Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor

Chen Ming's injection of soul power into Dugu Bo's body was like a drop in the ocean. If Dugu Bo wished, a single thought could reverse the flow of his soul power, sending it into Chen Ming's body and damaging his meridians.

However, as befitting a Title Douluo, Dugu Bo demonstrated remarkable self-control. Despite being on the verge of losing consciousness from the excruciating pain, he gritted his teeth and managed to control the soul power and poison within him, ensuring that Chen Ming's soul power was not disrupted.

"Xiao Ming, I'm fine. You don't need to…" Dugu Bo forced the words out through gritted teeth. At that moment, his clenched jaw was as firm as the legendary Clear Sky Hammer.

After gaining some understanding of the nature of the deadly poison in his body, Dugu Bo was confident that this bout of poison backlash wouldn't threaten his life. However, the pain it brought was something he could do nothing to alleviate.

Ignoring Dugu Bo's protests, Chen Ming continued his actions.

The soul power stored in Chen Ming's Dragon Core for several days flowed freely, converting into vitality and entering Dugu Bo's body to repair his meridians. The combination of Chen Ming's vitality and spiritual power roamed through the corners of Dugu Bo's meridians, guiding the soul power dangerously close to his critical points back onto a safer path. He worked to stabilize this portion of soul power, making it easier for Dugu Bo to regain control.

Though Chen Ming's actions were subtle, affecting only a small portion of soul power, this opportunity allowed Dugu Bo to gradually stabilize the portion of soul power that Chen Ming had calmed, enabling him to slowly recover.

At this moment, Dugu Bo's internal state resembled a big fish-eating small fish scenario. Chen Ming stabilized scattered soul power and supplied it to Dugu Bo, who then used the stabilized power to bring other portions under control. Meanwhile, Chen Ming constantly monitored Dugu Bo's meridians, repairing any sections nearing collapse with his vitality, ensuring the battle within Dugu Bo's body could continue.

Finally, after reaching a critical point, Dugu Bo regained control over himself. Deep within his dantian, a spherical bead under Dugu Bo's control began to rotate slowly.

The previously berserk soul power was swiftly drawn back into the dantian by the power of this inner core. When it emerged again, it was fully under Dugu Bo's control. In a short period, the once chaotic soul power in his body had been thoroughly sorted out.

However, the most significant issue remained—the innate toxic poison in his body still spread uncontrollably, corroding his life force.

"My condition is stable now. There's no need to continue," Dugu Bo said weakly but calmly. Though his face was still flushed red, he had barely regained composure. Despite the immense pain within him, he addressed Chen Ming softly.

"I have an idea to alleviate the poison," Chen Ming explained briefly before continuing.

Under Chen Ming's spiritual control, his soul power transformed into a web-like structure. He simulated the trajectory of Dugu Bo's inner core and formed a false vortex.

Though this vortex was far from a true soul core, its slight gravitational pull brought about significant changes within Dugu Bo's body.

Just as water flows downhill, so too does soul power. With Chen Ming's open meridians acting as a guide, the poison within Dugu Bo's body naturally began to flow into Chen Ming.

Normally, even though Chen Ming's martial soul was the Emerald Scorpion King and he had absorbed exotic poisons like the Jade Phosphorous Flower of the Seven Absolutes, he should have only been able to withstand the innate poison plaguing Dugu Bo for a few days at most.

However, a few days was all Chen Ming needed.

He then guided the poison corroding his body toward his dantian.

Within Chen Ming's dantian rested his Dragon Core. Now that he no longer needed to sustain Dugu Bo with vitality, the route to the Dragon Core was temporarily clear. Using its connection, Chen Ming directed the deadly poison into the Dragon Core.

As this toxic substance—saturated with vitality and soul power—entered the Dragon Core, it began to glow faintly. Under Chen Ming's control, the innate poison quickly decomposed inside the Dragon Core.

Though some energy was inevitably lost during the process, the poison still yielded a vast amount of soul power and vitality.

Chen Ming retained part of the extracted energy to stabilize his body and redirected the rest into Dugu Bo, simultaneously guiding more poison from Dugu Bo into his Dragon Core.

The process damaged portions of Chen Ming's meridians, but under the influence of vitality, the broken meridians rapidly healed, even widening in the process. Some of the poison that entered Chen Ming was suppressed entirely by the continuous influx of soul power and vitality, eventually fusing into Chen Ming's essence.

While helping Dugu Bo resolve his poison, Chen Ming's state significantly improved.

The increase in his soul power was minor, but the enhancement of his vitality and martial soul was profound.

After a moment, Chen Ming's martial soul underwent a sudden transformation. The deep green carapace of the Jade Scorpion appeared drained of vitality, cracking inch by inch. A new layer replaced it, now the color of pure emerald, adorned with intricate patterns that seemed to describe the laws of nature itself.

If Dugu Bo observed closely, he would find that the new patterns on Chen Ming's martial soul bore a slight resemblance to his own Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.

Chen Ming's scorpion tail elongated further, growing from fourteen segments to fifteen, signifying that it had reached the level of a Scorpion Emperor. The tail's structure also subtly changed, becoming more flexible without sacrificing attack power or defense.

Stimulated by the intense energy, Chen Ming's external soul bone also began to evolve. Some poison bypassed the Dragon Core and was absorbed directly by the external soul bone, while some soul power and vitality flowed into the scorpion tail.

A thousand years. Fifteen hundred years. Three thousand years. Five thousand years…

By the time the process was complete, the external soul bone had fully absorbed Dugu Bo's poison, its age skyrocketing past ten thousand years. This breakthrough further strengthened Chen Ming's body.

Half an hour later, Dugu Bo's condition had stabilized completely. His entire aura had changed.

The previously aged face now appeared vibrant, with a youthful glow. His deep green hair showed faint traces of silver at the tips, and the wrinkles on his skin had diminished significantly, making him look years younger.

Sensing the changes in his body, Dugu Bo extended his hand, staring at his palm in disbelief.

"The poison that tormented me for decades… was suppressed just like that? And I even broke through to level 92?"