Douluo: I am a biologist, awakening the weapon spirit?

Chapter 163 We're here to negotiate!

After capturing the Pokémon—no, the Wind Slime—the group continued their climb to the top of the mountain.

The Wind Slime floated beside Bai Chenxiang, like a white balloon.

The mountaintop is different from the foot of the mountain; it is no longer a completely barren expanse of yellow earth, but rather has a slightly denser distribution of trees.

These trees blocked the group's view, preventing them from seeing what was happening on the other side of the mountaintop.

At this moment, Ma Hongjun pointed in a direction and said, "Let's go take a look over there first."

"Oh? Hongjun, have you discovered anything?" Flander asked.

“When I was on watch last night, I saw a red, bird-like creature fly over there. I think that might be a suitable soul beast for me,” Ma Hongjun said.

“If we know the location of the spirit beast, all of us going together might alert it. I’d better go check it out by myself first,” Flander said, activating his spirit ability.

As a Soul Saint with the ability to fly, he is the most suitable person to act as a scout in a place like the Death Desert to investigate the situation, and he is unlikely to encounter any accidents.

"Boss Fu, be careful," Liu Erlong warned.

"Let's hide first," the master said to the others.

Hiding is really just about finding a place with cover to avoid being discovered by a soul beast that happens to wander in, which could cause a series of troubles.

However, if a soul beast were to attack, as long as it wasn't a 100,000-year-old soul beast, these people would still be able to withstand it.

At least it can hold them off for a while until Flander returns and activates the Soul Fusion Technique.

However, the unexpected incident did not occur where they were, but rather with Flander, who had gone out to observe the situation.

A while after Flanders left, a sharp bird cry came from the direction Ma Hongjun had just pointed.

Just as everyone was about to go over to check the situation, Flander returned at an extremely fast speed, and behind him was a bird-shaped soul beast several meters tall.

This bird-shaped soul beast was covered in flames, with a fiery red head and back, a gray chest and abdomen, black wingtips and tail, and yellow horizontal stripes on its tail.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!" Flander shouted.

"This is a bit troublesome. It has five yellow stripes on its tail, indicating it's a 50,000-year-old Fierce Arrow Eagle," the master said in a deep voice, frowning.

"Fifty thousand years?" Ma Hongjun was dumbfounded. He only wanted to catch a small fish, but who would have thought that a great white shark would come instead.

Faced with such a powerful soul beast, the students were naturally of no use; the teachers had to step in.

Without hesitation, Chen Feng and the others chose to hide at the edge of the forest to prevent the Fiery Arrow Eagles from launching an aerial attack on them.

The reason they didn't go directly into the forest was because they were afraid the Arrowhawks would set the forest on fire, which would be a huge problem for them.

The four teachers each summoned their own martial spirits, wary of the Fiery Arrow Eagles flying towards them.

"Won't the teachers be in danger?" Ning Rongrong asked with some concern.

"Don't worry, with the Martial Soul Fusion Technique as our trump card, nothing will happen," Chen Feng said.

He poked his head out to look at the huge Arrowhawk, recalling its information in his mind.

The Fiery Arrow Eagle is a powerful fire-type raptor-like soul beast that nests in very high places and usually lives alone, meaning there shouldn't be a second Fiery Arrow Eagle here.

A 50,000-year-old soul beast is considered a powerful being in a soul beast gathering place, so apart from this Fiery Arrow Eagle, there shouldn't be any other powerful soul beasts on this mountaintop.

In other words, the only formidable enemy they face is probably right in front of them.

The Golden Iron Triangle had already gathered together, ready to activate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to summon the Golden Sacred Dragon at any moment, while Zhao Wuji was always prepared to attach a tracking device to the Fierce Arrow Eagle.

If the Arrowhawk dares to fly down, Zhao Wuji's gravity enhancement and location tracking will give it a good beating.

Perhaps sensing the danger, the Arrowhawk did not choose to approach, but instead circled continuously in the sky.

Bai Chenxiang held the floating wind slime in her arms to prevent it from being snatched away by the eagles in the sky, while Chen Feng turned to Ma Hongjun and said:
"Old Ma, your martial spirit is a phoenix, can it affect that guy in the sky?"

"Uh, I'll give it a try." Ma Hongjun performed the Martial Soul Possession without hesitation.

