Melee archer with maxed-out Douluo luck

Chapter 83 unlocks a new mode, featuring mutated soul skills.

"Martial Soul Possession".

As the miniature energy snake in her hand dissipated, Dugu Yan whispered.

As the spirit rings flashed, Dugu Yan's figure grew taller, her body seemed to become more flexible, her legs transformed into snake tails, and a cold aura appeared in her narrow eyes.

However, she was not standing on the ground at this moment, but floating half a meter above the ground, with a pair of dark red energy wings appearing out of thin air behind her.

"Okay, okay."

Dugu Bo was overjoyed. Although he only saw that his granddaughter's appearance was different from before, he was certain that it was much stronger than the previous Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.

"That's quite interesting."

Guangling also looked Dugu Yan up and down, nodded with interest, and then turned to Dugu Bo, "Your granddaughter's evolution seems to be a bit more advanced than yours."

"What do you mean by that?"

Dugu Bo didn't care at all that Guangling was using her granddaughter to attack him, and instead eagerly pressed for an answer.

"Well, it's understandable that you don't know, since although you have a family, you can actually be said to have come from an unorthodox background."

Guangling habitually teased Dugu Bo first before continuing, "According to the long-standing records of the Spirit Hall, when a spirit is possessed, especially a flying spirit, not counting spirit skills, if the wings can appear directly in the form of energy after the spirit is possessed, the quality is generally not bad, at least it can touch the edge of a top-level spirit."

"Those whose arms turn into wings or grow feathers after possession generally either have major flaws or can only fly, and don't have much combat power. Someone like her, who can fly on her own simply by possessing another body, must have a very high-quality martial soul, ranking among the top-tier martial souls."

"So, she really hit the jackpot," Guangling concluded.

"It has directly entered the realm of top-tier martial souls? And is it among the top ranks?"

Dugu Bo looked at his granddaughter floating beside him and grinned from ear to ear.

Although his previous Azure Phosphorus Serpent evolved into the Azure Phosphorus Serpent Queen and became a top-tier martial soul, its flaws were simply too great.

As for now, the quality of his martial soul doesn't have as much of an impact on him as it did before he was given a title. He's already quite satisfied with becoming a Super Douluo.

On the contrary, he was always worried about Dugu Yan, fearing that his granddaughter would die before him. Now, at least it's not a problem for her to become a titled lady, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

While the two were talking, Han Li was examining Dugu Yan after her martial soul had evolved.

This was, in fact, the first time he had ever seen Dugu Yan with her martial spirit possessed.

When he last visited the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, they were just doing their daily training and did not reveal their martial souls.

He took a curious look at the lower body, which had transformed from legs into a snake's tail, wanting to find out the underlying principle.

You can tell from the color of her snake tail that her martial soul has completely changed; even the unique green scales of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent have turned into a dark red, the same color as her hair.

Moreover, due to his control over the elements, he could clearly sense that Dugu Yan in front of him had a strong fire attribute aura, unlike Dugu Bo, who had hardly changed, with only a trace of purification aura mixed in with his soul power.

Dugu Yan blushed slightly at his blatant scrutiny of the snake's tail, but she didn't dispel her martial spirit possession. Instead, she floated closer to him, flicked the snake's tail over, and placed it in his hand.

Ok?

Looking at the snake tail that had landed in his hand, Han Li had a big question mark in his mind, and subconsciously gave it a swipe.

It was this movement that caused Dugu Yan, who was in mid-air, to tremble. She rolled her eyes at him in embarrassment and annoyance, and immediately dispelled her martial spirit possession, falling back to the ground.

Then Han Li watched helplessly as her snake tail transformed back into legs, and most strangely, her shoes were still on her feet, which was quite absurd.

Forget it, it's best to stay out of things in the fantasy world. A thought instantly popped into Han Li's head, and he gave up on further investigation.

The current occasion is also not very suitable.

The two titled Douluo had finished their conversation and turned their attention back to this.

"By the way, Sister Yan, try possessing someone in energy form again."

Han Li said with a calm expression.

"Yes, Yan Yan, try it quickly. Grandpa has never seen a beast spirit with this kind of possession form before."

