Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 288: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

In an instant, the aura surrounding Chen Ming transformed into something incredibly sinister. Qian Daoliu and the Golden Crocodile Douluo were even forced to retreat a few steps, only regaining their composure when the light radiating from the Angelic Holy Sword shielded them. Meanwhile, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, who was fusing with Chen Ming, felt an indescribable sense of suppression.

If not for the fact that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger currently existed in soul form, even if it had broken through to the level of a hundred-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, it would have been terrified to the point of tears by Chen Ming's divine aura. After all, Chen Ming, who had absorbed its power of evil, now held a divine position that essentially made him its ancestor.

"Evil God... Evil God..." The soul of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger murmured softly, not daring to resist in the slightest. At the same time, it abandoned any hope for its future or that of its family.

Chen Ming's divine consciousness began to reshape the soul of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, further reinforcing the imprint of loyalty on its thoughts. A portion of its soul was also freed from the soul ring, showing signs of materialization.

Now that Chen Ming's spiritual power had been elevated to the level of divine consciousness, he was able to instantly view all the soul skills contained within the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring with absolute clarity. It didn't take him long to select the two most suitable soul skills.

The first soul skill, Soul Control, was a variant of the soul-manipulating skill originally possessed by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Since it was a spiritual ability, it could be greatly enhanced by Chen Ming, making it several tiers more powerful than when used by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger itself.

The second soul skill, Evil Power, was a manifestation of the bloodline altered by the power of the Evil God. It possessed multiple abilities, including corruption, evil transformation, curses, and devouring. With the augmentation of Chen Ming's divine position as the God of Sin, its potential was remarkably high.

As for the skill Life-and-Death Arena?

Well, that wasn't an actual ability found in the soul ring or bloodline of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger—it was merely a side effect of the Evil God's power.

Using Soul Control, provided by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Chen Ming manipulated and reshaped its soul, then used Evil Power to enhance its quality.

Although the Evil God's power within the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had been completely drained, lowering its quality, Chen Ming supplemented it with his God of Sin's divine power. As a result, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger not only regained its former quality but was elevated to the level of a true divine beast, becoming a hundred-thousand-year soul beast with divine-level quality.

Of course, it was now purely a soul form.

Because it no longer had a physical body, even though its quality and age had both surpassed significant thresholds, its combat power was only equivalent to that of an ordinary beast with an age of over 300,000 years.

The sacrificial ritual had been extended and modified by Chen Ming, taking nearly an hour before it was finally completed.

Now, two red soul rings coiled around the Ascending Dragon Sword, and a dark purple bead appeared at its hilt. Chen Ming's aura returned to normal, and his overall strength seemed to have improved significantly compared to before.

Chen Ming raised the Ascending Dragon Sword and pointed it forward. A dark purple figure shot out from the sword, transforming into the form of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

The soul-form Dark Demon Evil God Tiger now measured ten meters long, with a shoulder height exceeding four meters. Its massive bat-like wings had doubled in number, and its scorpion tail was now entwined with dark purple light. All of its original attributes had been greatly enhanced.

The thunder attribute, which had been near perfection before, had now fully transformed into a genuine ultimate attribute. Under Chen Ming's influence, it had even developed a small amount of destructive energy, which was condensed into the "king" symbol on its forehead, making the once-evil symbol appear domineering.

Feeling the power coursing through its body, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger let out a thunderous roar. Even though it hadn't used its full strength, the sheer force of the sound waves was on par with the destructive power of an eighth-ring Soul Douluo's soul skill, reducing the stones on the ground to dust.

If not for the barrier created by Qian Daoliu using the divine power of the Angel God, this roar could have echoed across half the Star Dou Forest.

After roaring, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger turned to see its mate and cubs. Its initial excitement over its newfound strength was quickly subdued as it approached Chen Ming, lowering its massive body into a position akin to a human bowing deeply, and made its plea.

