Chapter 521 Test

Imperial Capital

Trapped Beast Mountain

This is a dangerous area in the imperial capital, quite famous locally. It's home to numerous wild beasts, even legendary beasts. Many university experts have brought their students here, and many papers have been published there.

However, most of them are rather watery, and the vast majority are various graduation theses.

After all, this dangerous place is just on the edge of being passed down from generation to generation, and there is no overly advanced rhythm.

It is said that a thousand years ago, Trapped Beast Mountain was once owned by a young master from the imperial capital. Although the land of Yan State was plagued by disasters at that time, his family was very powerful, enough to guarantee the young master's extravagance and debauchery.

Therefore, he raised a legendary wild beast in this mountain, and usually sent some weak wild beasts in to watch it hunt and vent its desires for entertainment.

Later... after his family was retaliated and destroyed, Di Chang'an took over the mountain. He did not destroy it, but preserved it as a dangerous place.

In addition to the legendary wild beast trapped in the mountains, many weak wild beasts have also been living in it, forming a strange ecology.

Today, the association has blocked off this dangerous place, and the army has surrounded the Beast Trapped Mountain layer by layer, refusing to receive any outsiders.

The reason is that an experiment is about to be carried out here.

"Ah? Me?" Wen Renge pointed at himself, "Experimenting with a new soul card?"

"That's right."

The person standing in front of him was an association member wearing a baseball cap. His clothes looked rather ordinary and his face was also ordinary, but his aura was very strong, at least level seven.

There are many masters in the imperial capital, and level seven is indeed quite common.

"Don't spread the information about this card. I guess you signed a confidentiality agreement before you came here."

"Um... yes." Wen Renge said weakly, "It is said that this is an internship..."

The man in the baseball cap looked calm as he wrote something on the board in his hand. "It will be included in your internship certificate. However, the materials for this experiment are very precious, so if it fails, you will have to take the blame."

Wen Renge: “……?”

What bad things are you saying?

I'm just a poor student. All the cards I own are either bought from street stalls or picked up from the wastebasket of the Card Making Academy next door. Do I deserve to be blamed for this?

The man in the baseball cap paused, raised his head, looked at Wen Renge's odd expression, and smiled. "I'm just kidding. Of course, you don't have to take the blame. I've seen your fights, and I'm sure you'll really enjoy the upcoming experiment."

"Is... is that so?" Wen Ren Ge was skeptical.

In fact, he had already started to back out in his heart.

But in the current situation, the Beast Trapped Mountain has been surrounded by layers of enemies, and he can't escape... Besides, this kind of thing involves a confidentiality agreement, so the association shouldn't really hold him responsible, right?

Forget it, never mind, at worst he can go find Yu Cang.

It’s not that he wants to trouble Yu Cang, but mainly because in the slightly higher level circles, his only connection is Yu Cang.

"Okay, let's take a look at this soul card first."

Wen Ren Ge temporarily suppressed his concerns and took the soul card.

"Slaying the Desolation and Transmuting Soul Technique?" Wen Renge chewed over the information on the Soul Card. "Ritual Spell Card..."

He has an impression.

It seemed to be something that Yu Cang had developed in Muchu. He didn’t know much about the details, but he heard that it was very cool.

So this is a lower-level soul card invented by an unknown card maker?

He continued to read.

"Summoning a spirit beast...?"

Wen Renge opened his eyes wide.

Wait, what was the sacrifice? A wild beast? A living one?

This is not a banned card!

No matter whether the sacrifice is a wild beast or a human, as long as it involves living things, it is a definite ban.

But... can you actually summon spirit beasts directly?

Hiss… No wonder they had to sign a confidentiality agreement. The ban card thing was real… But why me? Shouldn't testing banned cards be the job of the Intake Bureau?

Could it be that this inexplicable internship activity was actually announced by the admissions bureau?

Wen Ren Ge couldn't help but be silent.

He doesn't want to go to a place like a detention center!

Internship in the Soul Card Master profession is very important and is closely related to future employment. If you accept an internship at the Reception Bureau, you will basically have to come here in the future.

Don't do that! Although he looks a little crazy, he is still a normal person at heart! He needs freedom! If he has to stay in the detention center for the rest of his life, he might as well die on the border.

