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Dormitory.
Su Wen sat cross-legged on his bed.
Golden light flowed around his body, giving the appearance that he was cultivating a technique, but in truth, he was immersed in his spiritual world.
Inside the purple spirit orb—
It was an entirely different vast world. Unlike the white, decade-level space, the purple, millennium-level field was the size of several sports arenas. Vegetation thrived abundantly, and the terrain varied depending on the type of soul beast it housed.
For example, within Hurricane's spirit orb, there were towering ancient trees that blocked out the sun, much like the Star Dou Great Forest, where it could leap and play freely. In contrast, within Ice Emperor's orb, endless snow and blizzards stretched as far as the eye could see, resembling the Extreme North.
At this moment—
Hurricane, Little Gold, and Ice Emperor sat beside Su Wen. This was Little Gold's spirit orb, filled with towering mountain ranges and ceaseless waves. The mountaintop climate was relatively mild.
Having just awakened from absorbing the energy of the Silkworm Molt, they were gathered here by Su Wen.
He glanced at Hurricane's stats:
[Storm Baboon]
[Level: 39]
[Strength: 111.4 (18.0)]
[Speed: 261.4 (22.4)]
[Endurance: 126.4 (25.4)]
[Defense: 139.1 (40.1)]
[Skills: Blade of Gale (Blue), Wind of Revival (Blue)]
[Attribute: Gale (Top-Tier)]
[Potential: 8 (Excellent)]
[Next Evolution: Hurricane Demon Ape]
Typically, the base stats for a 5,000-year-old soul beast should be around 50, but over time, its stats had grown from roughly two to three times that of a normal beast of the same rank to now over five times the speed of an average soul beast!
Although the enhancement came partly from consuming soul beast flesh and the Silkworm Molt, the most noticeable change seemed to occur after its evolution from [Wind Baboon] to [Storm Baboon].
Bloodline!
It seemed that with each evolution, Hurricane's bloodline underwent significant changes.
Su Wen nodded slightly.
His guess was correct—bloodline theory was popular in Douluo Continent, whether among humans or beasts. After all, martial souls were inherited through bloodlines, and a soul beast's innate strength naturally was as well.
Fortunately, its final evolution was not into a dragon.
Otherwise, seeing a bunch of dragons whose names had nothing to do with dragons, Su Wen would be at a complete loss.
This was good—let a hundred flowers bloom.
"As for Ice Emperor…"
[Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion]
[Level: 39]
[Strength: 241.4 (18.0)]
[Speed: 123.4 (22.4)]
[Endurance: 132.4 (25.4)]
[Defense: 259.1 (40.1)]
[Skills: Domain of Eternal Freeze (Blue), Ice Claw (Blue)]
[Primary Attribute: Ice (Ultimate) | Secondary Attribute: Poison (—)]
[Potential: 7 (Peerless)]
[Next Evolution: Ice Extreme Emperor Scorpion]
Ice Emperor's appearance hadn't changed much—its emerald eyes had grown clearer, like crystals, and its body length increased by less than half a meter. Compared to the other two, each over five meters tall, it appeared small.
Perhaps it was due to its noble mage-like nature. The Ice Jade Scorpion's attacks differed from melee-type beasts like the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear. Its lower forms leaned toward close combat, but upon reaching the ten-thousand-year level, it could command the surrounding ice and snow, casting Ice Explosion and Eternal Freeze—abilities only soul beasts of that level could comprehend.
From the original novel's description, upon breaking through 100,000 years, its body might shrink even further—who knew if at a million years it might be palm-sized…
Its overall attributes surpassed those of the Storm Baboon, making it formidable in melee as well. Su Wen had once considered it a strong-attack type, but with Little Gold now serving as a tank, Ice Emperor had taken on the mage role.
As for its poison…
Su Wen frowned.
The "Normal" poison attribute shown on its panel had suddenly disappeared recently, likely due to changes after breaking through level 40.
Perhaps it was evolving.
Ultimate Poison?
He didn't expect it to reach that extreme, but even if it evolved to something like Hurricane's Gale—just below an ultimate attribute—he would be satisfied.
Currently, only Ice Emperor had dual attributes. Hurricane and Little Gold remained unchanged. Su Wen guessed that perhaps it was because Ice Emperor once possessed, and still retained traces of, the second attribute. Without that, a beast might remain single-attribute for life.
Artificially creating dual attributes might be nearly impossible—unless with extraordinary opportunities, such as an immortal herb…
"But… immortal herb?"
Su Wen pondered.
Speaking of immortal herbs, such opportunities should never be wasted.
At present, Sunset Forest had nearly withered due to the influence of several immortal herbs—poison mist blanketed the area. Passing through thousands of Bi Phosphor Seven-Absolute Flowers would be difficult, even for Yan Shaozhe.
In the original story, however, these poisonous flowers had a fatal weakness—they feared cold, especially ultimate ice, which was their natural nemesis. Unfortunately, there wasn't a single ice-type elder in the entire Sea God Pavilion, and even among the teachers, ice attribute cultivators were rare. Only a few in the outer court existed, all Soul Kings or Soul Emperors.
He should visit when he had time.
After all, Sunset Forest, much like its name, was a dying remnant of the Douluo Continent. The poison miasma had nearly ruined the forest, and few strong individuals were around. The only challenge—the poison miasma—was something he could easily overcome…
[Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear]
[Level: 39]
[Strength: 451.4 (18.0)]
[Speed: 123.4 (22.4)]
[Endurance: 232.4 (25.4)]
[Defense: 479.1 (40.1)]
[Skill: Dark Gold Dreadclaw (Brown)]
[Attribute: Metal (Ultimate)]
[Potential: 8 (Excellent)]
[Next Evolution: Behemoth]
Its offensive and defensive capabilities were still monstrous—over nine times that of other soul beasts at the same level. Coupled with the even more terrifying skill [Dark Gold Dreadclaw], it could probably fight evenly with a 50,000-year-old soul beast.
At 50,000 years, it could rival a human Soul Sage.
In theory, in the upcoming Continental Soul Master Tournament, the strongest team leaders would only be around the Soul Emperor level.
It wasn't until six years later that the competition saw some inflation, producing several Soul Sages.
However, in terms of soul skills—
Dark Gold Dreadclaw was excellent. At the brown tier, it was second only to the highest deep-blue grade.
Still, it was a bit too single-purpose.
Even one or two additional yellow-tier skills would be nice.
"How do I add extra skills?" Su Wen wondered aloud. Since awakening his martial soul five years ago, aside from evolving to refresh skills, he had never found another method to gain new ones.
Humans acquired soul skills through soul rings.
Soul beasts, however, usually awakened them through bloodline inheritance when they reached the required age. Could it be… that it required some kind of special training?
Wait!
Su Wen suddenly thought of something—
Soul Bones!
Humans could obtain unique abilities by absorbing soul bones in addition to soul rings. Could soul beasts also gain skills by consuming soul bones?!
(End of Chapter)