Chapter 544 - 348: Contract: New Soul Beast (2)

Chapter 544: Chapter 348: Contract: New Soul Beast (2)

"Ooh! Ooh!"

Huai Kong froze for a moment but then nodded earnestly.

"I trust that with your intelligence, you’ll be able to understand what I’m about to say."

Considering that hundreds of Water Apes, plus a Wuzhiqi who possessed a Divine Rank, were all in the Deep Sea Palace’s Secret Realm, they were bound to be discovered by the Deep Sea Race’s upper echelons. He planned to move them into the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

By separating their Spiritual Bodies from their physical ones, with the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm keeping their bodies alive while their Spiritual Bodies stayed inside the Heaven-Reaching Tower, they wouldn’t be detected by the higher-ups of the Deep Sea Race.

If those people from the Deep Sea Race discovered that he had spirited away the legendary Soul Beast Vilornox, he would be in deep trouble. He feared that not even the clout of Bobo Man’s resurrected father would be enough to save him.

He summoned the Heaven-Reaching Tower and briefly described the effects of this ultimate treasure.

"Ooh..."

Upon hearing this, Huai Kong hesitated.

He looked at the tiny, sleeping infant ape nestled in Han Ning’s arms, wrapped in his collar. In the end, he nodded, showing his complete trust.

"Good. I promise I’ll get you all out of here safely. So... I’ll leave it to you to convince them."

Han Ning pointed to the troop of apes playing with Irena, Lin Ke, and Egg Pancake.

"Ooh~"

Huai Kong held absolute authority within his clan.

As he let out a series of simian calls,

the playing apes all obediently sat down, listening to his explanation with serious expressions.

Then, with Han Ning’s help, the Water Apes separated their Spiritual Bodies one by one, which then flew into a specific space within the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

He placed their physical bodies into his Spatial Pouch, where the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm would periodically replenish their Energy to prevent any loss of vitality.

A body without its Spiritual Body was no different from a lump of flesh. No matter how advanced the Deep Sea Race’s Spiritual Array for detection was, it wouldn’t be able to find anything unusual.

Huai Kong gave the small ape in Han Ning’s arms one last deep look, then transformed into a streak of lightning and vanished into the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

With that, all the Water Apes had been transferred.

Irena and Lin Ke watched this scene in silence, not saying a word.

"Lin Ke, please don’t tell anyone what happened here today."

Han Ning’s gaze fell upon Lin Ke. He projected his Spiritual Power, and a fiercely burning Spiritual Contract appeared in mid-air.

Irena and Han Ning were already in the same boat, their fates intertwined, but Lin Ke was not.

"To be on the safe side, would you be willing to sign a confidentiality contract with me?"

"Don’t worry, Brother Han Ning! I’ll never tell anyone!"

Without any hesitation, Lin Ke reached out with her spirit and signed the contract. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

"Thank you for your trust."

Seeing how cooperative Lin Ke was, Han Ning relaxed and smiled.

With the crisis averted, everyone’s attention turned to the little monkey in Han Ning’s arms.

It was only about the size of two palms, its body covered in thick, Aqua Blue fur. A tuft of hair on its forehead was a deeper shade of dark blue.

The little one clutched Han Ning’s clothes tightly with its tiny, soft fists.

It remained asleep the entire time, its eyelids not even twitching.

"What an adorable little thing... It’s hard to believe this is the evil Soul Beast from the legends of our Deep Sea Race, the one sealed by a True Dragon for thousands of years."

Lin Ke’s eyes widened as she observed the soundly sleeping little ape, looking like she wanted to reach out and touch it but didn’t dare.

"It certainly doesn’t look the part," commented Irena, ever the judge of appearances. "It has none of the presence of an A-Talent Soul Beast. Instead, it looks more like the Fog Apes you see everywhere on the continent."

"Ling-ling?" "Chi?" "Eee-eee!"

Yin Yi, Egg Pancake, and Fei Lin also gathered around, curiously observing the newborn ape.

In the distance, a world-shaking battle was raging, but here, it was a completely different world.

"I wonder when it’ll wake up," Han Ning muttered, taking a cluster of Spirit Fruits from his Soul Beast Space and gently waving it in front of the little ape’s nose.

"Ooh~ ooh ooh~"

Unexpectedly, the temptation of food actually worked.

The little one smelled the fragrance of the Spirit Fruit, its eyelids twitched, and it let out a cry of longing.

Its mouth moved, and it opened its eyes.

A pair of eyes as pure and azure as the sky appeared before them.

"Ooh?"

