Chapter 12 (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
‘This 369 Steel can imitate the strength of an ordinary green caterpillar with ten years of cultivation base.’
Wang Che froze in place for a moment.
Steel type soul pets were very special and rare.
In fact, there were no such soul beasts in ancient times.
The 369 Steel’s ability to transform did not rely on analysing the opponent’s attributes.
Instead, it was based on the artificial data recorded in its brain.
Take a normal green caterpillar for example. Before transforming, the 369 Steel would ask itself the following questions: How strong is its cultivation level? How fast is its speed? How is its physique?
After accessing the answers, it would transform into its target’s outer form and imitate the cultivation age.
Apart from that, the rest of its attributes would be based on that of a normal green caterpillar.
‘This soul pet is quite an interesting one.’
Wang Che thought to himself.
Judging from the results, this defense test was definitely the most intriguing out of the four.
Meanwhile, after regaining its composure, the white caterpillar launched another attack on the green caterpillar.
Yet, there was still no effect this time.
If anything, the damage was negligible.
The green caterpillar, who had realised this as well, began to lay on the ground arrogantly, not even bothering to defend itself anymore.
‘A green caterpillar with ten years of cultivation is really weak…’
Before conducting this test, Wang Che had not been very satisfied with the little one’s stats.
However, to his surprise, not even a green caterpillar with ten years of cultivation was able to break through its defense.
A soul pet’s defense performance was measured by the number of times it could withstand a full-strength attack by the 369 Steel that imitates a similar cultivation level.
The more attacks it resisted, the stronger the soul pet’s defense.
“At this rate, the white caterpillar won’t be able to incapacitate the little one even after attacking a few hundred times…”
Wang Che said out loud.
Normally, a soul pet undergoing this test would only be able to defend against the incoming attacks for a few times at best.
From that, the soul pet’s owner would be able to gauge its defense attributes.
Yet…
‘It seems that this little one is much stronger than a regular green caterpillar.’
After some contemplation, Wang Che decided to change the test.
At this center, the test with the 369 Steel could be customised according to the user’s needs.
As such, he could manually input the names of other soul pets for the 369 Steel to transform into, or alter the cultivation age to increase the strength of its attacks.
With this, Wang Che would be able to test the extent of the green caterpillar’s defense.
However, if the request exceeded the limit of 369 Steel’s abilities, it could not be done.
Wang Che immediately entered a soul pet’s name into the control computer.
‘Let’s try the Kuka Beast first.’
He keyed in: Kuka Beast, 25 years soul power cultivation.
Almost immediately after he entered the name, the 369 Steel turned into a Kuka Beast.
As per Wang Che’s request, its soul power cultivation was around 25 years.
In its basic tri-steel form, the 369 Steel only possessed the data of an ordinary Kuka Beast’s soul power and physical strength.
Without any imitation of soul skills, the attacks it could use were only limited to simple physical strikes.
Because of this, it could not recreate the full strength of a Kuka Beast.
After all, this was only a basic test of defense.
“The Kuka Beast is a rare soul pet that specializes in speed. It may not be particularly strong, but it isn’t physically helpless either. It’s stronger than the green caterpillar, at the very least.”
Wang Che watched from the sidelines intently as the white Kuka Beast charged toward the green caterpillar.
It was at least twice as fast as its opponent!
Almost instantly, the Kuka Beast threw a punch.
Pa!
The powerful force struck the green caterpillar’s body like a basketball and sent the little one flying.
It remained airborne as it traveled about three to four meters before finally landing on the ground.
Slam!
The green caterpillar looked stunned.
It obviously had not reacted quickly enough.
How could this have happened?
It immediately got up and glared at the Kuka Beast.
“Ssss! Ssss!”
The green caterpillar let out an angry cry, as if protesting that it wasn’t fair to use sneak attacks.
Of course, it wasn’t aware that Wang Che had been the one who set it up to do so…
‘A normal Kuka Beast is much faster than a green caterpillar, but it lacks physical strength… 25 years of soul power cultivation is only slightly stronger than this little one… However, as a soul pet, the Kuka Beast would be much stronger if raised properly.’
Wang Che started to think again.
The Kuka Beast’s speed seemed to be effective against the green caterpillar’s current defence.
However, it hadn’t inflicted any serious damage.
Without giving time for its opponent to react, the Kuka Beast attacked a dozen more times.
Faced with the flurry of strikes, the green caterpillar began to pant, clearly unable to take any more.