Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 91: The Legendary Beast
The vast majority of scorpion-type soul beasts will increase in size as they age. It is said that a small number of them will shrink in size after reaching a very high level of age.

The scorpion soul beast entrenched in the Emerald Sky Dragon's lair was only about one meter tall, with amethyst-like color all over its body, and a metal-like texture. The scorpion tail behind it was about half a meter long. Overall, it looked very small.

Under the scorpion's feet was a pile of corpses made up of dead emerald dragons. Although they had not yet completely decayed, they already exuded a thick smell of death.

A large amount of death energy surged and was absorbed by the scorpion entrenched on the mountain of corpses.

That not-so-big body seemed to be from hell, a demon king who came only to spread death. The pile of corpses beneath him seemed like the demon king's throne. Just one glance at it could shock one's spirit.

After seeing this soul beast, Dugu Bo thought he had encountered a scorpion-type soul beast that had reached 100,000 years and had begun to shrink in size. His heart almost jumped out of his throat.

But after a closer look, Dugu Bo realized that this thing was not the 100,000-year soul beast he had imagined. However, in terms of preciousness, there might be no difference between the two. The latter might even be more precious than the 100,000-year soul beast.

"Boy, you are lucky, this is Pluto Scorpio!" Dugu Bo lowered his voice, carefully pushed Chen Ming's shoulder, and whispered excitedly in Chen Ming's ear.

"What the hell? Pluto Scorpio?!" Upon hearing Dugu Bo's judgment, Chen Ming's eyes widened in disbelief.

He had heard of the Pluto Scorpion, a soul beast. Even in Douluo Continent, it was a soul beast with a high reputation. Even many peasants who had not awakened their soul power had heard of this soul beast.

According to legend, in ancient times before the angel gods were deified, a black crack appeared between heaven and earth, and a group of giant scorpions poured out from the gap.

These scorpions have bodies and strength that are no less than that of dragons, and they themselves have terrible poison. Wherever they pass, not even a single weed will grow for hundreds of years.

These monsters have no reason, cannot communicate, and seem to exist only for killing. They kill humans and soul beasts, and everything except their own kind will be torn to pieces by their huge front claws and melted with poison.

This kind of monster can even take a giant dragon as prey, tearing it apart and swallowing it with its front claws, and even the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear cannot fight against it. And even if you kill them by chance, they will not leave soul rings.

People called them Pluto Scorpions out of fear, believing them to be monsters that crawled from the world of the dead and to be disaster beasts different from soul beasts.

Hundreds of years later, the Angel God rose up and led humans to fight against soul beasts and wipe out the terrible disaster beast, the Pluto Scorpion.

In the legend of the Angel God that circulated on the mainland, before becoming a god, the Angel God led his companions to kill the leader of the Pluto Scorpion and mended the rift between heaven and earth. Since then, the Pluto Scorpions on the mainland have gradually weakened, and after death, they will leave soul rings like normal soul beasts.

In a sense, perhaps it can be seen as the Douluo World version of Nuwa mending the sky?
In short, because this kind of creature is too evil and has caused great damage to the continent, neither humans nor soul beasts can tolerate their continued existence.

Even in that era when humans and soul beasts were fighting against each other, the two would temporarily put aside their hatred when facing the Pluto Scorpion.

It is said that since the time of the Angel God, this kind of disaster beast has become extremely rare. The descendants of the Angel God will destroy it immediately after learning about this disaster beast, in order to maintain the achievements of their ancestors.

Theoretically, this kind of disaster beast was exterminated by humans and soul beasts thousands of years ago. Only a few subspecies remain on the continent. And these subspecies that remain are extremely rare. Most of them are top-level soul beasts, and some are simply super-quality soul beasts.

The Phantom Scorpion that Chen Ming had chosen as his soul ring was said to be one of the subspecies of this soul beast that remained on the mainland. It was relatively weak among the subspecies, but it had mutated into a spiritual toxin. When Chen Ming heard about this thing, his first thought was doubt, wondering if Dugu Bo had made a mistake. In theory, this soul beast had been extinct for thousands of years.

The second thought that came to his mind was that this thing was of such high quality that even if it had just broken through ten thousand years, it could be comparable to a hundred thousand year soul beast. Would Dugu Bo be unable to defeat it with his strength?
Should we make a tactical shift first and then take a long-term view?

"Is this thing really a Pluto Scorpion? Is it not extinct? Did I see it wrong?" Chen Ming lowered his voice, carefully restrained his breath and soul power, and asked softly in Dugu Bo's ear.

"It's most likely to be the Pluto Scorpion. Even if it's not, it should be a subspecies that is infinitely close to the real thing. Its quality is much higher than the Medusa I encountered before."

"Although this is only the first time I've seen the real thing, it looks exactly like what's described in the ancient books, and that evil deathly aura is definitely worthy of the title of Hades."

"Don't worry, that thing looks like it's no more than ten thousand years old... but see those corpses under his feet? There are several ten thousand year old Emerald Sky Dragons among them. The leading one is more than thirty thousand years old, and has cultivated for nearly forty thousand years. The head is almost turning into a dragon. If he practices a little more, he will become the Emerald Sky Dragon King."

Dugu Bo pointed at the largest corpse among them and explained to Chen Ming in a low voice.

"Within less than ten thousand years, he killed a group of ten thousand plus thousand year old Emerald Dragons in the Emerald Dragon's lair? This thing is so powerful..."

"Grandpa, can we win?" Although Chen Ming wanted the soul ring of Pluto Scorpion, he was also a little worried.

"If this thing has a cultivation base of 100,000 years, Sunset Forest will be a deadly place, and it will take the Spirit Hall's Great Priest to resolve it. If it has a cultivation base of more than 50,000 years, I will take you and run away. I will go back and take Yanyan with me, cut all the herbs in the yard and run away. Then I will quickly report to the Spirit Hall."

"If this thing had ten thousand years of cultivation, I would have to spend a lot of effort to defeat it, at least I couldn't let you watch from the side. But this thing's cultivation is less than ten thousand years... Although it's a bit troublesome, it's actually not that troublesome."

"Xiao Ming, do you want its soul ring?" Dugu Bo smiled confidently and asked Chen Ming.

"I do! I really do! I miss you very much!" Chen Ming's eyes lit up and his heart beat wildly.

The Pluto Scorpion is suspected to have invaded the Douluo World from another world, and then after the leader was killed, it was assimilated into the native rules of the Douluo World and became a soul beast. Even if it may not be as powerful as the legend says, it is definitely a very powerful soul beast among super quality.

How much this thing's spirit ring can improve itself, and how many good things are contained in it, that is simply beyond Chen Ming's imagination. Even if it is assimilated by the rules of the Douluo World, there must be some laws from another world in it.

Not to mention a thousand years old, even if this thing was just over a hundred years old, Chen Ming would simply choose to absorb it, and then work hard to improve the age of the soul ring.

Because apart from the legendary poisonous beast, nothing can compare to this legendary beast. Or in other words, this thing is essentially the legendary poisonous soul beast or poisonous beast.

"You hide here. I'm going to beat him half to death!"

(End of this chapter)