon bloodline, it was clear the Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent was a good match for the Jade Phosphor Serpent.
"You wait here for Grandpa, Grandpa will go find one."
"Yes, Grandpa, be careful."
"Don't worry, your grandpa is a Title Douluo."
After speaking, Dugu Bo flew into the air and condensed a ball of pure soul power in his hand, which he then slammed into the calm swamp.
He didn't use any soul skills or poison. Dugu Bo was worried that he might accidentally poison a thousand-year-old poison-attribute soul beast.
Splash splash~~
The splashed mud fell down, and one by one, spirit beasts and ordinary animals emerged from the swamp and fled frantically.
A hundred-year-old green alligator snapping turtle, a hundred-year-old double-tailed black tortoise, a ten-year-old Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent, a hundred-year-old tricolor venomous scorpion, and so on.
"Huh? Found it! A thousand years old... What a pity, it has three thousand years of cultivation, which exceeds Lin'er's absorption limit."
Dugu Bo screened them one by one; this is the treatment a Title Douluo receives.
"Huh? That's... a ten-thousand-year-old Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent King!"
Suddenly, Dugu Bo spotted a Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent among the fish that looked quite different.
As the Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent's cultivation level increases, its size grows, and the color of its tail scales deepens towards red, while the red area also expands.
But the Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent in front of us was completely red!
"Hiss~~"
The spirit beast, which appeared to be a mutated Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent King, flicked its tongue at Dugu Bo, looking ready to fight at the slightest provocation.
"A ten-thousand-year-old soul beast? But... judging from its aura, it doesn't seem to be ten thousand years old. Never mind, my goal is just to find a Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent that is about two thousand five hundred years old, there's no need to provoke it."
Finally, Dugu Bo chose a Crimson-Tailed Triangular Serpent that looked very strong, with red scales on its tail that were exactly 25 centimeters long, and it was just over 2,500 years old!
[end of the chapter]