World-Destroying Weapon?

World-Destroying Weapon?

"I need to go out for a while."

"???" Qian Daoliu was dumbfounded. The lecture was starting the day after tomorrow, and Ratio wanted to leave now?

"Where to?" Qian Daoliu asked.

"Star Dou Great Forest," Ratio replied.

"!!!" Qian Daoliu was even more bewildered. Spirit City was not that far from the Star Dou Great Forest, but a round trip would take even him an entire day.

"You..."

Qian Daoliu was about to press further.

But Ratio offered no explanation. He closed his book, and blue flames suddenly appeared around him.

"No, Ratio, wait a moment, I..."

Qian Daoliu raised a hand, wanting to stop Ratio and ask for more details.

The next second, Ratio suddenly vanished.

"..." Qian Daoliu's mouth twitched. Ratio really never wasted a second—he said he was leaving, and he left!

He did not even know what Ratio was going to the Star Dou Great Forest for!

Just then, footsteps suddenly sounded outside.

Qian Daoliu turned around and saw the laboratory door open as someone entered.

It was Light Feather Douluo, leading a Mastiff Soul Beast on a leash.

The moment it entered, the Mastiff Soul Beast collapsed in terror. It lay sprawled on the ground, staring fearfully at the device in the center of the laboratory, which was covered by a Red Cloth, while whimpering.

"Hey, hey, hey? Xiao Hei, what's wrong with you?"

Light Feather Douluo tugged at the leash, but the Mastiff Soul Beast refused to move no matter what.

"Stop pulling it," Qian Daoliu said. "It's scared stiff. Keep pulling, and it'll probably piss itself."

Light Feather Douluo shrugged and followed the Mastiff Soul Beast's gaze. Realization dawned on him. "Ah! How could I forget about that thing? Xiao Hei is a Soul Beast—its sense of danger is far too sharp."

Seeing this, Qian Daoliu became even more curious about the device beneath the Red Cloth.

He had been concerned about it from the moment he arrived, but Ratio had never explained it to him.

"What is under the Red Cloth?" Qian Daoliu asked.

"I asked Ratio, but he wouldn't tell me. Well, that's not quite right. He seemed to tell me not to touch it because this thing could destroy our world."

Light Feather Douluo grinned and shook his head. "I never expected Ratio to be such a joker. It's just a device—how could it possibly sink our Douluo Continent?"

Light Feather Douluo did not believe it at all. Even gods could not possibly destroy their world, could they?

"..." Qian Daoliu's lips twitched. A device destroying the world was indeed a little too exaggerated.

Yet the device beneath that Red Cloth could probably destroy him, a peerless Douluo, with ease.

And he had an absurd feeling that Ratio might actually be telling the truth.

Qian Daoliu took a light breath and smiled bitterly. "After all these years, I had no idea Ratio had done so many things... Those theories, and now this device—when did he finish all of them?"

Light Feather Douluo walked over to an Experiment Table and began rummaging through it as he spoke.

"Even if you kept an eye on him, you still wouldn't know what he was doing. Ratio is a genius, someone we could never understand. We can only watch the show..."

"What are you looking for?" Qian Daoliu asked suspiciously.

"A transparent solution..." Light Feather Douluo answered casually.

"Ratio injected it into me yesterday. He said it was called a Synesthesia Beacon. After getting injected, I could understand the language of all living creatures. But they still can't understand me."

"I was thinking of injecting this Soul Beast too. It sounds like it'd be fun!"

Light Feather Douluo said excitedly.

Wanting to converse with a Mastiff Soul Beast—only Light Feather Douluo could come up with that kind of amusement.

Qian Daoliu shook his head helplessly, growing even more curious.

Just how many secrets did Ratio have that he did not know about?

Like this ability—he had never even heard of it before.

Core Area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Blue flames suddenly appeared above the lake.

The flames swiftly took the shape of a person. It was Ratio.

Ratio had come from Spirit City for no other reason than to test the effectiveness of the Synesthesia Beacon.

He turned to look at the mountain-sized giant beast beside the lake.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Titan Giant Ape!

The Titan Giant Ape had noticed him too. Its enormous lantern-like eyes watched Ratio warily.

Ratio gave it a slight nod. "Mr. Titan Giant Ape, I have come without hostile intentions. I am here to offer you a gift. I hope you will accept it."

The Titan Giant Ape could not speak human language, but it could understand human speech.

It stared at Ratio warily and sensed that he truly harbored no malice.

"Roar...!!!"

The Titan Giant Ape let out a low growl filled with warning.

Though it did not know Ratio's circumstances, it still did not want to have contact with him.

At that moment, ripples suddenly spread across the water's surface, followed by an enormous bull's head rising from beneath the lake.

"Splash...!"

Two massive crescent-shaped horns gleamed with a dim luster in the air.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Azure Sky Bull Python!

The Azure Sky Bull Python watched Ratio warily. Its cultivation was higher than the Titan Giant Ape's, yet it likewise could not sense Ratio's Soul Power.

Normally, there was only one explanation for that.

Ratio was far stronger than them!

"Human! Your cultivation was not easily attained. Do not throw your life away! Leave this place, or else..." the Azure Sky Bull Python threatened.

Ratio shook his head slightly. "My name is Ratio. You may also call me... Truth Doctor. I came here to grant Mr. Titan Giant Ape the ability to speak."

"Roar!!!"

Upon hearing that, the Titan Giant Ape repeatedly beat its chest, producing thunderous booms.

The next second, the Titan Giant Ape suddenly leaped high into the air and pounced toward Ratio.

"Er Ming...!!!" Seeing this, the Azure Sky Bull Python did not particularly want to clash with Ratio, but it had no choice except to follow. Green arcs of lightning burst forth between its two massive horns.

"..."

Ratio shook his head helplessly. Soul Beasts were still Soul Beasts—more sensitive, and more volatile.

"Then excuse me."

Ratio sighed softly. The next second, the entire world around him suddenly froze.

Countless characters, formulas, and diagrams filled every corner in endless strings.

Once these symbols appeared, they became like a great lock, directly "locking" the entire world in place.

The Titan Giant Ape in midair and the Azure Sky Bull Python on the water's surface were both completely frozen.

Even with the strength of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, they could not make a single movement.

Ratio's figure flashed, and he appeared before the Titan Giant Ape.

He drove a syringe into its body and injected the Synesthesia Beacon.

"Will it work on a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? If injection is all it takes, it could be widely administered to intelligent life on the Douluo Continent, including humans. But the efficiency for Soul Beasts would likely be extremely low."

"Would it also work on Soul Beasts of different species and ages?"

Ratio placed his hand on the Titan Giant Ape's body.

A few seconds later, he nodded slightly. Blue flames then ignited around him, and he vanished in an instant.