AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
When Lu Feng woke up, he was already in a room.
The four walls were completely enclosed, with no windows or doors.
The ceiling emitted a soft glow, making the room very bright, and the temperature was comfortable, with no feeling of stuffiness.
Transmission complete, Hunter has returned to their exclusive room.
The exclusive room is an absolute safe zone; no one can enter without the Hunter's permission.
Hunter has returned to Reincarnation Paradise, commencing task reward settlement.
Derivative World: one piece
Difficulty: Lv.6 (Inferno)
World Source obtained: 18.7%
Number of tasks completed: 2 (Main Task: Assassinate the 'Goa Kingdom', Side Task: Left Minister's Collection.)
Overall Rating: A+ (Note: Ratings range from E- to S+. Overall rating is calculated based on the total World Source obtained and the number of tasks completed.)
Due to the world level exceeding the Hunter's level by Lv.5, which is Nightmare difficulty, rewards are doubled.
Commencing World Source collection... World Source collection complete, commencing reward distribution.
Reward obtained: None (This reward is the doubled value).
Overall rating is A+, Hunter Level +1, upgraded to Lv.2. (Level increases with rating; as this world is a trial world, the maximum increase is LV.1.)
Settlement complete, rewards have been automatically stored in the Hunter's imprint.
Lu Feng held his breath; the main event was next.
Do you want to sell the world tree ring? Selling price: 50,000 Paradise Coins.
It's here!
Without beating around the bush, Lu Feng directly laid out his cards to the Paradise.
"Su Xiao exchanged this ring for the inheritance of the Extinguisher, and I want the same—an inheritance that is highly compatible with my talent."
After a long and anxious wait, the Paradise responded:
Special Task: The Choice
Difficulty Level: ???
Task Description: Hand over the world tree ring to Reincarnation Paradise.
Task Information: None
Task Duration: Five minutes.
Task Reward: An inheritance highly compatible with the Hunter's talent.
"Hahaha, it worked! I really did it!"
Lu Feng jumped up excitedly, punching the air repeatedly.
Anka, who had been transmitted to the exclusive room with him, was curiously looking around.
Seeing his master suddenly 'go crazy' again, jumping and crying and laughing in place.
He was genuinely worried about his caretaker's mental state.
Accept!
Special Task: The Choice, completed. Preparing to distribute rewards. Hunter, please prepare.
Lu Feng's heart quickened, anticipating what kind of inheritance he would receive.
His vision blurred, and Lu Feng found himself, he didn't know when, having left the exclusive space and arrived in another vast, void-like space.
A spatial tremor, and he 'saw' a giant dragon fly past from the front. The dragon was incredibly massive; he was smaller than an ant before it.
Then, he 'saw' a burly Goron crush a planet with one foot.
'Saw' a flaming beast devour a stellar core within a star.
'Saw' a group of armored beasts gallop, shattering space wherever they passed.
'Saw'...
"Hunter and prey, a thin line between life and death; skill and will, alternating victory and defeat!"
"Beast Soul Master, hunt everything!"
Reward concluded, exclusive room activated.
In a daze, Lu Feng seemed to have witnessed everything, yet also nothing at all.
He opened his Personal Information.
Contractor No. 13023. (To protect the Hunter, this is a false number; no means can pinpoint the Hunter.)
Name: Lu Feng (Hunter)
Level: LV.2 (Tier 1). Every 10 levels is a tier. Level increase does not provide any attribute bonuses; it represents the Hunter's authority within the 'Paradise' and corresponds to world difficulty, task difficulty, etc.
HP: 100% (This attribute cannot be fully digitized; it changes based on the degree of injury)
Mana: 100 (Intelligence × 10. Current mana recovery rate: 3 points per hour.)
Strength: 7 + Pending Activation (Related to attack power, carrying capacity, etc.)
Agility: 8 + Pending Activation (Related to movement, attack speed, etc.)
Stamina: 6 + Pending Activation (Related to HP, defense, abnormal resistance, etc.)
Intelligence: 10 + Pending Activation (Related to spell damage, mana, perception, etc.)
Charm: 15 + Pending Activation (Related to social interaction, summoning, etc.)
Luck: 1 (Related to item opening, crafting, etc. This attribute is extremely difficult to increase; Hunter, please cherish opportunities to improve it.)
