Dugu Bo was extremely confident at this moment.
Spirit Beasts like the Blood Vine had such strong survivability that poison was truly the easiest way to kill them.
"Watch closely. I'll let you witness true poison."
As Dugu Bo spoke, he had already entered his Martial Soul True Body.
"Seventh Spirit Skill, Emerald Phosphorus True Body!"
As soon as his words fell, he underwent a drastic transformation, losing his human form and turning into a giant snake, thirty meters long and as thick as a water vat.
The giant snake charged fiercely towards the 'tree trunk' formed by the main body.
Mid-charge, dark red vines shot out from the surrounding swamp, attempting to entangle him and intercept him mid-air.
However, how could a ten-thousand-year Blood Vine stop a level-91 Titled Douluo?
The Blood Vine's advantage lay in its powerful vitality, allowing it to continuously divide and possess extremely strong life-saving capabilities. But this also caused it to lose much of its offensive capability.
Yes, powerful vitality could give the vines toughness, but the key was it depended on the direction of the vitality's development. Clearly, the Blood Vine wasn't like that; its vine strength wasn't outstanding.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Dozens, even hundreds of vines were all shaken off by a single sweep of the Emerald Phosphorus Snake Emperor's tail, snapping.
The next instant, the Emerald Phosphorus Snake Emperor coiled around the trunk formed by the Blood Vine's main body.
It didn't exert force to constrict and snap the trunk in two; it merely coiled around it without applying pressure, simultaneously biting down on the trunk.
"Sixth Spirit Skill, Emerald Phosphorus Poison Domain!"
Dugu Bo's sixth Spirit Skill instantly spread a large amount of poison around his body, forming a poison domain similar to a true domain.
Clearly, this wasn't a true domain, just poison gas spreading to the surroundings, providing him with a home field advantage.
This Spirit Skill wasn't currently being used to create a home field environment.
The ability to instantly spread the poison domain was compressed by him, rapidly spreading along the Blood Vine's body.
Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!
Countless snapping sounds erupted.
The Blood Vine urgently severed parts of itself, but it was too late; the erosion of the poison far exceeded its expectations.
Dugu Bo bit the trunk, his vertical pupils scanning the surroundings.
Soon, he locks one particular direction.
One location was severed very smoothly. Although the poison was still spreading, because the cut was made quickly, the driving force for the poison's spread was cut off.
Simultaneously, a strand of red light lit up from the root of that particular Blood Vine and rapidly shot into the distance.
Dugu Bo released the trunk, swiftly moved to that specific vine, bit into it again, and injected poison.
The trunk crashed to the ground, having turned into a pool of dark red substance that dissolved into the swamp, dyeing the surrounding mud a deep red.
Su Ming looked in the direction Dugu Bo chased and quickly followed.
When he caught up to Dugu Bo, the elder was already waiting for him, holding the last ball-like object wrapped in Blood Vine.
"This is..."
"This is its backup main body. Kill this, and it's equivalent to killing the entire Blood Vine."
Su Ming understood.
The Blood Vine had one main body, while also being connected to numerous backup main bodies hidden in all directions. Once it encountered an unstoppable crisis, it would abandon the current main body, use its vines to transfer the 'main body' status, and choose one of the backup bodies.
Dugu Bo had used poison to sever the Blood Vine's chance for consecutive transformations; otherwise, this backup body could have continued switching between other backup bodies.
This was also the most difficult aspect of killing a Blood Vine.
While marveling, Su Ming didn't hesitate in the slightest. He grabbed the Blood Vine's backup main body and instantly crushed it.
A powerful surge of Spirit Power instantly permeated the surroundings, enveloping the entire core area of the swamp.
Spirit Power belonging to the Blood Vine emanated from the recently destroyed corpse, rapidly converging above Su Ming's head to form a pitch-black Spirit Ring.
"Fuse."
Su Ming didn't hesitate in the slightest. He sat cross-legged and began guiding the Spirit Ring.
Why hesitate over the Blood Vine's ability?
The Blood Vine was weak; when faced with crisis, it could only try to survive. But its ability to stay alive was truly incredible.
Su Ming couldn't obtain powerful combat strength from the Blood Vine's Spirit Ring, but he could gain a continuous, unending supply.
What is a Spirit Master?
A cultivator who uses Spirit Rings to overcome their shortcomings and enhance their strengths!
A Blood Vine's Spirit Ring couldn't provide combat power, but it could ensure the sustained output of combat power. Short bursts of bursts could become prolonged bursts, or even become the norm. This was the significance of the Blood Vine.
The black Spirit Ring descended onto his body, its powerful Spirit Power impacting his limbs and bones.
But for Su Ming, this was child's play. He accepted it without even furrowing his brow.
"Soul shock is even more insignificant to me!"
Sea of Consciousness.
Su Ming condensed a spiritual body and looked in a certain direction, as if seeing through his own Sea of Consciousness to a mass of deep red remnant soul.
"Purifying Flame!"
He simply waved his hand, and the Sea of Consciousness became covered in a layer of white flame. The deep red remnant soul screamed out the moment it touched the barrier of the Sea of Consciousness.
Without hesitation, Su Ming directly reached out, captured it, pulled it into his Sea of Consciousness, and immediately began to refine it.
What is a Body Martial Spirit?
Which era was the peak of Body Martial Spirits?
Douluo 2?
Or Douluo 3?
At this moment, Su Ming denied all that.
Yes, the current him was relying on future techniques, but so what?
He could now directly state that the Body Sects of Douluo 2 and Douluo 3 were inadequate; they still hadn't explored the most fundamental advantage of the Body Martial Spirit.
"Remnant souls logically cannot be refined, but that's only for ordinary Spirit Masters.""
Outside.
Dugu Bo's pupils contracted as he looked above Su Ming's head, discovering that Su Ming had entered the Martial Soul Second Awakening state. The silvery-white phantom appeared above him.
Then, he saw a wisp of an illusory remnant soul actually appear around the silvery-white phantom and merge into it.
Simultaneously, Little Gold roared and emerged from within Su Ming's body, establishing a connection with the silvery-white phantom.
Su Ming didn't know how much time had passed.
He simply sat cross-legged, circulating his Spirit Power, feeling an unprecedented smoothness.
The ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring felt so clear in his perception.
"Different, it's indeed different!"
"A ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring where the remnant soul is also refined is indeed different from a pure ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring."
The Douluo 2 Su Ming had ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings, so Su Ming certainly knew the feeling of an ordinary one.
Now, his perception was deeper. He felt he could clearly grasp the Spirit Skill within the ring without the slightest barrier.
In plain terms, he could activate the Spirit Skill at full power without the Spirit Ring needing to manifest visibly.
"Perhaps this is a perfect fusion."
This time, using the silvery-white phantom to refine the remnant soul of the ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring had given Su Ming too much inspiration. He was already impatient to find a quiet place and research it properly.
Of course, before that, he should check his gains.
Su Ming opened his eyes and slowly let out a breath.
"How's the Spirit Skill effect?"
Dugu Bo didn't directly ask about the previous phenomenon, only inquiring about the Spirit Skill's situation.
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