Chapter 1110: Super Armor
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
When Disloyal Knight was battling another super creature one-on-one, its best weapon was its halo. This was because it had no physical armaments.
If two armies were going into battle, its halo could weaken the entire enemy horde. Its debuffing capabilities were excellent, and using them was where Disloyal Knight truly shone. But still, one-on-one, it was by no means a poor battler. It wasn't losing against the mantis, it just wasn't proving strong enough to kill it.
As they fought, Han Sen ran further into the shelter. With Taia and his Phoenix Sword, he got to slaying as many primitive and mutant mantises as he could.
Han Sen wanted to see if there were any other super creatures in the vicinity, and why such a large hive of the creatures had taken sanctuary in this shelter in particular.
Due to the proximity of Devil's Realm, creatures didn't often visit the area. For so many of them to be at this particular location, Han Sen figured there had to be a specific reason.
From the group of creatures Han Sen was doing battle with, a sacred-blood variant emerged. Without fear, Han Sen engaged it. Queen merely stood by and watched him, eager to see just how powerful he had become.
Han Sen made use of his phoenix techniques to fly around the mantis and slice it with both swords, forming a bloody cross upon its body.
Katcha!
The mantis had been diced into four parts.
When she saw him manage to one-hit kill a sacred-blood creature, Queen was gobsmacked. She imagined he absolutely had to be a top-dog surpasser.
"No beast soul," Han Sen thought to himself.
Aside from the wide array of mantises that still occupied the shelter, there didn't seem to be anything particularly interesting in the area.
After killing three more sacred-blood creatures, no more could be found.
In a courtyard, Han Sen espied the presence of a tree. It looked like a plum tree, which he had mistaken for an oversized mushroom when he first saw it in the distance.
Every branch and twig was laden with fruit, ripe for the taking. The fruit were like red eggs, just hanging there.
What's more, many mantises stood like sentinels around it. Many of the creatures were actually staying there, in the tree's defense.
"Geno plant." Han Sen could not mistake the energy radiating from that tree.
He didn't know what benefits such fruit could yield, but seeing the mantis guard it like so, he knew it had to be something beneficial.
Han Sen raced down to the courtyard as the mantises swiftly came to engage the intruder. With Han Sen and Queen's combined might, it had proven more than easy for the duo to kill primitive and mutant creatures by the boatload.
Unlike Han Sen's feverish interest in the tree, though, Queen did not care for it. She was intensely focused in her observation of Han Sen's capabilities.
She had only taught him a small amount of Heavenly Go a very long time ago, but now, he was doing much better than her. This was her signature move, and yet, Han Sen had far exceeded her own abilities with the technique.
Queen had only practiced Heavenly Go, but Han Sen had integrated many different movesets and techniques into it. Queen was actually seeing a mixture of Heavenly Go, phoenix techniques, and Seven Twists.
Of course, they were just additions. Han Sen still relied on Heavenly Go as the foundation for his evasive techniques.
The way Queen was staring at Han Sen was as if she had just swung wide the large gates of heaven. With each step Han Sen took, it was as if she was transported to an entirely different world.
Tzzk!
The super-class mantis let out a bone-chilling shriek as it flew over to the courtyard Han Sen and Queen were intruding upon. It had given up the fight with Disloyal Knight and headed straight for the tree—clearly, the tree was important to the creature.
"Careful!" Queen shouted. The mantis was already above Han Sen's head.
Han Sen's eyes flashed with the presence of a red flame, and then the fire leaped out of his eyes to encircle his entire body. His body turned into a golden raven with wings outstretched. In this manner, he twirled to avoid the mantis.
Pang!
Queen was in utter disbelief. As she looked, she asked herself, "A super-class shapeshifting beast soul?"
She wasn't even sure if she should be surprised anymore. Han Sen's latest dazzler had left her feeling numb. It was too amazing.
"Even if he had been injured and was off the playing field for another ten years, I doubt anyone else could come close to competing with his accomplishments," Queen thought to herself.
