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Chapter 229: All Venom (1)
Chapter 229: All Venom (1)
Chapter 229: All Venom (1)
"Elder Chrysanthemum. Elder Ghost."
Bibi Dong bowed to her seniors and her team followed her gesture in the same manner. In front of the nine members were two extraordinary-looking men. Both were tall and revealed a sense of unbridled might.
Of the two, more flamboyant was Yue Guan, the Chrysanthemum Douluo. He had his golden hair neatly combed and his physique was covered by a golden armor inscribed with a black pattern. While the armor was made from extraordinary materials, in itself, Ja Sun realized that the armor was no spirit tool.
Next to Yue Guan stood a dark-haired man with a pale face and black totems on his face. A stream of black mist continuously revolved around him, making the man and his dark armor look gloomier. Standing together, Yue Guan and the Ghost Douluo Gui Mei presented an interesting contrast.
Behind them were a total of forty well-armored spirit masters. All of them above the ranks of Spirit Emperor and the leading ten spirit masters were Spirit Sages!
"My, my, don't be so formal now," Yue Guan smiled but his expression seemed forced. His eyes constantly shifted from Xie Xan to Hu Lana and then others except for Tang Yuehua. Gui Mei, however, focused on Ja Sun only.
His voice was coarse and low, "Let's make a move. This is a dangerous endeavor. I hope you are fully prepared."
"I am," Bibi Dong nodded with a smile.
"Let's go," Gui Mei stated, keeping it concise only for Yue Guan to butt in, "Now wait a minute. We all have traveled for quite long. Let the Knights rest for half an hour while we catch up."
"We can talk while walking. Move," Gui Mei turned around without giving Yue Guan another glance, causing the blonde elder to groan in frustration as the group began to move.
"Bibi Dong, will you still not tell your elders how you found so many riveting flowers~!" Yue Guan sniffed exaggeratingly, and then his eyes fell on the newlywed couple, "Especially the Yearning Heartbroken Red and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!"
Xie Xan's and Hu Lana's expressions froze for a moment.
"Elder Chrysanthemum, I can't go on sharing my secrets now, right?" Bibi Dong smiled but there was something strange hidden in her gaze, "After all, I am sure master trusts my judgment and lets me know everything in time."
Misunderstanding Bibi Dong's hints as Qian Xunji's current disappearance, Yue Guan sighed deeply, "Although the Pontiff still isn't located, but the probability of him returning is high. Even though he did not inform you of this decision, he had already set everything in your favor."
"Right," Bibi Dong nodded, "And I am grateful for everything."
"How do we deal with the Death Spider Emperor?" Gui Mei interjected this time as Bibi Dong grew somber, "The poison of every Death Spider Emperor will be different. My mixed poison is now inclined towards affecting hormones and less towards corrosion. So, the first thing I will have to find out is the composition of this spider's poison. And then, I will need a demonstration of its domain and confirm whether we both have the same base of domain or not."
Everyone here understood that no two domains are the same even if they are gained from the same source. While Bibi Dong has the Death Domain just like a Death Spider Emperor, it needs to be understood that Bibi Dong has also absorbed six spirit rings that have affected her domain and poison. So, they needed to confirm smaller details of their opponent's skills this time before attacking the Death Spider Emperor.
For this, ironically, the group needed to trap the spider in a net of their own.
"That location crawls with more spider-type and other insect spirit beasts. You should cultivate well... your Clear Phoenix likes bugs more than other spirit beasts and if lucky, we might just be able to help you breakthrough, too," Ja Sun glanced at Yuehua and she nodded. It wasn't like they would be able to hunt the spirit beast in a matter of day and it would do well for her to cultivate more.
But Ja Sun had other thoughts.
He wanted to confirm many things and one of them was the possibility of an Enlightened Martial Soul directly absorbing a piece of soul origin... after all, it can shed soul origins, too.
