Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 48 Azure Phosphorus Serpent

Yang Ping'an and Long Gong talked a lot outside, while Snake Granny accompanied Meng Yiran to take whale glue.

After waiting for a full day, the four of them reunited and prepared to start helping Meng Yiran search for a soul ring.

The Dragon Lord and the Snake Lady carefully examined Meng Yiran's body. Her physical strength and endurance were indeed much better than before she took the whale glue, and even her soul power was significantly stronger. It was probably because she had hit a bottleneck that she had not been able to increase her soul power level.

After taking whale gelatin, Meng Yiran felt that she had become more charming, and even her skin had become a little fairer.

Yang Ping'an had spent a considerable amount of time in the Star Dou Great Forest, so he had no choice but to act as a guide, following Dragon Duke and Snake Granny to search for soul beasts.

However, according to everyone's current plan, the original limit for the third spirit ring was about 1,700 years. But with Meng Yiran's current physical strength, she is probably able to absorb spirit beasts within 2,500 years. After all, even the thousand-year whale glue can increase the absorption limit of the spirit ring by 500 years. Given Meng Yiran's family background and the importance that the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny attach to her, they will naturally give her top-grade whale glue.

After searching for a while, the group did encounter some soul beasts that were very suitable for Meng Yiran, but their age was generally not quite right.

The four even saw the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent from the original story, but this serpent was only about 1,500 years old, which everyone thought was a bit too young.

At this moment, Meng Yiran suddenly spoke up: "Yang Ping'an, what kind of spirit beast is your third spirit ring? How old is it?"

After a moment of hesitation, Yang Ping'an finally spoke: "My third spirit ring is a bear-type spirit beast, which should be a Crimson Gold Demon Bear, and its age should be around 2,500 years."

"The soul beast you chose is way too old. No wonder you were able to increase your soul power by two levels. I wish I had taken whale glue since I was a child."

When Meng Yiran said this, she looked regretful, as if she had missed a great opportunity.

The other three just twitched their lips upon hearing this, but didn't say anything more.

After searching for a while, the four of them finally found a very good soul beast, a Jade Phosphorous Serpent that was about two thousand years old, which was very suitable for Meng Yiran's Serpent Staff Martial Soul.

In fact, Long Gong and Yang Ping'an had already discussed it. Originally, Long Gong felt that Meng Yiran's martial soul was very suitable for snake-type soul beasts or spider-type soul beasts, or other highly venomous soul beasts.

However, based on his previous encounters with Meng Yiran and his research on the Serpent Staff Martial Soul, Yang Ping'an suggested that Long Gong should allow Meng Yiran to absorb all snake-type soul beasts, and it would be even better if there were dragon-type soul beasts as well.

In particular, after listening to Yang Ping'an's analysis, the Dragon God and Snake Goddess also strongly agreed with his point of view.

The Azure Phosphorus Serpent can be considered the pinnacle of snake-type soul beasts. It is an excellent soul beast, basically invincible among its peers. Both its poison attribute and physical strength are very good. Especially when the Azure Phosphorus Serpent reaches 50,000 years of age, it can basically evolve into the Azure Phosphorus Serpent Emperor, which is the pinnacle of soul beasts.

However, this Jade Phosphorous Serpent was very cunning. Although it had already been injured by the Dragon King, it was still able to play dead, preparing to launch an attack at the opportune moment.

Just then, a huge roar seemed to come from the Star Dou Great Forest. This roar contained boundless power, which probably only a soul beast with extremely high age could do.

The Azure Phosphorus Serpent seized the moment to escape, its speed as fast as lightning, especially in the forest where it was adept at camouflage.

Seeing this, the Dragon Lord and the Snake Lady decided to split up and pursue the snake. The Snake Lady took Meng Yiran and Yang Ping'an to find the green-scaled snake, while the Dragon Lord wanted to find the source of the loud roar.

Yang Ping'an's heart suddenly skipped a beat: things in this world can't be that coincidental, right? If the Dragon Lord and the Snake Lady were separated, wouldn't they run into Tang San and his group again, just like in the original story? Moreover, the Jade Phosphorous Snake is very suitable for Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.

Thinking of this, Yang Ping'an quickly stopped Long Gong: "Dean, the soul beast that roared loudly just now looks very unusual. It might be a 100,000-year soul beast. Only a Title Douluo can probably gain an advantage against a soul beast of this level. Right now, the key is still Miss Meng Yiran's soul ring. If you and Senior Snake Granny are separated, it will be troublesome if you encounter a 100,000-year soul beast."

Upon hearing this, Dragon Lord seemed to ponder. Dragon Lord and Snake Granny only possessed the combat power of a Title Douluo when they were together; they indeed could not be separated.

In the following days, the Dragon King and the Snake Queen led the pursuit of the Azure Phosphorous Serpent. Even though it was incredibly fast and extremely good at hiding, it was captured again in just half a day.

This time, the Dragon Lord and the Snake Lady were not careless at all. They severely injured the Azure Phosphorous Snake and were just waiting for Meng Yiran to kill it.

Just then, there seemed to be other noises. Someone quickly arrived near the Jade Phosphorous Serpent. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that these people were Tang San and his group.

Tang San was overjoyed to see the heavily injured Jade Phosphorous Serpent. Even he himself was not confident in killing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, given its strength and age. Moreover, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent was one of the spirit rings he most desired to obtain.

However, the Azure Phosphorous Serpent in front of them had obviously been subdued by the Dragon Lord and Snake Lady's group, making it a real pity that such a rare and precious soul ring could not be obtained.

However, the Dragon Lord's expression was very unfriendly: "Children, my granddaughter is about to absorb a soul ring, please leave here immediately."

Tang San carefully observed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent for a while before suddenly speaking: "Senior, please wait a moment. I'm afraid you can't absorb this Jade Phosphorous Serpent. I carefully examined its length, and it's probably over two thousand years old. The normal lifespan for a Soul Master to absorb their third Soul Ring is one thousand seven hundred and sixty years, which is already beyond your granddaughter's physical limits."

Long Gong merely snorted coldly: "I have seen countless soul beasts, so I naturally know the age of this Azure Phosphorous Serpent. If I wasn't confident, I wouldn't have let my granddaughter absorb it. You don't need to worry about such trivial matters."

Tang San immediately became a little anxious: "Senior, I'm only thinking about your granddaughter's safety."

The Dragon and Snake couple had spent most of their lives in the world of Soul Masters, so they naturally understood Tang San's little scheme. They probably also had their eyes on this Jade Scale Snake, and their interruption was likely just for their own benefit.

Upon hearing this, the Snake Granny let out a strange laugh: "Little friend, didn't your parents teach you that it's best not to covet other people's soul beasts in the Soul Beast Forest, or you'll easily invite trouble?"

Snake Granny herself is a Soul Emperor level powerhouse, someone that Tang San, a Soul Venerable, cannot face, especially now that they are in the Star Dou Great Forest, where people will not show mercy to each other as they do in the academy.

(End of this chapter)