For a human to possess two super beast souls in the Third God's Sanctuary was unheard of. It was extremely rare for a person to possess even one in the Second God's Sanctuary.
Disloyal Knight raced after the mantis and resumed its battle alongside Han Sen. Quickly, the mantis was at a disadvantage and was clearly going to be the loser in the engagement.
The fire-wreathed talons of the raven slashed at the mantis's shell. The monster's blood gushed out like a cascade of fireworks. It had been severely weakened by Disloyal Knight's halo, and after realizing it was going to lose, now wanted to flap its wings and fly away.
But Han Sen wasn't going to allow it to escape. He gave chase to the beast, hacking away at the insect as it went. Eventually, Han Sen's talons pierced through the mantis' chest and killed it for good.
"Super Creature Devil-Blood Mantis killed. Beast soul gained. The flesh of this creature is inedible, but you may harvest its Life Geno Essence. Consume its Life Geno Essence to gain zero to ten super geno points randomly."
Han Sen was overjoyed to receive a super armor beast soul in the Third God's Sanctuary. Seeing the creature decompose, Han Sen hastily grabbed the Life Geno Essence and put it away.
The last Life Geno Essence he had retrieved could not be refined due to his injuries, so he wasn't sure how long it would take to absorb a second.
Chapter 1111: Squeezing Beast Souls
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
When the super-class mantis fell, all the other mantises that were left on the field scrambled and scurried away. Uncaring for the stragglers, Han Sen returned to the courtyard to examine the blood-egg tree.
Han Sen was not sure if the fruits it bore had matured yet, but he knew whatever he could harvest was different then what he'd usually get. He believed the fist-sized fruit would produce creatures, and weren't for proper eating.
Han Sen picked one off a branch and crushed it.
This was what he had done to the Dragon-Blood Fruit, and that was how he received the Dragon-Blood Snakes. The same protocol most likely applied, though he wasn't sure what manner of beast souls he might get off this tree.
The blood-eggs looked like real eggs, and when he crushed the shell, a red light shone.
The red light formed the image of a monkey with wings, and after the brief apparition, disappeared.
"Blood-Demon Fruit has not yet matured; beast soul creation cannot be completed."
Han Sen heard the announcement and thought to himself, "It's a beast soul geno tree. I wonder when it'll finish maturing?"
Unlike the mantises, he wouldn't have to remain there and wait for it to finish maturing. All he would have to do was fertilize it with his waterdrops.
Unfortunately, he had given most of his waterdrops to Zero, so she could continue growing the Flying Mushroom. He had been in the Third God's Sanctuary for three years, and in that time, the waterdrops would have most likely been used. Therefore, he thought he'd have to collect more sooner-or-later.
Han Sen then gave up his plans to abandon the barrens and decided to take up residence in the shelter, so he could feed the tree with waterdrops every day.
After eight days, the tree fully matured. And when it had, all the egg-fruit fell from their harboring branches.
Following that, the tree hastily withered into a dry, sordid husk of what it once was. Over the course of a single day, it became a rotten thing that was barely fit to be used as firewood.
Han Sen counted the Blood-Demon Fruit and came to a tally of seventy-one.
He gathered them all up in a mound on the floor. He, Queen, and Bao'er all sat next to it.
"Let's start crushing them. These are yours, these are mine, and these are Bao'er's." Han Sen, after proceeding to split the pile of eggs up, quickly got to crushing them.
After crushing an egg, the image of a firefly formed inside the red light. It went straight into his Sea of Soul.
"Ordinary-class Blood Firefly beast soul gained."
Han Sen was surprised, and he gasped to himself, "What is this? I thought it was a monkey with wings. And why is it only ordinary class? Is that what the super creature wanted so much?"
With a closer examination of the beast soul's attributes, Han Sen discovered it was a pet-type beast soul with only one gene lock open. It was useless.
Bao'er picked up a fruit and crushed it. For her, the image of a red unicorn formed, which disappeared after drifting towards her forehead.
