Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf.

Chapter 600 The Way of the Beast's Roar - Summoning the Dragon

Upon hearing Erin's request, Wigfordtz exchanged a puzzled glance with Lydia van Bradwater.

"Is this secret room alright?" he asked softly.

Erin looked around and nodded.

Without lingering, Wigford bowed slightly and walked out with Lydia van Bradwater.

But as he reached the door, he hesitated for a moment: "You know we don't have much time, do you?"

"Of course, I'll be quick."

Wigford's gaze lingered on Erin for a moment, then he frowned slightly in confusion, said "We'll wait for you at the gallery," before leaving the secret room and gently closing the door.

Ailin stood still, not moving, and only breathed a sigh of relief after the footsteps gradually faded away and disappeared completely.

Although Wigfordts had already submitted to him, given his two-faced character in the original work, getting along with him was still somewhat tiring.

Wigford is certainly a sharp and good sword.

To dare to infiltrate Ban Ad, once the largest sorcerer power in the Northern Continent, and to obtain crucial intelligence in such a short time is something no ordinary person could do.

Furthermore.

Sunny and Ottoland, along with the main force of the Ben Ade and Risberg Civil Cooperative, left Ben Ade. In such a short time, they not only fulfilled their original duties but also foresaw the arrival of Lydia van Bradwater, who was waiting for him there.

Putting aside Mo Yuan's talent and identity, as well as his mystical speculations, his powerful drive and boundless ambition are truly awe-inspiring.

therefore.

He is indeed a sharp and excellent sword.

However, this sword has no hilt, only the blade.

You could get hurt if you're not careful.

Without dwelling on how to wield the double-edged sword, Erin opened the Demon Hunter's Handbook and then, without hesitation, made a thought.

[Ding! Do you wish to fuse with the Soul Domain (Initial)?]

[The Demon Hunter's Notes is currently merging with the Soul Realm (Initial)...]

The dark gold lettering was accompanied by a cold system notification sound. After seeing that the system notification was about the Demon Hunter's Manual merging with the Soul Domain, and not him, he breathed a slight sigh of relief and relaxed his body.

next second.

A dazzling purple lightning bolt seemed to flash before his eyes, causing Erin to involuntarily close his eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, I was no longer in the dimly lit basement of the gallery, but in a dilapidated ruin.

Rotten beams, dilapidated fences, and brick houses crumbling into pieces...

This ruin appears to be a small town.

A muddy path winds through the town.

Erin stood on this path, with ruins in front of him and overgrown weeds on both sides, revealing a barren and withered landscape.

The wilderness stretched to the horizon, merging with the gloomy, overcast sky.

Although there are withered weeds, dark soil, ruined houses, muddy paths, and other scenes that every village and town in the northern continent that has experienced war has.

But the only element here is the lifeless stillness.

There wasn't even a living smell in the air; instead, it smelled of rotting wood.

"Is this the Realm of Souls?" Erin murmured as he walked forward, his brows furrowed.

But apart from the deathly silence, this place has none of the literal meaning of a place of spirits, and there are no souls or ghosts here.

"Tap tap tap~"

He took a step and walked along the path from one end of the village to the other. All he could see were ruins.

The only difference is that this ruin does not show any signs of war; instead, it looks like an old house that has been abandoned for a long time and collapsed.

However, in this small village, all the houses are old, collapsed buildings.

"Where did everyone go?" Erin couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Immediately afterward, another dazzling purple lightning bolt flashed before our eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the gallery's basement.

The Soul Realm (Initial) has been fully fused!

The dark gold lettering flashed before his eyes, but Erin stood there stunned for a long time.

He felt... something was different...

There were no mental links in my mind other than the wolf emblem, the mirage pearl, and the good girl, yet my spirit seemed to be able to connect to a certain space at any time.

Moreover, as he thought about it, that small, collapsed village actually appeared in his mind, and he could reach it again with just a thought.

His first thought was of the newly added "Storage Cave" skill, which had not yet been unlocked.

【Name: Spiral】

……

Passive effect:
Dream Shadow: In your dream, you will have a chance to communicate with Spiral.

Active effects:

Insight: Consumes 40 Experience Beads (-10) to create a vision within the spiral. Possessing a vision allows you to observe the spiral. (Visibility can be detected and destroyed.)
Storage Cave: Consumes 100 Experience Beads to create a storage cave in a spiral corner. Storage caves can store inanimate items.

She instinctively tried to store the lamp that Lydia van Bradwater had left behind, but failed.

