Chapter 10 (2/2)

The girl glanced at him and replied, “200.”

“200?” Yuan Xiaole frowned. “Even the basic training meals here cost at least 1,000. How can it be only 200? Is the discount that huge?”

“That handsome man is here to test his soul pet,” she explained.

“Test?” Yuan Xiaole shook his head repeatedly. “What’s so good about a green caterpillar? Forget it, let him test all he wants. Oh right, let me test too.”

“You?” The receptionist looked at him in confusion. “Sorry, we only test soul pets here.”

“I’m talking about my Kookamon!”

“…”

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The club had two floors and was pretty huge overall.

However, only soul pets below the thousand-year soul power cultivation level were allowed to train here.

Anything higher would not be possible.

As such, the majority of the club’s customers were people who had just become Contract Soul Masters.

Meanwhile, Wang Che had just learned that he could choose to make the testing process data public, or keep it a secret.

The fact that it was up to him to decide was quite helpful, as he primarily wanted to test the changes brought about by the Beast Origin Skill.

“Wow, this young rock monster is so strong! A punch with a force of 500 kilograms! Whoever he punches will be sent to an ICU instantly, right?”

“That’s a rare soul pet! Among all the rock monsters’ species potential, the strength attribute is the most powerful. It’s normal for it to be strong, but to be able to unleash such strength at only twenty years of cultivation… it must have been nurtured exceptionally well.”

“However the weakness of the rock monster is its speed. Look, it only clocked 14 seconds per hundred meters for its speed test. It’s much slower than ordinary people.”

“To counter its strong physique, a psychic type soul pet has to be used in order to make it lose its ability to fight. Since its outer appearance is rock hard, it’s able to block most soul power attacks.”

As he listened in on the other customer’s appraisal, Wang Che glanced at the large screen in front of the training room on the first floor, which had many different soul pet tests displayed.

He then took the number he had reserved and walked to the testing room to line up.

Since he was only planning to test out relatively simple physical data, the process wouldn’t be complicated or take up much time.

In fact, the club was catered to much more detailed tests that could be conducted on the soul pets, ranging from strength, physique, speed, defense, and so on.

Even soul power control, reaction speed, casting of soul skills, and much more.

However, these were more troublesome, and with their expensive cost, it didn’t seem wise to conduct them on the green caterpillar.

After a few minutes, it was Wang Che’s turn.

He made his way into the training room.

“Come down, little one,” Wang Che comforted, while stroking its chest.

“Ssss…” the green caterpillar snored as if it was still asleep.

After walking around, he found some straps and tied them around the caterpillar.

The straps were protective gear, which would reduce the damage in the event of a full-blown attack.

“Go ahead and test your strength.”

Wang Che stood at the guardrail by the side to see what it could do.

Judging from the training over the past two days, he could roughly estimate the extent of the caterpillar’s strength.

However, using the equipment testing would definitely help him gain a more accurate gage of it.

The test Wang Che was planning to do was a strength test, which could analyse a soul pet’s all-out attack without using its soul power.

The green caterpillar, about the size of a palm, glanced at him after suddenly waking up.

Obeying its master’s wishes, it crawled over to the strength detector.

The machine looked quite similar to the one in Dragon Ball, but was much larger.

A three-meter-target was positioned right in the middle of it.

If a human was to attack the target with all his might, the result would be obvious.

Due to the physiological structure of humans, their bodies would not be able to withstand the tremendous force.

It would be detrimental.

By contrast, a soul beast’s body was much stronger innately, which means it would be able to endure the counter force.

As such, only soul beasts were allowed to take part in the test.

“Ssss!”

The green caterpillar looked around its surroundings curiously, then at its own tail, hesitant to attack.

It only had a head and a tail after all.

Wang Che advised it, “Use your tail. Jump up, spin around, and try swinging your tail.”

Then, he turned off the transmitter.

This was going to be a closed test, to observe its true abilities.

The green caterpillar nodded, understanding what it had to do now.

After a pause, it leaped up and bent its tail at a forty-five-degree angle.

Swish!

It aimed at the centre of the target.

Compared to the large circle in front of it, the green caterpillar looked extremely tiny.

However, the target shook slightly when it was struck by the caterpillar’s tail.

‘Ding… 180 kilograms.’

A bright red number appeared on the dashboard.

“180 kilograms.”

Wang Che thought about it for a few seconds. A punch thrown by an average person in this world, which could be considered strong, basically carried the same force as this.

In other words, this twenty centimeters green caterpillar with only ten years of soul power cultivation could go toe to toe with an all-out attack from an adult.

“It does seem a little weak…”

Wang Che suddenly said, “Try a few more times.”

Since he had turned off the transmitter, no one outside could see how his green caterpillar was performing.

Only the strength detector was currently recording the data.

Although there was no specific benchmark to compare to, Wang Che had still felt that the reading was slightly lower than expected.

Nevertheless, it was definitely still stronger than the other green caterpillars.

After all, it had cultivated the Beast Origin Skill.

“Wait, do as I say.”

Wang Che continued, “Remember those positions? When you swing, use one of those positions to hit with your tail. Remember, don’t use up all your soul power. Retain a portion of it.”

The green caterpillar nodded, understanding perfectly.

It started to twist in place.

As he watched the caterpillar prepare for the next attack, Wang Che’s eyes started to glimmer.

After all,the Beast Origin Skill did not just help in absorbing the spiritual energy of the world in order to strengthen the body.

It was considered the most stable basic body tempering cultivation technique, as it had also allowed the demonic beasts to control the spiritual energy in their bodies steadily.

Nevertheless, Wang Che kept the fact that the green caterpillar had only practiced for three days in mind.

As such, he instructed the caterpillar not to use up all its soul power and to keep a portion of it just in case, since its control was not sophisticated enough.

This time, the green caterpillar’s body curled up like a spring.

Then, it leaped up while emitting a green light!

As it floated in the air, the caterpillar adjusted its body until its tail reached a ninety degree angle and started to glow.

Pa!

The tail struck the bullseye.

The strength detector shook slightly.

A number suddenly appeared on the display.

“390 kilograms.”

When he saw this number, even Wang Che couldn’t help but be surprised.

This was indeed a huge improvement.

‘Is its soul power really this powerful?’

“No, wait, did you just…”

Wang Che paused as he vaguely recalled something. “Is that a soul skill?”