Han Sen was shocked. He only gave a pile to Bao'er for fun, believing he'd still receive whatever she crushed. Aside from humans, only spirits that were owned by humans could own and make use of beast souls. Although rare, he had heard tales of a few creatures possessing the ability, but that was beside the point.
If Bao'er could accept a beast soul, though, did that mean she was human?
Queen looked at Bao'er strangely after witnessing this, too, but she didn't say anything.
Queen picked up a Blood-Demon Fruit and crushed it. She was given a four-winged tiger.
"So, what did you guys get?" Han Sen asked.
Bao'er did not respond, but Queen told Han Sen, "I received a sacred-blood flying beast soul."
Queen then summoned the red wings—they looked beautiful on her.
Han Sen did not tell her what he received and just tried to hide his jealousy. Immediately, he proceeded to break another egg.
He knew it was little more than a lootbox, in which whatever he received was random and purely down to luck.
He wondered if there was a super beast soul amongst the eggs, but still couldn't fathom why the mantises wanted the tree and its fruit so much.
When the shell shattered in the palm of his hands, the red light took the form of an ant. Then, it entered his Sea of Soul.
Han Sen thought to himself, "Ant beast souls aren't the worst. If it was an ant-based super armor, that'd be spectacular."
"Primitive-class Blood-Ant beast soul gained."
Han Sen didn't even bother looking at its further statistics, so he just picked up another egg and broke it.
"Ordinary-class Blood-Spider beast soul gained."
Han Sen crushed another eight, and all he received were either ordinary or primitive beast souls.
"What the f*ck is this? Why am I so unlucky with my drops?" Han Sen fell into a depression.
Bao'er crushed her second fruit, and Han Sen watched in awe as a blood-colored dragon twirled in the air. It roared and flew into her forehead.
Han Sen knew that couldn't have been an ordinary or primitive beast soul, and it was clearly better than anything he was receiving.
"Bao'er, what did you get?" Han Sen asked, looking at Bao'er.
Bao'er looked at Han Sen as if she had no clue what he was saying.
Queen crushed three fruit, one-by-one, after each other. Then, she told Han Sen what she had received.
"I got a mutant Blood Wolf, a sacred-blood Three-Eyed Snake, and a mutant Firebird."
"I don't believe it." Han Sen crushed another egg.
"Ordinary-class Blood Turtle beast soul obtained."
Han Sen's demeanor was a mixture of depression and anger. Queen was aware of what was going on, and she struggled to hold her laughter. Bao'er broke another fruit, and a grand grizzly bear roared and charged into her forehead.
"Good Bao'er; very good. Hey, how about we swap?" Han Sen then traded some of his fruit with the ones in Bao'er's pile.
Chapter 1112: Lucky Bao'er
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Han Sen's confidence had been renewed, after grabbing some of the eggs in Bao'er's pile. And as he clutched one, he shouted to the skies, "This is going to work! Buddha! Laozi! Jesus! RNGesus! Mary! Please, please, please! Bless me with immaculate fortune, as I walk through the valley of shoddy lootcrates... Heeyyaa!"
Han Sen crushed the egg, and he watched the red light that oozed out with a manic stare. With his intense gaze, he waited to see the form it'd take. And then, all of a sudden, a housefly buzzed straight into his Sea of Soul.
"Ordinary-class Blood Fly beast soul obtained."
Han Sen felt as if his heart had been trampled underfoot, and he had now fallen into a deep depression. He continued tearing through the eggs before him, and he seemed to exclusively receive ordinary and primitive beast souls.
Queen, on the other hand, had managed to receive four sacred-blood beast souls. She never once received anything lower than a mutant-class beast soul, either.
Bao'er, although Han Sen could not tell their class, seemed to have been the continued recipient of greater fortune. Beast soul after beast soul rose from the cracked eggs, and powerful and monstrous red forms of light entered her forehead.
Han Sen was down to one single fruit remaining. He wrestled with whether or not he should open it, and ultimately decided not to. He put it away.
He had suffered a similar misfortune when he squeezed the Dragon-Blood Fruits in the underground shelter. He let Zero crack the final one open for him, and she managed to obtain a wondrous Dragon-Blood Snake for him to use.
