Looking at the fleeing pack of blue wolves, Xia Yi and Wu Jin did not pursue them, instead turning their attention to the spiritual energy spreading through the air.
Their eyes immediately became fiery with excitement.
The spiritual energy generated from the blue wolves they had killed, along with the energy left by Lina and her group, had accumulated to over five hundred years of spirit power.
Combined with the spiritual energy they had absorbed from the Wind Baboon earlier, if they absorbed all the energy here, Xia Yi's first soul ring could definitely evolve into a thousand-year soul ring.
It is said that the difference between a thousand-year soul skill and a hundred-year soul skill is as vast as the difference between heaven and earth.
Xia Yi was very curious about what changes his Star Shift skill would undergo once his soul ring evolved into a thousand-year one.
"I don't need these unclaimed spirit energies, you can have them all. This way, you'll be closer to your thousand-year soul ring." Wu Jin said to Xia Yi in a deep voice.
Whether it was the Wind Baboon or the blue wolves, Wu Jin had killed more than Xia Yi.
Now, the spiritual energy on Wu Jin was much denser than Xia Yi's.
But since he had not been eliminated yet, the energy on him could not be absorbed by others.
"Let's split it evenly," Xia Yi shook his head. Although he was envious of the energy, he never intended to take it all for himself.
Moreover, even if he only absorbed half, he believed that it wouldn't take long before he could gather enough energy to break through to a thousand-year soul ring.
"Earlier, the soul master with the bell martial soul, Lina, must have already detected us through the sound of the bell but didn't expose us. In the end, knowing that it would benefit us, she still unleashed her full power, clearly leaving the spiritual energy for us." Wu Jin said in a low voice.
He was much more knowledgeable about martial souls than Xia Yi. He knew that with their proximity to Lina, if she had used a soul skill, they wouldn't have been able to escape her detection.
Furthermore, Lina could have diverted the blue wolves toward them, but instead, just before leaving the Ascension Spirit Platform, she unleashed her maximum attack, deliberately leaving so much spiritual energy for them.
Wu Jin's expression was calm, still cold as ever, but the look he gave Xia Yi had a touch of complexity. After a deep breath, he added, "I don't know her."
Since Wu Jin didn't know Lina, it was impossible for her to have left the energy for him. Therefore, this spiritual energy must have been deliberately left for Xia Yi.
For Xia Yi, this amount of energy was a lot, especially with his single hundred-year soul ring. But for Wu Jin, with his two thousand-year soul rings, it was negligible.
Since the energy had been left for Xia Yi, Wu Jin didn't want to ruin Xia Yi's chance of advancing to a thousand-year soul ring.
Wu Jin was just curious. How did Xia Yi get so lucky? First, he saved the daughter of a Saint Craftsman, and now, to upgrade his soul ring, someone was leaving him spiritual energy.
"I don't know her either." Xia Yi said, his eyes flashing.
He couldn't understand why someone he had never met would do such a thing for him.
If that's the case, then it must be with no ulterior motives.
"The Holy Spirit Sect." Xia Yi thought of a possibility. He had been waiting for someone from the Holy Spirit Sect to approach him these days.
If Wu Jin was right, then Lina was likely from the Holy Spirit Sect.
"Let's absorb it quickly. So much spiritual energy... If any other soul master finds it, there's bound to be a fierce battle." Wu Jin said to Xia Yi in a deep voice, his eyes showing rare envy. When he was trying to break through to his first thousand-year soul ring, he had fought for years within the Ascension Spirit Platform.
But Xia Yi, this was only his first time entering the Ascension Spirit Platform, and his soul ring was about to break through to a thousand years.
"Okay!" Xia Yi nodded, using his soul power to draw the surrounding spiritual energy toward him. He absorbed it while also recovering the soul power and stamina he had used up during the previous battle.
Xia Yi was very lucky. During this time, he didn't encounter any other soul masters trying to take the energy. Instead, he only encountered two soul beasts around two hundred years old, which added more than forty years of spiritual energy to him.
He was getting closer and closer to his thousand-year soul ring.
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"I am the East Sea Spirit Pagoda's Tower Master, Shen Aotian. May I ask if the Deputy Tower Master has any instructions?" The Tower Master of the East Sea Spirit Pagoda, wearing the armor of a Soul Douluo, said respectfully into the soul-guided communication.
