: Developing by stepping on the blood of soul beasts, maximizing profits.

Chapter 74: Developing by stepping on the blood of soul beasts, maximizing profits.

While the women were still pondering what Dai Yichen had just said, the diary continued to be read.

To be honest, this world is vastly different from other fantasy cultivation worlds I knew from my previous life, not only in terms of combat power, but also in the interdependent relationship between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.

In other fantasy worlds, no matter how powerful human cultivators are, spirit beasts and exotic creatures can still fight them off, with neither side able to completely annihilate the other. But in the world of Douluo Continent, things are strange. Soul Masters are becoming stronger and more advanced, while Soul Beasts are becoming increasingly weak.

In other fantasy worlds, humans cultivate by using various techniques and martial arts to improve their strength, unlike in the Douluo Continent where Soul Masters need to hunt Soul Beasts to absorb Soul Rings to break through bottlenecks. Those human cultivators use the cores of exotic beasts for alchemy or their essence blood to enhance their strength, but even so, the prices are extremely high, making them unaffordable for ordinary people.

In the Douluo Continent, ordinary Soul Masters need to hunt Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Rings in order to improve their strength. Although most commoners cannot cultivate, there are still many Soul Masters. In addition, Soul Beasts cultivate slowly, so the supply simply cannot meet the demand.

[In this timeline, Soul Masters and Soul Beasts were relatively balanced, since Soul Masters' needs for Soul Beasts were limited to Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and Soul Beast flesh. However, after thousands of years of development and the widespread availability of elixirs and various types of Soul Tools, Soul Masters' needs for Soul Beasts have expanded beyond this; they now require the essence and blood of Soul Beasts for alchemy!]

One of the pills, called the Profound Water Pill, requires the essence blood of more than ten kinds of water-attribute soul beasts. This necessitates hunting down the corresponding soul beasts. Essence blood is the essence of a soul beast's blood, and its quantity is limited. Furthermore, alchemy has a chance of failure; even with more than ten water-attribute soul beasts, it might not yield more than a few Profound Water Pills.

[This is just one type of pill; there are other, more advanced pills, which increases the demand from soul beasts. After that, so-called battle armor appeared—artificial armor that could greatly enhance a soul master's abilities. At that time, even the lowest-grade one-word battle armor allowed a Soul King to fight a Soul Saint, and a two-word battle armor allowed a Soul Emperor to fight a Soul Douluo!]

[After so much development, the combat power of Soul Kings in later generations is much higher than it is now. If a current Soul King were to wear a One-Word Battle Armor, they might not just be fighting against a Soul Saint, but defeating one! The production of Battle Armor is extremely difficult, requiring not only large amounts of precious metals, but also the hides and skeletons of Soul Beasts, as well as Soul Cores condensed using special methods, and so on.]

[It can be said that the development of Soul Masters is achieved by trampling on the lives of Soul Beasts. In my opinion, isn't the will of this world far too unfriendly to Soul Beasts? Although I am human, I find it hard to watch. This kind of development seems like drinking poison to quench thirst.]

[If things continue like this, the soul beast race will eventually be wiped out. When that happens, without the threat of the soul beasts, internal strife will inevitably erupt, and conflicts among humans will intensify.]

While other fantasy worlds also have external aids like elixirs and magical artifacts, this situation doesn't occur there. So why does this happen to the soul beast race in the Douluo Continent world? Is it because the soul beast race is too fragile?

Hyotei, Yukitetsu, Gintoki, and Mai:

We still have some dignity, thank you.

But they were genuinely shocked by what Dai Yichen said. Was the future of the soul beast race really so tragic?

They now require not only soul rings and soul bones, but also fur, flesh, and skeletons—they don't waste a single thing!

The group of people all seemed to be gritting their teeth.

The Zhu sisters were curious: since the battle armor was also armor worn by soul masters, was there any difference between it and Yi Chen's martial soul?

(I have a question: when a Soul Master wears Battle Armor, can they still maintain their Martial Soul True Form? The form has completely changed~~)

If Dai Yichen knew the questions in their hearts, he could only say that as long as his martial soul rings were all amplifying soul skills, then the battle armor was really no better than his own. Moreover, his martial soul had infinite possibilities, but the battle armor did not.

The Ice Emperor, the Snow Emperor, and even the Three-Eyed Golden Lion couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that ten thousand years later, or even tens of thousands of years later, there wouldn't be any powerful soul beasts that could stop all of this?

The Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor had a premonition that, in the original story, they would not be able to survive the great calamity ten thousand years later, and probably there was no way out.

But isn't Di Tian still in the Star Dou Great Forest?

The entire Soul Beast race is facing annihilation. As the strongest member of the Soul Beast race, shouldn't he step forward to take charge?

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was thinking, even if Di Tian couldn't solve it, what about that other one?

The three-eyed golden lion glanced furtively at the Lake of Life, a hint of doubt in its eyes.

Although Di Tian is powerful, he is still below the god level and it is understandable that he cannot fight against so many human powerhouses ten thousand years later. However, after so many years of recuperation, the Silver Dragon King's injuries should have healed almost completely.

The Silver Dragon King is a god-level being, yet he still couldn't protect the soul beast race?

As the ruler of all soul beasts, Gu Yuena is responsible for protecting not only the dragon race, but also other soul beast races!

Little did she know that Gu Yuena was also a hopeless romantic, having fallen in love with Tang Wulin, Tang San's descendant.

In the end, the two fought a great battle to resolve the conflict between humans and soul beasts. In the end, Gu Yuena was stabbed in the heart by Tang Wulin with the Golden Dragon Spear.

With her strength, she could have avoided the fatal injury, but because of her love for Tang Wulin, she gave up resisting and fighting back. After accidentally killing Gu Yuena, Tang Wulin also chose to die for love.

It does seem like a tragic and beautiful love story, but from the perspective of the soul beast race, Gu Yuena's actions completely disregarded their safety and abandoned the responsibilities she bore.

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Human soul masters can do without Tang Wulin, but the soul beast race cannot do without Gu Yuena!

With both of them dead, another "Tang Wulin" will appear in the Soul Master world in the near future, but it will never be possible for a Soul Beast to appear that can rival Gu Yuena.

Gu Yuena has lived for so long, unlike Xiao Wu and A Yin, and has seen a lot of things, but in the end she still lost to love. If Di Tian knew that he had protected her for so many years, only to get such an outcome, wouldn't he be very unwilling?

Love does indeed possess an extraordinary magic; once you fall into it, you can lose your true self.

Unless the conflict between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts is fundamentally resolved, Gu Yuena, as the ruler of all Soul Beasts, will ultimately be unable to be with someone even if she falls in love with them, unless one of them is willing to give up their own life.

(End of this chapter)