Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 90: On whether absorbing the head soul bone of the stupid soul beast can increase mental strength

"Logically speaking, shouldn't a top-quality spider soul beast like the Human-Faced Demon Spider be smarter than a normal thousand-year-old soul beast? But why do I feel like this Human-Faced Demon Spider is even dumber?"

Chen Ming looked at Dugu Bo and asked with some confusion.

"I don't know. Maybe this human-faced demon spider is special and is one of those naturally stupid individuals?"

Dugu Bo had seen human-faced demon spiders before, but never this type. So he could not help but hesitate and slowly expressed his thoughts.

As individuals, it's normal to be different.

For example, some people are born stronger than others, some are born smarter than others, and there are also people who are born dumber than their peers in the world of soul beasts. But it is basically difficult for them to grow up.

Anyway, the human-faced demon spider was dead, so the two of them simply stopped caring about that matter. Chen Ming used his spiritual eyes to look up and down at the changes in the human-faced demon spider's body after its death. After looking up and down, he finally found a special soul power gathering point on the human-faced demon spider's head that was not there when it was alive.

Chen Ming stepped forward, used the tip of his tail to pry open the head of the human-faced demon spider, wrapped his palm with his soul power, and grabbed out the abnormal soul power gathering point.

As expected, this special soul power gathering point that the human-faced demon spider did not have when it was alive is the soul bone known as the Blood River Treasure. And because it comes from the head of the human-faced demon spider, it is also the rarest and most precious head soul bone among the six conventional soul bones.

Maybe it was because he was pissed off? Or maybe it was because of his bad luck? Anyway, the drop was not the Eight Spider Lance, an external soul bone with growth ability. This was somewhat disappointing to Chen Ming.

"Hiss...Soul bone?" Dugu Bo took a breath of cold air when he saw what Chen Ming was holding. He wanted to say something to express his excitement, but finally gave up.

Because he found that he was not as excited as he thought...

Why is it that even though soul bones are very rare, he seems to have seen quite a few of them recently?
First it was the external soul bone, then the torso bone, and then this skull. It always feels like it’s not so rare anymore.

"By the way, can a spider that is dumber than its peers also produce a head soul bone?" Looking at the head soul bone in his hand, Chen Ming, who was unaware of the psychological fluctuations of the human-faced demon spider before it died, was a little confused.

Normally, absorbing a normal head soul bone would increase one's spiritual power. But if it came from a stupid soul beast, would it only increase the hardness of the skull?
After absorbing it, will he try to use his head to catch the Seagod Trident like Hu Yanzhen, the strongest iron-headed kid in Douluo?

"There are so many strange things in the world, who knows?" Dugu Bo couldn't explain this kind of thing because he was also curious.

"It is very rare for soul beasts like the human-faced demon spider to have soul bones. Even if soul bones appear, they are mainly the left and right arm bones that are good at attacking. It is rare to hear of soul bones from other parts of the human-faced demon spider appearing."

“Xiao Ming…” Dugu Bo didn’t know what to say, but he finally spoke.

"This head soul bone is of good quality, but it's too old. The human-faced demon spider isn't a soul beast that's good at spiritual skills, so it probably doesn't have any good soul skills. Although this head soul bone is precious, you'd better not absorb it yet."

"With your strength and talent, there will definitely be better choices in the future."

Dugu Bo didn't want to say that he wanted Chen Ming to inherit his head soul bone after his death. After all, even for someone like him who didn't follow etiquette, such words were somewhat embarrassing.

But he still revealed this meaning.

"Grandpa, I know that this head soul bone is just a pleasant surprise and a good adjustment. But for me, the quality is still too low. I will definitely not absorb it."

Chen Ming played with the human-faced demon spider soul bone in his hand, which looked like a baby's skull, and used his spirituality to slowly feel the special laws inside the soul bone.

Chen Ming could feel that the soul bone contained a soul skill that the human-faced demon spider had not displayed just now, and the quality should be quite high. However, he did not know whether it was the Spider God's possession or concealment.

