Chapter 242: Is This a Giant Dragon?
Chapter 242: Is This a Giant Dragon?
“This Lei Yunfeng had two thunder-attribute Soul Pets. Although their Soul Power Cultivation had not reached a thousand years, they moved freely in Thunderous Soul Earth, like fish in water. The two Soul Pets cooperated well together and showed good synergy. He was a promising talent.”
Commandant Cloud pointed at the screen and said, “Speaking of which, I noticed something, Principal Nan. A large portion of the students in your Douhun Major come from Xiyue Continent.”
“This one, this one, and this one… they are all from Xiyue Continent.”
Commandant Cloud pointed at several screens in a row.
They were all contestants who shone brightly in the Qihang Cup.
“Look, this Mountain-Hugging Bamboo Bear dominated from the first layer. This student Yang Xiaoshan was quite capable. He is also from Xiyue Continent.”
Commandant Cloud pointed at the screen, where a huge Bamboo Bear unleashed a Fluctuation Fist, shaking everything around.
“In addition, there are three from other continents, and they are all very strong.”
Commandant Cloud pointed at a boy with short hair on the screen, “This is Zhao Zhige. His Soul Pet is a Martial Combat Vajra. Its Soul Power Cultivation had already broken through a thousand years, and his own Soul Power Level reached level 18. His Martial Soul was the Cloud Thunder Rod. It is a rod-type Martial Soul that could absorb lightning, and when combined together, with a single strike in the first layer, he could knock away a Soul Beast of the same level.”
“Furthermore, he was the young master of the Cloud Thunder Dojo in Yunjiang Province. Both he and the Martial Combat Vajra practiced the Soul Inheritance Secret Technique of the Cloud Thunder Dojo, the Cloud Thunder Sky-Shattering Rod. He was extremely powerful. His second Soul Pet was a Water-Type Spirit Lotus Cub. Although it had no combat ability, it could provide various combat enhancements to the Martial Combat Vajra.”
“The pairing of the two Soul Pets was also quite good.”
“Then there is Chen Xing, who possessed a rare Nether-type Soul Pet, the Shadow Ghost General.” Commandant Cloud pointed at another screen.
On the screen, a dense cloud of ghostly shadows enveloped three Soul Beasts. Within minutes, the three Soul Beasts’ eyes rolled back, and they collapsed, as if their spiritual power had been drained.
Beside them, there was an introduction about the Shadow Ghost General and an explanation of the Soul Skill it used.
“The Shadow Ghost General is a rare Monarch Rank Nether-type Soul Pet. Logically, it should be extremely fearful of lightning, especially here in Thunderous Soul Earth.” Commandant Cloud said gravely. “Yet it easily dealt with these lightning Soul Beasts. It is a powerful Soul Pet that awakened an inheritance talent!”
“Based on calculations by Cloud Sky Navigation Star, this inheritance talent should be ‘Thunder Shadow Body,’ which naturally possessed great resistance to thunder.”
“Inheritance talent?” Principal Gu was somewhat surprised. “How did such a promising talent end up at Northern River University?”
Inheritance talent was also called bloodline talent.
It was a mysterious power hidden deep within a Soul Pet’s body.
Most Soul Pets might never awaken an inheritance talent in their entire lives.
A small number of Soul Pets, through various training, accumulated powerful experience, or encountered certain lucky opportunities, had a chance to awaken their own inheritance talent.
Generally, Soul Pets with cultivation over a thousand years might have a chance to awaken it.
When Soul Power Cultivation reached Ten Millennium, they would develop a Genetic Trait.
Through cultivation, if the Soul Pet could be nurtured to reach the cultivation of Hundred Thousand Years, the Genetic Trait would transform into an inheritance talent.
But the difficulty was very high.
The probability of awakening an inheritance talent from the start was very low.
And once awakened, the Soul Pet’s future potential would be limitless!
“His Martial Soul is actually even better.” Principal Nan said with some pride. “It is a Martial Soul related to spiritual power, Star Eyes.”
