Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor

Watching Chen Ming, who was standing by his side to guard him, Dugu Bo hugged Chen Ming and patted his head with a satisfied smile. He felt that making Chen Ming his grandson-in-law was undoubtedly the best decision he had ever made in his life. In his current state, Dugu Bo believed he could live for at least another hundred or even two hundred years.

After letting Dugu Bo vent for a while, Chen Ming smoothed his messy hair, which had been ruffled and shared his idea of hunting down the Medusa soul beast with him.

Having just broken through to level 95, Dugu Bo was ecstatic upon hearing Chen Ming's plan. He eagerly rubbed his hands together, excited to use Medusa as a test subject to gauge his current strength.

However, despite his excitement, Dugu Bo asked Chen Ming to wait for a while so he could handle some matters first.

His rejuvenation was too obvious, and he needed to explain it to his family; otherwise, it would be quite comedic if they mistook him for a stranger.

After scaring his brother-in-law a little, Dugu Bo snuck into Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and surprised Dugu Yan when she returned to her room. Only after that did he return to his residence and set off with Chen Ming to hunt the soul beast.

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The Medusa's location, as indicated by the world's consciousness, was on an island near the coast. According to the markings given to Chen Ming, the danger level of this Medusa was even higher than other super soul beasts that had surpassed the 100,000-year threshold.

If this weren't the case, Chen Ming, who was now at the Soul King level, wouldn't have needed to bring Dugu Bo along to hunt a soul beast that hadn't yet reached 100,000 years.

With Dugu Bo's strength as a Super Douluo and his venom, which had undergone several transformations, he could even hold his own against some of the weaker members of the Ten Great Savage Beasts (such as the Scarlet King). Against opponents like Bear Lord or Myriad Demon King, he could at least guarantee his escape.

When it came to poison-based soul beasts, Dugu Bo's combat strength was even greater. Not even the Medusa, the snake queen among super soul beasts, with a cultivation base of 100,000 years, could compare with the quality of Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor martial soul.

After breaking through to Super Douluo, Dugu Bo gradually mastered the ability to fly with his soul power. So, despite the remote location of their destination, it took Chen Ming and Dugu Bo only seven or eight days to reach the vicinity after acquiring the ability to fly.

Before beginning their hunt, Chen Ming and Dugu Bo gathered information about the island from the nearest coastal city.

The information came from a local business association affiliated with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Upon seeing Chen Ming's token, the association's leader immediately gathered all the top-ranking members to compile the required information. Within less than an hour, a thick stack of intelligence was delivered to Chen Ming.

The information included maps, ocean currents near the island, records of soul beasts, and various legends about the island. It was remarkably detailed.

From the intelligence, Chen Ming learned that the island, inhabited by Medusa according to the records, was called Soul Snake Island by the locals.

Soul Snake Island wasn't far from the coastal city, but its ocean currents were peculiar. Most of the time, ships couldn't reach the island unless the currents changed under special conditions.

According to accounts from soul masters who had set foot on Soul Snake Island, the island was teeming with poisonous snakes. Thousands upon thousands of venomous snakes inhabited the island's outskirts. While most were only decade-level soul beasts, and century-level ones were a minority, their sheer numbers still deterred intruders.

It was said that a hundred years ago, a flying-type soul master attempted to explore the depths of Soul Snake Island. However, they discovered several venomous soul beasts over 10,000 years old in the island's interior. The leader of these beasts appeared to be a soul beast with the upper body of a human woman, suspected to be the legendary super soul beast, Medusa.

For safety's sake, the flying soul master immediately returned to the city upon discovering the danger and never attempted to explore the island again.

This was the most extensive exploration of Soul Snake Island in the history of the coastal city.

After reviewing the intelligence, Dugu Bo and Chen Ming discussed their plans and then left the coastal city, flying toward Soul Snake Island.

Soul Snake Island was relatively large, about one-fourth the size of Sunset Forest. It had a small ecosystem, but the primary inhabitants seemed to be snake-type soul beasts.

Even the beaches near the sea were home to numerous venomous sea snakes. These unique sea snake soul beasts built nests on the beach and hunted in the ocean.

At a glance, the visible sea snakes alone numbered in the thousands, and the number hidden beneath the sand or hunting in the sea was unknown.

The sheer scale of snake-type soul beasts surprised even Dugu Bo. Though his family's hunting grounds in a canyon were also a haven for snake-type soul beasts, this island seemed far superior.

Stopping their flight near the island's beach, Chen Ming and Dugu Bo began cautiously exploring the island's interior. While they encountered many snake-type soul beasts along the way, most avoided the pair after sensing the faint aura of Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.

During their exploration, they discovered numerous rare snake-type soul beasts, ranging from high-grade to top-tier. Some were so rare that even Dugu Bo had never seen them before, and some appeared to possess the bloodline of super snake-type soul beasts.

Midway through their journey, Dugu Bo even encountered a group of Jade Phosphor Snakes led by a Jade Phosphor Snake King over 30,000 years old. The group included several Jade Phosphor Snakes over 10,000 years old and hundreds at the thousand-year level, with countless decade-level and century-level ones.

Ordinarily, such a powerful snake group, led by a snake king, could survive in the deeper mixed zone near the core regions of the Star Dou Forest. However, on this island, they only occupied a mid-tier position, which was highly unusual.

This anomaly made the duo increasingly cautious as they proceeded further into the island.

As they ventured deeper, Dugu Bo was forced to restrain the aura of his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor because he began to encounter true royal-grade snake soul beasts on the island.

"Scarlet Scaled Snake King, Nether Serpent King, Jade Phosphor Serpent King, a mutated super soul beast—the Three-Headed Nether Python, and a mutated Scarlet Blood Demon Python."

"What kind of place is this? Did we stumble into a Snake Dou Forest?"

Carefully navigating through the territories of these high-level soul beasts, Dugu Bo fell silent.

Typically, royal soul beasts required at least 100,000 years of cultivation. Exceptionally gifted individuals could reach royal status within 70,000 or 80,000 years, but only if there were no other royal soul beasts of the same species suppressing them.

Yet on this island, the snake kings' cultivation seemed to be around 50,000 to 60,000 years, which defied logic.

After all, even a single genius would be rare, let alone an entire group of them. And if there were many geniuses, their cultivation levels wouldn't all be so similar.

However, considering the most illogical being in the world was standing beside him, Dugu Bo decided not to comment further.

Having spent years pursuing soul rings and venomous substances, Dugu Bo had explored the major soul beast forests and encountered many super soul beasts. He had even discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well during his search. But he had never seen such a gathering of top-tier and super soul beasts.

If he had known about this island in his younger years, he might have obtained all his soul rings here. Of course, without the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he might have died from poison exposure.

Normally, royal soul beasts wouldn't tolerate each other's presence. Mutated super soul beasts, though not true royals, were often even stronger. If they gathered, they would inevitably fight until only one remained, with clear territorial boundaries.

Yet on this island, these proud royal and mutated soul beasts lived around the island's core without conflict, even when their territories overlapped.

Something terrifying in the island's depths was suppressing these snake kings and mutants, forcing them to coexist peacefully.