"Master, the experiment has succeeded. I have been reborn. My strength will undoubtedly become your unshakable shield and sharp sword. So please, spare my mate and cubs."

Even though the loyalty imprint had made Chen Ming its top priority, this didn't mean the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's feelings for its family had been erased. It dared not resist but could only prostrate itself and beg for Chen Ming's mercy.

"I told you before: as long as you succeeded, I would spare your mate and cubs. However, their strength is mediocre. With such high-quality bloodlines, without your protection, it would be easy for them to fall prey to other soul beasts or Spirit Masters in the Star Dou Forest."

"How about this: I'll keep your mate and cubs in the Spirit Hall. They won't lack food and will be safe from being hunted. What do you think?"

Chen Ming spoke to the newly transformed Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. He had always been generous to his people, and now that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had become his loyal companion, taking care of its family was only natural.

"Thank you, Master," the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger replied gratefully.

To others, such words might sound like hostage-taking. However, to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose thoughts had been altered, it was a source of great joy. In its eyes, its divine and omnipotent master did not need to harm its family.

Now that it had been elevated to the level of a divine beast, even without a body, its strength had greatly increased. With its master possessing a divine position, there was even a chance it could one day ascend to godhood by following him.

Entrusting its family to its master's care was undoubtedly a far better fate than leaving them in the dangerous Star Dou Forest.

"Good, then let's return," Chen Ming said.

He retrieved the soul of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, allowing it to sleep within the Evil God Pearl, and then set off with Golden Crocodile Douluo and Qian Daoliu toward the Spirit Hall.

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Both Golden Crocodile Douluo and Qian Daoliu had top-tier soul tools capable of storing living creatures, so along the way, they placed both the tiger cubs and the adult tigress into their storage soul tools. Only upon returning to the Worship Hall did they release them.

In the forest behind the Worship Hall, the released White Tiger basked in the dense holy and light-filled energy in the air, its tiger face revealing a look of human-like contentment. The young scorpion-tiger cubs, however, felt fear and unease due to the holy and light energy, and they all scurried into the White Tiger's embrace.

Chen Ming then released the restrained aura of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger nuzzled against the White Tiger, emitting low growls to express its emotions.

Taking advantage of the moment, Chen Ming picked up a few of the scorpion-tiger cubs from under the White Tiger and began to pet them.

Since the cubs had only recently been born, they were about the size of half-year-old kittens. Though their teeth were sharp enough to tear flesh, their underdeveloped scorpion tails still had a certain bouncy texture, which Chen Ming found quite enjoyable to touch.

After consulting (or rather, informing) the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Chen Ming activated his external soul bone, which now possessed devouring attributes due to absorbing the scorpion tail of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. He used it to draw out the evil power within the cubs.

Under Chen Ming's precise control, the cubs' evil energy was extracted. Although this slightly damaged their essence, he compensated by infusing them with his ultimate life-grade vitality. Then, using his holy and metallic attributes, he stimulated the White Tiger bloodline within them.

As the cubs were still young, and freshly born, this enhancement consumed almost no energy from Chen Ming.

The cubs quickly changed from black to white, their scorpion tails shriveling and falling off, replaced by normal tails. Each one transformed from an evil scorpion-tiger into a true little White Tiger. They no longer rejected the holy and light energy in the air; instead, they found it comforting.

The little ones rubbed against Chen Ming's hands, purring with satisfaction as if begging him to grant them more life energy. Feeling joy from the fluffy creatures, Chen Ming didn't hesitate to share a bit more of his easily replenished vitality.

Once they left Chen Ming's arms, the little White Tigers, now brimming with vitality, wobbled around as if drunk before finally collapsing into their mother's embrace and falling soundly asleep.

Seeing this scene, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger finally let go of its last remaining worries. No longer fearing for the safety of its mate and cubs after its death, it resolved to serve its master, Chen Ming, with even greater strength and determination.

PS: Wow, Chen Ming is like Shamrocks with Cerberus sword.