Chapter 95: Chapter 80: Shen Xuan’s Order Beast
Thus, he had been using his Spiritual Power to constantly observe the first floor of the shop.
But he never expected that the Power of Rules would surge from Shen Xuan’s body the moment his Soul Base awakened.
The Power of Rules that surged from Shen Xuan felt completely different to Zheng Yufeng than the one wielded by Zhong Yi’s Order Beast.
The emergence of this Power of Rules from Shen Xuan’s body already revealed his identity.
’This timid, self-loathing boy is actually a Celestial Destiny Seeker!’
Zheng Yufeng thought to himself, ’It’s a good thing I’m inside the shop. Otherwise, even if just a wisp of this Power of Rules had been exposed...’
’...if a Bizarre were lurking near South Cross Street, this undisguised Power of Rules would be like a beacon on its radar.’
Zheng Yufeng was here to repay his debt of gratitude to Zhong Yi.
Zheng Yufeng knew full well that if it weren’t for Zhong Yi, he would still be lying in an Ice Coffin like one of the living dead.
Even though another Celestial Destiny Seeker had appeared in the Evolution Shop, Zheng Yufeng didn’t press for details.
During dinner just now, Zheng Yufeng had heard Shen Xuan call Zhong Yi "Young Master."
Zheng Yufeng had never before heard of a Celestial Destiny Seeker acting as another’s Servant.
’But as long as Shen Xuan himself is willing, who is anyone else to judge!’
Besides, Zhong Yi’s significance as a Celestial Destiny Seeker was different from the others.
In Zheng Yufeng’s eyes, the Star Emperor held Zhong Yi in such high regard that he was even willing to leave his own Instant Jade to protect him.
It was tantamount to acting as Zhong Yi’s Guardian!
This wasn’t merely because Zhong Yi was a Healing-type Celestial Destiny Seeker. It was because the Healing Ability he displayed was simply too overpowered.
If Zhong Yi could only heal the damaged Origin of an Order Beast of the same Tier as himself, then even if Star Night—with his high-profile personality—wanted to secure more resources for this new Celestial Destiny Seeker...
...he would at most have reported Zhong Yi’s potential as SS or SS+!
He wouldn’t have continuously pushed the reported potential past its original limits, declaring Zhong Yi a Celestial Destiny Seeker with Triple S potential.
In the entire history of the Xin Xia Federation, this was an absolutely unique honor!
As Shen Xuan’s Soul Base awakened, Zhong Ling stood to the side, watching him with concern.
When she saw Shen Xuan open his eyes, Zhong Ling couldn’t help but speak.
"The Young Master was right. Shen Xuan, after you awakened your Soul Base, the purple marks on your body really did disappear."
As she spoke, Zhong Ling held a mirror up to Shen Xuan’s face.
Looking at his reflection, Shen Xuan found the person in the mirror to be a complete stranger for a moment.
The person in the mirror had delicate, well-defined features, a fine nose, and cherry-red lips. It was the androgynously beautiful face of a boy, one that could only be described as perfect.
When Shen Xuan was bought by the Greenfield Tavern at the age of nine, he received preferential treatment precisely because of this face.
Shen Xuan subconsciously reached up to touch his cheek, then rolled up his sleeves to look at his arms.
The disappearance of these purple marks felt as if it had washed away all the years of his suffering and humiliation.
Shen Xuan had expected to be overwhelmed with emotion, but his heart remained surprisingly calm.
After all, just a few hours earlier, he had already found a new purpose in life.
That person hadn’t looked down on him even when he was covered in purple marks with the Greenfield Tavern’s Slave Mark still etched on his face.
’This physical appearance is no longer important to me.’
Previously, when Zhong Yi had spoken to him about Celestial Destiny Seekers and Order Beasts, Shen Xuan hadn’t had the faintest idea what they were.
But now that he was a Celestial Destiny Seeker himself, feeling the power of his Order Beast, Shen Xuan had a basic understanding of what they and their masters were.
Shen Xuan strode over to Zhong Yi and spoke as if presenting a priceless treasure.
"Young Master, let me show you my Order Beast, Purple Erosion."
As he spoke, Shen Xuan summoned the Order Beast in front of them all.
