Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 169: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

The Heavenly Spider is a highly underrated yet superior-quality spider martial soul, surpassing even the Death Spider Emperor and the Devouring Spider Emperor in quality.

This martial soul is extremely rare in terms of inheritance but is widely known across the continent. If other spiders rely on their various attributes to qualify as super soul beasts, the Heavenly Spider race achieves this status through pure, overwhelming strength.

The Heavenly Spider is non-venomous, but the silk it produces is unmatched in the world. Not only is it incredibly strong, but it also exhibits exceptional resistance to all attributes. A web spun from its silk could easily strangle super strength-based soul beasts like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear or the Titan Giant Ape.

The threads of this soul beast are considered as valuable as gold multiplied by a thousand—or even ten thousand times—in the world of soul masters. They are often used in crafting the finest inner armor. It is said that the intimate inner armor worn by emperors of the two great empires is primarily made from Heavenly Spider silk.

Due to the high value of its silk, coupled with its already small population, this soul beast has become even rarer. Nowadays, there are almost no traces of the Heavenly Spider on the Douluo Continent. At least, Chen Ming hasn't heard of any soul master battling a Heavenly Spider in recent decades.

Moreover, this soul beast not only spins silk and weaves webs, but it also possesses powerful ranged attack capabilities. Using its unique soul power and spiritual energy, it can launch its silk as devastating arrows. These arrows are powerful enough to pierce through the scales and flesh of a dragon with ease.

In short, every thread spun by the Heavenly Spider is a top-tier weapon of mass destruction.

As for close combat, this soul beast has strength and physique equivalent to that of a dragon.

Overall, this soul beast has no flashy mechanisms—only pure and overwhelming abilities. Its sole flaw, if it can even be called that, is its rarity.

When Chen Ming was escaping, he heard Qian Renxue mention that Aunt May was a member of the Angel Clan, with an extremely high-quality martial soul. Each of her soul rings was perfectly suited to the Heavenly Spider martial soul, and her seventh and eighth soul rings even came from a pair of Heavenly Spider soul beasts of matching age who had lived together as mates. This unique situation allowed her to possess two martial soul avatars.

Although she never reached the rank of Titled Douluo due to flaws in her state of mind, she still had an 88th-level soul power. Combined with the powerful Heavenly Spider martial soul, her soul skills, and a head soul bone that locked her abilities, her overall strength was significantly enhanced. Her combat power even surpassed that of the two Title Douluo—Snake Spear Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo.

With both of her martial soul avatars activated, even the two working together could not defeat her in a short amount of time.

Chen Ming wanted to leave but dared not flee recklessly. Otherwise, even he couldn't guarantee his survival in such a situation.

The half-human, half-spider madwoman stared at Chen Ming and Qian Renxue with venomous hatred in her eyes, but her face twisted into a bizarre smile.

Hatred, jealousy, kindness, and reluctance—all kinds of complex emotions distorted the woman's face, making her aged features even more terrifying than the wicked witches described in fairy tales.

"Your Highness, come here quickly. Stand behind me. The one beside you is a villain."

The madwoman's voice was low, as though she was trying to imitate her former kindness toward Qian Renxue. However, the excessive suppression in her tone only made her malice even more apparent, adding an indescribable madness and distortion to her words.

Upon hearing her, even the prepared Qian Renxue couldn't help but shiver. Her gaze toward the woman was filled with fear and confusion.

She couldn't understand why Aunt May—who had always been so kind to her, like a true mother or grandmother—had become so unfamiliar and insane.

As Qian Renxue froze in place and even raised her weapon toward her, the madwoman hesitated for a moment, then let out a strange, cackling laugh.

Chen Ming could feel it—along with this laughter, the madwoman's body radiated an overwhelming malice, far greater than anything he had encountered in this area before. Even Qian Renxue was startled by the nearly tangible malice, instinctively stepping back several paces.

"I always thought I could catch up to him," the disheveled madwoman sang in a strange tone.

"Decades ago, decades ago, when I first awakened my martial soul and saw that man for the first time, I understood. I understood..."

Her speech was rapid, completely ignoring the poison Chen Ming was releasing and Qian Renxue's combat readiness. She locked her gaze on the two of them while recounting her story.

Removing the strange tone and excessive adjectives, here's the general story:

Decades ago, when she was still a child, she awakened her martial soul within her clan and met Qian Daoliu for the first time. She was very nervous at the time, but Qian Daoliu, who was responsible for helping children awaken their martial souls, patted her head and comforted her with a smile. As an orphan, she developed a deep affection for Qian Daoliu from that moment on.

After returning home, she inquired about Qian Daoliu and dreamed of becoming his wife, only to be told that he already had a fiancée. She refused to believe it and appeared by Qian Daoliu's side countless times, only to be left speechless by his ever-smiling demeanor.

When Qian Daoliu got married, she also received a special invitation from him. At the wedding banquet, she could only watch as the man she loved walked into the hall of marriage with another woman. At twelve years old, she stood at the banquet like an insignificant insect.

She claimed that from that day on, she began to go mad.

In secret, she made voodoo dolls under her bed and cursed Qian Daoliu's wife. Every time she saw Qian Daoliu with his wife, she would silently curse the woman, wishing for her to die soon. When news spread that Qian Daoliu's wife was pregnant, she locked herself in her room, screaming and tearing out chunks of her hair.

(Note: The next part skips excessive vulgar language.)

After recovering, she volunteered to take care of Qian Daoliu's wife. Because Qian Daoliu had watched her grow up, he agreed to her request.

On the surface, she appeared to be a gentle and well-behaved child—a model clanswoman in front of Qian Daoliu and his wife. But in secret, she collected strands of Qian Daoliu's wife's hair and pieces of his clothing.

She used the wife's hair to make voodoo dolls, cursing her viciously night after night. She also used Qian Daoliu's clothing to comfort herself.

As Qian Daoliu's wife's belly grew larger, her malice swelled as well. She began by adding all sorts of disgusting things to the wife's food and drink and eventually attempted to poison her with substances that could induce a miscarriage.

However, Qian Daoliu's wife was a capable soul master herself, and with others always around, her actions were quickly discovered.

That day, the wife stood before her with a longsword for a long time but ultimately chose to spare her. (Her retelling of the event was filled with insults, summarizing the wife's actions as the arrogance of a victorious woman.) She was only sent away from the Angel Clan's territory.

Several months later, after leaving the Spirit Hall, she learned that Qian Daoliu's wife had died due to complications during childbirth. She felt immense joy as if she had been blessed by the gods.

PS: Damn.. That's crazy.

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