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Chapter 363 Stars and Flowing Water, a Dragon-Shaped Black Shadow! [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

Some of the names given to spirit beasts are given by humans, while others are chosen by the spirit beasts themselves.

Generally speaking, the names of soul beast clans that naturally carry various malicious connotations are mostly given by human soul masters.

Furthermore, because soul beasts are slow to develop intelligence and lack understanding of some aspects of human soul master society, even if a human soul master names a certain soul beast "Defense Beast," that soul beast will not know what it means. Seeing that others call it that, it will accept the name.

Just like when people give each other nicknames, if you want to rebel but everyone else insists on calling you by that nickname, and if that nickname doesn't have any humiliating meaning, then over time you'll just accept it.

Take, for example, Luo Sanpao, the external beast martial soul that Yu Xiaogang possesses, which is perhaps unique throughout history.

Who knew Yu Xiaogang would insist on choosing a name like this? He wouldn't choose a more imposing and powerful name; he just had to go for this one. There was nothing you could do about it.

Moreover, Luo Sanpao could only fire three shots.

The name "Demon Orca" is relatively normal. Chen Hong didn't know who came up with or defined this name, but the fact that this name has been passed down means that these orca soul beasts really do have a little bit of "demon" attribute.

In practical terms, this means that demonic orcas are prone to mental instability and can easily fall into a state of bloodthirsty rage.

This is also true of the Great White Shark, another of the three apex predators of the ocean, although its demonic state is less severe than that of the Demon Orca. Demon Orcas are generally more intelligent than Great White Sharks, which might explain why their demonic state is more pronounced; it's hard to say for sure.

After all, the higher their intelligence, the more likely they are to be apex predators in the ocean, and they also act collectively. If they weren't interfered with by evil spirits, these orcas might very well evolve into a marine civilization on their own.

If Chen Hong were a creator who utterly despised soul beasts, then he would definitely have devised some weaknesses to weaken the potential of sea soul beasts like the Demon Orca, which excelled in reproductive ability, intelligence, individual strength, and had an extremely long lifespan.

Of course, if the Demonic Orca Sea Soul Beast is 'born' so perfect and powerful, then it can only mean that this 'creator' doesn't seem to be that powerful, or that he is just a latecomer who uses his authority to corrupt some high-potential sea soul beasts in order to achieve his own goals.

After all, human soul masters' understanding of the 'Demon Orca' spans at most ten thousand years. Ten thousand years is enough time to use the pen of time to modify and overturn human soul masters' understanding of certain things. Moreover, for human soul master civilization, which seems to have everything so new, a time span of ten thousand years is more than enough to reverse certain perceptions of the entire soul master civilization.

Chen Hong had always felt that soul beasts were a "uniquely blessed" race. Although their intelligence evolved extremely slowly, their near-endless lifespan was something that countless races admired.

Of course, among soul beasts, there is also a concept of 'bloodline' talent. Some soul beasts will encounter bottlenecks after reaching a high level. If their basic strength is not strong enough for the tribulation, then heaven and earth will use the tribulation mechanism to recycle them, leaving only the truly strong and eliminating the soul beasts that only know how to eat rice.

However, considering the current phenomenon that various types of soul beasts within the soul beast race seem to have reached the 100,000-year level, the cultivation of soul beasts seems far too simple. It appears that as long as they live, they can slowly level up to the 100,000-year level and acquire intelligence comparable to humans. While the intelligence of a 100,000-year-old soul beast may have the potential to be as high as that of a human, its actual manifestation is quite different. Tens of thousands of years of accumulated information make it difficult for a 100,000-year-old soul beast to shake off its 'beastly' nature. Long-accumulated habits will still cause this soul beast, despite possessing the potential for human intelligence, to maintain a 'action-based, thoughtless' lifestyle.

However, there was something that Chen Hong couldn't understand for the time being: why did the world favor soul beasts? And if it favored soul beasts, then why did the Soul Master, a 'parasitic' cultivation system, exist?

Yes, Chen Hong called the Soul Master system on Douluo Continent "parasitic". Soul Masters need to parasitize Soul Beasts and continuously suck the blood of Soul Beasts until the Soul Beasts die. So it seems that Soul Masters will also come to the end of their own path?

No, judging from the current situation, the Soul Master system will not end with the extinction of Soul Beasts. Numerous important empirical evidences have emerged proving that the Soul Master system is still imperfect and has the potential to continue developing. From the study of Soul Ring Intent to the later Soul Ring Sacrifice and Soul Ring Imprinting, all these developments demonstrate that the human Soul Master system still has room for further progress.

Even if the soul beasts perish, the soul masters will not necessarily perish. After all, sometimes Chen Hong, who is not human, has been thinking about one thing: how to make soul masters also obtain soul rings?

This allows human Soul Masters to completely achieve freedom in "siege warfare," starting with one life and relying entirely on drops for Soul Rings.

The development of any technology is a spiraling upward process.

"But there is an exception on this continent, and that is the Technology Chamber of Commerce." In the somewhat stagnant air, Chen Hong faced the sea breeze and looked at the black waterfall gradually approaching on the sea ahead, thinking to himself.

"I forcibly stretched the technology development roadmap of the Technology Chamber of Commerce into a single line, which was then developed by the Chamber's mentors, gradually transforming my 'technology line' into a technology tree."

For some reason, when Chen Hong saw the horde of demonic orcas appearing before him, he seemed to suddenly have an epiphany.

Why would such a united, powerful, long-lived, and exceptionally intelligent (soul beast) beloved by heaven and earth share a room with a soul master system that is clearly in conflict with the soul beast system?

The rise and fall of a group, in this world of extraordinary power, often hinges on an extremely powerful individual.

The decline of this "Clan of Destiny" may simply be a reflection of the outcome of the battle between the two supreme gods?

Especially now, the new chosen one stands before this dying race, their thoughts seemingly piercing through time and space, traversing the years, and traveling upstream along the long river, finally reaching a certain moment.

A dragon-shaped black shadow flashed past in the crystal-clear water, which sparkled like stars.

"Humans".

Just as Chen Hong was stiffening and lost in a daze, a black and white behemoth resembling a small hill slowly emerged. Its dorsal fin was like a sharp sword, cutting through the seawater and finally revealing the over thirty-meter-long body of the Demon Orca King, its skin reflecting a metallic luster in the sunlight.

(End of this chapter)