At this moment, the Fiery Arrow Eagle in the sky immediately turned its gaze toward the location of Chen Feng and the others, and its flight altitude also decreased significantly.

Seeing this, Flanders and the others became even more wary.

"It seems to really work," Ma Hongjun said with some surprise.

"But we don't know if the effect will be good or bad," Chen Feng said while observing the Arrow Eagle's reaction.

"How about I go out and try?" Ma Hongjun tentatively took a step outside.

"No, these soul beasts fly very fast. You won't be able to react if they fall from the sky," Chen Feng stopped him.

Bai Chenxiang looked at the wind slime in her arms and said to Ma Hongjun:
"Why don't you try bleeding yourself? Your phoenix aura must come from your bloodline, right?"

"Hmm? That's a good idea." Ma Hongjun took out a small knife and made a cut on his palm, and bright red blood immediately flowed out.

Seeing the blood flowing out, Chen Feng quickly took out a container to catch it.

Ma Hongjun now possesses the ability to repair the Li Gua, but Chen Feng intends to let him develop further so that less blood will be wasted.

Anyway, Chen Feng now has the Kan and Dui trigrams available, as well as the Xun trigram represented by Tang San as a backup, so there is no need to worry about being stuck at a certain level in the short term.

After collecting some of Ma Hongjun's blood, Chen Feng covered the container, placed it on the ground, and gently tossed it into an open area outside the woods.

Then, Chen Feng and the others slowly retreated, moving away from the wooden container filled with blood.

Flander and the other three understood Chen Feng's meaning and slowly retreated away.

Once everyone had moved a certain distance away, the Fiery Arrow Eagle suddenly swooped down like lightning, grabbed the wooden container, and flew away.

"That's it? Is that all?" Ma Hongjun's expression was somewhat strange. "Does my blood have this kind of effect?"

"It's probably also due to the effects of the immortal herb, similar to Xiangxiang's situation," Tang San said. Flander and the other three approached, and Liu Erlong asked Flander:
"Boss Fu, what did you see when you went over there? Or did you just happen to run into the Arrowhawk?"

Flanders shook his head and said:

"It wasn't an encounter; I saw its nest, and not only that, there were several chicks inside. Just as I was about to get closer to take a look, this Fiery Arrow Hawk suddenly attacked me."

“That’s normal. Many animals become extremely wary and their aggression increases significantly after giving birth,” Chen Feng said.

The master thought for a moment and said:

"So, this Arrowhawk might not want Little Fatty's blood for itself, but rather to feed its offspring."

"Well, my blood has become bird feed." Ma Hongjun sighed and looked at Flander. "Teacher, did you see any other flying spirit beasts just now?"

“No, there’s only this one Arrowhawk and the chicks.” Flander shook his head.

"Shall we go and take a look at other places?" Liu Erlong said.

Chen Feng pondered for a moment, then said:
"No, I think the Arrowhawk is just fine."

Ma Hongjun was immediately stunned. "Brother Feng, are you sure you're not mistaken? That's a 50,000-year-old soul beast! Do you really expect me to get a 50,000-year-old soul ring on my third attempt?"

"Maybe Brother Feng is referring to those fledglings?" Oscar speculated.

“Those fledglings are all very small. Let alone thousand-year-old soul beasts, it’s hard to say whether they even have ten years of cultivation,” Flander sighed.

"I'm not talking about those fledglings. The Fiery Arrow Eagle is a solitary soul beast. Even its own offspring will be driven away once they have the ability to fly. Therefore, their cultivation level is definitely not very high," Chen Feng said.

"So, Brother Feng, do you really want me to obtain a spirit ring from a 50,000-year-old spirit beast?" Ma Hongjun was somewhat stunned.

He wanted to ask Feng Ge, "Aren't you overestimating me? I don't deserve that kind of luck."

"No, what I mean is that you should obtain its soul bone and then use the soul bone to replace the soul ring," Chen Feng said with a smile.

The others who were unaware of the situation were somewhat confused, but Xiao Wu suddenly realized:
"Oh, that's a good idea, but it's too much of a loss."

"So, what does it mean?" Ma Hongjun asked, puzzled.

Chen Feng then recounted his previous soul bone experiments and explained the origin of Zhu Zhuqing's soul ring.

Previously, everyone knew that Zhu Zhuqing had inexplicably obtained a spirit ring, but they did not know the specifics of this spirit ring.

