Losing a soul ring and suffering a backlash.
The other ferocious beasts all knew what that meant.
A drop in cultivation and a loss of strength were inevitable.
After hearing this, Di Tian became even more certain of his earlier decision. "Hmm... in that case, Zi JI, accompany Jiuxiao on a trip to the human world."
In this era, the humans who could threaten someone of Zi JI's strength could be counted on one hand.
He also gave Jin Jiuxiao one of his reverse scales.
Titled Douluos weaker than Zi JI would pose no threat to either of them.
If Titled Douluos stronger than Zi JI tried to crush them with overwhelming power, he would let those humans experience what truly overwhelming power meant.
The strong bullying the weak? Then let me show you who's strong and who's weak.
Both Jin Jiuxiao and Zi JI possessed tremendous potential.
There was no need to say more about Jin Jiuxiao. Di Tian already regarded him as the reincarnation of the Otherworldly Thunder God.
Zi JI was also a pureblood dragon with an exceptionally potent bloodline.
Given time, these two would undoubtedly become pillars of the Soul Beast Clan.
"Yes, Beast God." Zi JI naturally had no reason to refuse. In fact... she could not have asked for anything better.
She did not want to dissolve her contract with Jin Jiuxiao. "I don't want to dissolve the contract. Little Brother Jiuxiao would suffer a backlash-that's the first reason."
"The second reason..."
"Ever since the contract was completed and I was taken into the Poké Ball, I haven't been able to sense that 'shackle'!"
"Beast God, you understand what that means better than I do!"
Even now, after being summoned back out, she still could not sense it!
Di Tian's pupils contracted sharply, his eyes widening as a tremor crept into his voice. "Zi JI, are you certain?!"
The news was like a thunderbolt exploding inside Di Tian's mind.
What was the shackle? The rules imposed upon the Soul Beast Clan were the shackle!
If Zi JI's words were true, Jin Jiuxiao's importance would have to be raised by another enormous notch.
He would be no less important than the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion!
No... judging by the current situation, Jin Jiuxiao's importance far surpassed that of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
Could the second martial soul, the Poké Ball, heal God Level injuries with its twenty-four-hour healing mechanism?
If so, did that not mean... that once the Master awoke and signed a contract with Jin Jiuxiao, she could return to her peak condition after just twenty-four hours?!
Zi JI's cultivation was still relatively low. What she could sense was most likely her next tribulation lightning, at three hundred thousand years.
Then how much of the rules' suppression could Jin Jiuxiao resist at most?
Three hundred thousand years? Four hundred thousand? What about Di Tian's own nine-hundred-thousand-year tribulation lightning?
What about the million-year tribulation lightning?
If even the million-year tribulation lightning could be waived, that meant every one of their ferocious beasts could cultivate to the million-year level without any pressure!
Once the path for soul beasts to become gods opened, they could ascend straight to the Divine Realm!
At first, the other ferocious beasts had not understood what shackle Zi JI meant. Only after seeing Di Tian's reaction did their eyes widen one after another.
They stared at Jin Jiuxiao with burning gazes.
Xiong Jun was the first to speak. "Little Jiuxiao, remember to come home once you reach rank twenty."
"Your Uncle Xiong Jun will sign your second contract and provide your second soul ring!"
"I have four hundred and twenty thousand years of cultivation. A scarlet soul ring with four golden markings-wouldn't flashing that scare those humans to death?"
Xiong Jun considered his strength second only to Di Tian's, and that was indeed the truth.
Xiong Jun's true form was a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, one of the very finest bear-type soul beasts.
His cultivation in years was somewhat lower than Bi Ji's and the Myriad Demon King's, but... cultivation was cultivation, and fighting power was fighting power.
Bi Ji was a life-and-healing-type soul beast, not suited to battle.
The Myriad Demon King currently had five hundred and ten thousand years of cultivation, more than Xiong Jun, but he really could not beat him in a fight!
