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n498 Time, Strange Fifth Soul Pet

nCrack crack crack…

nA crisp sound constantly sounded from the ice pit.

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nWang Che first saw a hand.

nWhen he saw this hand, Wang Che’s heart jumped. He roughly knew what it was.

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nThis was because the small palm was segmented. There was no flesh, like white bones made of ice crystals.

nSkeleton.

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n“…”

nA moment later, a small ice skeleton crawled out of the ice pit.

nIt was ice-crystal-colored and had no flesh on its body. It was a humanoid and was about 50 centimeters tall.

n“Skeleton?”

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nWang Che was really stunned for a long time, “A skeleton hatched from this soul pet egg? Isn’t this birth method a little strange… wait, that egg seems to be a special energy structure.”

nThis little skeleton looked very ordinary. Other than the ice crystal color of its body, its greatest characteristic was a black shadow in the depths of its eyes. In the depths of the dark shadows, there was a laser-like scarlet color that emitted a cold ancient aura.

n“This is a Transcendent soul pet?”

nWang Che pondered and pinched his chin.

nIt seemed that the Glazed Heavenly King was indeed hiding something.

nThe little skeleton crawled out of the ice pit, but it didn’t look for its Contract Soul Master like a young soul pet.

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nInstead, it placed its hands behind its back and looked up at the distant iceberg. There was only confusion and confusion in its eyes.

nIts entire body was ice-crystal-colored, and the structure of its body seemed extraordinary.

nHowever, in other aspects…

n“Oh right, the life contract…”

nWang Che felt himself and frowned slightly.

nIt was different from when he had formed a life contract with the Firefly Dream Spirit and could feel the majestic life force.

nNow… it felt like nothing.

nIt was even stranger than the little caterpillar.

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n“Could it be that it’s not bound by the life contract?”

nWang Che thought for a moment and looked at the little skeleton, “From its form, could this guy have been a human when it was alive? With ice crystals as bones, I can’t tell if it was a man or a woman. The birth of an egg is strange…”

n“As for the abilities it has…”

nWang Che used the life contract to sense it and discovered that he did not sense any information about this little skeleton.

nIt was completely different from when the Firefly Dream Spirit was born. After Wang Che sensed it for a while, he basically knew the general information of the Firefly Dream Spirit.

nEven its soul skill sequence was very clear.

nBut…

n“Moreover, my divine sense can’t sense its strength…”

nWang Che was puzzled.

nIn fact, after birth, there was not even a trace of life.

nIt was like an inanimate object.

nBefore it was born, he could still sense life force from the egg.

nGood fellow, after being born, he actually could not sense any life force from it.

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nThis was definitely the strangest soul pet Wang Che had encountered.

nIn reality, skeleton soul pets also existed in the martial soul world.

nThey were related to ghost-type soul pets, but different from the unique physique of ghost-type soul pets.

nA skeleton soul pet was considered a weak soul pet in the martial soul world.

nThey only appeared in various tombs and had extremely low intelligence. Their source was the mutated corpses of soul beasts after they died. However, because it was too old, these corpses would develop a certain amount of intelligence. Moreover, their growth potential was extremely low and would not be related to the soul beasts when they were alive.

nIn addition, it had been a long time since the bones of these soul beasts had gradually decayed and were very weak.

nIn the Fallen Ancient Era, the death toll of soul beasts and humans was the highest in history.

n“According to history, about two thousand years ago, various skeleton soul pets appeared. They were all the corpses of those dead soul beasts and humans, mutated creatures. In a sense, it was the end of that era.”

n“Two thousand years. That’s because these soul pets are still very popular… unfortunately, as time passed, these skeleton soul pets’ growth and upper limit decreased, causing many Contract Soul Masters to give up nurturing them.”

nWang Che’s mind flashed with the history of such soul pets.

nIn reality, the reason was very simple. If one wanted to nurture fleshless and emotionless skeletons, why not directly nurture flesh and blood soul pets?

nTherefore, there were very few such soul pets in the modern world.

nAs Wang Che was deep in thought, the little skeleton twisted its body and walked to Wang Che in a daze. Then, it looked up at Wang Che, the confusion in its eyes not decreasing much.

nCrack!

nIts body seemed to be unstable as it sat on the ice.

nWang Che squatted down and extended a finger.

nThe little skeleton extended its hand and grabbed Wang Che’s fingers. It struggled to get up. It turned around and looked at the ice pit. It opened its mouth and made cracking sounds.

nIt could not even speak.

n“Is there something inside?” Wang Che asked.

nThe little skeleton turned its head as if it could not hear Wang Che. Moreover, when it turned, its head immediately let out a cracking sound and fell from its body. It rolled a few times like a ball and landed at Wang Che’s feet.

