Five Elements Qilin: Turning His Own Talent into a Wonder?

The pesticide had no taste when it entered his mouth.

But the next moment, an intense burning sensation instantly spread from his throat to his stomach.

He tossed the empty bottle aside and braced both hands against the ground, his body trembling.

A sharp pain shot through his abdomen.

He doubled over, pressing his forehead against the cold floor.

"Damn it, wasn't I supposed to be immune to poison? Why does it hurt so much?"

As if sensing his confusion, the pain suddenly grew even more intense. It spread straight from his abdomen to his entire body, making him feel as though he were being pricked by needles.

Then his right hand lit up, and the phantom of an earth-yellow mongrel began twisting wildly.

The mongrel let out a soundless howl. An inexplicable force tore at its body and stretched it out. Patches of earth-yellow fur peeled away, revealing five-colored scales beneath.

Lin Qingchen's back arched high, and his bones crackled in rapid succession, as if they would shatter at any moment.

Not only that, but lines appeared across his skin, with white, green, dark, red, and yellow light flowing through them.

The mongrel's form had vanished completely, and the phantom of a qilin took shape in its place.

The qilin was covered in five-colored scales, with five-colored cloud patterns beneath its four hooves. A pair of branching antlers rose from its head, their tips shimmering with the light of the five elements.

Lin Qingchen let out a breath of turbid Qi.

He rolled over onto his back, facing the sky, and gasped for breath.

A completely new power surged wildly through the meridians in his body.

It carried five distinctly different presences, charging recklessly through his limbs and bones.

His muscles tensed and relaxed several times before finally settling down.

Then he felt clear-headed and refreshed, more comfortable than he had ever felt before.

A qilin-shaped mark appeared in his palm, five colors flowing across it before it faded into his skin.

Lin Qingchen raised his hand and looked at his palm, where a five-colored halo of light was spinning.

He clenched his fist, and the halo sank into his palm.

"Is this the power of the five elements?"

Lin Qingchen stood up.

He felt an inexhaustible power within him, weighty and profound, perfectly blended into one. It was completely different from the faint presence of his mongrel Martial Soul.

He looked down at the broken pesticide bottle on the floor, then at his own hands.

"Five Elements Qilin. I didn't expect Tong Yu's pesticide to be so powerful. It really made my Martial Soul mutate into a Five Elements Qilin..."

Not only that, but his Soul Power had also become Innate Full Soul Power, which truly shocked him.

After his initial excitement, Lin Qingchen calmed down. He looked around and started tidying up.

First was the pesticide bottle. The light that marked it as a Wonder had completely vanished. It seemed that after he drank the pesticide inside, it was no longer a Wonder.

"Great. Now that my Martial Soul has become a Five Elements Qilin, I should be qualified to get involved in what comes next."

The Five Elements Qilin was incredibly powerful in the relatively backward version of Douluo I. Its Great Five Elements Divine Light in particular, which united the five elements, could melt away all energy attacks. That effect was simply heaven-defying.

Unfortunately, as far as he knew, to master the Great Five Elements Divine Light, he had to choose a different element for each of his first five Soul Rings. Only when he reached five rings and the powers of the five elements reinforced one another could he fuse them into the Great Five Elements Divine Light.

Of course, there was really no point dwelling on that. After all, where was he supposed to find so many Soul Beasts naturally endowed with the power of the five elements these days?

Lin Qingchen shook his head. Forget it, he would take things one step at a time. If all else failed, didn't he still have Wonders?

With that thought, he glanced at his Wonder Maker again.

[Power of Fortune: 200]

[Wonder Seed: found]

"Hmm, everything's normal... Hmm?"

"Wait, how did it find another Wonder Seed?"

Lin Qingchen froze. It clearly hadn't found one before he drank the pesticide, and he hadn't gone anywhere. How had it found one?

Still, having one was better than having none, so he rummaged through everything again, but this time he found nothing.

"Weird. Didn't it say it had found a Wonder Seed?"

Lin Qingchen took a deep breath and tugged at his collar to fan himself.

But just then, he suddenly caught a glimpse of light on his chest out of the corner of his eye.

"Huh?"

"No way. Could the seed the Wonder Maker found be me?"

Lin Qingchen was completely dumbfounded. He remembered there clearly hadn't been any light before he drank the pesticide and mutated. Could it be thanks to his Martial Soul Mutation?

He opened the Wonder Maker and, sure enough, found an option to inject Power of Fortune.

"Tsk, whatever. I'll give it a try first."

As before, he had no other choice anyway, and he had nothing to lose by trying.

So he decisively chose to inject it.

The next moment, golden Power of Fortune, just like before, poured in from every direction and flowed into his chest.

But soon, those specks of light streamed back out of his chest and gathered in front of Lin Qingchen, slowly taking the shape of something like a book.

"What's this?"

The golden light faded, and Lin Qingchen reached out and caught the book.

[Book of Talents] (special white Wonder, upgradeable)

Effect: Allows you to perceive certain unknown talents and replicate them, granting yourself the same effects.

Talents currently stored: 0/3.

"Book of Talents?"

Lin Qingchen blinked and immediately opened the Book of Talents. Naturally, the first person he looked at was himself.

A golden thread sank from the Book of Talents into his chest, and several lines of golden text appeared on its pages.

[Talent display]

[Innate Full Soul Power] [Great Five Elements Escape (unawakened)] [Person from another world]

Lin Qingchen could understand Innate Full Soul Power and Person from another world, but he couldn't make sense of this Great Five Elements Escape, which was even listed as unawakened.

He did know a little about it. For instance, in Douluo IV, Tang Yuge had a Soul Skill called the Five Elements Escape Technique, which allowed her to move freely through various elements.

But this Great Five Elements Escape looked a little different.

With a thought from Lin Qingchen, the Book of Talents turned another page, revealing an explanation of the talent.

[Great Five Elements Escape]

Effect: Allows the user to transform into the five elements and move freely through them, while greatly increasing their control over and affinity with the five elements.

(Use one storage slot to awaken?)

Now Lin Qingchen understood. It was an upgraded version of the Five Elements Escape Technique.

He said decisively, "Awaken."

As soon as the words left his mouth, a page flew out of the Book of Talents with a rip, then drifted into Lin Qingchen's body.

"Huh? That's it? Why don't I feel anything?"

Lin Qingchen blinked and looked at the ground. For some reason, it suddenly felt very familiar to him.

Could it be...

"Earth Escape!"

With a thought, Lin Qingchen instantly melded into the ground, leaving no visible trace that anything was amiss.

The next moment, Lin Qingchen emerged straight from the ground outside the house.

"What incredible speed!"

Lin Qingchen marveled. At this speed, there was basically no Agility Attack System Soul Master at the same cultivation level who could catch up to him, right?

The key was that the Five Elements Qilin belonged squarely to the Power Attack System.

"Looks like the seniors were right. The Agility Attack System really is a prison within a prison."