Chapter 238: Chapter 119: Sixth-level Cold Pool, Overlord Soul Pet
Translator: 549690339
After they all agreed to go to the Sixth-Level Cold Pool, the five of them abandoned their original route and headed to the Cold Pool that was about half a day’s journey away.
Since the route was not very accurate, the five of them had to have a reasonable way to advance while moving forward.
Generally, when Soul Pet Masters walk in some dangerous areas, they must summon a soul pet with a strong sense of perception to ensure that they won’t be attacked by some well-disguised soul pets.
The second requirement is for a soul pet to scout ahead. This soul pet must be fast and smart, as the scouting pet is usually the first to enter other creatures’ territories. It should be able to escape safely and avoid accidentally entering the territories of powerful soul pets.
Of course, the most important thing when walking in the wild is to ensure a strong battle-ready soul pet is always by their side, ready to engage in battle at a moment’s notice if anything unexpected happens.
Chu Mu and his four companions all have many soul pets, whether for speed, perception, or battle. In situations like this, they would usually choose the most outstanding soul pets in these three aspects from among the five people.
“Huuuu huuuu-” Just as Chu Mu was planning to let the Night Thunder Dream Beast scout ahead with its fastest speed, Little MO Xie sent a signal from the Soul Pet Space to say that it had slept enough and wanted to move around.
There is no doubt about MO Xie’s speed. Additionally, in its adorable state, many powerful soul pets often mistake it for a small animal and don’t pay it any attention. Having MO Xie lead the way increases the safety factor a lot.
Since MO Xie volunteered to take on the task of scouting, Chu Mu didn’t have any objections. In fact, if the Night Thunder Dream Beast went scouting, Chu Mu wouldn’t have had another suitable mount.
Chu Mu chanted the spell and activated the Soul Contract Pattern to summon MO Xie in front of him.
Within the pattern, MO Xie’s petite and delicate figure gradually appeared. Its pure silver fur swayed gently, displaying a sense of beauty and nobility. The nine fluffy little tails wiggled, adding an adorable element to its gorgeous and noble appearance.
“What a cute little guy.” Seeing Chu Mu summon Little MO Xie, Ye Qingzi’s beautiful eyes immediately sparkled.
MO Xie, in its adorable state, is a super-cute pet that can win over the hearts of many women. A lot of the time when Chu Mu is walking down the street or in some situations, he often catches the attention of various women—primarily because of the cute little creature lying lazily on his shoulder.
Seeing Ye Qingzi with a wanting-to-hug MO Ye expression, Chu Mu also slightly curled the corners of his mouth. Ye Qingzi gave Chu Mu a more Imowledgeable and calm feeling. However, even so, she could not resist the allure of MO Ye’s affectionate state.
“Woo wo woo- ” MO Ye was very clean and did not like to be touched by people other than Chu Mu, so even though Ye Qingzi had a very full bosom, MO Ye still ignored the beautiful woman. After stretching its waist, it hopped and skipped happily to the front of the group to move around and breathe in the fresh air.
Seeing Little MO Ye go ahead to scout, Ye Qingzi showed some pity and asked Chu Mu softly: “It’s so delicate, won’t it be too dangerous to let it scout?”
“Hehe, Miss Ye, you worry too much, my fourth brother’s little pet is not that simple…” Chu Ning laughed on the side. Chu Ning would not forget Chu Mu’s Evil Flame Six-Tailed Demon Fox’s powerful defeat of Gangluo Nightmare Youth’s Ghostwing White Bone Blood Demon in Gangluo City. This little scouting fellow was obviously Chu Mu’s strongest Soul Pet!
“Cough cough—–” Chu Ning was about to mention the strength of Chu Mu’s Soul Pet when Chu Xing coughed to remind Chu Ning not to say too much.
Chu Ning immediately realized that Chu Mu seemed to have deliberately hidden his identity before and didn’t say anything further.
