radicalducati Chapter 73 Silver Wolf
Chapter 73 Silver Wolf
Chapter 73 Silver Wolf
Along the way, staff members from the Spirit Pagoda would occasionally walk towards us.
Upon seeing Li Mengjie, they all immediately stopped and bowed respectfully, their eyes filled with obvious awe and distance. After bowing, they hurriedly left with their heads down, not daring to cast even a glance at the two of them.
Clearly, the reputation of this Witch Douluo has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Even the staff of the Spirit Pagoda, who are the tower masters, are afraid of her strange temper and are unwilling to get too involved with her, for fear of accidentally offending this titled Douluo.
Lu Xingchen saw all of this but didn't say anything. He simply followed Li Mengjie's footsteps and walked deeper into the Spirit Pagoda.
The two stepped into a private elevator made entirely of black alloy. Li Mengjie took out a black card engraved with intricate patterns and lightly scanned it on the sensor on the elevator wall.
With a soft "beep," the elevator started moving, but instead of ascending into the sky, it slowly descended into the ground.
There was no floor number panel inside the elevator; only the wall lamps emitted a cold, dim light.
The settling process was smooth and silent, lasting a full three minutes before the elevator slowly came to a stop, and the heavy alloy doors slowly opened to both sides.
Stepping out of the elevator, you are greeted by an incredibly spacious underground hall.
The hall was entirely constructed of metal, giving it a cold and solemn feel. A dozen or so staff members in white uniforms were busy at their respective tasks, their expressions focused.
A series of crisscrossing metal passageways extend from the back of the hall, each entrance equipped with a strict access control system, exuding an air of authority that keeps strangers at bay.
"Greetings, Tower Master."
Upon seeing this, several staff members near the elevator immediately stopped what they were doing and respectfully greeted Li Mengjie, their tone filled with undisguised awe.
Li Mengjie nodded slightly, said nothing more, and turned to walk towards one of the passageways marked "Experimental Area - A".
Lu Xingchen followed closely behind, and after passing through a passageway several dozen meters long, the two entered a small elevator again. This subsidence lasted only a dozen seconds before the elevator doors opened again, revealing a circular, enclosed room.
The room was still entirely made of metal, with a huge circle of soul-guided screens hanging on the walls. The screens flashed with dense data and real-time images, and a dozen researchers were working intently, operating sophisticated instruments and exchanging a few words in hushed tones from time to time.
"Um."
"This is the core area of the Heavenly Sea Spirit Pagoda, buried two hundred meters underground."
Li Mengjie turned to Lu Xingchen and introduced, "This place not only preserves a large number of precious soul spirit samples and soul beast bloodlines, but it is also connected to the entire Spirit Transmission Tower's monitoring system, which can monitor all areas inside the tower in real time to prevent criminals from sneaking in."
She paused, then pointed to the laboratory on one side of the room, "The things you want are being kept there."
Lu Xingchen looked in the direction she pointed and could clearly see the scene inside the laboratory through the specially made explosion-proof glass.
A wolf-shaped soul beast, about two meters long, was lazily lying on the soft ground. Its entire body was covered with silver-gray fur, the texture of which was like the purest mithril. Under the illumination of the soul guide lamp, it reflected a strong yet soft luster, as if it contained its own light source.
Even in the closed and cold laboratory, this wolf-shaped soul beast showed no signs of anxiety or unease, but rather exuded an almost lazy calmness.
Whether it was a misperception or not, Lu Xingchen noticed that the wolf's facial expressions seemed quite rich, roughly like "()", giving people an extremely calm feeling.
"This is a silver wolf, a top-tier soul beast with three thousand years of cultivation."
Li Mengjie slowly began to explain the origin of this soul beast: "The Silver Wolf is a rare soul beast unique to the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda. It is inherently of the Chaos attribute and possesses extremely strong spiritual power. It can transform the Chaos attribute into other elements through its spiritual power, making it highly adaptable."
"A thousand-year-old silver wolf can skillfully transform the six elements of water, fire, earth, wind, light, and darkness, while a ten-thousand-year-old silver wolf king can add one more, reaching the level of seven-element control."
She added, "According to the historical records of the Sun and Moon Federation, there was once a ten-thousand-year-old silver wolf king who, with the power of the seven elements, fought against two Soul Douluo-level powerhouses. Although he was seriously injured, he successfully broke through and escaped, which shows how powerful he was."
"However, no Silver Wolf King over 100,000 years old has ever appeared. The Spirit Pagoda once spent a lot of resources trying to cultivate one, but it ended in failure. It seems that 10,000 years is the limit of this race's bloodline."