Note: The standard attributes for an adult male are 5 points, and Luck is 1 point.
Auxiliary Talent: Heart of the Beast, increases your affinity with beasts.
The attribute points had become a bit strange; he didn't know what the added 'Pending Activation' meant.
However, from the displayed data, the changes weren't too significant.
Strength increased from the original 6 points to 7 points.
Agility increased by 2 points, to 8 points.
Stamina only increased from 5 points to 6 points.
Intelligence saw a small increase, from 6 points to 10 points.
Charm attribute directly doubled, soaring from 7 points to 15 points!
He moved his limbs; his body felt a bit lighter, but he didn't feel much else for now.
This Beast Soul Master inheritance doesn't seem to be very powerful.
Lu Feng had a lottery-drawing feeling; with anticipation, he opened the skill panel again.
Due to the Hunter acquiring the profession [Beast Soul Master], the skill list has changed accordingly.
Beast Soul Master
Skill One
Beast Soul Awakening: LV.1 (Active Skill)
Skill Effect: Awakens an ancient beast soul in one of your beast-type followers. For every 5 levels this ability increases, an additional beast-type follower can be awakened. Current maximum awakened quantity: 1...
Skill Two
Beast Soul Protection: LV.1 (Passive Skill)
Skill Effect: For every ancient beast soul awakened, your other beast-type servants and followers will gain a protective power from that beast soul...
Skill Three
Beast Soul Protection: LV.1 (Passive Skill)
Skill Effect: You can enjoy a 10% all-attribute bonus from followers who have awakened an ancient beast soul. (Pending Activation)
...Skill Four
Wild Taming: LV.1 (Active Skill)
Skill Effect: You can forcibly tame a beast-type creature. After passing its test, you can recruit it as a servant or follower...
Skill Five, Unlocked. Unlocking requires a soul crystal (small) and 1000 Paradise Coins.
...A total of 4 skills were unlocked. Beast Soul Awakening and Beast Soul Protection clearly looked like the signature skills of a Beast Soul Master, but their specific effects would only be known after use.
Currently, Lu Feng only had Anka as a follower, so he naturally chose Anka as the target for Beast Soul Awakening.
Are you sure you want to choose Anka for Beast Soul Awakening? This effect, once confirmed, cannot be changed, and the number of awakenings will not reset if the follower dies.
"Roar!"
As Lu Feng confirmed, the previously quiet Anka unexpectedly opened its mouth and let out a deafening, painful roar!
Accompanying the roar, Anka's body seemed to be violently impacted by an invisible force, trembling uncontrollably.
Every muscle in its body seemed to lose control, twitching frantically.
And even more chilling was that the flesh beneath Anka's skin seemed to come alive, beginning to surge uncontrollably!
The flesh was like tiny worms, crawling wantonly within Anka's body, making its surface uneven and extremely bizarre.
At the same time, Anka's smooth, soft fur also began to change.
At first, it merely shimmered with a faint golden light, but soon, these lights spread rapidly like a tide, until Anka was completely enveloped.
Under the dazzling golden light, Anka's body actually began to gradually shrink!
However, in stark contrast to its shrinking size, the aura emanating from it grew increasingly powerful and astonishing!
This breathtaking scene lasted for a good while before all the strange phenomena on Anka's body gradually faded away.
When everything returned to calm, Anka reappeared before Lu Feng. Although its body was much smaller than before, it now looked even more mysterious and unfathomable.
Its fur faintly gleamed with a metallic luster, and its claws and teeth emanated a chilling aura, their sharpness and hardness visibly increased compared to before.
"Roar! (Caretaker, what did you do?!)"
"Hehehe, Brother Tiger, don't you feel stronger?"
Lu Feng chuckled awkwardly; he hadn't expected the beast soul awakening to be so painful.
But even if he had known, he would still have made the same choice without hesitation.
While Anka was feeling the changes in its body, Lu Feng opened Anka's follower attribute panel.
Now, under the effect of Beast Soul Awakening, Anka's attributes had become:
Anka, Pixiu Soul
Strength: 25
Agility: 26
Stamina: 20
Intelligence: 8
Charm: 3
Skill 1, Claw Strike (Active Lv.20): Claws the enemy, dealing 300% attack power damage. (Originally 225% attack power)
Skill 2, Stealth (Active Lv.12): Enters Stealth mode, movement speed reduced by 50%. The first attack launched in Stealth will deal 30% additional damage to the target. (Originally 20% additional damage)
Skill 3, Tail Sweep (Active Lv.18): Violently sweeps with the tail, causing a knockback effect on hit enemies.