Maybe when I have time in the future, I can take this head soul bone and study it to see if I can replicate the soul skills in this soul bone. Seeing that Chen Ming was not interested, Dugu Bo also breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the head soul bone of the human-faced demon spider.

After studying it for a while, Chen Ming handed the head soul bone to Dugu Bo, asked him to put it in the Ruyi Treasure Bag first, and then turned his attention to the soul ring of the human-faced demon spider.

After looking at it for a moment, Chen Ming shook his head.

Although it was the kind of soul beast he wanted, its age was too low, only about half of his current maximum absorption age. Even if he could increase the age of his soul ring, it was really not worth it to absorb it.

And to be honest, Chen Ming didn't see any soul skills from the human-faced demon spider that he particularly liked.

The devouring ability was more of a natural ability of the human-faced demon spider, and it was still far from the level of a true devouring soul skill. Its own poison could not provide much benefit to itself.

The toxin is slightly worse, the melee ability is slightly worse, the devouring ability is slightly worse, and generally speaking they all look slightly worse, but in fact they are quite different.

If Chen Ming's martial soul is a spider, it might be a good idea to add a soul ring with a human-faced demon spider. It has a deadly poison and can also improve the quality of the spider web.

But it’s a pity that although scorpions and spiders are children of the same ancestor, scorpions cannot spin silk to weave webs.

The corpse of the human-faced demon spider has low value, and most of it cannot be used in this era. Only the spider legs and venom glands are valuable.

Although the silk sacs of normal spider soul beasts can also be sold for a lot of money, the human-faced demon spider only has three strands of silk a day, and they were all consumed just now. The empty silk sacs are of no value at all. Chen Ming picked them up and put them in the soul guide as a souvenir.

As for the Wind Demon Wolves that were slaughtered on the ground, Chen Ming also took a look. Although each one died more miserably than the other, given the quality of the Wind Demon Wolves and their relatively young age, not a single soul bone had exploded. Chen Ming was too lazy to care.

The human-faced demon spider is not a good thing, and this Swift Wind Demon Wolf is not a good thing either. After all, the notorious wolf thieves on the Douluo Continent are the product of the Swift Wind Demon Wolf defiling humans.

When the Wind Wolf encounters the Human-Faced Demon Spider, it's just a small trouble meeting a big trouble. It wouldn't be a big deal if either of them died.

After resolving the incident with the human-faced demon spider, the two continued to move towards the territory of the Emerald Sky Dragon.

Unlike normal geckos that live in deserts or forests, the Emerald Sky Dragon's territory is a humid poisonous swamp. Its living environment is completely contrary to that of ordinary geckos.

I don't know if it's because of the dragon blood in their bodies. These guys are more like lizards than geckos.

This poisonous swamp is a devastating place for soul masters below the Soul Sect level. The internal environment is harsh and there are a large number of poisonous soul beasts. Normal soul masters rarely set foot there.

But for Dugu Bo and Chen Ming, this environment is actually conducive to their performance. Coming here, they both felt that their soul power was more active.

After killing some poisonous insects and poisonous soul beasts that came to their door, the two came to the territory of the Emerald Sky Dragon.

Unlike the Phantom Scorpion family, the Emerald Sky Dragons are a large group here, widely distributed in the poisonous swamp.

But for some reason, the age of the Emerald Sky Dragons seen outside the poisonous swamp is about a hundred years old, and those that have just broken through the thousand-year level are very rare. It seems that the older Emerald Sky Dragons have disappeared.

"Logically speaking, this shouldn't happen." Faced with this situation that went against common sense, Dugu Bo was a little confused. He became more alert and was ready to take Chen Ming away at any time.

As he went deeper into the Emerald Sky Dragon's territory, Dugu Bo was shocked to find that the several ten-thousand-year-old Emerald Sky Dragons that were supposed to live inside were all dead, and replaced by a tiny-looking scorpion.

(End of this chapter)