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Elder Yi marveled at the mysterious rules of Douluo Dalu.
"The rules of Douluo Dalu are truly extraordinary. Any being on this continent has the potential to awaken its spiritual essence and transform into a soul beast!"
"A soul beast?"
Su Yu caught a fleeting inspiration.
Elder Yi continued, "Exactly, a soul beast.
"If the method you mentioned for spiritualization succeeds, it essentially means rare metals could be induced to become soul beasts.
"However, even if rare metals awaken their spiritual essence, they cannot cultivate, nor do they possess passive cultivation abilities.
"They'd be weaker than plant-type soul beasts.
"Still, once rare metals have their spiritual essence awakened, they can be regarded as soul beasts.
"By forming a special contract with them, they might even fuse with a Soul Master."
Su Yu's eyes widened.
Elder Yi's explanation made perfect sense to him.
Spiritual forging means creating soul beasts?
Soul forging increases the soul beast's age?
And Heavenly forging—does that involve transcending tribulations? Could that mean rare metals would become 100,000-year soul beasts through forging?
Hiss~ Su Yu took a sharp breath.
If this is true, then as long as the method for spiritualization is developed and techniques to enhance soul ring ages are researched, wouldn't that simultaneously lead to breakthroughs in soul forging and heavenly forging?
"Elder Yi, could you summarize the method for spiritualization?"
Elder Yi stroked his beard.
He was satisfied with the progress of their research and fascinated by the laws of the Douluo realm.
In the vast multiverse, nothing is impossible.
If Douluo has such rules, what about other planes?
Surely, other planes must exist.
What kind of cultivation systems do they have?
What are their unique laws?
"The method for spiritualization isn't too difficult. However, designing the formation is no simple task."
The complexity of this formation would exceed imagination.
Based on the level of complexity required for soul devices, it would need to correspond to at least a seventh-level formation.
Currently, Su Yu had fully mastered the crafting of fifth-level soul devices and had thoroughly digested the theoretical knowledge for sixth-level ones. While he had also dabbled in seventh-level theories, he was far from being able to comprehend or implement them.
Su Yu wasn't impatient.
"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Elder Yi.
"Since I can't master the spiritualization method just yet, I'll focus on perfecting other aspects of the intermediate battle armor."
One of Su Yu's research topics involved the synchronization of soul rings.
Over the past half month, his exploration had started to yield results.
Suddenly—
Boom!
Su Yu felt an earth-shattering vibration.
"Teacher has made his move."
Just like last time, Kong Deming had prepared for a long time. After waiting over half a month, he finally found the opportunity to strike.
The roar of several ninth-level soul cannons echoed, with their shockwaves spreading across much of the Demonic Forest.
Even from an unknown distance, the intense spiritual fluctuations were faintly perceptible to Su Yu.
When an Evil Eye is defeated, it can transform into a crystalline form. In theory, these crystals could be taken out of the Demonic Forest and destroyed to absorb their soul rings.
However, there are almost no methods to shatter these crystals.
Even the Sun Moon Royal Family, who possess considerable knowledge about the Evil Eye Clan, find themselves powerless in this regard.
This is especially true for 100,000-year Evil Eye Tyrants. If they aren't instantly killed and their life is not ended before they transform into crystals, the crystals will eventually dissipate into the wind.
This process can take decades.
During this time, one must remain vigilant against the Evil Eye Tyrant's counterattacks.
Having once gained experience in absorbing a soul ring, Kong Deming knew that to hunt an Evil Eye Tyrant, it had to be completely destroyed before it could crystallize. Instant annihilation was key.
For Evil Eye Tyrants possessing mixed attributes like ice or fire, their crystallization ability was slightly weakened, which had contributed to Kong Deming's success.
A barrage of ninth-level soul cannon shells heavily injured the Fire Evil Tyrant, and Kong Deming's spiritual power surged in an instant.
"Divine!"
The rune activated, amplifying his spiritual power to double its original strength in a flash.
This "Divine" rune was the only one Kong Deming had truly specialized in, apart from the "Condense," "Gather," and "Sun" runes.
His spiritual power burst forth with intense interference.
The ninth soul skill of his Silver Moon Martial Soul, Mental Paralysis Ray, was unleashed. Even though it was an ability of the same race, the Fire Evil Tyrant could not resist it.
Its spiritual consciousness wavered. The severely injured creature, still deliberating whether to crystallize, now fell into complete mental chaos.
Boom!
Nine long rods surrounded Kong Deming, forming a complex array. Their interconnected energy channeled terrifying soul power into a concentrated energy beam.
Ninefold Aurora!
Boom!
The Fire Evil Tyrant's body shattered entirely.
In its dazed state, its fragmented body instinctively began condensing its spiritual form to create a crystal. However, this process was much slower without conscious control.
"Ninth Soul Skill: Mental Shockwave!"
Under normal circumstances, the two would have matched evenly in spiritual power. However, with the Fire Evil Tyrant in an unprecedentedly weakened state, Kong Deming easily overwhelmed it.
The Mental Shockwave obliterated the Fire Evil Tyrant's soul entirely.
Kong Deming immediately deployed a ninth-level soul barrier, enveloping the Fire Evil Tyrant's remains and protecting its soul ring.
The soul barrier also served to isolate any emitted auras.
After notifying Su Yu, Kong Deming activated his ninth-level Purple Gold Wings, accelerating with lightning speed.
Su Yu, upon receiving the message, halted all research, packed up his belongings, and waited.
Within two minutes, Kong Deming crossed the inner and outer boundaries of the Demonic Forest, reached Su Yu at the seaside, picked him up, and returned to the site of the Fire Evil Tyrant's defeat in another three minutes.
"Quickly!"
Time was of the essence.
The Fire Evil Tyrant's death would not immediately alert the Evil Emperor.
To the other Evil Eye Tyrants, the recent commotion could easily be mistaken for a conflict between the Fire Evil Tyrant and another soul beast—a common occurrence in soul beast forests.
Moreover, the Fire Evil Tyrant had failed to release any spiritual signals to alert its kin before dying, much to Kong Deming's relief.
"Teacher, do you need to recover first?"
"No need. Let's start absorbing it immediately. Provide me with life energy during the process, and I'll recover naturally."
"Understood!"
Kong Deming positioned five ninth-level soul cannons around them.
"Each is ready with one shot. If anything foolish approaches and doesn't heed warnings, fire immediately."
The ninth-level soul cannons were set to a pre-activation state. Su Yu only needed to press a switch to draw power from the massive reservoirs within the cannons and unleash a devastating attack.
Su Yu linked his spiritual power to the five soul cannons, ensuring he could adjust their aim and fire with precision. Once satisfied, he gave Kong Deming the all-clear.
With everything prepared, Kong Deming began absorbing the soul ring.
A blood-red soul ring enveloped him.
One by one, rings of light emerged from his body—four black, one red, and the unrefined blood-red ring from the Fire Evil Tyrant.
An immense surge of soul power flowed from the 100,000-year soul ring into Kong Deming.
Su Yu activated his Blade of Vitality, channeling life energy into his teacher.
(End of Chapter)