Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 197: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

If this group of soul beasts were to suddenly erupt in aggression and target the two of them, even Dugu Bo wouldn't dare claim he could come out unscathed. At most, he'd be lucky to flee in disgrace. In this situation, Dugu Bo no longer believed this was merely a matter of encountering a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. He was now pondering how many hundred-thousand-year soul beasts might inhabit this unremarkable island to command such a large group of snake-type soul beasts into submission.

Of course, deep down, Dugu Bo felt a little pleased. After all, while this Snake Island was extraordinary, it was undoubtedly a great boon for the Dugu family's legacy.

With this treasure trove, Yan Yan could resolve everything from her fourth soul ring to her ninth. Top-tier snake-type soul beasts, which were rare outside, could be chosen at will here. King-class beasts were everywhere, and there were even emperor-class soul beasts and super mutations. Evolving the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul into a Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor would be almost effortless.

Who knows? After a few generations, the Dugu family's Martial Soul might no longer be the Jade Phosphor Serpent but directly the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.

Dugu Bo and Chen Ming carefully advanced, stealthily making their way toward the core of the island. However, the soul beasts living in the island's core rendered both Dugu Bo and Chen Ming speechless.

At the center of the island was a lake teeming with life, and on its banks lay a group of half-human, half-snake beings lazily basking in the sun.

Dugu Bo immediately recognized them—not human soul masters using their Martial Soul, but a group of soul beasts, a large number of Medusas, known as the queens among snakes and classified as super soul beasts!

In his entire life, Dugu Bo had only ever encountered one of these super soul beasts, yet here there were seven or eight.

Logically, the older a Medusa's cultivation, the more human-like its appearance. At ten thousand years, only their heads bore some resemblance to humans, but to reach a half-human, half-snake form, they would need at least fifty thousand years of cultivation. Strangely, though, these sunbathing Medusas only seemed to have cultivation levels of around twenty to thirty thousand years, with the strongest of them not exceeding forty thousand years.

To Dugu Bo, there was only one explanation: this group of Medusas must possess extraordinarily high and pure bloodlines. Above them, there was likely a powerful Medusa Queen at the hundred-thousand-year level.

The entirety of Snake Island was probably the territory of this Medusa Queen. Those emperor-class and super-soul beasts were merely her subordinates.

Chen Ming closed his eyes, sensing the coordinates provided to him by the world's consciousness. He confirmed that his target was indeed within the lake and also confirmed that the Medusa Queen had a cultivation of only eighty thousand years.

However, both Chen Ming and Dugu Bo shared the same thought: above this group of Medusas, there was likely a hundred-thousand-year or even a beast-level Medusa Queen. The Medusa he was looking for might just be one of this queen's offspring, akin to the relationship between the Sea Princess and the Mermaid Princess.

Although the queen above this Medusa was likely not as powerful as the Sea Princess, it was at least at the level of a beast-level creature.

Just as Chen Ming finished gathering information and was about to retreat with Dugu Bo to discuss their strategy, the sun reached its zenith. It was as if some mechanism had been triggered, and the entire Snake Island instantly fell into a solemn and sacred atmosphere.

Yes, an island full of soul beasts was suddenly enveloped in a solemn aura.

The snake emperors and the super soul beast-level mutations gathered before the vast lake. The Medusas that had been basking on the lakeshore also stood up, respectfully gazing toward the lake's center.

The lake trembled slightly, and a massive figure emerged from its depths. The sunlight illuminated her body. At that moment, the many snake emperors and Medusas around the lake all knelt toward the figure rising from the water.

The eyes of the snake soul beasts were filled with reverence and submission. An invisible power flowed out from these snake soul beasts, converging into the body of the figure standing in the lake.

It was a Medusa Queen approximately thirty meters tall. Her upper body was entirely human, resembling that of a female, while her lower body was a long, slender snake tail. Her gaze carried a wisdom and divinity rarely seen in soul beasts. She even wore a simple garment woven from vines, modestly covering her upper body.

The Medusa Queen basked in the worship of her followers. The power of faith flowed into her enormous body. The aura of the soul beast leaked out uncontrollably, and her snake-like hair writhed freely in the air.

At that moment, Chen Ming realized the truth—this Medusa Queen had a cultivation of exactly eighty thousand years. It matched the target he had been seeking. As she rose, the coordinates in Chen Ming's mind aligned with her. He confirmed that this was indeed his objective.

But...

This is a freaking divine beast?!

Chen Ming couldn't believe his eyes. He rubbed them, trying to make sense of the faith power surrounding him and the faint divine energy emanating from the Medusa Queen. For a moment, he was dumbfounded.

Eighty thousand years. A divine beast.

Chen Ming's mind raced, yet he couldn't reconcile these two concepts. This wasn't some Dark Devilgod Tiger—where did this kind of quality come from?

His powerful spiritual senses spun furiously, searching through all his memories of the Douluo Dalu series. Finally, in an obscure corner of his mind, Chen Ming recalled something about Medusas in the Douluo world.

The Sin God, Medusa—a third-level god.

In the era when the God Realm was still intact during the events of Douluo Dalu 3, Medusa's divine artifact had once appeared in the hands of Qiangu Dongfeng, used to counter Tang Wulin. It contained a trace of the Medusa God's divine soul.

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Although this was a sudden addition to the original plot, it was used to enhance Tang San's prestige.

But in a real-world scenario, this meant that the Medusa God's divine soul and divine artifact had indeed fallen to the Douluo Dalu world without the God Realm's knowledge.

The group of Medusas before him, especially this leader exuding faint divinity, was most likely connected to the Medusa God who had fallen to the Douluo Dalu world.

Even if this Medusa Queen didn't originate from the trace of the Medusa God's divine soul, she had undoubtedly inherited part of the Medusa God's power or divine artifact. This was why she had managed to become a divine beast in an era where soul beasts were barred from ascending to godhood.

An eighty-thousand-year soul beast and an eighty-thousand-year divine beast were on entirely different levels.

While a divine beast ≠ god ≠ god-level combat power, there was no doubt that the strength of a divine beast far surpassed that of a super soul beast. Under the current restrictions of the world's rules, even Di Tian couldn't claim to match this Medusa Queen, who had miraculously become a divine beast.

Although this Medusa Queen's cultivation was only around eighty thousand years and hadn't yet reached the hundred-thousand-year mark, her strength would undoubtedly rival soul beasts that had survived their second tribulation, or perhaps even surpass them.

Chen Ming finally understood why the world consciousness of Douluo Dalu had included this Medusa Queen's information alongside other high-quality hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. He also understood why the world consciousness had marked her as uniquely dangerous.

Because she was a divine beast—a true divine beast, imbued with divinity and possibly even carrying a fragment of the Medusa God's power or artifact.

Chen Ming was already considering retreating tactically and heading to the Spirit Hall to call for reinforcements. However, just as the Medusa Queen absorbed the power of faith and her state improved, her human-like eyes turned directly toward the location where Chen Ming and Dugu Bo were hiding.