Apocalypse: Master of Soul Beasts

”You’ve got three Esoteric Level skill upgrade scrolls, just share one with me.”

Bai looked at Wen Yu with pleading eyes, but only received Wen Yu’s resolute and merciless response...

”I can’t give this to you, I need it.”

Wen Yu’s tone was calm, but his eyes carried a hint of menace. Faced with such a treasure, Wen Yu didn’t bother to maintain a friendly demeanor.

This secret treasury of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had a total value that completely exceeded Wen Yu’s expectations—not to mention the high value items, even the small trinkets that Wen Yu could only sell for money were significant. Just the Esoteric Level skill upgrade scrolls that Wen Yu needed most had already added up to three.

With such a huge harvest, Wen Yu was already ready to drop all pretenses, not even mentioning the previously agreed-upon 80-20 split.

”Okay, you’re the boss, you decide.”

Bai’s face was resentful, but most likely feigned—since bringing Wen Yu here, Bai never actually expected to obtain anything good. Even with little interaction, Bai had heard of Wen Yu’s stinginess.

For things Wen Yu couldn’t use, it was negotiable, but for something like an Esoteric Level skill upgrade scroll... Bai knew from the moment he stepped in that it wouldn’t be within his reach...

In fact, Bai also underestimated the value of the items in the secret treasury of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. He only knew what was inside, but not the quantities. The total value of the previously found low-level skill upgrade scrolls had already dazzled Bai, and now there were three Esoteric Level skill upgrade scrolls...

This time, it’s a huge loss!

Bai’s expression was bitter, but deep inside, he cursed Kuangliu—this loss couldn’t even be compensated for by Earth’s will.

”This thing, well, have a look, I guess you probably won’t give it to me.”

Bai took out a wooden box, opened it, glanced casually, and then reluctantly tossed the box to Wen Yu.

Book of Life and Death (Esoteric Level item): A supreme treasure of Heaven Court, any life form from the Universe of Immortals and Heroes who signs their name in the Book of Life and Death will be granted one chance at Resurrection. Once this opportunity is exhausted, they can sign their name again in the book to gain another Resurrection!

Receiving the Book of Life and Death, Wen Yu checked its attributes and was momentarily stunned, carefully stroking the leather-bound, book-like item, and after a while, sighed lightly.

This is indeed a good item, or rather, its value far exceeds that of the Esoteric Level skill upgrade scroll. However, precisely because of this, Wen Yu felt a bit embarrassed.

The harvest was simply too great, and yet Wen Yu found it hard to let go of each item. The previously agreed-upon 80-20 split had long become a joke.

”Here’s the deal, you sign your name here first, and when it’s used up, feel free to find me to sign again. I’ll keep it, but it’s as if we both own it.”

”Tsk~~”

Bai took the Book of Life and Death, casually pressed his fingerprint on it, and tossed it back to Wen Yu.

Wen Yu’s face, surprisingly, blushed a little. The phrase ”it’s as if we both own it” sounded nice, but everyone knew what it really meant. And, as expected, once Wen Yu figured out how this thing worked and made a slight adjustment using the Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill, if he discovered there was no limit on the entries in the Book of Life and Death, he might even put it up for sale...

A life, after all, could fetch any price desired...

Thinking of this, Wen Yu suddenly remembered his Laegihat Magic Mirror.

With a firm pat on his head, Wen Yu secretly cursed himself as a fool... The effect of the Laegihat Magic Mirror had become a mere ornament for Wen Yu, but it was absolutely powerful for low-level professionists.

No harm in placing it on the Star of Africa and charging a bit for each use, right? Realizing this lucrative idea had been shelved for five years, Wen Yu suddenly felt like he’d lost out on a huge fortune...

”This thing, well, it’s so-so, see if you want it.”

Wen Yu took the item handed by Bai and glanced at it casually.

An Esoteric Level skill scroll of species-specific, spatial type, didn’t match with the skill system of Wen Yu or his soul pet. Though he really wanted to add it to his collection, seeing Bai’s increasingly pained expression, Wen Yu sighed and returned the skill to Bai.

”It’s yours.”

”Heh.”

”Take all you want, leave what you don’t, your 80-20 split is really fair, huh...”

...

After acquiring the Book of Life and Death, the subsequent harvest seemed rather uneventful.

Wen Yu obtained 2 more species-specific Esoteric Level skill scrolls, but since they didn’t fit with his skill system, they were just valuable for selling. However, he did acquire four items.

Holy Praise Hymn (species-specific Esoteric Level item): Usage grants a random profession among Cathedral Warrior, Holy Protector, and Heaven Priest, with unlimited usage!

From the outside, the Holy Praise Hymn looked like a palm-sized pure white book. Just a touch and flip through could fulfill the profession-changing conditions. This kind of item wasn’t particularly useful to Wen Yu, but thinking about the long-term profit potential like with the Laegihat Magic Mirror, Wen Yu felt that this type of item could yield unimaginable returns.

Psychic Battery (species-specific Esoteric Level item): An endless energy super power source, but it has a power limit.

Psychic Shield Generator (species-specific Esoteric Level item): Used in conjunction with an energy source, it creates an energy shield that can block any energy attack. The strength and size of the energy shield depend on the output power of the energy source.

The two combined could put up a sturdy barrier over the Star of Africa.

Black Skull (species-specific Esoteric Level item): The skull of an unknown creature, transformed by a powerful expert into some sort of strange ”air cleaner?”. Once placed in a fixed location, the Black Skull will spontaneously absorb surrounding Demonic Qi while deterring and suppressing Demon Fiends near the skull. The deterrence effect depends on the intelligence of the Demon Fiends, while the suppression effect depends on the amount of Demonic Qi absorbed by the Black Skull and the Demon Fiends’ strength.

How to put it, this item is a domain type of tool that doesn’t enhance individual strength at all, but for a species, such items are far more powerful than any Esoteric Level skill.

Wen Yu realized now that this secret treasury of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, nearly all treasures were meant to serve species. All the items Wen Yu collected were large-scale, capable of enhancing the overall strength of a species.

Indeed, it lives up to the name of species-specific esoteric...

...

A pile of low-level skill upgrade scrolls, three species-specific Esoteric Level skill upgrade scrolls, two species-specific Esoteric Level skills (saleable items), Book of Life and Death, Holy Praise Hymn, Psychic Battery, Psychic Shield Generator, Black Skull.

These were the overall gains from scouring the secret treasury of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. With these items secured with a space ring, Wen Yu nodded satisfactorily, only to see Bai heading further inside.

”Come, there’s one last thing.”

This time, Bai’s expression was serious until he reached the end of the treasury and pried out a large box from the wall.

Wen Yu was momentarily stunned. Without Bai, he couldn’t possibly have found the ”last thing” hidden behind the wall.

Bai placed the box on the ground, patted the half-meter-high box, and said to Wen Yu, ”Number One, this is the most valuable thing in the secret treasury, and it’s yours.”

Wen Yu squinted at Bai, completely unable to understand Bai’s actions—this Number One, Bai could have taken it himself.

Seeing Wen Yu’s expression, Bai smiled and shook his head, ”Number One is of no use to me, you’ll understand when you see it yourself.”