As a faint purple glow flickered across the surface of the copper ring on Luo Xiu's finger, countless phantom tentacles burst forth, coalescing into a large hand.
Morris's pale red soul, continuously swelling and contracting, was dragged out of the ring by this phantom hand.
Luo Xiu pressed his palm down, and Morris's soul was compressed and melted into the etched wolf hide.
The etched wolf hide began to vibrate violently, and the Abyss Inscription drawn on its surface simultaneously emitted an extremely strange and dangerous dark glow.
Luo Xiu stepped back, closely watching the changes before him.
At this moment, the soul and the vessel were merging and assimilating… Luo Xiu knew this carried a certain degree of danger and would also take a considerable amount of time.
Luo Xiu silently counted his heartbeats.
As his heart contracted and beat for the one hundred and eighth time, a large amount of purple mist-like aura burst forth from the purple patterns of the etched wolf hide, converging and forming a giant purple cocoon.
"This means it's a success…"
Luo Xiu let out a long breath. The Abyss Beast Summoning had passed its highest failure rate stage.
And after this, it was the most exciting part—
Blind box opening time!
Although Luo Xiu had limited the scope of the Abyss Beast Summoning with the etched wolf hide, the specific Abyss Beast summoned could only be determined after the summoning was complete.
A moment later, cracks began to appear on the surface of the cocoon.
Soft "bip-bop" sounds echoed, and the cocoon shell began to shatter and peel away like glass.
A black and red claw was the first to break out of the cocoon!
Subsequently, a wolf-like creature with skin like dense fog and fur as striking as fresh blood appeared in Luo Xiu's vision.
—It was an Abyss Beast with the appearance of a wolf, but twice as large as a normal wolf; its front half was solidified by some power, while its back half had no physical form, consisting entirely of phantoms and blood mist.
At this moment, it was cautiously observing everything around it with a pair of golden eyes.
"Shadow Eater Wolf…"
Luo Xiu murmured softly. Although this was not the strongest Abyss Beast Luo Xiu had hoped to summon, for Luo Xiu, who only had 1 point of luck, this was already a very good result.
And just as the Shadow Eater Wolf was successfully summoned, a summon panel for "Shadow Eater Wolf" popped up in Luo Xiu's vision.
【Shadow Eater Wolf (Lv.18)】
【Species: Demon / Contract Abyss Beast】
【Threat Level: Dangerous】
【Health: 120/120, Mana: 12/12】
【Physical Attack: 28, Magic Attack: 16, Defense Reduction: 8】
【Attributes: Strength 14, Constitution 12, Agility 12, Wisdom 8, Divinity 4, Perception 14, Resistance 8, Luck 4】
【… 】
【Skills and Traits Overview】
【Shadow Eater (Innate Skill): A hunter that feeds on shadows. Attacking an enemy's shadow is considered attacking the main body.】
【Devour Dark Abyss (Racial Trait): A creature born from the Abyss, possessing the ability to devour the power and souls of others to strengthen itself.】
【Contract Beast (Contract Trait): This creature is summoned by contract and is limited by the contractor—in its current state, its maximum level does not exceed the contractor's by more than 10 levels. If the threshold is exceeded, dynamic adjustment will occur to match the threshold.】
【… 】
"Chhh… Chhh…"
The Shadow Eater Wolf let out a low growl from its throat, its phantom tail hanging low, as it slowly approached Luo Xiu.
Based on level conversion, the Shadow Eater Wolf was equivalent to an Over Transcendent with basic attributes reaching Second Fate, belonging to the "Demon" or "Magical Beast" type.
When the Shadow Eater Wolf walked to Luo Xiu's feet, it lowered itself, sniffed lightly, and then extended its tongue, beginning to lick the surface of Luo Xiu's short boots.
This was an expression of goodwill. Luo Xiu squatted down and gently stroked the Shadow Eater Wolf's back.
Although the Shadow Eater Wolf had flame-like fur, its touch was surprisingly soft and smooth when stroked.
As Luo Xiu's hand stroked it, the Shadow Eater Wolf began to half-close its eyes, letting out a soft "Owoooooh~" sound from the corner of its mouth.
This made Luo Xiu momentarily have a certain illusion…
He felt as if he was stroking a husky with different colored fur…
However, after making contact with the "Shadow Eater Wolf," and based on its reaction, Luo Xiu also let go of his guard against "potential backlash."
The Shadow Eater Wolf was an extremely fierce Abyss Beast, but once tamed, accepted, and acknowledged its master, it would become quite docile. This was Luo Xiu's previous life experience.
"Good boy, good boy…"
Luo Xiu gently stroked the Shadow Eater Wolf's back, pondering, "What should I call you… Doggie? Little Husky…?"
"Owooooh?" The Shadow Eater Wolf tilted its head, stopped licking his feet, and looked at Luo Xiu with a questioning gaze, expressing its protest against these names.
After some hard thinking, Luo Xiu finally found inspiration from myths of his previous life and decided on a suitable name.
"It's decided!" Luo Xiu clapped his hands, "From now on, I'll call you Fenrir."
"Owooooh!" Fenrir wagged its tail happily, as if expressing its fondness for the name.
From Luo Xiu's perspective, giving the Shadow Eater Wolf this name was a sign of his high hopes for it…
He hoped that Fenrir would quickly grow stronger and eventually truly become a powerful divine beast like the "Giant Wolf Fenrir" from Norse mythology in his previous life.
However, it was still too early to think about these things. There were more important matters to attend to right now.
Luo Xiu never forgot that there was still an enemy unresolved!
If the Blood Disciple named Fuld were allowed to escape, the subsequent course of events would also deviate unpredictably.
"Fenrir, let's go…" Luo Xiu stood up, taking Fenrir with him as he left the abandoned house and walked towards the depths of Dawn Town's shadows.
…
Meanwhile, in a deep alley in Dawn Town.
"Huff, huff…"
Heavy panting echoed in a shadowy spot.
The figure under the Darkness cloak was gasping for breath, his body covered in striking and terrifying Scars.
"Damn it, damn Morris…"
This cloaked figure was none other than the Blood Disciple Fuld. He felt the danger gradually approaching from behind him, clutching the bone whistle Morris had given him not long ago.
"What a broken bone whistle… what borrowed power…"
Fuld's eyes widened, and he cursed in a low, vicious voice:
"Blowing this f***ing bone whistle, nothing happened… nothing happened!!!"
Not long after sneaking into Dawn Town, Fuld encountered the enemy he least wanted to meet.
—Intis, the traitor of Blood of Thorns, who had stolen the two-faced puppet and fled!
He was ambushed by Intis on the spot and suffered quite severe injuries. He managed to escape from that almost humiliating battle under the cover of night, hiding in this secluded deep alley.
Judging from Intis's method of ambush, she had long prepared an ambush for those who would pursue her!
And at this very moment, Intis, tracking the blood trail, was continuously approaching Fuld's hiding place.