Before summoning it, Shen Xuan had already instructed Purple Erosion to wrap all its trailing tentacles around its main bell.
A magnificent purple jellyfish floated before them. Before Shen Xuan could even speak...
...Zhong Yi had already used All Things Exploration to inspect Shen Xuan’s Order Beast.
After a quick inspection, the expression on Zhong Yi’s face couldn’t help but shift.
[Guardian Beast Name]: Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother
[Guardian Beast Species]: Poison Mother Species / Poison Mother Species
[Guardian Beast Level]: Mortal Beast Level (1/10)
[Guardian Beast Type]: Rule Element
[Guardian Beast Quality]: Unranked
Skills:
[Poison Chain Conduction]: When a target dies from poison affliction, the toxins will weave into a Poison Chain and transfer into other targets within range, infecting them. With every transfer, the Poison Chain’s effect is enhanced.
Rule Authority:
[Erosion of All Things]: After infecting a target, the poison will begin to Erode everything about it. When encountering powers of an equal level, it can also cause the Dissolution of the target’s Energy.
Shen Xuan’s Order Beast was the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother, and the Rule Authority it wielded was called [Erosion of All Things].
It was an Ability that used toxins to infect and dissolve other living beings.
Without seeing Shen Xuan command the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother in battle with his own eyes, Zhong Yi couldn’t be sure just how potent its toxins were.
Nor could he know how lethal it would be against targets of a comparable level.
However, based on the fact that its Rule Authority, Erosion of All Things, could erode powers of an equal level—namely, the Power of Rules itself...
...the Rule Authority wielded by the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother could be considered a superior type of authority.
This allowed the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother to stand its ground against the Order Beasts of other Celestial Destiny Seekers.
Besides its Rule Authority, Zhong Yi also found its Basic Skill, Poison Chain Conduction, to be incredibly formidable.
Poison Chain Conduction could be viewed as an ability for dealing with single elite targets, as well as one for wide-scale devastation.
Whenever the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother injected its toxins into a target, the target would die after a certain period as the poison took effect.
Upon the target’s death, the toxins would absorb the Energy within its body to weave a Poison Chain, which would then spontaneously infect other targets within range.
This meant that the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother only needed to infect a single unit within a group. If that group remained clustered together...
...the poison would spread continuously via the Poison Chain, leading to the entire group being infected and killed.
Furthermore, with each transfer via the Poison Chain, the poison’s potency would be enhanced.
The stronger the toxin, the faster it killed its target, which in turn meant the Poison Chain would jump from one victim to the next with increasing speed.
The Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother’s skill, Poison Chain Conduction, wasn’t an active skill; it was a passive one.
Any target infected with the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother’s toxins would spontaneously activate the Poison Chain Conduction effect.
When facing a large number of hostile targets, the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother wouldn’t just infect one or two units.
Instead, it would inflict its toxins over a wide area.
With Poison Chains crisscrossing on a massive scale, even if there were extremely powerful elite units within the group...
...multiple Poison Chains converging on an elite unit’s body, their toxins stacking, would inflict immense damage.
Because the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother could harm the Order Beasts of other Celestial Destiny Seekers, eroding their Rules with its toxins...
...its potential rating would be S+ at the very minimum.
While inspecting Shen Xuan’s Order Beast, the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother, Zhong Yi discovered that Shen Xuan himself had also awakened a Beastmaster Talent called [Poison Burst Calculation].
[Poison Burst Calculation]: Instantly detonate all related toxic Energy within a target, immediately dealing the total accumulated damage from all poisons.
In the wild, no Adventurer liked to face poisonous Guardian Beasts or Demons.
Because once poisoned, one would most likely be facing a slow, drawn-out death.
However, these poisonous Guardian Beasts and Demons were not without their drawbacks. Namely, their toxins required time to take effect within a target’s body.
They couldn’t instantly kill a target like other Guardian Beasts could.
This was why, when recruiting teammates, most squads were wary of those poisonous Guardian Beasts or Demons...
...and yet, they were unwilling to recruit Guardian Beast Masters who had a Contract with a Poison Attribute Guardian Beast.
It could be said that delayed damage was a universal weakness of all Poison Attribute Guardian Beasts, even Poison Attribute Order Beasts.
