Taming Thunderclap Nether Vine

Taming Thunderclap Nether Vine

Seeing that Thunderclap Nether Vine had tentatively agreed to her proposal, Qian Gu Huang Yu's lips curled into a mischievous smile. She still needed to confirm a few things and establish her place in the household beforehand—not that she was doing that.

After another round of negotiations, Qian Gu Huang Yu said soothingly, "Don't worry. Even if one day you really can't suppress it anymore, I should have a way to save you."

"How is that possible?" Thunderclap Nether Vine asked. Once its cultivation reached a certain threshold, if it could no longer suppress itself, it would explode and die.

It had never heard of suppressing it.

Qian Gu Huang Yu offered no explanation, merely smiling even more maliciously.

A dangerous glint flashed in her wine-red eyes as Qian Gu Huang Yu controlled the dragon head on Ghidorah's right side, making it fiercely bite down on one of Thunderclap Nether Vine's vines.

Then, Thunderclap Nether Vine felt the Soul Power within its body draining away at a visible rate!

Panic rose in Thunderclap Nether Vine's heart, yet it stubbornly retorted, "That's still not enough. Soul Power is easy to recover after it's drained. You can't keep absorbing my Soul Power forever!"

First, Bei Gong Li had left it speechless, and then Qian Gu Huang Yu's martial soul had frightened it. Thunderclap Nether Vine felt utterly humiliated, so it refused to admit defeat.

"Fine, as you wish," Qian Gu Huang Yu said with a soft laugh.

A bright smile, like a spring breeze, blossomed across Qian Gu Huang Yu's face, but Thunderclap Nether Vine could no longer smile at all.

It realized that Ghidorah was not merely devouring its Soul Power—it was gradually devouring its origin!

Its cultivation, which had remained unchanged for a full hundred years, had finally changed.

Only, it was going down!

In just a few seconds, Thunderclap Nether Vine felt its cultivation drop by one year!

Panic filled its heart, making Thunderclap Nether Vine forget all about its pride as it begged, "Stop, quickly! I agree! I'm going to break!"

"I preferred how unruly you were just now." Seeing Thunderclap Nether Vine go from an irritable big sister to a cream puff, Qian Gu Huang Yu calmly mocked it.

Qian Gu Huang Yu continued, "Now you understand, right? If your cultivation gets too high and you can't suppress it, and you're about to explode, I'll help lower your cultivation to a level you can control."

Qian Gu Die Ting and Bei Gong Li, who had watched Qian Gu Huang Yu tame Thunderclap Nether Vine from start to finish, were already reeling inside.

Most Evil Soul Masters could only devour their opponents' Soul Power and vitality, as well as the power of death produced when a living creature died.

Those were all highly inefficient methods of devouring. Directly devouring one's origin was the most efficient method, yet over the long years, only a handful of Evil Soul Masters had been able to do so.

But without exception, every one of those Evil Soul Masters had brought terrible disasters to the Douluo Continent!

For Soul Masters and soul beasts alike, lost Soul Power and vitality could be replenished. However, losing one's origin directly affected one's cultivation. For Soul Masters, it meant a drop in level; for soul beasts, it meant a reduction in Years of Cultivation!

Therefore, whenever a Soul Master appeared with the ability to devour origins, they would be suppressed by the entire continent!

"We'll talk after we return," Bei Gong Li transmitted to Qian Gu Die Ting.

At that moment, Qian Gu Huang Yu had happily finished taming Thunderclap Nether Vine, completely unaware of the inner turmoil Qian Gu Die Ting and Bei Gong Li had just gone through. She was calling them over to help her form a contract with Thunderclap Nether Vine.

After hearing Qian Gu Huang Yu's report, even someone as shameless as Qian Gu Die Ting felt deeply uncomfortable. Was this scam a little too ruthless?

"As long as the time Thunderclap Nether Vine follows me is less than the cultivation I help it gain, it cannot betray me or interfere with my decisions."

