Douluo: From Rusted Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 7 Kill the Blood Dragon and Obtain the First Soul Ring
"Xiao Ji, thank you for your reminder. I was almost dazzled by the wealth in front of me and fell into a deadly situation." Director Lu looked at Ji Wuming with clear eyes and said with great gratitude.

At this time, the sun is high in the sky, making the earth extremely hot. The caves are the best place for these snakes to escape the heat. The blood dragon is the king here, and there are countless hundred-year-old snakes.

If he had rushed in rashly at that time, facing the attack of dozens or even hundreds of snake-like soul beasts and blood dragons, he would have died in an instant.

"Director, this is for you!"

Before Director Lu could react, Ji Wuming had already taken out a bottle of snake blood and some herbs from his clothes.
"Smearing the snake blood and herbs on our clothes will cover up our scent. Then, as long as we're careful when entering the snake cave, there won't be any major problems."

"Carrying snake blood with you???"

Director Lu was filled with doubts when he saw the small bottle of snake blood handed to him, but then he thought, it is not strange to carry something to drive away beasts and conceal the smell when going out hunting.
"Xiao Ji, I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful. That's good."

Then the two of them quickly smeared themselves with snake blood and herbs and walked carefully into the cave. The cave was as dark as ink and there was no end in sight.

"Hiss, hiss——"

The sounds of countless snakes spitting out their venom echoed continuously in the cave, which was very scary. Fortunately, Director Lu's martial soul was a sea viper, and he could see the route forward clearly even in the darkness.

After walking for a distance, a flash of extremely bright golden light appeared at a corner. The two men lay on a huge rock, their two pairs of eyes looking ahead greedily.

Thousands of gold soul coins were piled up into a small hill. In addition, there were some broken weapons and shiny ores on both sides.

"There are really valuable treasures here. There are no less than ten thousand gold soul coins alone, and there are also some minerals that I have never seen before."

At this moment, Director Lu's eyes were firmly fixed on those gold soul coins. On the contrary, those ores and broken weapons had little appeal to him.

At this moment, after seeing those broken weapons, Ji Wuming felt a surge of enthusiasm in his heart. If his guess was correct, there must be one or two soul guides among these broken weapons.
Of these shiny minerals that the Blood Dragon used to decorate the cave, he only knew of two types: Deep Sea Silver Mother and Frost Heart Iron Essence.

"Sure enough, the sea is a huge treasure house. This saying is indeed true."

Just as Ji Wuming was muttering to himself, the blood dragon lying on the hill of gold soul coins suddenly opened its eyes, raised its head and scanned the surroundings.

Suddenly, the dragon's eyes fixed on a huge rock.
"Roar--"

Accompanied by a loud dragon roar, countless snake-like soul beasts in the cave began to respond and crawled towards this place. The blood dragon slowly stood up.

Ji Wuming, who saw this scene, quickly said, "Director Lu, Blood Dragon has discovered us. We must capture the leader first. If we are any later, we may not be able to escape."

"call out--"

A mouthful of blood-red snake venom sprayed directly towards the boulder. Director Lu, who was hiding behind, took Ji Wuming and jumped to a safe place.

"This is an antidote pill, take it quickly." Director Lu immediately threw a small green pill to Ji Wuming, and then rushed towards the blood dragon.
"Second soul skill, Sea Viper Purple Mist."

In an instant, a deep purple poisonous fog radiated outwards to a range of 200 meters from Director Lu. Due to the complex terrain and narrow space in the cave, the purple fog became even thicker.
Some snake-like soul beasts with extremely fast crawling speeds would slow down or even faint directly after encountering the purple mist as long as their cultivation level was less than 100 years. The blood dragon, trapped in the dense purple mist, although its vision was obscured, had an extremely sensitive sense of smell. It spit out its snake tongue and carefully sensed the enemy's breath.
"Third soul skill, viper scale thorn!"

The purple soul ring under Director Lu's feet rose, and the viper scales on his back suddenly exploded, forming a series of sharp cones, which suddenly slammed towards the blood dragon in front.
"call out--"

The blood dragon had extremely sharp hearing, so it immediately moved quickly and swung its tail and body to resist. At the critical moment, Director Lu seized the opportunity and took advantage of the gap to jump onto the blood dragon's back.

"As the saying goes, a snake must be struck at its weakest point. Even a mutant like you cannot escape this weakness."

"First Soul Skill, Snake Needle!"

The sea viper's tail transformed into an extremely sharp black snake needle, with thick black mist spreading around it. With one needle, it broke through the blood dragon's scales and pierced into its seven inches.
"Roar--"

The wailing sound like a snake's roar resounded throughout the cave, and Ji Wuming showed a happy expression.
"Is this the effect of having similar attributes and mastering the spirit ring?"

Because the Blood Dragon was exactly the soul ring that Ji Wuming needed, Director Lu did not completely pierce the Blood Dragon's heart. He dragged the dying Blood Dragon and slowly walked to Ji Wuming from the purple mist in front.
"boom--"

Director Lu dropped the dragon tail, shook off the mucus on his hands, and said to Ji Wuming with great ease,
"Xiao Ji, this mutant snake is yours. Give it another slash at its vital point, and the spirit ring will appear."

"Thank you, Director." Ji Wuming pulled out the blood spear from his back, stepped on the back of the blood dragon, pointed the spear downwards, held the spear handle tightly with both hands, and suddenly thrust it with great excitement.
The blood dragon's eyes widened, and as its heart stopped beating, it was completely dead. A deep yellow soul ring appeared around the blood dragon's body.

Director Lu looked around and saw no powerful soul beasts attacking. He said again,
"Xiao Ji, don't worry about absorbing the spirit ring. I'll be by your side to protect you. It will take some time for the purple mist to dissipate. This is the best outer layer of protection. But do you really want to absorb this blood dragon spirit ring that is about to reach 630 years old?"

"Director, I never do anything without confidence. This spirit ring age is perfect for me."

Ji Wuming sat cross-legged, adjusted his aura, and used his soul power to pull the soul rings around him. An extremely huge soul power began to flow into his body, overbearing and incomparable.

"Could this be the energy tide brought about by the mutants who have gained a trace of dragon blood?"

Although there is no soul shock when absorbing a hundred-year soul ring, the energy contained in the soul ring must be borne by the human body. The older the soul ring is, the more energy it contains. No wonder an ordinary person's first soul ring cannot reach the thousand-year level.

"Hold on, you must hold on for me!"

Ji Wuming's belief in holding on became extremely firm, and Director Lu, who was outside, couldn't help but worry for him when he saw the painful expression on his face when he absorbed the soul ring.

Fortunately, half a day later, when it was already dusk, Ji Wuming's expression gradually softened, and the spirit ring was completely locked on the blood spear spirit.
At this moment, the Blood Spear Martial Soul had undergone further changes. The blood mist around the Blood Spear became deeper, and the entire spear seemed to have been reborn, with a harder texture.

Even the patterns carved on the spear handle were clearly visible, and the rust on the spear tip had turned into bright red and had spread over an area larger than one finger.

Ji Wuming slowly opened his eyes, feeling the changes in his body, and was particularly excited.

"Xiao Ji, your soul power has increased by several levels. What is your first soul skill?" Director Lu, who was standing aside, asked with great curiosity.

(End of this chapter)