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

Chapter 72 Ice and Fire Eyes

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"That terrifying acceleration, you're using it as a flight aid..."

Dugu Bo landed on the ground, his expression extremely strange.

"You're way too daring!"

“Actually, even if I jump down directly, I can protect myself with the slowing effect of my domain,” Xuanming said.

"Just now, I was just testing my second soul skill."

"Then what is the ability of your second soul skill?" Dugu Bo asked.

"Don't tell me you recklessly absorbed a Limit Spirit Ring and gained a dangerous, short-lived flight skill?"

"Do you think that's possible?" Xuanming was speechless.

"My second soul skill, Thunderclap, is a surprise attack skill inherited from the Thunder Serpent. Violent lightning clings to the surface of the blood spear. Once a direction is determined, the blood spear will fly out like lightning piercing the sky, just like shooting an arrow. However, I don't need to draw the bow, and there is no pre-animation. As long as I activate the soul skill and release my hand, it will accelerate and thrust out."

"The Blood Spear spontaneously unleashed a thrust?" Dugu Bo asked with a strange expression.

“It’s very sinister, isn’t it?” Xuanming said.

"I also feel it's a bit eerie."

This soul skill is like American Iaijutsu; if you're not prepared, even someone stronger than you could be killed by it.

Of course, this soul skill can also be used to close the distance unexpectedly, especially in team battles. He can rush to the back row of the opponent in an instant. Even if he fails to kill the back row, he can still disrupt the opponent's formation.

"Then what happened to you just now?" Dugu Bo asked, puzzled.

“If I grab the Blood Spear, I will be thrown away, and the arrow will turn into a rapid thrust,” Xuanming said.

"And during flight, I can change my direction by twisting the blood spear, just like I did before."

"You really dare to play this game." Dugu Bo's eye twitched slightly.

Following an object that suddenly bursts into extreme speed, it feels like being suddenly and forcefully thrown out. Even if the body appears unharmed, the internal organs will at least shift due to that kind of rapid acceleration!
“I know this kind of rapid acceleration is dangerous. I protected my internal organs beforehand with my shameless domain. If it were an ordinary soul master, they definitely wouldn’t be able to withstand this kind of rapid acceleration brought about by external force,” Xuanming said.

Having spent so much time at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, his control over his domain is no longer the simple suppression he used to have. The deceleration he just experienced was just one application of it. His white light domain expands from within his body, providing overall deceleration without needing to consider the buffering effect of internal organs. Therefore, no matter how fast the speed, as long as it can be reduced before impact, it will be fine.

However, he hasn't started cultivating the Black Dragon Martial Soul yet. The slowing effect of this talent domain is limited. If the impact is too great, it won't be able to slow down, just like when the Thunder Serpent suddenly attacked and crashed into his domain but wasn't affected much.

"How are you feeling?" Dugu Bo asked.

"The energy surge here must be immense!"

Xuanming checked the state of his internal domain. "It's alright, I can hold on."

"Don't be reckless. You survived so many unfortunate things before. If you ruin your health here, you'll become a laughing stock," Dugu Bo said.

"I know." Xuanming opened his eyes and slowly approached the direction of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

Since he's already here, he should at least find a chance to eat the Fiery Apricot and the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass, since these are the only two immortal herbs he remembers.

"Hey! Don't go any further in, it'll be really dangerous if you go any further!" Dugu Bo warned.

"I know what I'm doing." Xuanming continued forward. The clash between the ice and fire energies grew stronger and stronger, and his soul power was being consumed faster and faster, but he could still hold on.

Walking around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, Xuanming observed the immortal herbs on the ground and quickly found his target on both sides of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

Growing on one side of an ice spring, it looks like a large white octagonal flower, with tiny, sparkling stamens in the center like ice crystals. It is called the Octagonal Ice Grass.

Growing on the side of a hot spring, it resembles a cabbage, is entirely fiery red, and exudes a strong fiery poison, like a delicate and sparse apricot in full bloom.

After racking his brains to recall how to harvest these two immortal herbs, Xuanming turned to Dugu Bo and asked, "Do you have a jade blade?"

He could cut off the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass directly with his Blood Spear, but the Fiery Apricot was something that could only be removed with jade.

"What are you going to do?" Dugu Bo asked, puzzled.

"I want to eat something." Xuanming pointed to the two most conspicuous immortal herbs on either side of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes. "Are you so desperate to become stronger that you've gone mad?" "The things here are indeed top-tier treasures, but almost all of them are highly poisonous. Even I dare not touch them carelessly. And you actually want to eat two at once?"

“I saw these two things in a book that Yue Guan gave me when I was in Wuhun City,” Xuan Ming said.

"Eight-cornered ice grass and fiery apricot blossom, one is cold poison and the other is fire poison. Eating them alone will kill you, but eating them together will be fine."

Dugu Bo's expression shifted slightly. "And the results?"

"You wouldn't take such a dangerous risk without a significant benefit, would you?"

"After taking it, the two toxins, ice and fire, will change from repelling each other to complementing each other, which can transform the body and give it the ability to be immune to water and fire and ward off all poisons," Xuanming said.

"Hmm?" Dugu Bo's expression changed.

"Immune to water and fire, and wards off all poisons..."

“I know what you’re thinking, but if you eat this, all your poison skills will be gone,” Xuanming said.

"If Dugu Yan eats it, her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul will basically be ruined."

"To put it bluntly, anyone can eat this stuff, except for you poison enthusiasts, especially those with a martial soul like the Jade Phosphorous Serpent whose core is poison."

"Repelling all poisons..." Dugu Bo lowered his head, his gaze shifting.

This place can suppress his backlash poison, and it does have a restraining effect on highly toxic substances. It is understandable that two corresponding plants were born here and have similar effects.

He was indeed envious of its immunity to water and fire, but this one was resistant to all poisons...

"Fine, you've gotten off easy, kid!" Dugu Bo raised his hand and took out a jade dagger.

"But if you take this, you'd better treat Yanyan well from now on!"

"Then I won't eat." Xuanming walked back directly without a trace of hesitation.

Dugu Bo's eye twitched. "You really look down on Yanyan that much?"

“It’s not that I look down on it, I just don’t want to treat this kind of thing as a transaction,” Xuanming said.

"We are friends now, but I can't guarantee anything more."

"I can't guarantee what I'll be like tomorrow, let alone what I'll be able to achieve in the future."

I never make guarantees about things I'm not absolutely certain about.

"..."

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes. "What if I use some tricks to make it a fait accompli between you two?"

“First of all, I’m only eight years old. Can’t you have any shame?” Xuanming said.

"Secondly, what do you think you can gain by using such despicable means?"

"Then I need your promise that you will never harm her in the slightest!" Dugu Bo said.

"If she is in danger, you must do everything in your power to protect her!"

Xuanming paused for a moment, then said, "That's no problem."

Dugu Bo was speechless. "You can guarantee all of this? You..."

“You’ve lived to a ripe old age, what nonsense about true love lasting a lifetime and unchanging affection…” Xuanming paused.

"Do you believe?"

"..."

"Do not believe."

"Then you still say?"

(End of this chapter)