At first glance, it sounded like a fair contract where the gains only needed to exceed the investment. But would the Spirit Pagoda lack the means to increase a soul spirit's Years of Cultivation?

Translated plainly, it meant: until I die, you are my slave.

After all, even if a Soul Master cultivated to the rank of Limit Douluo, their lifespan was only around three hundred years. Yet given Thunderclap Nether Vine's current condition, even adding three hundred years would leave it with only a little over seven hundred Years of Cultivation. In other words, as long as Qian Gu Huang Yu raised Thunderclap Nether Vine's cultivation to one thousand years, she could knead and pound it as she pleased until she died.

I never expected Xiao Yu to have such talent for negotiation. Qian Gu Die Ting sighed, his opinion of Qian Gu Huang Yu rising another notch.

After routinely confirming that both parties wished to enter the contract, Qian Gu Die Ting began the soul spirit contract formation ritual, while Bei Gong Li stood guard over the ceremony.

Even though a Soul Master needing to form a soul spirit contract with a soul beast was a sight that might not appear once in centuries, Qian Gu Die Ting, as the Tower Master of Spirit Transmission Tower, was naturally exceptionally proficient at his work.

For the specific terms of the contract, they used the "overlord clause" Qian Gu Huang Yu had proposed, and Thunderclap Nether Vine naturally agreed to it.

Once the soul spirit fusion began, Qian Gu Huang Yu focused on the changes within her body. Perhaps because of suppression by bloodline, the entire fusion process went extremely smoothly, and Qian Gu Huang Yu felt no discomfort.

After an unknown amount of time, Qian Gu Huang Yu opened her eyes. At the instant she did, it seemed as though lightning flashed through her wine-red pupils.

As she silently sensed the changes in herself, Qian Gu Huang Yu's thoughts began to stir.

My Soul Power Level has reached thirteen. That should also be due to devouring Thunderclap Nether Vine's origin earlier.

A yellow soul ring floated behind Qian Gu Huang Yu, and she also learned the effect of her First Soul Skill.

Qian Gu Huang Yu's First Soul Skill was called Gravity Ray. It was considered one of Ghidorah's iconic moves, but the effect of the soul skill was full of irony.

Gravity Ray: comprehensively enhances the user's control over lightning, allowing Soul Power to communicate with and transform into lightning, condensing lightning in the palm or at a dragon head to launch long-range lightning attacks.

Hmm... Since I don't have the Gravity Attribute right now, does that mean it's written as Gravity Ray but read as one hundred thousand volts?

After learning about her soul skill, Qian Gu Huang Yu curiously summoned Thunderclap Nether Vine.

Other than no longer having a physical form, Thunderclap Nether Vine was no different from before. It took the initiative to wrap a vine around one of Qian Gu Huang Yu's fingers, acknowledging her as its master.

"Since you're my soul spirit now, I should give you a name. Your species is Thunderclap Nether Vine, and you look like a vine..."

"Alright, your name will be Lace!"

"No!" Thunderclap Nether Vine's vines waved together in a serious protest. But since a soul spirit could not harm its Soul Master, it looked more like it was acting cute in Qian Gu Huang Yu's eyes.

"Your color is black. How about Black Lace?"

Thunderclap Nether Vine's vines waved even faster.

"Alright, alright, no more teasing. I'll call you Di Xuan instead."

Thunderclap Nether Vine was still not entirely satisfied, but compared to the first two names, Di Xuan sounded more normal, so it agreed.

Seeing that Qian Gu Huang Yu had succeeded, Bei Gong Li exchanged a few simple words with Qian Gu Die Ting before taking them back to the awakening room in the Spirit Pagoda.

After emphasizing a few more points, Bei Gong Li sent Qian Gu Huang Yu out to see Qian Gu Dong Feng and the others.

When Qian Gu Huang Yu learned that they had been waiting outside for her all this time, she was deeply moved.

It really was hard on them. They waited for me from morning until night, an entire day.

(End of Chapter)