Chapter 1247 - 512: On Fire! The Booming Heart of Soul!

Chapter 1247: Chapter 512: On Fire! The Booming Heart of Soul!

The constant scent of blood assaulting her nose, the eerie wind that felt as if it were blowing straight from the marrow of her bones, and the indescribable suppressing spiritual power—these elements combined gave Yin Yin the sensation of suffocating for the very first time in her life.

This overwhelming suppression severed her connection to her Beast Taming Space. It wasn’t just a rule of the game restricting her; she was genuinely, physically incapable of summoning her Pet Beast. Even if her Pet Beast lacked real combat power, calling it out would have offered at least a shred of psychological comfort—which was still better than nothing.

But now, she didn’t even have that.

Trapped inside this dimly lit train that felt as if it would speed onward for eternity—despite her having boarded only three to five minutes ago—Yin Yin was overwhelmed by a near-death suffocation. Not to mention the traps lurking around every corner. Even the simple CREAK of the iron doors opening and closing was enough to push her to the brink of collapse. After all, she was just an ordinary girl who had never truly weathered life’s storms, and her psychological fortitude was far from strong.

This was exactly what made the Heart of Soul so special.

In a world of supernatural powers, attempting to frighten a Beastmaster with ghosts and ghouls was difficult, if not entirely impossible. After all, the Undead were hardly a rarity on Blue Star. Statistically, out of every hundred Beastmasters, six or seven specialized in the Undead Series. Given this reality, while the Undead Series did boast unique combat styles, expecting their mere existence to terrify a Beastmaster was nothing short of a fool’s dream.

But the Heart of Soul was different.

The Undead Pet Beasts inside were merely tools and mediums. The underlying principle would remain exactly the same even if they were swapped out for jungle assassin-type Pet Beasts or Insect type Pet Beasts. The true brilliance of the Heart of Soul lay in its ability to harness the power of a Yin Land to suppress a Beastmaster’s spirit, weaving psychological suggestions into specific environmental conditions. Even across the vast Blue Star—a supernatural world dominated by Beastmasters—this kind of psychological warfare was far from a useless, unorthodox trick.

Su Ping had grown to highly value talent in this field. This realization had blossomed after the Heart of Soul’s recent financial investments and his trip to the Imperial Capital for his professional assessment, where he had personally toured the Ghost Dragon Breeding Base and several other Undead Series-focused Pet Beast Bases. Utilizing his connections, he had hired several experts in this specific discipline.

Without a doubt, the money had been well spent. Yin Yin’s current reaction was proof enough.

Aboard the Bloody Train, there didn’t seem to be any guaranteed-death traps. There were no cheap, money-grabbing jump scares where an apparition would spawn and immediately trigger a Death prompt upon making eye contact. Yet, at this very moment, Yin Yin felt that she might as well just die and get it over with. She was trapped in an agonizing paradox—desperately wanting to move forward, yet too terrified to take a single step.

Human Spiritual Consciousness was simply fascinating like that. The dread of the unknown and the instinctive resistance to fear paradoxically drew people to explore the very source of their terror.

Ultimately, Yin Yin got exactly what she was asking for. Through school belle Yin’s relentless courting of death, she forced open the bathroom door on the Bloody Train and attempted to wash her face. As crimson, blood-like liquid GUSHED from the faucet, a spectral silhouette materialized. The Red-eyed Vengeful Spirit—the absolute strongest Ghost Pet Beast featured in the Bloody Train scenario—had arrived.

Instant Death elimination triggered.

Forget about clearing the Heart of Soul; Yin Yin hadn’t even figured out the basic mechanics of the first stage before being declared a failure and unceremoniously booted out.

She was hardly alone, though. There were far too many players just like her. The vast majority of participants were ordinary people. When facing the Heart of Soul—a meticulously designed gauntlet that ruthlessly preyed on the unprepared—trial and error were practically mandatory. Hints were scattered throughout, but anyone lacking extreme caution would miss them completely. Under such unforgiving conditions, being eliminated by Death was simply inevitable.

This perfectly matched Su Ping’s expectations for the attraction’s difficulty. It couldn’t be sadistically impossible, but it couldn’t be a walk in the park either. While he wasn’t looking to exploit the Heart of Soul for massive profits, he certainly couldn’t afford to run it at a steep loss. He wasn’t running a charity, after all.

Right now, however, Su Ping wasn’t entirely focused on the profit margins. He turned his head, noticing that Bai Cang had quietly returned to stand behind him at some point.

"How exactly did we pull off this level of environmental immersion with a Yin Land?" Su Ping asked. "I seriously doubt the original Yin Land, the Land of Sighs, could produce an effect this intense on its own."

Hearing the question, Bai Cang hurriedly replied, "It is the work of a teacher we hired recently, Mr. Lu Cheng. His cultivation Realm isn’t particularly high, but his mastery in this field is exceptional. He possesses a profound understanding of Yin Qi and Energy Science as they relate to the Undead Series.

"The invisible suppression of spiritual power that you’re observing is the result of Mr. Lu employing a special Elite Level Pet Beast known as a Fear Demon. By utilizing the Fear Demons to continuously channel Energy from the Land of Sighs, he was able to manifest this psychological pressure within the Yin Land.

"Maintaining this effect requires twenty Fear Demons working in constant, rotating shifts. It is a rather significant investment on our part, but judging by the reactions, I’d say the results speak for themselves."