Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 202: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

A deep black soul ring floated up from the Medusa Queen. Due to the time limit on soul rings, Chen Ming had no choice but to suppress his curiosity about the soul bone for now. Using his spiritual power, he temporarily suppressed the lingering consciousness within it and stored it in his Hundred Treasures Purse. Then, he began to absorb the soul ring.

As the soul ring was absorbed, the ritual process sealed by the world's consciousness resumed. The black soul ring was first assimilated into Chen Ming's body, then melted under an unseen force and integrated into his red fifth soul ring.

Using the Medusa Queen's soul ring as a key, Chen Ming successfully entered the phase of selecting soul skills.

Before him, a variety of soul skills appeared. Many of them weren't even supposed to qualify as soul skills, but since the Medusa Queen was a divine beast, many of her abilities had been elevated to the level of soul skills.

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Commanding Serpents, Super Strength, Attack Enhancement, Defense Enhancement, Snake Hair, Petrification Ray, Death Shriek...

Among this vast array of abilities were many skills the Medusa Queen had demonstrated or used in battle. However, Chen Ming's goal was clear. He swiftly filtered out the unnecessary soul skills, leaving only a few special ones before him.

"Petrification, Medusa's Gaze, Time Freeze... Forget about Death Shriek for now. I can add a large-scale mental attack skill later."

In the classification of soul skills, Petrification and Medusa's Gaze were not the same skill.

The venom of this Medusa carried the trait of petrification. If Chen Ming had absorbed this skill, he could use venom to turn living beings or objects into stone.

On the other hand, Medusa's Gaze was a mental-type skill. It first created a spiritual mark on the target, which then triggered the petrification. While similar in appearance, the two skills operated on entirely different principles.

Time Freeze was a unique skill that could freeze time within a small area. Though it consumed an immense amount of energy, its effects were incredibly powerful—a true time-related soul skill of extraordinary rarity.

Time-related abilities were even rarer and more mysterious than space-related ones. Any skill that could manipulate time was inherently powerful, without exception. Thus, this skill was naturally a priority choice for Chen Ming.

The characteristic of a 100,000-year soul ring was that it granted two soul skills. Though Chen Ming hadn't yet figured out the principle behind this, he was able to select two skills to assign to a single soul ring.

Now, Chen Ming was torn between Medusa's Gaze and Petrification.

Medusa's Gaze, being a mental skill, was technically more valuable than Petrification. However, this skill was also something Dugu Bo possessed, meaning Chen Ming could potentially study it via Dugu Bo. Meanwhile, Petrification added a unique property to venom, which Chen Ming could also potentially replicate by refining the Medusa Queen's corpse to obtain its toxins.

After much deliberation, Chen Ming ultimately chose Medusa's Gaze as his mental-type skill, pairing it with Time Freeze as his soul ring abilities.

As the process completed, the previously hidden half-thread of gold in his soul ring reappeared. The power within the Medusa Queen's soul ring was broken down and absorbed, gradually increasing the soul ring's age.

Though this transformation incurred some energy loss, the accumulation from the Medusa Queen's 80,000-year soul ring was sufficient to compensate. The missing half-thread of gold was finally completed, and the power contained within began to reshape Chen Ming's body.

His vitality increased, his physical strength surged, his spiritual power intensified, and even his desires grew stronger.

When Chen Ming opened his eyes again, the aura radiating from his body instantly suppressed Dugu Bo's martial soul. For a moment, Dugu Bo couldn't even maintain his martial soul possession state.

Chen Ming stretched his body, a series of sharp cracking sounds echoing like popcorn bursts. Although his height didn't increase further this time, he could feel that his body's density had greatly improved. His skin and flesh had become so resilient that even without using soul power, he could easily resist the attacks of lower-tier soul masters.

Once Chen Ming finished absorbing the soul ring, Dugu Bo approached him, letting out a sigh of relief after confirming he was unharmed. He then began inquiring about the Medusa Queen.

"That Medusa Queen must have been a descendant of the Medusa God left behind on the Douluo Continent. Divine blood flows through her veins. By all rights, divine beasts shouldn't exist on the continent anymore, but she seems to be an exception."

"Because the Medusa God has already fallen, this Medusa Queen inherited the Medusa God's divine weapon and a fragmented divine position. That's how she defied the norm and became a divine beast in this era."

Chen Ming took out the Soul Devouring Medal, followed by the head soul bone dropped by the Medusa Queen. After examining it for a moment, a peculiar smile appeared on his face, unnerving Dugu Bo, who was already on edge.

"This Medusa Queen may have been the direct descendant of the Medusa God, but she was nothing more than a pawn. Not only does the Soul Devouring Medal contain the Medusa God's lingering spirit, but part of the Medusa God's divine consciousness has also been implanted into her soul through the divine position."

"The lingering consciousness within this soul bone doesn't even belong to the Medusa Queen—it's the divine consciousness of the Medusa God."

"If things had continued as they were, this Medusa Queen would have either died under heavenly tribulation or been possessed by the Medusa God's lingering consciousness hidden within the divine position, becoming nothing more than a vessel for the Medusa God's resurrection."

After hearing Chen Ming's explanation, Dugu Bo's expression turned resolute.

"Xiao Ming, why don't we destroy this soul bone?"

Destroying an 80,000-year soul bone, especially one from a divine beast, was akin to tearing out Dugu Bo's heart. However, as a senior, Dugu Bo genuinely didn't want his immensely talented junior to encounter any dangers because of this.

After all, their original goal was the soul ring, and the soul bone was just an unexpected bonus. The fact that the soul bone contained the lingering consciousness of a god and could evoke malice in one's heart made it clear that it wasn't something good.

Dugu Bo was genuinely afraid that Chen Ming might end up as the vessel for the Medusa God's resurrection.

"Grandpa, don't worry. If the Medusa God were still alive, I definitely wouldn't stand a chance. But now, all that's left is a fragment of her consciousness. If anyone should be afraid, it's her."

Hearing Chen Ming's words, Dugu Bo suddenly remembered how extraordinary this grandson-in-law of his was. It seemed increasingly likely that Chen Ming was the reincarnation of some god from the Divine Realm.

After a moment of contemplation, Dugu Bo gave Chen Ming a complicated look and chose to remain silent. He understood that his knowledge and comprehension of the world's rules were far inferior to Chen Ming's. If Chen Ming said there was no problem, then there truly wasn't anything to worry about.