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Soul beasts can be roughly divided into five categories.
Low-level soul beasts, such as Blue Silver Grass, Lone Bamboo, and Wind Baboon, all belong to this category.
Intermediate-level Soul Beasts: Mandragora Snake, Iron-Armed Ape, Flame Lion, etc.
High-level Soul Beasts: Flame Lion King, Ghost Tiger, Blue Silver King, etc.
Top-tier Soul Beasts: Human-faced Demon Spider, Dark Gold Bear, Terror Claw Bear, etc.
Incidentally, the Blue Silver Emperor and the Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor are also top-tier soul beasts.
When a soul beast breaks through 100,000 years, its bloodline will undergo a certain transformation. Even if its bloodline was originally weak, the fact that it can cultivate for 100,000 years is enough to demonstrate its special nature.
(PS: Teleportation, etherealness, and invincible golden body—are these abilities that ordinary soul beasts can possess? Therefore, it's absolutely true that the Soft Bone Rabbit King is a top-tier soul beast. Otherwise, how could Jiang Nannan, who only possesses the Soft Bone Rabbit martial soul in Dou Er, possibly have innate full soul power?)
Super Soul Beasts are beings at the very top of the Soul Beast world.
Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Emerald Swan, Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, Hell Demon Dragon King, Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Evil-Eyed Tyrant—these are all super soul beasts.
Of course, even among super soul beasts, there are differences in their combat power, which depends on the purity of their bloodline and their individual talents.
Lu Xingchen's gaze remained fixed on the silver wolf in the laboratory. After observing it for a moment, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes: "There must be something wrong with the fact that you were able to transfer this silver wolf from Mingdu so quickly, right?"
A normal silver wolf is pure white, but this one is silver-gray, and its fur has a strange metallic sheen, clearly different from the norm.
Li Mengjie nodded frankly and said, "That's right. This silver wolf is a product of a failed experiment at the Spirit Pagoda a thousand years ago, and it has great flaws."
"Tell me more about it," Lu Xingchen asked with interest.
"Here's what happened—"
Li Mengjie slowly began to speak, and a secret that had been buried for a thousand years gradually surfaced as she recounted it.
A thousand years ago, the head of the spirit research department of the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda gained a deep understanding of the characteristics of the silver wolf through long-term research.
Silver wolves contain a trace of silver dragon bloodline. They feed on mithril, and their long-term consumption of mithril makes their bodies as hard as iron, giving them extremely strong defense.
What's even more remarkable is that they possess spiritual power far exceeding that of other soul beasts of the same level, and can flexibly manipulate multiple elements in combat, making them all-around soul beasts that combine offense and defense.
However, the Silver Wolf's flaws are also obvious.
Although they can manipulate multiple elements, they cannot use them simultaneously. Each attack can only select one element, and there will be obvious gaps when switching attributes. This can become a fatal weakness in high-intensity battles.
It was precisely because of this that the research director at the time had a sudden inspiration.
He believes that if the attribute limitations of the silver wolves can be broken, allowing them to control multiple elements simultaneously in combat without switching attributes, it might be possible to create an unprecedented super soul beast.
At that time, the Spirit Pagoda was vigorously supporting research in the fields of artificial spirits and spirit beast improvement. The research director's proposal was quickly approved by the higher-ups, and the experiment was officially launched.
The experiment was extremely complex, involving many cutting-edge technologies such as bloodline modification, energy guidance, and mental enhancement. The specific details have long since become blurred over time.
In short, the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda consumed over a hundred silver wolves and, after countless failures, finally succeeded in enabling two of the silver wolves to complete their bloodline transformation.
The two silver wolves had just over a thousand years of cultivation, but under the intense stimulation of the experiment, they broke through the bloodline shackles of their race and completely transformed from chaotic attributes to multi-elemental attributes.
In the practical test inside the Spirit Pagoda, the two thousand-year-old silver wolves were deployed to the battlefield to fight against a dark gold dinosaur bear with a cultivation level of over five thousand years.
Surprisingly, they were able to control all seven elements simultaneously: water, fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, and space.
With overwhelming elemental attacks, it forcefully defeated the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, whose strength far surpassed its own.
The researchers at the time were overjoyed, believing that they had successfully created a genuine super soul beast, which was undoubtedly a major breakthrough in the field of artificial soul spirits.
However, their good fortune was short-lived. As if by divine intervention, the two silver wolves, less than a day after their birth, suddenly fell into a near-death state, their life force rapidly weakening.
Researchers immediately launched an emergency rescue operation, and after investigation, they finally found the root cause of the problem.
