Chapter 351 - 208: Ancient Beast Ecology and Ancient Beast Race of the Fierce Beast

Chapter 351: Chapter 208: Ancient Beast Ecology and Ancient Beast Race of the Fierce Beast

This wasn’t far from the Soul Fighting Bar Taya had taken Zhong Yi to last time. Taya decided to put recruiting on the back burner for today.

She hurried toward the Soul Fighting Bar, wanting to see if Zhong Yi was actually on the Soul Fighting Platform.

While Zhong Yi and Taya were on their audio call, a Soul Fighting Bar in the Virtual Source Network Holy City area had already been booked for a private event.

Nine Great Holy Cities stood within the Virtual Source Network. Under normal circumstances, only races belonging to the Nine Great Ecosystems and recognized by them could enter.

Creatures not belonging to the Nine Great Ecosystems needed to become C Level Talent to gain the appropriate access rights.

Even for a C Level Talent who could enter a Holy City area, the number of people they could bring with them was limited.

A C Level Talent with no property in the Holy City could bring a maximum of five people, including themselves, into the city.

If they did have property within the Holy City, a comprehensive assessment would be made based on the type, quantity, and scale of the property.

This would determine how many companions not belonging to the Nine Great Ecosystems a C Level Talent could bring into the Holy City.

Because of this restriction, there were basically no factions within the Holy Cities that were unrelated to their respective ecosystems.

At the entrance of this Soul Fighting Bar, which belonged to the Holy City of the Ancient Beast Ecology, hundreds of people stood respectfully.

Inside the Soul Fighting Bar, a middle-aged couple stood beside a beautiful young girl.

"Ruirui, this is your fifth Ranking Competition match. You can’t keep being so nonchalant. Don’t take these Ranking Competitions, which are only for first-time Soul of Battle duelists, so lightly."

"Be careful you don’t get blindsided. Your cousin lost her fifth Ranking Competition match, you know."

"Afterward, the clan Elders reviewed the match. If your cousin hadn’t been so careless and had attacked fiercely from the start, she might not have lost."

"You..."

Hearing her mother nagging again, the young girl stuck out her tongue and quickly said,

"Mom, you’ve been saying this stuff ever since my first Soul Fighting Ranking Competition match."

"I’ve already finished the first four matches, and I beat every opponent easily."

"Even the opponent I was matched with in the fourth Ranking Competition match was no challenge for me."

"He could only break through my defense when he played his final trump card!"

"My cousin’s Bloodline is only a First Transformation Beast Soul. A year ago, my Bloodline already reached the level of a Second Transformation Beast Soul."

"My cousin can’t even compare to me!"

The graceful and elegant woman, who had a pair of crimson-gold beast ears on her head, heard this and was about to continue nagging when the man beside her spoke.

"Honey, you don’t need to keep nagging Ruirui. Ruirui might act like a Demon Pill most of the time, but she’s never dropped the ball when it matters."

"Ruirui isn’t practicing our Ancient Beast Zhong Race’s Secret Technique, but one of the three great Secret Techniques of the entire Ancient Beast Ecology: Earth-bound Beast Realm."

"The last time I gave Ruirui some pointers, I noticed her Earth-bound Beast Realm had already reached a considerable level."

"Otherwise, I wouldn’t be recommending that Ruirui try to compete for the title of Child of Ecology within the Ancient Beast Ecology in six years."

At this, the man, his face cold and expression stern, looked down at the young girl beside him, who also had a pair of crimson-gold beast ears.

"Ruirui, relax and go on up to the Soul Fighting Platform."

"Your mom and I will be right here, waiting for news of your triumphant return."

Hearing this, Huo Rui made a fist and punched it forward, smiling sweetly and revealing two small canine teeth.

"Dad, Mom, just wait for my good news!"

"After I finish this last Ranking Competition match, you have to promise you’ll let me go to the clan’s Ancient Beast Garden and choose a compatible Ancient Beast for a Symbiotic Contract."

"The Mountain-Shattering Hound my cousin has a Contract with is super cute! Every time it sees me, it just rolls over and shows its belly."

Hearing Huo Rui’s words, the man and woman beside her both showed expressions that were both awkward and strange.

The Mountain-Shattering Hound was a ferocious and bloodthirsty type of Ancient Beast. Among all the Ancient Beasts raised in the Ancient Beast Yard of the Ancient Beast Race of the Fierce Beast, its temperament was considered one of the worst.

