Demon Eye Magic Tree Absorbs! Poké Ball Advances!

Focusing his mind, Lin Fan reached out, and a Poké Ball instantly coalesced from his soul power, hovering in his palm.

Hum—

The soul ring formed by the Demon Eye Magic Tree seemed drawn by some unseen force, drifting instantly toward the Poké Ball and swirling around it.

There was no sensation of pain; on the contrary, Lin Fan felt as if his skin were being brushed by a spring breeze, or perhaps massaged by a beautiful maiden, a tingling, numbing sensation rushing straight to his crown.

"Ah!"

Lin Fan couldn't help but moan, his body trembling slightly. This startled Lin Qingfeng, who would have immediately interrupted the absorption process had he not seen the smile plastered across Lin Fan's face.

"Hm?"

Absorbing a soul ring is exceptionally agonizing; how can this brat still be smiling?

Lin Qingfeng was filled with doubt, but since Lin Fan showed no signs of distress, he didn't dare to interfere rashly.

As time passed, the soul ring of the Demon Eye Magic Tree gradually flowed into the Poké Ball.

[Host: Lin Fan]
[Soul Power: Level 15]
[Martial Soul: Poké Ball]
[Soul Ring: Demon Eye Magic Tree (405 years)]
[Soul Skill: First Soul Skill - Mental Shock (Launches a mental assault on an area, causing all hostile targets to suffer soul impact while inspiring all friendly targets to erupt with greater power)]
[Second Martial Soul: Evolution Light]
[Soul Ring: None]
[Current Pets: Five Spirit Divine Tiger, Lone Bamboo, Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, Diamond Wolf...]
[Advancement Requirements: Capture 100 century-level soul beasts, 10 millennium-level soul beasts]
[Currently Captured Pets: 97 century-level soul beasts, 17 millennium-level soul beasts]

Having successfully absorbed the soul ring, Lin Fan looked at the panel appearing before him and nodded slightly.

His intuition had been correct; the Demon Eye Magic Tree was perfect for him. It not only bolstered the combat power of his pets but also weakened his enemies.

It was even an area-of-effect skill!

Compared to the effects of some millennium-level soul rings, it was not inferior in the slightest. The boost to his soul power was also impressive, pushing him straight to Level 15—if he remembered correctly, a greater increase than the protagonist of the original novel.

He only needed to capture four more century-level soul beasts for the Poké Ball to evolve. He wondered if any new functions would emerge.

"Fan'er, how is it?"

Lin Qingfeng asked eagerly. After all, in his mind, a tool-type martial soul and a plant-type soul beast were worlds apart, and he expected the absorption process to be just as difficult.

"It's a success."

Lin Fan smiled slightly. "The soul skill can inflict mental shock on enemies and boost the combat power of allies. It's excellent."

"Good!"

Lin Qingfeng was overjoyed, then said excitedly, "Let's rest for a while. Once you've recovered, we'll continue hunting soul beasts."

"However, we should be leaving after a while longer."

"Our dry rations are running low, and we need to head back to see if your mother has returned."

"After that, we'll have to decide where you'll go for your studies."

At this, Lin Qingfeng couldn't help but sigh.

In this era, there were generally three paths for a soul master's cultivation: the Martial Soul Hall, academies, or sects.

While his own cultivation was decent, he lacked teaching experience. Since Lin Fan's talent was terrifyingly high, he naturally wanted to provide him with the best guidance possible.

"Alright."

Lin Fan didn't feel disappointed. In any case, with his current soul power, he couldn't capture overly strong soul beasts, and for those he could capture and control, he could simply have his pets defeat them.

He could just come back to capture them later!

By then, with no one following him, Lin Fan would be able to relax even more.

Although Lin Fan hadn't suffered any pain during the absorption, the increase in soul power still required time to consolidate.

Taking the opportunity, Lin Fan planned to try turning some of the captured soul beasts into martial souls and soul rings.

It would be a perfect way to expend and then recover his soul power, which would also help in refining it.

Sitting cross-legged, Lin Fan feigned meditation. With a flicker of thought, he chose an Earth-Splitting Bear to craft into a martial soul.

[Earth-Splitting Bear has been crafted into a martial soul. Use the Martial Soul Book to store the martial soul. When someone injects soul power into it, they can replace their own martial soul with the Earth-Splitting Bear.]

[The Martial Soul Book can only be crafted after the Poké Ball advances. Currently stored in a special space.]

"..."

As expected, crafting a martial soul required certain tools. Fortunately, he would be able to obtain such items once the Poké Ball advanced.

The effect didn't disappoint Lin Fan either; it allowed people to directly replace their martial souls.

In this way, he could easily sell them at a high price to those soul masters who had decent cultivation talent but were unable to step onto the path of cultivation due to inferior martial souls.