Dugu Bo and Guang Ling also looked at Dugu Yan with some curiosity and urged her on.

"Um."

Dugu Yan also wanted to try, so she shouted "Martial Soul Possession" again.

This time, the situation was different from before. Dugu Yan herself hadn't changed much, or rather, her aura had just become a bit colder.

A dark red, serpentine energy phantom appeared above her head.

Upon closer inspection, the group discovered that the illusory image of the martial spirit no longer resembled the Azure Phosphorous Serpent at all.

The phantom of her martial spirit above her head was dark red, and it also had a pair of wings on its back, with sparks constantly flashing within them.

It does have a snake's body, but what's strange is its head.

Its head no longer resembles a triangular snake head, but rather a dragon-like head. However, it has no horns, and its eyes are still those of a snake, constantly flicking its tongue, making it appear quite intelligent.

What's peculiar is that although the phantom still carries some of the coldness of snakes, its martial spirit aura also contains some of the majesty of dragons, making it difficult to distinguish whether it belongs to the snake or the dragon family.

No wonder Dugu Yan said she couldn't tell whether her martial spirit was a snake or a dragon.

"Her possession state is somewhat similar to the state of a Soul Saint after obtaining the true spirit of a spirit, when the spirit is not fully possessed."

Guangling observed for a while, then said thoughtfully.

After speaking, he also mobilized a trace of his aura, which manifested as a bow phantom behind him as a demonstration.

"Hmm, it does look very similar. But Yan Yan, can you use your soul skills in this state?" Dugu Bo asked.

"Can."

After Dugu Yan finished speaking, the yellow soul ring above her head flashed, and a linear energy pillar containing explosive fire attribute and deadly poison was spat out from the snake-shaped phantom above her head.

The attack struck a nearby boulder, instantly shattering it into pieces. Plants along the way were also ignited by the attack, and the areas hit by the flying stones quickly turned black and lost all life.

"Not bad." Guangling glanced at the damage she had caused and casually commented that the performance of the number one soul skill in a hundred years was indeed impressive.

"Yan Yan, has your soul skill changed as well? And what kind of poison is this?" Dugu Bo was not as optimistic as him. After seeing the effects of the attack, he asked anxiously.

"Yes, after the martial soul evolves, the soul skills also change. The first soul skill is the attack I just used, which I call Lava Beam."

"The Lava Beam is a linear energy beam of fire attribute that is spewed from the mouth for a ranged attack, and it also has burning and poisoning effects. It consumes very little soul power, has good penetration, can be fired in succession, and has no cooldown time."

"As for the second soul skill, it can be considered an amplification skill. It increases the power of fire attribute by 30%, but it can only last for half an hour, and the cooldown time is one hour."

Although Dugu Yan expressed regret, everyone present could see from her expression that she was clearly very satisfied with the mutated soul skill.

"As for the poison, don't worry, Grandpa, my body is completely free of toxins now. This poison was just a fire poison that came with my martial soul's attack. The main attribute of my martial soul after evolution is fire. Although, well, let's just say it's a snake, it also has venom glands, but it's different from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent. Its main attack method is fire elemental attack."

"Furthermore, I can sense that after the martial soul evolves, it has a high resistance to poison. It can even be assimilated and absorbed by fire elemental poison that invades the body. And the most amazing thing is that all poisons originating from itself, whether from the martial soul or from myself, are completely immune and will never harm me."

"So, Grandpa, you can rest assured, I won't be affected by the poison anymore." Dugu Yan said happily.

"Yanyan, this is great news, but there's one thing you need to remember clearly: your new martial soul, look, it has no horns or feet, it's definitely a snake, how could it be a dragon? You agree, right?"

Upon hearing that his granddaughter was no longer troubled by the poison, Dugu Bo's worries subsided, but his thoughts also wandered.

"Yes, Grandpa, you're right, this is a snake."

Dugu Yan nodded in agreement, also feeling that snakes were better. After all, she had always been proud of her snake-type martial soul over the years, not to mention that her martial soul possession mode was a snake tail.

(End of this chapter)