Douluo: Martial Soul Research Diary

Chapter 229 The Master is Poisoned
The next day, in the Starry Sky Forest.

The two followed the Fifth Elder of the Haotian Sect and once again arrived deep in the vast forest.

The soft grass underfoot made a rustling sound.

"According to the original plan, the first spirit ring on the Clear Sky Hammer will be the Human-Faced Demon Spider King, which is over 50,000 years old. It will help you reactivate the Eight Spider Lances!"

Yu Xiaogang cautiously scanned every area around him, trying to sense the impending danger in advance, but his actions were futile.

Because his perception is weak, it is neither as good as Tang San's Purple Demon Eye, nor as good as a Title Douluo with mental detection.

"Yes, Master!"

Tang San had a hidden weapon, a kind of mechanical weapon, concealed in his fingertips.

It was a hidden weapon that had been meticulously crafted some time ago, the Peacock Feather, one of the three pinnacles of mechanical weapons from the Tang Clan of my previous life.

"Fifth Elder," Tang San said, gripping his hidden weapon, "help me find the 50,000-year-old Human-Faced Demon Spider King."

The Fifth Elder shook his head: "The Emperor is the highest leader of the clan, and can only be born from a soul beast that is 100,000 years old."

A little knowledge is extremely valuable to ordinary people, but it is common sense within the three categories above.

"The Human-Faced Spider King must be a 100,000-year-old soul beast. Even though I am already a Title Douluo, I am not necessarily able to defeat such a highly poisonous 100,000-year-old soul beast."

"There's even a considerable chance they'll perish!"

The sect leader did instruct me to help Tang San hunt for spirit rings, but only on the condition that it did not involve any danger to his life.

He would absolutely not agree to let himself hunt a 100,000-year-old soul beast, especially one as highly dangerous and venomous as this.

"Really?" Tang San questioned.

Yu Xiaogang patted Tang San on the shoulder and leaned close to his ear: "It's only human nature to be afraid of death."

“It’s normal for a coward to come up with strange excuses when he doesn’t dare to face a 50,000-year-old soul beast.”

"I see!" Tang San nodded with a smile.

He did not doubt the master's words, but instead looked directly at the Fifth Elder and silently labeled him as "a coward who fears death".

Yu Xiaogang's whisper could not escape the ears of a Title Douluo, and the Fifth Elder's face darkened.

"ridiculous!"

When Yu Xiaogang was educating the sect's disciples before, he didn't think this good-for-nothing was that disgusting. But now that it involves himself, this sarcastic tone is really infuriating!
The reason why a Title Douluo is a Title Douluo is that they can disregard some of the rules.

The Fifth Elder was unwilling to compromise himself.

He waved his robes and pointed ahead: "Look over there!"

As the robe fluttered, a small amount of soul power was released, and the corner of it struck Yu Xiaogang's cheek with a "smack".

The master was knocked to the ground by a crisp force, and a clear red mark rose on his face.

"What are you doing?" the master asked angrily.

"I've just spotted my target. As for you..."

The Fifth Elder shook his head and chuckled: "Don't blame anyone else, it's just that you're too useless and can't take a beating."

The master was humiliated, and the disciple was disgraced. Tang San, feeling the same way, angrily rebuked, "Damn it!"

Such high-sounding words coupled with such despicable actions are truly the behavior of a petty person!

Since the Fifth Elder was a teammate at this moment, and Tang San still needed to rely on him to hunt soul beasts, he did not judge that the Fifth Elder had a way to kill himself.

"Once I return to the sect, I will report everything that happened to the sect leader!"

Tang San's expression was somber, and his tone carried a hint of threat.

"Heh, do as you please!" the Fifth Elder scoffed.

He himself is a titled Douluo.

He never took Tang San's threat to heart, turning his gaze forward to the spot his finger had pointed to:
"Two kilometers away, there is a human-faced spider king, which is over 50,000 years old."

Yu Xiaogang stepped forward: "It's seventy thousand years!"

Using the family's method of identifying spirit beasts, they analyzed the true age of the spirit beasts and then stood out to demonstrate their knowledge.

Facing the gazes of his apprentice and the Fifth Elder, Yu Xiaogang proudly raised his head, displaying a confident smile.