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nWang Che picked up its head and quickly placed it on its neck. He twisted it a few times and heard a crisp sound before letting go.

nNo matter what, it was a soul pet he had waited for more than a year.

nWang Che walked over and dug the ice pit. After digging, the ice egg had already shattered.

n“Eh, this is…”

nWang Che was slightly stunned.

nThe ice egg had indeed shattered, but after shattering, there was a soft cloth inside, like a membrane. However, on closer look, he discovered some strange patterns on it.

nIt should have been born with it.

nOr rather, it was in the ice egg.

nMoreover, the ice egg fragments seemed to be like prism crystals that could combine into something?

nWang Che’s eyes lit up slightly. The ice egg fragments immediately floated up and quickly combined in the air.

nIn a moment, a special crown was formed.

nA round bone structure resembling a ring.

nIt was like a crown indeed.

n“Ahhh!”

nThe little skeleton ran over and pointed at the two things, making a muffled sound.

n“You want this?” Wang Che asked.

nThe little skeleton cried out a few times, its confused eyes filled with desire.

nIt did not seem to have much consciousness and only had an instinctive desire, like a child who was hungry and instinctively wanted to drink milk.

n“It was born with its own equipment?”

nWang Che sensed these two things and did not discover anything strange.

nThen, Wang Che’s heart jumped. These two things seemed to be hiding something, but they were sealed by a special power.

n“Transcendent should be referring to the eggshell of the ice egg and the cloth in this ice egg, right? Could it be that the Transcendent life forms the Glazed Heavenly King and the others sensed are referring to these two?”

nWang Che narrowed his eyes and handed the two things to the little skeleton.

nThe little skeleton took it in a hurry, but it was a little confused, as if it did not know how to use it.

nWang Che thought for a moment and first put the bone ring on the little skeleton’s head before putting the cloth on it.

nSuddenly, its body began to glow.

nA unique life force rose from its body.

nAlmost instantly, Wang Che felt the little skeleton’s message.

nFrom the information he sensed in the life contract, it was as if it had truly gained life at this moment.

nHowever, the information was very short, even shorter than the little caterpillar’s.

nOther than the name and race, there was nothing else.

nPerhaps there were, but it was probably all question marks.

nThere was nothing like a soul skill sequence.

n“Ahhh!”

nThe little skeleton suddenly raised its head and puffed out its chest, letting out a high-pitched cry. Although its eyes were blank, it felt that it had an aura that could blot out the sky.

nHowever, there was nothing in the Northern Frost Region.

nOther than the howling cold wind…

nEspecially when the cold wind howled, the ice rocks were blown up by the cold wind and smashed over like rocks.

nIt hit the little skeleton’s head.

nDuang~!

nThe little skeleton’s head fell with a thud.

nThe sound stopped.

nThe crown on the skeleton’s head fell and disappeared.

nThe black cloth on the little skeleton also disappeared.

n“…”

nIt did not seem to have changed much.

n“No…”

nWang Che suddenly looked around and his pupils constricted.

nHe picked up the little skeleton’s head and installed it again.

nHe walked to the ice pit again. The ice pit that had been dug returned to its original state.

nWang Che dug calmly. Soon, he found the shattered crystal and the black cloth.

nSeeing this, Wang Che whispered, “Time.”

nInteresting.

nTime changed, and even space was altered.

nHow did this little skeleton use it?

n“Could it be that crown?”

nWang Che frowned slightly and reassembled the crystal in the ice egg. He put it on the little skeleton and draped the black cloth over it.

nThe little skeleton did not seem to have changed much. This time, it did not cry out. It only came to Wang Che’s feet and cried out.

n“You want to cultivate?” Wang Che seemed to understand.

nThe little skeleton understood this time. Previously, it did not understand Wang Che’s words or sense his meaning.

nIt nodded in confusion.

n“Alright, I’ll teach you how to cultivate,” Wang Che said slowly.

nThe little skeleton waved the black cloth like a flag. It was very imposing.

nWang Che looked at it and roughly understood.

nThe skeleton might not be very powerful.

nHowever, the black cloth and the crown contained immense power.

nWhen they were not on its body, those two things were useless.

nOnly when it wore them could they be effective, as if its soul was bound to them.

nHowever, it could not unleash the strength of these two treasures now.

nThis little skeleton was very interesting.

n“This little thing’s background is not simple… After returning to the war zone, I have to go to the Ice Palace in the Northern Ice Plain to take a look.”

nAfter thinking about this, Wang Che began to think about how to let the little skeleton cultivate.

