How vast is the total soul power of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast? Even using the simplest calculation of explosive area, a full-power detonation could wipe Shrek City off the map.
It could completely erase a gigantic city with over a million inhabitants.
But in reality, despite possessing soul power dozens of times greater than a Titled Douluo of the same level, hundred-thousand-year soul beasts have pitifully low efficiency in converting soul power into destructive output. Their output limit is also extremely abnormal.
In Chen Fu's past-life memories, there existed a type of ant that could devour food over ten times its own size to extract sugar, causing its body to swell several times over until it lost the ability to move. Other ants would then carry it into the nest and kill it for honey when needed.
"Would you say such honey pot ants are similar to your soul beasts?"
Seated cross-legged on the laboratory floor, Chen Fu looked across the tea table at Jinlin, his eyes quiet.
"In a sense, they are identical."
"There is still a difference."
"Please enlighten me."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion,now Jinlin,bowed respectfully to Chen Fu. Although they had experienced unpleasantness before, soul beasts were inherently a race that revered strength.
"That difference is you."
Chen Fu had already guessed the intention of that Black Dragon Sovereign, so he didn't mind taking on an extra student.
The problem on Jinlin did not originate from herself; Chen Fu understood this clearly. Therefore, he didn't hold the earlier unpleasantness against her.
And after thousands of rounds of simulation and deduction with Youlan, he basically understood how he had stumbled into the scheme of an unknown existence.
A so-called god that devoured essence and qi was coveting the luck of soul beasts.
Chen Fu's existence had simply disrupted its script, forcing it to rewrite the plot for him. Yet Chen Fu refused to play along.
"You soul beasts can take human form, but honey pot ants cannot."
Why can soul beasts take human form? And why is it always human form, with no exceptions throughout recorded history?
To answer this, one must determine whether soul beasts came first or humans did. And if humans came first, were they native humans or humans from elsewhere?
Regardless of the answer, based on Youlan's calculations, Chen Fu felt the malice of this world deeply.
If old gods existed in this world, then all humans would be stealthy wanderers walking through shadow and filth, fanatics devoted to the foolish Yellow-robed One.
"In a sense, human ignorance is inherited from your transformation into human form."
The man, lost in thought, murmured something strange.
"…" Jinlin stayed silent; she did not understand.
"A soul beast's vast soul power does not dissipate because you transform. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to self-generate soul rings."
For traditional soul masters, the soul power stored in soul rings exceeds the power within their own bodies; otherwise, soul ring levels would not affect soul masters so drastically.
"Are soul skills important to you?"
Chen Fu looked at Jinlin, who stood before him respectful and cautious.
"They do not have to be, sir."
Jinlin's martial soul was the legendary Golden Dragon of Extreme Strength. She did not require soul skills. As long as power was sufficient, brute force could overwhelm everything.
Ring-melting, in many ways, aligned perfectly with Jinlin's cultivation system.
A being of extreme physical power paired with a method that continuously increases physical strength,just thinking about it was exhilarating.
"Good."
Chen Fu was quite satisfied and beckoned Jinlin to follow him.
He brought her to the version 1.2 Divine Ring, adjusted earlier by him. Turning toward Jinlin, he continued:
"I'm going to teach you the ring-melting method, the one I use to enhance physical strength."
Boom!"
As he spoke, he demonstrated. A divine disc appeared abruptly behind him, centered on the data-based Divine Ring, causing a low humming sound.
"Although your three soul rings are all self-generated and contain no remnant souls, for the first time you will need the Divine Ring to guide you through breaking the ring's restriction valve. It will help you complete your first extraction."
Chen Fu instructed Jinlin to lie inside the Divine Ring.
[Divine Ring Operating System Connected]
With a flick of his hand, a blue system interface appeared. Chen Fu began guiding the subtle adjustments of Jinlin's internal soul power.
Unlike traditional soul masters, who must slowly remove remnant souls before proceeding, a transformed soul beast could directly enter the final extraction stage.
As Jinlin raised her soul power under the Divine Ring's control, gradually pushing the soul ring to its limit and ultimately breaking the restriction valve, night had already fallen.
Her ten-thousand-year spiritual growth granted her endurance far beyond that of ordinary soul masters. Within a single day, she had opened the restriction valves of all three rings and could begin extracting soul power for ring-melting cultivation.
"Do you notice it now?"
Seeing Jinlin extract her soul ring again, showing a shocked expression, Chen Fu spoke calmly.
"The total soul power in your soul rings hasn't decreased? Sir, how is this possible?"
Joy spread through Jinlin's heart, and her respect for Chen Fu deepened even further.
"In the Record of Soul Beast Transformation, twenty-seven cases of soul beasts taking human form were documented over tens of thousands of years. Every one of them had optimal soul ring configurations."
"What does that tell us?"
Chen Fu looked toward Ning Tian, who was trying to slack off in the corner.
"Ah! Teacher! It means… soul beasts generate their soul rings according to their maximum endurance capacity." Ning Tian hurriedly wiped her dirty face, clearly caught off guard.
"Not bad. Seems you haven't been slacking lately."
Chen Fu nodded with approval.
"A transformed soul beast's soul rings are attached based on its own endurance limit,in other words, the soul power allocated."
"The foundation of ring-melting lies in reducing the soul power within the ring."
"And transforming does not significantly reduce a soul beast's total soul power." Of course, that excludes the heaven-and-earth tax.
"So, do you understand?"
This was a highly feasible theory,so feasible that Chen Fu felt he didn't even need to verify it. But out of academic rigor, he would remain cautious until a real case appeared.
Thump!
Jinlin bowed deeply before the man. At this moment, she clearly realized that even the Emperor Auspicious Beast could not compare to him.
She no longer doubted that her only pride,the ability to accelerate soul beast cultivation,would eventually be surpassed by this man.
This transformation plus ring-melting method would give countless hundred-thousand-year soul beasts a new choice. She, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion,no, Jinlin,was merely the first witness.
Compared to slowly extracting power from the outside world, directly absorbing the soul ring's internal power would increase cultivation speed at least tenfold.
Although extraction would reduce the quality of future self-generated rings, why would she care about ring quality if she was already cultivating ring-melting?
Thus, regarding Chen Fu's earlier statement,cultivating to the Soul Emperor level within one year,Jinlin could express her admiration only through action.
Helping Jinlin up, Chen Fu felt a bit conflicted. After repeated simulations, the only faction capable of fully supporting his research was the soul beasts.
He hoped it was just an illusion.
Chen Fu did not enjoy bullying honest soul beasts.
Moreover, in Youlan's comprehensive simulation results, over eighty percent of human origins,when traced back to their ultimate root,ended in soul beasts.
This world seemed rotten to the core.
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