Five medicinal herbs of different colors floated in front of Tang Sui. A dark red demonic energy, completely different from her soul power, emanated from her body like an overflowing vessel. Wisps of dark mist, mixed with a sweet yet腥 scent, rose from the ground.
The black strands of hair that fell to Tang Sui's cheeks danced without wind. Black flame light ignited in the blue sea, resembling jellyfish rising from the seabed, blooming like flowers on the sea surface and covering the clear blue.
"Kong Kong,"
Faint ripples spread across the calm space as the Fox Mask and Ape Mask appeared. From their gaping mouths, dark red orbs of demonic energy were spat out, engulfing the five heavenly treasures of various forms that were floating, beginning to dissolve their medicinal properties and absorb them to convert into their own strength.
Tang Sui did not meditate but stood erect in the swirling black mist. She closed her eyes, her delicate, pale face serene. Only the faint black-red light emanating from her body responded to the five black-red cocoons before her, flickering and swaying, casting a dark, deep glow on her fair face.
[Beep—Initiating conversion of six thousand four hundred-year-old medicinal plant Star Tear Grass, six thousand three hundred and forty-six-year-old medicinal plant鸣神草.... Demonic energy is increasing. The fourth spirit ring is about to be generated. Host, please prepare.]
The system's prompt announced the commencement of the next crucial step. Tang Sui pursed her lips, her nerves taut.
'Let's begin.'
Outside the cave entrance, Tang Hao, who could suddenly no longer sense the situation within, frowned and turned his head toward the cave with concern.
The Blue Silver Grass growing in every corner of the mountains and towns truthfully reported all they saw and heard to their empress.
A Blue Silver Emperor, its leaf veins flowing with gold, stubbornly grew from a crack in the cave entrance. It stretched into a slender Blue Silver vine, the flexible vine's tip bending into an arc, twisting its body towards the cave as if pointing to something.
Tang Hao's brows furrowed. He reached out and grasped the Blue Silver Emperor vine, which carried his wife's consciousness, and said in a hoarse voice, "A Yin, don't be nervous. Believe that Sui Sui can do it. Have you forgotten that the last time Sui Sui obtained her spirit ring, the situation was quite similar, wasn't it?"
Upon hearing this, the Blue Silver Emperor gently swayed its branches, and a drop of clear water seeped from its veins, falling onto Tang Hao's rough hand. The water's temperature seemed to scald Tang Hao's heart, causing his gaze to shift for a few moments. Su Dan Novel Network.
"A Yin, everything will be alright."
He lowered his head, gently stroking the Blue Silver vine and softly comforting his wife.
Tang Hao knew why his wife was weeping. Because when he told her about Sui Sui absorbing her first spirit ring, he had also told her that Sui Sui had been in great pain then.
Now... it might be the same pain.
Tang Hao suppressed the worry in his heart and was about to say something to distract his wife when the Blue Silver vine, which had been bent at the tip, suddenly straightened. Tang Hao's gaze sharpened, and he quickly pushed the vine away with soul power from his palm, while also swiftly dodging away from his original position.
"Ah—!!!"
Tang Sui's pained cry, accompanied by a burst of immense energy, exploded within the confined mountain cave.
The sudden powerful impact from within made the entire mountain tremble unstably. Rubble rained down, and the sharp stalactites above Tang Sui's head did not escape being broken by this powerful energy fluctuation.
Sharp, pointed stone tips plunged directly towards Tang Sui. Just as they were about to reach her, they were forcefully repelled by the dark red demonic energy that erupted from the Ape Mask that had instantaneously appeared above her head, as if colliding with another hard object. Upon contact, they exploded into countless tiny stone fragments and fell into the hazy black mist.
[Beep—Detected that this spirit ring exceeds the body's tolerance. Commencing strengthening of the host's body.]
Ripples of energy, circle after circle, emanated from beneath Tang Sui's feet, forming a hollow vortex that intensified as the five gradually shrinking black-red light clusters before her layered and strengthened.
"Crack, crack,"
Crisp bone-cracking sounds echoed from Tang Sui's body.
The injection of immense energy into her frail body transformed into a flowing energy, surging within her.
Her own soul power and demonic energy followed this strange energy.
It was like a hunt, where the hunter wielded their trap, determined to capture the fleeing prey. But the prey was not one to be caught without a fight, causing destruction wherever it went.
"Bang!"
Tang Sui's arm suddenly split open, and bright red blood welled up from the ruptured capillaries, dripping onto her light-colored long dress, instantly staining it a vibrant red.
Her hands clenched into fists, pale knuckles revealing faint blue veins on the back of her hands.
Five blood-red crescent moon imprints were embedded in her fair palms.
Indescribable pain radiated from all parts of her body. Beads of sweat rolled down her forehead, and her smooth black hair, damp with sweat, became tangled and messy.
The flickering black-red light clearly illuminated the worm-like veins bulging on Tang Sui's neck.
The powerful medicinal energy, still rampaging within her body, was destroying her meridians with a force that annihilated all resistance.
By the time Tang Sui finally managed to seal off that medicinal energy, she had already become a bloodied mess.
Now!
She abruptly opened her tightly shut eyes, like a ferocious beast finally baring its fangs at its prey. Her offensive was fierce, yet her mind was exceptionally calm. A surge of immense dark red demonic energy, mixed with soul power, rushed forward, tearing at the prey and completely devouring that energy!