Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 283: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

Since Ning Fengzhi made his choice, Chen Ming decided to respect it. However, the price for upgrading the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda in the future would naturally increase by a level. After all, people must pay the price for their choices, right?

That being said, Chen Ming needed to be careful for the time being to ensure that Ning Rongrong didn't run off to Shrek Academy again. After all, apart from Tang San and Xiao Wu, the two exceptions, Ning Rongrong had the most significant background among the students in Shrek Academy. Although Dai Mubai was a prince, under the rules of the Star Luo Empire, a runaway prince was considered less valuable than a dog.

With the Immortal Herbs already taken, Dai Mubai had no qualifications to compete with his elder brother for the throne. Furthermore, Chen Ming had previously left some small gifts for the Shrek group. Under such circumstances, if they could still use the Martial Soul Fusion Technique, it would practically require the Asura God himself to intervene and distort reality.

Above all, Chen Ming could not allow Tang San to establish a connection with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan. If that clan were to become an extension of Tang San, his growth rate would undoubtedly become a significant threat.

In the following days, Chen Ming discussed and handled some matters with the worshippers of the Worship Hall and Qian Daoliu. Afterward, he paid a visit to Dai Weisi, the Crown Prince of the Star Lou Empire.

Although Chen Ming's reputation was primarily known in the Heaven Dou Empire, Dai Weisi still received him. After all, Dai Weisi was aware of Chen Ming's status as the son-in-law of Poison Douluo. While Chen Ming rarely took action, his displayed talent far exceeded that of ordinary geniuses. Moreover, Chen Ming's family had once helped the Star Luo Empire deal with a plague caused by a natural disaster centuries ago, earning the empire's favor. Dai Weisi, as the crown prince, was well aware of these details.

Their conversation was brief and polite. Chen Ming noticed that, although Dai Weisi was arrogant, his abilities were sufficient to match his demeanor. His pride came across as confidence rather than mere conceit.

When Dai Weisi attempted to recruit Chen Ming, the latter naturally refused. Dai Weisi wasn't offended, as it was merely a formality. After all, there would be plenty of time in the future for further interactions. Their first meeting was simply a chance to get acquainted.

Meanwhile, in Spirit City, the ongoing conflict between the Spirit Hall and the Star Dou Forest attracted many people. Most of the high-level combatants on the Douluo Continent had gathered in this small city. Among the Seven Great Sects, only the Clear Sky Sect had been subdued by Qian Daoliu's earlier lessons and had obediently stayed on Clear Sky Peak. The other six sects had sent their leaders and elders to convene here.

While wandering around Spirit City for several days, Chen Ming encountered many unique martial souls. Although spiritual, temporal, and spatial martial souls were rare on the Douluo Continent, this particular period brought several examples that caught Chen Ming's interest.

However, since he wasn't acquainted with their owners, Chen Ming could only observe them from afar with his Spiritual Eye instead of directly probing the nature of their martial souls.

While searching for new targets, Chen Ming overheard an intriguing piece of news from some idle conversations among soul masters.

Apparently, on the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, a tiger-like creature with wings and a scorpion tail had appeared. This tiger resembled a white tiger but possessed a powerful dark attribute. It was highly cunning, often ambushing soul beasts during battles with human soul masters. However, it didn't attack the human soul masters themselves, targeting only soul beasts.

It frequently appeared after a soul master had fought hard to bring down a soul beast, snatching the soul beast's corpse and fleeing. On one occasion, an agility-type Soul Douluo risked their life to pursue it but couldn't catch up. The tiger was suspected to have extraordinary speed and possibly spatial abilities.

Curiously, this strange tiger never appeared near Spirit Hall personnel. If it accidentally encountered a soul master wearing Spirit Hall attire, it would actively flee, even abandoning its prey if necessary—a clear sign of its high intelligence.

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Some soul masters claimed the tiger was a 50,000-year-old soul beast, while others insisted it was 60,000 years old. Recent sightings suggested it had reached at least 70,000 years of cultivation and was on the verge of 80,000.

Many soul masters had attempted to hunt this tiger, but it behaved nothing like an ordinary predatory soul beast. Instead of attacking, it always fled when faced with danger. No one had been able to catch it, and even when spirit abilities managed to land on it, they caused no harm.

Despite the ongoing skirmishes between Spirit Hall and the Star Dou Forest, small-scale conflicts persisted. Soul masters looking to break through their bottlenecks took the opportunity to hunt high-quality soul beasts that were rarely seen. Some Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo even entertained the idea of hunting ten-thousand-year soul beasts. While large-scale casualties were avoided, small-scale bloodshed was common. Although the Beast Kings dared not leave the Star Dou Forest, many high-level spirit beasts had started forming groups, increasing the difficulty of hunting. Even in the outer regions, ten-thousand-year-level soul beasts occasionally attacked human soul masters.

As people gained a deeper understanding of the strength of Star Dou Forest's soul beasts, especially ten-thousand-year ones, their respect for Spirit Hall continued to grow.

The tiger, though peculiar, didn't seem to exhibit overwhelming power. Since it avoided direct conflict with humans, neither Spirit Hall nor the Upper Three Sects took any action to deal with it.

Various Soul Douluo and Soul Sages had volunteered to hunt it, but none succeeded. The tiger remained at large, snatching prey like a hyena and frustrating countless soul masters.

To Chen Ming, the tiger sounded exactly like the Dark Devilgod Tiger. Its exceptional qualities, cunning behavior, and inconsistent age all matched the characteristics of this soul beast.

Chen Ming wasn't particularly interested in its soul rings but was intrigued by its core. In the original story, the Dark Devilgod Tiger's core tore through space and entered another world, becoming the greatest cheat item for the protagonist Zhou Weiqing in Heavenly Jewel Change, another work by Tang Jia San Shao.

Although Chen Ming hadn't read much of Heavenly Jewel Change in his previous life, he knew that the Dark Devilgod Tiger's core was a valuable treasure. The dark god's power within it might significantly boost his chances of ascending to a divine position.

Chen Ming sought out Qian Daoliu to help gather information. Before long, a sketch was brought to him.

The drawing depicted a tiger-like spirit beast with bat-like wings and a scorpion tail. Though it was just an illustration, the artist had done their best to convey the creature's malevolent nature.

After seeing the sketch, Chen Ming was certain that this creature was the Dark Devilgod Tiger and not a subspecies like a scorpion tiger.

The Dark Devilgod Tiger possessed unique abilities. Its Arena of Life and Death was an extremely powerful skill, almost broken in nature. Although Chen Ming wasn't particularly worried about losing to it, he decided to play it safe and informed Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Qian Daoliu issued orders to the soul masters, and soon, records about the Dark Devilgod Tiger were retrieved from Spirit Hall's extensive archives. The unique nature of this beast even caught the attention of the Angel God's divine consciousness within the Angelic Sacred Sword.

Thus, Qian Daoliu, armed with the Angelic Sacred Sword imbued with a strand of the Angel God's divine consciousness, and the greatly enhanced Golden Crocodile Douluo prepared to hunt the Dark Devilgod Tiger. With the help of Spirit Hall's soul masters, they disguised themselves and made their way toward their prey.