Phantom Swimming Dragon

Shrek Academy was not far from Suotuo City. Just as they were about to reach Suotuo City's South City Gate, Flander slowed down so the students could catch up.

"Xiaofeng, what kind of place is this Great Spirit Arena you mentioned before?" Xiao Wu, who had been holding herself back for a long time, finally asked curiously.

Traveling with their heads down the whole way was terribly boring. Given Xiao Wu's personality, the fact that she had endured until now was only thanks to Tang San keeping her company.

"The Great Spirit Arena is where Spirit Masters fight. You can not only gain combat experience, but also earn money."

Wang Xiaofeng briefly explained the Great Spirit Arena.

Flander brought them to a tea shop not far from the Great Spirit Arena. After finding a quiet corner and ordering several pots of tea, he leisurely explained the arena's rules to Tang San and the others. Wang Xiaofeng's group already knew the rules, so they chatted about amusing things that had happened recently.

As Dai Mubai spoke about the powerful Spirit Masters who had recently appeared at the Great Spirit Arena, he suddenly remembered that he would be teaming up with Oscar later. He asked, "Oscar, we're about to fight, but I still don't know what your Third Soul Ring's Soul Skill is."

"Hehe, the Soul Beast I hunted this time was called a Phantom Swimming Dragon. It's an extremely rare Soul Beast." Rather than answering, Oscar brought up the name of the Soul Beast he had hunted.

"Phantom Swimming Dragon?" Wang Xiaofeng thought about it and realized he had never heard of this Soul Beast.

"Phantom Swimming Dragons should have disappeared long ago. Oscar, how did you find one?" Tang San had somehow appeared beside their table.

It turned out that Flander had already explained the Great Spirit Arena's rules to Tang San and the others. However, it was not yet time to register for the matches, so everyone was chatting.

When Tang San saw Wang Xiaofeng and the others talking so animatedly, he came over to see what they were discussing. To his surprise, he heard that Oscar's Third Soul Ring had come from a thousand-year Phantom Swimming Dragon.

Seeing everyone's confusion, Tang San explained, "Phantom Swimming Dragons are an extremely rare type of snake Soul Beast. They possess no offensive ability whatsoever, but they are exceptionally good at hiding. Their innate abilities are creating false phantoms and turning invisible."

"Even a hundred-year Phantom Swimming Dragon is less than half a meter long. Even at the thousand-year level, it barely exceeds one meter. Such a small body makes it difficult to spot, and combined with its innate abilities, Phantom Swimming Dragons have always existed only in legend."

"However, although Phantom Swimming Dragons were rare long ago, they had not completely vanished as they have now. Then one day, an assassin organization used a Phantom Swimming Dragon's Soul Skill to assassinate a king. As a result, that kingdom placed enormous Gold Soul Coin bounties on both the Phantom Swimming Dragons and the assassin organization. At the time, countless Spirit Masters frantically searched for and hunted Phantom Swimming Dragons. That was the true reason for their disappearance."

"Xiao San, you're so knowledgeable. You even know such obscure information." Wang Xiaofeng looked at Tang San with admiration. He had not expected Tang San to have read even more books than he had.

"My teacher taught me all of this. When you think about it, my teacher is the truly impressive one." Tang San did not dare take credit, saying it was all because his teacher had taught him well.

"One day, I should pay your teacher a visit. Perhaps exchanging ideas with him would give me plenty of inspiration."

"My teacher will definitely be very happy to hear that." Wang Xiaofeng and Tang San exchanged a round of mutual praise, and both were quite pleased.

"So how exactly did you obtain this Soul Beast?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.

The others also gathered around. After all, such a story was quite interesting and perfect for passing the time. Seeing everyone looking at him, Oscar took a leisurely sip of tea and slowly began recounting his experience.

"It starts from a month ago. After I broke through to Soul Elder, my teacher happened to receive a letter from a friend saying that a thousand-year Phantom Swimming Dragon had been spotted."

