Chapter 80: Blue Silver Snake Bind

Tang San walked up to the corpse of the Mandrake Snake, his eyes blazing: "Zhuge Divine Crossbow's single shot worked, killing this roughly 1,500‑year‑old Mandrake Snake, truly living up to my expectations. However, this snake only has a 1,500‑year cultivation, still inferior to Oscar's Phoenix‑tail Rooster Comb Snake. Still, the Mandrake Snake suits me well, so I'll just absorb its Soul Ring!"

Yu Tianyun watched Tang San truly about to absorb the Soul Ring of the Mandrake Snake before him, a playful glint in his eyes. To him, absorbing a foreign‑type Soul Ring was no novelty.

Like himself, although his martial soul is a Beast, his first Soul Ring is of the plant type, which fits him well and granted him a very practical augmenting soul skill. And Ning Rongrong—her martial soul is of the gemstone type, yet the Douluo Continent has no stone‑spirit Soul Beasts.

Therefore, absorbing a foreign Soul Ring isn't impossible; the key is whether it matches and can enhance the martial soul's traits.

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass absorbing an animal Soul Ring is not objectionable, but can the poisonous Mandrake Snake truly boost the Blue Silver Grass martial soul's attributes?

Blue Silver Grass has nothing to do with poison; if it were a Ghost Vine martial soul, then absorbing the Mandrake Snake's Soul Ring would be extremely fitting.

But his is the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, whose trait is endless vitality, as can be seen from Ah Yin! Healing plus control is the proper path for this martial soul.

Tang Hao didn't care, or rather Tang Hao simply looked down on Ah Yin's martial soul, treating it only as an early‑stage transitional tool. Like Tang San, adding a poison attribute to the Blue Silver Emperor contaminates the Blue Silver Emperor's martial soul origin, making future cultivation of the Blue Silver Emperor increasingly difficult.

After breaking through Title Douluo, especially after surpassing Super Douluo, each level increase triggers martial soul evolution.

Adding the wrong attribute, forget martial soul evolution; attempting a breakthrough would likely be impossible.

It seems Tang Hao's head is filled only with muscle, lacking any high‑level Soul Master knowledge.

Yu Xiao Gang is merely limited by his strength and doesn't understand high‑rank Soul Masters, while Tang Hao is simply stupid! Given Tang San's current addition of poison to the Blue Silver Emperor, his Blue Silver Emperor can at best cultivate to Soul King level, and that's it; even switching to Haotian Hammer would be extremely difficult.

It turns out the soul power of Blue Silver Grass is highly inclusive; it can coexist with Haotian Hammer cultivation, but Tang San's addition of poison contaminates the origin, causing a clash with Haotian Hammer's domineering soul power, resulting in an extra foreign soul power inside the body—just like an injured Linghu Chong?

Nevertheless, Tang San's luck is undeniably great; not only does the Blue Silver King purify his bloodline, but the Sea God also helps him reshape his foundation, allowing continued advancement after Title Douluo—otherwise his cultivation path would have been cut off long ago.

Seeing Tang San's cultivation path become increasingly difficult, Yu Tianyun was naturally pleased, even planning to add fuel—such as killing the Blue Silver King early, or snatching the Hanhai Qiankun Dome. While Yu Tianyun's mind raced, Tang San turned to the group and said, "The Mandrake Snake's deadly poison and toughness suit my Blue Silver Grass martial soul perfectly, so I've decided to absorb its Soul Ring. Zhao, please protect me for a while."

Zhao Wuji naturally had no objections; he didn't want to interfere with Tang San's decision, and besides, they could leave the Star Dou Great Forest early. He slapped his chest carefree and said, "No problem, absorb the Soul Ring at ease; with me around you won't face any interference."

Hearing Zhao Wuji's assurance, Tang San impatiently sat cross‑legged, summoned his martial soul, and began absorbing the Soul Ring; he also longs to become a Soul Elder soon.

