Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive

Chapter 327: Chapter 239: Talent Inheritance, Broken Gold

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Creature Name: Spiritual Complex

Rarity: Varies, Tier Three to Tier Four Spiritual Power

Introduction: A supremely evil creation made by stitching together the Souls of multiple Beast Masters.

Consume 10,000 Energy to unlock the method for separating Souls.

Consume an additional 5,000 Energy to unlock the method for nurturing Souls.

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’A Spiritual Complex... Judging by the panel’s description, this Soul Shadow isn’t actually made from Qing Xuan’s Soul alone?’

As Han Ning pondered this, the dazed Soul Shadow of Qing Xuan before him suddenly underwent a drastic change!

"I am Qing Xuan... Am I Qing Xuan? No... I am Harman! I am Dunkel!!"

Qing Xuan, who had been muttering mechanically, now had his dazed face begin to twist grotesquely. One moment, it would become the face of a woman filled with venomous hatred; the next, it would shift into the face of a man consumed by rage.

Its flickering, ethereal body blurred with each change of face.

’I knew it... How could it be such a coincidence? The one Guardian I run into happens to be the person I’m looking for. It turns out this thing is made from the Souls of multiple Beast Masters stitched together.’

Han Ning watched the rapidly shifting Soul Body, his expression wary.

"It seems... his Soul was tampered with by the Alataku People." A trace of inexplicable anger laced Hom’s Spiritual Fluctuation.

’Since I made a promise to Lord Akatos, I’d better see it through.’

Without hesitation, Han Ning took out his few remaining Crystal Stones, exchanged them for ten thousand points of Energy, and unlocked the method for separating the Spiritual Body.

These Crystal Stones were his last reserve. After this exchange, the share he had been allocated from the spoils plundered from the Red Centipede Tribe was now completely depleted.

[Unlock successful! Obtained Taiyin Soul-Vibrating Technique (Fragment) · Soul Splitting x1]

[Taiyin Soul-Vibrating Technique (Fragment) · Soul Splitting: An ancient Soul Nurturing Technique originating from the classical texts of the Xia Country. It can be used for both Soul Nourishing and Soul Splitting.]

The panel glowed with a faint blue light, which transformed into a stream of Flowing Light and drilled into Han Ning’s brain.

At the same time, a segment of unfamiliar knowledge appeared in his mind.

’This Soul Splitting method doesn’t require Cultivation. I just need to vibrate my Spiritual Power at a specific frequency band to shake apart the merged Souls using different frequencies...’

Han Ning recalled the knowledge related to Soul Splitting. He extended a finger, channeled his Spiritual Power, and a faint fluorescent glimmer appeared at his fingertip.

The Spiritual Power in his brain was rapidly consumed.

Just that single, shimmering glimmer of light consumed over 50% of his Spiritual Power.

He touched the glimmer on his fingertip to the Soul Body’s brow.

The glimmer sank in and quickly vanished.

A moment later...

The Soul Body just kept floating there dazedly, its face continuing to shift, showing no reaction whatsoever.

"What are you doing?" Hom asked, confused.

’It failed... but failure is to be expected. It’s impossible to succeed on the first try.’

Han Ning didn’t reply to Hom. Considering the limited time a Soul can exist in the world, he could only order his Soul Beasts to gather the corpses of the fallen Shadow Reapers while he sat down to recover his Spiritual Power.

And so, whenever his "pond" of Spiritual Power was full, he would attempt to perform Soul Splitting once more.

After a dozen or so repeated attempts...

A stable, unwavering glimmer of fluorescent light formed at Han Ning’s fingertip.

Just as before, he sent the glimmer into the Soul Shadow’s brow.

The light swiftly sank in, dissolving into faint shadows.

After about one or two seconds,

the once-flickering Soul Shadow began to vibrate even more violently.

A series of phantom cries inexplicably entered his mind.

The Residual Souls that had been merged together abruptly scattered in all directions.

But... the moment they hit the chains surrounding them, they were locked tightly within that small space.

Amidst a shimmer of hazy light, it split into three even more ethereal shadows.

The three shadows were like mice trapped in a narrow jar, forced to huddle together.

Han Ning focused his gaze and saw that one of the shadows on the right, so faint it was almost invisible, had the appearance of Qing Xuan.

As for the other two, one had the appearance of an Insect-man with a unique pair of butterfly wings on its back.

"Elder Qingyao, can you lend me a few Crystal Stones?"

Seeing Qing Xuan’s nearly vanished Soul Shadow, Han Ning felt his empty waist pouch and could only look helplessly at Qingyao.

"Roooar?"

Qingyao stared intently at Qing Xuan’s form. Being relatively young, it had never seen the face of the founder of Dragon Blood, and Akatos had apparently never mentioned him to it, so it looked completely bewildered.

"He is the founder of Dragon Blood, Lord Akatos’s Beast Master," Han Ning added when he saw that it didn’t seem to recognize Qing Xuan.

"ROOOAR?!"

Qingyao was startled by Han Ning’s explanation, its entire dragon body shuddering. It hastily clenched its claws, and the chains confining the Soul Body abruptly expanded, creating enough space for the three shadows to stretch out.

Then, it swiped a claw through the empty air.

RATTLE-RATTLE~

Crystal Stones of all colors tumbled out with a clattering sound, as if they were worthless rocks. They stopped, hovering in mid-air, and floated before Han Ning.

This was Qingyao’s collection, amassed over several hundred years.

Han Ning picked out a few Crystal Stones that his own Soul Beasts couldn’t use, absorbed the Energy within them, and proceeded to exchange it for the Soul Nourishing method.

Although the Scorching Sun Bishop had said the Netherworld Snake could store and nurture a Soul, without a specific method, Han Ning was completely in the dark.

Now that he had a Soul Nourishing method, perhaps the Netherworld Snake could finally be put to use.

[Taiyin Soul-Vibrating Technique (Fragment) · Soul Nourishing: ...]

Han Ning quickly scanned the contents of the Soul Nurturing Technique. As he read, his brows furrowed slightly.

’It’s just as Hom said. Soul Nourishing requires a ’house’ that can accommodate a Soul Body. And this kind of house can only ever hold one ’tenant’. If I place Qing Xuan inside the Netherworld Snake, the Scorching Sun Bishop will probably be left homeless.’