Chapter 84: Dugu Bo's Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring

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Dugu Bo swallowed the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fiery Yang Snake, and in an instant, his body felt as if it was on fire.

Dugu Bo directly activated his spirit possession, with golden-green scales constantly changing. Dugu Bo circulated the Limitless Universe Skill to absorb the energy of the inner core into his body.

Although the energy of the inner core was violent, Dugu Bo, being a ninety-five-level Super Douluo, had a different physical constitution. The life level of a Title Douluo could no longer be considered human; although the energy was turbulent, it did not damage Dugu Bo's meridians or internal organs.

Dugu Bo closed his eyes and slowly absorbed the power brought by the inner core while circulating the Limitless Universe Skill. At the same time, Dugu Bo's spirit also underwent changes.

The originally golden-green scales of the Golden Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor, which bore a dragon head, reverted back to a snake head, though the horns remained. A pair of horns resembling a crown-like existence persisted.

The entire body's scales turned crimson red, most unexpectedly, the snake head split into nine heads, with the middle one being the largest, and the other eight of similar size hidden behind the central head.

The scales on the snake's body became thicker, even covering the most vulnerable part of the snake belly with scale armor. Its defense clearly improved significantly.

In the state of spirit possession, the spirit rings on Dugu Bo's body emerged, the most common configuration for a Title Douluo: two yellow, two purple, and five black rings.

However, Dugu Bo's ninth spirit ring, the outermost one, changed. Originally deep black, the ring began showing red streaks.

What does this indicate? Only spirit rings produced by soul beasts nearing hundred-thousand years, like those close to ninety-thousand years, are black-red. The more red, the closer it is to hundred-thousand years.

A completely red ring without any black is a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring. This is the true treasure for soul masters, making it possible to ascend to the ninety-eight level and break through to the ninety-ninth level Extreme Douluo.

Tang Chen once had a configuration of two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red spirit rings, becoming an Extreme Douluo with overwhelming strength and known as the strongest on land.

Now, Dugu Bo's ninth spirit ring was undergoing a mutation, with increasing red streaks, indicating its age was approaching hundred-thousand years.

This made sense since the original timeline destined Ma Hongjun's seventh spirit ring from the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fiery Yang Snake. Though the inner core could produce a spirit ring, Dugu Bo already had a full set of spirit rings and naturally couldn't form another.

All the spirit ring energy contained within the inner core flowed into Dugu Bo's ninth spirit ring, enhancing its age.

Before long, Dugu Bo's ninth spirit ring turned blood-red without a trace of black, signifying that it had fully transformed into a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.

The transformation effect of a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring on a soul master's body cannot be compared to a ten-thousand-year spirit ring. Even between ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine years and a hundred-thousand years, there remains a vast difference.

The energy of the inner core wasn't depleted yet. Dugu Bo suddenly recalled the method of forming a spirit nucleus that Li Luochen had mentioned, using the poison pill as the core to condense. With the energy from the inner core, Dugu Bo decided to try condensing a spirit nucleus.

At this moment, the poison pill inside Dugu Bo shattered but didn't injure him. Instead, it formed a vortex of spirit force.

This vortex began to gather all the spirit force throughout Dugu Bo's body, and the toxins inside his body also started to converge, aiming to condense a mixed-toxin spirit nucleus.

Dugu Bo possessed several poisons: the Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor Poison, Boundless Venomous Python Poison, Mandala Snake King Poison, Sea Viper Poison, Corrosive Poison, Ten-Headed Fiery Yang Snake Poison, and Fire Poison. The spirit vortex directly condensed these numerous toxins together.

The spirit nucleus formed, coalescing in the middle dantian, creating a seven-colored spirit nucleus. This nucleus contained seven deadly poisons, completing the Seven-Colored Mixed-Toxin Spirit Nucleus, further elevating Dugu Bo's toxin-based skills.