South Domain is a relatively remote region, so news there is much more delayed than in other places. Moreover, Chu Ning and Chu Xing were both busy with family affairs and didn’t pay attention to foreign matters. So in fact, Chu Ning and Chu Xing did not know about Chu Mu’s battle with Jia Feng in Jia Domain, nor did they know about Chu Mu’s MO Ye’s mutant transformation into the Nine-Tailed Crown Flame Fox that surpassed the Commanders in front of tens of thousands of people!
“It’s not that fragile.” Chu Mu replied but did not go into further explanation.
Ye Qingzi opened her delicate little mouth to say something, but seeing that Little MO Ye had already disappeared from her sight, she ended up not asking again.
Chu Mu’s MO Ye on his shoulder was undoubtedly the first choice for scouting, followed by Soul Pets with perception abilities.
When it comes to perception abilities, there is nothing more suitable than Demon Spirit Soul Pets with powerful spiritual power. Chu Mu’s Night Thunder Dream Beast and Purple Gown Dream Beast both had strong perception abilities, and both Soul Pets were also their mounts, so there was no need to summon them deliberately. They just had to ride them forward.
Of course, Ye Qingzi’s Purple Gown Dream Beast had a purer Demon Spirit attribute, and its perception ability would be a bit stronger than Chu Mu’s Night Thunder Dream Beast.
As for combat power, Ye Wansheng, Chu Ning, and Chu Xing were responsible for that. Chu Xing and Chu Ning’s Bright Horned Beasts could be ridden and had a strong combat power, with high overall attributes. If something were to happen, they would be able to respond well.
Ye Wansheng was still riding his Starfield Devil Steed, his other soul pets didn’t have the ability to conceal their aura, so he hadn’t summoned them yet. He himself said that he would summon them the moment a battle situation arose.
In the wild, it’s important not to summon too many soul pets. If there are too many soul pets that cannot conceal their aura, they naturally would be detected by other creatures. When encountering soul pet attacks on the road, it is best to minimize the battle situation, if a single soul pet can deal with it, try not to summon a second one. First, it trains each soul pet’s combat power, second, it saves the soul pet master’s soul power, after all, the soul power consumed by summoning soul pets is considerable.
Therefore, except for increasing MO Ye’s role as a scout, there wasn’t much change among the five people’s soul pets. Of course, this was because all five of them had experience in the wilderness, and naturally, they adapted to this most reasonable summoning habit when summoning soul pets for the first time.
With the existence of two powerful dream beasts capable of sensing at the seventh stage, everyone deliberately avoided some soul pets along the way. Plus, with MO Ye finding the best route, they were already very close to the sixth-level cold pool before nightfall, which would have taken half a day to approach.
Instead of heading to the sixth-level cold pool overnight, the group chose a relatively concealed place to rest, waiting to scout the situation first, then considering their next course of action.
“There were still quite a few soul pets wandering around when we entered the mountain just now. Presumably, the other soul pet teams haven’t thought of a way to bypass the other soul pet groups and directly penetrate into the sixth-level cold pool.” Chu Xing said.
“You guys rest here, I’ll go check the situation and see if there’s any way to bypass the soul pet groups on the outskirts.” Chu Mu said.
The sixth-level cold pool was located at the top of the mountain. This mountain did not rise gently with a slope, but rather had an irregular gradient. The mountain occupied a vast area but had an average height, which made it feel more like being on a rocky plateau.
Therefore, in such a dense soul pet group situation, it was necessary to find a reasonable way to pass through these groups and directly reach the central highest position.
“It’s not too safe for you to go alone.” Chu Xing said worriedly.
If he went forward alone and was accidentally discovered, it would be easy to get trapped inside, making it difficult to escape.
“It’s always not safe to go alone. Qingzi, your dream beasts are also suitable for night activities. You go with Chu Chen.” Ye Wansheng said.
Ye Wansheng saying this made Chu Xing and Chu Ning give him a strange look, wondering why this guy would ask his sister to do such a dangerous thing.
“Alright, let’s go.” Ye Qingzi nodded to Chu Mu.
Dream beasts are stronger at night in various attributes, and so are the Purple Robe Dream Beasts. Without considering the factor of danger for a girl, she was indeed more suitable to go with Chu Mu.