“Star Eyes? An organ-specialized Martial Soul?” Principal Gu was shocked. “He is a genius…”
Organ-specialized Martial Souls themselves belonged to a type of Humanoid Martial Soul. They only possessed part of the organs of a Humanoid Martial Soul.
But specialized Martial Souls gave this type of Martial Soul powerful potential, making them outstanding in certain aspects.
The reason complete Humanoid Martial Souls were rare, uncommon, powerful, and unmatched was because Humanoid Martial Souls possessed all organs.
Once attached, the boost they gave to the Soul Pact Master was comprehensive and extremely terrifying.
If it was also the Martial Soul of a human sage, it would bring even more powerful changes!
But Humanoid Martial Souls were becoming increasingly rare in modern times.
Most were variant forms of Humanoid Martial Souls, organ-specialized Martial Souls that only had parts of a Humanoid Martial Soul.
“Incredible, incredible!” Principal Gu exclaimed.
A Shadow Ghost General that awakened an inheritance talent, and a spiritual-specialized Martial Soul, Star Eyes.
He was even more powerful than that Zhao Zhige.
In comparison, most of the freshmen from Forest Sea Academy performed rather ordinary.
“The Douhun Major is doing fine; they can handle the first layer.”
Commandant Cloud coughed lightly, “This Zhao Yixia from the Medical Soul Major is quite capable. He managed to nurture a Flying Frenzied Lizard, and it was about to evolve into a Cloud Sky King Lizard. His Martial Soul seemed very ordinary, just a scepter, but it played a key role, continuously providing replenishment to the Flying Frenzied Lizard.”
“And its Soul Power consumption was very low. The Hundred Flower Scepter, according to records from Cloud Sky Navigation Star, was an auxiliary Martial Soul that shone brightly in the Fallen Ancient Era. It saved hundreds of thousands of Soul Beasts in that era.”
“This Martial Soul had a natural affinity and appeal to many Soul Beasts. No wonder he could nurture a Timid Lizard into a Flying Frenzied Lizard. His future potential was great. The further he goes, the stronger he will become.”
“Also, this team from the Agricultural Planting Major works very well together.”
Commandant Cloud pointed at the screen, where the small team consisted of Kong Shijin, Yun Feimo, and Shui Qingling.
“The Exquisite Owl controls, the Water Fairy assists, and the Rock Spear Crab defends. Iron Vine Grass specializes in control, the Shield Martial Soul specializes in defense, and the Farmland Martial Soul stores recovery resources. They just lack an attacker. Otherwise, this combination could reach the third layer.”
“Even within the Agricultural Planting Major, they are potential seeds.”
Commandant Cloud still praised them.
He had no choice; otherwise, there was nothing to say about Forest Sea University.
“What about Wang Che?” Principal Nan remembered something. “I want to see how he is doing.”
Commandant Cloud searched a bit.
Soon, Wang Che’s image appeared in everyone’s sight.
Because it was a real-time recording, the image was very clear.
It showed from when Wang Che entered the first layer until he encountered those thirty Thunderhorn Rhinos.
“This kid, is he planning to take on these thirty Thunderhorn Rhinos?” Principal Nan frowned slightly.
“Judging by his actions, it seems so. The image is zoomed in. Look, he just nodded.”
Commandant Cloud said in surprise, “He really plans to fight. So many thousand-year Thunderhorn Rhinos—it’s hard for an individual to handle them without a team, isn’t it?”
Yet the next moment, they saw the Magnetic Sword behind Wang Che fly out.
It tilted diagonally in mid-air, absorbed the lightning released by the Thunderhorn Rhinos, and fired a terrifying red Magnetic Cannon!
Instantly, it blasted away all thirty Thunderhorn Rhinos below.
“???”
Everyone at the base saw this scene, their minds filled with question marks.
They were stunned for several seconds.
Only after the Magnetic Sword finished off all the Thunderhorn Rhinos did they snap back to reality.
The screen also contained notes from Cloud Sky Navigation Star.
It only used two Soul Skills.
The first was Mechanical Charge.
