Chapter 52: Rainbow Deer King!

Wang Che put away the tent and placed the prepared ointment into his backpack.

After a short while, Green Caterpillar suddenly rustled back, covered in grass.

“Sii wu sii wu!”

It jumped up and cried out twice.

“Hmm?”

Wang Che glanced at it.

Green Caterpillar immediately turned around and left, as if it wanted to lead Wang Che somewhere.

Wang Che packed his things and followed.

Not long after,

Wang Che first smelled a faint scent of blood, and then saw a Yōuyōu Deer lying on the ground.

“This Yōuyōu Deer is the one from before…”

Wang Che seemed to have noticed something.

Its front legs, hind legs, and back all had fairly large wounds.

Wang Che scanned it quickly. The wounds were mostly scrapes. The more serious one was a bite mark on its hind leg.

Based on Wang Che’s own judgment, it should be the bite mark of a large snake-type Soul Beast.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Che took out the ointment and first applied it directly to the Yōuyōu Deer’s wounds, then bandaged them.

Then he slowly fed the medicinal paste into the Yōuyōu Deer’s mouth.

About ten minutes passed.

The Yōuyōu Deer slowly woke up.

“Yo… yo…”

The Yōuyōu Deer opened its eyes, struggled to stand up immediately, looked at Wang Che, and cried out twice.

It was probably thanking him.

Then it walked unsteadily toward another direction.

“Sii wu sii wu!”

Green Caterpillar followed it and said.

“Yo… yo… yoyo!”

“Sii wu! Sii wu!”

“…”

Wang Che felt a bit speechless.

He wasn’t quite sure how Soul Pets of different species communicated with each other…

But the general idea was probably Green Caterpillar saying, “You’re badly injured, you need to rest more.”

The Yōuyōu Deer didn’t stop walking, apparently rejecting Green Caterpillar’s suggestion.

Green Caterpillar came back and called out twice to Wang Che.

“Alright, let’s go take a look.”

Wang Che thought for a few seconds and satisfied the little fellow’s curiosity.

When exploring the wild, one had to face many Soul Pets. Since they had already encountered it, there was no harm in going to see.

The direction the Yōuyōu Deer went was quite different from the route to Floating Forest on the map.

Wang Che didn’t mind taking a detour.

Not long after, the Yōuyōu Deer entered a sunken valley.

There were many green trees in the valley.

“The Soul Power here is much stronger than outside, but so many Yōuyōu Deer have died…”

Wang Che was shocked by what he saw along the way, while Green Caterpillar cried out anxiously.

Suddenly,

a roar came from ahead.

This roar immediately made Wang Che understand.

It was a Forest Viper.

A large carnivorous Soul Beast that lived in the forest.

It was somewhat aggressive and had a fierce temperament.

As a Soul Pet, when raised by humans, it was relatively much tamer.

“Stop!”

Wang Che said suddenly.

Green Caterpillar immediately halted.

The Yōuyōu Deer ahead was more alert and hid directly behind a tree.

Wang Che glanced forward from the corner of his eye and narrowed his eyes slightly.

In the dark forest ahead, a completely green python, a full ten meters long, slithered through the woods.

There was still fresh blood in its mouth.

Forest Viper: A Plant-Type Soul Pet, its body covered in tough black plant-like skin, possessing the strength to crush a small truck, and very fast movement in the forest.

It was a Forest Viper of at least three hundred years.

“Forest Vipers and Yōuyōu Deer are natural enemies… It must have been the Forest Viper hunting these Yōuyōu Deer.”

Wang Che frowned slightly, generally understanding the situation.

Forest Vipers only had two evolution stages. They were considered Rare Soul Pets, born relatively strong.

Their second evolution could reach the extremely rare level—Violent Forest Serpent King, even more powerful!

These Yōuyōu Deer’s cultivation levels were at most around a hundred years.

They were only ordinary-level Soul Beasts, so naturally, they were no match for this Forest Viper.

But as group-living creatures, Yōuyōu Deer naturally had stronger ones among them that could resist such Forest Vipers.

“Sii wu sii wu!”

Green Caterpillar called out twice to Wang Che.

It seemed to be saying, “Please help them.”

Wang Che did not take action.

For one thing, whether he could win was uncertain.

First, it was best for humans not to interfere with the ecological balance of wild Soul Beasts.

Forest Vipers were natural enemies of Yōuyōu Deer; their conflict was between Soul Beasts.

