Chapter 54: Life Feedback? Plant Life Energy! Soul Skill Inheritance!

“Yoyo!”

“Siiwu!”

The Rainbow Deer King led the Green Caterpillar to an open space.

Its antlers began to glow intensely, and a green stone in its mouth slowly floated up and landed between them.

The next moment, the light from the Rainbow Deer King’s antlers shot out like a laser, striking the green stone directly.

Immediately, the green stone positioned itself above the Green Caterpillar’s head and began to shed soft rays of light that enveloped the caterpillar.

“Huh?”

Wang Che was taken aback. “This is…”

He vaguely thought of something.

Enveloped in the green light, the Green Caterpillar’s entire body seemed to be highlighted, shining unusually brightly.

“It’s not going to evolve, is it? Please don’t!”

Wang Che’s heart skipped a beat.

If it evolved into a Green Phantom Butterfly, that would be quite bad.

Mainly because the Green Phantom Butterfly didn’t really suit Wang Che’s taste. Although the Green Caterpillar was a bit silly and not particularly good-looking, Wang Che could still accept it.

As a former cultivator of the Ascension Realm, when raising Soul Pets, Wang Che didn’t care much about things like Racial Potential or how powerful they were.

After all, none could possibly be as strong as the Soul Pets he would raise in the future.

He only cared about whether they suited his taste.

Fortunately, to Wang Che’s relief, no evolution occurred.

Instead, several light green patterns appeared on the Green Caterpillar’s body, making it look quite cool.

“Those patterns… that’s Plant Life Energy.”

Wang Che frowned slightly, as if thinking of something. “Could it be Life Feedback?”

Life Feedback was when a powerful Soul Pet fed its own life back to a weaker Soul Pet, increasing the weaker one’s lifespan limit and life strength.

It was one of the few methods that could boost a Soul Pet’s maximum lifespan.

As a third-stage rare Soul Beast, the Rainbow Deer King had fairly balanced attributes but possessed an exceptionally long lifespan.

It could live for a very long time.

This Rainbow Deer King was wild and had over three hundred years of Soul Power Cultivation.

That meant it had lived for at least a hundred years, possibly even longer.

However, Life Feedback had strict requirements.

Generally, it could only occur between Soul Pets of the same attribute and bloodline.

The Green Caterpillar wasn’t a Plant-Type but an Insect Type.

It wasn’t the same type as the Rainbow Deer King, and their bloodlines were different too.

Achieving Life Feedback seemed unlikely.

“Could it be because of that green stone?”

Wang Che pondered.

That stone contained powerful Plant Life Energy… He wondered what kind of stone it was…

Could it be that the Forest Viper’s target was this very stone?

As time passed, the green stone’s light gradually dimmed.

Before long, the light green patterns on the Green Caterpillar’s body became relatively more distinct.

The Rainbow Deer King staggered, retrieved the stone, held it in its mouth, and collapsed to the ground, looking very weak.

The stone’s glow had dimmed by at least two-thirds.

“Siwu siwu!”

Aside from the light green patterns on its body, the Green Caterpillar didn’t seem to have changed much.

It ran over to the Rainbow Deer King and called out a few times.

The Rainbow Deer King only shook its head slightly and responded with a few sounds.

Wang Che stroked his chin. It seemed this little guy had gained quite a lot of benefits.

The reason was simple: because of the Life Soul Pact, he could sense the changes happening to his Green Caterpillar.

Its life force was vigorous and powerful, radiating a fresh and pure aura.

This was something it hadn’t had before.

“Its lifespan has probably increased by at least a thousand years…”

Wang Che was shocked. Could that stone really enhance life energy so immensely?

It was definitely no ordinary item!

Calling it a Natural Treasure wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

Moreover, those light green patterns on the Green Caterpillar’s body were likely a symbol of Plant Life Energy.

That meant this kid might possibly learn Plant-Type Soul Skills.

“Siwu!”

The Green Caterpillar ran up to Wang Che with a happy expression.

Green Caterpillar: “(>_<)"

Then, as if holding its breath, it suddenly looked forward, and the light green patterns on its body began to glow.

Energy slowly gathered, seeming ready to burst forth.

"This is…"

Wang Che was stunned. "It's a Soul Skill… Energy Bomb! How did you learn…"

Wang Che immediately turned his gaze to the Rainbow Deer King.

Learning such a core Plant-Type Soul Skill, which required a hundred years, was extremely difficult!

Ordinary Plant-Type Soul Pets, even using Soul Skill Engraving and undergoing intense training, would need at least five hundred years of Soul Power Cultivation to even attempt it.

And even then, they might not succeed.

Unless the Soul Skill was naturally part of the Soul Pet's Soul Skill Sequence, like with the Zhiyun Snake.

But even then, it required long-term training to learn.

But now…

The Green Caterpillar was like a child who had gotten full marks and wanted to show off to its parent.

It struggled to perform the skill.

However… the light green patterns on its body only flickered a few times before dimming.