"You wouldn't mind if we wish to assess your teammates by letting them take care of a few spirit beasts, right?" Gui Mei questioned and Bibi Dong merely smiled in return.
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"Are you done?" Liu Erlong tapped her foot against the ground constantly with an irritated expression while Ja Sun sat in front of a corpse of a Nether Spider lying on its back with dark green blood flowing despite heavy burns on its body.
"Why the impatience?" Ja Sun questioned, focused on the black spirit ring. Beside him were the Bright Goddess Butterfly, the Nightmare's Fantasy, and the Charm Queen who was allowed to follow Ja Sun by Hu Lana so that he can keep their disguises with less effort and also help them grow while conducting his on-site experiments.
"Because!" Erlong huffed, "I don't want to lose to the rest of them."
Ja Sun grew silent and looked at the quest he was already undergoing. Now that he knew what he wanted, and was also within the realm of possibility, creating a quest was simple.
[Objective: Form a Soul Origin Crystal and then find an enclosed location privately to pump your fist in.
Optional Objectives:
1) Complete the quest in one week.
2) Complete the quest in three weeks.
3) Complete the quest in one month.
4) Complete the quest in six months.
Mission Rank: C/A/A/B/C
Mission Rewards: Corpse of a 9800-year-old spirit beast/ Corpse of a 69000-year-old spirit beast/ Corpse of a 57000-year-old spirit beast/ Corpse of a 28000-year-old spirit beast/ Corpse of an 11000-year-old spirit beast.
Time Limit: 365/7/21/30/180 days]
Ja Sun expected more from the rewards. He truly did. After all, this experiment will be a true game-changer and that's when it dawned on him. He was no longer forming quests on someone else's work or inheritance. He was creating his legacy and the probability of his work not being recorded anywhere else at least, in the coverage of his trait was quite high.
What could even his trait do when the mission he formed was this different besides providing him another corpse since his research was propelled by them in the first place?
"Relax," Ja Sun sighed softly, "What are you even talking about? You're the strongest fighter in our group, well, aside from me. You won't lose to anyone."
"Huh?" Liu Erlong froze, "I am?" She questioned.
"You didn't know?" Ja Sun turned back, looking at Erlong's stunned expression.
"Er..." She sat down and pondered silently while Ja Sun helped her after scoffing a chuckle, "Let's start from the lowest. You can currently beat Yuehua, no problem, and in the event her defenses turn otherworldly, the fact will remain that in a one-on-one, you both will have a tie and that's including her Clear Phoenix. Against Oscar, no problem either.
Hmm... Jun'er's latest skill might be a bit troublesome but you can just release all your ultimate fire and she'd be sent packing. Hu Lana is a tricky opponent, sure, but again, you now know her too well to be charmed easily. Actually, it would do you good if you just join Yuehua in mental acupuncture practices to cover your mental fortitude..."
Ja Sun explained with ease as Erlong listened quietly. They were getting to the good part, after all.
"Xie Xan can go fuck himself with his external eye spirit bone," Ja Sun cursed in envy, "But you can defeat him easier than Lana. His type is simply worse against you.
Now comes Yin. Well, in a forest, she will send you off with whip marks all over your bum."
"Hey!" Erlong scowled.
"But, any other location, Ah Yin will have a tough time keeping up with you due to your match up and even if her martial soul is resistant to elements, there is a limit to it.
Finally, the only way I see Bibi Dong defeating you is if she slips in her poison on the sly without your notice. Else, you win against her big time. Well... on a more normal basis. She still has many things left undeveloped." Ja Sun concluded and Erlong gulped, "You really think I can beat them?"
She was truly surprised as Ja Sun helped place things in a perspective that Erlong hadn't considered before.
"I do," Ja Sun nodded.
"So... what about you?" Erlong's eyes glowed in excitement.
"And here I thought I'm the only one who loves pain. Glad you haven't changed a bit," Ja Sun smirked, causing Erlong to roll her eyes.
"Come on, tell me. If I fought you, how long will I last?"
