!Level 68!
After absorbing Xiao Wu's soul ring, Dai Yao's soul power has reached a terrifying level of 68! He is only two levels away from becoming a Soul Saint.
Feeling the surging soul power within his body, the comfortable sensation made Dai Yao unable to help but let out a groan.
"Level 68. I haven't absorbed a soul ring for almost a year. The soul power accumulated in my body, as well as the life energy absorbed from the human-faced demon spider, exploded after absorbing the soul ring. I never expected that it would allow my soul power level to reach such a high level!"
He was overwhelmed with emotion.
The urge to break through the bottleneck and obtain the soul ring, suppressed for a year, and the joy of finally reaping the rewards of decades of planning, filled my heart with a mix of emotions.
But the greater satisfaction comes from obtaining a 100,000-year soul ring.
If he remembered correctly, in the original novel, Tang San's soul power level was around level 65 to 66 after absorbing Xiao Wu's soul ring.
However, his liquid soul power is of far higher quality than that of ordinary soul masters, and the soul power required to advance one level is also far greater than that of ordinary soul masters.
He truly hadn't anticipated that his soul power level would reach this point.
However, the sudden surge in soul power also brought him some trouble.
"There are both joys and sorrows. The surge in soul power has greatly increased my strength, but it has also caused my foundation to become unstable. After returning to the Spirit Hall, I will have to work on it properly, otherwise, there will be endless troubles in the future."
As the red ring slowly sank into Dai Yao's body, the previously frozen consciousness of those around him gradually returned to normal.
Hu Liena stared in shock at the scene before her. Xiao Wu had actually sacrificed herself for Dai Yao?!
The moment Xiao Wu's fierce roar erupted, Hu Liena understood Xiao Wu's plan. As the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, she had heard about the practice of spirit beast sacrifice.
She was already in despair.
I don't know how to explain this to my teacher when I get back!
The 100,000-year-old soul beast that was about to be theirs was sacrificed to Tang San right under their noses!
At this moment, although she was shocked as to why Xiao Wu would sacrifice herself to Dai Yao, and unclear about what had happened in the frozen spacetime, the fact that the 100,000-year soul ring had fallen into Dai Yao's hands instead of Tang San's was an acceptable outcome.
Yan and Xie Yue gradually recovered from their confusion. When they saw the blood-red sixth spirit ring slowly rising and falling on Dai Yao's body, they immediately lost the ability to think.
Not only them, but all the powerful figures of the Spirit Hall stared wide-eyed at Dai Yao with horror after regaining consciousness.
The blinding crimson color, like a black hole, swallowed up all their attention.
These Soul Masters knew all too well what a 100,000-year Soul Ring meant. Generally speaking, only Title Douluos could absorb a 100,000-year Soul Ring when searching for their ninth Soul Ring.
But now, it has appeared on a Soul Emperor, and they all know what that means.
Unprecedented! Unparalleled!
Dai Yao's future achievements will definitely exceed everyone's expectations!
Although they coveted Dai Yao's 100,000-year soul ring and the red 100,000-year soul bone in front of him, they knew even more clearly that Dai Yao was someone they could not afford to offend.
He swallowed hard, moistening his dry throat, suppressing his inner longing, and dared not look again at the 100,000-year-old soul ring and soul bone that could drive them mad.
The red light gradually dissipated, and the absorption of the soul ring was nearing its end. Dai Yao looked at Xiao Wu, who had transformed back into a rabbit in front of him, along with the red and blue soul bones beside her. He reached out and scooped them up, storing them into his soul tool.
While a 100,000-year-old soul bone is indeed precious, and Xiao Wu's soul bone comes with extremely powerful skills, Dai Yao has no intention of absorbing it.
The reason is that his second martial soul, the Chaos Green Lotus, has skills similar to Xiao Wu's soul skills, but with significantly greater power.
Moreover, when he resurrects Xiao Wu in the future and washes away the low-level soul rings in her body, he will have to return the 100,000-year soul bone to Xiao Wu. If he were to absorb it, it would be quite troublesome.
"The Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, I never expected to get it like this!"
Dai Yao was somewhat moved.
Tang San let Xiao Wu escape and gave her the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, which then fell into his hands.
He reached out and gently picked up the rabbit that was gradually losing its body temperature, took out the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Red from his Ruyi Treasure Pouch, and fed it to the rabbit.
The rabbit, which was on the verge of death, was given a second chance at life.
Just then, beams of cold light suddenly shot out from behind him.
The crimson spirit ring shone brightly, and Dai Yao's body became ethereal. Countless cold lights, accompanied by piercing shrieks, passed through Dai Yao's body as if piercing through the air, without encountering any resistance.
Sixth Soul Skill - Void!
