The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 281 - 162

Chapter 281: 162

Missionary Gao Li finished speaking, glanced down at the Beast Trainers gathered below, and, finding everyone gazing up at him with fervent eyes, nodded in satisfaction.

These individuals had been selected from Midwood City for their ideological awareness and were highly suitable for recruitment into the faith. Next up would be to see what sort of talents these people possessed.

"Well then, summon your Pet Beasts now."

"Yes, Lord Gao Li." The Beast Trainers, draped in black robes, collectively responded and began to summon their Pet Beasts.

Soon, more than a dozen Pet Beasts appeared nearby. Lu Ran looked over and found they were all creatures under Level 20 with low Species Levels, making them quite weak.

Lu Ran pondered for a moment before summoning Mr. Husky. The wolf-like Mr. Husky, mingling among these feeble creatures, did not draw any particular attention. Without a sword in its mouth ready for battle, accompanied by that wise-looking gaze, Mr. Husky could hardly be seen as a figure of strength.

"Woof." Mr. Husky called out softly, looking to Lu Ran and curious about the situation.

"Nothing’s wrong, just testing your soul Talent, no fights for now," Lu Ran thought to himself.

Oh.

Mr. Husky cast a disdainful glance, thinking, is a test even necessary? How could it be anything but exceptional?

Wait, what’s a soul?

Mr. Husky turned its intelligent eyes towards Lu Ran.

"Pay attention," Lu Ran said, speechless.

At that moment, the person closest to the Preacher walked over at Gao Li’s beckoning.

His Pet Beast was a Stone Pig. The Preacher handed the man a Soul Suppressing Stone and said, "During the process, the Pet Beast must not resist or shield itself with energy, or else its soul cannot be expelled. You need to communicate with your Pet Beast, then go ahead and test on your own. I won’t do it for you, to prevent any excessive reaction."

"Okay, okay," the Beast Trainer eagerly accepted the Soul Suppressing Stone and turned to the Stone Pig.

"Grunt, grunt..."

The next moment, he smacked the pig’s head with the stone like hitting it with a brick, and to everyone’s amazement, a large grey, pig-shaped spiritual body was struck out of the Stone Pig by the Soul Suppressing Stone, almost collapsing next to its physical body.

Mr. Husky: ?

At that instant, the Stone Pig’s body seemed to become mindless and froze in place, while the pig-shaped Spiritual Body, inheriting its expression, looked around in panic and confusion.

Meanwhile, Lu Ran’s Data Eye swiftly scanned it.

[Name]: Unstable Stone Pig Soul

[Species Level]: None

[Growth Level]: None

"Oink!!!" Within just a few seconds, the Stone Pig soul let out a suffocating squeal before quickly diving back into its body. Then, the stupefied Stone Pig "reawakened," gasping heavily in fright and showing fear in its piggy eyes.

"No good," Gao Li commented with a furrowed brow. The Talent was too trashy.

It’s of the kind that, after a few soul devourings, would inevitably go mad and lose its reason.

"Lord Gao Li, does it have poor Talent then..." the Stone Pig’s Beast Trainer asked.

Gao Li explained, "In theory, any Pet Beast can be transformed into an undead, but that’s the crux—the only Pet Beasts that can retain their self while growing as necro system forms are those with sufficiently strong soul Talents."

"I’d recommend that you train this Pet Beast as usual for now and consider transforming it into an undead only if it accidentally perishes in the future. Go stand aside for now. Later, I will guide you to search for Pet Beasts with suitable soul Talents near Midwood City. You may want to contemplate contracting a new Pet Beast then."

"This Pet Beast of yours, I’m afraid it doesn’t have much hope."

"Pass the Soul Suppressing Stone to the next person."

The man walked away disappointedly while the next Beast Trainer’s Cat-Shaped Pet Beast turned out to have decent Talent. Its spiritual body could stay outside for a full minute before feeling discomfort, a result that made Gao Li nod in satisfaction.

Although it was still not a very strong soul Talent, it was enough for a Beast Trainer of this level and certainly sufficient for indoctrination into the faith.

"Next..."

"Next..."

After a while, it was finally Lu Ran’s turn. Although Lu Ran had no intention of nurturing Mr. Husky into the necro system, he was quite curious about Mr. Husky’s soul Talent strength.

Holding the brick-like Soul Suppressing Stone, Lu Ran looked towards the puzzled Mr. Husky beside him.

"Your turn, give it a try," said Gao Li, looking at Lu Ran and Mr. Husky. Compared to the previous few, Lu Ran’s Pet Beast did seem quite imposing, as if it had been well-trained.

However.

The next moment silenced the Preacher and the rest of the onlookers.

They saw Lu Ran continuing to whack Mr. Husky’s head with the stone, the dog just staring back with big eyes, with no reaction whatsoever.

"What’s going on!" the surrounding Beast Trainers hoping to join the Divine Sect wondered in confusion.

Although the dog’s gaze seemed a bit dim-witted, they had heard about dim-witted eyes but never about a missing soul.

"What’s going on," Lu Ran was also puzzled.

"Woof!" Having its head smacked continually, Mr. Husky finally showed a discontented expression.

The Soul Suppressing Stone, huh? It would remember this grudge.

"Could it be—" At this moment, seeing the Soul Suppressing Stone having no effect on the dog, Missionary Gao Li pondered thoughtfully and then spoke in disbelief, "Incredible, this is the first time I’ve encountered such a situation; I’ve only heard of it before."

"It’s said that if a soul Talent is extremely powerful, then an ordinary Soul Suppressing Stone will be ineffective on it. Your Pet Beast’s Talent might be exceptionally high!" He looked at Lu Ran with covetous eyes and asked, "What’s your name?"

"King of Sudden Death," Lu Ran replied.