Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 678 - 582 Soul Seal_3

At the same time, consuming Ant King Honey at a daily rate of 100,000 Source Stones.

The Dominating Throne's flying speed increased greatly, and with a little overtime, it only took 12 days to deliver 4.5 million Source Stones.

Returned to Xianglan Mountain, took a seven-day rest to recover.

Slept and evolved.

...

Woke up from evolution slumber,

Shed the old shell, new shell hardened rapidly.

8th Age Period Lord.

Dragon Cypress stretched his legs, unfolded his membranous wings, feeling no obvious weakness—proving this evolutionary sleep didn't last long.

Shifted his mind, connected with the Dominating Throne.

A moment of silence, disappointment.

Utter disappointment.

After a round of molting evolution, the Dominating Throne still hadn't unlocked the soul-system Messenger option.

That settles it—the Dominating Throne cannot nurture Soul Ants.

——Why?

——Why is there no soul system alone?

The soul system is a talent that stands above the other nine systems. If Soul Ants could be nurtured, they would definitely be the strongest, without question stronger than the Water System.

Dragon Cypress was unwilling, buried in thought, and soon came up with a possibility:

The Dominating Throne is an Outworld Civilization Artifact; when the Creator Civilization made this artifact, they simply didn't add this function.

Why?

Because the Creator Civilization was water-system-based, perhaps with other talents on the side, but definitely without soul system talent.

Without that talent, of course, there's no need for such a function.

"What a pity—"

Dragon Cypress sighed softly, full of regret.

He quickly composed himself and shifted his spiritual power inward, sensing himself.

The 'Heart of Bee King' bestowed by the Divine-Grade Quince Olive Fruit was smoothly comprehended...

But,

It seemed a bit different from what the Snow Velvet Spider King had described...

A mutation!

It fused with soul system ability?

Eh! And there's another pretty powerful soul system ability!

Dragon Cypress's eyes sparkled with brilliance, delight piling on delight.

——Struck gold!

"Spiked Cypress?"

Dragon Cypress called.

"Here!"

Plop~da~

The door panel blocking the cave was pushed open. Spiked Cypress poked his head in, "Congratulations, Great King! All hail Great King! The Great King has evolved to King Level—"

Spiked Cypress's sycophantic flattery came to an abrupt halt, frozen on the spot, perfectly still.

"Impressive ability!"

Dragon Cypress exclaimed in awe.

The upright antennae gently lowered.

Spiked Cypress, transfixed, stared blankly, dumbly pondering for a good while before snapping back, exclaiming in shock, "Great King! Just now, that was, soul system ability?"

Dragon Cypress: "Spiked Cypress, you're sharp!"

Spiked Cypress marveled, "Such a powerful ability!"

Spiked Cypress: "Great King, just now, was my soul sealed by some invisible force?"

Dragon Cypress: "That's right. This ability severs the link between one's soul and body, and locks down spiritual power—instantly stripping away all ability to act and sense."

Spiked Cypress was overwhelmed with shock, stammering, "Great King, I'm not weak either… so why did I have zero ability to resist? I almost… didn't even realize…"

Dragon Cypress: "I awakened a soul system talent and have eaten a Divine-Grade Six Paths Fruit that strengthened my soul by a whole Great Rank. Though I'm only Lord-Level in evolution, my soul's strength has already hit the upper limit allowed by the Origin Force Star Realm."

Dragon Cypress: "So, my soul system ability is equivalent to King-Level Peak in power."

Dragon Cypress: "All the soul system abilities I comprehend are at King-Level Peak power."

Spiked Cypress: "!!!"

Spiked Cypress: "Doesn't that mean… Great King, you're invincible now!"

Dragon Cypress shook his antennae, replying curtly: "Divine Mark—"

Spiked Cypress's excitement instantly fizzled out.

That's right.

There's still Divine Marks.

Divine Marks improve an Insect King tremendously.

Lord-Level and King-Level are, in the end, two insurmountable realms.

Spiked Cypress thought again, "Great King, but something still feels off. This ability of yours seems to overlap with the Soul-Intoxicating ability. Now that you have this ability, do you no longer need the Divine-Grade Soul-Intoxicating Fruit? In that case…"

Dragon Cypress gazed coldly, indifferently replying, "This ability is called 'Soul Seal'—it only targets one individual at a time. Soul-Intoxicating, on the other hand, muddles the target's soul, fogs their consciousness, can even put them to sleep, and works in an area-of-effect. The mechanisms and application scenarios are completely different: two entirely separate soul system abilities."

Spiked Cypress: "Got it—"

Spiked Cypress: "As expected of the Great King, you're the best!"

Spiked Cypress: "Great King, if there's ever a chance, could you get me something good too…"

Dragon Cypress: "We'll see, maybe in the future."

Dragon Cypress called out: "Spiked Cypress, bring two thousand Soldier Ants to Shandong Reservoir—I want to test out 'Heart of Bee King.'"