Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 445 The Calm Before the Big Event
After leaving the Divine Examination Secret Realm, Chen Ming divided the Drunken Life and Dream Death drink into four parts for Dugu Bo, two parts for Dugu Yan, two parts for himself, and kept two parts for himself.

Dugu Bo had been stuck on enlightenment, but under the refinement of the divine wine, his spirit was further strengthened, propelling him to level ninety-seven through the advancement of his mental power. Dugu Yan, whose original cultivation level was fifty-five, was greatly enhanced by the divine wine. After absorbing it for one night, Dugu Yan was instantly boosted to level fifty-eight.

Although the "Drunken Life, Dreamlike Death" wine enhances spiritual power, it is, after all, a divine wine, and naturally contains a considerable amount of energy. Even just 20% of that energy would be a tremendous amount for a Soul King.

Dugu Yan only absorbed a portion of it; about half is still being slowly absorbed within her body. If she absorbs it all, her strength will likely increase to level sixty.

Furthermore, due to the refinement of the divine wine, his spiritual power even reached 70% of the minimum standard for a Title Douluo—equivalent to 70% of Dugu Bo's level 91.

If he absorbs all the medicinal power, he will probably be on par with Dugu Bo at level 91.

Chen Ming took the remaining 20% ​​back to Biluo City, gave some to his second uncle and grandfather, and the rest to his two nephews who were about to awaken their martial souls, as a way to make up for the deficiency.

Chen Shijie and Chen Tianyun's soul power was already close to 60, and after drinking the divine wine, it immediately increased to the level of a quasi-Soul Emperor, allowing them to obtain their sixth soul ring.

Biluo City has many low- to mid-level poison-attribute soul beasts, but the high-age poison-attribute soul beasts are fewer and of lower quality. Chen Ming thought for a moment and remembered the Illusionary Nether Scorpion in Sunset Forest, which he had once considered as a potential soul ring.

This kind of soul beast is a top-tier soul beast, and it also possesses a highly potent poison with mental attributes; its strength is already quite outstanding. The fact that I didn't choose this kind of soul beast back then was largely due to a series of coincidences.

After thinking for a moment and discussing it with the two, Chen Ming put them into his storage soul tool that could hold living things, and flew back to Sunset Forest, directly entering the Illusionary Scorpion Nest that he had visited before.

The swarm of Illusionary Scorpions, which even the Title Douluo Dugu Bo dared not confront directly, was easily paralyzed by Chen Ming's poison, leaving Chen Shijie and Chen Tianyun to choose between them. In the end, both of them absorbed an Illusionary Scorpion that was around 20,000 to 5,000 years old as their sixth spirit ring.

The normal Soul Emperor's sixth Soul Ring has a maximum age of 20,000 years. It's already quite impressive that Chen Shijie and Chen Tianyun can absorb a Soul Ring of 25,000 years.

Normally, given their talents, neither of them should have ever reached the Soul Emperor level in their lifetime. Chen Shicheng, now in his seventies, is capable of becoming a Soul Emperor and has the potential to become a Soul Saint or Soul Douluo. Chen Tianyun, in his early fifties, has the potential to become a Soul Douluo and even receive a title; all of this was achieved through considerable effort by Chen Ming.

After absorbing the spirit rings, Chen Ming took the two to meet Dugu Bo, chatted for a while, and tried to build a rapport. He then took them to Gengxin City and acquired a bunch of spirit tools to arm them. He equipped each of them with two trigger-activated invincibility shields, almost emptying their reserves of golden crystals; to create more, they would have to return to the Sun Moon Continent.

As for the level 4, 5, and 6 fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells, Chen Ming stuffed them into the two of them as if they were free. He also stuffed a bunch of soul-guided ray guns of various attributes and auxiliary soul-guided devices into the two of them, regardless of whether they would use them or not.

Because Chen Ming knew that things wouldn't be as calm as they had been in recent years. In less than a year, the schemes that had been brewing on the mainland for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years would be unleashed.

If it weren't for the fact that staying by his side would be the most unsafe thing, Chen Ming would have wanted to bring his whole family with him, just in case anything happened to them.

The two asked Chen Ming what he wanted, but Chen Ming couldn't say directly. He could only say that the mainland was likely to be turbulent in the coming years and that they should be on guard. After all, given their strength, saying too much, even about the matter of being a Title Douluo, wouldn't benefit them. After escorting the two back to Biluo City, Chen Ming used a communication method he had never used before to contact the two Title Douluos that Qian Daoliu had arranged to guard the Chen family in Biluo City.

These two are Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo, who appeared in the original work. Although they are not well-known and are not members of the Hall of Offerings, they are both genuine level 95 Super Douluo, and even on the continent, they are among the super strong.

If it weren't for Qian Daoliu's arrangement, these two would never have imagined that they would end up in a godforsaken place like Biluo City to protect a small family.

Chen Ming presented each of the two guardians with a thousand-year-old soul bone and a rare herb with suitable attributes as a gift, entrusting them with the care of their families.

Having received such a generous gift, Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo naturally patted their chests and assured Chen Ming.

Having dealt with everything and minimized his worries, Chen Ming focused on improving his strength.

A few days later, both the first trials of the God of Power and the first trials of the God of Thunder were completed on a double basis. The rewards of first-level soul power and immortal spiritual energy refinement from the original trials were also doubled.

Chen Ming's strength increased by four levels in one go, from the original level 73 to level 77. During the process of being refined by immortal spiritual energy, he took advantage of this rare opportunity to absorb immortal spiritual energy freely, which not only improved his basic attributes but also further strengthened his divine position.

The God of Sin's divine position has grown to a mid-to-high level among third-tier gods, and the God of Plague's divine position has also been elevated to a third-tier god. In addition, Chen Ming has also developed some ideas regarding the condensation of the God of Elements' divine position.

And so, time passed little by little, and before they knew it, it was a month before the start of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

In a training ground atop Haotian Peak, Tang San sat upright on the ground, his brows furrowed as he circulated his soul power.

Compared to a few months ago, Tang San had grown significantly larger. His muscles were now quite defined, though for some reason they appeared somewhat greasy.

During this time, because she discovered that her head was pointed, she had to do some extra styling of her hair. The hair around the edges was shaved off, while the hair in the center was left long. In order to make it less noticeable, this part of her hair was tied into a high ponytail to hide the pointed top of her head.

However, if you look closely, you can actually vaguely see the sharp shape on Tang San's head.

Considering that even in Douluo Continent, a distinctive hairstyle like a high ponytail isn't very common, and that it would attract extra attention when going out, it's really hard to say whether Tang San concealed it well or poorly.

However, no matter what, compared to a few months ago, Tang San has now undergone a complete transformation.

(End of this chapter)