"Fifth Elder, let's first check if this soul beast has any offspring."

Tang San clearly had considerable experience in using his offspring to coerce soul beasts into sacrifice. Upon hearing this, the Fifth Elder nodded in agreement.

"Meteor radiation, mountains collapse before them!"

Among the Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian, the Soul Skill of Collapse was suddenly unleashed.

The enormous Haotian Hammer was summoned, carrying immense power, crashing down upon the Human-Faced Demon Spider King with the force of an avalanche.

The Haotian Hammer possessed a powerful and intimidating aura that made it impossible to dodge; it could only take the attack head-on.

“Swoosh!”, “Swoosh!”

Two streams of venom shot towards Tang San and Yu Xiaogang respectively.

The nine spirit rings on the Clear Sky Hammer of the Title Douluo are so dazzling, so his hunting for me is not for himself, but must be for the two juniors.

There's no point in hunting for spirit rings if Tang San and Yu Xiaogang are killed.

"Ghostly!"

Tang San moved with illusory steps, his figure flashing as he dodged the venom's attack.

Blue silver grass!
The martial spirit was summoned in an instant, attempting to entangle the master's body and carry him away.

"Ah!" In the end, it was too late.

The inability to use distraction control methods means that synchronous operation is not possible.

Tang San used Ghost Shadow Steps to evade the poison attack, so he naturally couldn't control his own martial soul.

A large gash was corroded in his waist by the venom condensed by the Human-Faced Spider King. Yu Xiaogang tried to reach out and press on the injury, but when his fingers touched the venom, he screamed in agony again.

"Master!" Tang San rushed forward anxiously.

Instinctively, it wanted to unleash the Eight Spider Lances to absorb the venom from the master's body, but the Eight Spider Lances had already shattered and disintegrated, and it couldn't even maintain a decent shape.

What to do, what to do, what to do?
Herbs, not prepared.

There is no antidote!
No healing Soul Masters!
"wrong!"

Tang San suddenly realized something, and his eyes lit up: "I have a healing soul skill!"

The first spirit ring of Blue Silver Grass was taken from a thousand-year-old begonia flower, and its light suddenly burst forth as the spirit ring flashed.

The Thousand-Year Begonia Flower Soul Ring already possesses considerable healing power.

The master's rotting waist was slowly repaired by the soul power of the begonia flower, and from the outside, there was not even any flaw to be found.

However, Han Tao had previously conducted research and found that crabapple blossoms and fluorescent grass are different; crabapple blossoms do not have the effect of microscopic treatment.

The crabapple blossom is neither the Seven Star Crabapple nor the Nine Heart Crabapple; this is not only a difference in age, but also a leap in grade and quality.

Moreover, before Ye Lingling and Han Tao's theoretical transaction, the Nine Heart Begonia could not achieve microscopic treatment, let alone Tang San's Thousand-Year Begonia Flower.

"Completely useless!"

Tang San was no fool; of course he knew the drawbacks of using the crabapple flower for treatment.

When Ye Lingling treated him, she didn't treat the microscopic aspects; she only repaired the surface of the Soul Master.

"I possess the Mysterious Heaven Technique, and I have innate soul power!"

Its innate soul power is unique.

He channeled his innate soul power into his master's body to repair the meridians, nerves, and various tissue units destroyed by the demon spider's venom.

but
Unlike healing spirit skills, innate spirit power is consumed!

For example, when a solitary bamboo breaks through a hundred years and condenses the "bamboo joint structure," its innate power has already been exhausted.

Innate soul power can indeed repair a soul master's meridians.
Expanding the meridians with soul power can increase meridian talent, but it can also damage the meridians.

Consuming innate soul power repairs damaged meridians, ensuring that cultivation talent only increases and never decreases;

When one's innate soul power is exhausted, one's cultivation talent may increase or decrease simultaneously.

Following this reasoning, when the meridians are damaged to a certain extent...
When a Soul Master practices meditation, the Soul Power lost due to broken meridians can even exceed the Soul Power gained through cultivation.

The more one cultivates, the less soul power one has—this is the reality for the vast majority of soul masters.

(End of this chapter)