Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky

Chapter 16 Azure Phosphorus Nine-Colored Flower and Immortal Herb

More importantly, the purity of the Immortal Spirit Grass is far beyond what a combat-type soul beast like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which is born for slaughter, can compare to. Kong Tianxu was extremely looking forward to seeing what kind of soul skill it would bring him.

As he walked, Kong Tianxu carefully observed the fine dust particles in the air that were barely visible to the naked eye. These dust particles were a pale green color, not dense, but floating very steadily.

When it came into contact with the golden light, it even made a "crackling" sound.

"Such powerful corrosiveness," Kong Tianxu exclaimed in amazement. The ninth-level peak soul tool that Kong Deming was using was called Jin Yuanzhuo. It was a combination of offense and defense, suitable for both close and long-range combat. It was one of his original main soul tools and ranked among the top three among ninth-level soul tools.

The fact that this soul tool could react shows that the poison is incredibly potent. No wonder it caused Xu Yingluo's father, a Title Douluo, to suffer a crushing defeat. And those colorful skeletons must have been left behind by soul beasts that were poisoned to death.

Upon hearing this, Kong Deming smiled slightly and increased his soul power output, causing golden light to immediately ripple forward.

As the poisonous fog dissipated, the view became clear, and amidst the flashes of blue light, Kong Tianxu finally saw the source of the poisonous fog.

It was a vibrant green, an astonishingly vibrant green.

A vibrant green sheen covered the earth, and a single, emerald-green plant stood quietly, only about three meters tall, yet extremely lush, bearing nine strangely shaped leaves. These leaves resembled human hands, but with nine fingers, spreading out completely across the large expanse of land, and at its tip bloomed a large, emerald-green flower.

A faint emerald green mist rises from the stamens of these large flowers and gradually spreads outward. Between the large flowers and leaves, a new bud has just emerged. As the flower moves slightly, a strong emerald green luster is released from the bud.

"Nine leaves, nine fingers, nine feet, nine thousand years, nine exquisite azure phosphorescence." Kong Deming reminded him softly, his expression relaxed as usual.

However, Kong Tianxu's eyes were not on this top-tier plant-type soul beast with a cultivation level close to 100,000 years, but were fixed on the green body of the Azure Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flower not far away.

There, a white herb, less than half a meter tall, swayed gently in the breeze. Its almost transparent stems and leaves, bathed in sunlight, stood out preciously against the lifeless greenery, even possessing a touch of otherworldly purity. Pale golden veins, like blood vessels, appeared and disappeared within the stems and leaves of this strange herb, accompanied by a milky white glow.

As if sensing something, the milky-white light, which resembled breathing, suddenly became more rapid. Amidst the slight fluctuations in its spiritual energy, the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth around it also underwent drastic changes.

Under the observation of the Elemental Vision, Kong Tianxu clearly perceived that the concentration of spiritual energy around this immortal herb was more than twice as high as the normal level in the core area.

"Grandpa, I want it." Kong Tianxu took a few steps back, completely ignoring the Azure Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flower whose strength was comparable to that of a human Title Douluo, just like he had done in previous Soul Hunting missions.

It wasn't the twenty thousand years recorded on that old parchment, but thirty thousand years.

The 30,000-year-old immortal herb perfectly met his needs in terms of both age and quality. Even Kong Tianxu's discerning eye couldn't find any fault with this soul-hunting target.

"It'll be ready soon."

Kong Deming took a step forward, his powerful aura pouring out without any concealment. He raised his right hand, and two golden halos appeared above his head, while a terrifying energy matrix began to compress.

The Nine-Penetrating Azure Flower finally detected Kong Deming's presence the moment he stopped concealing his aura. Compared to animal-type soul beasts, plant-type soul beasts are far more sensitive when their territory is invaded. Especially in a situation like Kong Deming's, where its poisonous mist showed no reaction upon approaching. Almost instantly, this top-tier soul beast, whose actual cultivation level exceeded 99,000 years, unleashed its strongest skill under intense pressure.

The large, azure flower trembled slightly, its entire body radiating a brilliant azure light. At the same time, all nine leaves and nine fingers fell off, leaving only a bare flower. The eighty-one emerald green poisonous leaves that had fallen swirled and danced in the air, rapidly absorbing the azure phosphorus poisonous mist, transforming into a deep azure array of flying leaves that instantly shot towards Kong Deming.

Upon unleashing this attack, the originally bright emerald green light on the Azure Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flower dimmed considerably, and even its newly sprouted tender green branches and leaves, representing the threshold of 100,000 years, showed signs of withering and yellowing. Clearly, this attack not only consumed its soul power but also caused significant damage to its cultivation and even its vitality.

However, as a plant-type soul beast, its trust in intuition is almost blind, and this intuition has saved it countless times in the tens of thousands of years of cultivation.

In fact, its first reaction was not wrong, and could even be considered the optimal solution. However, this time, the difference in strength between it and its opponent was simply too great.

Faced with the imposing azure flying leaves, Kong Deming merely smiled indifferently. Two golden rays behind him, shimmering with intense soul power fluctuations, erupted simultaneously, instantly shattering the flying leaf formation that had gathered most of the azure nine-petal flower's soul power. However, just as the golden light approached the flower, the azure nine-petal flower seemed to have taken some powerful tonic, its azure light intensifying once more.

A vibrant green light began to ripple like waves. Centered on the flower, the earth within a radius of tens of meters cracked, and all plants, including some that had evolved into plant-type soul beasts, were instantly pulverized.

All of this stemmed from the white light that suddenly shone beside the Jade Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flowers.

It was as if a small, blazing white sun had suddenly appeared. A massive amount of primordial energy from heaven and earth surged toward that small sun like a whale swallowing the sea, and then transformed into the purest milky white soul power, which was instantly absorbed by the large, emerald-green flower beside it without any refinement.

Kong Tianxu stared in disbelief at the scene, marveling at the speed at which the Immortal Spirit Grass gathered and absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the purity of the soul power it transformed into. He even wondered if, in the original story, Huo Yuhao had had such an Immortal Spirit Grass beside him when he forcibly absorbed the energy of the Cold Spring, he probably wouldn't have needed a wheelchair at all.

However, this cannot change the final outcome.

The two golden rays were only blocked for a single breath by the desperate resistance of the Azure Phosphorous Nine-fold Flower and the Immortal Spirit Grass. The next moment, the golden light pierced through the Azure Phosphorous Nine-fold Flower the instant it made contact with its body. The Azure Phosphorous Nine-fold Flower trembled violently, and the surrounding emerald green luster rapidly faded.

The fairy grass was also pierced by the second golden light, and the light golden patterns seemed to melt and spread across the surface of the white stems and leaves.