The Deputy Tower Master who contacted him was not the Deputy Tower Master of the East Sea Spirit Pagoda but the Deputy Tower Master of the Spirit Pagoda's Headquarters, Leng Yaozhu, one of the few Four-Character Armor Masters of the present era.
"I've reviewed the records of the soul masters undergoing trials in the Ascension Spirit Platform during the riot period. What's going on? You actually let soul masters absorb so much spiritual energy at once? Do you not understand the huge cost we spent collecting the spiritual energy in the Ascension Spirit Platform?" Leng Yaozhu's furious voice came through the soul-guided communication.
As the Deputy Tower Master of the Spirit Pagoda's Headquarters, Leng Yaozhu had full access to the records of all the Spirit Pagoda's branches. These records were uploaded to the database, and she could check them anytime.
"Yes, yes! I will arrange it immediately." Hearing Leng Yaozhu's anger, Shen Aotian was so frightened that he stammered.
Leng Yaozhu was the Deputy Tower Master of the Headquarters, and with just a word, she could dismiss Shen Aotian from his position as the East Sea Spirit Pagoda's Tower Master.
What confused Shen Aotian was why Leng Yaozhu, with her cultivation, would suddenly care about the situation in the beginner Ascension Spirit Platform. If she cared, it should have been about the higher-level platforms.
"So, what are you planning to do?" Leng Yaozhu's voice softened.
"I'll arrange a beast tide and eliminate all the soul masters." Shen Aotian said in a deep voice.
"No need to go that far. I just checked, and the guardian beast of the East Sea Spirit Pagoda's beginner Ascension Spirit Platform is the Dark Gold DreadClaw Bear, right? Just let it move around." Leng Yaozhu's calm voice came through.
"Release the Dark Gold DreadClaw Bear!" Shen Aotian swallowed hard. He knew exactly what the Dark Gold DreadClaw Bear meant. Although it was only a hundred-year-old soul beast, within the beginner Ascension Spirit Platform, it was invincible.
Even the highest-ranking soul master in the beginner platform, a three-ring Soul Sovereign, would have no chance to escape.
"Is there a problem?" Leng Yaozhu's cold voice asked.
"No problem, I'll arrange it right away." Shen Aotian quickly responded.
Though the Ascension Spirit Platform would normally operate without issue, the Spirit Pagoda could secretly intervene.
"One more thing, help me investigate that woman with the black bell martial soul. How did she manage to kill more than twenty hundred-year soul beasts in an instant?" Leng Yaozhu added.
Since Wu Jin had noticed something unusual about Lina, Leng Yaozhu had naturally noticed it as well.
"Deputy Tower Master, don't worry, I'll look into it right away." Shen Aotian immediately agreed, not daring to refuse.
What Shen Aotian didn't know was that, at that moment, in the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters in Shrek City, Leng Yaozhu wasn't the least bit angry. Instead, she had been smiling the entire time.
"I'll see how far you can go." In front of Leng Yaozhu were two soul-guided screens, one showing the scenes of Xia Yi's trials in the Ascension Spirit Platform, and the other showing Gu Yue.
With a single soul-guided communication, the Ascension Spirit Platform in the East Sea Spirit Pagoda had turned into a hellish battlefield. Huge claws tore through the air, and wherever they went, all the soul masters were shredded into pieces by the sharp Dark Gold Claws.
The Dark Gold DreadClaw Bear was invincible within the beginner Ascension Spirit Platform, with no opponents in sight. It quickly made its way toward Xia Yi and Wu Jin, who had just recovered to their peak condition.
"Split up and run!" Xia Yi and Wu Jin didn't hesitate for a moment. They ran in different directions, hoping to escape.
They both knew the terror of the Dark Gold DreadClaw Bear. It was an existence they couldn't handle right now.
Faced with the Dark Gold DreadClaw Bear, they couldn't even run together. They had to split up, hoping that one of them might escape.
The Dark Gold DreadClaw Bear ignored Xia Yi and instead locked its cold gaze on Wu Jin. Compared to Xia Yi's single-ring cultivation, it clearly wanted to deal with the stronger Wu Jin first.
(End of Chapter)