NOVGO.NET Chapter 968: Soul Flame Fruit
Chapter 968: Soul Flame Fruit
In the world of cultivation, any treasure that has to do with the soul is invaluable.
In fact, even a soul berry fruit is something that, if it were to appear in an auction house in a high world, a great bidding war would occur.
However, even such a fruit pales in comparison to a Soul Flame Fruit. In fact, comparing the two is a grave insult that can cause one to lose their head.
That is how valuable a Soul Flame Fruit is.
When it comes to its use, consider a normal soul flame for a moment. If one were to consume a Soul Flame Fruit, then, depending on how old the fruit is, they can gain something like a rank up on their soul flame, aspect unlock, strengthening, mutation, transformation, and many more.
If one doesn’t have a soul flame, they will naturally awaken one.
Away from that, if the Soul Flame Fruit is 10,000 years plus, then even if your flame resistance is at the Perfect stage, it will rank up by one stage and even gain either a flame defence or offence skill.
That is Perfect Flame Resistance up to Transcendent Flame Resistance.
It has many uses to the point that if a Soul Flame Fruit reaches 100,000 years, its name changes to Dao Flame Fruit.
Legend has it that a Soul Flame Fruit is blessed by the Flame Dao, and as such, it is a must-have treasure.
However, in Kent’s case, he needed one for his Flame Core. Agni told him the names of many treasures that can aid in forming a Flame Core. The top of the list has the likes of the Soul Flame Fruit.
So Kent, who was planning to head deeper into the outer region and hopefully make it into the inner region, had to change his mind when his Soul Map helped him pick up Commander Agnes’s words.
“Don’t get me wrong. I don’t care what you think of me, provided you don’t call me a pervert. However, if you have to call me a pervert just so you can tell me the location of the Soul Flame Fruit, then I wouldn’t mind.
However, bear in mind that based on your information, two things can happen,” Kent said, raising one finger.
“First, I will either turn around and leave, making sure not even my body aura is left behind.”
He raised the second finger, making two fingers.
“Second, I will help you get the Soul Flame Fruit and even help you tame a Tier 19 beast. So what do you think, Commander Agnes?”
Commander Agnes narrowed her eyes at Kent. As to how he managed to overhear what she muttered, she wasn’t concerned about that.
However, just the fact that a mere Core Formation brat dares to claim he can help her get something Heavenly Ascension stage cultivators couldn’t and even help her tame a Tier 19 beast made her want to snap his neck.
However, remembering he had saved her, she calmed down.
Kent smirked and said, “I know what you are thinking.” Kent laughed. “Just how can a mere Core Formation brat help me get what not even I and my team had no confidence in obtaining?” Kent just held a smile on his face.
“Perhaps, before you think that—if you haven’t already—remember the saying, don’t judge a book by its cover or the writings on it,”
Kent chuckled, recalling a lecturer of his back on Earth, adding the last bits to that quote.
Back then, he was the only one who laughed, which caused the lecturer to take a liking to him.
“Ask yourself, if I am that simple, then what the hell am I even doing here in the Flame Sea, and in the domain of the Scarlet Flame Serpent Monarch of all beasts?
The answer is simple, I am not a weakling, and unless my opponents numbered in the dozens, then even a Tier 19 beast is no opponent I would have to worry about,” Kent exaggerated a bit, but it was necessary.
“That said, I have the means to help you get the Soul Flame Fruit. As it occurs, I also need one, so why don’t we work something out, Commander Agnes?”
The offer was enticing, and to be frank, Commander Agnes wanted to say yes. However, she didn’t know if she could trust Kent.
There was just something about his smile that kept freaking her out, and that alone was making her hesitate.
The location of the Soul Flame Fruit was something only she knew.
After all, the mission to come to the Flame Sea was to obtain it for one of the three generals of Planet Nictus, who was poisoned using a soul-type poison after a clash with one of the generals of the Planet King.
If she died, then the days for Planet Nictus falling under the Planet King authority would be numbered. So this mission was extremely important to her.
“Having trust issues, huh?” Kent said, sitting on a nearby stone. “I can just tell you three reasons to trust me. However, since we both are in a hurry, how about I tell you just one, Commander Agnes, or do you prefer I call you Princess Autumn?”
Commander Agnes’s body shuddered, hearing Kent call her by a name nobody, not even her most trusted subordinate, knew.
In fact, on Planet Nictus, only the King, Queen, the three Princesses, the two Princes, and the Royal Pill Monarch knew that Commander Agnes’s true identity was actually Princess Autumn.
However, out of nowhere, a random person she had met in her time of need just exposed her secret—and in a casual way too.
Looking at the relaxed look in Kent’s eyes, she couldn’t help but wonder if she should just kill him and be done with it, or play along and capture him later for interrogation.
“Killing me is impossible, and catching me is even worse than impossible,” Kent said with a smile. “And no, I am not reading your mind. I can read all you are thinking on your faces.
And hey, a word of advice. The next time you disguise yourself, don’t pick a pleasing and beautiful face. It makes it impossible to look away, and the more one looks at you, the closer they get to discovering your deepest, darkest secrets.
That said, I know the real you, so if you have any doubt, know that I can break my talisman now and go spread your secret to everyone.
However, that won’t get me closer to killing the Planet King. The Soul Flame Fruit, however, will do. So perhaps we should focus on that instead.”
The saying, ’being intelligent is how you use your intelligence and not how your intelligence uses you,’ is what could be used to describe Kent at the moment.
With just one glimpse into the lady’s profile, Kent was able to weave a complex web of subtle manipulation that, as Commander Agnes continued to digest his words, would lead her to raise numerous questions, ultimately culminating in a single conclusion: their shared enemy, the Planet King.
She will then come to the following conclusions.
If she managed to get the Soul Flame Fruit, General Brilla, who held the key to defeating the Planet King, would be saved.
Then again, if Kent managed to help her get the Soul Flame Fruit, then it meant Kent was indeed no simple person, and as such, she would be able to pull him to her side.
Again, he might just be able to gain a Tier 19 (Heavenly Ascension) stage beast as her mount.
Without Commander Agnes knowing it, she had fallen into Kent’s scheme. Looking at the smile on his face now, one could perhaps say that the mind is the strongest weapon a person can ever wield.