Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive

Chapter 328: Chapter 239: Talent Inheritance, Broken Gold (Part 2)

’Forget it... I’ll help Akatos find its Beast Master first. Then I can have it help me find materials to make Soul Nourishing Tools.’

Having made up his mind, Han Ning signaled for Egg Pancake to open the stone sphere he always carried.

"CHIRP CHIRP!"

Upon hearing this, Egg Pancake immediately extended a paw and tapped lightly on the stone sphere.

Spiderweb-like cracks bloomed across its surface.

The stone sphere split open, and a large amount of pale green liquid poured out.

A moment later, a small, exquisite snake was washed out by the liquid.

Its eyelids twitched slightly, showing signs of waking.

’Legend says the soul of a Netherworld Snake is formed from the resentment of millions of living beings. It’s best not to let it wake up.’

Han Ning grabbed the small snake, which was only a few dozen centimeters long, and sent his Spiritual Power drilling into its mind, stirring it casually.

The Netherworld Snake, which hadn’t even had a chance to awaken, had its nascent Spiritual World instantly shattered, turning it into a vegetative snake in an instant.

Then, following the instructions from the Soul Nurturing Technique, he formed Hand Seals while vibrating his Spiritual Power, attempting to draw Qing Xuan’s Soul Body into the Netherworld Snake’s body.

This was the most difficult step in transferring a soul.

Han Ning tried over and over again, nearly twenty times, before he finally managed to place Qing Xuan’s Residual Soul into the Netherworld Snake’s now-vanished Spiritual World.

Finally, he extended his Spiritual Power again, constructing a spiritual node shaped like a piece of jade within the Netherworld Snake’s mind.

As the final spiritual node was sketched out,

the incomplete soul was forcibly bound within the Netherworld Snake’s body.

A sinister wind strangely kicked up around them.

The free-floating Dark Particles in the air were drawn by an invisible force and absorbed into the Netherworld Snake’s body.

"Whew... It’s finally done. With this, I’ve fulfilled my commission for Akatos."

Han Ning calculated the time. From the start of the Soul Splitting until now, nearly three full days had passed.

He handed the small snake to Yin Yi and turned his attention to the other two illusory Soul Shadows.

[

Creature Name: Tier Three Beastmaster’s Incomplete Soul Body

Rarity: Tier Three Spiritual Power

Introduction: The Residual Soul of a Beast Master. It might contain some useful memories.

Consume 5,000 Energy to unlock the method for utilizing the Residual Soul.

]

’I’ve already unlocked the rest, might as well unlock this method too.’

Han Ning muttered to himself, grabbed a few of the Crystal Stones floating around him, absorbed their Energy, and unlocked the method for utilizing the Residual Soul.

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

[Congratulations, you have successfully unlocked the Taiyin Soul-Vibrating Technique (Basic Level)]

’So the last part is actually Soul Search.’

Seeing the panel’s description, Han Ning was immediately reminded of the Soul-Searching Secret Techniques used by Demon Cultivators in novels.

Before the two Residual Souls could dissipate, Han Ning quickly familiarized himself with the contents of the Soul-Searching Technique.

More than half an hour later, he suddenly reached out and tapped one of the Residual Souls.

Inside his mind, his Spiritual Power vibrated at a specific frequency, enveloping the Residual Soul before him.

A flicker of Spiritual Light appeared.

The incomplete soul shuddered a few times.

’A failure...’

Han Ning sighed softly and corrected his movements. Nothing had happened.

Failure, failure, failure...

Again and again, just as the Residual Soul was about to dissipate from his torment,

a streak of pure white light suddenly blossomed from his fingertip.

At the same time, the Residual Soul vanished into the faint white light.

Segment after segment of unfamiliar memories flooded into his mind like a tidal wave.

Even though it was only a Residual Soul, the massive amount of memories still made Han Ning feel like his brain was going to explode.

Like watching a revolving lantern, he rapidly skimmed past the unnecessary memories.

In the end, he managed to intercept a few useful memory fragments.

The owner of the Residual Soul was named Dunkel, a Beast Master from the Abyss Dark Race.

From him, Han Ning obtained some knowledge about the Abyss.

He also got a Spiritual Secret Technique called [Telekinesis Bullet].

The Spiritual Secret Technique didn’t originally have a name; he had named it himself based on its function.

[Telekinesis Bullet]: Fires a silent, traceless aggregate of Spiritual Power that inflicts spiritual shock damage on an enemy and attaches a mark.