“Both of you be careful.” Chu Xing knew that he was not suitable for this mission, so he warned them and said nothing more.
Ye Wansheng, however, was really unreliable. When Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi left riding their respective soul pets, he deliberately said: “Chu Chen, bring my sister back safely. If it’s not safe, like being chased by hundreds of soul pets, don’t come back. It’s better for two people to die than for all five of us.”
Hearing Ye Wansheng’s words, Chu Mu couldn’t help but smile, finding this Ye Wansheng rather unique. Generally, for temporary teams, few people would joke with teammates like this, especially when his sister was going with them.
“You don’t have to bother about what he says.” Ye Qingzi said indifferently to Chu Mtl.
“You guys don’t seem to be from around here?” Chu Mu tentatively asked.
“Yes, we are from another region. We haven’t been here for long.” Ye Qingzi replied.
Chu Mu was slightly surprised by her answer. He had asked this question only to find out which region Ye Qingzi was from, but he had not expected that she was not from this region.
The Soul Pets World is generally divided into regions, domains, and cities. The
Western Region includes many domains such as Jia Domain, Luo Domain, West Lingcheng Domain, and South Domain. Chu Mu was very unfamiliar with those regions.
Since they were from another region and had not been here for long, they probably didn’t know much about the information here.
The reason Chu Mu went by the alias Chu Chen was because of Xia Guanghan’s influence.
Chu Mu’s mother, Liu Binglan, was a member of the Soul Hall. Soul Hall and Nightmare Demon Palace had always been on bad terms. Liu Binglan would like to get rid of Xia Guanghan if possible, but if Xia Guanghan hid, it might not be easy to find him. Chu Mu himself could still be schemed against by Xia Guanghan if he exposed his whereabouts. In addition, it was not certain what kind of character Princess Jinrou still had, and Chu Mu had to be prepared to guard against her before he really got to know her.
“You can ignore what he says.” Ye Qingzi said lightly to Chu Mu.
“You seem to be not from around here?” Chu Mu asked tentatively.
“Yes, we are from another world. We haven’t been here for long.” Ye Qingzi said.
Chu Mu was startled, he asked this question only to know which domain Ye
Qingzi was from, but he didn’t expect that Ye Qingzi was not from this domain.
After passing a mountain staircase, one could see many soul pets wandering in the night. The Sin-Origin Mountain range was rich in ore resources, and even precious crystal stones would occasionally appear. These ores and crystal stones were formed by gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and they contained a lot of energy. Many soul pets fed on these ores and crystal stones to enhance their strength.
Aside from the famous Cold Pool in the Sin-Origin Mountain range, its rock crystals were also very well-known. During the periods when the Cold Pool dried up, many Soul Pet Masters would specifically come to this mountain range to search for rock crystals.
The use and value of rock crystals were close to that of Rock Attribute Soul Crystals. Finding a high-quality Level 6 rock crystal was equivalent to earning hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and if one was lucky enough to find a Level 7 Soul Crystal, it was worth one to two million gold coins. Occasionally, in the Cold Pool City, one could also hear about powerful soul pet teams obtaining Level 8 Soul Crystals worth nearly tens of millions.
Chu Mu’s Night Thunder Dream Beast had reached the seventh rank, so Chu Mu felt it was time to save up some money and buy a Level 7 Soul Crystal for the Night Thunder Dream Beast, making its attribute even more dominant.
In addition, the Ice-Feathered Spirit hadn’t yet possessed any power crystals that could enhance the lethality of its Ice Attribute Skills. Chu Mu felt it necessary to purchase a Xuan Crystal Soul Orb worth 5 million gold coins to enhance the strength of the Ice-Feathered Spirit.
Also, the Vampire Wood for the Demon Tree Warrior hadn’t been purchased yet. Having the Crown Blood Fat without the Vampire Wood, the Demon Tree Warrior still couldn’t possess the Blood Suck skill. The price of Vampire Wood was roughly around 3 million gold coins.
