Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 816 - 408 The Mystery of the Soul Stone_2

Chapter 816: 408 The Mystery of the Soul Stone_2

While speaking, he handed Long Dangdang another small bag, which clearly seemed better compared to the previous one, at least the fabric looked decent.

Long Dangdang nodded, took the bag, and left again.

Grade D and Grade C. There must be Grade A and Grade B Soul Stones too, right?

A piece of spiritual magic equipment could be worth three Grade C Soul Stones. Moreover, the enlightenment necklace was a decent piece among the spiritual magic equipment. But what he did not know was what use the Wraith Kingdom had for these items. Could the undead use weapons and equipment as well? Especially those with a luminous attribute, could they use those too?

Although he had not yet rescued his parents, Long Dangdang’s understanding of the undead was deepening rapidly since his arrival in the city.

After leaving the Soul Stone shop, he wandered around the city once more and noticed that there were indeed a significant number of the undead in Wanning City. At least a million. Almost every one of them had energy fluctuations. Generally speaking, the smaller the difference from humans, the stronger the energy fluctuations. He even encountered an 8th Rank undead. Higher-ranking wraith entities paid more attention to their attire; that 8th Rank undead was dressed in luxurious clothing and even carried a longsword of at least Glorious Class on his back.

Apart from lacking the noise and bustle of human cities, the wraith entities within Wanning City seemed quite harmonious, just like a human city. Even though they were undead, there was a sense of harmonious life. He even saw male and female wraith entities holding hands as if they were a couple walking together.

Thinking back to the scene they had once witnessed where a 9th Rank undead and another female undead embraced each other, Long Dangdang vaguely felt that the intelligence of the undead in the Wraith Kingdom was probably higher than the Federation had judged.

These were all critical discoveries, and he needed to find a way to send this information back.

Through observation, Long Dangdang found that some undead worked for higher-level undead, and he had also seen instances of compensation being paid, seemingly in Soul Stones. For the undead, the existence of Soul Stones was like their food. However, absorbing the energy of a Soul Stone seemed to allow them to maintain a state of existence for a while. Perhaps, in the event of battle, this Soul Energy would be depleted more significantly.

Long Dangdang etched all these conclusions into his mind and didn’t leave the city until just before daybreak.

The habits of wraith entities were the opposite of human beings; the city of Wanning was brightly lit and bustling during the night, whereas as dawn approached, the number of undead on the streets noticeably decreased, as if they had all found places to rest.

Day-hidden, night-active, after all, they were undead.

Armed with these conclusions, Long Dangdang quietly exited Wanning City again, returning to where he had hidden his Earth escape shuttle. Once back inside the shuttle and burrowed deep into the ground, he summoned Little Evil and took out the Soul Stones he had obtained earlier.

The appearance of the Grade C Soul Stone was much better than that of the Grade D. It was still gray but had crystallized, its shape more regular, resembling a gray gemstone.

Little Evil was visibly excited, stretching out and immediately adhering to a Grade C Soul Stone. In the next moment, Long Dangdang saw its enormous eyeball start to ripple with layers of gloss, while the Grade C Soul Stone in its tentacle rapidly turned into the same grayish-white as the Grade D Soul Stone.

After about ten minutes, the Soul Stone completely turned white and then crumbled into powder. As Long Dangdang and Little Evil were bound by a blood pact, he could feel that Little Evil’s spiritual power had strengthened. As an Evil Eye Tyrant, its spiritual power was equivalent to its strength, and an increase in spiritual power meant an improvement in cultivation.

Little Evil had now reached the level of a Level 8 magical beast, equivalent to a 7th Rank in human terms. Its spiritual power had become extremely formidable, and the fact that it could feel a significant improvement indicated that the spiritual power attached to this Soul Stone was indeed quite remarkable.

Little Evil was not at all polite with Long Dangdang; it proceeded to absorb all of the remaining Soul Stone, leaving none behind. After the deed was done, it clearly showed an excited expression, yet there seemed to be a lingering desire for more.

As magical beasts bound by a blood pact, both Little Evil and Little Eight would continuously absorb the outer spiritual power Long Dangdang acquired from the outside world. At this moment, Long Dangdang realized that Little Evil seemed to have had its fill and was no longer drawing spiritual power from him.

"Senior Vast Ocean, with your extensive knowledge and wide experience, do you know what this Soul Stone is?" Long Dangdang posed his inquiry to Senior Vast Ocean.

Gleaming with light, Vast Ocean materialized beside Long Dangdang. Now, he looked quite substantial, his radiance subdued, and his features vaguely recognizable. His face was a near match to Long Dangdang’s, likely an effect of their contract. Or perhaps he had deliberately transformed to look this way.

After silently examining the only Grade D Soul Stone Long Dangdang had left for a while, Vast Ocean shook his head, much to Long Dangdang’s surprise, "I can assert that, at least to my recollection, there has never been such a thing on the entire continent."

Hearing his words, Long Dangdang couldn’t help but shiver with a sudden chill.

Never been such a thing on the entire continent? That meant there were only two possibilities: either these Soul Stones came from another plane of existence or they were artificially manufactured.

And from his observations, he could almost confirm that the very existence and survival of wraith entities depended on these Soul Stones. Did this mean that if he could find the source of the Soul Stones and extinguish it, the threat posed by the Wraith Kingdom could be completely eradicated?

"Then why can Little Evil absorb it, but I can’t?" Long Dangdang continued to question.

After pondering for a moment and sensing the energy fluctuations within, Vast Ocean replied, "The power inside is saturated with the aura of death, which normal living beings can’t absorb. Think of it as ’spiritual energy with a death attribute.’ That might make it easier for you to understand. But Little Evil is different. As the Evil Eye Tyrant, it has abilities similar to the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace of Kongkong, allowing it to filter any spiritual energy and then completely absorb it."

A thought struck Long Dangdang, "So, if Little Evil absorbs enough spiritual energy, could it possibly transfer the filtered spiritual energy back to me?"

Once cultivation reaches a certain level, especially after ascending to the Great Path 9th Rank, continuing to advance is a comprehensive issue. First, one should focus on improving outer spiritual power, because only with sufficient physical strength can inner spiritual power be better enhanced. Second is spiritual power, which is also extremely important. When spiritual power is immense, without adequate mental strength to control it, complications can arise.

"In theory, it should be possible, but it would require a significant amount of high-quality Soul Stones. The spiritual power capacity of the Evil Eye Tyrant is immensely vast—in fact, it can be said that as long as there is sufficient spiritual energy, it could continue to ascend. So, if you want it to transfer spiritual power back to you, you must first satisfy its own needs. At the very least, you will need to reach at least the 8th Rank before it hits a bottleneck due to the blood pact influence," Vast Ocean explained.

After hearing Vast Ocean’s explanation, Long Dangdang nodded slightly, "Understood. Then please continue repairing Senior Asura. How is Senior Asura’s condition now?"

Vast Ocean had previously finished repairing the World Supremacy Spirit Furnace and was now working on the Asura Red Lotus Spirit Furnace. This was of great importance to Long Dangdang.