nIt was a skeleton, not a conventional life form.

nIn a sense, soul pets were very similar to demonic beasts.

nTheir body structure and all aspects had something in common. Therefore, after modifying the demon beast cultivation technique, soul pets could also cultivate it.

nFor example, the little caterpillar’s Five Elements Profound Clarity Era Record, although not a demonic beast cultivation technique, such cultivation techniques were not limited to humans.

nAs a cultivation technique that pointed to the Great Dao, there were not many restrictions on race.

nHowever, no matter what cultivation technique it was, there was a precondition: one had to have a physical body.

nWithout a body, there were only ghost cultivators in the Netherworld.

nHowever, even ghost cultivators needed a soul.

nThe little skeleton did not have the flesh of a normal life form. No cultivation technique was suitable for it.

nGhost cultivators were even more unsuitable.

nIn reality, ghost cultivator cultivation techniques were quite suitable for ghost-type soul pets.

nWang Che had many powerful ghost cultivation techniques.

nGhost-type soul pets were spirit bodies and could be said to be very compatible with ghost cultivation techniques.

nHowever, Wang Che didn’t have a ghost-type soul pet.

nDevil-type soul pets had unique bodies that were innately stronger and more compatible with devil cultivation techniques.

nSimilarly, the one most compatible with demon cultivation techniques was actually a demon spirit-type soul pet.

n“Skeletal frame, a soul of light…”

nWang Che pondered and said, “The Heavenly Bone Emperor of the Nether Capital World once had a magical cultivation technique. That guy was only a skeleton in the past, so it’s a little compatible with you.”

n“However, if you want to cultivate that cultivation technique, you first have to cultivate an indestructible spirit skeleton body.”

n“Your crown has the power to control time. This black cloth should most likely contain the power of ice. Moreover, it’s not just the power of ice, but also the power of decay.”

n“It looks a little like the unique power of reincarnation…”

nWang Che narrowed his eyes and looked at the black cloth.

nIn fact, the power of reincarnation was not a very mysterious and awesome power.

nInstead, it was a power that could allow one to be reborn.

nIn the universe, many lives actually had this unique power to constantly be reborn in different worlds.

nIf it worked well, it would be very powerful.

nIf it did not work well, they would be lost in the world forever. In essence, it still depended on how one used it.

n“To be able to become like this, you probably have a lot to do with this world.”

n“Ah?” The little skeleton tilted its head and glanced at Wang Che.

nIts head almost fell off again.

nIts body was very weak and it was born with loose bones.

n“However, you have a life force and a unique soul light in your skull. It doesn’t matter even if your body is shattered. With this life force soul light, you can constantly reconstruct your body. It’s your characteristic.”

nWang Che pondered and said, “Moreover, the advantage is that you can’t feel pain.”

nHe looked around, “If you want to cultivate, you have to have a good body. You should be able to find an extremely good Profound Ice Mine here. If you can nurture the ten-thousand-year Profound Ice, your ice bones should be able to be changed.”

n“Hmm… Speaking of which, compared to the Magnetic Sword, you have more potential to become a Mechanical Overlord.”

n“After all, there aren’t many soul pets that aren’t afraid of pain and can change their bodies at will.”

nThe little skeleton looked at Wang Che in confusion.

n“Let’s go. I won’t cultivate for the time being. I’ll change your body first.”

n“Your ice bones are too ordinary.”

nWang Che brought the little skeleton deeper into the Northern Frost Region.

nThere should be an ice mine underground.

nThe little skeleton wore the black cloth like a cloak and followed Wang Che. However, after taking two steps, its body began to slip.

nSeeing this, Wang Che picked it up and walked towards the Northern Frost Region.

nThe Firefly Dream Spirit had discovered more than 30 mines in the Northern Frost Region.

nHowever, most of the mines had soul crystals. They were rare, but not what Wang Che needed.

nThere were only two special ice crystal mines.

nWang Che knew the location. After a while, he found the ice mine.

n“There are currently two ways to change your bones.”

nWang Che asked, “One is that I help you refine a body and alter it directly. This way, you will feel very strong for a short period of time.”

nAs he spoke, Wang Che punched the ice, and it immediately shattered into a huge spiderweb.

n“But it will take you a long time to adapt.”

n“The other is to directly absorb the energy in these ice crystals to temper your body.”

n“You won’t feel very strong in the short term, but because the process is slow, you can adapt very well.”

nWang Che drew two cultivation routes on the ice and indicated them with a pattern.

nIn the end, its entire body glowed, indicating that its body had become very powerful.

n“Which one do you choose?” Wang Che asked.

nThe little skeleton pointed at the second one.

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