Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 188: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

Chen Ming's physical resilience was already incredibly high. After suppressing the malice within this soul bone, the fusion proceeded exceptionally smoothly. In roughly half an hour, Chen Ming fully refined this external soul bone, which the Spirit Hall had been unable to absorb for centuries. As the metallic essence of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear merged into Chen Ming's right palm, the metallic properties of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum within him also began to react.

The golden soul core spun, and strands of unique soul power were injected into his right palm. The 80,000-year-old soul bone absorbed this special metallic energy as if it had encountered a rare delicacy, greedily consuming it. With Chen Ming's abundant life force as support, the quality and age of the soul bone rapidly increased.

Under these highly unique circumstances, the bloodline power of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear within the external soul bone was activated. The dormant bloodline energy deep within it gradually awakened, making the soul bone even more extraordinary.

After another half an hour, the growth of the soul bone finally came to a halt. Originally an 80,000-year-old soul bone, it had now surpassed the 100,000-year threshold due to the influence of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum's metallic properties, and it had been completely refined into a part of Chen Ming's body.

Strictly speaking, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's right palm bone could no longer be called the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Bone. Chen Ming's essence had irrevocably altered the soul bone. Over time, the traces of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear within the soul bone would gradually fade, and the soul bone would continue transforming to suit Chen Ming's unique nature.

After carefully sensing it, Chen Ming also identified the two spirit abilities housed within this external soul bone.

The first spirit ability was Dark Gold Terrorclaw, the signature skill of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear soul beast. Known for its unparalleled destructiveness, it was said to be able to tear through anything, even space itself. In the hands of the strongest of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear lineage, the Bear Lord, it evolved into the even more formidable Sky Splitting Claw. This ability was a powerful one-strike skill that could dominate battles. With the soul bone now reaching the 100,000-year level, even the bodies of the most ferocious beasts would be directly ripped apart.

The second spirit ability originated from the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's ancestral bloodline—an existence known as the Behemoth Beast.

The Behemoth Beast was the progenitor of its kind and was said to hail from another world as a mighty god-king. These soul beasts were known for preying on dragons, making them the natural enemies of the dragon race. Since the Douluo Continent was deeply connected to the dragon lineage, true Behemoth Beast soul beasts or martial souls never appeared in the world. Instead, there were only various soul beasts with traces of Behemoth bloodline, such as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

This second ability, called Rampage, was the hallmark power of the Behemoth Beast lineage. Upon activation, it would greatly enhance attack power for a period of time. Each melee strike would carry potent metallic energy, and every attack would deal area-of-effect damage.

In essence, it turned all subsequent basic attacks into slightly weaker versions of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw.

However, despite its strength, this ability came with a significant cost. It consumed not only a large amount of soul power but also a considerable amount of life force. Each use of a weakened Dark Gold Terrorclaw would result in immense depletion, making it a life-draining ability.

For most soul masters, even briefly activating this ability would cause irreversible damage to their bodies. It was truly a double-edged sword, meant for desperate moments.

That said, this issue didn't trouble Chen Ming much. After all, he possessed a life-attribute Dragon Core that could convert soul power into life force. As long as he carefully managed not to exhaust his life force entirely, Chen Ming could always replenish what he lost.

Using the metallic properties of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum as a catalyst, Chen Ming incorporated the metallic nature of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw into his body during the refinement process. Now, Chen Ming possessed yet another attribute that was close to the pinnacle of metal manipulation.

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Although the Behemoth bloodline was not strong enough to alter Chen Ming's martial soul, it still provided slight enhancements to his base attributes, though the improvements weren't particularly significant.

Moreover, due to the Douluo Continent's general rejection of the Behemoth lineage, Chen Ming couldn't further draw upon the Behemoth's power. Strictly speaking, the Behemoth wasn't even considered a true soul beast. As such, the Behemoth-related strength Chen Ming could extract from this soul bone was quite limited.

To be honest, Chen Ming himself started to wonder if he might have too many attributes. But considering his future potential to ascend to godhood, he felt that having more attributes wasn't an issue. Perhaps, in the future, he might even be able to condense a god position that governed all elements—a Universal Elemental God Position.

After all, through his interactions with the divine powers of the Asura God, Rakshasa God, and Angel God, Chen Ming realized that the god positions of the Douluo world were quite intricate and not as straightforward as they seemed. Each deity's god position encompassed multiple facets of different attributes.

The Angel God, for instance, was ostensibly a god of angels, with powers over light and flame. However, because this deity led humanity to victory against soul beasts, they were also revered as the God of Sanctity and Hope, thereby gaining powers over holiness and hope.

Since the sun represented both light and flame, and the Angel God embodied sanctity and hope, the Angel God was even regarded as a Sun God by some. All these aspects combined to form the Angel God's complete god position.

The Asura God, on the other hand, governed slaughter, which encompassed both righteous and evil slaughter. However, due to the existence of two divine kings in the God Realm—the God of Evil and the God of Kindness—the Asura God was limited to balancing between justice and evil, thereby acquiring powers over judgment.

The Rakshasa God was a god of evil, though not all aspects of malice fell under their domain. Strictly speaking, they unified hatred, encompassing powers over evil, hatred, slaughter, and even faint traces of vengeance and judgment. Although these latter powers were weak and seemingly far-fetched, they did exist to some extent.

This overlap between the Rakshasa God and the Asura God explained why the Asura God, as a stronger divine king, could utilize Rakshasa God's power to create puppets under certain conditions.

As for the Angel God's god position, Chen Ming speculated it might also include powers related to vengeance. During the era when humans harbored hatred toward soul beasts, the Angel God's actions against soul beasts were both acts of hope and, in some eyes, acts of vengeance. However, the Angel God likely removed this aspect from their god position over time.

Chen Ming's understanding of godhood, refined through his study of Douluo's lore and his encounters with divine forces, led him to conclude that there were two paths to becoming a god:

Directly enhancing one's essence to force a qualitative leap and ascend to godhood. This was the method soul beasts used during the era when they could still become gods. While the resulting godhood wasn't particularly powerful, it allowed for freedom and the ability to pass on blessings to one's descendants. Technically, Chen Ming was already walking this path, as his soul's essence had reached a divine level during his transmigration, even though his physical body and mental power had yet to transform.

Creating a god position through faith, then using it to ascend. This was the path taken by most gods in the Douluo world. A god position acted like a powerful piece of equipment, raising one's level cap and imbuing divine power. However, it bound the god to the attributes and beliefs associated with the god's position.

Each path had its pros and cons. The former offered freedom but weaker initial strength. The latter provided immense power but came with significant restrictions, as the god position could act as both a blessing and a shackle.