The Chaos attribute is the foundation for Silver Wolf's ability to control multiple elements. Although it cannot be used simultaneously, it can maintain the energy balance within his body.
After the experiment, the chaotic attribute disappeared, and the seven elements were no longer restrained within them. Water and fire were incompatible, and light and darkness clashed. The energies of different attributes collided violently within them, constantly eroding the life of the silver wolves.
To save these two precious experimental subjects, researchers racked their brains and proposed two risky solutions:
One approach is to continue stimulating the silver dragon bloodline within them, prompting them to evolve further, which might give birth to a new bloodline capable of being compatible with multiple elements.
Another method is to inject the bloodline of a low-level soul beast, thereby reducing the energy activity by degrading one's own bloodline and thus alleviating elemental conflicts.
After much deliberation, the research director decided to proceed with both plans simultaneously, modifying the two silver wolves separately.
The result was not as expected: the silver wolf that chose the evolution program went completely berserk during the bloodline stimulation process and died on the spot. Fortunately, its soul was recovered in time and was preserved.
The silver wolf that chose the bloodline degradation option survived by sheer luck, but the elemental conflicts within its body were not completely eliminated; it simply became relatively milder.
The price is that it can no longer use any elemental power. If it tries to mobilize any element, the energy balance in its body will collapse instantly, and it will die on the spot.
Thus, this research and development experiment on the silver wolf ended in failure.
The spirit of the dead silver wolf was kept as an experimental souvenir in the Ascension Platform of the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda.
The surviving silver wolves were released into the exclusive soul beast forest of the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda and kept like specimens.
Anyway, the Spirit Pagoda is a large and powerful organization, so supporting a soul beast that has lost its fighting ability is not difficult, and it has kept it until today.
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Then, Lu Xingchen made a request, and Li Mengjie felt that the silver wolf met the requirements, so she brought it over from the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda.
Li Mengjie reminded him, "This silver wolf with degraded bloodline has been injected with two bloodlines in total. One is the bloodline of a low-level soul beast: the Ural wolf. The other is the bloodline of an ordinary domestic fowl: the Brom Mud Duck."
"If you just intend to study this silver wolf, then I don't care. But if you intend to capture it as a spirit, then I advise you to give up that idea."
Lu Xingchen asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Li Mengjie slowly recounted: "The Spirit Pagoda once had a Soul Master of extraordinary talent. He awakened a rare mutated Martial Soul, capable of simultaneously controlling the three elements of wind, fire, and earth. He was a super genius who was a once-in-a-century talent."
"Unfortunately, he failed to grasp the principle of 'biting off more than you can chew.' Back when he was choosing a spirit ring at the Spirit Pagoda, he immediately took a liking to the silver wolf spirit ring whose bloodline had been purified, and despite everyone's advice, insisted on making it his seventh spirit ring."
"What was the result?" Lu Xingchen's curiosity was piqued.
"As a result, that genius's cultivation stagnated from then on, trapped at the Soul Saint realm for life, unable to make any further progress. After his death, the silver wolf's soul was collected and sealed by the Spirit Pagoda, and was no longer offered to outsiders."
Li Mengjie said solemnly, "By the same token, the situation of this silver wolf with degraded bloodline will only get worse. Although there is no direct evidence to prove that it will completely replicate the previous case, since then, no soul master has dared to try to use this type of silver wolf as a soul spirit contract."
(PS: The three-element genius does exist; it's mentioned in chapter 264 of the original novel.)
After a moment's thought, Lu Xingchen spoke again: "Could you also retrieve the soul of that silver wolf with its bloodline purified? If I could have two at the same time, I could conduct a better comparative study."
"That's no problem."
Li Mengjie nodded slightly. If Lu Xingchen were to demand a normal, high-quality silver wolf soul spirit, she would need to communicate and negotiate with the Spirit Pagoda multiple times.
However, there are many such "flawed products" with obvious defects in the Spirit Pagoda. On the road to research on artificial souls, there are at least eight or ten thousand such failed products, and there is no obstacle to retrieving them.
Following that, Lu Xingchen added, "In addition to samples of soul beasts with silver dragon bloodlines, I also need other types of soul spirits and soul beast bloodlines for experiments. I'll trouble you to prepare these."
If a seven-year-old child were to utter words about conducting experiments using soul spirits and the bloodlines of soul beasts, it would surely elicit laughter from the researchers inside the Spirit Pagoda, who would simply dismiss it as innocent childish talk.
"Um."
But Li Mengjie simply nodded calmly, without a trace of doubt in her eyes, as if Lu Xingchen's request was reasonable and should be the way it should be.
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