This absorption lasted a full three hours, and even after the sky outside turned completely dark, it still wasn't finished.
In the original work, the Mandala Snake only possessed a mid-grade neurotoxin.
Compared to a top-tier soul beast like the Sawtooth Viper, whose blood poison could attack blood, internal organs, meridians, soul power, and other tissues, while also carrying a collapse effect...
They were like heaven and earth — not even in the same league. Like a kid with a stick meeting a tank.
Even with the Blue Silver Emperor's near-extreme vitality, it wasn't easy to erase such poison.
Inside the cave, Nangong Lingyun waited quietly.
He made no sound, no movements at all.
He was a man of serious patience — otherwise, he wouldn't still be faceplanting and stubbornly writing novels after so many flops.
Maybe it was because of the lingering soul power waves around, but for three straight hours, not a single soul beast dared to show its face.
However, just as Tang San's soul ring absorption was nearing completion, a faint rustling sound suddenly came from the distance.
Nangong Lingyun's heart skipped a beat.
"No way... Seriously?"
He immediately activated his spiritual vision, peering toward the sound.
And saw — a four-meter-long dark green snake, lifting its iconic triangular head, slithering toward them.
Diao Chan's voice sounded at just the right moment:
"395-year-old Mandala Snake, mid-grade approaching high-grade soul beast. Possesses strong neurotoxins and extremely tough physical defenses. Ordinary swords can barely scratch it."
Watching the Mandala Snake charging straight toward Da Shi and Tang San, Nangong Lingyun's expression turned... complicated.
His eyes blinked rapidly — pure chaos in his gaze.
Was this what they called a "fated encounter" or "special love"?
One flare shot into the sky, and here comes a cavalry charge.
I, the Mandala Snake, king of this beginner hunting forest, must smack Da Shi and Tang San hard today.
Emmmm...
Unfortunately, Nangong Lingyun's little dream didn't come true.
Just as the Mandala Snake was about to reach Tang San, a burly figure suddenly leapt out from the side.
Tattered robe, scraggly beard, hair like a bird's nest — without a doubt, it was the pure-hearted good dad Tang Da Chui.
Nangong Lingyun hurriedly withdrew his spiritual sense.
Even in virtual space simulations, scanning Tang San within a certain range had a chance of alerting him — let alone a Title Douluo!
Outside,
Tang Da Chui grabbed the snake by the tail with one hand, and gripped its head in the other.
Without any obvious exertion, the Mandala Snake's triangular skull caved in like a crushed can.
Once the snake body stopped struggling and completely lost all life,
Tang Da Chui calmly walked over to Yu Xiaogang. Seeing the severely swollen, blackened right leg, he shook his head slightly.
Without a word, he pulled out a massive shining machete from god-knows-where, and with a lazy swing — snip — lopped the entire leg cleanly at the root.
That single chop woke Da Shi from his unconsciousness.
He instinctively wanted to scream — but his throat was locked by some strange force. He couldn't even squeak.
Tang Da Chui stuffed the machete into Yu Xiaogang's hand,
then tossed down a bottle of healing potion and a Pope's Decree badge marked with six symbols, before flashing away again like some kind of tragic superhero.
His back was so stylish, so majestic,
it was practically shouting:"No need to thank me! You show a little love, I show a little love, and the world becomes a better place!"
However, Yu Xiaogang froze in place for a few seconds.
Looking at his freshly amputated leg, his face turned crimson.
His whole body trembled violently, God knows why.
Inside, Yu Xiaogang cursed in anguish and fury:
**"Tang Hao, you dumbass, you absolute king of dumbasses! No.1 in the world's hall of legendary dumbfucks!A useless moron, a brainless lunatic!
Did you think I didn't know the leg could be amputated?!I was waiting for Tang San to finish absorbing the soul ring!Once he finished, his martial spirit would carry the Sawtooth Viper's venom —
then he could just use the Blue Silver Grass to suck out my poison directly!
As for any damaged tissues?We could've easily gotten a healing soul master to fix that!No amputation needed!
Did you not see that Tang San's leg swelling had already mostly gone down, you damn—"**
Just then, Tang San finished absorbing his soul ring, opening his eyes with a face full of ecstasy.
He was just about to report the good news when he turned and saw Yu Xiaogang holding a massive, gleaming machete —
and his own severed, blackened, stinky leg lying nearby.
With disbelief, he said:
"Teacher, why did you chop off your leg?!"
Yu Xiaogang:"..."
Honestly? I'd like to know too.
Guys, seriously, who gets a good night's sleep and wakes up to find some crazy dude chopping off their leg?
After a long, soul-crushing pause,
Yu Xiaogang forced himself to cover for Tang Hao:
"Originally, I wanted to wait until you finished... but just now, I saw a soul beast nearby. I was afraid it would disturb your absorption.Since I couldn't move well, I had no choice but to... do this.No matter what, your future is what's most important."
"And... that soul beast?"
"As soon as I chopped it, it ran off by itself."
Tang San:"..."
Truly, fate is a chaotic clown.
The mysteries of destiny, the fickleness of life — this must be what the sages meant.
After Tang San and Yu Xiaogang finally left,
Nangong Lingyun gleefully opened the system interface to check his rewards.
No.1
[You used spiritual power to manipulate a variant soul beast — the toxic Sawtooth Viper — to attack Tang San, infecting him with the viper's unique blood poison.Achieved special plot achievement [Seventh Pitfall: Scamming Tang San], Scam Severity: High-Level, and earned 800,000 pleasure points.]
No.2
[You personally went to Sunset Forest, carefully selected a special top-tier toxin-type soul beast — the Sawtooth Viper — that would massively damage Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor's life source while offering minimal physical and spiritual boosts.
You then personally delivered the beast to Tang San, personally assisted in the kill, and personally watched him absorb the soul ring.
Resulting in Tang San's originally top-tier martial spirit suffering heavy damage to its life source and near-extreme vitality.
Martial spirit quality dropped to high-grade, and second awakening probability sharply decreased.
Achieved special plot achievement [Eighth Pitfall: Crippling Tang San], Scam Severity: Super-Level, and earned 10,000,000 pleasure points.]
[Due to the failure to properly develop and evolve the martial spirit, Tang San's physique and spirit were also stunted.Current Blue Silver Emperor strength: two-thirds of the original timeline.Physical strength: three-fifths.Spiritual power: seven-fifths.
Achieved special plot achievement [Ninth Pitfall: Wrecking Tang San], Scam Severity: Top-Level, and earned 3,000,000 pleasure points.]
[Tang San's first soul ring and first soul skill [Blue Silver Thrust] are now almost useless.
Achieved special plot achievement [Tenth Pitfall: Screwing Over Tang San's Future], Scam Severity: Top-Level, and earned 1,000,000 pleasure points.]
Note: Rewards were based on comparing this world's Tang San to the original canon's Tang San and judging how miserable he became.
Since the original Blue Silver Bind wasn't that strong either, the tenth pitfall reward was relatively smaller.
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