Dai Yao turned around and saw Tang San's face filled with hatred, his eyes bloodshot, wishing he could tear him to pieces! When Tang San saw the blood-red spirit ring light up, a look of astonishment flashed across his face, and then his hatred intensified!
Tang San's handsome face contorted into a ferocious expression, like a demon from hell.
"You scoundrel! I'll kill you!"
He gave everything to keep Xiao Wu alive. But Xiao Wu ultimately chose to sacrifice herself to save his life.
As he watched the red light emanate from Xiao Wu, he was filled with grief. What could be more painful than seeing the person he loved die in front of him?
However, Dai Yao appeared.
This beast threatened Xiao Wu with his life and obtained everything from her.
Soul rings, soul bones, and even the final corpse.
He soon learned that there was nothing more agonizing than seeing the person you deeply love die before your eyes. It was seeing that person, after giving everything to your mortal enemy, die before your very eyes…
He lost his mind in rage, and like a madman, he frantically waved his hands, countless streaks of cold light shooting towards Dai Yao like a shower of flowers.
This scene sent chills down the spines of many powerful members of the Spirit Hall!
Not long ago, countless of their comrades had died at the hands of Tang San using this method. Back then, Tang San used a method that killed with a single blow, but now, in just a few seconds, thousands of cold lights shot out.
If it were them, they would have died countless times!
Watching the thousands of hidden weapons hurtling towards him, Dai Yao smiled slightly, witnessing them pierce through his body before turning to the somewhat dumbfounded Tang San, his tone filled with delight:
"Wow, Tang San, your wife's soul skills are really useful!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the air seemed to fall silent. The members of the Spirit Hall looked at Tang San with amusement, and Hu Liena burst out laughing, looking at Dai Yao with a smile.
"That guy is absolutely wicked!"
Using Xiao Wu's spirit ring skill rendered Tang San's almost frantic attacks futile, and then she praised him, saying, "Your wife's spirit skill is really useful." This was tantamount to rubbing salt into Tang San's wounds.
Tang San trembled with rage, his eyes bloodshot and veins bulging on his forehead. He stared intently at Dai Yao, like a demon from hell, and roared, word by word:
"You scoundrel! I...will...definitely...kill...you!"
Dai Yao curled his lip slightly, completely unconcerned about Tang San's threat. Back when he was still a Soul King, Tang San was no match for him, let alone now that he had absorbed a 100,000-year Soul Ring.
His eyes flashed, and a faint killing intent surfaced in his heart.
"If we can eliminate Tang San here, then no more accidents will occur..."
If Tang San had died here, the Heaven Dou Palace coup would not have failed, and the storyline of Qian Renxue falling in love with Tang San would never have happened. Furthermore, there would have been no trip to Seagod Island to inherit the Seagod's position.
Removing Tang San from this situation would be entirely beneficial and without any harm.
The only bad thing is that he broke his promise to Xiao Wu. But what does a promise mean? He's no longer the Dai Yao he once was!
In the spiritual world, Xiao Wu made a sacrifice, and after the blood-red soul ring was placed on the sacred white tiger, Xiao Wu's soul gradually revived under the influence of the blue light of the Chaos Green Lotus.
Slowly opening his eyes, he saw a blue lotus swaying gracefully in the pure white spiritual world.
She seemed to sense Dai Yao's murderous intent and hysterically cursed:
"Dai Yao, you liar! Didn't you promise to spare my brother if I offered myself as a sacrifice to you?"
Two streams of tears rolled down her cheeks. She was filled with remorse, wishing she could turn back time and die alongside Tang San. Even after sacrificing herself to Dai Yao, Dai Yao still wanted to kill Tang San; hadn't she indirectly caused Tang San's death?!
What's even more terrifying is that Dai Yao will continue to use her spirit rings and spirit bones. And she can only watch helplessly as she does so, unable to stop it in the slightest.
Every time Dai Yao used her soul skill, it was a form of torture for her.
Seeing Tang San's furious expression outside, she felt his pain deeply! Her beautiful face contorted in anger as she turned to look at the green lotus, snarling viciously:
"Since this thing can exist in your mental world, it must be very important to you! You tried to harm my brother, and I won't let you get away with it!"
She sprang to her feet and ran wildly toward the blue lotus. Just as she reached out to grasp the lotus's stem, a bolt of lightning struck her hand, causing her to cry out in pain and quickly pull her hand back.
Xiao Wu stared at the blue lotus with some fear; the pain from before was excruciating. Yet, driven by hatred, she reached out her hand again.
Even if you kill me, I won't let you get away with it!
Xiao Wu gritted her teeth and said.
The despair in his voice was deeply moving.
"Seeking their own death..."
Dai Yao sensed everything happening in his spiritual world and said calmly.
