Chapter 194: The Inheritance Soul Skill of Magnetic Sword

“The Sixth Trial is a bit troublesome…”

As he came out, Wang Che shook his head.

The difficulty of the Sixth Trial was very demanding on one’s Spiritual Power.

The burning intensity of those Netherworld Ghost Flames was terrifying.

He also had to deal with those Ghostfire Dolls, and depending on the situation, the final Netherflame Spirit Puppet as well.

The difficulty was at least two levels higher than the Fifth Trial.

It was more difficult than all the previous trials combined.

He would have to wait until next time.

As soon as Wang Che came out, he noticed many pairs of eyes fixed on him. He could not help but smile and say,

“It seems I have let down everyone’s high expectations. I could only barely pass the Fifth Trial.”

“Sorry to make you laugh.”

He said this to his classmates from Xiyue Continent.

“Barely passing indeed. Just barely passing the Fifth Trial—I wish I could ‘barely pass’ like that too.”

“Don’t even mention the Fifth Trial. If I could barely pass the Third Trial, I would consider it worthwhile.”

“When can I ever act so calmly while showing off like that?”

“Breaking so many records must come with rewards, right?”

Everyone chimed in with playful remarks…

…

Breaking records did come with rewards.

What would be the point of breaking records without rewards?

The rewards were quite generous. Each trial’s record came with a certain amount of prize money.

For all five trials combined, it amounted to about five hundred thousand.

Breaking three consecutive trials or more would also reward a Soul Skill Engraving.

Breaking six consecutive trials or more would reward a rare Soul Guiding Art, which could help a Soul Pet cultivate Spiritual Power.

So far, no one had broken the record for six consecutive trials.

Therefore, the rewards for breaking consecutive trial records were very substantial.

After all, this was only the beginner-level Soul Illusion Realm.

But of course, breaking records was not easy.

The middle-aged officer handed the rewards to Wang Che and encouraged him,

“Not bad. Keep it up when you get to the university. Next time, if you can break the record for six consecutive trials, it would be a milestone for this beginner-level Soul Illusion Realm.”

“At present, no one has broken the record for six consecutive trials.”

“Thank you for your kind words. I will definitely achieve it next time,” Wang Che said.

The middle-aged officer thought to himself, “Wow, this confidence…”

But then again, that record was not something an ordinary student could break.

Wang Che received five hundred thousand in prize money and a scroll of Soul Skill Engraving.

“This is the Insect Type’s Ten-Year Core Soul Skill, Nature’s Power. It is your reward.”

The middle-aged officer said with a smile, “Although it is only a Ten-Year Core Soul Skill, this move is one of the few powerful offensive Soul Skills for insects. I hope you can teach this move to your Green Caterpillar.”

Wang Che’s eyes lit up slightly.

Nature’s Power.

Insects, as one of the creatures that fill the natural world.

Many insects can sense the power of nature.

For example, ants will swarm out of their nests before an earthquake.

Earthworms will come out of the ground before it rains.

…

Of course, it is not only insects that can sense the power of nature.

Other creatures can sense it too.

But Nature’s Power is definitely one of the most powerful innate Soul Skills for insects.

By sensing the power of nature, they can launch attacks against enemies.

Different insects sense different aspects of nature’s power.

The Ten-Year Soul Skill is Nature’s Power. When its Proficiency Level reaches the maximum, there is a chance it can advance to the Hundred-Year Soul Skill, Awakening Power.

Awakening Power allows insects to awaken their latent potential.

No one knows what this latent potential might be.

The advanced Thousand-Year Soul Skill is Divine Power.

And the final advanced Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill combines the three Soul Skills—Nature’s Power, Awakening Power, and Divine Power—to form a special Soul Skill.

So, this move is very unique.

For insects, it is somewhat like defying fate and changing destiny.

Of course, this move is also quite difficult to master, especially the Hundred-Year Soul Skill, Awakening Power, which requires a long period of training.

