"Zhuqing, wait a moment."
Zhu Zhuqing looked at Tang Sui in confusion, only to see Tang Sui raise her left arm, her slightly curled fingers unfurling in mid-air, as if issuing an invisible command. The shrinking shadow vortex paused and, under Bai Chenxiang's tense gaze, suddenly enlarged, forming a pit with a diameter of about five meters.
The pit was hollow in the middle, like the entrance to an underground passage, offering a glimpse into the bottomless abyss within. Besides the five figures dangling in mid-air, their hands held by Bai Chenxiang, their battered forms flickered in and out of the surging black tide.
Invisibly, demonic energy permeated this makeshift shadow domain. Bo Saixi looked towards Tang Sui with a sense of awareness.
Tang Sui, with a calm expression, released Zhu Zhuqing's hand. With a thought, Tang San and the others' figures vanished within the domain. Even Ma Hongjun, whose hand was held by Bai Chenxiang, was lifted upwards by an unseen force and pushed out of the domain.
The Shrek Six were neatly lined up on the platform before the first level of the Sea God's Light, and none of them, including Tang San, were conscious.
Zhu Zhuqing's pupils contracted. A dark shadow flickered, and the next moment, she was beside the unconscious Shrek Six.
Looking at the bloody wounds on her companions' bodies and the faint rise and fall of their chests, Zhu Zhuqing felt a sense of helplessness.
"Second Spirit Ability, Benevolent Face."
Dark red light and pale golden Sea God's Light illuminated simultaneously.
Sharp as a blade, thin as a cicada's wing, a dark golden mask materialized from the distorted air. Its open, narrow, black-and-gold eyes rolled, as if possessing their own consciousness, their sticky gaze fixed on the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo whose bloodstains had already dried.
The greed in their gaze, as if looking at prey, mixed with a predatory intensity, made the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo inwardly vigilant.
This dangerous aura...
How did it feel like Tang Sui's martial soul was even more dangerous than before?
Hai Wang Douluo, who had the most contact with Tang Sui, looked at the strange masks with astonished uncertainty.
Even Bo Saixi's gaze shifted from Tang Sui to the chillingly unsettling eye masks, and her brow furrowed slightly.
This is... Tang Sui's martial soul?!
It was indeed different from how it had appeared at first.
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Sensing the gazes, Tang Sui glanced at Bo Saixi, who had acted, and their eyes met. The latter withdrew the contemplation from her eyes and gave her a faint nod.
Tang Sui retracted her gaze, blending her demonic energy and spiritual power together, drawing them into threads. She controlled the amount injected into everyone, using her demonic energy to sweep away the negative energy not purified by the Sea God's Light, and then using her spiritual power in conjunction with the Sea God's Light to nourish their depleted or overloaded spiritual sea.
With the double boost, Ning Rongrong, who was too exhausted to move a finger, her drooping eyelashes trembled, and she slightly opened them, revealing bright yet chaotic colors.
"Suisui, how are they?" Zhu Zhuqing, who had arranged everyone in a straight line, lying flat, knew she couldn't help much at the moment. She decisively retreated and asked Tang Sui, who was taking action.
Tang Sui's tightly furrowed brows had relaxed somewhat. She replied, "Their spirit power and spiritual power are completely depleted. Brother and Xiao'ao are the most severely affected, their spiritual power has directly overloaded. If they had stayed any longer, let alone Xiao'ao, even Brother would have been directly devoured by the domain."
Fortunately, they had made it in time, successfully passed the assessment, and were within the golden rescue period.
Hearing this, a deep sense of lingering fear appeared on Zhu Zhuqing's cool and clear face. Bai Chenxiang, who was squatting beside Ma Hongjun, also became worried upon hearing this, and asked with some unease, "Then they are now..."
"Don't worry, the Grand Protector has already intervened, which means they can be saved," said Sea Woman Douluo, who was floating on a sea bubble, her long fish tail swaying slightly.
Zhu Zhuqing and Bai Chenxiang quickly glanced at Tang Sui and received a subtle nod from the latter.
Their hearts eased slightly. They bowed deeply towards Bo Saixi's position, a standard ninety-degree bow, and said solemnly, "Thank you for your intervention, Senior Bo Saixi."
Bo Saixi nodded slightly and said directly, "There is no need to thank me. Even without me, Tang Sui's abilities would have been sufficient to heal them. I only intervened because of Tang San and Ning Rongrong's upcoming assessments, to accelerate their recovery."
Upcoming assessments?!
Zhu Zhuqing and Bai Chenxiang stiffened. Even Tang Sui's movements imperceptibly paused. Her gaze flickered, and she sensibly refrained from asking directly, instead cooperating with Bo Saixi to speed up Tang San and the others' recovery.
Before long, the Shrek Six gradually woke up.
Tang Sui's taut nerves relaxed slightly. The masks, sensing their master's mood, turned their narrow eyes. One mask seemed to convey a sense of "disdain" from its black-gold vertical pupil.
The Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo, who had been diverting their attention to monitor Tang Sui's movements, also noticed.
Under the gazes of others, the seven sharp-angled masks slowly moved towards Tang San and the others. Dark red mist silently appeared around them, and with irresistible force, it propped up their backs, forcing them to sit up.
The mist dissipated, and the masks, like flat boards, clung tightly to Tang San and the others' backs, acting as auxiliary supports, allowing them to lean back temporarily for stability.
"Brother, how do you feel?" Tang Sui moved closer and, at the same time, cast her second spirit ability on Oscar, who looked listless.
Tang San exhaled a breath of turbid air mixed with the taste of rust, his voice hoarse, "No serious injuries." His spiritual power was still unstable and needed time to recover.
This was thanks to the dual effect of the Sea God's Light and Tang Sui's power. The Shrek Six, who would have suffered irreversible damage to their spiritual sea and required many precious medicines and a long time to recover, would now only need rest to heal the remaining post-traumatic aftereffects, aside from their mental fatigue.
Everyone was weak.
Tang Sui sighed silently.
Fortunately, they had been rescued in time and not more severely injured by the domain.
If it had been any later, even the Sea God's Light would have been useless. The subsequent recovery would have taken a long time, and it was uncertain whether the spiritual damage would have been completely healed.
"Xiao'ao, how do you feel?" Tang Sui looked at Oscar.
Oscar struggled to raise his eyes and gave a wry smile, his voice equally hoarse and unpleasant, "Terrible..."
Only by experiencing it firsthand could one understand how terrifying the negative energy was that Tang Sui had silently borne alone when they were unaware.
The overwhelming mental pollution... a splitting headache was insufficient to describe the feeling of their souls being torn apart. It even made it extremely difficult for him to breathe.
If others had not helped him share the mental pollution, his spirit would have collapsed long ago.