If he caught powerful soul beasts, he could even sell them to those experts whose soul power had reached a bottleneck and could no longer break through.

The speed of making money would definitely not be slow!

However, to make money, Lin Fan had to improve his own strength first; otherwise, what would he do if someone bought the goods but refused to pay?

In a world where strength is respected, one's own strength is always the most important thing!

The only thing that left Lin Fan speechless was that there was a special space to store martial souls after they were crafted, so why couldn't the Poké Ball do the same?

Unfortunately, this panel was as dead as a doornail; unlike the novels he had read, it had no soul and couldn't answer questions, so he could only let it go.

Once my strength improves, I will definitely forge an artifact spirit for this thing, turn it into an artifact spirit girl, and then give her a good spanking!

Secretly vowing this in his heart, Lin Fan turned his attention to crafting soul rings.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully crafting a 1,200-year Diamond Tiger soul ring. After absorption, the soul master will receive a boost in physique and comprehend the soul skill Diamond Body!]

[Congratulations to the host for successfully crafting a 900-year Shadow Leopard soul ring. After absorption, the soul master will receive a boost in agility and comprehend the soul skill Shadow Step!]

[Congratulations to the host for successfully crafting a 1,100-year Shadow Leopard soul ring. After absorption, the soul master will receive a boost in spirit and comprehend the soul skill Shadow Metamorphosis!]

[...]

[Congratulations to the host for successfully crafting an 1,800-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent soul ring. After absorption, the soul master will receive a boost in speed and comprehend the soul skill Instant Shadow Slash!]

Because Lin Fan had captured a large number of soul beasts, including some of the same species, the aspects in which the soul master received boosts and the soul skills they comprehended after crafting them into soul rings were actually different.

It had nothing to do with the age; some were weak, while others were extremely powerful.

It couldn't even be called weak; it was just that they had to be paired with specific martial souls to be effective.

It seems the quality of the soul ring after crafting is random. To get powerful and highly applicable soul rings, I'll have to catch more soul beasts of the same species.

Nodding slightly, Lin Fan had already made up his mind to catch more soul beasts!

To become stronger and to make money, the key lay in soul beasts.

Regardless of what forest or secret realm it was, as long as it was a soul beast, they were all his!

As the stars shifted and the moon turned, time slipped away while Lin Fan continuously crafted soul rings.

With the constant consumption and recovery of soul power, his soul power not only became more vigorous but even improved.

It was only when Lin Fan felt mentally exhausted that he stopped crafting martial souls to recover his soul power.

After a long while, once Lin Fan had fully recovered his state, he opened his eyes.

The cultivation session was over!

"Finished?"

Lin Qingfeng sensed carefully and nodded, saying, "Not bad. Your soul power is more condensed, likely around level 15. After we return home and you cultivate for a while, you'll soon break through to level 20."

"Let's go. While we still have some dry rations, let's catch more soul beasts."

Lin Qingfeng knew that Lin Fan's strength was tied to the soul beasts he caught, so he was particularly attentive, starting their frantic journey of catching soul beasts again as soon as he had rested.

As the panel notifications kept flashing by, the final four century-level soul beasts soon met the requirements, and the Poké Ball martial soul successfully advanced.

[Congratulations to the host for the Poké Ball martial soul advancing to High-Tier Ball. The host's physical fitness has been comprehensively improved, the success rate of capturing soul beasts has increased by 10%, the soul power consumption required to control soul beasts has decreased by 5%, and the special talent skill Spirit Heal has been comprehended.]

[Pets required for next advancement: 100 millennium soul beasts, 10 ten-thousand-year soul beasts]

[Spirit Heal: Consumes 50% of your own soul power to allow a soul beast to recover all injuries and spirit, returning to a perfect state.]

Beautiful!

Lin Fan's eyes lit up, and he almost shouted out loud.

Although this advancement didn't increase his soul power, the overall improvement in physical fitness was far better than soul power alone.

Not to mention that the reduction in soul power consumption for controlling soul beasts seemed small at 5%, but once the numbers piled up, it would be quite significant.

Furthermore, the Poké Ball could continue to advance, and at that time, the ratio would also increase.

What delighted Lin Fan the most was the talent skill, Spirit Heal!

Guaranteed recovery of all injuries and even the ability to restore one's mental state—that was simply a divine skill!

Just imagine: your soul beast is in a fierce battle with someone, both sides are battered and bruised, and suddenly it's back to full health—wouldn't the opponent's mentality explode?

That was truly a perfect skill for crushing both the body and the spirit!

Catch!

Keep catching millennium soul beasts!

"Hmm?!"

"There is a fluctuation of soul power ahead, and the level isn't low. Be careful."

However, just as Lin Fan was filled with ambition, Lin Qingfeng suddenly paused his steps, looked into the distance, and then a smile appeared on his face.