"I'd say... three physical strikes. One mental strike. Of course, if I'm going all out."
"I don't buy it!" Erlong's spirit energy began to shudder and escape her body as her expression grew a bit severe.
"You don't?" Ja Sun narrowed his eyes and she nodded.
"Too bad, I'm busy right now. Maybe I'll show you tonight," Ja Sun shrugged, turning back to the spirit ring floating in front of him as he marveled, "Look at this, Erlong! Have you ever wondered why all our spirit rings seem to have these kinds of unknown runes? What do you think they say? The spirit skill we will gain from the spirit ring or some code of fusion that we can crack to make our breakthroughs even more efficient?"
Ja Sun smiled, noting down each of the runes on the spirit ring, and then brought out his own spirit rings one by one to not expose himself just yet and noted and compared the runes on his own spirit rings.
Nobody has been able to crack this and Ja Sun wasn't planning to yet, either. He soon focused back on the tiny portion of the consciousness of the spirit beast within the spirit ring that would induce soul shock into the minds of the spirit masters that do absorb this spirit beast.
"You're engaged to Yuehua and also have Bibi Dong and Ah Yin!" Liu Erlong gasped from behind.
Turning around, Ja Sun revealed a confused expression as he gazed at the deeply blushing Erlong, "Thank you for reminding me that? By the way, Yuehua and I are purely platonic... engaged couple without even a ring to her name. Go figure," he cackled, "A good deal, I'd say. Saved me some metal on the ring. And a gem."
"S-s-so... that's your reason?" Erlong stuttered, "I'll have you know I'm not easy!"
"Again," Ja Sun sighed in exasperation, "I'll show you tonight. Three physical strikes or one mental strike. And"
He smiled, his gaze seemingly pulling in Erlong as her heart began to beat wildly, "Take your stinking mind out of the gutter already!"
"I wasn't thinking that!" Erlong snapped.
"You so were..." Ja Sun mumbled.
"I wasn't!"
"You were."
"I"
"Erlong, I can do this all day," Ja Sun snickered, "And all night."
"Fuck you!"
"Wow, painting your thoughts over your lips. At least wait until you have Yin's permission or something."
Erlong scowled as she realized that her victory to the argument was a lost cause... and she was caught red-handed... or red-minded in this scenario.
Ja Sun soon stood up after the spirit ring vanished. His attention was at its peak during that particular moment as he observe his surroundings with his divine intent and continued to stack the clues and form theories, getting closer to the completion of his objective and making it known why even this level of the task was no longer ranked 'S' for him.
It was fun, but also slightly simple despite its challenges.
The duo returned by the end of the day, hunting a few more spirit beasts and bringing their corpses while others prepared the campsite. Honestly, even Ja Sun realized that this show of 'formality' was a waste of time and he was sure that Bibi Dong understood this fact fully.
However, the reality was that the disappearance of Qian Xunji had also affected two of his most loyal subordinates Yue Guan and Gui Mei. The two elders received many privileges from those trying to curry favor and as Yue Guan said, the return of Qian Xunji was expected but that didn't mean that it would stop the two of them currently to delay things as they saw fit.
For this, the two needed to be properly respected and tended to. They were asked to assist in the hunt of a 100000-year-old spirit beast. In the even Bibi Dong successfully absorb the spirit soul (ring) in front of the two elders, her prestige would gain so much depth and weight that she would truly be considered the next Supreme Pontiff.
No questions asked.
Then, all these pretenses can rightfully be dropped.
Her Giant's Fortress will become her core strength and her foundation. Her personal strength and teammates will become her path to that seat. After all, the title of Supreme Pontiff meant to be the ruler of the third-largest organization including the two empires 'counseled' only by the Elder's Hall.
"Hey, you're late~!" Hu Lana waved and her expression grew even more pleasant as the Charm Queen returned to her with another increase in 400 years of cultivation. As for Ja Sun?