Federation laws clearly stated that humans must not arbitrarily interfere with the ecological balance among wild Soul Beasts.

If disrupted, the ones to suffer the consequences in the end could only be humans.

Wang Che felt the rule made sense.

But it felt a bit strange…

“Yōuyōu!”

The Yōuyōu Deer watched the Forest Viper continuously bite and attack its companions in the forest. It seemed unable to hold back and wanted to rush out immediately.

Just then, a series of deer calls suddenly rang out.

“Yōu~~!!!”

The high-pitched deer cry came from the forest.

Following that, a brilliant light appeared.

Wang Che was a bit surprised as he looked at the center of that intense light.

It was a Yōuyōu Deer with a rainbow-colored body, already larger than an adult human. Its coral-like antlers were no smaller than its body, and it looked extraordinarily divine and very majestic.

“It’s the Third Stage Evolution form of the Yōuyōu Deer, the Rainbow Deer King!”

Wang Che exclaimed in admiration. It was truly rare to see a Soul Beast that had undergone Third Stage Evolution in the wild.

One must know, wild Soul Beasts are different from Soul Pets.

Humans and Soul Pets share a Life Soul Pact; as long as the cultivation years are reached, evolution is relatively simple.

But wild Soul Beasts, lacking the power of the Life Soul Pact, find it very difficult to evolve even when their cultivation years are sufficient.

However, it’s undeniable that at the same cultivation level, human-raised Soul Pets are much stronger than wild Soul Beasts.

So, encountering a fully Third Stage Evolved Rainbow Deer King in the wild was absolutely a very rare sight.

“This is probably the only one in the Yōuyōu Deer tribe…”

Wang Che kept sighing in amazement.

The Rainbow Deer King is a Soul Beast of the extremely precious level, even approaching the Peerless Grade.

Soon after the Rainbow Deer King appeared, many Yōuyōu Deer around immediately began to cry out loudly.

At the same time, they emitted a dazzling light.

“It’s the Soul Skill, Life Resonance!”

Wang Che watched with great interest.

Life Resonance is a unique bond-type Soul Skill.

Soul Pets raised by humans rarely comprehend such exclusive attribute Soul Skills.

This kind of Soul Skill is mostly inherited among tribal Soul Beasts in the wild.

Its effect is also limited to within the tribe.

It allows them to borrow the power of their companions and transfer life energy to launch immensely powerful attribute attacks.

Soon, a bright, sun-like energy ball began to form on the Rainbow Deer King’s head.

Countless particle-like energies started gathering and transferring from many Yōuyōu Deer.

That Forest Viper seemed to sense danger.

The next moment, it let out a fierce hiss, and its body suddenly glowed with an intense light!

A yellow energy ring rose from its body.

“Huh? Wait, is that a Soul Ring?”

Wang Che was stunned. “No, this Forest Viper isn’t a wild Soul Beast! It’s a Soul Pet! A human’s Soul Pet! Only human Soul Pets can condense Soul Rings!”

Wild Soul Beasts do not condense Soul Rings.

Because wild Soul Beasts have much lower Spiritual Intelligence compared to Soul Pets. For them to condense a Soul Ring, they would need extremely high cultivation and wisdom.

And a three-hundred-year-old Forest Viper clearly couldn’t achieve that.

A three-hundred-year-old Forest Viper could only condense a Soul Ring under human cultivation, to supply a Soul Pact Master.

“Another Soul Pact Master is using their own Soul Pet, disguised as a wild Forest Viper… to attack these Yōuyōu Deer!”

Wang Che instantly understood.

Just as he thought this…

As the Soul Ring rose, the Forest Viper’s aura surged violently.

It spewed a thick, intense poison mist from its mouth.

The mist spread, making everything hard to see.

At the same time, the light sphere on the Rainbow Deer King’s antlers shot towards the Forest Viper.

But it missed… Instead, the Forest Viper, amidst the poison mist, flew out and coiled around the large creature.

Its massive body was tightly wrapped by the Forest Viper, like a coiling dragon.

It let out cries of distress.

“Such intelligence, it’s definitely not a wild Soul Beast!”

Wang Che patted the Green Caterpillar. “Let’s act. This Forest Viper is one hundred percent a Soul Pact Master’s Soul Pet! Definitely not a wild Soul Beast!”

“Sī wū!”

The Green Caterpillar, who had long grown impatient watching, immediately charged out!

This child had quite a sense of heroism and chivalry.

“Green Caterpillar, use Blazing Charge!”