After hearing Chen Feng's explanation, everyone suddenly understood, but also felt a sense of disbelief.

Even though they knew Chen Feng was a genius, the idea of ​​creating a soul bone was still too unbelievable.

If someone else had said this, they would probably have thought it was a joke, but when it came from Chen Feng, it naturally became credible.

"If we can create spirit rings and spirit bones, what will the Spirit Realm become? It will probably usher in a new era comparable to the Foundation Establishment era," Liu Erlong exclaimed in amazement.

"I'm afraid there's more to it than that. The significance of being able to create soul bones is too great." Flander was also filled with shock.

"Then can we live a life of freedom with our soul bones? Everyone can have six soul bones?" Oscar couldn't help but imagine.

"Actually, it's not as good as you all think. There are limitations to the production of soul bones," Chen Feng explained simply.

"Therefore, we should not think about the freedom of soul bones for the time being. At least we need to figure out what is lost in the creation of soul bones and how long it takes to recover from that loss."

“I see. Then I think that after making a soul bone, it shouldn’t be used to replace a soul ring. Just like Xiao Wu said, that would be a huge waste,” the master said.

"I know this is a loss, but I want to take this opportunity to understand two things: one is whether a soul bone can always be transformed into a soul ring; the other is whether a soul bone will be completely consumed after it is transformed into a soul ring."
"Although I have tried it once before, it is not a single case to prove anything. It would be safer to do another experiment. I want to see what kind of impact the quality of the soul bone would have on the soul ring if it were very good."

“In addition, I’ve been using the Thunderstone circuit to make soul bones, and now I want to see if other elemental circuits can be used to make soul bones, such as Old Ma’s Fire Cloud Rock,” Chen Feng explained.

If the circuits in the Fire Cloud Rock can also be used to create Soul Bones, then it can be inferred that all elemental circuits can be used to create Soul Bones.

With that, Chen Feng will have to start collecting other elemental circuits.

"So that's how it is." The master said nothing more.

Ma Hongjun suddenly realized, "No wonder you asked me for the Fire Cloud Rock before you set off, so that's what it was for."

During the few days of preparation before arriving at the Death Desert, Chen Feng and Tang San borrowed the Fire Cloud Rock from Ma Hongjun and used the Purple Demon Eye to examine its circuitry.

In terms of circuit structure, the circuit of the Fire Cloud Rock is more complex than that of the Thunder Essence Stone, which made it take Tang San a lot of effort to successfully replicate it.

Regarding the fact that the volcanic rock circuit is more complex, Chen Feng believes it may be because the volcanic rock has a more powerful effect, which makes its circuit more complex.

Of course, it is more likely that the more complex circuit structure of the volcanic rock is what gives it its better effect.

"But how do we communicate with that Fiery Arrow Eagle? It wasn't very friendly just now, and we don't have any Title Douluos to help us right now," Ma Hongjun asked at this moment.

“Of course, we’ll use your blood to test it. The master previously speculated that this blood might have been used by that Fiery Arrow Eagle to feed its offspring. If there’s something to ask for, there’s a possibility of cooperation,” Chen Feng said.

"Ah? How much more blood do I have to bleed?" Ma Hongjun let out a wail.

Xiao Wu pouted, "How much can a fledgling eat? Besides, this is for your own soul ring. Xiang Xiang bled before, but she didn't complain like you."

"What if that Arrowhawk tries to steal it by force? Fatty might get targeted then," Oscar said with some concern.

Liu Erlong chuckled and said, "If that bird dares to steal it, I'll pluck all its feathers. Our Golden Iron Triangle's Martial Soul Fusion Technique is no joke."

Chen Feng nodded. "All cooperation requires strength as its foundation. Without sufficient strength, cooperation is out of the question. So if that Fiery Arrow Eagle has bad intentions, we can only let the teachers fight it."

“Then it’s settled. We’ll go and deal with that Arrowhawk.” Flander made the final decision.

After discussing the plan, the group headed towards the location of the Arrowhawk's nest.

After a while, the surrounding woods gradually thinned out, and when they emerged from the woods, they saw a huge bird's nest set up on the cliff in front of them.

Facing the large bird that was staring intently at everyone, Chen Feng shouted:
"Arrowhawk, we're here to negotiate!"

(End of this chapter)