European Emperor and African Chief

Early the next morning, everyone got up bright and early and began washing up. After all, no matter how one slept in the wilderness, it was never very comfortable.

"Wow! What a huge turtle!" While washing up, Honjou Kaede saw a giant turtle lying completely still and instinctively used Appraisal on it.

Thornback Turtle

Age: 421

Honjou Kaede instantly lost her composure and shouted excitedly, "Here, here! There's a turtle over four hundred years old here!"

The others hurried over, and for a moment, they were speechless as they looked at the motionless turtle.

They had spent all day yesterday searching and barely found any, yet one showed up first thing this morning. Could this be a good omen?

"Since Xiao Feng found it, this Soul Ring should go to her. No matter how you looked at it, a turtle belonged to the defense type," Ye Han said with a smile.

Before long, the poor Thornback Turtle was killed. A yellow Soul Ring slowly appeared, and Honjou Kaede sat down to begin absorbing it.

Lia asked boredly, "Why wasn't this Thornback Turtle moving at all? That Great Strength Vajra Ape from before was so ferocious."

At that, everyone froze. Todo said uncertainly, "Could Soul Beasts like this just be naturally like that?"

"Ara ara, Todo, don't joke around. If that were the case, this kind of Soul Beast would have gone extinct long ago!" Kurumi immediately rejected Todo's guess.

"Hehe! I know why!" Zhao Lei suddenly popped out from who knew where.

Ye Han said irritably, "Uncle Zhao, can you stop startling people like that? Didn't you say before that you didn't know much about Soul Beasts either?"

"Isn't this a coincidence? My fifth Soul Ring came from a Thornback Turtle! These Soul Beasts can only operate near water, so normally, they shouldn't appear on land. You really are lucky!" Zhao Lei said with a smile.

While they were figuring out the situation, Honjou Kaede had already finished absorbing the ring. She said excitedly, "Great! I thought I'd never get this skill back, but I have it again!"

"What skill has you so excited, Xiao Feng?" Yoruichi asked curiously.

"Hehe! My first Soul Skill is Devour!" She proudly opened her status panel and pulled up Devour's skill description to read aloud. Everyone immediately sucked in a breath when they heard it.

Devour: Converts damage dealt by Soul Skills or Soul Bone skills of any level into the user's Soul Power. If Soul Power is full, it can be converted into gems for storage. A maximum of five gems can be created. Any excess will only absorb damage and will not convert it into Soul Power. Can be used once per day. One additional use is gained for every 10 levels.

At that skill description, everyone drew a sharp breath. Even Zhao Lei, a Titled Douluo, wore a look of utter shock.

It looked like it could only be used once a day, and even after reaching Titled Douluo, there would only be nine uses per day. But was that "any level" part for real?

"Why didn't my Thornback Turtle have that ability?! I suspect mine was a fake turtle! I can't accept this!" Zhao Lei said dejectedly.

Looking at Zhao Lei, who was acting somewhat neurotic, Ye Han said helplessly, "Uncle Zhao, calm down. Our Soul Ring skills are customized, and this ability belonged to Xiao Feng before. It's already been weakened!"

Zhao Lei had just calmed down a little upon hearing they were customized, but when he heard it had been weakened, he lost it again. "What the hell? Even this was weakened? How is anyone supposed to play this?"

The others also offered their congratulations. After all, Honjou Kaede was the team's tank, and with this skill, she could practically ignore the rules.

"Ah! There's a Soul Bone too!" While everyone was still stunned, Honjou Kaede and Esdeath dissected the Thornback Turtle. A hundred-year Right Leg Bone was placed before everyone.

"Are we really this lucky today?" Ye Han was momentarily at a loss. Why did it feel less like they were lucky today and more like Feng Aotian was lucky?

"That's absurdly lucky. The books said that Soul Bones were basically impossible to obtain from hundred-year Soul Beasts," Yoruichi agreed, nodding.

"Does anyone want this Soul Bone? These things are pretty rare, after all," Zhao Lei asked.

Unfortunately, all he got in response were disgusted looks.

Zhao Lei immediately lost his composure and said angrily, "What kind of expressions are those? You're looking down on this Soul Bone?"

Ye Han shrugged and said indifferently, "Come on, Uncle Zhao, show a little ambition. It's only a hundred-year Soul Bone. I might consider it if it were Thousand Year. If you want it, just take it."

"Bullshit! What do you mean, 'only a hundred-year Soul Bone'? Do you know how many people fight until their heads are bloody over Soul Bones? You don't know how lucky you are! And even if I wanted a Soul Bone, I definitely wouldn't want a hundred-year one!"

The moment Zhao Lei said that last sentence, Ye Han gave him an endless look of disdain.

Ye Han checked with everyone once more, but no one wanted it. "In that case, I'll put it in the Guild Warehouse first. Whoever wants it later can take it. If nobody wants it, we'll sell it later! A Soul Bone should be worth quite a bit, right?"

At the mention of money, everyone's eyes lit up. Although the academy provided everything they needed, it unfortunately did not provide money, so they could only earn it themselves. The money they had before was what Ye Han had left over from selling Soul Beasts last time.

That little bit of money had been spent by Esdeath and the other girls in less than a day while shopping. Sure enough, no matter the world, shopping was unavoidable.

"Are you all trying to get yourselves killed? If a bunch of kids like you take a Soul Bone to the Auction House, I guarantee that within an hour, you'll all be corpses!" Zhao Lei felt it was necessary to teach them some common sense.