He suddenly remembered that when he first entered the Soul Realm, his physical body was not wearing any armor, but only a plain gray linen lining.

Therefore, what went in was not his true form.

What's the use of a space that can't be used for storage?

After entering and exiting the Soul Realm once and confirming his judgment, he opened the Demon Hunter's Notes again.

The Soul Realm was not found in his personal panel, inventory, or monster encyclopedia. Naturally, he flipped to the next page, and sure enough, a new interface opened.

On the parchment, the ruins of the Soul Realm were depicted in oil painting. The entire interface contained only this one picture, along with a few lines of small text along the edge of the picture.

【Realm of Souls】

[Level: Beginner]

[Souls: 0]

【Function:
1. Soul Collection: The slain creatures will appear in the Soul Realm.

2. Expel: Expel the existing souls in the Soul Realm.

3. Function unlocks when Soul Spirit > 1

Erin flipped through the pages again, and even tried to tap around on the Soul Realm interface with his mind, but ultimately didn't discover any new features.

He could only accept the fact that the "Soul Realm," which he had thought would at least be of some use in the upcoming operation to rescue Hen Gedimidis, was only a half-finished product.

Or rather, in addition to merging with the Demon Hunter's Notes, it also requires a second activation.

"In a short period of time, where can we find living beings to kill? We can't just go out on the street and randomly chop down two people."

Erin shook his head helplessly, sighed, and was about to close the Soul Domain in disappointment.

"and many more!"

"Just chop down two people at will..."

Erin suddenly paused, staring intently at those few lines of text for several seconds.

"The souls of the dead will appear in a certain place, this..."

"Isn't it just the Kingdom of God?"

Meritelli's divine kingdom—a land of golden wheat fields and abundant harvests—is also inaccessible in person.

Moreover, the more he thought about it, the more he felt like he was in that ruin, although it wasn't like the divine kingdom of Meritelli, where the sacred scent of wheat surrounded him.

But that feeling of being neither alive nor dead, different from the mundane world, is exactly the same.

That's right, the Soul Realm is most likely a divine kingdom, or at least its prototype. "What exactly is the origin of the Demon Hunter's Manual?!"

Erin almost cried out in surprise, unable to contain her anticipation for the feature that was yet to be unlocked.

Divine Kingdom, Divine Power, Divine Arts, Prayers...

Countless concepts related to the divine kingdom flowed through the river of thought, only to be seized by him in the blink of an eye.

No matter how much we anticipate it, the truly useful functions of the Soul Realm cannot be unlocked at this time, and besides...

Erin shook his head slightly: "The core of the Soul Domain is the soul spirit, or the 'faith' generated by the soul spirit that has not yet appeared. The effectiveness of all functions must also be related to these two."

"The Soul Realm is likely to be a feature introduced much later in the game. Let's focus on the present first before considering anything else..."

After calming down, Erin resolutely closed the Soul Domain.

However, the fact that the Soul Realm failed to achieve the expected results does not mean that the preparations are over.

The departure of Sunny and Ottoland, along with the main force of Ben Ade and the Lisberg Civil Cooperative, indeed created an unprecedentedly good opportunity to rescue Henry Gedimidis.

However, Erin's preparations were also insufficient.

The reagent bag only contained the usual potions and sword oil set, which was fine; I could just open a portal and go back to get them in the blink of an eye.

However, the recipe for sword oil is still missing cursed creature oil, vampire oil, insectoid creature oil, beast oil, ogre oil, and dragon oil, and there was no chance to gather them all during the rescue of Hen Gedimidis.

Secondary mutations are even more impossible to catch up with.

Fortunately, the construct bio-oils that are most likely to be encountered are available in three tiers: normal, enhanced, and advanced. After Zoe's second mutation, he prepared a few bottles while teaching Mary the potion recipe, so all he had to do was go back and retrieve them.

As for the rest...

【Experience Beads: Experience Beads * 556 (+411), Small Experience Beads * 3724】

The nearly six hundred experience beads must be converted into immediate combat power before rescuing Hen Gedimidis.

Erin pondered for a moment.

[Ding! Consume 100 Experience Beads to unlock "Spiral - Storage Cave"?]

The moment the thought was confirmed, a new gray link appeared next to the link in the mirage in the mind.

On the other side of the link is a black space of about one cubic meter, capable of changing shape.

It's not big, but if it's just for his own use, it'll be more than enough for now, to store some potions and ingredients.

After testing the access several times and finding no problems, Erin had another thought, opened the Demon Hunter's Notebook, and turned to the Path of Beast Roar.

