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Chapter 340 "Symbiotic Theory of the Soul Master System" [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

"There's no rush. We can wait until our soul-guided warships are stronger, capable of fighting against 100,000-year-old sea soul beasts, and we've established a friendly alliance with the Demon Orca clan before we start developing the new continent."

Although he knew some information about the New World, Chen Hong wasn't in a hurry. The New World held little value for the current Technological Chamber of Commerce and the Spirit Hall; in fact, it could easily distract them and divert their resources. They would wait until the Sea Soul Fleet's naval strength was greater and a formal alliance was established with the Demon Orca clan before they could use minimal force to explore the New World ahead of time.

"Establish diplomatic relations with the Demon Orca clan? Heh, only you could come up with something like that." Qian Daoliu chuckled, and seeing that there was nothing else to do, he walked towards Bai Xie, the Demon Orca whose head was half-exposed on the sea not far away.

Chen Hong smiled slightly upon seeing this, following behind Qian Daoliu, his eyes flashing with black light patterns as he traversed the sea surface as if it were flat ground: "Didn't you say, senior, that the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan is a kinsman of the Sea God? The Spirit Hall subduing a Demon Orca isn't a big deal, is it, Bai Xie?"

Once Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu were both on his head, the Demonic Orca Bai Xie, whose injuries had barely healed but still showed some marks, nodded frantically, using his mental power to say, "Yes, yes, yes! The Demonic Soul Great White Shark, relying on the support of Seagod Island, always acts arrogantly and doesn't take our Demonic Orca clan seriously at all, often killing us for no reason!"

The demonic orca, Bai Xie, merely nodded, but its mouth remained closed. Within its massive maw were two metal modules: one was [Healing], and the other was [Sage].

The Demon Orca was quite large with a smooth body. Chen Hong didn't know how to install a soul tool on this 20-meter-long behemoth. In the end, he could only let the Demon Orca hold it in its mouth for the time being, just to make sure it didn't bite it.

"Once I return to my clan, I will definitely call the clan leader and the others. They will definitely agree to become friends with the Spirit Hall!" Although the Demon Orca White Whale did not know the Angel God of the Spirit Hall, it knew that he was a god of the same level as the Sea God. One of the two people above its head was the High Priest of the Angel God, who was on the same level as that stinky woman on Seagod Island who often colluded with the Demon Soul Great White Shark to kill them, the Demon Orcas!

Well, although the Demon Orca Bai Xie's words had a hint of the villain accusing the enemy first, they were, after all, from two different camps, and Chen Hong didn't know whether what the Demon Orca was saying was true or not.

Qian Daoliu, who had been to Poseidon Island, looked at Bai Xie, the demonic orca, who was carrying the two of them across the sea, with a strange expression on his face.

What he heard on Seagod Island was that the Demon Orca couldn't stand the Demon Soul Great White Shark and would gather its forces to invade the Demon Soul Great White Shark's territory every now and then, causing very heavy damage to the residents of Seagod Island.

One reason why the forces of Poseidon Island were forced to retreat to the island's waters was that the Demon Orca clan frequently harassed the island's guardian spirit beast, the Demon Soul Great White Shark. Of course, another reason was the presence of another deep-sea overlord, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

Of the three evils of the ocean, Poseidon, the sea god, only subdued the Great White Shark clan, severely annihilating the Orca clan, thus sowing the seeds of enmity. The later Deep Sea Demon Whale King was an even greater force.

"Then after you recover from your injuries, you'll return to your clan. At that time, we can discuss terms with the Demon Orca King in person," Chen Hong said softly, sitting on the Demon Orca's head, enjoying the cool sea breeze.

Since he discovered that the essence of spirit rings doesn't necessarily require the soul of a spirit beast, his mind has become more flexible. The third spirit ring, [Contract], strengthened Chen Hong's control over his soul, creating favorable conditions for him to further refine the spirit master system. This allowed Chen Hong to successfully conduct the experiment he called 'Spirit Ring Imprinting' on the demonic tiger whale, Bai Xie.

To differentiate it from spirit ring hunting, Chen Hong called this process of absorbing a spirit ring, which doesn't require consuming an entire spirit beast's soul, "spirit ring imprinting." As the name suggests, a spirit master imprints a spirit ring onto a spirit beast; the spirit beast's original spirit ring remains intact, without needing to kill the spirit beast. Hence the name "spirit ring imprinting."

Even though the successful imprinting of spirit rings is still only an isolated case, it shows that the life-or-death struggle between spirit masters and spirit beasts may be completely changed.

In the past, there was no possibility for Soul Masters and Soul Beasts to sit down and talk, because if Soul Masters wanted to grow, they had to hunt Soul Beasts, and Soul Beasts had to fight back in order to survive.

Is it possible for anteaters and termites to reach a reconciliation?

Anteater: Reconciliation? Why don't you look at my name? My tongue is specially designed to eat termites. If we reconcile, what am I supposed to eat from now on?

The relationship between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts is similar; it is a biased relationship that benefits the Soul Master but not the Soul Beast.

If this relationship weren't so bizarre, Chen Hong would have thought that this half-baked Soul Master system was probably designed specifically for blood-sucking Soul Beasts.

However, as Chen Hong's technical skills improved and his horizons broadened, he gradually completed the Soul Master system. He began to realize that Soul Masters and Soul Beasts are not necessarily in an adversarial relationship. In fact, a symbiotic relationship is the one that should exist between the two.

"As for me, I will try to simplify and popularize the Soul Ring Imprinting technique."

As for the Soul Ring Imprint, Chen Hong already knew the principle. In the future, as long as he open-sourced the [Contract] artifact pattern, or tried to use other natural extraordinary minerals with soul characteristics to conduct soul capture experiments, and gradually developed the technology to separate the souls of soul beasts, he would be able to gradually realize the Soul Ring Imprint.

Although the current spirit ring imprinting doesn't seem to benefit spirit beasts much, as the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. The spirit ring imprinting has already changed the confrontational relationship between spirit masters and spirit beasts into a symbiotic relationship, which is a breakthrough.

As long as the research continues, Chen Hong believes that a true symbiotic relationship can be achieved between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.

After all, Chen Hong still has one research result that he hasn't made public!

That is Chen Hong's "Soul Beast Cultivation Manual". With various buffs, the plant soul beasts in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well Valley have a cultivation speed of more than a hundred times. If this is taken a step further and beast soul beasts can also enjoy it, then soul masters and soul beasts can achieve a true win-win situation.

At the same time, Chen Hong also plans to develop a new theory based on this, titled "Soul Master System Symbiosis Theory".

(End of this chapter)