When he began absorbing the Soul Ring, Zhao Wuji turned and said, "All right, the crisis is resolved; everyone stay alert to the surroundings. Once Tang San finishes absorbing the Soul Ring, we'll leave the Star Dou Great Forest."

Upon hearing this, the group spread out, forming a circle that shielded Tang San within.

Time passed slowly; since Tang San wasn't over‑level absorbing, the 1,500‑year Soul Ring was still easy for him, even faster than Oscar's absorption. After about half an hour Tang San woke up. Xiao Wu, seeing him awake, instantly beamed a smile and said:

"Brother, you're awake."

Tang San nodded and gently replied, "Hmm, Xiao Wu, I made you worry."

Just as the two were sharing a tender moment, Zhao Wuji laughed loudly and said, "Alright, Tang San is awake; we should leave here too. Little ones, come over quickly."

Soon the group gathered again, and Oscar, with a mischievous grin, asked:

"Tang San, I've already told everyone the effect of my third soul skill; what's the effect of your third soul skill? Could you share it with the group?"

Tang San hesitated briefly; soul skills are a private matter for Soul Masters, but thinking that they were all classmates who would live together for a long time, he decided not to hide it and said:

"The Mandrake Snake's deadly poison and toughness have been inherited by my Blue Silver Grass martial soul. My third soul skill is an enhanced version of the first, which I call Blue Silver Snake Bind. It's a single‑target control soul skill; once it binds an enemy, as long as the opponent remains at Soul Elder level, they cannot break free, and the poison on the Blue Silver Grass will eventually strip them of resistance."

The others were shocked by Tang San's words, but Yu Tianyun silently clicked his tongue, thinking, "Isn't that just Blue Silver Entanglement? It only adds toughness and toxicity, effectively rendering the first soul skill useless—basically nonexistent. The control type can't follow a single‑attribute extreme path; control must have diverse techniques to be strong!"

At that moment, underachiever Ma Hongjun shouted, "Tang San's soul skill is amazing; the toughness makes enemies impossible to break free, and the deadly poison strips them of resistance. Whoever opposes Tang San in the future will be truly unlucky. By the way, since Tang San mentioned his third soul skill, Xiao Wu, you're also a Soul Elder; how powerful is your third soul skill?"

After saying that, his gaze turned to Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu, hearing this, placed her hands on her hips, carefree and very proud, and said, "My third soul skill is Instant Teleport; as long as it's within five meters, I can instantly appear at any spot!"

The moment she spoke, everyone was instantly stunned; even Yu Tianyun, already in the know, was full of admiration, his gaze toward Xiao Wu turning a bit greedy. He couldn't understand why ten‑hundred‑year‑old Soul Beasts like Xiao Wu and Ah Yin, the most colorful ones, could possess such high‑tier soul skills, which made him crave Xiao Wu's soul bone even more. A mere thousand‑year soul skill can already produce a premium spatial ability like Instant Teleport. How could a hundred‑thousand‑year one compare?

At this moment Tang San was also dumbfounded, a hint of bitterness rising in his heart; Xiao Wu's martial soul is his nemesis, and even her soul skill severely counters him. His Entanglement has no effect on Xiao Wu because she can instantly escape the bind via Instant Teleport.

Zhao Wuji stroked his chin, nodded, and said, "This outing was extremely risky, but the gains are substantial. It was supposed to be just a Soul Beast for Oscar to hunt the third Soul Ring, yet three Soul Elders appeared, and all three of your third soul skills are impressive. Back home, they'll surely make Fland flourish. Since the mission is successfully completed, let's leave now and exit the Star Dou Great Forest!"

After Zhao Wuji finished speaking, everyone set off, leaving the peril‑filled Star Dou Great Forest.

On the way back, Ning Rongrong seemed preoccupied, though Yu Tianyun didn't notice; he was pondering something else: "Second Uncle should be nearing Shilake Xueyuan soon. I'll quickly finish the task of delivering grandpa to me, then go see Yan Yan. It's been two years; Yan Yan must be missing me terribly!"

(End of Chapter)