Melee archer with maxed-out Douluo luck

Chapter 73 The Mad Martial Soul Modification Plan, Ruthless Dugu Bo

Seeing this, Dugu Bo and Han Li were not surprised but rather delighted.

Activating the martial soul's characteristics was something the two had already agreed upon beforehand.

Dugu Bo nodded to Han Li, feeling the surging medicinal power within his body. Without further hesitation, he leaped towards the open space behind him and directly activated his Martial Soul True Body.

A massive, 30-meter-long, water-jar-thick, emerald-green snake instantly appeared in the open space, actively initiating the subsequent changes.

Han Li did not follow. After a flash of red light in his right eye, he chose to stay where he was and put away his martial spirit.

"Xiao Li? What's wrong?"

Guangling turned her head and glanced at him; this was different from what they had agreed upon.

"I think I overestimated the Ninth Grade Dragon Fungus. Perhaps it's because Senior Dugu's martial soul has already evolved once and is already the king of snakes. The situation is better than expected, and he doesn't need my help anymore," Han Li replied softly, seemingly in a good mood.

"And what about the aura on your body?" Guangling frowned.

"It has stimulated some of it, which makes things much easier for me and speeds up my recovery. Besides, there's Sister Yan; she might be the one who needs my help more," Han Li replied with a smile.

"Okay, that's good."

Guangling didn't say anything, but turned to look at the bead that he had frozen in mid-air.

The color of the bead is much darker than before, and although the fluctuations in soul power are also much more violent than before, it is still within a controllable range overall.

"Wait a minute, it should be soon. You see, the senior has already taken the opportunity to begin modifying the martial soul structure."

Han Li pointed to the Azure Phosphorous Serpent King, whose body was already stained with a light blue color, not far away.

"He's really ruthless. He wiped out all the venomous snakes around here. The day before yesterday, when he couldn't find any other venomous snakes, he even tore apart his little green snake."

Guangling looked at the large snake on the open ground not far away, whose body was twitching from time to time, and sighed.

"Yes, Senior Dugu is indeed ruthless, the kind of ruthless to himself."

Thinking of the crazy plan that Gu Dubo had proposed before, Han Li couldn't help but nod in agreement.

In fact, his original intention was to use the power of the immortal herb to strengthen the poison sac and enhance his control over it. In the future, he would only need to pay attention to the activation mode of the deadly poison to end the matter.

After all, Dugu Bo is already a Title Douluo, and the room for improvement of the poison contained in his martial soul is actually quite limited. As long as he uses the immortal herb to suppress the backlash, he can recuperate his body.

Rather than taking risks, it's better to focus on figuring out how to use poison effectively for offense without harming oneself.

As for Dugu Yan, Han Li originally planned to take her to obtain the Eight Spider Lances. With the external soul bone, her bloodline inheritance problem would be solved directly, and it could even be used to enhance her abilities. There was no need to consider any subsequent issues.

However, Dugu Bo proposed other ideas in order for Dugu Yan to evolve perfectly.

He wanted to preserve the venom of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent as much as possible during the evolution process, strengthening the venom glands and sacs outside the body through the power of immortal herbs, ideally making them independent so that the toxins would not participate in the internal circulation, thus changing the previous path of soul power circulation.

If it's truly impossible, he'll settle for second best and directly abandon the venom glands to evolve.

His words made Han Li and Guang Ling exchange glances, feeling a chill run down their spines.

Even Han Li admired his idea. You see, even with the immortal herb as a foundation, Dugu Bo's idea was essentially a disguised way of artificially altering the structure of the martial soul. Wasn't he afraid that the martial soul would collapse directly?

After Han Li raised this point, Dugu Bo said it wasn't a big problem. He also told the two that he had actually altered the structure of his martial soul, but it wasn't very obvious in appearance. He also explained the origin of his idea.

When he was young, he met a Soul Master who, while absorbing a Soul Ring, couldn't withstand the strain and unconsciously fainted, resulting in a similar change in his Martial Soul.

After the original frog spirit fused with the failed to absorb toad spirit ring, similar poison glands appeared on the surface of the spirit's body.

Unable to accept such a change in his martial soul, he consciously and actively altered the location of his poison glands when acquiring spirit rings, hiding them away. He even fantasized about obtaining snake venom in an attempt to defy fate and forge a new path.

Unexpectedly, he failed in his attempt to obtain a spirit ring. Before he died, he encountered Dugu Bo, who had also come to obtain a spirit ring, and told him about his experience.

It was from his experience that Dugu Bo gained inspiration, and later consciously strengthened and adjusted the venom glands of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent by acquiring spirit rings, thus developing his own cultivation and attack methods that differed from other Jade Phosphorous Serpent spirit masters.

However, what he didn't expect was that he strengthened it too much, exceeding the limits that his martial soul could withstand, which led to the tragedy of the Dugu family.

Well, in general, the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul inherited by the Dugu family, starting with Dugu Bo, has actually become somewhat different from ordinary Azure Phosphorous Serpent Soul Masters, which is why he dared to take action again.

Perhaps this is why Dugu Bo was able to evolve his advanced martial soul into the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and become a titled being.

Just as the master and apprentice were talking, a rather big commotion finally broke out on Dugu Bo's side.

Amidst the roar of the emerald green serpent, two enormous wings slowly sprouted from the side and rear of its upper body, resembling large eagle wings, only covered with feather-like green scales. (Refer to the appearance of the Teng Snake.)

"Release Danzhu, I should be able to control it now."

The large green snake suddenly turned its head towards the two of them and began to speak in human language.

"it is good."

Without further ado, Guangling, upon hearing his words, controlled the elixir enveloped in ice light in mid-air and pushed it toward the giant snake.

When Danzhu approached, this time Dugu Bo did not choose to swallow it. Instead, he flapped his newly grown pair of wings and established an energy cycle with it.

Soon, the pair of wings, which were previously only light green, slowly turned dark green under the influence of the cinnabar, and eventually became almost black, while the cinnabar disappeared completely.

"Xiao Li, does this count as a success?"

Guangling looked at Han Li, who was somewhat dazed, with some confusion.

"I guess so. Senior Dugu probably concentrated all his poison glands and the attack power of his deadly poison into the wings on his back, creating a separate cycle. His own soul power cycle doesn't participate in the poison's circulation; it only briefly merges with the wings when he releases a soul skill. It's like creating an isolation mechanism, so he won't get poisoned every time he circulates his soul power in the future."

"However, if he continues with his original attack method, he will still be poisoned."

Han Li's right eye had already quietly lit up as he observed the circulation of soul power within the giant snake's body, his words tinged with a hint of helplessness.

"So he ate a quasi-immortal herb, which extracted the poison glands from his martial soul and replaced them with wings? From then on, the wings became his poison sacs and weapons? Whether he's cutting others or himself, it's still the same—harming both himself and others, only his body and soul power no longer contain toxins, right?"

Guangling stated his understanding simply and bluntly.

"Yes, Master, you're not wrong," Han Li nodded in confirmation.

"Hey, you can't say that."

The giant snake, which was not far away, seemed to have heard their conversation. It instantly dispelled its Martial Soul True Form, transformed into a streak of green light, and flashed to the side of the two.

(End of this chapter)