Chapter 10: Taming (Part 1)

Although the Soul Devouring Beast had shrunk by half, its simple intelligence remained intact. Having suffered a heavy loss, it feared Guo Shier very much and turned to flee as soon as it formed a body. Guo Shier immediately rode on the altar to chase after it.

Another chase ensued, but this time the roles were reversed. Guo Shier discovered that slashing with the Moon Blade could temporarily stop the Soul Devouring Beast, so he kept chasing while slashing, causing the beast immense pain.

If the greatly reduced Soul Devouring Beast could cry, it would have cried out in despair. Encountering such a fearless opponent was simply too unlucky for it. Without special skills, the Soul Devouring Beast was almost invincible, but now it had faced this terrifying Gu Xi Bi, which wasn’t afraid of its evil energy and could even devour its soul. Carelessly, the beast lost a large portion of its soul, greatly weakening its strength and rendering it unable to continue fighting Guo Shier.

The magma lake was enormous, divided into several areas. During the chase, Guo Shier noticed that aside from metal islands, there were also many shattered altars of fallen professionals. Only a few had luckily landed on the metal islands, retaining their relatively intact structure.

Elder Shuai said, “This Soul Devouring Beast must be a soul beast from one of the altars… It survived by gradually adapting to this environment and transformed into a Soul Devouring Beast. With so many altars, there must be more than one, right?”

Guo Shier was shocked and said, “No way. If there’s another one, how can we fight? One is already hard to deal with—add another… Forget it. Let’s deal with this one first!”

The Soul Devouring Beast, cornered and with no escape, finally plunged into one of the remaining altars. Elder Shuai smiled and said, “As expected. My guess was correct.”

Half of this altar was submerged in magma. It was unclear what material the altar was made of, but it seemed immune to the magma’s effects. However, the upper half of the altar was mostly shattered, steaming and filled with fiery evil energy.

Guo Shier laughed and said, “So this is its lair. Heh, you were right. It must be a soul beast from an altar that mutated into a Soul Devouring Beast.”

Elder Shuai shook his head smiling and said, “After all, it lacks human intelligence. Hiding in an altar… Others might not be able to do anything, but we have Gu Xi Bi. It’s useless for it to hide.”

Gu Xi Bi’s most powerful skill was devouring—any soul entity was its food. Just like the ospreys Guo Shier had seen in his past life, which, after training, could catch fish in rivers to bring profit to their owners.

Guo Shier gently tapped the altar, causing it to sink downward and hover above the remaining part. Countless tentacles of the Gu Xi Bi extended and pierced straight into the altar. The tentacles of the Gu Xi Bi were also made of spiritual essence, and the damaged altar had no defense, so it could not stop them from penetrating further.

A pitiful roar was heard as the evil soul beast was dragged out by the countless tentacles. Guo Shier said, “Elder Shuai, can we capture this evil soul beast as a sacrifice?”

Guo Shier was very envious of the combat strength of the evil soul beast. If he could capture it as a sacrifice, his altar would gain evil energy.

The tentacles of the Gu Xi Bi were a deadly weapon against soul entities. In just a short while, the evil soul beast, over two meters long, was pulled out under the entanglement of countless tentacles. The beast was extremely terrified and weakened; most of its spiritual essence had already been devoured by the Gu Xi Bi, with only a little left to keep its body intact. If the Gu Xi Bi continued to devour it, its body would gradually disappear.

The beast’s roars were filled with fear and pleas for mercy. Guo Shier cast a spell, ordering the Gu Xi Bi to stop devouring it. He said, “Elder Shuai, take it!”

Since the evil soul beast no longer fought desperately but chose to plead for mercy, Guo Shier promptly gave the order. He really wanted an evil soul beast as a sacrifice.

Elder Shuai was surprised for a moment and said, “This evil soul beast is quite smart; it even knows how to plead for mercy. Most evil soul beasts lose their sanity. Hehe, good luck… I’ll take it!” He continuously cast spells, beginning to refine the evil soul beast. After about two hours, he said, “It’s done. Drag it into the altar.”

The tentacles of the Gu Xi Bi dragged the evil soul beast into the altar. Guo Shier immediately sensed the soul of the sacrifice—filled with resentment, unwillingness, sorrow, and extreme weakness. He couldn’t help but laugh and say, “This guy is really spiritual, even more so than the Giant Nest Dragon.”

Elder Shuai said, “It’s very weak now. Well, you’ve collected quite a few spiritual essence pearls, so give this little guy a discount.”

