Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 2: Poisonous Martial Spirit
Although Yan Jun is now old and about to die, he was also a person who had made his way on the mainland when he was young. Although his brain is not as sharp as it was in the past, the accumulated experience still gives him a unique vision.

The child in front of him was not only much stronger than the children he had awakened before, but also had a huge difference in spirit.

Although the child in front of him was wearing aristocratic clothes, Yan Jun could still tell at a glance that the child had an extremely strong body, with thick wrists and ankles, muscles on his forearms and calves, and a well-proportioned body. There was no part of his body that looked abrupt due to excessive exercise, but rather he was in a harmonious state.

Obviously, he maintained a strong and sturdy figure among his peers while also taking into account the training of explosive power. This is quite rare for a child before awakening his martial spirit.

He had short, sparse black hair and sparkling eyes. Although he was just standing there, his posture was not like those of a child from an ordinary noble family. Instead, it was that of a combat spirit master who had undergone years of training.

If this child was placed in a crowd, Yan Jun might not be able to tell. But with the dozen or so children behind him and the city lord's child as a comparison, Yan Jun could still clearly detect the difference between them.

And most importantly, if other children are praying that they can awaken excellent innate soul power at this stage, then this child is confident that he can awaken excellent innate soul power for some reason.

If this kind of look was seen on an ordinary person, Yan Jun would have regarded it as blind self-confidence. However, as he looked at the other person's body that was obviously the result of hard training, Yan Jun actually began to believe in the other person's confidence.

He remembered that when he was traveling around the continent, the soul masters he met who came from high-level sects, had strong backgrounds, and had undergone hard training since childhood seemed to have the same look in their eyes.

Pretending to be mature is not the same as being truly mature. Some people are just born different. Yan Jun has awakened his martial spirit for decades and is very clear about this.

Some people are famous at level 50, while others are unknown at level 60. Some people are born in humble families but can be made marquises and generals, while others are born in noble families but end up achieving nothing.

With the same background and talent, the same martial spirit and soul power, some people are far better than others.

If it was twenty years earlier, if he had come across such a child, and if the other party had awakened a good talent, Yan Jun would not mind taking him in as a disciple. If it was ten years ago, if he had come across such a child, Yan Jun would also want to establish a good relationship with him, perhaps the other party would take care of his descendants in the future.

But...Yan Jun feels that he is too old now and there is no point in doing such a thing.

I can live for another ten or eight years at most. Even if I am born with full soul power, at that age I will be at most a Soul Master. It will be a long time before I grow up. What relationship will it have with me in the future?
"Kid, what's your name?" Yan Jun sighed in his heart, but remained calm on the surface.

"My name is Chen Ming, and I'm from the Feicui Chen family." The boy raised his head, with a gentle smile on his face, and said his name to Yan Jun.

"The Chen family... Come, awaken your martial spirit."

Hearing this name, Yan Jun was slightly startled, obviously remembering something, but he did not say anything more. Instead, he let Chen Ming enter the formation to awaken his martial soul.

At Yan Jun's command, Chen Ming entered the magic circle. As Yan Jun injected soul power, the magic circle under his feet emitted light, and light spots rose from the formation and poured into his body. If the light emitted by the awakening formation when the child of the city lord was awakened was one, then when Chen Ming was awakened, the number of light spots rising from the awakening formation was at least three. Even an ignorant bystander could find something wrong.

A large number of light spots leaped out from the formation and were absorbed by Chen Ming. As time passed, a special power gradually surged out of Chen Ming's body.

This force condensed and rose in Chen Ming's body, and then as if breaking through an invisible barrier, Chen Ming's body began to undergo tremendous changes.

Along with the sound of cloth tearing, a long emerald green scorpion tail extended from Chen Ming's spine, and green light emerged from his dantian, covering his body.

His body, which originally seemed huge among his peers, swelled up at this moment as if it was inflated. His wrists and ankles became particularly thick, and a layer of emerald green carapace with a metallic texture appeared on his forearms, making him look as if he was wearing a thick arm guard.

Emerald green light enveloped the scorpion tail and arms behind him. As his soul power surged instinctively, a fishy and sweet smell slowly spread in the air.

Although Yan Jun had never thought that Chen Ming could make such a big noise, but because he was well aware of the Chen family's inherited Green Phosphorus Scorpion martial spirit's strong poison, Yan Jun subconsciously used his soul power to wrap himself up the moment the green light appeared on Chen Ming's body.

As it turned out, Yan Jun was right.

Although it was only for a moment, as the fishy and sweet smell spread in the air, the children who had not yet awakened their martial spirits and were not far from Chen Ming were immediately affected.

Some of them wanted to run away, but the poison affected their nerves and they tripped themselves to the ground. They waved their hands wildly, pulling down other children around them, causing those who were still shocked or had not yet reacted to stumble to the ground.

In excitement, these children breathed deeply, letting the sweet and fishy smell in the air quickly rush into their bodies. Under the stimulation of tension and toxins, their bodies began to twitch unconsciously, and their hands and feet were either waving wildly or howling in fear, causing the condition of the children next to them to become worse.

Seeing this happening, Yan Jun's face turned dark, and he shook his wrist slightly. The rock vine that was originally standing on the ground like a crutch immediately came to life, turning into soft vines that lifted up the children who had fallen to the ground, and then slowly injected the soft soul power into their bodies along the vines.

"Where are the adults from the Chen family? Hurry up and get the antidote."

Yan Jun turned around and shouted to the crowd. As he shouted, the crowd who had not yet reacted finally understood what was happening. With a commotion, a thin man immediately squeezed out of the crowd, came to the children, and took out a bead that seemed to be carved out of some kind of wood from his arms.

As the soul power was injected, the wooden beads emitted a fragrance that gradually eased the fishy sweetness in the air. The children controlled by Yan Teng gradually calmed down under this fragrance, but Yan Jun's face was still not good.

Because Yan Jun knew that although the thing the man took out of his hand could indeed quickly detoxify to a certain extent, the fragrance itself also carried a certain degree of toxins. Although the effect could only make people tired, it was also difficult for children without soul power to resist.

(End of this chapter)