Skill 4, Tiger Roar (Active Lv.22): Roars angrily, causing a deterrent effect on surrounding enemies. (Deterrent effect greatly enhanced)
Skill 5, Pixiu Soul (Profound Skill Lv.1): Can slowly devour equipped metal-type equipment. After devouring, the equipment disappears, permanently increasing some of the attribute bonuses provided by that equipment, and with a certain probability, gaining the equipment's passive skills.
Hint: [Pixiu Soul] unlocks two mandatory equipment slots.
Aside from the attribute increases and slight enhancements to some original skills, Anka's biggest change was the addition of the Profound Skill, Pixiu Soul.
Although it didn't directly enhance combat power, the feeling of power and poverty simultaneously rushed over him with this skill.
Unlike Contractors who can only obtain limited attribute points by completing tasks,
Anka only needed to wear enough metal-type equipment to continuously gain attribute points.
With good luck, it could also gain the passive skills of the equipment, which invisibly raised Anka's growth ceiling once again.
But at the same time, this also meant that Anka had become a true 'gold-devouring beast'!
Low-quality equipment grew too slowly, while high-quality equipment was very expensive. Just seeing this skill, Lu Feng could already hear his wallet wailing.
As for the two mandatory equipment slots, Lu Feng had also consulted the Paradise and received the reply that mandatory equipment slots allowed Anka to ignore most equipment's equipping requirements and wearing conditions.
Equipment requirements needed no explanation; most equipment information would specify them.
As for wearing conditions, they were also easy to understand.
For example, if Lu Feng obtained a battle-axe, even if Anka met the battle-axe's equipment requirements, it couldn't fight while holding an axe.
This was what was meant by not meeting wearing conditions.
But if this battle-axe was equipped into a mandatory equipment slot, Anka could enjoy the damage, attribute bonuses, and passive skill effects provided by the battle-axe.
Having two mandatory equipment slots transformed Anka from a 'gold-devouring beast' into a 'non-picky gold-devouring beast'!
Beast Soul Protection couldn't be applied to Anka itself, so Lu Feng would have to wait until he entered the next task world and captured new beast followers to truly understand the skill's effects.
And upon seeing the skill effect of Beast Soul Protection, Lu Feng finally understood what the 'Pending Activation' after his attribute points meant.
He immediately chose to activate the skill effect of Beast Soul Protection.
A surge of power spread throughout his body, and Lu Feng's attributes became:
Strength: 7+2 (Related to attack power, carrying capacity, etc.)
Agility: 8+2 (Related to movement, attack speed, etc.)
Stamina: 6+2 (Related to HP, defense, abnormal resistance, etc.)
Intelligence: 10+0 (Related to spell damage, mana, perception, etc.)
Charm: 15+0 (Related to social interaction, summoning, etc.)
Because the attributes provided by Beast Soul Protection were external bonuses, when facing certain skill judgments or equipment requirements, Lu Feng's own attribute values would still be used as the standard.
He excitedly threw a punch; the sound of wind breaking indicated a world-changing difference in strength.
The improvement in agility was the most intuitive; a few casual steps of jogging matched his previous full-speed sprint.
This made Lu Feng wonder if he could easily become stronger in the future by simply continuously taming powerful beasts.
Wild Taming further affirmed his idea, allowing him to bypass the long process of building affinity.
He could forcibly tame suitable beasts, though he didn't know what kind of test he would need to pass.
From the 4 skills currently obtained, Beast Soul Master indeed had a very high compatibility with Lu Feng, and as long as he could capture suitable beast followers, this profession would be very strong in the early, mid, and late stages.
Lu Feng's only worry was that it wouldn't be like the Extinguisher, which, while incredibly powerful, was also incredibly poor.
Anka's awakened Pixiu Soul was not a good omen.
Having forfeited the rewards from this world's task settlement, Lu Feng's storage space was as clean as his face.
Fortunately, there were still two green treasure chests dropped by Krieg and Gin, which could make up for some of the losses.
So next, it was time for the exciting treasure chest opening segment!