Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor

While meditating, Chen Ming instinctively flicked his scorpion tail, feeling that his external soul bone was now ten times stronger compared to before. As his consciousness delved deeper, the growth of the external soul bone appeared vividly in his mind.

Due to the evolution of the external soul bone by absorbing Dugu Bo's essence, Chen Ming's soul bone now carries traces of Dugu Bo's laws.

Through these laws and Dugu Bo's essence, Chen Ming could mold a spirit ability for his external soul bone.

"Why does this sound like Dugu Bo turned into a soul beast?" Chen Ming muttered inwardly but didn't stop his actions.

Joking aside, crafting a spirit ability by hand was an incredible capability, one far beyond expectations. Even with his special advantage, under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have the qualifications to create a spirit ability until reaching around Soul Sage level.

This time, however, with Dugu Bo's essence and the laws from his martial soul, Chen Ming was granted the rare opportunity to experience this prematurely.

The power of the spirit ability was secondary; in fact, whether he could even create one didn't matter much. What was important was the process itself, which could greatly enhance his future cultivation and deepen his understanding of his special ability.

Dugu Bo's essence was primarily composed of the Jade Phosphor Serpent's poison, along with a uniquely high-quality attribute power.

Although this power seemed poisonous on the surface, it felt slightly different. Regardless, its quality was extraordinarily high, occupying a significant portion of the essence, second only to the Jade Phosphor Serpent King's essence.

Considering that the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emeror's essence had accumulated and grown alongside Dugu Bo's cultivation as a Titled Douluo, this unique power might even be slightly superior in quality.

"This is it," Chen Ming resolved, choosing this portion of the essence as the core to engrave a spirit ability onto his external soul bone.

I don't lack group attacks right now. What I'm missing is a single-target explosive ability. The Poison Cloud technique is ineffective against soul masters of a higher level within a short time, and Poison Explosion is so powerful that I might end up killing myself with it.

When traveling, I need a reliable ability that works in any situation. Even something as basic as Blue Silver Bind would be better than no bind at all.

In terms of range, I need something usable at both long and short distances, with quick activation and fierce explosiveness.

"Then…" Chen Ming thought of the Special Beam Cannon from Dragon Ball and had an idea.

The spirit ability should focus on a concentrated beam of soul power, ensuring the ultimate single-target output.

However, it shouldn't be too extreme and limited to a single attack. With abilities like invulnerability and teleportation abundant in the Douluo Continent, it'd be easily countered. So, it needs two modes: low-cost, continuous fire and a high-cost, one-time burst.

The process of crafting the spirit ability was difficult to put into words. At first, Chen Ming actively etched the ability.

But as the general outline of the ability was completed, he became a passive participant, merely following the laws flowing from the heavens and engraving them onto the external soul bone. Even he wasn't entirely clear about the specific capabilities of the ability at this stage.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the spirit ability crafted by Chen Ming and acknowledged by the heavens was completed.

Destructive Death Ray?

Its effect is… gathering soul power into the scorpion's tail, then converting it into a beam of light fired from the tip. Targets hit by the soul power beam are petrified, and the light can then shatter the petrified targets.

Isn't this a variant of Dugu Bo's eighth spirit ability? Could it be that this originates from the Queen of Serpents, Medusa?

Chen Ming pondered, inwardly musing about the situation.

I thought it was the essence of the soul beast Dugu Bo acquired for his ninth spirit ability, but it turns out to be from his eighth. Should I praise Medusa's incredibly high quality or criticize Dugu Bo's ninth soul ring for being so lackluster?"

If his ninth soul ring's quality and age were even half-decent, it wouldn't be overshadowed by Medusa's eighth soul ring. Even if Dugu Bo also had a head soul bone from Medusa, it's still embarrassing.

This ability feels a bit awkward—petrification and destruction combined. It's not pure enough to excel at either.

That said, the ability is interesting.

The essence came from Medusa but was extracted using Dugu Bo's power, resulting in a spirit ability unrelated to venom or requiring poison soul power. Instead, it's purely a neutral transformation of soul power."

It seems to have significant research potential…

Chen Ming thought but wasn't in a rush to explore it.

At this moment, he had already absorbed and processed nearly everything gained from treating Dugu Bo. There was nothing urgent to address for now.

There was plenty of time in the future, especially with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well being far more valuable. There was no need to dive into this issue now to find answers.

Moreover, while this spirit ability originated from Medusa, it also came from Dugu Bo. If needed, he could study Dugu Bo directly or have Dugu Bo capture Medusa for research. That would be far more efficient than blindly exploring it himself.

Chen Ming opened his eyes, only to see Dugu Bo, so nervous he could barely breathe.

"Grandpa Dugu, what's wrong?"

"No, no, it's nothing, Xiao Ming," Dugu Bo said warmly, his gaze at Chen Ming as doting as if he were looking at his granddaughter. Although Chen Ming seemed perfectly fine, brimming with energy, Dugu Bo still asked worriedly.

"Are you feeling okay? Did anything just now hurt you?"

"I'm fine. During the process of calming your soul power, I also absorbed a portion of Grandpa Dugu's poison. As a poison-type soul master, that small amount of poison is very beneficial to me. I feel great now," Chen Ming explained.

"What?" Dugu Bo grew anxious.

His concern wasn't about Chen Ming absorbing some of his soul power but rather that his uncontrollable poison might leave hidden dangers in Chen Ming's body.

"Xiao Ming, that poison is beyond even my control. What if it causes harm to you? Let me examine you immediately."

"I'm fine," Chen Ming said, extending his scorpion tail.

"See, I'm perfectly fine. When I absorbed my second soul ring, I also got an external tail soul bone from the Emerald Scorpion. I just used it to absorb the remaining poison. Now the soul bone has even grown to ten-thousand-year grade."

At this moment, Dugu Bo no longer wanted to complain about how the poison that troubled him for decades seemed solvable by any random means. Seeing that Chen Ming was unharmed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.