Chapter 62: There Really Is One?
"I wonder what kind of soul beast Di Tian will bring back for me," Qian Jue said with anticipation.
This felt like opening a mystery box!
He wasn't worried that Di Tian would play tricks on him by bringing back a useless soul beast. There was no need for that.
"It shouldn't be too bad," Xue Linglong guessed reasonably.
"Maybe he'll bring back a light or dark attribute dragon-type soul beast?" Qian Jue joked. "Honestly, I'd love an Evil Demon Tiger, but I don't know if there's still one in the Star Dou Forest."
"You wish," Xue Linglong said with amusement.
The Evil Demon Tiger was rumored to be a white tiger transformed by the Evil God King, turning it from a light attribute tiger into an evil attribute Evil Demon Tiger. This beast was incredibly powerful, containing a sliver of the Evil God King's divine power, along with five attributes: evil, wind, thunder, time, and space. In terms of bloodline strength, even Di Tian couldn't compare to it.
"Actually, there is one," Bi Ji said earnestly.
"There really is one?!"
Qian Jue and Xue Linglong spoke in unison.
"Yes, there is one, but its age isn't very high—about thirty thousand years," Bi Ji said after some thought. "The last time I saw it was three years ago. It ate one of Bear King's promising offspring, and Bear King chased it for a long time. If Bear King wasn't slow, it might have died already."
"Survived a chase from Bear King?" Qian Jue was stunned.
He knew the Evil Demon Tiger was formidable; it could fight ten-thousand-year-old Sky Blue Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape even if it was only a thousand years old. If it weren't for Da Ming and Er Ming always being together, they might not even be able to defeat it one-on-one.
But he didn't realize it was this incredible!
Bear King had over four hundred thousand years of cultivation and possessed the extreme gold attribute. It could fight Shrek Academy's Chicken Leg Douluo like a child. Despite this, it couldn't catch the Evil Demon Tiger.
"Bear King didn't manage to kill it, and now we don't know where it has fled," Bi Ji said helplessly. The Evil Demon Tiger often targeted her species, causing her a lot of trouble. Each Emerald Swan was like a drop of liquid Life Gold, containing immense life force, but they were healers without much combat ability. Any Emerald Swan under ten thousand years couldn't escape from the Evil Demon Tiger, which saw them as a great supplement.
"I'm really looking forward to it now," Qian Jue said, rubbing his chin.
The Evil Demon Tiger would be a perfect seventh soul ring. He hadn't considered this beast before because it only appeared once in the entire Douluo series, killed by Tang San. Other series didn't even mention it. Even if Qian Jue knew the plot, how could he find a soul beast that never appeared?
That's why it was right to form good relations with the soul beast race!
Soul rings might be a shackle, but before becoming a god, they were like magical items. Once absorbed, the power of the soul ring was immediately available, without any need for familiarity.
Soon, Di Tian returned to the Lake of Life, breaking through space and throwing a half-dead black tiger in front of Qian Jue.
This tiger was pure black, without a trace of other color. A blood-red "king" character marked its forehead. It had a pair of pure black wings about six feet wide, and its tail ended in a scorpion-like barb.
Qian Jue immediately jumped up from the ground.
"Whoa, it really is an Evil Demon Tiger!" Qian Jue's eyes shone, and he couldn't help but drool.
So tempting!
"You recognize it? I thought I would need to introduce it to you," Di Tian said, raising an eyebrow, surprised at Qian Jue's knowledge.
"Hehe, thanks," Qian Jue said, unable to resist touching the tiger's fur. This tiger skin could make a great cloak! A coat made from Evil Demon Tiger fur—probably the only one on this continent! And it wasn't even injured much. Di Tian had knocked it out with a single slap to the head, leaving the fur undamaged.
The Evil Demon Tiger was indeed powerful, but at only ten thousand years, it was no match for Di Tian, an eighty-thousand-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.
"This little tiger recently devoured many soul beasts in Star Dou, increasing its age to fifty thousand years. No need to preserve its soul; just kill it and absorb the soul ring," Di Tian said nonchalantly.
Qian Jue nodded, looking thoughtfully at the Evil Demon Tiger. Its attributes were incredibly powerful. Besides the nearly unrivaled evil attribute, its time and space attributes were rare among soul beasts. It felt like a waste to just absorb its soul ring in the usual way, merely harnessing its attributes. Moreover, it had an Evil God Orb...
Maybe he could use a more intense method of absorption?
Qian Jue glanced at Bi Ji beside him and had a bold idea. Using the Evil Demon Tiger's soul ring and Evil God Orb as a foundation, he could form a second soul core—an attribute soul core! It sounded impossible, as a soul emperor forming a first soul core was already incredible, let alone a newly advanced soul saint forming a second one. But this wasn't just a fantasy.
Qian Jue already had ice, fire, lightning, wind, and earth attributes. The Evil Demon Tiger could add evil, space, time, and dark attributes, enhancing his existing wind and lightning attributes. That's nine attributes!
The Evil God Orb had spatial capabilities, housing the tiger's soul. This could be handled by Electrolux with a purification spell. Using the Evil God Orb as a foundation, he could form an attribute soul core in his lower dantian, creating a complementary second soul core!
With Bi Ji, the continent's greatest healer, nearby and the life-rich Lake of Life, his body would be stable during soul core formation!
Qian Jue quickly consulted Electrolux about the success rate of forming a second soul core.
"If the Evil God Orb has spatial abilities, allowing it to travel to other worlds while preserving the tiger's soul, using it as a foundation for a second soul core is indeed feasible," Electrolux said, stroking his beard in thought.
"Don't worry. Follow your plan. Even if it fails, there won't be any danger."
"Great, then I'll trouble you to erase the Evil Demon Tiger's remaining soul from the Evil God Orb," Qian Jue said with a grin.
"Leave it to me," Electrolux nodded.
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