This white whale-like soul beast was covered in shocking wounds, its jade-white skin heavily stained with crimson blood.
Only now did Xu Zihuang get a clear look at it.
Compared to the ferocious Evil Orcas, this soul beast looked much cuter.
Its body was thick, its head had a prominent, elastic melon (forehead), and it looked endearingly chubby.
Most strangely, there was a hexagonal silver scale on its forehead, reflecting magnificent colors.
Its small black eyes were very lively.
After scanning the crowd, it somehow deduced that Xu Zihuang held the highest status among them.
Dragging its slightly bloated body with its flippers, it approached Xu Zihuang, letting out sharp, mournful cries.
“Eee— Eee—”
Although Xu Zihuang couldn’t understand what it was saying, he could clearly feel the pleading in its tone.
“The Elf of the Sea—the Silver-Scaled White Whale?
It actually exists?” Yao Yang, who had been on high alert, suddenly relaxed his body.
Noticing Xu Zihuang’s confused look, he explained: “Kids from coastal areas like us grow up listening to legends of the Silver-Scaled White Whale.
This soul beast is naturally close to humans.
According to records, many lost sailors were guided by them.
They proactively save humans encountering shipwrecks.
And it’s said that humans favored by a Silver-Scaled White Whale are blessed with immense natural luck.
They are called the Auspicious Beasts of the ocean, possessing pure Silver Dragon blood.”
“Boom—” While they were talking, a volley of stationary soul cannon shells fired at the approaching pod of Evil Orcas.
Using the cover fire, Wang Xiao personally led over a dozen Imperial Dragon Soul Emperors to intercept the enraged Orcas.
“The Auspicious Beast of the ocean?
Silver Dragon blood?”
The rolling waves made the warship pitch violently, but Xu Zihuang stood firm.
He remembered that the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Ni (Three-Eyed Golden Lion), possessed the Golden Dragon bloodline.
Meeting the Silver-Scaled White Whale’s gaze for a moment, he waved his hand to the Imperial Dragon Legion’s only healing-type soul master.
“Elder Cheng, please heal it.”
“Yes, Young Master!” Elder Cheng was one of the men Wang Xiao had previously left behind to guard the ship.
To be selected by the Imperial Dragon Legion, his martial soul undoubtedly had unique qualities.
Elder Cheng stepped forward.
Faint golden light specks appeared around his body.
Two yellow, two purple, and one black—five soul rings flashed simultaneously.
In an instant, the golden specks glowed brightly, expanding into colorful, haloed dandelions.
These colorful dandelions carried rich life energy.
Upon touching the Silver-Scaled White Whale’s smooth skin, they turned back into golden specks and merged into its body.
The gruesome wounds on its skin healed at a visible rate, and the Silver-Scaled White Whale seemed to recover significantly, its dark eyes looking more energetic.
However, Elder Cheng’s heavy expression didn’t brighten.
The seawater splashing from the battlefield drenched his neatly combed white hair.
Only when his soul power was nearly depleted did he retract his martial soul and lower his head in shame.
“Young Master, with my meager skills, I fear it is beyond saving.
Its origin has been damaged; its life force is draining too quickly.”
“Is that so?” Xu Zihuang remained calm.
He crouched down, gently stroking the Silver-Scaled White Whale’s soft forehead, observing the silver scale.
He wasn’t a saint.
If possible, he wouldn’t mind saving this Silver-Scaled White Whale, which was friendly to humans and perfectly fit his aesthetics, but he definitely had ulterior motives.
Hearing Yao Yang call it an Auspicious Beast immediately made him think of the Three-Eyed Golden Ni’s third eye in the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Sun Moon royal archives also contained records concerning ancient Auspicious Beasts.
Where an Auspicious Beast resides, ten thousand beasts are blessed, and their future is limitless.
The Auspicious Beast can shelter soul beasts, vastly accelerating their cultivation speed.
But equally, by devouring an Auspicious Beast, a soul beast gains even greater benefits.
The Three-Eyed Golden Ni in the Star Dou Great Forest was only lucky enough to possess the pure Golden Dragon bloodline and be favored by Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King—who was also of the dragon clan.
That was the only reason the other fierce beasts suppressed their desires to devour it.
The Silver-Scaled White Whale before him obviously didn’t have such good luck.
It was hunted by a pod of Evil Orcas.
And human soul masters could also gain some auspicious energy from an Auspicious Beast through attribute connection.
Does this also require touching foreheads to complete the attribute connection?
Xu Zihuang hesitated.
There isn’t necessarily only one Auspicious Beast among soul beasts, and it wasn’t certain if the Silver-Scaled White Whale before him was one.
