Dragon's Origin

Chapter 653: Looting the Spoils of War (Part 2)

The old Daoist didn't delay either, performing the same actions, activating two soul tablets and rushing to the location of the two super beast corpses.

It wasn't that Wang Sheng and the old Daoist were deliberately wasteful, but rather that neither of them knew if these blank soul tablets, which seemed to only be able to collect nine-star level Yuan Souls, could collect the Yuan Souls of these two super beasts. Using two tablets increased the chances of success.

As soon as the formation was activated, both Wang Sheng and the old Daoist felt a tightening in their hands, immediately realizing that a powerful suction force seemed to be trying to pull the two soul tablets away.

Neither of them had ever used soul tablets before, and they didn't know what would happen after using them, but it was clear that the formation was effective.

Ordinary Yuan Souls were definitely not the cause, and with Wang Sheng and the old Daoist's cultivation levels, Legendary Realm Yuan Souls wouldn't be a problem. The reason for this resisting pull was obvious; it couldn't be anything other than the two newly deceased super beasts.

Generally speaking, the best way to collect a Yuan Soul from a beast is right after it dies. The only newly dead beasts here were the two super beasts, the super sperm whale and the super giant squid.

Countless marine creatures had died within a hundred miles, but all of them had died during the battle between these two behemoths. Within this range, there wasn't a single living thing that had managed to hold on until now. So, apart from the Yuan Souls of the two super beasts, there was no other possibility.

The powerful suction almost caught Wang Sheng off guard, nearly causing him to throw the soul tablet. But Wang Sheng reacted quickly, instantly gripping the tablet tightly to prevent it from slipping, while carefully and continuously channeling spiritual Qi into it.

Turning to look at the old Daoist, he saw that the old Daoist also had a solemn expression, gripping the soul tablet with both hands and carefully dealing with the situation.

This force was sudden, but not exceptionally strong. After a while, it wasn't as powerful, and Wang Sheng could easily hold the tablet without worrying about it flying away.

Although he couldn't see it, Wang Sheng had a very mysterious feeling, as if something was drilling into the two soul tablets in his hands.

Is this collecting a Yuan Soul? Wang Sheng closed his eyes, sensing this magical process, when suddenly his expression changed drastically.

There were only two Yuan Souls, but both of Wang Sheng's soul tablets were absorbing, and both of the old Daoist's soul tablets were also absorbing. Which soul tablet would the two Yuan Souls enter?

Previously, they were worried that a single soul tablet wouldn't be able to withstand the super strong Yuan Soul, and they couldn't determine if each tablet would be able to absorb successfully, so they used two tablets each, for a total of four, to increase the success rate of collecting the Yuan Souls. Even if each tablet only had a 50% success rate, they should succeed, right? If it was only 25%, perhaps they could only collect one of the two Yuan Souls.

But this created a new problem now. What to do? Neither Wang Sheng nor the old Daoist had expected that such simple soul tablets could deal with the Yuan Souls of such terrifying super beasts.

What to do? Stop one of them? Wang Sheng decisively made a decision, then stopped channeling spiritual Qi into his left hand, leaving only the soul tablet in his right hand still receiving Qi. At the same time, he shouted at Lingxu Old Daoist: "Stop one soul tablet."

The old Daoist had obviously noticed this situation and was struggling with what to do. When Wang Sheng's words reached him, the old Daoist immediately felt as if he had found his backbone, and immediately stopped channeling spiritual Qi into one of the soul tablets.

At sea, the old Daoist almost always obeyed Wang Sheng, never having any different opinions. Even if he didn't understand, he would ask first, and wouldn't question. Because the old Daoist knew very well that in terms of cultivation, he could beat ten Wang Shengs, but when it came to understanding the sea, one Wang Sheng was worth ten or a hundred of him.

The effect was very significant. That invisible and intangible thing frantically poured into one soul tablet, and a blurry shadow slowly began to appear on the tablet, and a little bit of纹(wén) pattern began to appear around it.

The pattern that appeared was black. Is this nine-star level? Wang Sheng felt that this was probably because the soul tablet could only mark nine-star Yuan Souls at most. These two super Yuan Souls could never be just nine-star level.

The process of frantically collecting was very fast. Wang Sheng could feel the movement of the Yuan Soul entering the soul tablet even with his eyes closed. At this rate, it probably wouldn't take long to complete.

Just as this thought arose, the soul tablet in Wang Sheng's hand suddenly made a soft "crack" sound, and Wang Sheng's gaze instantly fixed on it.

The soul tablet, made of the best wood, now had a small crack on it. Even more terrifying, Wang Sheng had already realized that if he continued to collect, the crack would get bigger and bigger, and the final outcome of the soul tablet would be to split into two pieces.

What to do? In a flash of lightning, Wang Sheng suddenly saw the other soul tablet in his left hand. Without thinking, he immediately activated the left-hand tablet, while stopping the input of spiritual Qi into the right hand. At the same time, he didn't forget to remind the old Daoist: "Alternate between the two soul tablets!"

The old Daoist's actions were always a step slower than Wang Sheng's, but he had heard clearly what had just happened. As soon as Wang Sheng made a sound, the old Daoist already knew what had happened. Before Wang Sheng could remind him, the old Daoist had already started another soul tablet according to Wang Sheng's method, and stopped the current soul tablet.

Sure enough, the process of absorbing the Yuan Soul began to continue in another soul tablet. The soul tablet just now temporarily stopped absorbing the Yuan Soul, and there was no immediate danger of cracking.

While controlling another soul tablet to continue collecting, Wang Sheng raised his hand and looked at the cracked soul tablet, and couldn't help but frown.

The surroundings of the soul tablet had already been shrouded in a circle of dense patterns that could not be seen clearly, pure black, much thicker than the edge patterns of the soul tablet Wang Sheng had seen when he first came to this world, and the color was also much darker.

The central area, according to ordinary soul tablets, usually displays the blurred shape of the Yuan Soul, and this soul tablet was no exception. But no matter how Wang Sheng looked at it, this soul tablet only showed half of the shape of the super Yuan Soul. Because there was only half a fish on it, the outline of the super sperm whale's hind body, the whale tail, could be recognized at a glance.

The reason why there was only half was because the iconic big head of the super sperm whale was not displayed at all. How could Wang Sheng's eyesight be mistaken?

Picking up the other soul tablet that was still absorbing the Yuan Soul, Wang Sheng immediately saw the blurred outline of the sperm whale's big head. The shape was too conspicuous to be mistaken.

Now Wang Sheng completely understood that a single soul tablet could not hold the super Yuan Soul at all, so it would be cracked. Two soul tablets might be able to hold it, but Wang Sheng didn't know if the two soul tablets could still guarantee the integrity of the super Yuan Soul.