"No, how could this be possible?"
A flicker of disbelief flashed in Tang San's eyes, his expression even showing some shock.
The so-called attributes of soul beasts, including their martial souls, generally refer to their primary attribute, which is their strongest aspect, unless otherwise specified.
However, in reality, the more powerful a creature is, the more comprehensive its abilities. Besides the primary attribute, there are often secondary attributes, false attributes, weak attributes, and hidden attributes, and so on.
To give a simple example.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger possesses a full six top-tier attributes: wind, lightning, time, space, evil, and power.
But this still doesn't mean it's weak or flawed in other aspects.
Its limbs and wings can unleash speed, its fur has defensive effects, and its ability to freely control so many abilities means its spirit is certainly not weak. Furthermore, light hasn't completely disappeared, only suppressed.
It's just that, compared to the main attributes, these things aren't prominent enough in strength or eye-catching in their performance.
But you can't say they're completely nonexistent because of that.
The soul beast race is vast, with all sorts of strange bloodlines and species unknown to outside soul masters, in abundance.
And strength isn't rare, so how could you not find it?
Yu Xiaogang was also a bit bewildered.
He hadn't thought about this question before, and now, being asked by his disciple, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
But who was the Grandmaster? His innate ability was to deceive, so it was impossible for any problem to stump him.
Immediately, he patted Tang San on the shoulder and said earnestly:
"Xiao San, I know you're feeling dissatisfied because you lost the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and even regret absorbing that dark-attributed tiger.
"But I have to tell you, the darkness attribute is not ordinary, and your Clear Sky Hammer's first spirit ring isn't ordinary either.
I said before that evil, because of its domineering nature, cannot appear in human martial souls. Even the soul beasts that possess it are few and far between, and each one has an incredibly rare, god-level bloodline.
In fact, darkness, as the main branch of evil, is not much different. You can count on one hand those who have it as their martial soul. Isn't it normal that such a powerful ability can't coexist with other ordinary attributes?"
"The darkness attribute is actually so powerful?"
"Of course. Your knowledge is not bad now, but have you ever heard of anyone whose martial soul is a darkness attribute? As far as I know, there's only Ghost Douluo from the Martial Soul Hall. He only possesses incomplete darkness power, yet he smoothly cultivated to level ninety-five. He's Bibi Dong's most trusted and relied-upon right-hand man."
Tang San stared blankly at Yu Xiaogang, but he couldn't see even a hint of evasion, hesitation, or lack of confidence on that face.
Even knowing this guy was a liar, with a long history of deception, he still instinctively chose to believe him.
After all, the performance of the No. 9 replica was indeed exceptionally strong, and there were no obvious loopholes in these words.
But the problem was, without a soul beast with both dark and power attributes, what about his remaining two soul rings?
If he switched to power, then the first soul ring would be wasted.
And if he continued to attach dark attributes, the Clear Sky Hammer's main attribute was power! Was he going to repeat the old path of the Blue Silver Emperor?
Tang San struggled internally, but no matter how conflicted he was, the soul hunt had to continue, because time waits for no one.
Then,
It was another ten consecutive days of no gains. Only on the third day at noon did he encounter a Dark Demon Lizard, a top-tier soul beast with a lifespan of fifteen thousand years.
The quality wasn't too outstanding, and the lifespan wasn't at its limit.
After careful consideration, he resolutely gave up.
Darkness or power, he actually leaned towards power. If it was a power-type, fifteen-thousand-year-old top-tier soul beast, he might have chosen to absorb it.
However, Nangong Lingyun didn't indulge them. Over the next seven days, they didn't even find a single Dark Demon Lizard-level target.
The few that had suitable attributes were either only high-grade quality or their age hadn't reached fifteen thousand years.
The search ended that day, and Tang Hao frowned tightly,
asking with a gloomy expression: "Do you feel something is off? Isn't the proportion of powerful soul beasts in this area too low?
Especially those related to the darkness and power attributes, they're pitifully few. Apart from that Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, they haven't encountered a single suitable one for fifteen consecutive days.
This is very unusual. The Star Dou Great Forest is known as the cradle of soul beasts; there must be some other factor at play."
Nangong Lingyun thought his actions had been noticed,
As a result, as soon as Yu Xiaogang spoke, Yu Xiaogang's face was filled with disdain, and he let out a cold snort from his nostrils.
"Does Your Excellency Tang Hao think that someone has slaughtered all the powerful soul beasts nearby before us?"
"That doesn't seem very likely, does it?"
Tang San quickly stepped in to smooth things over. Yu Xiaogang had been a high-flying flier for half a month, so it was normal for him to be resentful.
But the soul ring hadn't been attached yet, and he didn't want his strategist and enforcer to start an internal conflict.
Yu Xiaogang also felt that his guess was a bit absurd.
Fifteen days, the area the three of them had searched wasn't small. Not to mention how difficult it would be to do,
Even if someone could really go to such an extreme, they would probably immediately attract the powerful existences deep within the forest.
Tang San immediately said unhappily,
"Then tell me, what's the reason?"
Yu Xiaogang raised his chin proudly, his hands clasped behind his back.
"It's because of that Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. As a top predator, it's extremely difficult for such a creature to grow through its own cultivation; it's almost impossible after reaching ten thousand years.
It must devour other soul beasts or human soul masters to rapidly increase its strength.
I estimate that the top soul beasts in this vicinity have either been devoured and ruined by that hateful black tiger, or they have already fled to other places.
The strength and darkness attributes are even more so; they will definitely be specially targeted by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
It's even more terrifying than the Martial Soul Hall's confidential data records. With the five major attributes of wind, thunder, strength, evil, and space, even a hundred-thousand-year soul beast would probably struggle to be its opponent."
At the entrance of the tent,
Tang San suddenly understood, feeling that his teacher still had some skills.
Tang Hao's expression of confusion and anger instantly froze, unable to utter a single word.
Compared to someone wantonly slaughtering soul beasts, being devoured and chased away by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger seemed much more reasonable.
Twenty kilometers away, Nangong Lingyun also secretly gave a thumbs up.
As expected of a great teacher, his ability to deceive was still top-notch.
This time, he really pulled it off, 666.
After an awkward silence of several minutes, Tang Hao finally changed the subject:
"That beast has wiped out all the soul beasts with power and darkness attributes. What do we do now?"
"How about we go out first, detour through the Star Luo Empire, and then re-enter the forest from there to search?"
Before Yu Xiaogang finished his suggestion, Tang San quickly rejected it:
"No, we'll go back and find that Dark Demon Lizard. The quality of a top-tier soul beast is already quite good, and the age isn't that far off either."
The Flying Immortal Assessment had been released for a full two months. Going to the Star Luo Empire meant having to go around most of the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, which would take another month.
Then there was the third soul ring for the Clear Sky Hammer, and the two fourth soul rings after breaking through to Soul Ancestor. He didn't have much time to waste.
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