Mutant Mod Loaded

"What is this thing? It's disgusting."

There was undisguised disdain in the Ice Empress's voice—more disdain than she had shown even when she first saw Tianmeng. At that moment, she had pinned a mutant zombie beneath the snowfield.

Xia Liang quickly appeared beside the Ice Empress and lowered his head to examine the mutant zombie that was constantly struggling.

"The Mutant Mod? Where did this come from?"

Xia Liang stared at the mutant zombie being suppressed by the Ice Empress, utterly puzzled. He naturally recognized it as a monster from the Mutant Mod, but where had this mod come from?

"There doesn't seem to have been anything foreign recently..."

Wait. Xia Liang immediately thought of the three strands of Asura Sword Aura he had obtained after sealing Tang San.

"I'll be right back."

Xia Liang immediately activated his authority over space and teleported to where the Asura Sword Aura was stored. Sure enough, something had gone wrong there.

A strange aura was emanating from the place where the Asura Sword Aura had originally been kept.

"Well, well. I never expected the culprit to be an inside job."

Xia Liang looked at the Asura Sword Aura floating in midair.

The Asura Sword Aura alone definitely could not have affected Minecraft. Minecraft had accepted it and provided it with energy.

It then underwent deductions within Xia Liang's save file, and in the end, the mutant creature mod was born.

"Should I turn it off?"

Xia Liang looked at the Asura Sword Aura currently in use. As the master of this place, shutting down the Mutant Mod would naturally be easy—but there did not seem to be any need to turn it off.

"I'll leave it for now. Let's see what's happening over in Twilight Forest."

Then, Xia Liang sent a voice transmission to the Ice Empress.

This is normal. Don't worry about it. Just place more torches.

After that, Xia Liang teleported into the already opened-up Twilight Forest.

"Did you come for those special monsters?"

Electrolux had been researching over here the entire time. He had just discovered those unusual monsters, and after giving it some thought, he knew Xia Liang had acquired another new mod.

This mod was rather interesting.

"Mm... Elder Yi, you've already started researching them?"

Xia Liang saw several clearly tamed mutant skeletons behind Electrolux. These monsters, which should have been brimming with hostility, were now obediently standing on either side of the experiment table. They even cooperatively raised their arms so Electrolux could inspect the structure of their joints.

Wasn't this way too fast?

"Yes. While I was conducting skeleton research in this world, those skeletons suddenly turned into this. But in the end, they are still controlled by undead magic."

"Then I won't disturb you, Elder Yi. Take your time researching them."

Seeing that there was no major problem, Xia Liang was relieved. However, mutants had appeared in Twilight Forest too. He wondered whether the old dungeon in the Extreme North had changed as well.

The result was naturally...

"Yes, but their strength hasn't changed much."

The Snow Empress took out the materials she had gathered during this period, including some soul skills that could be obtained from boss-level creatures.

The soul skills of soul beasts such as Naga, Minoshroom, and the Snow Queen were mostly powerful physical-type and enhancement-type abilities.

Among them, liches could drop a skill called Invincible Barrier, which was relatively special, as well as summoning-type skills.

Nine-Headed Serpents and Ice Queens could drop conventional fire- and ice-element soul skills, while Phantom Knights could drop rather unique clone skills and spiritual power soul skills.

As for the soul skills dropped by other small hostile creatures, they were all ordinary and nothing particularly special.

"I've troubled you with this."

These materials were not easy for Xia Liang to gather. They required a large number of local "volunteers" from the Douluo Continent, so it was perfect to have the Spirit Pagoda collect them.

"It's nothing. The people below handled all of this."

The Snow Empress answered. After all, she was part of the leadership.

"Have any soul bones appeared?"

"No."

Xia Liang nodded. This result was not surprising. Although the biological system of the Twilight Forest world had gradually been permeated by the rules of the Douluo Continent, its underlying framework ultimately came from Minecraft. A mechanism like soul bones did not yet meet the conditions to form.

Even after a million-year Naga was killed, it only left behind a golden soul ring and a chest full of scales. There were no drops related to soul bones whatsoever.

It seemed that such changes might only occur once the Twilight Forest world had fused more deeply with the Douluo Continent.

"By the way, when are you going to open a branch Spirit Pagoda? There are so many people on my side that the place is about to burst."

The Snow Empress said that ever since soul spirits had gradually begun appearing on the Douluo Continent, more and more people had come to her, and the place was nearly packed full.

