Chapter 552: Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts

Lei En squinted.

This Naisè elder's scheming is deep; he probably calculated the duration of his Mirror Image technique and deliberately delayed it until now.

The Soul Eye had long seen the opponent's details clearly.

Harava is a level‑19 Ten Thousand Spirits Wizard, and already reached Legendary Peak three to four hundred years ago.

The Naisè Fu Kong Cheng is the birthplace of the Naisè faction's doctrine; only Wizards of the Law Seal school can unleash its highest potential, so the overwhelming majority of Naisè Wizards belong to the Law Seal school, focusing on Elementalists and Arcane practitioners, with a few Dark Demonists and Psychics.

The Soul‑Guiding school is very rare in Naisè Fu Kong Cheng, and the combat school is extinct.

Among the twelve legendary Wizards of the Naisè Elders' Council, only Harava comes from the Soul‑Guiding school; he is also a senior pioneer of that school. Before the Silver Star Duke's Holy Soul Ascension, he was already one of the most powerful and famous Ten Thousand Spirits Wizards in the world.

Of the twelve Naisè elders, only two are not students of Augulevi Master.

Harava is one of them, and that has something to do with his being a Ten Thousand Spirits Wizard.

The Soul Eye had long seen clearly that Harava's Soul‑Gathering Tower is six levels high, nurturing more than three hundred demon souls!

The Ten Thousand Spirits Wizard's combat modes are two: summoning demon souls, and demon souls possessing the body.

The higher the rank, the more demon souls are summoned.

Each Soul Transformation raises one tier, adding a level to the Soul‑Gathering Tower, expanding its interior space, and allowing more demon souls to be nurtured.

After each promotion, the first demon soul the Ten Thousand Spirits Wizard fuses becomes the Main Soul.

Only the Main Soul can possess.

A Ten Thousand Spirits Wizard with a Main Soul possessing them gains all that demon soul's abilities, including Physical Element, Arcane Element, and Supernatural Element, and Main Souls of different ranks can also stack.

Harava is Legendary High-rank, possessing six Main Souls.

Lei En's eye immediately spotted six especially distinct demon souls in his Soul‑Gathering Tower, from low to high: Thunderfang Wolf, Leap‑Transition Pursuer, Iron‑Armored Rampaging Bear.

Then three legendary demon souls: Deer‑Head Spirit, Multi‑Headed Snake Lizard, Goron Beast King!

Each demon soul is no ordinary.

Even the entry‑level Thunderfang Wolf, which Harava fused as his first Main Soul years ago, possesses the supreme Element "King of the Wolf Pack", allowing control over nearby wolves and boosting the power, speed, and defense of his subordinate wolf‑type demon beasts, comparable to a true Wolf King.

Moreover, the Thunderfang Wolf's demon soul also contains "Electric Flash Teleport", "Thunder Strike", and the "Swift" Element.

Unsurprisingly, Harava chose the Ten Thousand Spirits Wizard path because of the "Wolf King" Element, and his own student, the half‑orc wizard Galu, did the same.

With the powerful Thunderfang Wolf demon soul, Harava had no peer even as an entry‑level wizard, and from then rose to become a fearsome legendary wizard.

Afterwards his second Main Soul, the Mid‑stage magical beast Leap‑Transition Pursuer, is likewise extremely rare.

This strange magical beast, born in the Star Realm, resembles a gigantic lizard; it can become invisible, leap within space to hunt prey, is extremely agile and swift, and possesses "Flash", "Light‑Step Technique", and "Void Resonance".

The High‑rank Main Soul is also a beast, the Iron‑Armored Rampaging Bear.

This is a mutated Iron‑Armored Rampaging Bear, and the demon soul that surprised Lei En the most, because it possesses the "Steel Body" Element!

Although Harava has nurtured it for centuries, the Steel Body only rose to the third level, yet it is still remarkable.

Additionally there is seventh‑level Strength, Blood Frenzy, and various melee Elements wielded with giant claws.

The fourth Main Soul is the legendary demon soul Deer‑Head Spirit.