Little monsters were still little monsters, but dead little monsters were no longer little monsters. Zhao Lei was still quite concerned about these youngsters.

Ye Han and the others exchanged looks, then said with mischievous smiles, "Hehe! Uncle Zhao, would you say the two of us have a good relationship?"

Zhao Lei instinctively took a step back and said uncertainly, "You're the Young Master, and you respect us very much. By all rights, we should have a good relationship! But I have a feeling you're up to no good!"

Ye Han immediately jumped over and hooked an arm around Zhao Lei's shoulders. "What's this between us? You can just come with us when the time comes!"

"No. The system says I can't make a move!" Zhao Lei refused outright, since it was a hard condition imposed by the system.

Ye Han naturally understood, but he wanted to exploit a loophole now. "I'm not asking you to make a move. We'll go to the Auction House, and you just follow us. If someone has bad intentions, summon your Martial Soul and scare them a little. If they can't be scared off, we run!"

The system had only said that he could act in matters related to the academy or if someone invaded the academy. It had not restricted the people inside from moving freely, and he would not even be fighting, just scaring people.

With that said, Zhao Lei hesitated. Ye Han's argument really did seem to avoid breaking the rules.

"Stop thinking about it. I asked already. The system didn't say it outright, but it said I was making reasonable use of the rules! That means it's approved! Once it's done, I'll give you ten percent of the Gold Soul Coins!" Ye Han said directly.

As for whether he had actually asked, of course he had not. If the system said this counted as exploiting a loophole and prevented him from doing it later, wouldn't he be losing out? Besides, if it was not allowed, the system would prompt him. Since there was no prompt now, it meant there was no problem.

Zhao Lei was tempted as well. Although he was a person summoned by the system, he was still a living person. Naturally, he needed Gold Soul Coins, a necessity of life!

"No problem! I'll be responsible for scaring people and helping you escape, but I want twenty percent!" Zhao Lei said with a sly grin.

Kurumi smiled and suggested, "Actually, I think the Vice Dean or the Dean would work too! We don't need a Titled Douluo. They should be willing to negotiate for ten percent."

"Ten percent! Just ten percent! Even if Heavenly King Laozi himself came today, it'd still be ten percent! I, Zhao Lei, said so! So we'll work together, and I'll handle all the Soul Bones in the future too!" Seeing Ye Han wavering, Zhao Lei immediately said without hesitation.

Ye Han was delighted inside, but he kept his expression unchanged and smiled. "Then thanks, Uncle Zhao!"

In truth, Ye Han had already discussed it in the guild chat group. If Zhao Lei still insisted on twenty percent after Kurumi spoke, Ye Han had another plan. He just had not expected Zhao Lei to be so straightforward.

With the joy of earning Gold Soul Coins, everyone was in high spirits. Before long, Yoruichi and the others also finished obtaining their Soul Rings.

Lia's first Soul Skill was Wind King Barrier, which used wind attributes to conceal the Sword of Promised Victory. Yoruichi's was also her signature technique, Flash Step.

Kurumi's first Soul Skill was interesting: Soul Devouring City. It was similar to a domain skill, slowly absorbing others' Soul Power within a certain range and feeding it back to herself and her teammates.

This was simply unbeatable in arena battles. After all, if you stepped off the arena, you lost. Either you could fly, or you killed Kurumi instantly.

After obtaining their Soul Rings, they did not rush to leave. Instead, they looked at the three corpses before them: a Gale Demon Wolf, a Lightspeed Bird, and a Unicorn Lizard.

"Now comes the exciting loot-box opening segment! Who's ready to take the knife?" Ye Han said with a smile.

Zhao Lei was the first to raise his hand. "Me, me, me! I think my luck is amazing!"

Ye Han was speechless at the shameless old man. "Fine, this Gale Demon Wolf is yours. Don't say I'm not good to you."

"Don't worry, watch me earn another ten percent of the Gold Soul Coins!" Zhao Lei said confidently.

Ye Han could not bear to interrupt Zhao Lei, who had already sunk into his own fantasies. "Xiao Feng can open the other two!"

"Huh? Why?" Honjou Kaede looked at Ye Han in confusion.

Ye Han rubbed his nose and smiled. "Back in our world, people used to tease you by calling you Feng Aotian. It meant your luck was terrifying."

Honjou Kaede's face reddened, and she said shyly, "What Feng Aotian? If I don't find anything, don't blame me!"

Seeing both of them start cutting, the others curiously moved closer.

Before long, Honjou Kaede was holding the Lightspeed Bird's skull bone. The Unicorn Lizard had nothing, but that drop rate was already extremely European Emperor.

There was no need to mention the other side. Zhao Feichou had nearly dismantled the Gale Demon Wolf completely and still had not found a single Soul Bone.

In the end, he could only give up helplessly when he truly found nothing.

Seeing Ye Han's half-smiling expression, Zhao Lei said in embarrassed anger, "What? What's wrong? Didn't I say I'd earn another ten percent of the Gold Soul Coins? Didn't I earn it?"

Zhao Lei had completely abandoned all shame by then. Pointing at the Soul Bone Honjou Kaede had dug out, he said shamelessly, "Isn't it ten percent? Isn't it ten percent?"

Ye Han smiled and told Lia and the others, "Today, I'll teach you a lesson: never wake someone pretending to be asleep."

"You brat, you're asking for it!" Zhao Lei said as he tried to grab Ye Han, but Ye Han had already run off.