After the explosion, the Sword Grass had reached its limit.
Real·One Second·Sword Grass.
The Sword Qi surrounding it had thinned by more than half, even the Sword Patterns on the Sword Leaf had dimmed considerably.
Mirror Hongchen's body emitted another burst from the launcher.
This time, under the Sword Grass's explosion, it couldn't cut through the suppression.
The fierce Suppressive Power erupted from sixteen Suppressive Shells.
The sixteen shells themselves also formed a linkage effect, the Suppressive Power wasn't simply additive.
"Xiaoyu!"
Su Yu immediately deployed his Soul Skill.
"Blue Silver Bursting Spear!"
The Blue Silver Grass coalesced into a spear, launched a fierce stab into the root of the Sword Grass.
The Sword Grass had already depleted much of its surrounding Sword Qi at this moment, but still managed to block Su Yu's strike.
Su Yu struck again, finally killing it completely.
A pitch-black Soul Ring slowly rose from the body of the Sword Grass.
This Soul Ring was even deeper and its Soul Power wave was stronger than the one Xiao Hongchen had just absorbed.
Even before absorption, it emitted a sharp aura.
Su Yu deployed his First Soul Skill to restore himself to peak condition.
Cross-legged, he sat beside the Sword Grass's corpse, drawing the pitch-black Soul Ring over himself. The Power of the Stars entered his body, enduring the shock of Soul Power from the Soul Ring alongside his Soul Power.
Hiss~
Su Yu felt an intense tearing sensation, terrifying sharpness cutting within him.
It was as if thousands of small swords were wreaking havoc in his veins.
Fortunately, Su Yu's Life Force was strong; the Life Force of the Blue Silver Grass surged into his body, rapidly healing the damaged veins.
The Power of the Stars also seized the opportunity to infuse every corner of his body during the process of Sword Qi-infused Soul Power destruction and Life Force healing, achieving peak effect.
As for the Soul Shock.
With the Soul Ring upon him, Su Yu instantly triggered the first activation of Red Dust Shelter.
He did not forcibly resist the Soul Shock of the Sword Grass.
Outside.
Su Yu had just begun absorbing the Soul Ring when he triggered the first layer of Red Dust Shelter; both the grandfather and grandson, Mirror Hongchen, frowned.
"Just started absorbing and Red Dust Shelter was already triggered?"
Xiao Hongchen turned to his grandfather to inquire.
"Grandfather, should we interrupt Su Yu's absorbing process?"
The absorption of a Soul Ring is a complex process, interruption can cause severe damage to the absorber.
The Soul Ring absorption failed.
If not handled well, the Soul Power belonging to the Soul Ring would explode within the body, leading to immediate death for the Soul Master, a common occurrence.
Most importantly, during a Soul Master's absorption of a Soul Ring, not only is the body connected to the Soul Ring.
Even during the absorption of ten or hundred-year Soul Rings, the Soul Master's Spiritual Power is connected to the Soul Ring; this is a passive effect caused by the Martial Soul during Soul Ring absorption, not controlled by the Soul Master.
And precisely because Spiritual Power is involved, if damaged, Spiritual Power will suffer unprecedented trauma.
However, Xiao Hongchen posed this question not without reason.
The presence of Red Dust Shelter is not only significant for providing an extra layer of protection for Soul Master's absorption of Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings in the future.
Besides protecting against the Soul Shock from the Soul Ring itself, Red Dust Shelter hopes to protect the Soul Master's Spiritual Power during interrupted Soul Ring absorption.
But this use is just theoretical, speculative, not verified.
It is difficult to verify, too dangerous.
Mirror Hongchen shook his head.
"No rush, let's watch a bit longer, after all, there are two more chances."
He looked at Su Yu's expression, not resembling a passive activation of Red Dust Shelter due to inability to endure.
Otherwise, Su Yu's Spiritual Power, even protected by Red Dust Shelter, would suffer the initial damage, and the wave would be very intense.
In reality, Su Yu's Spiritual Power wave was very stable.
"Xiao explained the effect of Red Dust Shelter thoroughly, what idea does Xiaoyu have by actively activating Red Dust Shelter?"
Could it be to guard against the Sword Grass's initial explosion?
However, the Soul Shock during the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring absorption comes from the remnant soul of the Soul Beast while alive.
Not purely instinctual.
There is a sliver of rationality.
...
Sea of Spirit.
Even though the Sword Grass's remnant soul had a certain awareness and didn't erupt upon Su Yu's absorption, the Soul Shock wasn't late.
A radiant white shield enveloped Su Yu's Sea of Spirit.
Waves of Spiritual Power impact the shield, creating ripples.
Su Yu's consciousness appeared in the Sea of Spirit.
Two runes, "凝" and "聚," emitted a rich purple glow at this moment.
After almost a year of cultivation, the Purple Qi accumulated within these two runes was incredibly dense. His rapid Spiritual Power cultivation was inseparable from these two runes.
Aside from nurturing Spiritual Power, Purple Qi could also stabilize the Sea of Spirit. It was another layer of protection for Su Yu.
Next to the two runes was a gray bead.
"Has Elder Yi awakened yet? Is it perhaps because my Spiritual Power is too stable?"
Su Yu looked beyond the shield and spread his Spiritual Power outward.
The gray bead above the Sea of Spirit trembled for a moment, Su Yu noticed and felt reassured.
Just three seconds passed, gone in a blink.
The shield dissipated.
The Sword Grass's remnant soul seemed to finally see hope.
In an instant, with Sword Qi sharpness, Spiritual Shock flooded in. In order to maximize the outbreak, the Sword Grass's remnant soul completely merged with this portion of power to kill Su Yu thoroughly.
Su Yu was unhurried, he didn't trigger the second activation effect of Red Dust Shelter.
Just waiting for you to come in.
"Senior, I entrust this remnant soul to you."
"Child, you're thoughtful!" Elder Yi's voice echoed in the Sea of Spirit.
Subtle gray streams of air emerged from within the gray bead suspended above Su Yu's Sea of Spirit.
The Sword Grass attack caused no harm to Su Yu.
Faced with Elder Yi's Divine Sense, the Sword Grass's remnant soul and its controlled power melted away like snow and ice.
Not on the same level of power at all.
"Thank you, Senior."
"Don't mention it, since I'm lodging here, I must do something." Ellex was very easygoing, continuing, "Call me Elder Yi going forward."
"Elder Yi, can you retain a portion of its remnant soul power for me to temper my Spiritual Power?"
Ellex fulfilled Su Yu's request.
...
"Thankfully."
Outside, Mirror Hongchen seeing Su Yu still stable, breathed a sigh of relief.
Red Dust Shelter wasn't triggered again.
Su Yu's Spiritual Power wave also became intense but was still within safe bounds.
...
The power of the Sword Grass's remnant soul wasn't much but very concentrated, after absorption Elder Yi's situation eased a lot.
After absorbing the Sword Grass's remnant soul, Elder Yi started focusing on the outside world.
"What a miraculous cultivation system."
Su Yu was currently in the Metamorphosis Stage of Martial Soul cultivation absorbing the Soul Ring.
Elder Yi felt the distinct essence of Martial Soul cultivation most directly.
"Soul Beast, Martial Soul, Soul Ring..."
Suddenly, his Divine Sense captured something above the Sword Grass's corpse outside.
"Oh!"