Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 377: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

Under the secret escort of Tang Hao, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai arrived outside Spirit City. However, as they looked at the towering and majestic Spirit City in the distance, everyone except Dai Mubai, who was as fearless as a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, felt a trace of fear.

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Tang San was very worried about his identity being recognized and being attacked by the evil Spirit Hall. Xiao Wu was afraid her aura as a 100,000-year soul beast would be exposed, turning her into a soul ring or soul bone in a place like Spirit City, where Titled Douluos were everywhere. Yu Xiaogang worried whether he could still gain Bibi Dong's help in his current state.

As for Tang Hao?

Although Tang Hao felt that even if he stormed Spirit City head-on, nothing would happen to him, he still hesitated before stepping forward as he gazed upon the city bathed in light. This hesitation stemmed from a dual effect: his innate instinct and the divine sense of the Asura God within him.

Spirit Hall was the domain of the Angel God, and Spirit City was the result of Spirit Hall's millennia of accumulation. Even though the Angel God had already fallen due to his schemes, the Asura God would still not recklessly allow his pawn to reveal his aura within Spirit City.

After all, if Qian Daoliu, the High Priest of the Angel God, made a move, Tang Hao might still have a chance to escape. But if the Angelic Sacred Sword descended, Tang Hao would not survive unless the Asura God personally intervened.

After a long silence, Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai waited outside Spirit City for Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Even Tang Hao, who had been sticking close to Tang San, stopped cautiously outside the city, looking at Spirit City with malice in his heart.

"Spirit Hall, if you harm Xiao San, I, Tang Hao, will destroy your millennia-old foundation even if it costs me my life. And as for Bibi Dong, you'd better be sensible and obediently hand over the method for cultivating twin martial souls. Otherwise, you are courting death!"

Of course, if Tang Hao encountered any of the Spirit Hall's elders, his heavily injured body would force him to turn and flee immediately. But that didn't stop him from threatening Spirit Hall in his heart while standing outside the city.

The defenses of Spirit City were strong—just the gate guards alone were at the Soul Elder level, while the squad leaders were Soul Kings or Soul Emperors. Any one of them could establish a small family. However, despite such strength, their inspections were relatively simple.

They would merely check for any signs of evil auras or wanted criminals and let people through. As for contraband or weapon inspections, Spirit City only prohibited evil items. Weapons? Nobody would care about those—after all, every soul master carried weapons.

Overall, the city's defenses were primarily aimed at soul beasts and external forces. Inspections for people entering the city were more of a formality. Internal security was managed by a separate department.

At the city gate, the soul masters recorded Yu Xiaogang and Tang San's names and ages, then began checking for any evil or chaotic auras.

Yu Xiaogang, whose martial soul was now crippled, exuded nothing but an air of despair and the stench caused by his incontinence. The canine martial soul master responsible for detecting auras sniffed Yu Xiaogang twice and almost vomited. Waving his hand, he moved on to inspect Tang San.

On Tang San, the soul master with a White Dog martial soul detected a faint aura of darkness and blood. His expression immediately turned serious.

His martial soul, the White Dog, was a mid-tier canine martial soul that wasn't particularly strong in combat. However, as a canine martial soul, it excelled in scent detection. The White Dog, in particular, had the rare ability to sense soul masters' auras and soul power.

The soul master subtly signaled his squad leader, and several guards quietly surrounded Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.

The squad leader, a middle-aged Soul Emperor, looked at Tang San and Yu Xiaogang with a formulaic smile. Then he summoned his martial soul—two yellow, two purple, and two black soul rings appeared around him as a purple vine coiled in his hand.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang immediately recognized it—his martial soul was the Ghost Vine, the same type as the source of Tang San's second soul ring for his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

"Apologies, routine check. Please summon your martial soul so we can verify that it is not an evil martial soul," the Ghost Vine soul master said politely, though his soul rings began to shimmer faintly. It was clear that if the two refused, the dark purple vine in his hand would devour them in an instant.

"Hmph." Tang San snorted coldly and summoned his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. Two yellow and one purple soul rings appeared around him, and the deep purple Blue Silver Grass emerged in his hand. The Ghost Vine soul master stared at the Blue Silver Grass for a moment in silence before speaking hesitantly.

"Is this... the Dark Blue Silver Grass martial soul?"

"Dark Blue Silver Grass?" Hearing this unfamiliar term that seemed related to his martial soul, Tang San's eyes lit up for a moment. However, he replied calmly, "No, I've never heard of Dark Blue Silver Grass. My martial soul is just ordinary Blue Silver Grass, only enhanced by soul rings from poisonous soul beasts."

"Poisonous plant-type soul beasts..." The Ghost Vine soul master seemed to sense that Tang San's second soul ring likely came from a Ghost Vine as well, so he relaxed slightly, though there was still some doubt in his eyes.

In this era, Spirit Hall judged soul masters not by their martial souls but by their deeds.

Even if your martial soul was a Bloodsucking Bat and you cultivated by drinking blood, as long as you only drank the blood of soul beasts and not soul masters, you were considered a normal—even good—soul master.

Conversely, even if your martial soul was a Unicorn or an Angel, if you wantonly slaughtered innocents—whether to cultivate or not—you would be deemed as an evil soul master and punished accordingly. Depending on the situation, this could mean execution, the destruction of your martial soul, or imprisonment.

This era emphasized evaluating actions, not intentions.

Take the Ghost Vine soul master, for example. His martial soul, the Ghost Vine, inherently possessed both poison and evil attributes. Yet, he was neither discriminated against nor treated specially because of it. Otherwise, he wouldn't be serving as a squad leader in Spirit City's defenses.

After all, being a squad leader here in Spirit City carried far more prestige than holding the same position in the capital cities of the two great empires. Without sufficient background and strength, it was impossible.

Seeing Tang San in this light, the Ghost Vine soul master added a few words.

"Young man, since we're both plant-type soul masters, let me give you some advice."

"If your martial soul is just Blue Silver Grass and not Dark Blue Silver Grass, I suggest you stick to the normal path for plant-type soul masters. Focus on absorbing soul rings from regular plant-type soul beasts. Absorbing too many poisonous soul beasts won't be good for your martial soul."

"While Blue Silver Grass is a low-quality plant-type martial soul, it does have its unique traits. When adding soul rings, don't go against its nature, or you'll end up putting in twice the effort for half the results."

"For soul masters with average talent, it's natural to prioritize strong soul skills since their potential is limited."

"But with your talent—being able to cultivate Blue Silver Grass to this level at your age—you're bound to go far. You might even make a name for Blue Silver Grass one day."

"Ah, forget it."

Seeing Tang San's indifferent expression, the Ghost Vine soul master shook his head and retracted his martial soul.

"Forget it, young man. I was being nosy."