Chapter 84: Advanced Development of the Silk Spitting Soul Skill!

“Congratulations.”

Mi Xue nodded approvingly, “Bringing back one steel ball counts as success. Bringing back three is very impressive.”

That contestant was sweating heavily.

For the Fluttering Moth to evolve into a Fluttering Fire Moth, besides needing Soul Power Cultivation, it also needed to accumulate a certain amount of Fire Life Energy within its body.

His was almost ready to evolve. Influenced by the Fire Life Energy inside it, the silk it spat out had better heat resistance.

He had barely passed the first challenge.

Wang Che watched and thought quietly.

He found it quite interesting.

“Sii…”

Green Caterpillar glanced at the blazing flames. The scorching feeling didn’t make it uncomfortable anymore.

Following that contestant’s success.

Several other contestants went to try one after another.

Unfortunately, in the end, only two contestants managed to bring back one steel ball each.

Their Insect Type Soul Pets had cultivation levels over a thousand years. With the Soul Power bonus, the white silk they spat wasn’t burned instantly.

So they barely managed to bring back one steel ball.

“Student, it’s your turn again.”

Mi Xue looked over the contestants, her gaze settling on Wang Che, her smile becoming a bit brighter.

“Do you want to try again this time?”

Everyone couldn’t help but look at Wang Che too.

“I’ll give it a try.” Wang Che politely smiled.

“Good, very brave.” Mi Xue encouraged him, speaking in a gentler tone, “It’s okay if you fail. Making it through the first challenge with a Green Caterpillar is already very good.”

Everyone: “…”

Seriously, why is her tone completely different from before!

Wang Che coughed, first walking to the side and whispering with Green Caterpillar for a while:

“Later, when you spit silk, try to use the Fire Life Energy inside you. Don’t use too much. If you use too much, you can’t control it, and you won’t be able to use the Soul Skill. Just use a little bit.”

Green Caterpillar thought about it and nodded.

That shouldn’t be too hard.

“Go ahead.”

Wang Che said.

Green Caterpillar walked over.

Wang Che watched Green Caterpillar’s figure, silent.

Before, he had been busy learning and training those powerful Core Soul Skills.

After all, the advantage of Core Soul Skills is that they can grow. When they reach the thousand-year or ten-thousand-year level, they can evolve into stronger Core Soul Skills.

They gain additional powerful effects.

Like Insect Concealment. Becoming a Thousand-Year Soul Skill, it not only boosts the power of regular Soul Skills but also enhances the power of Type-Specific Soul Skills.

Blazing Charge and Energy Bomb were the same.

From the Ten-Year Soul Skill Seed Explosion to Energy Bomb, the bomb gains a homing effect.

And when it becomes the Thousand-Year Soul Skill Time-Controlled Explosive Bullet, it gains a timed trigger effect, allowing control over the explosion time, making it hard to defend against and very tricky.

Ordinary Soul Skills can’t do this. Even with thousand-year or ten-thousand-year Soul Power Cultivation, only their power increases.

They don’t gain additional effects.

But that’s under normal circumstances…

‘Silk Spitting is a Type-Specific Soul Skill. Its operation is based on combining Insect Life Energy and Soul Power.’

‘When used, adding some Fire Life Energy improves the heat resistance of the silk.’

‘If the ratio of Fire Life Energy to Insect Life Energy reaches a certain level… and it passes through a special Soul Power Circuit… it can form a special and rare Fire Soul Skill!’

‘A similar Soul Skill, I remember… Fire Whip?’

Wang Che pondered.

Fire Whip is very rare among Fire-Type Soul Skills.

Its Soul Skill Engraving basically doesn’t exist.

Very few Fire Element Soul Pets can learn this move.

Of course, being very rare doesn’t mean it’s extremely powerful.

It has very high requirements. The Soul Skill Sequence of many Fire Element Soul Pets doesn’t include it.

