Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 309: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

Chen Ming could also sense that the tribulation lightning seemed to be giving him face, while simultaneously feeling the faintly intelligent emotions of the lightning—the complexity of its emotions during the process of descending was apparent. If this kept happening, Chen Ming figured that the consciousness of the plane might connect with him and try to advise him. Fortunately, though, Chen Ming didn't have any grand ambitions of helping soul beasts survive tribulation lightning en masse; he only did so occasionally, and for specific reasons.

In any case, Chen Ming decided he definitely couldn't do this sort of thing again in the next few years.

Once a ferocious beast passed through its second tribulation, it could freely transform between human and beast forms. Xiao Lan, in her human form, looked very similar to Ah Yin—so much so that one could say they were carved from the same mold. However, considering both were Blue Silver Emperors, it was only natural for them to be similar.

As for Xiao Lan and Ah Yin themselves, neither seemed to find it awkward; instead, they looked at each other with a growing sense of goodwill, and the previous unpleasantness between them gradually dissipated.

After using her power to nourish the nearby Blue Silver Grass and entrusting the Blue Silver King in the valley with the care of its inhabitants, Xiao Lan was stored by Chen Ming in his soul tool and brought to the south.

After discussing matters with Xu Bai and the other soul engineers staying behind in the Sun and Moon Continent to develop the faith system, Chen Ming placed Xiao Lan in a tribe, appointing her as their guardian.

A ferocious beast that had passed its second tribulation already had power comparable to that of a Super Douluo. Not only did Xiao Lan possess the Blue Silver Grass lineage's immense vitality and resilience, but her integration of the power of the Thunder Soul Power and her successful second tribulation also granted her potent lightning attribute abilities.

Although she couldn't compare to soul beasts with divine bloodline inheritance, like the Thunder Hell Prison Vine, or reach the level of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, her lightning abilities were strong enough to surpass most top-tier lightning-attribute soul beasts.

With the combination of these traits, Xiao Lan's combat prowess was significantly enhanced, leaving her with almost no apparent weaknesses. Even against a 95th-level Super Douluo, she had a high chance of victory.

Let alone the Sun and Moon Continent, which lacked high-level combatants—Xiao Lan would be a powerful force even on the Douluo Continent.

After finishing up matters on the Sun and Moon Continent, Chen Ming summoned the Dark Devilgod Tiger, whose power had been enhanced within the second soul ring of the Ascending Dragon Sword using the Evil God's power. The Dark Devilgod Tiger enlarged its body, becoming a mount, and Chen Ming rode it toward the south pole, planning to use the south pole as a route back to the Douluo Continent.

To be honest, the Dark Devilgod Tiger found the situation incredibly frustrating—being ridden by weaklings who occasionally poked and examined its wings and fur. After all, in the soul beast world, strength ruled, and these soul engineers were, in the tiger's eyes, the kind of inferior creatures it wouldn't even bother to eat because their flesh was too insubstantial and too toxic.

If not for Chen Ming's orders, the Dark Devilgod Tiger would never have imagined itself reduced to serving as a mount for such weaklings.

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What angered the Dark Devilgod Tiger, even more, was that it had to precisely suppress its aura to avoid accidentally releasing energy that could vaporize these humans. Its massive tiger face was contorted with annoyance while flying, its eyes rolling in exasperation. The once-mighty and imposing creature now looked utterly helpless.

The journey from the Sun and Moon Continent to the South Pole included a brief passage over ocean waters, but nothing significant happened along the way. Similarly, the soul beasts at the south pole didn't cause any trouble as they traversed the area. However, on the final stretch of the ocean crossing back to the Douluo Continent, Chen Ming and his group encountered an unexpected event.

Although Chen Ming and the Dark Devilgod Tiger didn't need rest, the soul engineers did. While they could manage eating and sleeping on the tiger's back, they still needed to attend to bodily functions.

Chen Ming ensured that they used containers to collect waste so it wouldn't fall on the Dark Devilgod Tiger, but the tiger still looked utterly aggrieved at the thought of humans relieving themselves on its back. It shed tears of frustration, unable to defy Chen Ming's orders but brimming with silent protest.

As for minor issues like fear of heights or motion sickness, Chen Ming resolved them easily. Still, the situation wasn't ideal.

To accommodate the soul engineers, Chen Ming occasionally allowed them to stop and adjust on small islands. There weren't many stops—only twice in total—before they neared the Douluo Continent. After one last period of rest on a small island near their destination, they prepared to continue their journey. However, just as they were about to set off, the previously calm sea suddenly erupted into chaos.

Gale-force winds roared across the ocean, whipping up massive waves several meters high. Torrential rain poured down, and bolts of lightning flashed in the storm clouds above.

In the distance, a massive whirlpool formed on the sea's surface, devouring everything around it. Several sea soul beasts, unable to escape in time, were sucked into the vortex, their bodies shredded into fragments. Blood and bone turned the sea a vivid red.

"This aura belongs to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast? No... a ferocious beast?"

Chen Ming shielded the soul engineers, who were struggling to breathe under the oppressive aura and gazed into the distance, activating his Spiritual Eye.

At the heart of the vortex, he saw the source of this upheaval.

It was a creature about two meters tall, its entire body wrapped in explosive water element energy.

It was... a water monkey.

The creature had long arms—so long that even when standing upright, its fingertips nearly reached its feet. Its head bore four ears, and its overall appearance resembled a strange, blue long-armed gibbon.

Chen Ming thought for a moment and quickly identified it, though not from any soul beast compendium in this lifetime. Instead, it was from his memories of the ancient text The Classic of Mountains and Seas from his previous life.

"This is... a county-flooding beast?" Chen Ming looked at the sea.

He reasoned that the disparity in power levels between the world of Douluo and the Classic of Mountains and Seas Book must account for it. What was merely a local flood-bringer in the Classic of Mountains and Seas Book was an immensely powerful beast in Douluo, capable of generating floods that could truly engulf entire regions.

The ocean was far larger than the landmass, and the number and variety of high-level sea soul beasts far exceeded those on land. Encountering a hundred-thousand-year sea soul beast or even a ferocious beast wasn't impossible. Chen Ming had considered the possibility before but had assumed he wouldn't encounter such creatures, as they had been lucky so far. From above, he had only seen groups of sea soul beasts hunting smaller ones, with the leaders being no older than sixty or seventy thousand years.

Yet, just as they were about to return to the Douluo Continent, they ran into a ferocious beast-level sea soul beast.