Apocalypse: Master of Soul Beasts

”So, boss, what do you plan to do next?”

Hearing Victor’s question, Wen Yu smiled as he looked at the desolate African continent behind him: ”Me? Don’t you think that place is just perfect for me?”

”Are you thinking of going back to continue fighting them?”

Wen Yu nodded.

”I have the Heaven-covering Robe, so they won’t be able to find me. Plus, with my skills, even if I can’t win, I can still escape. In short, after thinking about it, I realized that staying on the African continent is actually a great choice for me.”

”As for you guys, the Celestial Secrets Occlusion effect of the Heaven-covering Robe can only be applied to me. If you want to follow me, you’d have to stay in the Soul Realm space. It might be better for you to go out and have some fun.”

With that decision made, Wen Yu took out two skill scrolls.

During the tense battles at the New Hope Assembly Site, Wen Yu didn’t have the chance to organize his skills. Now that Soul Pet No. 6 had been tamed, Wen Yu was ready to adjust his and Luo Luo’s skills a bit.

First is my newly generated skill — Dimensional Protection Rampart (SS-Class, Passive ability).

A skill that seems useless at the moment, Wen Yu’s space ring holds three particular skills for himself — Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill (Species-specific Esoteric Level, Active Ability), Photosynthetic Spirit Motifs (Species-specific Esoteric Level, Passive Skill), Soul Harvest (Species-specific Esoteric Level, Active Ability).

Soul Harvest was the first to be excluded — Wen Yu currently isn’t lacking in offensive means.

However, Wen Yu hesitated between Photosynthetic Spirit Motifs and Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill, recalling the Soul Puppets faced at New Hope Assembly Place and Victor’s newly awakened Reality and Illusion: Nine Lives.

After considering, Wen Yu decided to replace the Dimensional Protection Rampart with the Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill.

As soon as the Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill filled his sixth skill slot, Wen Yu felt his soul suddenly become ethereal. The sense of illusion coming from deep within his soul made him feel light-headed and dizzy.

After a minute, this ethereal feeling gradually faded. When Wen Yu opened his eyes again, he was astonished to find shimmering points of light dancing in the air, strange soul energies that couldn’t even be detected through the perspective of Soul Perception.

With just a thought, these previously undetectable lights of the soul began gathering in Wen Yu’s palm like swallows returning home. Wen Yu immediately understood that this must be the ’unusable scattered soul energies’ mentioned in the skill description.

After a brief experiment, Wen Yu temporarily concluded his research on the Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill and focused on Soul Pet No. 6 — Luo Luo.

Holding the Heavenly Yuan Breathing Technique (Species-specific Esoteric Level, Active Ability) in his hand, Wen Yu looked at the six skills on Luo Luo and found himself in a dilemma.

The Heavenly Yuan Breathing Technique, a Limit Breakthrough Level ability, truly complemented Luo Luo’s existence.

The Heart of the Swarm can perfectly enhance all of Luo Luo’s abilities to the entire subordinate Ant Tribe. Once Luo Luo gains the Heavenly Yuan Breathing Technique, this ability can benefit all ants under Luo Luo’s command.

The massive swarm makes the Heavenly Yuan Breathing Technique, which was initially a rather unimpressive ability, multiply in value numerous times!

However, as the consciousness of the tribe and the strongest mutant life form on Earth in the next six months, Luo Luo’s original skill set can be described as perfect and flawless.

Six skills: four Esoteric Level skills, one SSS-Class skill, and one SS-Class skill, each boasting formidable effects.

After thinking it over, Wen Yu made a tough decision, resolutely removing Luo Luo’s original Fifth Skill — Gift of the Swarm Master!

Although it provided the swarm with a powerful daily buff to significantly enhance their combat capability, the fixed numerical doubling wasn’t as tempting to Wen Yu as the concept of breaching limits represented by the Limit Breakthrough Ability.

Doubling an ant’s strength in some aspect might not prove as effective as allowing each ant to break its limits!

There was certainly hesitation, but after the Gift of the Swarm Master completely disappeared, Wen Yu breathed a sigh of relief — better to make a decisive break than to remain indecisive!

Once Wen Yu finished adjusting his and Luo Luo’s skills, he glanced over at the eager Cyclops and Star, decisively waving to dismantle the Pitch-dark Barrier.

Patting each soul pet in turn, Wen Yu couldn’t help but appreciate how nice the touch of Luo Luo’s vessel — the large-bellied Ant Queen — was. After a brief word on safety, he watched as the soul pets ran toward the distant mutant beasts, turning himself into a black light and instantly disappearing from their view.

…

”Come, gather around me; from now on, I’m your boss!”

As Wen Yu walked away, leaving the bewildered mutant beasts unable to understand what had happened, a loud, arrogant voice echoed in everyone’s ears.

Looking back, they saw Cyclops swaggering towards the beast group with an air of arrogance.

The Wilderness Butcher, sneaky as usual, sidled up to Cyclops, ”Boss, why did Brother Wen Yu leave us?”

”Yes, the boss has things to do; now, you’re all under my management.”

Newly in charge Cyclops, oozing bureaucratic airs, gazed skyward, ignoring the divine beast beside him, patting the Wilderness Butcher’s big head with a lecturing tone: ”Little Butcher, you’ll roll with me from now on. Don’t worry, sticking with me means good food, drink, and lots of territory.”

”Of course, of course, Lord Cyclops is wise and mighty...”

The flattery had Cyclops on cloud nine until Victor, carrying Luo Luo and leading a clueless Big Lion, approached, snapping him back to reality.

”Cyclops, let me tell you something— I’m taking this guy, and by the way, let me remind you: the boss let us out not for you to act like a lord. Next time the boss sees you and you’ve not improved, be careful he doesn’t make a dog meat hot pot out of you.”

”Yeah, yeah.”

Cyclops waved his hand dismissively, not concerned about Big Lion leaving with Victor.

Seeing Cyclops’ behavior, Victor silently cursed ”idiot” in his mind and walked away.

In truth, having Victor manage the mutant beasts would be far more reliable than Cyclops, but Victor’s strong capabilities naturally led to more responsibilities — from Wen Yu’s perspective, this group of mutant beasts was far less important than Soul Pet No. 6, Luo Luo.

Fully understanding Cyclops’ nature, Victor watched him flaunt amongst the mutant beasts, choosing to ignore the sight as he mounted Big Lion, finding a direction, and setting off immediately.

”Lord Victor, where are we going?”

Beside him, Luo Luo cautiously asked Victor, waving its antennae.

”I don’t know either. It depends on you. Use your Perception Ability, find where there are ants, and that’s where we go. Besides, we’re brothers now, don’t call me Lord, just call me Brother Victor.”

”Oh, oh.”

Luo Luo seemed a bit confused about the titles, but the Big Lion beneath them awkwardly called out: ”Brother Victor, Brother Victor...”

”Scram, you still have to call me Lord!”

Victor kicked Big Lion in the face, sternly forbidding the flattery.

”Brother Victor, there’s an ant nest ahead.”

”Huh? So soon?”

”And beneath Cyclops too, there’s an ant nest...”

”There, a kilometer away, there’s another...”

”To the left, there’s also one...”

Listening to Luo Luo continuously call out locations and seeing Cyclops maintaining his superior attitude and expression, Victor’s breath hitched...

Ants, it seems, are everywhere.

He already had a feeling that this ”vacation” might not be as relaxing as he imagined.