Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 470: The Star Luo Empire's Seed Player
The day after Blue Tyrant Academy's battle against the Beast Academy, it was Heaven Dou Royal Academy's turn to take the stage. This time, their opponents were the Plant Academy from the Star Luo Empire.

The Plant Academy, like the Five Elements Academy, specializes in one elemental attribute. However, due to its location within the Star Luo Empire and the fact that plant-type martial souls can possess different attributes, it has developed a different path.

Most Soul Masters at the Plant Academy only have two types: Control and Support. In some cases, they can even transform into each other, which is a unique feature of the Plant Academy.

It's unclear which Soul Master families or reclusive sects of the Star Luo Empire supported them, but the Plant Academy's team was of extremely high quality. The captain was a Soul King, and all the members were Soul Masters. In terms of cultivation level, they even surpassed the Star Luo team, which was a force of the Star Luo royal family and supported by the Star Crown Sect.

If it weren't for the fact that the Star Luo team possessed the Netherworld White Tiger martial soul fusion skill, then this year's Plant Academy team would undoubtedly be the strongest team in the Star Luo Empire, and would be a favorite to win the championship in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament under normal circumstances.

Although its captain is 24 years old, which is already close to the age limit of 25 for the competition, and judging from his soul power, he is probably no more than level 53, he is still an extraordinary genius by the standards of the continent.

According to intelligence, the captain of the plant team possesses the Martial Soul of the Fiery Sunflower, a top-tier plant-type Martial Soul that simultaneously possesses the attributes of fire, light, and life.

The unique feature of this martial soul is its ability to borrow the power of the sun, allowing for faster cultivation and higher combat power during the day. It is also a rare offensive-type soul master in the Plant Academy.

During the day, the power unleashed by those blazing flames is in no way inferior to that of a Soul Master with a top-tier fire elemental martial soul. Furthermore, due to its inherently yang and intense nature, it possesses top-tier resistance to abnormal statuses.

The vice-captain of the Plant Academy team possesses a snow lotus as her martial soul, following a path of semi-control, semi-support soul master. She has the power to dispel and heal, as well as the ability to manipulate frost and moonlight.

While most people would likely encounter some problems following this path, it happens to be a very suitable path for the Snow Lotus Martial Soul.

One of them can fight using the power of the blazing sun during the day, while the other can fight using the power of the moon at night. When combined, the strength of one ice and one fire is even greater than when they fight alone, and both of their attributes have a significant advantage against poison.

The greatest characteristic of poison-type soul masters is their ability to win by surprise. Their advantage lies in their surprise, but their problem also lies in this surprise.

When the opponent is unprepared, it's not uncommon for a poison-type soul master to defeat an enemy a level above them. However, if they are anticipated and targeted, it's not impossible for them to be counter-killed by an enemy of a lower level.

Although these two Soul Masters were slightly weaker than Dugu Yan, they were difficult to defeat easily because they were prepared in advance and had extremely high poison resistance.

Because the opponent's soul power cultivation was higher than their own average, and their attributes were also more favorable to them, in order to prevent being caught off guard or revealing too much of their strength, Dugu Yan replaced Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, who were just watching from the sidelines, with her in order to launch a targeted attack.

As Dugu Yan had predicted, the Plant Academy showed clear signs of targeting Dugu Yan's toxin as soon as they entered the arena.

The two support-type Soul Masters unleashed their full power from the start, their pale green and yellow light enveloping the plant team's teammates. This boosted their attributes while simultaneously creating distance between themselves and Dugu Yan, preventing their own fragile bodies from being easily overwhelmed by the poison. Meanwhile, the remaining three control-type Soul Masters desperately isolated the other members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, seizing the opportunity for their captain and vice-captain to launch a suicidal attack on Dugu Yan.

Although the flames of the Sunflower are not as strong as those of a pure fire-attribute top-tier martial soul, it can draw upon the power of the sun. This not only strengthens its own flames but also reduces the consumption of its soul skills and the cooldown of its soul rings.

The Snow Lotus martial soul is inherently endowed with excellent detoxification abilities, and its ice attribute also has a significant suppressive effect on toxins.

Although his soul power level was lower than Dugu Yan's, and he had two fewer black soul rings (a normal Soul Master's fourth ring is purple, while Dugu Yan's is black), he was mainly used for support, occasionally using control abilities. However, he could still suppress the corrosive effects of Dugu Yan's poison on their bodies for a short period of time.

Concealing her soul bone skills for future use, Dugu Yan exerted considerable effort to barely suppress the two. She intended to wait for her teammates' support before taking them down in one fell swoop, but when she turned around, she saw that her teammates were already at a disadvantage. Xiao Wu, with the Fire Dragon Martial Soul, was desperately intercepting one of the opponents with Ning Rongrong's support.

The Plant Academy team has brought in a new member who has never appeared before. He is also a Soul Master, but his Martial Soul is very special. It is the Jade Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flower Martial Soul, which is closely related to Chen Ming.

The Seven Deadly Poisons of the Jade Phosphorus Flower can corrode metal and easily penetrate soul power. It is among the top types of highly poisonous soul beasts. Although its quality as a martial soul is slightly inferior to that of a normal Jade Phosphorus Serpent King, it is not much different. Its toxicity is no less threatening than that of the Jade Phosphorus Serpent King.

Furthermore, as a special plant, the Jade Phosphorous Seven Absolutes Flower has slightly higher fire resistance than ordinary plants, but its weakness is ice. Relying on its Soul Master-level Soul Power, it actually managed to suppress the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team for a time.

Left with no other choice, Dugu Yan had to loosen her grip a bit and used the defensive skill attached to her left leg bone to rush forward. She used her poison at close range to take down the pair of ice and fire controllers, and then turned to deal with the others.

Overall, the battle was a close call, but it piqued Chen Ming's interest quite a bit.

These people all have rather unique martial souls and considerable potential for development. If they are properly nurtured, their future achievements will be remarkable. This is especially true for the male soul master whose martial soul is the Seven Absolute Flowers of Azure Phosphorescence.

I've always wanted to cultivate a team that suits me, and perhaps I can visit the Botanical Academy to select some talent. After all, except for a few extremely special plants, almost all plants have life attributes, and with my current methods, the cost of upgrading plant-type martial souls is much lower than that of upgrading ordinary martial souls.

During his time active in Douluo Continent, he mostly stayed within the Heaven Dou Empire and rarely ventured into the Star Luo Empire. Perhaps if he visited the Star Luo Empire more often in the future, he might find something useful to him.

Take, for example, the Dai family's White Tiger Martial Soul. According to what I know now, it's a true degeneration of the divine beast White Tiger Martial Soul. Although it fell to the top level due to losing its connection with the power of the stars, perhaps with careful study, one can still find some of the splendor of the Four Heavenly Spirits within it.

After all, the God Realm back then had the Four Symbols corresponding to the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. As one of the important cores of the God Realm in the past, who knows if the God of the White Tiger and the God of the Black Tortoise ever left any bloodline or other legacy in this world?

(End of this chapter)