Only then can one awaken their latent potential.

As an insect, Little Caterpillar had not yet learned a single one of its innate offensive skills.

It couldn’t be helped. There weren’t many offensive Soul Skills innate to insects.

Moreover, Little Caterpillar did not have the conditions to learn them.

After receiving the rewards,

Wang Che chatted with a few classmates for a while.

“Hello, classmate. My name is Mu Yao!”

Mu Yao walked over, smiling as she said, “I heard you chose to attend Northern River Forest Sea University? I’m from Northern River too. In two weeks, we’ll be schoolmates!”

Wang Che turned around and looked at this classmate.

He only remembered her when he saw the Wisdom Pea Ding.

“I didn’t expect to meet a future schoolmate from Northern River in advance.”

Wang Che nodded and said, “My name is Wang Che.”

Wang Che had mentioned in the class group which region he was going to.

But he hadn’t specified the exact school.

Mostly to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

Only Teacher Zheng felt something was off and, after pressing him, found out that Wang Che had chosen to attend Northern River Forest Sea University.

He almost gave Wang Che daily lectures on proper thinking.

Teacher Zheng was so angry he almost went crazy.

You could have chosen any of those top schools, but you picked North River Forest Sea University.

Even Northern River University would have been better.

Schools like Battle Soul Academy, Central Academy, Shendu Academy, Three Continents United Academy, Beast Taming Academy…

All had their doors wide open, waiting for you to walk in.

But no…

Teacher Zheng was very upset, and Wang Che didn’t want to make a big deal out of it.

Wang Che was mainly worried that other students might accidentally follow his lead and choose the same school, which would be a problem.

For Wang Che himself, going to North River Forest Sea University was very useful, because he was going there to farm and store resources.

He didn’t lack much else.

But the other students weren’t Wang Che. They had better options, and for them, North River Forest Sea University was just average.

He couldn’t hold others back.

So he only said in the class group chat that he was going to Northern River.

Then the word spread.

Northern River it was—and sure enough, many classmates followed him there.

Most chose Northern River University…

Well, in the mindset of most students in the War Zone,

Northern River University was the representative.

From the perspective of the Northern River Region, all universities in that region were considered alumni.

So it made sense.

“Then we’ll see each other in university!” Mu Yao waved, sounding a bit happy.

Wang Che waved back.

He doubted they would meet.

Northern River University and North River Forest Sea University were two words apart.

And they weren’t even in the same city…

After the trial ended, Wang Che parted ways with the others. Led by staff from Dino Tech, he returned home to Tianxin City, informed Father Wang and Mother Wang, and then went to a private training base.

He sorted through his rewards and thought back over the trial.

He summarized the experience for Little Caterpillar and Magnetic Sword.

“In the first stage’s illusion, you’ll face similar spiritual soul skills later. You need to learn how to break illusions.”

“The second stage taught you that too comfortable an environment can make you lose yourself. Learn to control yourselves. Green Caterpillar, look up and put down the picture book! The moment you’re back, you’re lost in stories!”

Green Caterpillar put down the story picture book Wang Che had drawn and listened obediently.

The Soul Illusion Realm trial, excluding sleep time, lasted about a day.

That day was spent either traveling or going through the Soul Illusion Realm trial, so Green Caterpillar hadn’t heard any stories all day.

Once back, it eagerly flipped open the story picture book Wang Che had drawn for it, complete with illustrations.

Wang Che took the picture book back into the Little Caterpillar Medal:

“It seems I can’t let you have this. I’ll give it back when you learn self-control. For now, you can read for two hours at a fixed time each day.”

“Look at Magnetic Sword.”

Green Caterpillar: “⊙╭╮⊙”

Magnetic Sword: “(·_·)”

After that, Wang Che summarized the later stages of the trial for them both.

Especially the battles.

Then he checked on Green Caterpillar and Magnetic Sword’s current mental state.