"Why do you want me to do this experiment?"

"The association's top brass and..." The man in the baseball cap smiled quizzically, "and... the author of this card all admire you. Besides, you happen to be free lately."

Wen Ren Ge slapped his forehead.

What is going on!

Whoever created this card! Stand up! This is too much!

Who on earth is this evil card banner? Damn it, he doesn't want this kind of appreciation!

No, he must find Yu Cang.

Although he knew it would be bad to trouble Yu Cang, he had no other choice. Yu Cang was probably the only person he knew who could do justice. At worst, he could just owe him a favor and work like a slave for him.

The author of this card? No matter who he is, he must obey Yu Cang, the inventor of ritual summoning.

Look at this card! It's a complete mess. It doesn't look like a banned card, nor does it look like a ritual summon. And it even has two different ways to use it? So amateurish! Is there any need to test this card? And why is it even being so ostentatiously tested on Trapped Beast Mountain? They're occupying public space and wasting public resources! It's obvious this is some wealthy young man from the imperial capital. Wen Renge has no sympathy with people like him!

"Who is the author of this card!" Wen Ren Ge's eyes were firm, and he was ready to fight the evil forces to the end.

The association member pressed his cap down: "Um...Yu Cang."

"Yu...eh?" Wen Ren Ge was stunned, and his angry expression suddenly froze.

He slowly lowered his head and scanned the soul card again, after a moment of silence.

He said, "This card is a work of art! It perfectly combines Ritual Summoning and Forbidden Cards, avoiding the shortcomings of both while retaining their strengths. The distinction between the two usage methods is a stroke of genius, a masterpiece!" Is there any need to test this card? He believed it would be fine even if used directly. And the Association, I'm not saying anything bad, but for a Soul Card of this level, they only use Trapped Beast Mountain as a testing ground? There's something wrong with their thinking!

Wen Renge coughed lightly, and a look of determination appeared on his face.

"I know, come on!"

Since it was Yu Cang who did it, there is no need to worry.

Even if Yu Cang wanted to kill him directly and whip his corpse, he would accept it.

After all… when he ate Yu Cang’s meteorite, Yu Cang was able to bring him back to life even in this deadly situation. So what else is there that we cannot trust in this man?

"Hmm...Okay."

Although the man in the baseball cap didn't know why Wen Ren Ge's expression changes were so interesting, he didn't say anything when he saw that Wen Ren Ge was willing to cooperate.

"Take this 'True Name Display Formation'. The true name of a spirit beast is already engraved on it."

The association's card makers are not just there to eat for free.

Although it has not been long since the True Name Demonstration was obtained, the card makers have made many interesting improvements to this soul card with the overtime work of the old guys.

Before, the True Name Display Formation could only be used against spirit beasts at close range, but now, as long as the true name is engraved in advance, a True Name Display Formation representing a certain spirit beast can be directly made. This is much more convenient. Soul Card Masters can choose one from many "contracts" and use it plug and play.

After Wen Ren Ge took the soul card, he used it without hesitation.

Buzz!

The soul card was broken, and the upper limit of Wen Renge's soul energy well was directly reduced. Afterwards, he could clearly sense that a certain existence had established a connection with him.

"Is it a spirit beast..." Wen Ren Ge guessed.

The contractual relationship had been established, but Wen Renge could only sense the relative position and that the other party was probably an epic, but he couldn't detect the specifics.

Then come and summon me.

He turned his head and looked to the side.

At this time, in that place, the staff of the association had already captured an epic wild beast, which was lying there, and was suppressed to a low health level, waiting for Wen Ren Ge to finish it off.

Although this ritual spell card can directly sacrifice wild beasts...but the wild beasts will struggle and will definitely not be your sacrifice obediently. Ordinary people do not have the imperial heart to forcibly plunder your power.

Therefore, before using this spell card, it is necessary to replenish the remaining health.

So……

Wen Renge waved his hand, and the art of transforming the wild beast into a spirit was shattered at his fingertips. A huge ritual magic circle was opened under the bloody body of the wild beast, and balls of unclean purple flames ignited regularly along the edge of the magic circle!

The wild beast seemed to be aware of something. Although the wound on its neck was bleeding profusely, it still struggled desperately out of the desire to survive and tried to leave the range of the magic circle. However, how could it do that when it was seriously injured and dying?