As for Zhan Ye, it goes without saying. Apart from its normal bug attribute, the other attributes were not very reliable. To truly become a powerful soul pet capable of crossing levels, its attributes needed to be strengthened and its skills needed to be increased. One could say that Zhan Ye was like a bottomless pit here, endlessly devouring any amount of money thrown at it.
White Nightmare Demon and MO Ye had pretty high levels, and their strength growth was quite significant. There wasn’t much need to add any abilities to them too early, because with the increase in their stages, they would naturally comprehend and possess more powerful skills and abilities.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that the White Nightmare Demon and MO Ye wouldn’t need to spend money. Chu Mu temporarily didn’t spend money on them because their abilities at this stage were already quite overpowered.
These abilities allowed Chu Mu to easily dominate young experts, but as Chu
Mu’s strength grew and he encountered stronger enemies, White Nightmare Demon and MO Ye would definitely need to be strengthened. And enhancing these two monarch-level combat soul pets was not something that could be solved with just a few million gold coins; it could easily cost tens of millions or even more.
Chu Mu’s trip to the Sin-Origin Mountain range was to make a lot of money, or else he would not be able to justify the potential of his soul pets.
So, in fact, when Ye Wansheng mentioned hiding on a certain necessary path to rob full-loaded soul pet teams, Chu Mu was actually somewhat tempted.
“We should be venturing into the territory of the Star-devouring Wolf soon. They have very sensitive noses, so we need to be cautious,” said Ye Qingzi to Chu Mu.
Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi had already traveled about two hundred meters. The path was not easy, as various wandering soul pets were found along the way. These soul pets could be seen either in battle, digging through rocks, hunting, or taking a leisurely stroll after eating their fill. In any case, it was essential not to provoke them.
“Alright, stay close to me. The dark aura of my Night Thunder Dream Beast can help hide your Dream Beast,” Chu Mu replied.
The Star-devouring Wolf is a War General Level Soul Pet, possessing more intelligence than a Horror Wolf. These creatures are active both night and day. On a starlit night, their black bodies would reflect the starlight, creating shimmering patches of illumination.
The shimmering patches would generally indicate that they are in a non-combat state. When they are stalking or fighting, they would conceal these patches of starlight.
Star-devouring Wolves have a racial skill called Star Condensation. As long as there are stars, their combat power will increase. The denser the starlight, the stronger they become.
“Night, cast Dreamland,” Chu Mu communicated through his soul sense to the Night Thunder Dream Beast.
A dim light emanated from the dream horn of the Night Thunder Dream Beast. The light instantly vanished into the darkness and gradually transformed into spiritual waves, causing ten Star-devouring Wolves searching for ores and crystal stones nearby to enter into a dream state.
It was challenging to traverse through the territory of the Star-devouring
Wolves. Along the way, Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi continuously ordered their Dream Beasts to cast the Dreamland skill. Only after the Star-devouring Wolves up ahead entered the dream state would they continue forward.
“Once we pass through this Star-devouring Wolf territory, we should arrive in the Sixth-level Cold Pool area,” Chu Mu told Ye Qingzi through soul sense.
After commanding the Purple Robe Dream Beast to leap onto the rocky high ground, Ye Qingzi also saw a broader view. The area was empty and no soul pets could be seen roaming nearby.
Generally, around a Cold Pool, there would be various groups of creatures. This is because the special spiritual land produces many spirit items. These spirit items are coveted by strong soul pets, enabling them to increase their power more quickly.
“I didn’t see any other Soul Pets within three hundred meters, only in the
Star-devouring Wolves territory. It seems that this Sixth-level Sin-Origin Cold Pool isn’t claimed by a particular group but rather by a single, powerful Soul Pet,” Ye Qingzi said.
Chu Mu glanced at Ye Qingzi. Through their days together, he found that Ye
Qingzi knew a lot, some things he had never heard of before. He had to ask Master Li to learn about them. It was indeed rare for her to determine from such a small detail that the guardian of the Cold Spring Pool was a powerful soul pet. After all, only those who often traveled in the outside world would have such awareness.