Simultaneously, Dugu Bo's spirit underwent a complete transformation, evolving into a nine-headed snake king, a new type of snake spirit.

Dugu Bo opened his eyes, feeling the changes within himself. His spirit power level rose from the peak of ninety-five levels to the peak of ninety-six levels, with ninety-seven levels just around the corner.

Condensing a Seven-Colored Mixed-Toxin Spirit Nucleus was one of his greatest achievements. Simultaneously, Dugu Bo completed the ninth level of the Limitless Universe Skill, achieving unity with the universe.

His spirit also evolved, and his spirit rings upgraded, adding joy upon joy.

"Hahahaha, this time I have truly defied fate. Never expected my ninth spirit ring to transform into a genuine hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, granting me two spirit skills."

Dugu Bo was ecstatic, never expecting the inner core to bring him so many benefits. Moreover, he felt changes in all his nine spirit skills.

With spirit possession, his new supreme snake spirit, the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake King.

Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black, Red

The optimal and most extreme configuration of spirit rings for a Title Douluo.

First Spirit Skill: Snake King Poison Breath

Releases various colored toxic breaths, each with unique toxicity and effects, swiftly weakening enemies' defenses and strength.

Second Spirit Skill: Serpent Shadows Multiply

Instantly splits into nine serpent shadows to surround and disrupt enemies, each shadow possessing formidable attack power.

Third Spirit Skill: Mixed-Toxin Maze

The Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake King emits a seven-colored toxic mist, confusing opponents. Inhaling the mist reduces sensory perception by thirty percent and overall attributes by ten percent.

Fourth Spirit Skill: Nine-Headed Snake Roar

Emits an ear-shattering roar, dispersing enemies' spirit force and causing mental shock.

Fifth Spirit Skill: Snake King Protection

Releases a protective shield centered around oneself, greatly enhancing defense and strengthening with increased spirit force.

Sixth Spirit Skill: Snake King Domain

Releases a domain centered around oneself, enhancing the power of all snake spirits within the domain while weakening enemies' abilities.

Seventh Spirit Skill: Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake True Form

True form of the spirit, with nine enormous and fierce snake heads, reaching peak power and speed, boosting all attributes by two hundred percent.

Eighth Spirit Skill: Time Solidification

Spirit transforms into an energy barrier against enemies, temporarily freezing space-time. It also releases potent toxins, forming a devastating control field.

Ninth Spirit Skill Part One: Heavenly Snake Annihilating Divine Light

One of the ninth spirit skills, where all nine snake heads release their strongest spirit force and toxins, forming a divine light capable of destroying everything, dealing fatal damage to enemies.

Ninth Spirit Skill Part Two: Snake King Sky-Splitting Break

Another ninth spirit skill, where the snake heads in spirit form emit intense beams of poisonous spirit force with powerful penetration and destructive capabilities, instantly tearing through air and causing massive damage.

All nine spirit skills were strengthened, and with the formation of the spirit nucleus, endurance and toxin skills greatly improved.

Achieving the ninth level of the Limitless Heaven and Earth Skill, the unity with the universe, Dugu Bo at the peak of ninety-six levels can even defeat those at ninety-seven levels.

Moreover, due to the breakthrough in his cultivation technique, Dugu Bo saw the path to ninety-seven levels. Within two years, he will surely reach ninety-seven levels.

Additionally, the enhancement from the hundred-thousand-year spirit ring was terrifying, greatly improving Dugu Bo's physique and significantly reducing the difficulty of advancing to ninety-eight levels. As long as he fully trains at ninety-seven levels, breaking through to ninety-eight levels will be without any bottlenecks.

However, ninety-nine levels remain a hurdle, stumping countless strong individuals. Dugu Bo still feels uncertain. The higher the spirit power level, the more one realizes the difficulty of advancement.

Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, Thunder Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo have all been stuck at bottlenecks for many years. Taking even one step forward is incredibly difficult.

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