If that Mountain-Shattering Hound hadn’t been completely fed up with Huo Rui, that little troublemaking Demon Pill, it never would have grasped the profound principle of "if you can’t avoid it, enjoy it" and started showing its belly right away.

Huo Rui was about to reach the age of adulthood for the Ancient Beast Zhong Race, and it was time for her to sign a Symbiotic Contract with an Ancient Beast.

However, the clan had long since made plans regarding her symbiotic beast; they couldn’t just let Huo Rui pick one on a whim.

Within the Ancient Beast Ecology, only races with a ranked sequence were qualified to form Symbiotic Contracts with Ancient Beasts.

Each member of the race could only form a Symbiotic Contract with a single Ancient Beast in their entire life.

The choice of an Ancient Beast had to be made with extreme caution, as it concerned their entire future development.

Huo Rui was extremely outstanding in both Bloodline and innate talent, and her comprehension was simply transcendent.

Otherwise, she would never have been able to begin learning Earth-bound Beast Realm, one of the three great Secret Techniques of the Ancient Beast Ecology.

"Ruirui, the Grand Elder is already looking for an Ancient Beast for you. You can’t be willful when it comes to choosing one."

"After you win your fifth Ranking Competition match, I can help you apply to the clan to let you pick two items from the first floor of the clan’s Treasure Pavilion."

A cunning look appeared in Huo Rui’s eyes when she heard this.

Huo Rui had known all along that the clan’s upper echelons would be the ones to select the Ancient Beast she would form a Contract with.

She had said that precisely to leverage the situation for other, more favorable terms for herself.

Being born into a core, major clan of the Nine Great Ecosystems certainly meant enjoying vast resources.

But those resources were all allocated by the clan long in advance. To get more, one had to fight for it through various means.

While enjoying immense resources, one also had to constantly face even more competition.

Huo Rui usually seemed like a Demon Pill, but in reality, she was always using this persona to gain more benefits for herself.

But Huo Rui knew very well that it wouldn’t be long before she reached the clan’s age of adulthood.

After that, she could no longer use such unruly methods to seek benefits, or she would just become tiresome to others.

Huo Rui was taking this fifth Ranking Competition match very seriously, but she didn’t think fighting the opponent she was matched with would be difficult at all.

’Maybe the opponent I meet in this fifth match won’t even be able to break through my Heroic Soul Protection.’

The moment she stepped onto the Soul Fighting Platform, Huo Rui felt a sense of weightlessness.

The next moment, she found herself on a wide, open grassland with nothing to obstruct her view.

The grass on this plain was very short, less than thirty centimeters tall, barely covering her ankles.

This allowed Huo Rui to get a clear view of the opponent standing not far from her.

While Huo Rui was sizing up Zhong Yi, Zhong Yi was also sizing her up.

The difference was, while Huo Rui was just looking, Zhong Yi had already used All Things Exploration to inspect Huo Rui’s data.

[Name]: Huo Rui

[Race]: Ancient Beast Race of the Fierce Beast

[Level]: First Level

[Bloodline]: Second Transformation Beast Soul

[Contract]: Contractible

[Contractual Relationship]: None

[Rule]: Sound Transformation Rule

[Fate Grid]: Orange

Abilities

[Sound Strike Beast]: The sounds of the Bloodline overlap and merge with a portion of the Ancient Beast Soul to form a small Fierce Beast. The small Fierce Beast can expand the area of the Earth-bound Beast Realm and launch attacks independently within it.

[Heroic Soul Protection]: Under the blessing and protection of an Ancient Beast Heroic Soul, as long as an attack does not exceed the Ancient Beast Heroic Soul’s endurance limit, the user will not be harmed.

[Earth-bound Beast Realm]: The Beast Soul born from one’s Bloodline merges with the surrounding environment. Expended Energy can be replenished from the environment, and the environment’s Energy is continuously accumulated within the Beast Soul.

[Fierce Beast Descent]: When the Energy accumulated in the Beast Soul reaches a certain level, by burning one’s own Bloodline, the Fierce Beast existing in Beast Soul form can be materialized into a physical entity.

After Luke, Zhong Yi had once again encountered an opponent with an Orange Fate Grid.

If this weren’t the Virtual Source Network, Zhong Yi would have immediately had the thought of using a Soul Taming Seed to form a Contract with this person, Huo Rui.

Zhong Yi was practically dying for more talent right now!

But after Zhong Yi finished inspecting the abilities Huo Rui possessed, a look of shock couldn’t help but appear on his face.