’It’s a decent Secret Technique, but it has relatively few spiritual nodes, so its Power probably isn’t that great. Compared to its Power, the mark is clearly more practical.’

Han Ning nodded in satisfaction.

In addition to the knowledge, a white ball of light the size of a marble was now floating in front of him.

[

Creature Name: Pure Spiritual Energy (Tier Three)

Rarity: Tier Three

Introduction: Can be absorbed into the body to increase one’s Spiritual Limit.

]

’Oh? Soul Search has this kind of side effect.’

Han Ning’s eyes lit up as he touched the ball of light.

The ball of light instantly drilled into his fingertip, transforming into the purest Spiritual Power and nourishing his Spiritual World.

[Spiritual Power Level: Tier Three (55% → 60%, Dark Star Level)]

’An increase of 5% to my limit. Not bad! It’s just that this method is rather evil, refining the soul of a Beast Master like this.’

Han Ning shook his head. He didn’t have any moral hang-ups; as long as he wasn’t indiscriminately killing the innocent, it was fine. The soul before him was about to disappear anyway, so it was better to put it to his own use.

After dealing with that soul, he looked at the other one.

This was the Residual Soul of an Ancestral Insect Master from an Ancestor Family—the Sky-Splitting Instant Butterfly clan.

[

Creature Name: Tier Four Beastmaster’s Incomplete Soul Body

Rarity: Tier Four

...

]

...

A moment later, his Spiritual Limit had increased by another 10%, and he had obtained a large amount of information about the Sky-Splitting Instant Butterfly family’s methods for cultivating insects.

Perhaps because this Residual Soul didn’t have many memories, he didn’t receive an additional Spiritual Secret Technique.

After this series of operations, the fourth day arrived.

Despite consuming a large amount of Spiritual Power for four consecutive days, Han Ning didn’t feel drained at all. On the contrary, he was full of vigor, not looking in the least like someone who hadn’t slept for four days straight.

’I remember... the panel notified me earlier that the Talent fragments for two abilities related to the Shadow Reaper have been fully collected.’

While he was familiarizing himself with the Taiyin Soul-Vibrating Technique, Yin Yi, Egg Pancake, and the others had gathered the dead Shadow Reapers from the periphery, and the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm had devoured their flesh.

The besieging Shadow Reapers were of a higher Level than their kin in the outside world. Not only did they successfully push the progress of the two Talents to 100%, but they also allowed the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s Spirit Blood collection to reach Perfection, causing it to fall into a deep sleep.

Talent Information List (Arranged by Talent):

1. [Shattered Gold (Weakened)]: An upgraded version of Body Hardening, derived from Blade of Despair Talent fragments. The Blade of Despair absorbs Gold Elemental Particles from the surrounding space and adheres them to the body’s surface, turning every part of the body into a sharp weapon and greatly increasing destructive power. Due to an insufficient number of Blade of Despair Talent fragments, this Talent is a weakened version. (Blade of Despair, B, Progress 100%)

2. [Netherworld Avatar]... Progress 100%

’Oh? It upgraded... In that case, this Talent would be a good fit for Fei Lin. She happens to have the Gold Attribute and is an Assassin-type Soul Beast.’

’The Netherworld Avatar didn’t change. Does that mean the Blade of Despair didn’t follow the avatar specialization path?’

Han Ning wasn’t sure. He turned and called over Fei Lin, who was playing with Qingyao and Yin Yi.

"Eee?" Fei Lin blinked her large eyes and looked at Han Ning in confusion.

Han Ning didn’t explain. Instead, he recited silently, "Adapt the Shattered Gold Talent for Fei Lin."

BEEP~

Adapting...

Possesses flesh and blood properties √ Preliminary adaptation conditions met.

Racial body structure × Adaptation compatibility 80%

Spiritual Ability Attribute × Adaptation compatibility 100%

Final adaptation compatibility: 90%. Final adaptation conditions met.

Adaptation successful!

Inheriting this Talent requires consuming Energy Value: 1000

Inherit?

"Yes!"

Energy -1000

SWOOSH~

A phantom image of a Blade of Despair—its sharp edges exposed, its blade-like limbs trailing a dazzling light—suddenly appeared before Han Ning’s eyes.

The Blade of Despair’s quivering, blade-shaped body circled around Fei Lin once. Finally, as if it had found its target, it rushed headlong and slammed into Fei Lin’s body.

Fei Lin subconsciously took a defensive stance, but the phantom image passed right through her hands and entered her body.

The next second, an intertwining light of white and silver erupted from her.

Her whole delicate body actually began to emit a low, high-frequency metallic hum.