"By that logic, wouldn't Jiuxiao receive an even greater boost if I signed a contract with him?"
Bi Ji spoke up abruptly. "I have five hundred and fifty thousand years of cultivation. Jiuxiao's second martial soul only has one soul skill anyway, so the greater the age, the greater the boost he receives."
Having only one soul skill meant the type of soul ring did not matter; only its age did.
Bi Ji's words shut Xiong Jun down on the spot.
Xiong Jun scratched his head. That really did seem to be the damn truth!
Watching them begin arguing over the contracts, Jin Jiuxiao did not know whether to laugh or cry.
So he could just take his pick of ferocious beast soul rings hundreds of thousands of years old.
The effects of this second martial soul truly defied the heavens.
"Uncle Xiong Jun, Sister Bi Ji, I'm only rank sixteen. There are still plenty of contract slots."
"Once my cultivation rises, everyone will get a turn."
Di Tian could not stand watching anymore either. These two were really something. It was not as though Jin Jiuxiao only had two contract slots.
Was there any need to fight over it?
They made it sound as though, once Jin Jiuxiao reached rank twenty, they would reach six hundred thousand and five hundred thousand years respectively.
"Jiuxiao isn't limited to just two contracts. What's the rush?"
As soon as Di Tian spoke, Bi Ji and Xiong Jun fell silent.
They had only spoken so freely because everyone here was one of their own.
They could say whatever they wanted.
The Myriad Demon King and the Scarlet King could not get a word in either. Bi Ji was the second-in-command of the Star Dou Great Forest, while Xiong Jun was the ferocious beast whose strength ranked second only to Di Tian's.
They could not compete. They simply could not compete...
Once the two settled down, Di Tian turned to Jin Jiuxiao. "Jiuxiao, take this opportunity to condense the first soul ring for your Rei Martial Soul as well."
"That little rabbit outside took human form a while ago too, and she wants to go to the human world."
"Whether to bring her is up to you."
Jin Jiuxiao nodded slightly. "Let's bring her. Right now, I don't know which direction to head in to find the one that soul reincarnated as."
In truth, he intended to bring Xiao Wu along as a precaution.
What if Tang San was not in Nuoding City?
He could not make all his judgments based on information from the original story. It could serve as a reference, but only a reference.
As the female lead of Douluo Continent, Xiao Wu might be able to find exactly where Tang San was, even if he was not in Nuoding City.
He and Zi JI would only need to follow her.
"Little Jiuxiao, which skill are you planning to choose as your first soul skill?" Seeing that Di Tian had already made the final decision, the Scarlet King smoothly shifted the conversation to Jin Jiuxiao's choice of soul skill.
The Myriad Demon King chimed in as well. "I remember you have quite a few skills, and plenty of powerful ones among them."
The ones that had left the deepest impression on him were the skills Jin Jiuxiao used most often: Extreme Lightning Thousand Birds and Thunder God’s Dawn Flash.
Especially Thunder God’s Dawn Flash—its power was terrifying.
As the one who sparred with Jin Jiuxiao most often, Xiong Jun offered his own suggestion. "I think you could make that Vitality Lightning Orb your first soul skill."
Vitality Lightning Orb had a guaranteed-hit effect and a chance to paralyze.
Xiong Jun mainly valued that guaranteed-hit effect, and it could even paralyze the opponent.
A chance to paralyze? With enough luck, that was a one-hundred-percent chance!
As for power, Xiong Jun did not think Jin Jiuxiao lacked offensive soul skills.
The kid had a whole heap of offensive soul skills.
The ultimate move Thunder God’s Dawn Flash would certainly go into one of his later soul rings. It definitely would not work as his first soul skill.
Jin Jiuxiao smiled faintly. "I've already made my choice."
If it was that skill, it really did not benefit from a soul ring's age.
And it was one of Rey's core skills—a must-have!
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