The Wind-Thunder Magic Bear

Lei Mo went all out, looking like a madman. He struck again and again, attacking without defending, while Franklin helped him make the necessary adjustments.

Every one of Lei Mo's blows landed on the Wind-Thunder Magic Bear. The bear, renowned for its speed, was horrified. Why couldn't it dodge?

Why can't I dodge this human, even though he isn't that fast? My insides are already bleeding. At this rate, I'm going to die here!

The Wind-Thunder Magic Bear thought miserably.

Although Franklin's true form had grown to more than ten meters long, to the Wind-Thunder Magic Bear, it was still as thin as a bamboo pole.

Boom— Destruction Energy rippled through the bear's body. As it passed through several meters of hide and flesh, the vibrations dissipated and absorbed much of its force.

Then more Destruction Energy shook its way into the Wind-Thunder Magic Bear's body, again and again, continuously wrecking its organs.

The Wind-Thunder Magic Bear's heart sank. It didn't know Lei Mo had come for it specifically, and could only regret its choices.

If I'd run the instant I spotted this human, he definitely wouldn't have chased me. With my speed, he'd have had a hard time catching up!

The Wind-Thunder Magic Bear's head grew increasingly muddled, its body heavier, and its movements slower.

In the end, it fell, unwilling to accept defeat. A mixture of blood and tears trickled from its mouth, nose, and eyes, leaving it in a wretched state.

"Alas! What a pity. Although Tagore gave me a ring with a larger storage space, it's still only a dozen or so cubic meters. I can't fit this Saint Realm magical beast's body inside."

Lei Mo sighed. If only Franklin's Soul Space could hold things. As soon as the thought crossed Lei Mo's mind—

Rumble— The space shuddered, and the Wind-Thunder Magic Bear's corpse vanished!

"No way. I was only thinking about it."

Lei Mo's soul consciousness then entered Franklin's space. The enormous bear, over fifty meters long and nearly twenty meters tall, floated motionlessly in the space, which shimmered with seven-colored light.

"It really did come in. Could it be that I didn't discover this ability earlier because I didn't want it badly enough? So it didn't show what it could do?"

"Master—bringing that fellow in cost me almost a tenth of my soul power!" Franklin's voice sounded in Lei Mo's mind. If he had eyes, he would surely have looked deeply aggrieved.

"Oh—so it uses up your power. No wonder I never noticed this ability!" Lei Mo felt a little embarrassed.

It was only a tenth of Franklin's soul power. Though recovery was slow, it would come back in time. A Saint Realm magical beast's corpse, on the other hand, was an opportunity he couldn't afford to miss.

Rumble— The Wind-Thunder Magic Bear's corpse was moved back out. Fortunately, moving it out didn't consume soul energy.

Lei Mo took out a bunch of containers, collected plenty of the Wind-Thunder Magic Bear's blood while it was still warm, and mixed in powdered herbs to keep it from clotting.

He blasted open an entrance through the eye socket, entered the Wind-Thunder Magic Bear's head, and dug out its egg-sized magic core, which glimmered purple and cyan.

This Saint-level Dual-Element Magic Crystal Core had thirty-six facets. It was crystal-clear and many times more beautiful than the finest diamond on Earth.

Inside, the purple and cyan energies intertwined, sometimes separating and sometimes drawing together.

Looking at the core's breathtaking beauty, an immature idea gradually took shape in Lei Mo's mind. His consciousness descended into the space, and he began searching for the Wind-Thunder Magic Bear's soul.

His consciousness arrived the instant he thought of it. Looking at the somewhat dull bear-shaped soul, Lei Mo's mind raced and his imagination ran wild.

"The Wind-Thunder Magic Bear's core contains two elemental Laws. Could its soul also possess two elemental talents?"

Lei Mo thought this was a question worth studying over the long term.

"After comprehending Franklin's Runes, souls are theoretically Undying. At least, they won't die the first time, but will return to the Soul Space."

"Could I attack a Saint Realm magical beast that controls multiple elements? If it dies, I get its soul. If it survives, there's a chance of Soul Mutation."

Lei Mo's idea wasn't all that outrageous. It just cost a few magical beasts.

Without Franklin's Soul Space to serve as a safeguard, the chances of Soul Mutation were negligible.

Even if a soul died during the mutation process and became a Rune Soul, could it still mutate again?

From what Lei Mo knew of that world, Soul Mutation was common throughout the countless planes. It was just that most souls died before they could undergo their transformation.

"Ah! Haha—I really am a clever little genius!"

Lei Mo did have a few ideas. This was a way to make the most of a magical beast's life.

Neither its soul nor its body could escape the control of the two devils, Franklin and Lei Mo. Once you began comprehending Runes, there was no turning back!

Holding the Wind-Thunder Magic Bear's core, Lei Mo was already thinking about how to use its soul, too. He'd even taken its body. What devilish efficiency.

His idea was ambitious, and it did seem feasible, but he couldn't put it into practice yet. The eight pillars were still on the Chaos Plateau.

Now that he had the Divine Wind Bear's Saint Realm magic core, he still needed the blood of a Water Element Saint Realm magical beast. If only Bailey had blood.

Lei Mo wondered how Franklin had been training Bailey, and whether Bailey could communicate normally. He pulled something from his pocket—er, a marble—and tossed it onto the ground.

Bailey bounced on the ground, then returned to a diameter of about thirty centimeters. Yes, a diameter: Bailey was more or less spherical, so diameter was the right word.

"Do you have any blood in you? Like this?" As he spoke, Lei Mo cut his finger and dripped a drop of blood onto Bailey.

The drop quickly sank into Bailey's body. A little while later—

"Master's master, could I have a few more drops?" The air vibrated as it spoke.

"Good grief. I was asking you for blood, and you're asking me to bleed first? Who's the master here? Are you some kind of ancestor or something?"

Lei Mo rolled his eyes and grumbled.

"Master's master, I feel like your blood can help me! I do have blood, but I was only born recently. I might have just a dozen or so drops in my whole body!"

"Only a dozen drops of blood in all? Then you probably don't even have a single drop of Essence Blood."

Lei Mo was at a loss. Bailey was too small. He couldn't bleed it dry, could he?

Its soul would surely still be there, but then this suspected divine beast would no longer be merely suspected. Its bloodline would be gone, too.

"Then what use is my blood to you? Don't tell me it can help you increase your Essence Blood?" Lei Mo blurted out.

"Yes, Master's master!" Bailey replied directly.

"All right!" Lei Mo began bleeding himself, though without much enthusiasm. He drained several hundred milliliters before Bailey stopped absorbing it.

Then Bailey's whole body glowed deep blue. It gradually grew larger, going from thirty centimeters in diameter to fifty in no time, and continued to grow slowly.

"It works that well? You're not just growing bigger to fool me, are you?"

Lei Mo still didn't believe it. Aside from Franklin, his blood had never shown any miraculous effects!

"My blood is this incredible, and I never knew?"

Lei Mo kept grumbling. He had traveled hundreds of thousands of kilometers in search of a cultivation talent, never realizing he was the most incredible one of all!

Ignoring that, Lei Mo continued studying Bailey. Besides growing larger, Bailey's color also seemed to have changed.

It had been light blue before, and it was still light blue now. The color had just deepened a little, but that was all.