"Mm... Well... I'll try to look around here, but you know, it's not easy to find a human to serve as the tower master right now."

Xia Liang said. He had been considering this issue too, but a human definitely could not become an independent tower master at present. There had to be a powerful soul beast stationed there, otherwise it would turn into one-sided exploitation.

"If that doesn't work, go find Di Tian. He'll definitely agree."

The Snow Empress said. That Beast God cared greatly about soul beasts, so there would definitely be no problem with soul spirits.

"Mm. I'll go see him in a few days."

Xia Liang's projection was steadily growing stronger. In a few days, it would stabilize, and then he could go speak with Di Tian. With the complete Soul Spirit Method and Twilight Forest, Di Tian would definitely agree as long as there was nothing wrong with his head.

Over the next few days, Xia Liang researched mutant creatures with Electrolux while also clearing new areas of Twilight Forest. As for Tianmeng, he had gone mining diamonds to repay his debt.

"This is a three-ring?"

Gongyang Mo, the strongest support among Shrek's official team members, touched his swollen cheek.

Good lord, that three-ring control-system kid had knocked him flat with one punch?! Was that something a three-ring could do?!

Dai Yueheng, who had been knocked out of the match by Ma Xiaotao, watched Huo Yuhao on the stage, his thoughts unreadable.

He did not know whether he should hate him or thank him. The reason to be grateful was that because of that "justice," his younger brother had been stripped of his status as heir, and the position of heir to the White Tiger Duke's Estate had naturally fallen to him.

The reason to hate him was that the soul bones the White Tiger Duke's Estate had given away as compensation were their inherited soul bones. In other words, his three future ten-thousand-year soul bones were gone. Taken seriously, that could be considered the destruction of his cultivation path.

But he could not do anything right now. The White Tiger Duke's Estate had clearly ordered that no one was to have any further conflict with Huo Yuhao in the near future.

Not even the entire Duke's Estate could withstand the wrath of a Limit Douluo.

However, through this "justice," they had provoked the Star Luo imperial family...

Thinking about how Huo Yuhao's family had taken something from the Star Luo imperial family, Dai Yueheng's lips curled into a smile. That alone was enough to make that Limit Douluo an enemy of the Star Luo Empire.

If the other party refused to submit, then the Star Luo Empire would definitely not let this go.

When the time came, he would lead the White Tiger Duke's Estate in taking revenge and reclaim every bit of that justice!

After going through two mixed-team free-for-alls, Shrek's official team members finally understood who truly controlled the battlefield.

It was neither Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, the two top-tier Soul Elders, nor the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda soul master named Ning Tian. It was Huo Yuhao, whose three rings included two ten-thousand-year soul rings.

"It seems you already know who the true controller of the battlefield is."

After the mixed-team brawl ended, Xuan Zi appeared before them.

"During this time, you must get used to working together properly. Understood?"

"Understood!"

Everyone answered in unison. Afterward, they were dismissed to rest and would undergo special training again in the afternoon. Among them, Ling Luochen, the ice-attribute Soul King, paid particular attention to Huo Yuhao.

"Junior Yuhao, would you like some little cakes?"

"Junior Yuhao, would you like something sweet to drink?"

"Junior Yuhao..."

Ma Xiaotao: "..."

Why had this woman become so annoying?

Ling Luochen's behavior was perfectly normal. Leaving aside Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice attribute itself, just the fact that there was a level-98 Ultimate Ice Super Douluo behind him meant that, if she could receive some guidance from that person, Ling Luochen believed her cultivation would surely advance by leaps and bounds.

In the following days, the coordination between the reserve team and the official team steadily became more proficient. Of course, during that time, special good news arrived...

Xiao Xiao had broken through to rank thirty.

"Yuhao."

Xiao Xiao walked over to Huo Yuhao's side, seemingly having something to say.

"What is it, Xiao Xiao?"

As Huo Yuhao looked at Xiao Xiao, Xia Liang was observing her as well.

Her soul power has been compressed and refined, and there's even a trace of divine power mixed into it. This luck... isn't it a bit extraordinary?

"It's about the ten-thousand-year soul ring Senior mentioned. I want to obtain one for my third ring. Don't worry, I'm already strong enough to absorb it. I want Senior to take me to the Star Dou Forest."

"Hm?"

Hearing that Xiao Xiao wanted to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring as her third ring, Huo Yuhao looked stunned. Would it really be okay for a third ring to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring?