Chapter 9: Reviewing the 100,000-Year Soul Beasts of Douluo Continent
After experiencing the thrill of full-out combat, Ye Wen didn't intend to continue entangling with Poseidon.
There was no need. Right now, he just wanted to quickly head to the continent, suppress Tang San's development, and then, once the Fate Duel was resolved, deal with Sea God Island later.
Boom!
After striking Poseidon back, Ye Wen quickly transformed back into his sea soul beast form and launched a powerful attack.
"Deep Sea Fury Dragon Transformation!"
The roar of the whale echoed across the ocean as Ye Wen's body underwent a transformation, turning from a whale into a terrifying dragon-like entity.
This was the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's second most powerful skill, equivalent to a human soul master's eighth soul skill.
At this moment, a terrifying pressure enveloped everyone.
Poseidon's expression changed drastically upon seeing this and immediately activated her eighth soul skill to counter.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Ugh~!!"
Poseidon screamed in pain, blood slowly trickling from the corner of her mouth. Although she managed to block the attack, she was clearly struggling and had difficulty matching Ye Wen's power.
Ye Wen, too, was impacted by the energy, but he fared better than Poseidon.
"Poseidon, this battle ends here. I'll be back another day, and next time, I will deal with you."
"We're leaving!"
"Yes, King!"
Ye Wen left those words behind and led the Evil Tiger Whale group and the Demon Soul Great White Shark group away with a graceful turn.
"Priestess! Are you just going to watch Xiao Bai get taken away by them?"
The Seven Holy Pillar Protectors were frantic.
Poseidon, too, wanted to stop it, but she knew she couldn't save Xiao Bai. She sighed heavily. "When I fought the Deep Sea Demon Whale King earlier, I used my spiritual power to check on Xiao Bai. It seems he wasn't under control."
"What! That's impossible!"
"Has Xiao Bai really betrayed us?!"
Poseidon couldn't understand, shaking her head helplessly. "From Xiao Bai's eyes, it seems he no longer needs us. It seems he truly submitted to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King."
"This..."
The Seven Holy Pillars still couldn't accept it.
"Let's go back. From now on, the Demon Soul Great White Shark tribe has no connection to Sea God Island anymore."
Meanwhile, Ye Wen had already led the two sea tribes far from Sea God Island.
Along the way, the Evil Tiger Whale King marveled: "King, I've heard that the Sea God Island's High Priestess has unfathomable strength. I didn't expect her to be so terrifying, able to contend with you!"
"Heh, Evil Tiger, is this your first time realizing this? If it weren't for the King today, you would have died by Poseidon's hand if you dared to attack us."
"Xiao Bai, mind your own business! Who asked you to speak to me!"
"Evil Tiger! Don't think that just because you and I have submitted to the King, I've forgotten the grudge of you killing my brother!"
Although both had submitted to Ye Wen, their enmity was far from resolved. The two were still arguing, which was annoying. Ye Wen intervened and immediately stopped them: "Enough! No more arguing!"
"You two tribes don't have to live in harmony, but from now on, when you follow me to the continent, you both must work together, understand?"
"Yes... understood, King!"
The two were reluctant but still reluctantly accepted the current situation and obeyed the order, putting the team's interest first.
Now that he had subdued both the Evil Tiger Whale King and Xiao Bai, there were 18 slots left for the master-servant contract.
Ye Wen roughly estimated the number of 100,000-year soul beasts on the continent.
First, there were three in the Star Dou Forest, and they were definitely targets to subdue.
They were:
The Sky Blue Bull Python, Daming.
The Titan Giant Ape, Erming.
These two currently lived in the core area of the Star Dou Forest, in the central Life Lake. They were the strongest soul beasts in the forest's surface and the beast overlords.
Another one was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with an extremely strong bloodline!
The world of soul beasts valued species bloodlines greatly, just as human soul masters valued the quality of their martial souls. The same level, the same soul ring configuration, and the same combat ability—yet one martial soul could be useless, while another could be divine-grade.
Needless to say, the useless martial soul would never be able to compete with a divine martial soul.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was like a divine-grade martial soul, an elite soul beast species with the evil, dark, lightning, wind, space, and time attributes—a total of six distinct powers.
Its bloodline was far superior to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's. If it were also at nearly a million years of cultivation, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King would likely only have the option to run away.
So, even a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with only 60,000 years of cultivation could challenge a 100,000-year soul beast. If Daming or Erming fought it alone, they might even lose.
Though the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Forest was far from reaching 100,000 years of cultivation, it was already among Ye Wen's targets to subdue.
These three had already become tools, with their soul rings and soul bones dedicated to Tang San.
Another one was hunted by Tang San.
All these soul beasts were related to Tang San, and Ye Wen subdued them to prevent Tang San from acquiring powerful soul rings.
Of course, these three were just surface-level soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest. Ye Wen knew that there were even more terrifying existences lying dormant there.
The strongest beast god of the ancient era in the divine realm was none other than the God Dragon, who split into the Silver Dragon King and Gu Yue Na.
Currently, the Silver Dragon King was in seclusion in the Star Dou Forest, recovering from injuries.
Ye Wen didn't plan on trying to subdue the Silver Dragon King for now. This being had the strength of a god king!
Even though the Silver Dragon King had not fully healed, he still possessed the power of a first-level god.
Unless Ye Wen became a god, there was no way he could compete with the Silver Dragon King on the continent.
Apart from that, there were also the top ten beasts with cultivations of 600,000 to 800,000 years, including the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian, and the Emerald Swan, Bi Ji, the Hell Demon Dragon King, Zi Ji, the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, Xiong Jun, the Demon Eye Tree King, Wan Yao Wang, and others, all soul beasts with hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation.
There were about ten of them. These 100,000-year soul beasts had entered a dormant state long ago.
They had caught a 1,000,000-year soul beast from the far north—the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's cultivation reached a million years, but it had no combat ability. After being caught by Di Tian and the others, it was forced to release its energy to provide power for Di Tian and his group.
That was why these powerful soul beasts went into collective dormancy. (It seems the author hadn't planned for the later books, so some connections between the settings are not very logical, but since the original author explained it this way later, we'll go with it.)
When Ye Wen arrives, whether they're awake or dormant, the Silver Dragon King won't be able to stop him. These soul beasts will be subdued!
Altogether, the Star Dou Forest occupied ten of the servant slots.
There was also the extreme northern region, with the three northern kings: Snow Empress, Ice Emperor, Titan Snow Demon King, and Ice Bear King, along with other known 100,000-year soul beasts. Perhaps there were still unknown ones.
Let's count four for now.
With 14 reserved slots, plus the two 100,000-year soul beasts already subdued, Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai, it was roughly certain that Ye Wen would have 16 in total.
(END CHAPTER)
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