"The Blood Vine can enhance your sustained combat capability and recovery ability."
"Of course, if you still want to continue stacking the offensive methods of a Beast Martial Soul, we can also choose a different Spirit Beast."
Su Ming felt Dugu Bo's analysis was correct. "Let's go with the Blood Vine. I've now condensed qi and blood force; perhaps I can also gain some enhancement from the Blood Vine."
Qi and blood force?
That's right.
Dugu Bo truly hadn't considered this aspect.
Since Su Ming didn't refuse, he searched with great effort, recalling the Blood Vine's location and leading Su Ming through the depths of the Sunset Forest.
Along the way, they did observe other Spirit Beasts. There were several types suitable for Su Ming, but unfortunately, their age wasn't appropriate—either too low, not reaching ten-thousand years, or too high, with cultivation levels of twenty or thirty thousand years.
It's worth mentioning that Su Ming encountered a ten-thousand-year Earth-Spider. If Dugu Bo hadn't Soul Possessed and severely injured it with his powerful strength, that Earth-Spider would have kept following the two.
The Earth-Spider is very peculiar. It ranks high among spider-type Spirit Beasts, but it doesn't rely on poison as its means of attack, instead winning through tactics.
That's right, tactics.
The Earth-Spider's webs are extremely strong and tough, and the mucus attached to the webs also possesses powerful adhesive capabilities. Relying on its webs, the Earth-Spider can generally trap opponents much stronger than itself.
Apart from its webs, what it excels at most is burrowing. It can move rapidly underground, creating traps to achieve its goal of hunting prey.
Some greedy Earth-Spiders, flaunting their superior intelligence, will scheme against higher-aged Spirit Beasts, preying on them to grow quickly.
"This ten-thousand-year Earth-Spider is probably just past the ten-thousand-year mark. Its intelligence increased, and it became arrogant. The deterrent force of me, a dignified Titled Douluo, couldn't even scare it away."
Dugu Bo retracted his Martial Soul, watching the Earth-Spider flee in panic, and did not pursue it.
"A pity the Earth-Spider isn't suitable for you. Otherwise, given the quality of this Earth-Spider, it would definitely be a good Spirit Ring."
Su Ming didn't argue.
If it were a Human-Faced Demon Spider, he might have been tempted on a whim, to see if his luck would explode and grant him an Eight Spider Lance.
But since it's an Earth-Spider, then forget it.
Of course, this was just a thought.
The Human-Faced Demon Spider capable of producing the Eight Spider Lance is in the Great Star Dou Forest, and its age is also extremely low, not meeting Su Ming's requirements.
The two arrived at a swamp.
Dugu Bo pointed deep into the swamp.
"I can sense it. The Blood Vine is deep in the swamp ahead."
Su Ming looked around and noticed a large number of small Spirit Beasts living in the swamp. A moment of carelessness could easily lead to an ambush.
Seeing this, Dugu Bo released his dark green Spirit Power, clearing a path ahead.
"With my poison present, these Spirit Beasts won't dare approach."
Whoosh!
A sharp spike flew from an unknown direction.
Dugu Bo's gaze turned cold as he looked over.
A snake tail appeared behind him, sweeping past in front of Su Ming and knocking the spike away.
Su Ming looked at the spike and drew a sharp breath.
The spike was as large as his forearm, its tip exceptionally sharp, and the entire spike actually had a metallic sheen.
He swiftly looked in the direction the spike came from.
"It's a Metagross! Senior, catch it!" Su Ming said rapidly. "A secretion inside the Metagross can significantly alter the internal structure of metal. If we can capture it alive and continuously extract that secretion, my forging efficiency could increase by at least thirty percent."
Dugu Bo, who initially didn't care, vanished from Su Ming's side the next instant after hearing his words.
On the opposite side, a huge monster, seemingly composed of metal, was rapidly retreating.
It had sensed the terrifying fluctuations emanating from Dugu Bo.
If only it hadn't been so reckless.
As this thought flashed through its mind, the Metagross lost consciousness, turning into a statue.
"Hmph, had to be trigger-happy. A mere six-thousand-year Spirit Beast, where did it get the courage to attack me?"
Dugu Bo stepped forward, patted the petrified Metagross, hoisted it onto his shoulder, and placed it in a suitable spot.
"This Metagross is only six thousand years old. The petrification effect from my full-power activation should last at least ten days."
Su Ming arrived at this moment, carefully observing the Metagross, a trace of admiration flashing in his eyes.
"I never expected to encounter a Metagross here."
Metagross aren't common Spirit Beasts; they are scarce. Most Spirit Beast habitats don't have this type of Spirit Beast. They probably only exist in places like the Sunset Forest, the Great Star Dou Forest, and the Savage Beast Mountain Range.
The Metagross isn't actually composed of metal; it's just able to mobilize metal elements. During its growth, it also likes to convert the various metals it collects into metal elements, attaching them to its body. Over time, it becomes a lump of iron.
Its interior isn't actually metal.
"I didn't realize it until you mentioned it. The Metagross's ability is indeed suitable for the forging system. I estimate Spirit Masters will definitely make this connection in the future. I wonder if the already scarce Metagross will go directly extinct."
Will they go extinct?
Not a big problem.
"As long as this Metagross doesn't die, the Metagross species won't go extinct."
Su Ming didn't plan to drain the pond to get the fish; capturing this Metagross was only for sustainable development.
As for other Spirit Masters hunting Metagross to collect their body materials, or wanting to obtain corresponding Spirit Skills from their Spirit Rings, it ultimately has nothing to do with Su Ming.
The development of the Spirit Master world can't just stop. Whether some Spirit Beasts go extinct or not isn't something he can decide.
Spirit Beasts have their own survival-of-the-fittest mechanism internally, which has led to the extinction of who knows how many rare Spirit Beasts. What does it matter if Spirit Beast extinctions are caused by changes in the Spirit Master world?
Being overly Our Lady of Hearts will only make one a clown.
Deep within the swamp.
A dark red giant tree stood tall.
Looking closely, it wasn't a tree, but a winding vine, piled together to form a tree-like shape.
The vine as a whole was dark red, with very distinct bright red veins. Occasionally, red light flowed through these veins.
All around the giant tree, extending in all directions, were dark red vines, dyeing the entire surrounding area a deep red.
Su Ming and Dugu Bo arrived not far away.
"Look, this is the Blood Vine." Dugu Bo pointed at a vine not far from their feet and said, "The Blood Vine's split ability is extremely powerful. Often, the area a single Blood Vine can influence is very extensive, far exceeding that of Spirit Beasts of the same level. The vines split by this ten-thousand-year Blood Vine probably cover an area of three square kilometers."
"Precisely because of this, the Blood Vine's vitality is exceptionally tenacious. If even a few of its vines are missed, it will likely escape."
Su Ming asked, puzzled, "Then how do you kill this kind of Spirit Beast?"
His knowledge of Spirit Beasts was truly not as good as Dugu Bo's.
"Using the method I excel at most."
The method you excel at most?
Su Ming looked at Dugu Bo and realized something.
Poison!
"The Blood Vine has a vast number of vines. The flow of energy substances within the vines is very rapid. Look at those vines; every time red light flows inside, that's one circulation cycle."
"As long as poison is integrated into its blood, it can be killed."
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