The second was ???
Three question marks meant Cloud Sky Navigation Star could not analyze it either. There were only two possibilities: either Cloud Sky Navigation Star had no record of this Soul Skill, or it was a self-created Soul Skill.
“Little Nan, Cloud Sky Navigation Star could not analyze this Soul Skill. With your experience, I suppose you don’t need Cloud Sky Navigation Star’s analysis. Tell us all, what is this Soul Skill?” Principal Gu turned to look at Principal Nan.
“…” Principal Nan remained silent for a long time.
For a moment, he did not know what to say.
Well, it was just… awkward.
“This should be a self-created Soul Skill,” Commandant Cloud coughed. “But judging by the recent move of this Magnetic Sword, Cloud Sky Navigation Star analyzed that its Soul Power Cultivation is infinitely close to one thousand years. The power of this Soul Skill is already comparable to an Ace Soul Skill.”
An Ace Soul Skill is even stronger than a Core Soul Skill.
Moreover, Ace Soul Skills do not have upgrades; different attribute systems have their own distinct Ace Soul Skills.
There aren’t many Ace Soul Skills, and you need at least Millennium Spirit Power Cultivation to learn them. The difficulty of learning them is also much higher than that of Core Soul Skills.
“This is the first time I’ve seen a first-year student’s Soul Pet perform a move that’s close to an Ace Soul Skill,” one principal frowned. “And it’s a Magnetic Sword without any modifications? A red Magnetic Sword? How does it also have a Thunder-Element attribute? Is this the genius from the Xiyue Continent’s Qihang Cup?”
“Wait, is this his second Soul Pet?”
The power the Magnetic Sword showed clearly surprised them greatly.
“Magnetic Sword doesn’t have a Thunder-Element attribute. It can absorb lightning—could it have awakened a talent? But Cloud Sky Navigation Star didn’t mention it; it probably doesn’t have any awakened talent, and I didn’t see it either.”
“Look, Magnetic Sword flew up into the air. It seems like it’s about to start cultivating. Huh, what is Wang Che doing? Why are twenty Thunder Message Seeds floating out… Wow, is he using Thunder Message Seeds to summon lightning and stimulate the energy of that intermediate Core Stone to cultivate?”
“This guy is talented! Using Thunder Message Seeds to accurately summon lightning—wait, those Thunder Message Seeds should be the ones from outside Thunder Roar, right? How did he make the Thunder Message Seeds obey him? And even enter his Soul Domain Space?”
“This is crazy, what kind of move is this?”
“Wait, how can Magnetic Sword cultivate using lightning?”
The observers were stunned.
Before long, Magnetic Sword advanced to Millennium Spirit Power Cultivation.
Everyone watched with wide eyes.
Their minds were full of question marks.
Even the feed from Cloud Sky Navigation Star showed a string of question marks.
It indicated that it couldn’t analyze it.
Probably, it also had no idea about this cultivation method.
The feed even became intermittent.
“Commandant Cloud, why is the feed intermittent?”
Principal Gu was watching intently.
“Cloud Sky Navigation Star couldn’t analyze the scene. It was a bit annoyed at its own ignorance and shocked by Magnetic Sword’s cultivation method,” Commandant Cloud explained. “The transmission had some issues temporarily.”
“…” Everyone fell silent.
By the time the feed stabilized, Magnetic Sword had already broken through to Millennium Spirit Power Cultivation and left the area with Wang Che.
They didn’t see the scene where Magnetic Sword lost control after breaking through and was awakened by Wang Che.
Soon, the feed continued.
Until they encountered those Thunder Birds.
“A Millennium Magnetic Sword is faster than Thunder Birds? The strength of this Magnetic Sword is absolutely not ordinary!” an old principal remarked. “It’s hard to say if it has Monarch Rank, but its speed definitely does! Thunder Birds are faster than many Monarch Rank Soul Pets. It must be related to that special cultivation method.”
They followed closely with the sword.
Soon, the scene of nine birds pulling a caterpillar appeared before them.