Lei En's first encounter with this extremely rare demon soul revealed it to be a type of spirit creature born deep in ancient forests, bizarre and evil, able to control forest beasts and birds, siphon life, cause enemies to hallucinate, possess extremely tenacious regeneration, and its greatest weakness is fear of fire.

The fifth Main Soul is the legendary Mid‑stage Multi‑Headed Snake Lizard, a draconic offspring.

The more heads it has, the stronger it is.

Harava's Snake‑Lizard demon soul has five heads, can exhale five different elemental breaths, masters over a dozen Arcane Elements, its skin rivals that of a true giant dragon, its resistance is extremely high, and it is innately capable of "Multi‑Cast" ability.

The final Main Soul is a colossal being, the Goron Beast King!

Gorons are gigantic beasts that dwell on a high‑plateau of another plane, their size like mountains, strength boundless, and they call themselves Children of the Earth.

Harava's Goron demon soul is a Beast King.

It possesses tenth‑level Strength, Earth Pulse, Blood Frenzy, and over ten Earth‑type spells and melee Elements; when its feet stand on the ground it is more terrifying than a giant, capable of slaying dragons, comparable to the legendary Golden Bimon Beast!

At this moment, Harava holds nothing back; all six Main Souls possess him.

His gaunt body expands rapidly, instantly reaching over three meters tall; his loose robe is clearly custom‑made, highly stretchable, bulging with terrifying muscles, the robe's hem now only reaches his knees, turning into a tight enchanted coat.

Giant‑like Harava, his muscles forged like steel, his skin sprouting smooth snake scales.

Five massive phantom snake heads rise on his back, each a different hue—red, green, blue, purple, cyan—each neck over two meters long, allowing the heads to rotate a full 360°, ten slender, ferocious snake eyes scan all around, leaving no blind spot.

A pair of huge antlers sprout from either side of Harava's head.

These antlers are over a meter long, heavily branched like two twigs, and when they sway they stir faint phantoms, emitting a mesmerizing aura.

His feet press the ground, continuously drawing Earth Power; a thick layer of stone armor coalesces around him, covering his body, leaving only a pair of terrifying, alien eyes exposed.

In his eyes, brown‑amber mingles with blood‑red, reason and frenzy balanced, his aura utterly terrifying.

A two‑meter‑plus two‑handed greatsword materializes, its blade broad and jet‑black, weight staggering—at least two to three thousand pounds—Harava reaches out, easily grasping the hilt and slinging it over his shoulder.

"Sss—"

"Goddess above, this is terrifying!"

Tens of thousands of spectators at the arena gasp in unison, their eyes filled with awe and fear.

The Harava of this moment is worlds apart from his appearance just seconds earlier.

If you hadn't witnessed his transformation firsthand, no one would dare believe that this terrifying monster, resembling an Abyss Demon, is the gaunt Naisè elder.

But this is not the end.

Harava is a Ten Thousand Spirits Wizard; he begins summoning demon souls!

First appears a massive wolf pack: Terror Wolf, Frost Wolf, Phantom Wolf, Silver‑Mane Giant Wolf, Ferocious Wolf, Nether Black Wolf, Flame Wolf—seven distinct demon wolves, totaling over two hundred. They each possess different abilities and, under the leadership of seven Wolf Kings, form a formation surrounding Harava.

Next comes a herd of giant bears.

The strongest is an Earth Bear, massive as a hill; around it follow over fifty various giant bears—Furious Brown Bear, Polar Ice Bear, Magic‑Claw Bear, Shadow Giant Bear—forming the outermost line, blocking the arena's light barrier, ready to lead the charge.

The third wave summons a horde of snarling spiders.

Three varieties of giant spiders: Cave Rock Spider, Demon-Pattern Spider, Soul-Capturing Spider, totaling over thirty, intermingling among the wolves and bears or lurking underground; they are not the main force, but are used to affect and control enemies.

A shadow flew out from above Harawa's head.

These shadows rose to mid‑air, elongated in the wind, and in an instant turned into more than twenty sky‑blocking rock‑horn flying dragons. The three largest among them were legendary, their wingspans stretching nearly fifteen meters; their long horns atop their heads resembled stalactites, and their gray scales were hard and thick, capable of spitting petrifying breath.

The audience stared fixedly.