The activation failed!

Green Caterpillar: "⊙︿⊙"

Clearly, mastering this move wasn't going to be easy.

"It was a Soul Skill inheritance…"

Wang Che looked at the Rainbow Deer King.

During the process of Life Feedback, powerful Soul Beasts could also pass on their Soul Skills to weaker Soul Beasts.

This allowed a Soul Beast to learn quite powerful Soul Skills even before its cultivation level met the requirements.

Clearly, through the special Life Feedback earlier, aided by that green stone, the Rainbow Deer King had taught the Green Caterpillar that move called Energy Bomb.

It imprinted the method of using it into the Green Caterpillar's Soul Skill Sequence.

Whether it could fully learn it depended on whether Wang Che could train it properly.

"Thank you."

Wang Che was momentarily at a loss for words; the Rainbow Deer King had truly given a huge benefit.

Just increasing the Green Caterpillar's lifespan limit alone was of immeasurable value.

Not to mention bestowing Plant Life Energy upon the Green Caterpillar, which was far stronger than the Fire Life Energy obtained from eating that Sun-Crystal Milk Pine Leaf.

That leaf had to be eaten gradually to accumulate Fire Life Energy.

But a direct bestowal brought too many advantages.

It could also learn a core Plant-Type Soul Skill from a hundred-year level.

For a moment, Wang Che looked at the Green Caterpillar, wondering if it was the little one's good luck or his own.

"No wonder Soul Pact Masters all want to go into the wild… not to mention the Floating Forest, even these ordinary wild areas can lead to many strange encounters…"

"In normal cultivation, let alone increasing lifespan limits, just obtaining Plant Life Energy and learning a core Plant-Type Soul Skill would be incredibly difficult."

That Blazing Charge and the Sun-Crystal Milk Pine Leaf were things Wang Che obtained only after defeating many enemies and finally getting lucky with a draw…

Thinking of this, Wang Che sighed with emotion.

After bidding farewell to the Rainbow Deer King, Wang Che continued on his way toward the location of the Floating Forest…

Not long after Wang Che left.

Deputy Officer Li arrived at the valley forest with a medical off-road vehicle.

"Good grief! So many Yōuyōu Deer are dead, these injuries… Forest Viper… this wasn't an ordinary fight; killing so many Yōuyōu Deer, looking at the bite marks, it's not something a wild Forest Viper could do… It was disguised as a wild Forest Viper…"

Deputy Officer Li narrowed his eyes, scanning the surroundings. "Those people just won't give up. No wonder the Vigilance Eagle didn't sound the alarm…"

"How cruel!" The pretty nurse in white got out of the medical off-road vehicle, treating the injured Yōuyōu Deer while speaking angrily.

"Deputy Officer Li, we've finished scouting the area… That Forest Viper probably escaped… It must be a Soul Beast trained by humans. It's very strong." A soldier came forward to report. "Based on the battle situation, it seems the Rainbow Deer King from the Yōuyōu Deer herd drove off that Forest Viper, but there are traces of burnt ashes and covering white silk at the scene, which is very strange…"

"I know about the white silk." Deputy Officer Li narrowed his eyes. "It should be Wang Che's Green Caterpillar's Silk Spitting Soul Skill. He was the one who reported the message. Burnt ashes, interesting… Under normal circumstances, the Rainbow Deer King couldn't defeat a Forest Viper."

"But if it was a human-trained Soul Pet with high Spiritual Intelligence, the Rainbow Deer King might not be able to defeat the Forest Viper… There must have been a third party involved in the fight."

Deputy Officer Li pondered along the traces.

"The signs of these ashes look like a Fire-Type Soul Pet's Soul Skill, Fire Wheel Charge, which can leave fire traces on the ground… Was there a Fire-Type Soul Pet at the scene? Interesting… Wang Che shouldn't have had anyone else with him… let alone a Fire-Type Soul Pet."

"Could it be…"

Deputy Officer Li raised an eyebrow, an unlikely idea forming in his mind.

He turned to look.

The blind old man came down, looked around for a moment, and said calmly:

"The power of Fire Wheel Charge can't effectively harm a Forest Viper with hundreds of years of cultivation… That was an advanced Soul Skill of Fire Wheel Charge, a Fire-Type core Soul Skill from the hundred-year level: Blazing Charge."

Deputy Officer Li's pupils contracted slightly.

"Elder Li… then this is…"

Deputy Officer Li looked at the old man.

"Destroy all traces here and seal off the news for now. Take these Yōuyōu Deer to a safe place."

The blind old man said, "No need to worry about the rest; for this operation, the higher-ups have their own arrangements."

Deputy Officer Li nodded but still wanted to ask: "Is this Blazing Charge related to…"

He wanted to ask if it was related to Wang Che's Green Caterpillar?

"Probably… as you thought in your heart."

The blind old man walked back to the car, leaving behind this sentence.

He left Deputy Officer Li with a shocked expression.