"My teacher knew a fair amount about Soul Beasts. He knew about the Phantom Swimming Dragon's two innate abilities, and if I could absorb this Soul Ring, either phantoms or invisibility would be extremely useful to me."

"So he brought me and the headmaster to the location mentioned in the letter and began searching for it."

"We searched for an entire month. You all know that Phantom Swimming Dragons are tiny and can turn invisible, so we turned that forest upside down several times without finding it."

Oscar drained the tea in front of him, paused, then said, "You'll never guess how we found it in the end."

"Oscar, I think you're itching for a beating." Wang Xiaofeng clenched his fists. He hated people who liked to keep others in suspense the most.

Oscar chuckled awkwardly and shrank back, indicating that civilized people did not casually resort to violence.

"In the end, I found it while strolling through the market. At the time, it was locked in a cage and being sold as a pet by a hunter who didn't recognize its worth. The moment I saw it, I spent ten Gold Soul Coins to buy it and took it back. My teacher judged it to be around fifteen hundred years old, and then it became my Soul Ring."

After hearing that, Wang Xiaofeng sighed. "Oscar, your luck is ridiculously good. You're almost as lucky as my dad."

When Wang Xiaofeng saw everyone looking at him curiously, he shrugged and told them about Wang Danu's exploits.

"I thought my luck was already good enough, but there's always someone better. I concede."

"By the way, Oscar, is your Third Soul Skill a phantom or invisibility?" Dai Mubai asked.

"I'll show you, but let's agree on this first: no laughing."

Everyone nodded at once, though faint smiles had already appeared on their faces.

Oscar's third Soul Ring lit up as he silently recited his incantation. "I, your father, have a Phantom Sausage."

"Pfft—"

Seeing everyone holding it in until their faces had turned red, Oscar shouted angrily, "Didn't we agree not to laugh?"

Wang Xiaofeng pointed at the Sausage in Oscar's hand. "We're not laughing at your Soul Incantation. It's just that your Sausage is really..."

At first glance, the Phantom Sausage in Oscar's hand seemed perfectly normal, but it was a vivid green. Combined with Oscar's lewd movements, it looked strange no matter how one looked at it.

"Hmph, I'll show you how powerful this Soul Skill is." Oscar swallowed the Phantom Sausage in his hand. In an instant, he vanished from everyone's sight.

"Invisibility! Not bad."

The moment Wang Xiaofeng finished speaking, Oscar suddenly appeared beside him and lunged at him.

"What are you trying to do?" Oscar's behavior was far too strange, but Wang Xiaofeng could not simply refuse to catch him. After all, they shared a dormitory.

Wang Xiaofeng spread his arms, only for Oscar to pass straight through his body before vanishing again.

"This is... a phantom?"

The real Oscar slowly appeared off to the side. Seeing everyone's astonished expressions, he laughed heartily. "Scared by my powerful Third Soul Skill, aren't you?"

"I didn't expect your Soul Skill to inherit all of the Phantom Swimming Dragon's innate abilities. But such a powerful Soul Skill can't possibly have no weaknesses, right?" Wang Xiaofeng had calmed down. Although Oscar's Soul Skill had many abilities, a thousand-year Soul Skill could not possibly be this powerful without drawbacks.

Oscar nodded, indicating that his Soul Skill had many limitations. "Once the invisibility ability of my Third Soul Skill is activated, I can't move. The moment I move, it breaks the invisible state. It can only conceal my body and Soul Power fluctuations, not sound."

"You've already seen the weakness of the phantom ability. It can only create one duplicate, it has no offensive power, and it disappears the moment it is attacked."

"Also, one Phantom Sausage can only use one ability at a time, and it only lasts for one minute. Once my level rises, I'll be able to solve the duration problem."

"Don't be dissatisfied. Every ability of your Third Soul Skill can serve as a trump card. If our academy enters a team battle, we'd be unbeatable below Soul Ancestor." Dai Mubai said happily.

Wang Xiaofeng nodded. Oscar's Sausages truly deserved to be called a top-tier food-type martial soul. If his martial soul could be passed down, surpassing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would only be a matter of time.