"Bao'er, you don't need those beast souls, so how about you give me yours?" Han Sen gave the creepiest grin as he looked at her. Then, he took her in his arms.
"One," Bao'er actually answered, putting up one finger as she spoke.
"Come on; you love Daddy, don't you? All?" Han Sen pleaded pathetically.
"One," Bao'er insisted.
Han Sen swung his arms around, saying, "Ooh, that reminds me. I heard there's a new flavor of ice cream. It's a super jumbo ice cream, too. It's massive!"
Bao'er could not resist the temptation of a new super jumbo ice cream and said, "One for each super jumbo ice cream."
"Deal." Han Sen then proceeded to lock his pinky with hers.
Bao'er gave Han Sen all the beast souls she had received, and Han Sen could not stop smiling as this occurred.
They were all sacred-blood beast souls except for one, which was a super beast soul. The super beast soul was that fierce dragon he had seen.
Blood-Demon Dragon: Flying Beast Soul
"Haha! It's a super class flying beast soul; I love you Bao'er!" Han Sen repeatedly kissed her cheeks.
Han Sen's fine mood had returned, better than ever. He had now managed to receive two super beast souls from his escapade at the shelter. First, he had managed to receive the super mantis armor, and now he had received super wings.
With the wings, Han Sen could use phoenix techniques while remaining in his human form. The blood-demon wings increased his speed and power, too; so that was a welcome trait.
Han Sen summoned them, and immediately, giant dragon wings appeared across his back. He gave them a test flight and was delighted to learn he could fly at a speed that was greater than what the super-class mantis could achieve.
Flying speed always came down to the beast soul itself. Although he wasn't as strong as one, Han Sen at least now had the speed to match any super creature.
Queen thought it was ridiculous, how he had received another super beast soul. Particularly given the manner he received it: bribing it off Bao'er.
She then planned to give Han Sen the beast souls she had received and not keep them.
"Keep them; I don't need them," Han Sen told her. He also provided her with a few more sacred-blood beast souls he did not need. "You might need them to protect yourself, in the event I'm not there."
Queen did not say anything and just did as he said. She knew she was weak, and she could not hold her own and fight side-by-side with Han Sen as she might have once been able to.
Han Sen then had another idea. He decided to give Queen his Polluted Devilhorn King scimitar. As he did so, he told her, "Take this, as well; I don't need it."
Han Sen knew the creatures in the Third God's Sanctuary were strong, and the emperors there always had super creatures and spirits in their employ. He might need her back-up, as many of the trials ahead might require him not to go solo.
Since he did not need those beast souls, it was best to have a moderately-powerful sidekick accompanying him.
Queen accepted the scimitar but did not say anything.
"Safety first. If something happens to me, my life may be in your delicate hands. This gear will help," Han Sen said.
Queen was too hard on herself, and even Han Sen thought the wounds she had sustained earlier were far too wretched. He didn't want to see her in a condition like that again.
She blushed and simply walked back to the teleporter, returning to the Alliance.
Han Sen also went back, bringing Bao'er with him. He fulfilled his part of the bargain with her and bought her a lot of snacks.
Bao'er's luck was as good as Zero's. Evidently, he could not open stuff and expect decent results. It seemed he would have to rely on Bao'er, for the time being.
Two days later, Han Sen planned his next route and set-off away from the barrens.
Before he left, Bai Yishan gave Han Sen a call, bidding that he come visit him in the Saint Hall.
On the communicator, Bai Yishan didn't mention exactly what he wanted to discuss, but it did sound important. Without any elucidation, he just told Han Sen to come see him in the Saint Hall.
Bai Yishan had treated Han Sen like a proper student; it was something he was very grateful for. Therefore, Han Sen had no problem adhering to his desire, and went to go see him at once.
This was the first time he had been to the headquarters, as ordinary people weren't usually allowed. But Han Sen was not an official student, so he had to wait outside.
"Han Sen, why are you here?" Han Sen heard someone ask.