Dormitory.
Su Wen sat cross-legged on his bed.
Golden light flowed around him as if he were circulating cultivation, but he was actually in his spiritual world.
Inside the purple Pokéball.
It was another vast world. Unlike the white ten-year space, the purple thousand-year field spanned several gymnasiums, lush with vegetation, and its terrain varied by soul beast.
For example, Gale's ball had sky-shrouding ancient trees like Star Dou Forest, letting it leap around at will; the Ice Emperor's ball was a blizzard-swept Arctic expanse, endless silver-white.
At the moment—
Gale, Little Gold, and the Ice Emperor sat beside Su Wen. They were inside Little Gold's ball, a land of towering mountains rolling like waves, with mild summit climates.
They had just awakened from absorbing the molting energy and Su Wen gathered them here.
He glanced at Gale'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: Gale Edge (Blue) Wind of Revival (Blue)]
[Attribute: Gang Wind (Top-Tier)]
[Potential: 8 (Excellent)]
[Next Evolution: Tempest Demon Ape]
Normally, a five-thousand-year soul beast's base stats should be around 50. But over time, its numbers rose from roughly two to three times a same-tier beast's to now over five times in speed!
Though beast flesh and Skydream's molt helped, a clear shift seemed to start after evolving from [Wind Baboon] to [Storm Baboon].
Bloodline!
It seemed Gale's bloodline had changed significantly with advancement.
Su Wen nodded slightly.
His guess was right. On the Douluo Continent, whether among humans or beasts, bloodline theory is popular. Martial souls are inherited through bloodline, and soul beasts' innate powers are, too.
Thankfully, the final evolution isn't draconic.
Otherwise he'd end up with a bunch of dragons whose names no longer fit, and he'd want to cry.
This is better—let a hundred flowers bloom.
"As for the 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: Ice Domain (Blue) Ice Claw (Blue)]
[Main Attribute: Ice (Ultimate) Sub-Attribute: Poison (—)]
[Potential: 7 (Peerless)]
[Next Evolution: Polar Ice Emperor Scorpion]
The Ice Emperor's appearance hadn't changed much—her eyes were more vividly emerald, like crystal, and her body lengthened less than half a meter. Compared to the other two, both averaging over five meters tall, she looked petite.
Perhaps because she's a lofty mage. The Ice Jade Scorpion's lower forms lean toward melee, but at ten-thousand-plus years it can mobilize ambient ice and snow—the Ice Explosion and Perpetual Ice Domain are skills only likely past the ten-thousand-year mark.
Judging from the original, after surpassing a hundred thousand years, her body might even shrink. Who knows if at a million years she'd fit in a palm…
Her stats are better across the board than the Storm Baboon's, so she's fierce up close too. Su Wen once slotted her as an assault type, but with Little Gold covering the tank role, she moved to the backline mage.
As for poison…
Su Wen frowned.
The "ordinary" tag on the poison attribute vanished recently, seemingly around level forty, implying a change.
Likely an advancement.
Ultimate Poison?
He didn't expect that high, but even a step like Gale's Gang Wind—just shy of Ultimate—would satisfy him.
Currently only the Ice Emperor has dual attributes. Little Gold and Gale show no change. Su Wen guessed you must have previously possessed, or still retain, traces of the second attribute; otherwise, you'll be single-attribute for life.
So artificially creating dual attributes is probably hard—unless by great fortune, like immortal herbs.
"But… immortal herbs?"
Su Wen pondered.
Speaking of immortal herbs, you don't pass up such fortune.
Right now, the Sunset Forest is on the verge of withering because of a few immortal herbs—poison miasma. To pass through the thousand-plus Jade Phosphorous Exotic Flower, even Yan Shaozhe would struggle.
But the original notes a fatal weakness: they fear cold—Ultimate Ice counters them perfectly. Awkwardly, not a single Elder of the Sea God Pavilion is ice-type. Even among teachers, ice attributes are rare—only a few in the Outer Court, at Soul King or Emperor level.
He should visit when he has time.
Sunset Forest has become what its name implies—a lingering afterglow. The forest is rotting under miasma, with few strong experts nearby. The only obstacle—the poison—he can cheat through…
[Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear]
[Level: 39]
[Strength: 451.4 (18.0)]
[Speed: 123.4 (22.4)]
[Endurance: 232.4 (25.4)]
[Defense: 479.1 (40.1)]
[Skill: Darkgolden Terrorclaw (Brown)]
[Attribute: Metal (Ultimate)]
[Potential: 8 (Excellent)]
[Next Evolution: Behemoth]
Its attack and defense are still monstrous, over nine times those of other same-tier beasts. With the even more monstrous skill—[Darkgolden Terrorclaw]—it could probably trade blows with a fifty-thousand-year soul beast.
Fifty thousand years already rivals a human Soul Sage.
If memory serves, the strongest team leaders at the upcoming Continental Soul Master Tournament are only around Soul Emperor.
Only six years later did inflation hit, and a few Soul Sages showed up.
But in the skills department…
Darkgolden Terrorclaw is excellent—a brown-tier soul skill, second only to deep blue.
But it's too single.
Even one or two yellow skills would be nice.
"How to add skills?" Su Wen frowned. Since awakening his martial soul five years ago, he'd only ever refreshed skills via evolution. He'd never found another way. Humans obtain soul skills through rings.
Soul beasts mostly have bloodline-innate skills awakened by age. Could it be… through special training?
Wait!
A thought struck Su Wen.
Soul bones!
Besides soul rings, humans can absorb soul bones to gain unique attached skills. Could soul beasts also gain skills by consuming soul bones?!!
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