In an instant.

The gray stone core, connected by countless withered veins, seemed to sense something, its scarlet light flickering, ready to stir.

And the instant Erin's gaze fell upon the stone heart of the Path of the Beast's Roar...

"Bang~"

"Bang~"

"Bang~"

The veins were throbbing, making a vibration like a heartbeat.

Moreover, as time went on, the commotion grew increasingly large.

The heart-pounding vibrations gradually became wilder, like tribal people in blood-stained animal skin clothes beating animal skin drums.

It was as if an ancient, slumbering beast was awakening from a wild dream, growling as it opened its eyes.

The entire interface of the Path of Beast Roar trembled as a result, and the entire secret chamber seemed to shake as well.

However, Erin was already used to the way of the beast's roar and the terrifying effect when it was activated. He quietly watched as the stone heart pumped up scarlet blood.

Then...

"Boom~"

The topmost nodule, representing "Beast Roar: Berserk," suddenly glowed crimson with a violent impact.

The light surged down the veins, and in a flash, it illuminated "Beast Roar: The Words of the Wild" and "Beast Roar: The Whisper of Life".

The crimson light seemed to have received some kind of replenishment, and thus surged.

Like a tsunami crashing against a levee, it hurtled straight toward the three small nodules representing [Beast Roar: Whisper of Life], [Beast Roar: Trap Sense], [Beast Roar: Scent Elimination], and [Beast Roar: Anti-Air] on both sides and behind "Beast Roar: Whisper of Life".

"Qiang!"

There was a loud bang.

The crimson light, after being diverted, struck the three nodules, producing a resounding clang of metal striking metal.

Then the numbers 90 lit up on the two nodules representing [Beast Roar: Trap Sense] and [Beast Roar: Scent Elimination].

Above the gray nodule of [Beast Roar: No-Air], which is located on the main vein of "Beast Roar: Whisper of Life", the number 190 is lit up.

Erin thought for a moment, then a thought struck him.

[Ding! Spend 90 Experience Beads to unlock "Beast Roar: Trap Sense"?]

"boom!"

The veins at the edge trembled, and a scarlet light flashed. In an instant, a surge of light violently struck the gray dot, causing it to tremble and turn red.

next moment.

A flood of information rushed into my mind.

【Name: Trap Detection】

[Type: Beast Roar]

[Learning Requirements: Introduction to the Way of the Beast's Roar, mastery of "Beast's Roar: Berserk", "Beast's Roar: Wild Words", and "Beast's Roar: Whisper of Life"]

[Active Effect: Consumes energy to conceal all traps within the perception range.]

[Note: Witchers don't die from traps!]

"Beast Roar: Berserk", "Beast Roar: Wild Words", and "Beast Roar: Whisper of Life" are all main meridians with passive cultivation effects, but the peripheral meridians seem to be only active skills.

After receiving the "Trap Perception" skill, Erin didn't dwell on it much, shifting his gaze to the main channel of "Beast Roar: Whisper of Life"...

[Ding! Spend 189 Experience Beads to unlock "Beast Roar: No-Fly"?]

"Oh!"

The withered stone heart trembled wildly once more, and a crimson light instantly pierced through the central veins, as if carrying immense power, rushing straight towards the gray nodules and instantly dyeing them red.

An even larger amount of information than before flooded my mind, giving me a splitting headache.

【Name: No-fly zone】

[Type: Beast Roar]

[Learning Requirements: Introduction to the Way of the Beast's Roar, mastery of "Beast's Roar: Berserk", "Beast's Roar: Wild Words", and "Beast's Roar: Whisper of Life"]

[Passive effect: Maintains the "Beast Roar: No Air Defense" power operation mode on a daily basis, can]
1. Slowly increase the mystery attribute.

2. Keenly perceive fluctuations in the surrounding space and airflow.

[Active Effect: Consumes energy to cause all objects within the affected area that are detached from the ground and associated with "flight," "levitation," or "levitation" to fall.]

[Note: No bird can circle overhead if you're willing.]

"Whoo~"

After painstakingly absorbing all the information, Erin let out a long sigh of relief.

After a brief recollection, having just mastered the two newly connected Beast Roars, he was about to close the Demon Hunter's Notes.

"Wow~"

The crimson light that pierced through [Beast Roar: No Air] washed over the banks like a tide, reaching the gray nodules behind the main vein.

The words "[Beast Roar: Summon Dragon]" flickered shakily.

(End of this chapter)