'The Bright Goddess Butterfly is already over 25000 years in cultivation while it's getting harder to suppress Nightmare's Fantasy breakthrough into the ranks of 100000 years...' Ja Sun thought deeply.
He had great expectations of this particular breakthrough.
Not only was he planning to ride the momentum of Nightmare's Fantasy breakthrough but also absorb a core he longed to devour The Bloodline core of the Three-eyed Golden Lion. The level of nourishment it would bring to his martial soul can only be imagined.
"Hmph, show me some respect," Erlong scoffed with a smug grin, "I'm the best!"
"No, you're single. Your breasts are the best thing about you," Hu Lana patiently explained, causing Ja Sun to snicker while Erlong instantly exploded, "Shut it!"
"Tch, can't even handle the truth when it's not bitter but milky sweet..." Hu Lana mumbled with a pout while Erlong's blush deepened. She glanced at Ja Sun only to find him staring at her breasts which made her tremble further.
"Stop looking!"
"Geez, what are you shouting about?" Ja Sun cleaned his left ear, "Remember Violet? The Lamia you were chasing a few years ago? Her's are bigger..."
As he said this, Hu Lana hurriedly rushed back, not willing to be caught up by the coming blast of fire.
"What...?" Erlong fell stunned, much to Lana's shock. The dragoness' head lowered as she looked down in the direction of her proud assets and her shoulders uncharacteristically slouched, revealing her depressed state.
"Sigh, Erlong. Look at me," Ja Sun held her shoulders as she looked up.
"What?" She pouted.
"Violet's maybe bigger. But yours are perkier!"
*Boom*
'There it is,' Lana sighed in relief. She almost expected that someone had taken over Erlong with how she acted for a minute there.
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"Why are we stuck in the same tent again?" Ah Yin complained with a soft sigh as she looked around. Bibi Dong, Lana, Erlong, Yuehua, Jun'er, Oscar, Xie Xan, and a cooked Ja Sun with his hair still a bit grizzled.
"Because we can't risk any moment of weakness. The Holy Knights of the Spirit Hall are filled with various spirit masters that often have superiors. Some of them might just be asked to assassinate us," Bibi Dong replied.
"To be Spirit Emperors and Spirit Sages means a level of talent... isn't it a bit strange that all of them are in such a high concentration present in this particular aspect of Spirit Hall?" Yuehua questioned and Bibi Dong sighed.
"No... none of them are talented. In fact, they are stuck at either rank 61 or rank 71... remember those competitors within the Spirit City?" Bibi Dong leaned back, "The holy knights comprise of these men and women. The spirit hall has a method, which is better left unexplained, that allows one's talent and potential to explode at once.
Not many survive this procedure, of course, and those who do, can never rise from their predetermined rank. In fact, those below rank 61 are sent outside of Spirit City to various Temples. And only the spirit masters accepted from the outside lead these knights."
Everyone grew silent until Xie Xan remarked candidly, "So, they are fodders."
"Yes," Bibi Dong nodded.
"... then I should stop chatting with them and making friends with them... right?" Oscar's lips twitched.
"It will be in your best interest," Bibi Dong smiled bitterly.
"Alright, we will start testing the Death Spider Emperor tomorrow for its skills. Believe me, once I breakthrough, all of us will end up benefitting... after all, a Spirit Ring from a 100000-year-old beast, not to mention my own Spirit Avatar will provide great benefits in hunting similarly ranked spirit beasts for the rest of you."
Ja Sun could barely suppress himself from smiling and adding Heh, only now?
He already had such a hunt to his name in the form of Ground Devil. Even to this day, the intensity of the battle woke him up at night with a raging... urge to sleep back again.
But he knew... this is the kind of smugness that would revoke his kissing rights, too. And Ja Sun was fully aware of the difference between foolishness and risk-taking.
Risking your life over attaining immeasurable strength? A worthwhile risk.
Speaking out of turn and having to return to the days of jerking off by oneself Stupidity... Foolishness.
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