Watching Xu Zihuang’s overly intimate actions, Yao Yang raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything.
The Silver-Scaled White Whale didn’t seem to intend any harm, and its cultivation was only just over a thousand years.
Even if it tried anything funny, with Yao Yang’s strength, he could react in time.
Besides keeping an eye on their surroundings to prevent attacks from other sea soul beasts, Yao Yang was also ready to support Wang Xiao’s team at any moment.
The Silver-Scaled White Whale affectionately nuzzled Xu Zihuang’s palm.
It seemed to understand something from their conversation, its dark little eyes showing deep sorrow.
But just as Xu Zihuang’s palm brushed against the magnificent silver scale on its forehead, everything around them seemed to freeze—both time and space.
A series of fragmented visions flooded the Silver-Scaled White Whale’s mind.
Its black eyes looked blankly at Xu Zihuang, but a careful observer would notice a complex mix of confusion and deep affection in its gaze.
As if making up its mind, a dazzling seven-colored light spread from the silver scale on its brow.
A melodious whale song instantly echoed across the sea.
Its body began to turn ethereal, floating beside Xu Zihuang, and it gently pressed the silver scale on its forehead against Xu Zihuang’s brow.
The whale song now carried a joyful tune.
Xu Zihuang was immersed in a profound, mysterious sensation.
Looking at the Silver-Scaled White Whale touching his forehead, he also saw some fragmented visions.
Bizarrely, however, these visions left no impression in his mind whatsoever.
Everyone present felt their spirits jolt, their martial souls seemingly undergoing sublimation.
This was especially true for Wang Xiao and his men, who were fighting the Evil Orcas; the power of their soul skills instantly skyrocketed.
In contrast, the leading Evil Orca let out a low, angry roar, its massive tail fin slapping the water heavily.
Several water blades carrying a dark red aura shot toward the warship.
Wang Xiao looked at Xu Zihuang on the deck with concern.
Although he wasn’t exactly sure what was happening, he naturally wouldn’t sit back and let the Evil Orca’s attacks hit the warship.
His fourth soul ring lit up, and his tiger claws swung out, firing blades of cyan-black wind that accurately intercepted all of the Evil Orca’s attacks.
Yao Yang, who was closest, stared in disbelief at the purple ring-shaped halo lingering around Xu Zihuang.
“Is this the legendary Sacrifice?”
Silver light-flames began to burn on the Silver-Scaled White Whale, its body gradually fading and becoming transparent in the process.
Finally, only the hexagonal silver scale remained, merging into Xu Zihuang’s glabella and forming a complex silver pattern.
The purple halo expanded into a massive ring and slowly contracted.
A luxurious purple soul ring slowly rose from beneath Xu Zihuang’s feet.
At the same time, a flash of bright silver light crossed Xu Zihuang’s eyes as he opened them, his gaze sharp and bright.
The entire process took less than fifteen minutes.
He looked at himself in bewilderment.
He found he had grown a bit taller, his shoulders broader, and his skin had gained a lustrous sheen.
Every movement was filled with a light, comfortable sense of power.
Moreover, the soul power within his body had hit the rank twenty bottleneck the moment the soul ring fused.
He touched the silver pattern that had already faded into his forehead and looked at Yao Yang, who had a stiff expression and didn’t know what to say.
Xu Zihuang’s mouth twitched.
“Brother Yang, am I the person born with great natural luck that you were talking about?”
He certainly didn’t feel he possessed some so-called “tyrannical aura” that made all beings submit to him.
To be honest, even he hadn’t expected the Silver-Scaled White Whale to sacrifice itself to him.
Perhaps it wasn’t a traditional sacrifice, but rather it voluntarily became his soul ring in a special way, much like the Skydream Iceworm in the original story.
He could feel something extra in his spiritual sea.
But unfortunately, with his current spiritual power, he couldn’t proactively enter his spiritual sea to check.
“Regardless, the Silver-Scaled White Whale is inherently famous for its powerful spiritual power.
It’s quite fitting as the first soul ring for your Golden Eyes martial soul.” Yao Yang took a deep breath.
He felt he had never been so speechless in his life.
Not because of what Xu Zihuang said, but because of his sheer luck.
With that, he looked at Xu Zihuang with an inexplicable look in his eyes.
As a mental-attribute soul master, he was more inclined to believe that ethereal things like luck genuinely existed.
The reactions of Elder Cheng, Meng Lang, and the Imperial Dragon soldiers on the deck were even more exaggerated.
First, blocking a Soul Douluo’s Eighth Soul Skill, and now having a clearly extraordinary soul beast voluntarily sacrifice itself to him.
If someone told you this happened to a rank ten Soul Scholar, would you believe it?