Douluo Continent: Martial Soul - Azure Phosphorous Serpent, Second Master Dugu Bo

Dugu Yang sat cross-legged on the ground, focusing his mind on his martial soul. As the spirit ring of the six-hundred-year-old tree poison toad approached, he felt an immense pressure, and his bones creaked and cracked, which was enough to show how much pressure Dugu Yang was under at this moment.

The luminous yellow spirit ring floated above Dugu Yang's head, and the next moment, without any warning, it plummeted down, circling around Dugu Yang's body.

At that very moment, a scorching hot energy surged into Dugu Yang's body. In an instant, his internal organs burned, and the inhuman pain made Dugu Yang clench his teeth and his body tremble uncontrollably.

But he did not fall into a coma and remained conscious.

The next moment, as if sensing something, Dugu Yang closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he found himself in the consciousness space.

This is an ocean of flames, and standing in it, I am like a drop in the ocean, insignificant and powerless.

In the center of the inferno, the blazing flames slowly coalesced, forming a giant, semi-transparent toad—an enlarged version of the tree poison toad.

Dugu Yang knew that this was the remnant soul of the tree poison toad that remained in the soul ring.

There are two major challenges in absorbing a soul ring: one is enduring the pressure of soul power, and the other is dealing with the remnant soul of a soul beast.

The fact that one can immerse oneself in the space of consciousness clearly indicates that one has overcome the first hurdle.

Now, as long as you can devour the remnant soul of a soul beast, it means you have successfully absorbed the soul ring.

Although it was a remnant soul, Dugu Yang did not let his guard down at all, after all, this was not a battle of strength, but a battle of mental power.

Furthermore, the poisonous tree toad, in its remnant soul form, must be intent on mutual destruction; if I am not careful, I could very well perish both in body and soul.

"They're here!"

Seeing the remnant soul of the tree poison toad swaying, Dugu Yang immediately became extremely alert.

But the next moment, a sudden change occurred. The sea of ​​fire receded completely, turning into lush green grass. Dugu Yang no longer felt the burning pain, but instead felt refreshed and indescribably comfortable.

"What happened?"

Dugu Yang was also taken aback by this situation.

But in that moment of hesitation, the remnant soul of the tree poison toad pounced in front of him.

"not good!"

Dugu Yang was shocked and was about to retaliate when the remnant soul of the Tree Poison Toad actively merged into his spiritual consciousness.

In the final moment of merging, Dugu Yang's gaze met that of the remnant soul of the Tree Poison Toad, and what he saw was not resentment, but closeness and goodwill.

"How could this be... a cheat code!"

In an instant, Dugu Yang realized that it was his own cheat system that was causing the problem, which horrified him.

He originally thought his cheat ability wouldn't have any significant effect, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful, able to directly purify the resentment of the soul beasts he killed, turning them into endless goodwill towards him.

In this way, directly absorbing the soul ring would save one difficult step.

Just as Dugu Yang was getting excited, the scene before him suddenly changed, and his consciousness seemed to have entered some kind of deep space.

"What's going on?"

This was a vast, white void, with only one white orb of light appearing before Dugu Yang's eyes.

Dugu Yang was confused about the situation. As if possessed, he reached out his finger and touched the ball of light in front of him.

"Venom spray...Dynamic vision..."

A series of insights into the details of soul skills suddenly appeared in Dugu Yang's mind.

Now he finally understood what the mysterious space was.

Simply put, this is the Tree Poison Toad's Soul Skill Space. The ball of light that appears in front of Dugu Yang represents all the Soul Skills that the Tree Poison Toad possesses. In other words, Dugu Yang can freely choose the Soul Skills granted by the Soul Ring.

This was practically tailor-made for Dugu Yang.

As for how the Soul Skill Space was created, it was naturally due to the cheat system.

With the help of his cheat system, Dugu Yang quickly found the light cluster containing the "Poison-Eating Sac" soul skill.

However, he did not absorb them directly. Having finally entered the Soul Skill Space, he naturally wanted to see all the Soul Skills of the Tree Poison Toad.

"Licked with deadly poison... the source of poison..."

The tree poison toad has many soul skills, but apart from its poison-eating sac, none of them caught Dugu Yang's eye.

Just as Dugu Yang's interest waned and he was preparing to absorb the Poison Sac Soul Skill, an unheard-of Soul Skill entered his mind.

"Adapted to poison! How can there be such a soul skill?"

Dugu Yang exclaimed in surprise, completely unable to imagine that a tree poison toad of the hundred-year-old soul beast level would give birth to such a soul skill.

Adapting to Poison is not a soul skill in the conventional sense; it is a passive soul skill.

After acquiring this Soul Skill, one's poison resistance is permanently increased by 100%. At the same time, by consuming or coming into contact with a certain type of deadly poison, one will permanently gain poison resistance.

In other words, unless one is poisoned to death on the spot, one will eventually become permanently immune to such a deadly poison.

Moreover, given enough time, it will evolve into a body immune to all poisons.

Dugu Yang had never heard of soul rings and soul skills being passive, which was why he was so surprised and uncertain.

"Wait! If it's not a spirit ring skill, could it be a spirit bone skill?!"

Dugu Yang thought of the Soul Bone.

Although both soul bones and soul rings can generate soul skills, they are still different. Some soul bones do not have active soul skills, but rather passive soul skills.

The most famous is Tang San's external soul bone, the Eight Spider Lances, which has the passive ability to devour life force and nourish himself.

It was precisely for this reason that Dugu Yang wondered if adapting to poisonous bodies might be the soul bone and soul skill of the Tree Poison Toad.

Moreover, it must be produced only by the most precious torso soul bones or external soul bones.

However, as a low-level soul beast, the strongest tree poison toad is only at the thousand-year level, and it is impossible for it to grow into a ten-thousand-year soul beast. The chance of it giving birth to a soul bone is extremely small, let alone giving birth to a torso soul bone or even an external soul bone.

However, Dugu Yang, thanks to his "Affinity with All Things" cheat, learned about the hidden soul skill of the Tree Poison Toad.

"No wonder the tree poison toad carries dozens of kinds of poisons but does not die from them. It turns out that it has the amazing ability to adapt to poisons."

A strange light flashed in Dugu Yang's eyes. Originally, he did not think that the other soul skills of the Tree Poison Toad could replace "Poison Sac", but the appearance of "Adapt to Poison Body" changed his mind.

Putting everything else aside, if Dugu Yang were to acquire a soul skill that adapts to poison, the drawbacks of the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul would be directly resolved, not to mention the ultimate formation of an invulnerable body to all poisons.

After a moment's thought, Dugu Yang stuck to his previous idea and chose to absorb the "Poison-Eating Pouch" soul skill.

While the adaptation to poison is remarkable, the fundamental aspect lies in the venom-eating sac.

However, Dugu Yang will not give up on adapting to the poison body. Once he reaches level 20, he will absorb another Tree Poison Toad Soul Ring and acquire the Soul Skill that adapts to the poison body.

Moreover, "Poison-Eating Sac" and "Poison-Adapting Body" are complementary and indispensable soul skills, one devouring all poisons and the other adapting to all poisons.