"No matter what, Tang San must die here! Anyway, to revive Xiao Wu, all we need is her soul, regardless of whether she's normal or not. Once the time comes, I'll just insert the first few spirit rings into her body, and whether the revival succeeds or not is none of my concern!"
At this moment, Dai Yao had made up his mind to kill Tang San here!
"The fields of spider lilies are perfect for your burial, Tang San! Thunder Vine, stop that rabbit!"
Dai Yao's voice, like muffled thunder, echoed in the spiritual world.
The moment the words fell, bolts of lightning struck around Xiao Wu, trapping her like a prison.
She desperately ran towards the place where the blue lotus was, but the slender lightning bolts, like unbreakable ropes, held her firmly, preventing her from escaping.
Her white dress was instantly burned to shreds upon contact with the destructive lightning. Her snow-white skin, pressed against the lightning, was charred black in an instant, and Xiao Wu let out a chilling scream.
But she still didn't stop her steps toward Qinglian.
The fact that Dai Yao trapped her in such a serious manner clearly shows that the green lotus is not ordinary to him. As long as she destroys it, she will definitely make Dai Yao suffer unbearable pain!
Seeing Xiao Wu struggling fearlessly, accompanied by a sigh, a peerless figure dressed in purple slowly appeared.
"Why are you doing this to yourself? You can't escape my thunder, so why don't you just stay put and avoid the torment?"
She looked at Xiao Wu indifferently, a hint of doubt in her cool voice.
Xiao Wu endured the excruciating pain, gazing at the purple figure with eyes filled with hatred, her voice broken as she spoke:
"Help me, help me destroy that lotus flower! If you have any compassion left, please help me destroy that lotus flower!"
Lei Yuteng said calmly:
"Dai Yao and I are friends, why should I help you? You don't seem to deserve sympathy."
"Can't you see what he did to me and my brother? You were a spirit beast too, and you died at his hands, becoming his spirit ring. Why do you still help such a shameless guy?!"
Xiao Wu stared at the woman in purple and roared at the top of her lungs.
As a 100,000-year-old soul beast, she clearly sensed that the woman in purple before her was the same soul beast that Dai Yao had hunted with his fourth soul ring. She couldn't understand why she would help Dai Yao after he had killed her!
Lei Yuteng looked down at Xiao Wu with a blank expression and a disdainful tone, saying:
"A 100,000-year-old soul beast, with two forest emperors who are sworn to follow him to the death."
"You have a blood feud with humans. If I were in your shoes, the first thing I would do is to control all the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and turn it into an impregnable fortress. If your enemies dare to come in again, they will surely die without a burial place."
"Transforming into human form and seizing the chance to become a god is also a way to take revenge. Although the chance is slim, as long as I have tried, I will have no regrets even if I die."
"But what did you do?"
"You fell in love with a human, and for him, you risked being discovered by a Title Douluo, repeatedly entering the human center. I even think that if Dai Yao hadn't given you that immortal herb that concealed your identity, you would have gone to the Spirit Hall with him!"
"Hmph, so you call yourself a soul beast! You'd better watch yourself!"
Lei Yuteng glanced at Xiao Wu, then transformed back into a purple droplet, rolling on the Chaos Green Lotus.
Dai Yao told Lei Yuteng Xiao Wu's story in detail, hoping Lei Yuteng would help him trap Xiao Wu. Just as he expected, Lei Yuteng looked down on Xiao Wu.
As Lei Yuteng finished speaking, Xiao Wu stared blankly ahead, as if she had remembered something. She stopped struggling, and the light in her eyes disappeared.
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The Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape were charging towards them with increasing force, and Dai Yao knew that time was running out! He had to deal with Tang San quickly!
Three sharp claws slowly emerged from his left palm, their razor-sharp aura causing a stinging pain to condense upon them. After absorbing a 100,000-year-old soul ring, Dai Yao underwent a complete transformation.
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's external soul bone skill, Sky-Tearing Claw, now possesses power comparable to that of Contra.
Once the blow lands, Tang San will have no chance of survival.
Sensing this aura, Tang San's pupils shrank sharply, but he then became even more frantic. Xiao Wu was already dead, so what was the point of his life?
A blinding light shot into the sky, and Dai Yao slowly swung his left arm down. The snow-white light, as if splitting the heavens and earth, brought down fiercely with a piercing sound.
Just as the light was about to cleave Tang San in two, a finger pressed against it, and the snow-white light, comparable to a Soul Douluo's soul skill, suddenly collapsed.
"This is?"
Dai Yao stared in surprise at the suddenly appearing figure. The figure possessed flowing black hair and exuded an undeniable aura of dominance, as if standing at the very center of the universe.
The moment Dai Yao saw this person, his scalp tingled and his hair stood on end!
He had never seen this person before, but a name popped into his mind: Di Tian! (End of Chapter)