"roar!!"

It let out a weak roar, and then the roar gradually disappeared. Its figure was submerged in the increasingly dense light. Then, the light did not disappear, and a shadow replaced the wild beast in it. In a moment, the light suddenly faded, and a wolf-shaped spirit beast emerged from it.

The wolf opened his eyes and looked around vigilantly. Even after seeing the members of the association and Wen Renge, his vigilance still did not subside.

However, he wasn't on guard against humans...he was on guard against the environment.

Trapped Beast Mountain was a place that had been occupied by wild beasts for a long time, and the disturbing aura of the wild beasts was everywhere. He knew very well that... generally speaking, exposure to such an environment often meant death for spirit beasts.

He didn't want to participate in this experiment, but there was no other way.

His idiotic great-grandfather was persuaded by Yaoqi and Jie in just a few words during the siege of Aohai and became a fence-sitter, which turned his originally solid achievements into an indelible shame. God knows how many times he was looked down upon in the Dragon Palace during this period.

Damn, he was clearly working very hard to suppress the rebellion! The wolf tribe has always been a strong family faction! They are so close to their family that they are almost turning into a dog tribe!

Therefore, in order to regain some respect in Tianmen and to reassure humans, he had no choice but to participate in this life-threatening experiment.

Coming to the Beast Trapped Mountain was only part of the danger. Once he decided to participate in the experiment, he could not stay in Tianmen until he was sure it was 100% safe... Now, his real body had been sent to an abandoned secret space.

I'm afraid he will have to stay there for quite a long time... Although that place has been inspected by the association, who knows if there are any missed little surprises related to Huang.

Once you get infected with that, even if you don't die during the experiment, you will die.

But, there's nothing he can do about it, because he has a charming and stupid grandfather.

I hope everything is alright...

While he was vigilantly sensing his surroundings, Wen Ren Ge had already cried out in surprise.

"Huh... He doesn't actually cause any mental stress for me..."

"Oh? Really?" The man in the baseball cap was writing something on the board.

The association's staff were also taking measurements nearby.

"Yes...I still have zero mental stress now!"

"It does sound a lot like some banned cards..." The guy in the peaked cap thought for a moment and looked to the side. "Have you detected any pseudo-personality disorder?"

"No, all parameters are normal."

"...As expected of Yu Cang." The man in the peaked cap raised his head. "The ritual summoning... is truly astonishingly powerful..."

There is no mental pressure, which means maintaining no pressure. The combat of the spirit beast summoned in this way is only limited by the death cooldown of the Desolate Soul Transformation Technique.

The man in the baseball cap wouldn't say that he was a member of the General Administration of Treatment.

But at this point, he had to admit it.

If the data from the next test remains as stable as it is now...

The previous research conducted by the treatment bureau was really a waste of time.

He clicked his tongue and lowered his cap.

"Go on."

…

Somewhere in space

Buzz!

The wolf emerged from the sudden ritual formation, and then quickly looked towards its left front paw.

There... it's intact!

Just now, in order to test the details, before the death cooldown of the Soul-Slaying Technique was about to end, the man in the baseball cap used the soul card to leave a wound on the wolf's left front paw.

Because the wolf was summoned by its original body, theoretically the wound would not disappear after the summoning ended... However, the fact was that his left front paw was intact, as if it had never been injured.

this……

The wolf gasped.

Too strong...

The spirit beast summoned by the ritual is not hurt?

Doesn't that mean that as long as I cancel the summon before receiving fatal damage, I will never die in battle?

This means that spirit beasts will no longer have to worry about fighting for humans!

At least, there won’t be another idiot like my great-grandfather!

…

"The basic data has been collected almost." The man in the baseball cap wrote something in the notebook.

Wen Renge's face still had some regrets: "It's over..."

"not yet."

"Eh? What else do you want to test?"

"Test something you like." A smile appeared on the face of the man in the baseball cap. "Let's put some pressure on it."

He raised the ballpoint pen and pointed the end at the nearby mountain.

"There's a legendary cow over there. Go and kill it."

Wen Renge blinked.

Huh? Me?

No, man, I'm only level five.

(End of this chapter)