Peak offensive power, and its defense doesn't lose to top-tier defensive soul beasts either.
It's hard to find a soul beast with such absurd cost-performance. Its growth potential is unquestionable."
The more monstrous Su Wen became, the more Yan Shaozhe benefited.
After all, Su Wen would soon enroll.
When that time came, his emergence would likely shatter countless people's worldviews....and conveniently serve as excellent publicity for the Martial Soul Department.
The team advanced steadily.
This was Su Wen's second time entering the Star Dou Forest.
Compared to the despair and fear he felt four years ago, the experience now felt almost leisurely....like sightseeing.
The scenery was breathtaking.
It rivaled the finest five-star primeval forest reserves from his previous world....if not surpassed them.
Every bird, beast, and insect seemed magnified, as if this were a world undergoing spiritual revival.
[Snow Silkworm: A supreme variant of winter worm–summer grass. Nourishes qi and blood, enhances physical constitution…]
Looking at the gray-white creature covered in ringed patterns, with eight pairs of legs and a reddish-brown abdomen, Su Wen stiffened.
Tang San could swallow this thing whole in the original story.
But Su Wen?
Eating a meat worm....even with his eyes closed....was completely unacceptable.
Just imagining the burst of juices, the soft texture spreading across his tongue, mixed with a faint fishy smell....
Ugh.
He turned away immediately to search elsewhere.
As the team neared the core region of the forest, Yan Shaozhe stayed especially close, refusing to let these precious future elites out of his sight.
"A Ghost King Vine!"
Ma Xiaotao exclaimed excitedly.
Su Wen looked over, following her slender finger.
A dark vine, nearly a hundred meters tall, clung to an ancient Dragon Beard Tree, swaying gently in the wind.
It looked harmless.....but everyone knew that once prey drew close, the Ghost King Vine would strike with lethal speed.
[Ghost King Vine]
[Cultivation: 4,300 years]
[Attribute: Poison]
[Potential: 4]
[Evaluation: High innate talent, but no mutation bonuses]
…Mediocre.
Su Wen smacked his lips.
The potential was too low.
If it were even five, he would seriously consider it.
But four?
Not enough.
"Next one, Xiao Tao. Not my type."
He shook his head and withdrew the faintly glowing purple Poké Ball back into his spiritual sea.
Within it floated three Poké Balls—
Two half-yellow, half-purple.
One fully purple.
That meant he could capture any soul beast under ten thousand years.
If he could synchronize his own power level to those beasts…
That thought alone made him greedy.
But he restrained himself.
Enough was enough.
They continued deeper.
Soon, Ma Xiaotao encountered her own ideal target....
A Flame Bird, thirty thousand years old.
Its combat power was formidable.
Though its fire attribute was slightly weaker than Ma Xiaotao's, it was still on par with Wu Feng's Red Dragon.
In the end, Yan Shaozhe personally intervened to subdue it.
"Xiao Tao, what's your sixth soul skill?" Su Wen asked curiously after she finished absorbing it.
"Phoenix Meteor Shower," she replied with a grin.
"…."
Su Wen twitched and quietly leaned back.
What a cliché name.
Even he knew at least two people with "Meteor Shower" skills....Dai Yueheng, and Fire Dance from ten thousand years ago.
Still, it was a large-scale AoE skill, and its damage wasn't weak.
Ma Xiaotao was clearly delighted.
Probably because she had just advanced to Soul Emperor.
But soon, Su Wen overheard her muttering....
"That damn little b*tch… I've broken through to Soul Emperor. When we get back, I'm definitely beating her up properly…"
Most likely Ling Luochen.
Su Wen coughed awkwardly and subtly distanced himself.
He wanted no part in that feud.
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A full week passed.
Su Wen still hadn't found a suitable third soul beast.
Aside from the Ghost King Vine, he had encountered several viable options.....but their cultivation levels far exceeded the limit of his third Poké Ball.
Most were over ten thousand years.
One was even a Jade Swan with seven potential points—gentle in temperament....but it had just crossed the ten-thousand-year threshold.
All he could do was leave regretfully.
By now, everyone else in the team had finished their hunts.
In the Star Dou Forest's core region, top-tier soul beasts were everywhere.
Only someone like Su Wen....who could clearly see potential values and was absurdly picky...would take this long.
Yan Shaozhe didn't rush him.
He knew every soul beast choice would profoundly affect Su Wen's future.
If he rushed things for convenience, the elders of the Sea God Pavilion would beat him to death before any teacher could.
After all, within the Sea God Pavilion, Su Wen was practically already designated as a future Pavilion Master candidate.
If his growth accelerated further, he might even surpass Zhang Lexuan and become the next generation directly.
"Control and auxiliary soul beasts are really hard to find…"
Su Wen sighed.
Ma Xiaotao pressed her lips.
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