207: Battle Soul Realm

Just as Xu Yan was observing the changes in Zhu Yan's body, the 'last survivor' in the Secret Realm also met its end.

Unsurprisingly, the creature of the Secret Realm, which could be considered either lucky or unlucky, ultimately couldn't hold on. First, its will gradually collapsed under the infusion of the grievances of all beings, leaving its will-less body to grow wildly under the influence of the recovery power, eventually being consumed by the flames of sin.

And at the moment its physical body turned to dust, the already riddled floating land seemed to suffer a fatal blow, rapidly collapsing, disintegrating, and finally returning to dust, leaving no trace of its existence.

Kui Fang, who hadn't held much hope for that creature's survival, wasn't disappointed by this outcome. Instead, he turned to look at Xu Yan.

"Mo Yi's task for me is complete. The rest is up to you. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

With that, without waiting for Xu Yan to bid him farewell, he and the bone throne beneath him vanished.

Looking at the empty space around him, with only himself, Zhu Yan, and three spiders remaining, Xu Yan had no intention of staying. He immediately had Wuxiang connect to the spatial teleportation device and left the area.

Because time was pressing, and aside from Zhu Yan, everyone else and their Spirit Beasts hadn't expended much, Xu Yan didn't choose to return to the Third Academy to rest. Instead, he opted to directly teleport to another special training Secret Realm.

Unlike the previous anti-human Secret Realm, which was treated as a 'consumable' and wasn't even worthy of a name, this time Xu Yan chose a special Secret Realm called the Soul Fighting Secret Realm.

Unlike other Secret Realms where the physical body enters, the Soul Fighting Secret Realm provides specialized 'bodies'. Entrants will separate a wisp of their soulread to inhabit these bodies, controlling them to act within the Secret Realm.

The attributes will be the same as the entrant's, and the strength will be the average of the entrant's current major rank.

Furthermore, because only a wisp of soulread inhabits the body and the compatibility between the body and soulread is not high, the difficulty of using skills, Power of Heaven and Earth, and domains within the Secret Realm will be dozens, even hundreds, of times higher than outside.

Each entry slot is a one-time opportunity. If the body inhabited by the soulread dies, this opportunity is lost, and a new entry slot must be acquired. Even the Coaching Team only gave Xu Yan one chance to enter.

Of course, while there are various restrictions and the entry slots are extremely precious, there are naturally corresponding benefits. The benefits in this Secret Realm lie with the opponents.

Including the 'body' inhabited by the entrant's soulread, most of the creatures in the Secret Realm are a type of life form called 'Soul Fighters'. These life forms in the Soul Fighting Secret Realm have a shared characteristic called 'Victor Takes All'.

After a battle is won, everything belonging to the losing side, including themselves, will be forcefully converted into the purest soul essence, to be plundered by the victor.

For 'outsiders' who enter the Secret Realm with their soulread, 20% of this soul essence will be directly absorbed and fed back to the main body, used to enhance its soul strength.

The remaining 80% will be stored within the 'body' in the Secret Realm, amplifying various insights of both the soulread and the main body. The more soul essence stored and the higher its quality, the stronger this amplification will be. Of course, it will also be more likely to attract the covetousness and hunting of other beings.

Similarly, if defeated by others, all the stored soul essence, along with the soulread that entered the Secret Realm, will go to the opponent. Only the insights gained after entering the Secret Realm and the 20% soul essence already fed back to the main body will be retained.

Upon seeing the Soul Fighting Secret Realm, Xu Yan realized that this Secret Realm was extremely suitable for him.

All the Spirit Beasts contracted by Xu Yan have Overlord Rank bloodlines, and with the Myriad Affinity Innate Talent, their comprehension has also greatly improved, and resources are certainly not lacking.

In this situation, the biggest problem restricting their improvement is the time and experience required to convert the aforementioned into their own strength, rather than just their level.

And the effect of this Soul Fighting Secret Realm is to accelerate this process. For Xu Yan, obtaining enough soul essence, sublimating one's soul, insights, and experience, then supplementing the corresponding levels and spiritual power, is the simplest thing.

There was only one slot. After excluding Zhu Yan, Suanni, and Xuan You, four Spirit Beasts that lacked neither experience nor insights and wouldn't benefit much from entering, only Wuxiang and Xiong Nian remained.

In a choice between two, before Xu Yan could make a decision, Wuxiang voluntarily gave up.

This wasn't out of humility, but rather the result Wuxiang reached after calculation: whether it was the combat gains in the Secret Realm or the overall improvement of Xu Yan's strength, Xiong Nian's entry would yield greater benefits than Wuxiang's own entry.

Moreover, not entering the Soul Fighting Secret Realm doesn't mean Wuxiang won't improve. Mechanical Spirit Beasts don't really need combat experience; data and databases are basically sufficient. And as a Mechanical System Spirit Beast, besides absorbing various metals, analyzing all things and acquiring new knowledge can also enhance its strength.

As early as the previous Secret Realm, Wuxiang had fully recorded and real-time analyzed the entire process from Zhu Yan's action to the Secret Realm's demise.

And after Zhu Yan emerged from the Secret Realm, Wuxiang specifically conducted in-depth research and analysis on the clothes Zhu Yan wove and the two faith puppet bodies. Even now, Wuxiang's various miniature detection devices are still inside Zhu Yan's two puppet bodies.

And this analysis process was also extremely rewarding for Wuxiang. Its level directly reached Monarch Level 4, and it completed a certain degree of analysis and simulation of faith power, the grievances of all beings, and the power of sin. It can now initially integrate these into mechanical constructs to perform corresponding enhancements and modifications.

Even so, Wuxiang has not yet fully absorbed the gains from the previous Secret Realm. The Soul Fighting Secret Realm truly doesn't have as much appeal to it as the former.

Furthermore, the Soul Fighting Secret Realm itself is also an excellent research subject. Even without entering it, Wuxiang can still research and analyze it through Xiong Nian.

After comprehensive consideration, Wuxiang ultimately chose to voluntarily give up, handing this opportunity to Xiong Nian. The condition was that Xiong Nian would agree to Wuxiang's full monitoring and analysis of all changes in Xiong Nian's main body after its soulread entered the Secret Realm.

Xu Yan approved of Wuxiang's choice and explanation. Similarly, Xiong Nian also agreed to Wuxiang's request, and ultimately, this slot to enter the Soul Fighting Secret Realm was given to Xiong Nian.