Hunting Sea Soul Beasts (II)

"The Rubik's Cube Octopus, what kind of Soul Beast is that?"

As a Hundred-Thousand-Year -old Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu knew nothing about Sea Soul Beast. Moreover, the "Soul Beast Encyclopedia," which records information about Soul Beast in the Nuoding City Library, did not contain much information about Sea Soul Beast.

The Great Sea!

This vast and mysterious world is extremely unfamiliar to both Soul Master and Soul Beast on land.

"An octopus with eight tentacles."

Zhou Qing took out a book called "Detailed Explanation of Sea Soul Beast". Although it was called a detailed explanation, it only recorded some types of Sea Soul Beast in the coastal areas of the Douluo Continent.

The Sea Soul Beast in the deep sea region are only recorded in terms of Soul Beast names and general appearance.

The Rubik's Cube Octopus then appeared before Xiao Wu and Tang San—

Just as Zhou Qing had said, there were eight tentacles, grayish-brown in color with white bases and white disc-shaped objects on top. Their mouths resembled eagle beaks, and below them were two whisker-like tendrils, which were actually fuzzy tentacles used to sense the undercurrents in the sea.

However, what is most surprising is that on its back, or rather, on its head, there is a blue-purple cube with grooves of varying depths, which looks quite peculiar.

On this square body, there are concentric circles of golden, linear objects, with forked tips, resembling coral.

"What a strange Soul Beast!"

Xiao Wu was shocked and couldn't imagine how this octopus could move without bones.

Even insects need a hard exoskeleton for support.

"Snails and leeches don't have bones either, but they can still move, even if they're a bit slow. This octopus, however, lives in the ocean and has eight extremely flexible tentacles, allowing it to move very quickly," Zhou Qing explained.

"Oh···"

Xiao Wu could somewhat imagine how this Rubik's Cube Octopus would move in the sea—by waving its eight tentacles together to swim quickly.

Actually, it's a bit different from what Xiao Wu imagined. Although the Rubik's Cube Octopus can swim, it is actually better at running, that is, using its eight tentacles to spiral and run on the seabed.

"Is this square, blue-purple thing the shell of the Rubik's Cube Octopus? Like a snail or a field snail, which can retract into itself when it encounters danger?" Tang San was more concerned about whether the square part of the Rubik's Cube Octopus was made of some kind of peculiar material.

"It's not the outer shell, but its brain."

Zhou Qing shook his head. "It's part of its skin."

Because there is very little information about Sea Soul Beast, no Soul Master on the continent can clearly explain what the "Rubik's Cube" of this Rubik's Cube Octopus actually is.

However, some discoveries have also been made, such as: the texture of this "Rubik's Cube" is similar to that of other parts of the Rubik's Cube Octopus, and it is soft.

This already proves that the blue-purple "Rubik's Cube" is biological soft tissue, which is the brain of this type of Sea Soul Beast.

What kind of Soul Skill will Soul Master obtains the Rubik's Cube Octopus acquire?

Soul Master who choose the Rubik's Cube Octopus as their Soul Ring are mostly Sea Soul Master, meaning their Martial Soul is an aquatic animal. Currently, the Rubik's Cube Octopus is known to grant Soul Master Soul Ring Skill...

Firstly, it has Soul Ring Mimicry, which can disguise the color of the Soul Ring.

The Rubik's Cube Octopus possesses exceptional mimicry skills, capable of altering its appearance by changing the color of its body and the wrinkles on its tentacles, demonstrating remarkable camouflage and imitation abilities.

However, after being inherited by most Sea Soul Master, it can only be used to change the color of the Soul Ring, but cannot change the shape of their bodies, and cannot achieve a state of integration with the external environment.

Secondly, it has Tentacle Strangulation.

This Soul Skill is mostly inherited by Sea Soul Master whose Martial Soul is octopus or squid. They can use the tentacles after the Martial Soul Possession to Entangling and bind the enemy, causing the Human Bones to shatter, their lungs to be compressed, and them to suffocate to death.

Thirdly, Spiritual Detection.

The Rubik's Cube Octopus possesses Spiritual Attribute, and they are extremely powerful.

This skill was first discovered because of a Land Soul Master —whose Soul Master Martial Soul was a square gem of the water attribute. Because he was short of money and could not afford to hire Soul Hunting Team, he could only buy a nearly hundred-year-old Rubik's Cube Octopus from a nearby market.

Who would have thought!

After obtaining the Rubik's Cube Octopus's Soul Ring, his First Soul Skill was Spiritual Detection.

Therefore, for a period of time, many Land Soul Masters with gem-type Martial Soul began to search for the Rubik's Cube Octopus. However, they eventually discovered that only water-attribute gems had a chance to obtain the Spiritual Detection skill. Gems of other attributes could only summon the Rubik's Cube Octopus's spiritual tentacles for combat, or change the color of the gems.

Um--

This is how Soul Ring Mimicry and Tentacle Strangulation manifest in Gemstone Martial Soul.

Therefore, most Soul Master who possess gems have given up on choosing the Rubik's Cube Octopus as their Soul Ring. Moreover, high-age Magic Rubik's Cube Octopus are all found in the deep sea, while those in coastal areas are at most a hundred years old, and even if they acquire the Spiritual Detection skill, they are not powerful.

"Spiritual Detection? Isn't that the same as Romantina's First Soul Skill?" Xiao Wu was puzzled as to why Zhou Qing wanted Romantina to choose the Rubik's Cube Octopus.

"The Rubik's Cube Octopus possesses Spiritual Detection skills, indicating that it has Spiritual Attribute, which aligns with Romantina's Martial Soul attribute."

Zhou Qing had his own reasons. "Based on the Rubik's Cube Octopus's mimicry and strangulation abilities, I can analyze that its Spiritual Detection skills are used to assist it in performing these two abilities, rather than simply to explore the surrounding environment."

"That is, its brain uses Spiritual Power to detect the surrounding environment, then issues commands to control changes in the color and wrinkles of its body to blend into the environment, and then waits for the prey to swim by before strangling it with its tentacles."

"Detection, mimicry, and strangulation—all three processes require the body to complete! To control eight tentacles with a single brain, and even to create camouflage on the body surface... how much control do you think it would require to reach such a level?"

Tang San pondered, assuming he possessed the corresponding organs of the Rubik's Cube Octopus, but he felt he couldn't change his body shape according to his own wishes and completely blend into the environment.

"That sounds really impressive."

Xiao Wu opened her mouth, "So, after Romantina obtains the Rubik's Cube Octopus's Soul Ring, she can simultaneously gain the set of Soul Skill: Detection, Mimicry, and Strangulation?"

"No, I think it's a more crucial ability—"

Zhou Qing said calmly, "It should be able to give Romantina a skill that enhances information processing or allows her to perform more rigorous analysis of information."

The Rubik's Cube Octopus uses its Spiritual Power to detect its surroundings and then mimics various shapes. This is due not only to its sensory organs but also to its Rubik's Cube's Cube-like brain, which possesses extremely strong information processing and logical analysis capabilities.

This is the true origin of the Rubik's Cube Octopus!

As for other things like mimicry, strangulation, and Spiritual Detection, they are all minor details!