Thanks to the popularity of the Ten Thousand Spirits Card, people knew the Ten Thousand Spirits Wizard better, and many shouted in surprise, "Beast Zoo!"

"This is the Beast Zoo deck!"

"I finally saw the Ten Thousand Spirits Wizard use the 'Beast Zoo' deck in real combat with my own eyes, hahaha, this is far more exciting than playing cards!"

Some Ten Thousand Spirits Card enthusiasts trembled with excitement.

The Ten Thousand Spirits Card decks come in a dazzling variety, yet certain classic decks are most talked about; Beast Zoo is one of them, sometimes also called the Animal Zoo.

This deck's spirit souls focus on various magical beasts, numerous in number; each beast has its own function, they cooperate, and with some empowering spells that spur the beasts, they unleash greater power.

However, this was not yet the limit of what Harawa could achieve.

Wolf pack, giant bear, spider, and flying dragon—these he summoned from the Soul Gathering Tower, belonging to the inner souls; once slain they return to the tower to revive.

Amid the audience's excited gazes, Harawa produced a massive stack of thick Soul Cards.

He generously infused them with soul energy, activating all two‑hundred‑plus Soul Cards in his hand, then hurled them upward with force, like a celestial maiden scattering blossoms, scattering them in all directions.

Each Soul Card that hit the ground solidified into a tangible concentration of soul energy.

The same wolf pack, giant bear, spider and flying dragon instantly doubled the number of summoned spirit souls, filling half the arena to the brim, leaving scarcely any room for more beasts.

These belong to outer souls; once slain, the Soul Cards are destroyed.

Harawa lifted his head and let out a beastly roar.

The roar contained a strange power; all the magical beasts roared in response, their eyes reddening, bodies swelling, entering a berserk state where strength, speed, and defense surged dramatically, and the magical energy within them nearly overflowed.

In an instant, the vast arena became a beast's sanctuary!

All these spirit souls possessed bodies, summoning beasts; Harawa did it in just seven seconds, and the countdown on the light screen showed only three seconds left.

He did not stop there, summoning his most powerful spirit soul.

A flock of white dragons rose into the air.

"Roar!"

Exactly five white dragons let out a synchronized dragon roar.

The largest was an ancient white dragon over a thousand years old, forty meters long, pushing the sky‑borne rock‑horn flying dragons aside; the other four were white dragons—two mature dragons aged between two hundred and five hundred years, and two youthful dragons aged between one hundred and two hundred years.

The five white dragons appeared, their terrifying aura spreading over everything; the arena's temperature plummeted, cold wind howled, as if it had instantly entered a biting deep winter.

Had the protective shield not dampened the dragons' might, the spectators at the side would have been frightened into unconsciousness by the dragons' power.

Even so, everyone's breath paused for a beat.

Everyone was dumbfounded; Elder Harawa had actually hunted a white‑dragon herd and corralled them into his Soul Gathering Tower!

"Chairman Lei En finally has a match!"

Everyone became excited, their hearts full of anticipation.

Given Elder Harawa's displayed might, it could contend with Chairman Lei En, even seeming to surpass Lei En.

After all, Elder Harawa differs from the previous two elders; his power is exceptionally fierce, his close‑combat far exceeding that of ordinary legendary wizards, and he commands hundreds of magical beasts and a white‑dragon herd!

In contrast, the arena on the other side of the light screen appeared desolate.

Lei En summoned no spirit souls, his Mirror Image technique was cooling down, and alone he was about to face the massive beast horde and the fully‑evolved Elder Harawa.

As the countdown reached its final second.

Lei En finally made a move.

His mithril light armor instantly transformed into a heavy deep‑blue suit of armor, clearly not ordinary; strange lightning runes flickered across it, composed of six pieces, imposing and radiating a chillingly powerful aura.

"What kind of armor is that?"

Some legendary wizards on the tower's viewing platform stood up, their eyes full of curiosity.

At that moment, the light screen vanished.

Roar!

Wolf pack, giant bear, spider and flying dragon roared in unison, surging toward Lei En like a tide, as if to drown him outright.

The white dragons from the sky swooped down, opening their mouths to spew streams of icy, freezing dragon breath!

(End of Chapter)