The little ape blinked, gazing confusedly at the group of creatures staring at it. Its attention was ultimately captured by the Spirit Fruit in Han Ning’s hands.

It waved its arms, trying to grab the Spirit Fruit, but its limbs were too short to reach. Seeing this, Han Ning gently plucked the fruits off the cluster and fed them to it one by one.

"Eee-eee~"

Seeing Han Ning being so attentive to another Soul Beast, Fei Lin grew rather jealous and nudged his arm with her head, her tone sour.

"Be good, Fei Lin. If all goes well, he’ll be your little brother from now on. You two have to love and care for each other," Han Ning said, affectionately tapping Fei Lin’s little nose with his finger.

"Eee-eee?" Fei Lin tilted her head, looking at the fluffy little ape with its slightly wrinkled newborn face, and fell into deep thought.

’How could this ugly little monkey be my little brother?’

Fei Lin suddenly remembered that she, too, had met Han Ning when she was on the verge of death as a child.

She instantly felt a sense of connection. She stood obediently on his shoulder, carefully observing the little ape as it ate, and stopped making a fuss.

After eating the Spirit Fruit, the little ape’s condition improved significantly. It stared with wide, round eyes, curiously looking at its surroundings.

The edges of its azure pupils had a faint, gradient ring of pale Broken Gold.

As deep and mysterious as the sky.

"It’s time to give you a name. Calling you ’little one’ all the time feels too distant."

Han Ning gazed at the young Wuzhiqi and muttered to himself,

"Ugh... I’m so bad at naming things. Let me think..."

"In the old days, to make a child easier to raise, people would give them a ’lowly name.’"

"How about ’Dog Egg’ or ’Iron Pillar’?"

"PFFT!!" Upon hearing that, Irena nearly spat a mouthful of water in Han Ning’s face.

"Never mind, never mind. That’s way too crude..."

Han Ning himself thought it sounded awful and shook his head.

"Wuzhiqi... Ancient Water God... I remember your name in your past life had ’Huai’ in it. Then I’ll call you Huaimiao."

"Huaimiao, are you willing to become our partner?" Han Ning smiled, stroking the soft fur on the little ape’s head while simultaneously sending out his Spiritual Power to try and form a Soul Beast Contract with it.

"Oowah?"

The little ape was still confused, but for some reason, it felt an inexplicable closeness to the being speaking to it. It let out a bewildered cry.

In Han Ning’s Spiritual World, a Star shining with brilliant lightning, flowing with deep water, and glinting with sharp light—carrying three different auras—rapidly condensed and formed.

[

Race: Wuzhiqi (Juvenile)

Sex: Male

Talent: A

Level: Lord IV (100,000/1,000,000)

Talent: Eyes of Golden Flame, Thunder Soul, Water Gathering, Fighting Body, Primordial Wildness

Acquired Soul Techniques: Destruction Yin Thunder, Raising Storms

Power: 120,000

Body: 110,000

Agility: 140,000

Spiritual Energy: 160,000

Beast Type Affinity: 200,000

Elemental Affinity (Water): 210,000

Thunder: 200,000

Gold: 170,000

]

Talents—

[Eyes of Golden Flame]: Wuzhiqi possesses a pair of eyes that can see through all falsehoods. Illusions, Spiritual Secret Techniques, and hallucinatory Soul Techniques are ineffective against it, so long as the user is not more than two Small Tiers above it.

Thanks to this powerful Talent, the weaknesses of countless Soul Beasts are laid bare before its eyes.

[Thunder Soul]: Wuzhiqi commands lightning, fully activating its body. Every single attack it makes is imbued with destructive Thunderbolt damage.

[Water Gathering]: As a Water God, Wuzhiqi possesses extraordinary control over Water. It raises storms, and wherever it goes, thousands of Aquatic Race members will submit. While in Water, it is immortal; even if its soul is scattered, it can be reborn.

[Fighting Body]: Wuzhiqi’s skin and bones are comparable to peerless weapons, with superlative hardness and toughness. Each time it is injured, its body becomes even tougher, and its combat instincts sharpen.

[Primordial Wildness]: Its blood is highly activated, accelerating its body’s recovery. It has a natural intimidating effect on beasts of a lower level than itself.

Soul Techniques—

[Destruction Yin Thunder]: Gathers the surrounding ambient lightning power to imbue all of its attacks with a Yin Thunder effect, which directly strikes the Spiritual Body.

[Raising Storms]: Summons massive waves to engulf everything in its path. The currents controlled by Wuzhiqi can transform into any shape according to its will.