"Rustle~"
A rustling of leaves came from afar. Zhang Lexuan narrowed her eyes and moved lightly, shielding Su Wen behind her.
After a while.
As the rustling of leaves grew more intense,a group of wind baboons appeared in their field of vision.
They nimbly leaped among the branches of ancient trees, as if the herd was migrating.
The lead one seemed to have spotted Zhang Lexuan, instantly stopping in its tracks, its snow-white fur bristling, baring its teeth and growling softly.
"Wind baboons, the leader just broke through a hundred years ago, the others are all between a few years and several decades old."
Zhang Lexuan ignored it and looked at Su Wen instead.
At this moment, Su Wen's expression was one of astonishment.
He stared at one of the wind baboons, his face full of surprise.
[Wind Baboon]
[Cultivation: Fourteen Years]
[Attribute: Wind]
[Potential: 8]
[Evaluation: A Godslayer by Destiny, endowed with a unique fate by the continent, making it one of the few beings on the continent closest to achieving god-slaying. Catching it would be a huge profit...]
"I want it!" Su Wen pointed to the wind baboon without hesitation.
"Which one?" Zhang Lexuan's beautiful eyes turned serious as she looked in the direction Su Wen was pointing.
Silver-white soul power surged from its body, revealing the strength of a Soul Saint, overwhelming the group of wind baboons, whose strongest members were only a hundred years old, making them unable to move and huddled together trembling.
"That one!" Su Wen couldn't hide his excitement.
The wind baboons all moved aside, leaving only one bewildered wind baboon standing there, stunned.
It looked around, cautiously shifting to the right, slightly changing the direction of the group, but the finger seemed to have locked onto it, moving with its position.
"You're the one!"
Su Wen threw it with all his might, the white ball in his hand turning into an arc as it flew towards the wind baboon.
"Buzz~"
The white sphere transformed into a beam of light, enveloping the Wind Baboon.
A few seconds later, the massive beam dissipated, the white sphere vanished, leaving behind a Wind Baboon bewildered in the wind.
"Success!" Su Wen laughed.
With the successful capture, his first spirit ring became the Wind Baboon—no, not quite a spirit ring, more like his martial soul!
"Roar~" The Wind Baboon growled at its kin, cautiously retreating behind Su Wen.
When it looked at Su Wen, the bloodshot color faded from its pupils, returning to normal, even with a slightly dazed expression.
However, when the panel was opened again, the data became unusually detailed.
[Wind Baboon]
[Level: 12]
[Strength: 0.14]
[Speed: 0.20]
[Endurance: 0.14]
[Defense: 0.10]
[Skill: Wind Blade (Normal)]
[Attribute: Wind (Normal)]
[Potential: 8 (Excellent)]
[Next Evolution Stage: Storm Baboon]
It can evolve?!
Su Wen read through the descriptions one by one, his pupils suddenly contracting.
As expected of a Godslayer, its potential was truly outrageous.
Even among ten-year-old soul beasts, eight points of potential was extremely rare, let alone among hundred-year, thousand-year, or ten-thousand-year-old ones.
However, the next stage of evolution wasn't mentioned.
Whether it would increase its own soul power or raise the Wind Baboon's basic attributes to a certain stage, only time would tell.
As for the attributes, they were actually quite easy to understand.
0.14 roughly corresponded to the number of years; that is, every hundred years, it only equaled one point in the basic attributes.
The variations were due to the Wind Baboon's weaknesses (defense) and strengths (speed) having reduced amplification in the basic attributes.
Satisfied, he nodded.
Only then did he have time to closely examine this extraordinary Wind Baboon.
Standing about a meter tall, covered in white fur, with slightly thick arms and short, slender legs, its claws were exceptionally sharp.
A scratch on its skin would likely tear away a chunk of flesh, much like the monkeys of his past life.
However, unlike other wind baboons, this one possessed unusually bright and intelligent eyes.
After capturing this soul beast, his speed subtly increased.
It seemed the ability to capture soul beasts could also benefit him.
"Let's go,"
Zhang Lexuan waved her hand.
The baboons leaped from the branches and disappeared from the sight of the two people and the baboon as if fleeing.
"From now on, I'll call you Hurricane,"
Su Wen chuckled, patting Hurricane's head on tiptoe.
He was six years old, only about 1.3 meters tall, barely half a head taller.
"Roar~"
Hurricane hummed contentedly.
Zhang Lexuan smiled gently and ruffled Su Wen's hair.
"Let's go, Wen. Now that we've obtained our first soul beast, let's head back to camp. Elder Xuan has been gone for a while now; things are bound to get messy."
"Okay!"
Su Wen nodded,but frowned slightly.
He suddenly thought of the 100,000-year-old soul beast that would soon appear.
Now that he had joined Shrek Academy, he couldn't just stand by and watch it die.
But how could he save it?
He could only stay by Xuanzi's side.
He pondered.
According to the original story, Xuanzi was probably drunk and passed out.
He trusted Zhang Lexuan and her group completely, which was why he acted this way.
But his overconfidence almost led to the team's annihilation, which was one of the biggest flaws. Being considered Shrek's most unreliable member, without a doubt, meant he had some skills.
As for the conspiracy theory—that Xuanzi was the Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult...
Su Wen's lips twitched.
That would be interesting; it was a dungeon-level challenge.
Shaking his head, he dismissed the absurd idea.
This wasn't a hopeless situation. With Xuanzi, one of the strongest beings on the continent at level ninety-eight, present, unless a ferocious beast five or six hundred thousand years old appeared, a mere soul beast that had just broken through to one hundred thousand years old couldn't possibly pose a threat to them.
Therefore, as long as they kept Elder Xuan in check and waited for him to make his move at the opportune moment, that would be enough!
Just don't let himfall asleep like in the original story.
Yes, that's it!
Su Wen smiled with satisfaction.
...
"Don't make a fuss about what happened today. Don't ask about martial souls or anything else nonsense. Xiao Tao... never mind, do as you please."
Inside the camp.
Zhang Lexuan looked around, her expression solemn.
"Don't worry, Senior Sister, we'll definitely keep our mouths shut."
A slender man adjusted his glasses and grinned.
"Tch, come on, you're the one with the biggest mouth here. It's probably already spread throughout the entire inner courtyard since we just returned."
Another girl with short green hair and delicate features sneered.
"You, you...you're so vicious! You've ruined my reputation!" the skinny boy snarled angrily.
"Hmph, what are you going to do about it?" the short-haired girl retorted sharply.
Watching this scene,the other inner court disciples smiled kindly, but their gazes frequently drifted towards Su Wen, their eyes filled with shock and curiosity.
Just as expected.
This child's talent was absolutely top-tier; the departing Elder Xuan, Senior Sister Le Xuan personally capturing his first spirit ring, and this "confidentiality agreement" were the best proof.
"The academy is about to produce another prodigy,"
someone remarked.
...
(End of Chapter)