If the cold spring pool was monopolized, it would definitely mean that this soul pet was very powerful. After all, the entire star-swallowing wolf clan did not dare to provoke it. As a result, obtaining the water from a sixth-level cold spring pool would become more difficult.
“You scout the surrounding area and see if there are any other teams. I’ll go deeper and take a closer look at the overlord soul pet.” Chu Mu said to Ye Qingzi.
“These soul pets usually have strong perception abilities. Your Night Thunder Dream Beast might be able to hide its aura, but if you don’t hide yourself properly, you’ll still be detected. It’s better not to be too reckless.” Ye Qingzi said.
“Don’t worry, I won’t alert it. Be careful yourself, and if anything happens, notify my soul pet through the remnants of Demon Spirit, and I’ll be there as soon as possible.” Chu Mu said.
Seeing that Chu Mu had made up his mind to approach, Ye Qingzi couldn’t stop him anymore. She controlled the Dream Beast and began to explore the area without any other soul pets.
Chu Mu, riding on the Night Thunder Dream Beast, passed through the gigantic rocks, slowly approaching the soul pet.
“Night, based on your perception, can you guess the strength of that overlord soul pet?” Chu Mu asked.
“Hui-” The Night Thunder Dream Beast quickly gave Chu Mu an answer, saying that the opponent was not a monarch, but there was a possibility that it was a strengthened commander at the eighth rank or above.
If it was a commander, Chu Mu could feel a little more at ease. Since his soul sense had reached the Soul Lord level, as long as he didn’t actively release his soul sense to investigate, he wouldn’t be detected so easily.
Despite having no interference from other soul pets, Chu Mu moved cautiously through the 300-meter distance. After all, a soul pet above the eighth rank had its own sense perception range. Even if Chu Mu had a stronger soul sense, he would be discovered once he got too close, so he needed to tread carefully on the edge of this commander’s perception threshold.
“Hui-
Suddenly, the Night Thunder Dream Beast made a sound, signaling Chu Mu to give up on moving forward.
At the next moment, Chu Mu sensed a strong aura and immediately had the Night Thunder Dream Beast hide behind a large rock barrier.
“I can’t see the soul pet from this distance.” Chu Mu stared, but the rock barriers blocked his view, and he couldn’t see the cold pool or the overlord soul pet occupying it.
“Wuuwuu-
Little MO Xie, perched on Chu Mu’s shoulder, immediately made a sound, ready to attempt it under the guise of Chu Lian-
MO Xie, now in a moonlit state, could barely be promoted from the sixth rank, stage six to the seventh rank. Even if the commanding soul pet saw through her, it would be no problem for MO Xie, as a monarch, to escape at that speed.
MO Xie, small and exquisite, passed through the rock barriers and gradually disappeared from Chu Mu’s sight. Chu Mu and the Night Thunder Dream Beast waited quietly.
About five minutes later, under the moonlight, Little MO Xie hopped back to Chu Mu’s side. MO Xie had been with Chu Mu for a long time and could also judge the strength of other soul pets. After returning, she immediately informed Chu Mu of what she saw.
“Ten meters in size, full of rock spikes, dark brown skin, a snake-like skull that’s quite large, a body similar to a demon tree warrior, and a stone centipede tail…” Chu Mu stroked his chin, pondering what this soul pet was.
“It should be an elemental-world rock type, Centipede-tailed Giant Rock Demon, right?” At this time, Master Li also promptly showcased his experience.
“Yeah, it seems to be around the eighth rank, stage two. Rock type defenses are the strongest, and it’s no wonder our soul pets wouldn’t be able to break its defense easily. These star-swallowing wolves, no matter how many they are, would find it difficult to cause any real harm to it.” Chu Mu murmured.
Just as Chu Mu was deep in thought, the Night Thunder Dream Beast suddenly reminded him that it had received information from the Purple Gown Dream Beast.
At this moment, Chu Mu immediately realized that something might have happened to Ye Qingzi. He controlled the Night Thunder Dream Beast and galloped in the direction where Ye Qingzi had left!
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