Chapter 4 Royal Hunting Ground
Early the next morning, they were led by a few old men from the Royal Soul Master Academy and went to the Royal Soul Beast Hunting Ground to hunt for soul rings.
Both the royal family of the Tiandou Empire and the major sects of the empire have their own specially maintained soul beast breeding areas, which are provided to direct members of the family or people with meritorious deeds to hunt and obtain soul rings.
Of course, in these human-run soul beast hunting grounds, the soul beasts inside are basically caught from outside; in terms of levels, the highest level is just ten thousand years old. The legendary hundred thousand year soul beasts are not even considered. Thought.
"Hoho."
After walking into the soul beast hunting ground, waves of low beast roars reached Zhongli's ears. Zhongli couldn't help but frown slightly.
Having watched "Douluo Dalu", he naturally knows that the soul beasts in this world are also intelligent and emotional. He could also hear the sadness and anger contained in those beasts' roars.
He couldn't help but think of his world and his people; the so-called immortals in Liyue were also various immortal beasts. In a sense, they were similar to the soul beasts on Douluo Continent. And he, Emperor Yanwang, is not only the emperor worshiped by humans, but also the master of all immortals; all the immortal beasts on Liyue are considered his dependents.
But in this world, humans and soul beasts are incompatible with each other. He could feel the deep hatred of the soul beasts imprisoned here, waiting for death, towards human beings.
Zhongli doesn't blame the humans in this world. But in his heart, he felt a chill towards the "god" who made the rules of this world.
It is the rules of this world that force humans and soul beasts to kill each other; if humans want to improve and become stronger, they must hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings. Otherwise, you will never be able to break through the bottleneck. If the soul beast ceases to exist one day, then the soul master profession will also disappear. It's that extreme.
In Zhongli's view, the soul beasts in this world are like a cursed species of immortality; the lifespan of a soul beast is as long as the pure-blooded immortal beasts in Liyue, but they are not as powerful as the immortal beasts. . The power of soul beasts grows at an alarmingly slow rate; after practicing for hundreds or thousands of years, they can only have the strength equivalent to dozens of levels of soul masters.
Or, to put it another way, humans only need a short period of practice to be able to compete with the power accumulated by soul beasts for countless years. You know, even he, the Rock King, has not experienced as many years as some soul beasts in this world. What's even more frightening is that the birth of a human titled Douluo, at least, requires the life of a nine-headed soul beast.
The world is twisted. Sooner or later, the soul beast race will be on the verge of extinction. As for the soul beast's counterattack on the verge of extinction, will the human world be able to withstand it?
Along the way, an old royal minister explained various knowledge about spirit beasts to the young prince and princess. From the type of soul beast, to age, attributes, to what kind of soul rings a soul master can absorb.
".For soul masters and quasi-soul masters like you who are at the tenth level bottleneck, the limit is a soul ring with a fusion period between four hundred and six hundred years. Your physical development is relatively good, and your martial soul is also very powerful. , those with a challenge period slightly higher than six hundred years can also be considered.”
The old man explained with a kind smile on his face.
Zhongli nodded secretly in his heart. This explanation of royal offerings is actually much more scientific and reasonable than the instructions given by Dashu to the "Tang Shaoxia" in the original "Douluo Dalu". That Dashu actually claimed that he had measured the upper limit of soul rings that a soul master could withstand at each stage, even down to the single digits of the year
I mean, is it possible that, in terms of universal rationality, each individual soul master is different in terms of his own physical endurance and strength of his martial soul?
"Your martial spirits are all weapon spirits; when choosing a soul ring, you must also consider the various characteristics of your martial spirit. For example, the characteristics of Aying's martial spirit are sharpness, fragmentation, strength, and of course thunder and lightning. The elemental attributes of A Li; as for A Li's martial spirit, the characteristics of the martial spirit are more focused on breaking armor, breaking shields, and rebounding, and the elemental attributes are also different."
The old man didn't understand Zhongli's "Shenwu Soul", so he naturally wouldn't talk nonsense about it. For the sake of academic rigor, the most basic bottom line is to know what you know and what you don’t know.
Of course, they didn't know that Ying actually possessed another martial spirit.
"Ah Ying, in my opinion, this lightning silver wolf is more suitable for you. Its age is about five hundred years; if you want to try it, I will help you control it."
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The old man pointed to a wolfdog with bright silver fur not far away who was staring at them with vigilant eyes, and said with a smile.
Ying just thought about it for a moment, but shook his head.
The few people walked forward for a while and heard a low roar. This time, the old man's expression became a little more solemn. "This kind of soul beast is called the Blue Lightning Thunder Dragon. There are only two of them in the entire Royal Forest. You should have heard of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect; this kind of soul beast and the Blue Lightning Thunder Dragon of their martial spirit are Close relatives. Although it is only about five hundred years old, it is about the same as the silver wolf just now, but you should not be able to absorb its soul ring. In the beginning, three soul sects were sacrificed in order to capture this century-old soul beast."
Dragon-type soul beasts are extremely powerful on this continent. This is the same as the continent of Teyvat.
Generally speaking, with the strength of the Soul Sect, there is no problem in dealing with the Millennium Soul Beast alone. But in order to capture this blue lightning dragon, three soul sects were sacrificed, which shows his ferocity. The soul ring of such a soul beast is naturally much more difficult to absorb than other soul beasts of the same age.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, the figure of the shadow shot out like an arrow from a string, and the old man's expression suddenly changed.
"Aying!"
"Chi!"
"Roar!"
In the old man's somewhat disbelieving eyes, a purple sword light flashed; silver-purple blood splashed, with broken dragon scales, and the soul beast roared in pain and injury!
"Boom!"
The thunderball ejected by the injured soul beast was caught by the old man with one hand, who arrived in time. The old man's back was already covered in cold sweat.
This kid, why did he rush out without saying a word?
On the old man's body, a full eight circles of soul rings were beating, and the other two powerful royal men who followed him also took action, one with seven rings and the other with eight rings, surrounding the century-old soul beast in the middle. A look of despair flashed across Thunder Dragon's silver-purple eyes.
"You don't have to do anything. Let me do it."
Ying suddenly spoke at this time, and said in a cold voice. The naginata, which was much taller than her, was carried behind her and she walked step by step towards this powerful century-old spirit beast.
The three royal masters hesitated for a moment, but did not immediately take action to completely subdue the soul beast and make it lose its combat effectiveness. Originally, for the safety of the princess, what they should do was to capture the spirit beast immediately. However, at this moment, they felt unwilling to disobey the princess's order.
She was obviously just a little girl, but for a moment, there was a sense of awe in their hearts.
In their nervous gazes, the young princess began to fight and fight with the powerful blue lightning dragon. Once the situation goes a little bit wrong, they will immediately take action to end this unfair battle.
However, in this battle, they did not have a chance to take action. They just witnessed a battle that they would never forget.
"Roar"
The body of the blue lightning dragon slowly fell down. His body was covered with scars left by the naginata. However, there was no resentment in the Thunder Dragon's silver-purple eyes, but instead a kind of admiration and relief.
Shadow stood in front of the Blue Lightning Thunder Dragon's corpse, holding a knife, and was silent for a while. Then, she sat down cross-legged and began to absorb and fuse the yellow century-old spirit ring produced by the blue lightning dragon.
(End of chapter)