Apocalypse: Master of Soul Beasts

”Hmm...”

After mulling it over for a moment, Wen Yu decisively said to Mo Xuan, ”Give an order to gather all the technical information currently available in Ling Yun City. These are our bargaining chips for transactions with the other world!”

It shouldn’t be ”our,” but ”my”!

Wen Yu added this in his mind, then issued another order.

”Take the manufacturing method for Enlightenment, split it in half, and give one part to our friends from the other world. Let them see the foundation and strength of our Universe of Immortals and Heroes!”

Using the stick first, then offering a carrot—tempting the military with half of Enlightenment’s technical information—was a simple tactic Wen Yu was also familiar with.

”Yes, Young Master!”

Mo Xuan accepted the order and departed.

「...」

Wen Yu, alone in the guest hall, squinted as his mind raced, ceaselessly calculating.

The dramatic change in his identity had indeed brought Wen Yu many surprises, but it also came with numerous troubles that he couldn’t resolve for the time being. Moreover, Wen Yu truly had a slight, unsettling premonition.

Once he acquired this identity, it meant he was inextricably bound to the Universe of Immortals and Heroes. The greatest problem lay in the Dominator’s attitude, and all of that was unknown.

Wen Yu was very afraid of the unknown...

Or, to be precise, Wen Yu was afraid of the unknown brought by the Dominator.

”Sigh...”

He seemed to recall what Qin Tian had once told him.

”It’s as if there’s an invisible vortex around you; all sorts of things are always happening...”

A vortex? It really seems to be the case...

「...」

Wen Yu’s brief thoughts were interrupted by Mo Xuan.

As the wooden door opened, Mo Xuan entered. He first bowed to Wen Yu, then gestured to those behind him.

A group of Skeletons dressed in Maid attire filed into the room, each holding a large tray.

Mo Xuan explained to Wen Yu, ”Young Master, these are items I selected from the warehouse that might be useful to you. Please take a look first. If you need anything else, let me know.”

Mo Xuan’s strength surpassed Wen Yu’s by a fair margin, so he naturally had a good idea of what Wen Yu currently needed.

Wen Yu nodded lightly, then turned his gaze to the tray held by the lead Maid.

On the lead Maid’s tray, three exquisitely decorated scrolls were displayed.

He lightly picked up the three scrolls, and a prompt immediately sounded in his mind:

**Flame Furnace (S-Class, Active Skills):** Upon activation, forms a high-strength shield around the body, suffused with Fire Attribute energy. The shield is cauldron-shaped, usable for both offense and defense, grants complete immunity to Fire Attribute Energy attacks, and possesses excellent defensive effects against other Attribute Energy attacks and Physical attacks.

After a brief mental calculation, Wen Yu directly placed this skill scroll into his space ring.

This skill could replace the Cyclops’s Beast Activation (A-Class, Passive ability), but there was little point. The Cyclops’s fighting style didn’t require strong defensive capabilities, as that would only hinder the effectiveness of its Mortal Combat.

**Elemental Will (S-Class, Passive Skill):** A professionist possessing this skill will experience an increase in the power of all their elemental Active Skills, with an enhancement effect of two hundred percent!

This one wasn’t bad, but it still wasn’t suitable for his soul pet. As for Wen Yu himself, he needed such a thing even less.

Currently, Wen Yu’s Skill System had largely taken shape. The Soul Battlefield formed its core, with Pitch-dark Divine Light merely supplementing his overall abilities.

He had Pitch-dark Divine Light, an S-class Pitch-dark type skill, and aimed for one S-Class or higher light-type skill. Beyond these, Wen Yu didn’t require any other non-Soul Attribute skills.

In other words, according to Wen Yu’s plan, he needed six Soul Skills to support the Soul Battlefield, transforming it into his most formidable trump card.

However, the only Soul Skill he currently possessed was Soul Strike (S-class, Passive Skill).

Placing the Elemental Will (S-Class, Passive Skill) scroll back into the space ring, Wen Yu turned his gaze to the final scroll.

「...」

**Destruction (S-Class, Passive Skill):** Fully unleashes the host’s inherent brutality factor. Once combat begins, the more damage the host inflicts on enemies, the stronger the host’s combat abilities become. Furthermore, blood spilled on the surrounding battlefield will provide additional healing effects for the host.

Seeing this skill, Wen Yu instantly brightened.

A powerful beast-type skill, and notably, it doesn’t specify a clear numerical augmentation.

Since the apocalypse began and the professionist system emerged, Wen Yu had come a long way. He had encountered a fair number of skills and could generally discern their quality.

The professionist system wasn’t like the online games Wen Yu had played before the apocalypse, where most skills explicitly stated their augmentation values. Such skills were typically low-end; even at high levels, their effects were always limited.

Conversely, skills with vague descriptions often proved far more impactful in actual combat.

”This skill is useful. Give it to the Cyclops.”

Without a moment’s thought, Wen Yu almost instantly decided who this skill belonged to.

Thanks to Mortal Combat, the Cyclops’s fighting style was to trade life for life. With the Blood and Flesh Badge (S-class, Passive Skill), the Cyclops could always come out ahead when trading life. Coupled with the near-instantaneous retrieval of soul pets in the Soul Realm space, it could be said that as long as Wen Yu didn’t make any major errors, the Cyclops’s life-trading combat style was, paradoxically, quite safe!

Now, this Destruction (S-Class, Passive Skill) was tantamount to further enhancing the Cyclops’s life-trading capabilities!

「...」

After examining all three skill scrolls, regardless of their immediate usefulness, Wen Yu unceremoniously stored all three in his space ring.

As for swapping the Cyclops’s skills, Wen Yu naturally wouldn’t do it in front of Mo Xuan and the others.

Furthermore, Wen Yu discovered another awkward problem: ...his space ring wasn’t big enough...

During his extensive tour of Ling Yun City, Wen Yu had come across many peculiar and strange items. Generally, they all fell into the ’tradable goods’ category. However, given his current status and identity, these things had effectively become a pile of mere decorations.

Similarly, Wen Yu couldn’t very well organize his space ring in front of Mo Xuan right now. The Young Master of the Universe of Immortals and Heroes, carrying a bunch of maternity and baby products? That would be completely unjustifiable.

Perhaps noticing Wen Yu’s predicament, Mo Xuan gestured to a Maid behind him.

The Maid, who had been standing at the rear, respectfully stepped forward and presented Wen Yu with a ring of simple, ancient design that emitted a faint white light.

”Young Master, I found this unintentionally in the warehouse. I thought you might need it, so I took the liberty of bringing it up.”

After speaking, Mo Xuan glanced at the space ring on Wen Yu’s hand.