What's the Minimum Age of a Soul Beast the Ultra Ball Can Capture? Capturing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast

Lin Hui had only two options left.

First, he could throw the Ultra Ball at a Soul Beast that was a few hundred years old.

Second, he could throw it at a Soul Beast that was a few thousand—or even tens of thousands—of years old.

He would test each in turn and see what happened.

Lin Hui instinctively felt that his Ultra Ball could only work on Soul Beasts with a high age. But that raised another problem.

First, the Soul Hunting Forest was only a small forest of Soul Beasts. Even thousand-year Soul Beasts were rare, and there probably weren't any that were ten thousand years old or more.

Second, he couldn't beat a high-age Soul Beast, and Teacher Li Chun might not be able to either.

So Lin Hui figured he could only work his way up from the lowest ages, throwing the Ultra Ball one at a time to test it.

"Teacher, perhaps because my Martial Soul is rather special, I once saw another method of absorbing a Soul Ring in an ancient text. I want to try it and see if it works," Lin Hui said to Li Chun.

"An ancient text? There are other methods?" Li Chun was surprised, but then he remembered how Lin Hui had argued with Yu Xiaogang in class and made some very convincing points. He figured Lin Hui must have something special about him.

"I only read about it. I haven't tested it yet, so I can't draw any conclusions until I do," Lin Hui said.

"All right. There's still time, so go ahead and try whatever you have in mind." Li Chun could only trust Lin Hui. After all, he felt Lin Hui's understanding of Martial Souls might well surpass that of most people.

Next, they found another Soul Beast, one about five hundred years old.

As soon as he spotted it, Lin Hui summoned his Martial Soul, the Ultra Ball, and threw it.

The Ultra Ball split into two halves along its center line. When it opened, a beam of light emerged, and the five-hundred-year-old Soul Beast was sucked inside.

Li Chun stood there, stunned. "Your Martial Soul actually absorbed that Soul Beast?"

The Ultra Ball dropped to the ground and rolled once, then rolled again.

A red dot sat at its center. With each roll, it flashed red.

Finally, after the third flash—

The Ultra Ball opened again, and a beam of light shot out.

The five-hundred-year-old Soul Beast crawled out and appeared in front of them.

"Looks like it failed after all. Teacher, I'll have to trouble you to hold it off next," Lin Hui said.

Li Chun was still in shock. Lin Hui's Martial Soul hadn't managed to keep the Soul Beast locked up, but just being able to suck it inside—even for a few seconds—was already astonishing!

With that one ability, he could devise more than a dozen ways to fight powerful Soul Beasts, whether he needed to escape or hunt for Soul Rings.

This child, Lin Hui, had a boundless future ahead of him!

Even if his level got stuck at ten and he couldn't advance, that one ability of his Martial Soul would still let him survive in the Soul Master World. Other Soul Masters would have need of him.

"All right, leave it to me!" The enraged Soul Beast lunged at them, and Li Chun charged forward to meet it.

Li Chun was one of Notting Academy's strongest teachers. Though it took some effort, he soon beat the five-hundred-year-old Soul Beast until it was barely clinging to life.

Then Lin Hui threw the Ultra Ball of his Martial Soul at it again.

The Soul Beast was sucked inside. The Ultra Ball fell to the ground and rocked back and forth as the red dot flashed.

A few seconds later, the Soul Beast crawled out again.

Even though it was utterly incapable of resisting, Lin Hui's Ultra Ball still couldn't capture it.

They went on to test it on several more Soul Beasts, gradually increasing their ages from five hundred years to over a thousand.

But none of them could be subdued by Lin Hui.

Every time a Soul Beast was locked inside the Ultra Ball, it escaped a few seconds later.

"Even capturing a thousand-year Soul Beast would give me one with fighting strength roughly equal to that of an ordinary Soul Elder. If my first captured Soul Beast were a thousand years old, then even at level ten, I'd be able to fight an ordinary Soul Elder."

"That kind of strength is downright terrifying!"

"But the problem is, I can't capture one. The minimum age of the Soul Beasts my Ultra Ball can capture must be even higher!"

"I can't capture low-age Soul Beasts, so I can't absorb their Soul Rings either."

"Then what's the minimum age of a Soul Beast the Ultra Ball can capture?"

Lin Hui had now realized just how powerful his Ultra Ball Martial Soul was, but that power was already bringing him deep anguish.

In the game, the Ultra Ball's capture rate for ordinary pets was only 0.1 times the normal rate. But in the world of Douluo Continent, his success rate for capturing low-age Soul Beasts was already close to zero!

But Li Chun was only a level-thirty-seven Power Attack System Soul Elder. He could barely handle Soul Beasts over a thousand years old. If they encountered one over two thousand years old, both of them would be in danger.

And so Lin Hui found himself caught in a paradox.

His Ultra Ball Martial Soul couldn't capture low-age Soul Beasts, so he couldn't obtain Soul Rings from them. As for high-age Soul Beasts, he couldn't beat them and couldn't capture them either, so he still couldn't obtain Soul Rings.

If he couldn't solve this problem, his Soul Power Level would remain stuck at—

Level ten.

Lin Hui was no longer as bold and confident as he had been yesterday when he stood his ground against Yu Xiaogang. Now, he looked troubled.

"Teacher Li Chun, I don't think we need to keep testing. Let's head back for now."

Li Chun wiped away his sweat. "We've only tested on a dozen or so Soul Beasts. Shouldn't we keep at it a little longer?"

Li Chun was exhausted too, but he didn't want to discourage Lin Hui, so he tried to persuade him.

"No. There's no point," Lin Hui said.

On their way back, they passed a cave and unexpectedly found a dying ten-thousand-year-old turtle-like Soul Beast inside.

Lin Hui was surprised. He hadn't expected the Soul Hunting Forest to have a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast in it, let alone for them to stumble across one.

This ten-thousand-year Soul Beast had suffered a serious injury years ago and had been barely clinging to life ever since. By the time Lin Hui and Li Chun found it, it was on its last legs. It didn't even have the strength to attack, and it looked as though it had only a few days left to live.

Lin Hui took a deep breath.

If I can capture this Soul Beast, maybe the Ultra Ball can even heal its injuries. After all, a Poké Ball can restore a Pokémon's stamina and heal it. That was what Lin Hui thought.

One more try!

There was no way the minimum age of a Soul Beast his Ultra Ball could capture was over ten thousand years, right?

Lin Hui threw the Ultra Ball at the dying ten-thousand-year Soul Beast again. It flew from his hand, tracing a nearly perfect arc.

"If I really can subdue this ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, then even at level ten, I'll be able to fight an ordinary Soul King!"

That would be downright terrifying!