Excellent!

Even without testing, they could already endure Wang Che’s Spiritual Pressure for an hour and a half.

Of course, the intensity of this Spiritual Pressure was what Wang Che had at the first layer of Soul Nurturing Chapter.

Not the level after he advanced to the second layer.

But it still showed that their Spiritual Power had more than doubled!

It was clear how effective this trial had been!

Also, when Wang Che returned, he had obtained from the third stage many rare herbs and crystal rocks containing Spiritual Power.

Once processed and fed to them, their Spiritual Power would reach an even higher level!

“Alright, Little Swordie, come with me into the Ancient Soul Beast Atlas. Let’s see if you can learn a few powerful Inheritance Soul Skills.”

Wang Che said.

This Soul Illusion Realm trial had been quite successful, and Magnetic Sword’s Spiritual Power had grown a lot.

Wang Che opened the fully charged Ancient Soul Beast Atlas and took both Magnetic Sword and Green Caterpillar inside.

Inside this Soul Guiding Device, because it had absorbed massive energy, it was also a good place for training.

Back inside the Ancient Soul Beast Atlas,

the ancient soul beast phantoms looked just as real.

“Little Caterpillar, go check out Celestial Mother Earth Worm and see if you can learn that other move, Hellfire.”

Wang Che said.

Back then, Celestial Mother Earth Worm had two Inheritance Soul Skills: one was Rebirth from Mortal Peril,

the other was Hellfire.

Wang Che guessed Hellfire might be harder to learn.

But it was worth a try. If it didn’t work, no big deal—they could treat it as training.

Green Caterpillar trotted over to Celestial Mother Earth Worm again.

The phantom of Celestial Mother Earth Worm glowed faintly once more.

Wang Che took Magnetic Sword to look for other soul beast phantoms.

The Ancient Soul Beast Atlas activated a random ancient soul beast phantom each time it was opened, making it glow.

That meant it was available for inheritance.

This was the second time it was opened.

Wang Che didn’t know what type would be activated this time.

After walking for a while, he finally spotted a soul beast.

It was a bear-like soul beast with an ancient sword floating behind it.

This soul beast was special. It was about half a person’s height, with that ancient sword hovering at its back.

Interesting.

It was a snow-white bear with a bald head.

Sitting cross-legged in the void, it wore an ancient robe and looked very imposing.

Ancient Soul Beast: Sword Spirit Bear.

This was a Psychic-Type Spirit Pet.

Its prototype was the rare soul pet, Extreme Ice White Bear. In ancient times, this Extreme Ice White Bear was very fierce.

Later, it evolved after swallowing the power of a sword-shaped Martial Soul from ancient humans.

It evolved into the Sword Spirit Bear.

After evolving, it devoted itself to learning how to control sword-shaped Martial Souls. It meditated and pondered every day, and its Spiritual Power grew rapidly. Eventually, it found that its Spiritual Power could condense the energy of the Martial Soul into sword-shaped energy forms.

It used Spiritual Power to control them in battle.

So it began training its Spiritual Power diligently.

It trained so hard that it lost its fur, but it also became stronger.

From a close-combat soul beast, it became a soul pet skilled in both close and long-range combat.

It was a Psychic-Type Spirit Pet.

Very unique.

By the Fallen Ancient Era, it was already rare. After the great war, it went completely extinct.

In modern times, there was no trace of it at all; only professors specializing in Psychic-Type Spirit Pets knew of its existence.

Wang Che immediately looked at this Sword Spirit Bear’s inheritance introduction.

Shadow-Splitting Sword: Sword Spirit Bear could fuse its strong Spiritual Power with its own sword spirit, temporarily forming multiple Sword Spirit Phantoms. Each phantom had nearly half the strength of the original… At first, it could only form one, but over time, as its Spiritual Power grew, it could split into more sword spirits, frenziedly attacking the enemy.

Seeing this soul skill, Wang Che was stunned…