From what Wang Che knew, only a few dual Insect and Fire-Type Soul Pets had the potential to learn it.

‘After this competition, the Silk Spitting Soul Skill should also advance and upgrade…’

Wang Che mused.

He had always treated Silk Spitting, Green Caterpillar’s most fundamental Soul Skill, as a control move.

Plus its strength was sufficient, so he hadn’t really considered changing it.

Moreover, the Green Worm had learned quite a few powerful Soul Skills.

This competition made Wang Che notice that this most basic Soul Skill of Green Caterpillar could still be further developed and advanced.

He shouldn’t neglect it.

Even if it doesn’t reach the level of Fire Whip, developing it further so that Silk Spitting gains some fire-based power.

For example, becoming Fire Silk should be possible.

As its innate Soul Skill, developing it should probably be the easiest!

At that moment, Green Caterpillar walked over.

It first opened its mouth, gathering its energy, as it wasn’t very proficient yet.

On the first attempt, instead of white silk, it blew out a puff of hot air from its mouth.

Everyone found it rather amusing.

After trying three times.

Green Caterpillar seemed to get the hang of it.

It opened its mouth and shot out a strand of silk.

What was somewhat special was that this silk had a faint red tint, which wasn’t very noticeable in the raging flames.

The silk flew out, quickly wrapping around a string of steel balls.

At the same time, flames burned on the silk, but didn’t burn through it.

This scene made everyone’s mouths drop open slightly.

Only when it was pulled back did a small section of the silk burn away.

“Amazing! Amazing!”

“Is that really a Green Caterpillar?”

“The silk it spit is a bit unbelievable… After so long, only that little bit burned?”

“How was it trained? Are students these days all so incredible?”

“I guess this student focused on training the Green Caterpillar’s Silk Spitting Soul Skill… After all, Green Caterpillar only knows this one move. Its Proficiency Level must be maxed out. Our Soul Pets rarely use the Silk Spitting Soul Skill…”

“I think so too… Probably fed some special food as well… Impressive!”

…

Everyone discussed, marveling at the power of this Green Caterpillar’s silk.

Green Caterpillar walked back, its mouth red. When it pulled the silk back, it didn’t control it well.

The steel ball fell into its mouth, burning it.

Mi Xue quickly brought some medicine and, with the Bamboo Green Moth’s Heal Powder Soul Skill, treated and healed Green Caterpillar.

Heal Powder was also an Insect Type Hundred-Year Soul Skill, specifically for recovery and healing.

“Student, your Green Caterpillar is truly impressive.”

Mi Xue praised, “I’ve seen no less than a hundred Green Caterpillars over several competitions. This is the first time I’ve seen one this powerful.”

“You flatter me.” Wang Che said, “Shall we move on to the next challenge?”

“Alright, the other three contestants, come with me.”

Mi Xue led Wang Che and the remaining three contestants to the final challenge of the competition.

This last challenge was even more interesting.

There were three boxes: an oven, a water tank, and a freezer.

“For this challenge, your Soul Pet needs to use Silk Spitting. The silk must be placed in each box for a set time. If it can still be used after being taken out, you pass.”

Mi Xue said with a smile, “The silk from the Soul Pets we breed ourselves can only last ten seconds, so they don’t meet the standard. The requirement for you is to last over thirty seconds. The goal is simple: to test the silk’s vitality.”

Hearing this, the other three contestants besides Wang Che exchanged glances.

They finally understood why no one had succeeded in this competition after it had been held several times.

Forget three boxes; just the oven and the freezer, with the extreme heat and cold, meant the silk from their Soul Pets at this stage would definitely be unusable after being taken out.

It would probably snap with just a pull…

And what was this about vitality?

Mi Xue saw the other three contestants were already discouraged, not even willing to try.

It was more or less expected, so she wasn’t disappointed.

“Student, what about you?”

Mi Xue looked at Wang Che, smiling gently, “Do you still have the courage to give it a try?”