Chapter 91·The legendary beast
The vast majority of scorpion-type soul beasts will increase in size as they age, and it is said that a small number of them will embark on the path of reducing their size after reaching a very high level in age.
The scorpion soul beast entrenched in the emerald dragon's lair is only about one meter long. Its whole body is the color of amethyst, its body has the texture of metal, and the scorpion tail behind it is about half a meter long. Overall it looks very compact.
Under Scorpion's feet was a mountain of corpses composed of jade dragons that had died one after another. Although they had not completely decomposed, they already exuded a strong aura of death.
A large amount of death energy surged and was absorbed by the scorpion entrenched on the corpse mountain.
That small body seemed to come from hell, and came only to spread death. The mountain of corpses beneath him looked like the devil's throne. You can feel your spirit being affected just by looking at it.
After seeing this spirit beast, Dugu Bo thought he had encountered a scorpion-like hundred thousand year spirit beast that had reached one hundred thousand years and had begun to shrink in size. My heart almost jumped into my throat.
But after taking a closer look, Dugu Bo realized that this thing was not the hundred thousand year soul beast he had imagined. But in terms of cherishment, there may not be much difference between the two. The latter may even be higher than a hundred thousand year soul beast.
"Boy, you are lucky, this is Pluto Scorpio!" Dugu Bo lowered his voice, carefully pushed Chen Ming's shoulder, and whispered excitedly into Chen Ming's ear.
"What the hell? Pluto Scorpion?!" Upon hearing Dugu Bo's judgment, Chen Ming's eyes widened and he was completely in disbelief.
Pluto Scorpion, he had heard of this kind of soul beast before. Even if you look at Douluo Continent, this is a very well-known soul beast. It is even said that even many farmers who have not awakened their soul power have heard of this kind of soul beast.
According to legend, in the ancient times before the angel gods became gods, a black hole opened between heaven and earth, and a group of huge scorpions poured out of the gap.
This group of scorpions possess a body and strength that is not inferior to that of a giant dragon, and they themselves possess terrible poison. Wherever they walked, not a single weed would grow for hundreds of years.
These monsters are irrational, unable to communicate, and seem to exist only to kill. They kill humans and spirit beasts. Except for the same kind, everything will be torn apart with their huge front claws and melted with poison.
This kind of monster can even be used as prey by giant dragons, tearing it apart and devouring it with its front claws. Even the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear cannot fight against it. And even if they are killed by luck, they will not leave soul rings.
People call them Pluto Scorpions in fear, thinking that they are monsters crawling from the world of the dead, and are disaster beasts different from soul beasts.
Hundreds of years later, the angel god rose up, led mankind to fight against the soul beast, and destroyed the terrible disaster beast like Pluto Scorpion.
In the legend of the Angel God circulated on the mainland, before becoming a god, the Angel God led his companions to kill the leader of the Pluto Scorpion and bridged the gap between heaven and earth. Since then, Pluto Scorpions on the mainland have been gradually weakening, and after death they will leave soul rings like normal soul beasts.
In a sense, maybe it can be regarded as the Douluo World version of Nuwa Mending the Sky?
In short, because this kind of creature is too bad, it has caused great damage to the mainland. Neither humans nor spirit beasts can tolerate their continued existence.
Even in that era of confrontation between humans and soul beasts, the two would temporarily put aside their hatred when facing Pluto Scorpion.
It is said that this kind of disaster beast has become extremely rare since the era of angel gods. The descendants of the angel gods in the past generations would immediately destroy the beast after learning about it, in order to safeguard the achievements of their ancestors.
This kind of disaster beast was theoretically extinct by humans and spirit beasts thousands of years ago, and only a few subspecies remain on the continent. And these remaining subspecies are extremely rare. Most of them are top-level soul beasts, and some are simply super-quality soul beasts.
The Phantom Scorpion that Chen Ming chose as the soul ring before is said to be one of the subspecies of this soul beast left on the mainland. It is relatively weak among the subspecies, but it has mutated toxins with spiritual attributes. Chen Ming's first thought when he heard this was doubt, thinking that Dugu Bo had seen it wrong. In theory, wouldn't this kind of spirit beast be extinct for thousands of years?
The second thought that came up immediately was that the quality of this thing was so high that even if it had just broken through ten thousand years, it could rival a hundred thousand year soul beast. So with Dugu Bo’s strength, can’t he beat him?
Should we make a tactical shift first and then take a long-term approach?
"Is this thing really the Pluto Scorpion? Isn't this thing extinct? Did you see it wrong?" Chen Ming lowered his voice, carefully restrained his breath and soul power, and whispered in Dugu Bo's ear.
"Nine times out of ten, it should be the Pluto Scorpion. Even if it is not, it should be a subspecies that is infinitely close to the real thing. Its quality is much higher than the Medusa I met back then."
"Although this is the first time I have seen the real thing, it looks exactly like the description in the ancient books, and the evil death aura is definitely worthy of the title of Pluto."
"That thing looks like it is no more than 10,000 years old... But have you seen those corpses under his feet? There are several 10,000-year-old jade dragons in there. The leading one is more than 30,000 years old, close to 40,000 years old. After ten thousand years of cultivation, my head is almost transformed into a dragon. If I practice it again, I will become the Jade Heavenly Dragon King."
Dugu Bo pointed to the largest corpse among them and explained in a low voice to Chen Ming.
"In less than 10,000 years, you killed a group of emerald celestial dragons that have been around for 10,000 and 1,000 years in the lair of the emerald celestial dragon? This thing is so powerful..."
"Grandpa, can we beat him?" Although Chen Ming wanted Pluto Scorpion's soul ring, he was also a little worried in his heart.
"If this thing has a cultivation base of 100,000 years, the Sunset Forest will be a dead place, and it must be solved by the great priest of Wuhun Palace. If it has a cultivation level of more than 50,000 years, I will run away with you and go back to take the geese. Yan, cut all the herbs in the yard and run away. Then report it to Wuhun Hall.”
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"If this thing has a cultivation level of ten thousand years, it will take a lot of effort for me to fight this thing. At least I can't let you watch from the side. But the cultivation level of this thing is less than ten thousand years... Although it is a bit troublesome, But it’s not that troublesome.”
"Xiao Ming, do you want its soul ring?" Dugu Bo smiled confidently and asked Chen Ming.
"I want it! I want it very much! I want it very much!" Chen Ming's eyes were shining and his heart was beating wildly.
Pluto Scorpion is suspected of invading the Douluo World from other worlds, and then was assimilated into the Douluo World's local rules after the leader was killed and became a soul beast. Even though it may not be as powerful as the legendary one, it is definitely a very capable soul beast of super quality.
Chen Ming couldn't even imagine how much this soul ring could improve him, and how many good things it contained. Even if it is assimilated by the rules of Douluo World, there must still be some laws from other worlds.
Not to mention the age of a thousand years, even if this thing has just passed a century, Chen Ming will simply choose to absorb it, and then work hard to increase the life of the soul ring.
Because except for the legendary poison-attribute beast, there is nothing that can compare with this legendary level of monster. In other words, this thing is essentially the legendary poison-attribute soul beast or poison-attribute divine beast.
"You hide here, grandpa, I'm going to beat him half to death!"
(End of chapter)