The Legend of the Dragon King

Tang Wulin focused his eyes on the red radiance that enshrouded the two soul bones. Yes, there were two!

Those were obviously two shank bones. Tang Wulin assumed they were the left and right shank bones.

Was that the evil devil killer whale king’s left and right shank bones?

It lived up to its reputation as a Beast. It had these precious soul bones and actually produced two. Moreover, those were soul bones with a cultivation base of over one hundred thousand years!

The truth was, Tang Wulin had only managed to collect two soul bones before this. One was the core, the bone from the Mountain Dragon King’s torso, while the other was the bone from the right hand of that unyielding spirit soul from years ago, the Dreadclaw Bear.

The rarity of soul bones far surpassed high-ranking spirit souls. Throughout all of history, soul bones were seldom seen. Some were missing while some were damaged. There were very few that were passed down generations. Furthermore, not many soul beasts had survived into modern times. Soul bones were almost to be legendary items that were beyond the reach of soul masters.

Thus, being handed these the two shank bones was definitely considered a tremendous boost for him!

No wonder soul masters would hunt and kill soul beasts at all costs in the earlier years. A soul beast suitable to a soul master would elevate the soul master’s abilities substantially. Some especially rare soul bones would certainly result in qualitative leap in the soul master’s abilities. This was once a frequent occurrence among soul masters.

The soul beasts started going extinct precisely because of this. In humanity’s early days, they constantly struggled to stay alive due to the presence of soul beasts, so they built cities to keep them at bay. It was a world where only the fittest would survive.

Humans relied on their intelligence to develop themselves to their current level, and it had come to a point where they had to consider the ecological balance. If they did not and all the soul beasts were lost, relying on man-made spirit souls had its limitations. After all, there was still no technology capable of producing one-hundred thousand-year spirit souls. Moreover, there were still some differences between an artificial spirit soul and a real soul beast.

At the thought of this, Tang Wulin could not help recalling the Ten Thousand Beast Platform that he once entered during the Joust For A Spouse Festival. He had no choice but to acknowledge that it really was a world filled with vitality when he experienced the ancient soul beasts’ forest within it!

He had to admit that the Spirit Pagoda had made a huge contribution to the world by founding the Ten Thousand Beast Platform. What a waste that the soul beasts in there were just illusions.

He badly wanted to go back in time and take a look. He wanted to see how the soul beasts’ world was before. According to historical records, soul beasts launched countless beast tides to attack the humans in the past. Shrek City has endured multiple beast tide assaults in the past as well. Those were definitely major battles that could overturn the whole world.

“Hey, what are you thinking about?” He heard a pleasant voice. Tang Wulin turned his head to the side to take a look, only to be startled.

The devil soul great white shark had already made its way to his side without him noticing. One of its huge eyes was just a few feet away. It was watching him closely with a peculiar look.

Tang Wulin said, “Nothing. I was only thinking about what the soul beasts’ world looked like in the past.”

The devil soul great white shark giggled and said, “I don’t know about that. It’s hard for me to imagine the matters of your human world. Our sea has always been a happy place. We’re just sick of those nasty evil devil killer whales. Good thing you’re here to beat them up. Thank you!”

Tang Wulin realized that he had yet to be transported away from the location after this examination had ended. He wondered what was happening.

“Can you take me back to the shore?” Tang Wulin asked the devil soul great white shark.

“Yes, of course! But what would I get out of it?” As it spoke, it could not keep itself from leering at the two soul bones.

Tang Wulin felt speechless. He had just helped them to defeat their mortal enemy!

“What kind of reward would you like then?”

The devil soul great white shark giggled. “I’m only joking. I don’t want that evil devil killer whale king’s dirty soul bones. Moreover, only you humans can fuse with soul bones. I would like to ask you something. What do you think of me turning into a human being? Is it going to be fun? Just like what you call being reincarnated as a human being.”

Tang Wulin was stunned for a moment and said, “I don’t know about that. However, I read from historical records that soul beasts can choose to turn into human beings after cultivating to the one-hundred-thousand-year realm. Even though your growth will be very quick, there will still be a very long period of vulnerability. You will die a true death during the growing process if you are killed. Hence, you must make sure you keep your identity secret if you plan to become a human being. Don’t ever let anyone else know what you truly are. Otherwise, you’ll be in deep trouble.”

“I see! You humans are really evil for wanting to kill us!” said the devil soul great white shark princess resentfully.

Tang Wulin said helplessly, “You can’t say that either. During the earlier years, humans were prey for the soul beasts. It was only that there was a shift in who was strong and who was weak. We are trying our best to change the relationship between your kind and us. We are trying to fulfill the soul masters’ needs using manmade spirit souls. It’s true that the soul beasts on land are about to go extinct. Alright, please take me to the shore.”

A look of longing flashed past the devil soul great white shark princess’ eyes. “Your human world must be a lot of fun, right? I must go and have fun in the human world in the future.”

Tang Wulin smiled and said, “If you really are planning to become a human being, you must bear this in mind. Don’t ever tell humans that you were once a soul beast. The soul ring and soul bones of a one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast are too attractive to mankind. Greed will frequently result in catastrophes.”

“Hmm, hmm, understood. I’m actually still quite far from being that. My cultivation base is less than a ninety thousand years, so I’m not a real one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast. If I were, I wouldn’t be afraid of that evil devil killer whale king. I’m royalty. That’s why I gained my intelligence earlier and can speak your human language. I still have ten thousand years to go! I should be able to gain a one-hundred-thousand-year cultivation base by then. At that point, perhaps I will really choose to become a human being. Will you already be dead by then? I can’t look for you anymore, right?”

Tang Wulin could not help laughing and said, “That’s not for certain. Perhaps I will still be alive by then? If I’m still around, you can look for me if you need help with anything.”

The devil soul great white shark princess smiled and said, “Sure thing. Don’t forget our deal then. A promise is a promise. You owe me one.”

“Hmm, alright.” Tang Wulin agreed to it without paying too much attention. No one knew what would happen in ten thousand years. If he could not achieve Godhood, perhaps he would have already turned into dust and vanished from the course of history. Even if he could cultivate to God rank, perhaps he would be off looking for his parents somewhere in the cosmos. There would be a slim chance of him meeting this devil soul great white shark princess again.

The devil soul great white shark princess said, “Let’s go then. I’ll show you my ability. I’m actually very powerful, you see.” As it was speaking, its body swayed gently as if it was swimming forward and something unusual was happening. The seawater where it passed suddenly began to turn white and froze into ice. It was just the same with the seawater under Tang Wulin.

The buoyancy carried Tang Wulin’s body to the sea surface along with the ice.

Astonished, Tang Wulin asked, “Are you an ice attribute soul beast?”

If his memory served him right, the devil soul great white shark should not be equipped with elemental attributes!

“Yes, yes. I have variant abilities that not only affect my original natural attribute, but I’m also inherently attuned to the cold. Tee-hee. I gave myself a human name, would you like to know what it is?” the devil soul great white shark said with a smile.

“Sure!”

“I’m not going to tell you. Heh-heh-heh.”