For a moment, everyone’s expressions turned extremely weird, as if they were quite shocked.
“This Green Caterpillar, with just a few threads of silk, can control those Thunder Birds?” Principal Nan couldn’t quite believe it. “Even a Dragon-type Soul Pet wouldn’t find it that easy, right? Are Soul Beasts in a frenzied state this docile?”
“They were restrained at their fatal points and had no choice but to submit. At the same time, the Thunder Birds were responding to some sort of call; even in a frenzied state, they didn’t want to fight to the death,” Principal Gu said. “That’s no ordinary Silk Thread. If this Green Caterpillar had killing intent, that one Silk Spitting could have taken the lives of all nine Thunder Birds.”
“This Green Caterpillar’s Soul Power Cultivation has already broken through to Millennium. If you zoom in on its Silk Thread, you’ll see the silk is pale green, full of vitality, and rich in plant energy. It’s comparable to a grass whip and quite effective against Thunder-Element Soul Beasts.”
“Those Thunder Birds felt uncomfortable and fearful, so they had to pull the Green Caterpillar forward.”
Scene after scene passed by.
The more they watched, the more shocked they became.
Nine birds pulling a caterpillar was one thing, but especially later when facing that Wyvern in the dark clouds.
They knew about that Wyvern.
Until they saw Wang Che gather the Little Caterpillar’s Energy Bomb and compress it into a green energy sphere.
With one shot, it shattered the dark clouds in the sky, blowing a huge hole in them.
Its style was completely in a different dimension compared to the combat scenes of other students.
They were stunned in an instant.
“Is this a Soul Master at just over ten levels?” Commandant Cloud was also baffled. “How did he do that? A Soul Pact Master at just over ten levels can control a Soul Pet’s Energy Bomb? Cloud Sky Navigation Star, can you analyze it?”
Cloud Sky Navigation Star transmitted an expression:
“(×╭╮×)”
Meaning, I’m annoyed and I don’t know either.
Cloud Sky Navigation Star, with its obsessive-compulsive tendencies, handled every student’s footage very well, providing detailed explanations of Soul Skills, Martial Souls, and various powers without missing data.
Except… Wang Che’s side was a mess of analysis.
Various question marks appeared on Wang Che’s feed.
“It should be a technique for controlling energy. But to compress and manipulate it like that, only some powerful experts who have reached the state of returning to simplicity can master it,” Principal Nan said after a few seconds of silence. “I know a bit about this area. For a student to master this technique so easily… he truly is a one-in-ten-thousand genius.”
The scene changed as Wang Che entered the second layer.
Everyone watched with great interest, wanting to see the combat scenes of other students.
Their expectations had been raised.
“The second layer shouldn’t be easy, right?”
Just as they were about to watch.
At that moment.
“Commandant Cloud, it’s bad! Many students who withdrew from the second layer reported that there seems to be a Giant Dragon creature in the sky there!” an observer came over.
They were responsible for monitoring the students’ safety.
“A Giant Dragon creature?” Commandant Cloud was shocked. “How is that possible? Thunderous Soul Earth only has one Wyvern in the third layer. There isn’t even a Giant Dragon in the fifth layer! And besides, the Soul Beast in the fifth layer is actually a natural enemy of Giant Dragons… How could there be a Giant Dragon?”
Dragon-type Soul Pets, especially Giant Dragons, start at Monarch Rank or Transcendent Grade—they’re very strong.
If it’s a Soul Beast inside, it would be too dangerous!
He immediately asked Cloud Sky Navigation Star.
Cloud Sky Navigation Star indicated that it hadn’t detected anything.
Everyone was puzzled.
Then Cloud Sky Navigation Star transmitted a holographic image.
The image gradually unfolded, and when everyone saw it, they were dumbfounded.
In the dark clouds, there was no Giant Dragon at all.
There was only a Green Caterpillar standing on Magnetic Sword, letting out roars as Magnetic Sword released silver lightning…
“Is this the Giant Dragon?” Commandant Cloud looked at the observer.
“…” Everyone fell silent.