Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 27 The Man-Eating Blood Spear

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They didn't stay long in the scenic area to the west of the hunting grounds. Xue Qinghe then sent Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling away and led Xuan Ming towards a more secluded grove.

Noticing that the surroundings were becoming increasingly quiet, Xuanming stopped and looked at Xue Qinghe, who was walking ahead. "Your Highness, is it not convenient to talk here?"

Xue Qinghe stopped in his tracks. "It's not that it's inconvenient, it's just that my friend doesn't want to be seen by too many people."

"Friends?" Xuanming frowned slightly.

"What friend?"

Before the words were finished, a figure hidden under a black robe suddenly appeared less than five meters in front of them.

This person was extremely tall, estimated to be over two meters, with a slender figure as straight and sharp as a javelin.

Xuanming instantly felt a deadly threat; this person could also kill him with a single slap.

Titled Douluo?

"Don't be nervous, this is my friend."

Seeing the two black dragons behind Xuanming reveal their coldness again, Xue Qinghe quickly spoke up.

"I noticed that your Blood Spear Martial Soul was quite special, as it was also a mutated Martial Soul. My friend's Martial Soul was also a mutated Serpent Spear Martial Soul. After hearing about this, he wanted to see it for himself."

"Release your martial spirit and let me see it," the Serpent Spear Douluo said in a low, slightly hoarse voice.

Xuanming took a deep breath, raised his right hand, and summoned the Blood Spear.

The spear was entirely black, with a faint layer of dark silver patterns on it, resembling the scales of the twin dragons behind Xuanming. The spearhead shimmered with a dark red blood light.

"Blood Spear... Your name is quite fitting." Serpent Spear Douluo carefully examined the spear in front of him.

"Have you ever killed someone?"

Some weapon spirits become tainted with blood aura after killing people; the more people they kill, the stronger the killing aura becomes.

This kind of murderous aura can be very useful in many situations.

"Mm," Xuanming responded.

"Throw it over here so I can see it," said Serpent Spear Douluo.

Xuanming looked at Xue Qinghe.

It is true that a weapon spirit can leave its master, or even be held by someone else, but this is very dangerous. If the other party takes the opportunity to attack the spirit, it can easily be damaged.

"Don't worry, this senior is just curious about your martial spirit," Xue Qinghe said.

"Moreover, after he has read it, he can also give you some suggestions."

Xuanming paused for a moment, but still threw the blood spear over.

“This…” Serpent Spear Douluo’s expression changed.

This martial spirit is actually absorbing his blood essence?
What the hell? !
“It eats people,” Xuanming said.

"Eating people?" Xue Qinghe was taken aback.

"What do you mean?"

“You’ll know once you touch it,” Xuanming said.

Xue Qinghe thought for a moment, then reached out and touched the blood spear.

The moment he touched it, he felt an abnormal loss of his own blood and energy!
They really know how to eat people!

"And what about you?" Xue Qinghe asked.

“I will be eaten too,” Xuanming said.

The Blood Spear possesses a devouring attribute, but it absorbs blood energy indiscriminately, even absorbing its own.

However, he is also the owner of the Blood Spear, and the blood energy absorbed by this thing will gradually nourish him. It's somewhat similar to drawing blood with one hand and transfusing blood with the other.

However, most of the blood energy that Blood Spear consumes is used to nourish itself, with only a very small portion being fed back to him.

Therefore, if he uses too much, he might not be able to handle it.

Fortunately, when he killed that Great Soul Master, the Blood Spear absorbed a lot of blood energy, which it hasn't digested yet.

When using the Blood Spear, the portion that was fed back to him and the portion that was consumed by the Blood Spear were in a safe balance.

"Your martial spirit..." Xue Qinghe frowned slightly.

This was the first time he had ever heard of a spirit master being able to devour their own spirit.

“Mutant martial souls often have some troublesome flaws.” The Serpent Spear Douluo seemed to have anticipated this.

According to information obtained from Dugu Yan, Xuanming's parents were not Soul Masters, and both of his Martial Souls were mutated.

The Black Dragon Martial Soul carries a significant risk of going out of control and may even devour its master.

There can't possibly be no problem with this Blood Spear Martial Soul.

The transformation of a martial soul from weak to strong inevitably comes at a huge cost.

"Uncle She, do you have a way to solve this problem?" Xue Qinghe asked.

If using a martial spirit also damages oneself, then cultivating this Blood Spear martial spirit is tantamount to slow suicide, isn't it?
"No." Serpent Spear Douluo shook his head.

"The fatal flaw of a mutated martial soul can only be determined by his own fate."

This kid's parents weren't even Soul Masters, which means that the basic quality of his two Martial Souls before they mutated was quite ordinary.

However, after the mutation, he possessed innate full soul power.

The level of innate soul power is closely related to the quality of the martial soul itself. With such a large difference before and after mutation, the resulting defects must be quite troublesome.

One can go out of control, the other can eat people... I really don't know whether to say this kid is lucky or unlucky.

"Do you have any suggestions regarding spirit rings?" Xue Qinghe asked.

"The spear has features similar to the dragon scales on his body, indicating that his Blood Spear Martial Soul and Black Dragon Martial Soul are related to each other to some extent. In this case, the optimal choice for a Soul Ring is a dragon-type Soul Beast, or a Soul Beast with dragon blood," said Serpent Spear Douluo.

"However, dragon-type soul beasts are extremely rare and difficult to hunt. Given his troublesome martial soul defect, other soul beasts with abundant blood energy and a tendency towards ferocity are also a good choice."

"Moreover, his blood spear seems to be able to accumulate killing intent, so when choosing a soul beast, the more ferocious the better."

"What's the use of this killing intent?" Xuanming asked.

"It will be of great use." Serpent Spear Douluo tossed the Blood Spear back to Xuanming, raised his right hand, and a bluish-purple serpent spear appeared in his hand.

With a gentle swing, the serpent spear unleashed an astonishing aura. Even without using any soul skills or outputting soul power, it still brought immense pressure to the opponent.

“This is momentum,” said Serpent Spear Douluo.

"It has nothing to do with cultivation level; it's the aura of the martial spirit itself that can bring a certain mental impact to people."

"And killing intent is the condensation of killing power!"

"My spear cannot accumulate killing intent, so I cannot demonstrate it to you. However, the killing aura condensed from killing intent has an effect similar to the aura of this martial spirit, but its power is far stronger than the mere aura."

"A sufficiently powerful killing intent can not only bring a huge mental shock to the opponent, but also dispel illusions and has a significant suppressive effect on mental-type soul masters."

"If you have the chance in the future, you might try to obtain the legendary God of Slaughter Domain. That thing is..."

"Cough cough!" Xue Qinghe coughed heavily twice, interrupting the Serpent Spear Douluo.

To obtain the God of Slaughter Domain, one needs to enter the City of Slaughter, but that hellish place is almost impossible to escape once entered!
Over the past thousand years, only a handful of people have ever escaped the city of slaughter.

Only someone with a screw loose, or who is extremely confident in their abilities, would go to such a godforsaken place.

(End of this chapter)