"Trying to run?How could I possibly let you?"
In the underground cave, Nangong Lingyun sneered slightly.
After all, his soul power was only level twelve.
The beast pet contracted in his Beast Space wasn't actually dead, so it didn't provide him with additional soul power like a normal soul ring or soul spirit would. Gaining two levels in three months was already pretty diligent.
Especially since the Chaos Saint Spirit Martial Soul didn't even have a single soul ring.
Even controlling a mere three-hundred-year-old snake soul beast required maintaining it within a range of a hundred meters.
Just as Luo Sanpao was about to let one rip,Nangong Lingyun moved his mind, controlling the Saw-scaled Viper to suddenly explode into action.
Its small size made it incredibly agile —a tiny bit of force could launch it at ridiculous speeds.
The Saw-scaled Viper braced its tail against the ground,then shot forward like an arrow, speeding directly toward Da Shi and Sanzi who were trying to escape.
This move not only dodged Luo Sanpao's first soul skill, but also landed perfectly at the spot where they were about to fall — waiting in ambush.
Luo Sanpao couldn't fly.He could only watch helplessly as he fell right into the snake's mouth.
Sure enough, the instant he landed, the Saw-scaled Viper sank its fangs deep into his right hind leg.
It dumped the remaining 30% of its venom into the wound, all in one shot — not a single drop left.
Luo Sanpao let out a piercing scream and instantly turned into a streak of purple light, returning back into Yu Xiaogang's body.
Fun Fact: Beast Martial Souls' toxins affect the soul master's real body, whether it's the martial soul's own poison or poison from the environment.
Yu Xiaogang was desperately running forward,
but when that purple light returned, his leg suddenly seized up with intense pain, and he face-planted hard into the dirt.
It looked exactly like he got shot down by the purple light.
"It's over."
Da Shi, who had memorized the soul beast guidebook inside out, was crystal clear about the Saw-scaled Viper's venom.
After being poisoned, there were only two words to describe it: no cure.
Blood circulates back to the heart in just five minutes.Unless you can find a powerful detox soul master with at least three soul rings within five minutes,
you're dead meat: full-body hemorrhaging, all organs rotting, total collapse.
And this venom couldn't be suppressed or expelled by soul power like ordinary poisons.
Because it affected soul power itself —if you were dumb enough to try, your soul power would instantly become toxic, backfiring through your meridians to your dantian.
You'd die even faster.
Being a top-tier soul beast purely through venom alone,even in a pack of wolves, the Saw-scaled Viper's name wasn't for show.
Feeling his right leg swell up like a balloon,
Gazi's heart was filled with utter despair.
Memories flashed through his mind like a slideshow.
Awakening a trash martial soul, getting kicked out by his family, persecuted by the Spirit Hall, humiliated and mocked by the entire soul master world —even the girl he liked turned out to be his long-lost sister.
He really wanted to ask the heavens:Why the hell is my life cursed like this?
Just when he finally got a twin martial soul and full innate soul power, ready to take off,bam, nightmare soul beast.
Why?! Why does the universe hate me this much?!
Along with despair, there was bitter regret.
If only he hadn't been so arrogant, if only he had shamelessly begged the Principal of Nuoding Academy — that four-ring Soul Sect — or even Four-Eyed Cat Eagle Flender the Soul Saint for help,maybe he wouldn't be dying right now.
Damn it all!
Just as Yu Xiaogang was utterly hopeless,Tang San suddenly made a move.
Hopping on one leg, struggling but still activating Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track,he actually charged toward the Saw-scaled Viper.
While running, he kept pulling big white radishes from his waist storage belt, hurling them to disrupt the snake.
At the same time, his face twisted fiercely, steel teeth clenched, and from his violet, demon-like eyes, chilling cold light flashed.
Inside, Sanzi roared:
**"So-called apex predators —they're nothing but villains in the soul beast forest,slaughtering fellow beasts, heartless and shameless.
You dared ambush me,you dared poison my teacher,you're dead meat."**
While screaming internally, he flung more white radishes.
Then, lifting his left hand, three streaks of black light shot silently through the air,forming a pinwheel formation covering every possible dodge path of the Saw-scaled Viper.
The wrist-mounted sleeve arrows could fire three times,but the Saw-scaled Viper was too small and too fast —he had to fire all at once to boost accuracy.
Since the prank on Sanzi was already a success,Nangong Lingyun "kindly" decided to go easy this time,slightly slowing down the Saw-scaled Viper's reactions —and allowed it to get shot in the tail by one of the arrows.
Before long, Tang Buddha furiously rushed up and chopped off the viper's head with a sword.
On the spot, Yu Xiaogang stared wide-eyed in disbelief at Bing Qing Yu Jie and blurted out:
"Xiao San!"
That one call froze Tang San's pleased expression stiff.His eyes quickly turned cold and dangerous.
At this moment, the sun hadn't fully set —the lighting was still good,the terrain at the mountain pass was open,and there were barely any obstacles.
Everything that just happened must have been seen clearly by the teacher.
His soul came from another world,plus he had secret techniques and hidden weapons from Tang Sect —he had never shown or even mentioned these, not even to his own father.
Now what?Kill the teacher to silence him?
Tang San calculated silently.
He still had two intact arrows; reload them,and he'd have a 70% chance of killing Yu Xiaogang.
Plus, the Saw-scaled Viper venom was already working —five minutes tops, and it would be game over.
Luckily, Da Shi assumed it was some secret passed down by the Clear Sky Sect and didn't dare ask anything.Instead, he was bouncing with excitement:
"Good, good, very good! Xiao San, now you have a soul ring lined up!"
Bing Qing Yu Jie immediately looked back in shock:
"Teacher, you don't mean... this snake?"
**"Exactly. The Saw-scaled Viper isn't known for its size.You tell its age by the bumps on the sides of its head — that's where it stores venom.
Under a hundred years old, it only has small venom sacs.Over a hundred years, new sacs grow continuously.
This one already has four: three big, one small.That means it's at least 380 years old —just at the limit of what a first soul ring can absorb."**
(End of Chapter)