A large number of spiritual essence pearls were infused into the evil soul beast’s body. Elder Shuai said, “Hurry up, let the soul fluctuations begin.”

Guo Shier sat cross-legged and began silently chanting. A wave of soul fluctuations spread out, refining the beast’s spiritual essence. This time, he felt the beast’s joy and excitement, as well as its gradual recovery. Not only were many spiritual essence pearls used, but Elder Shuai also employed several soul pearls from mutated beings to enhance the beast’s spirituality.

With the help of Guo Shier’s soul scriptures, the Evil Soul Beast quickly regained its original strength, even becoming slightly stronger than before, so they were able to subdue this powerful spirit beast effortlessly.
The handsome old man sighed, “Your soul fluctuations are truly overwhelming—no soul entity can resist such temptation.”
“Temptation? Tempting soul entities? Damn it!”
Guo Shier touched his face and thought, “Is my charm only good enough to tempt soul entities? Ugh, that’s so lame.”
The handsome old man said, “I was tempted by you!”
Guo Shier’s face twisted in frustration. “You’re an old man, not a beauty. Why would I tempt you…?”
The handsome old man replied, “I’m a soul entity.”
Guo Shier said, “You’re indeed a soul entity, but you’re still an old man. Even if you’re a handsome old man, I wouldn’t tempt you! It’s too heartbreaking.”
The handsome old man laughed heartily. “There’s no harm in tempting a little, haha.” Before Guo Shier could respond, he added seriously, “The Evil Soul Beast’s strength has been restored, but to maintain its evil energy, we need a large amount of Golden Evil Energy and Fire Evil Energy—especially Fire Evil Energy, as its internal evil energy is almost depleted. Kid, go to the Sea of Evil so the Beast can recover. It will be hard to find such a place again.”
Guo Shier immediately made the altar fly upward and soon entered the Sea of Evil. The so-called Sea of Evil wasn’t very large—about a few thousand square kilometers in area and two thousand meters deep—formed by evil energy rising from below, mostly Fire Evil Energy with a small amount of Golden Evil Energy.
As the altar descended into the Sea of Evil, Guo Shier quickly placed the Evil Soul Beast inside. Instantly, a large amount of Fire Evil Energy flowed into its body. Its absorption speed was so fast that it even created a vortex.
The handsome old man said, “Don’t idle around. Let’s collect more Evil Bead too. They’re hard to find.”
Guo Shier replied, “You’ve said that many times. I know they’re hard to find, but didn’t we still manage to get some?”
The handsome old man shook his head. “That was just luck. If we tried to find them deliberately, we’d probably never succeed in this lifetime. Unless you have a specific secret location and know where evil energy originates, it’s truly difficult to find. In our era, many professionals wanted to obtain evil energy. Not to mention whether they had the means to collect it, just finding the source would take a lot of time and effort, and they might not even succeed.”
Guo Shier understood the old man’s point and said, “Then let’s hurry up and collect more Evil Beads. Hey, handsome old man, what are you daydreaming about?”

The old man with the handsome appearance stared intently at the pervasive fire and gold evil energies. After a while, he suddenly slapped Guo Shier’s thigh and exclaimed happily, “Ah, I was confused!”
Although the old man was a soul entity, his physical form was stronger than that of many professionals. With a single slap, he made Guo Shier jump up, shouting, “What are you doing?”
The old man looked at his own hand, then at Guo Shier’s thigh, and said, “Oh, I meant to slap myself… I didn’t expect to hit you instead. Hehe.”
Guo Shier helplessly slapped his own forehead. Encountering such an unrestrained spirit worshipper, he was also one of the rare professionals in this regard. He said, “Just now you said you were confused, so you slapped me… Tell me, what exactly were you confused about?”
The old man had originally intended to tease Guo Shier a bit more, but his words reminded him, and he became excited, “I can craft a few evil energy pouches. With such concentrated fire and gold evil energies, I can collect them directly using these pouches. Later, when I have time, I can turn them into evil energy beads. This will save a lot of time and allow me to collect more fire and gold evil energies. Haha, the old man is too smart!”
Guo Shier muttered, “Just now he said he was confused, and now he’s praising himself for being smart. Is he confused or smart? Hmph, hard to say.”
The old man said, “You go ahead and collect materials to make evil energy beads. I’ll go to the center of the altar to craft a few evil energy pouches. Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon. Also, retrieve the Evil Soul Beast. It can’t stay outside for long—otherwise, it might escape your control.”
Hearing this, Guo Shier immediately retrieved the Evil Soul Beast. He didn’t dare take any risks. It had taken him a long time to get one, and if it escaped control, it would break his heart.