"Why does everyone ask this question..." Shi Yu couldn't help but mutter internally, but still truthfully explained his situation. Song Lingzhen also verified his situation.
"Since Director Du approved it, it seems your Martial Soul and talent are indeed not simple."
The Teacher nodded slightly and continued recording.
"My requirement for the Soul Ring is Space attribute, preferably close to four hundred years. Shi Yu still want to pursue the optimal Soul Ring age," Shi Yu stated his requirements.
"A Soul Beast over four hundred years isn't a problem, but one with the Space attribute is difficult. This type of Soul Beast is very rare and elusive. The difficulty of encountering one is much higher than encountering a mental-type Soul Beast."
"I advise you not to be too fixated on a Space attribute Soul Beast. Be prepared for the possibility of not finding a suitable Soul Beast for your Soul Ring," the Teacher said.
"If Shi Yu really can't find one, then whatever," Shi Yu said, also knowing that finding a Soul Beast relied heavily on luck and couldn't be forced.
"According to your requirements, the fee is about two hundred golden soul coins," the Teacher wrote "two hundred golden soul coins" in the fee column.
"Can Shi Yu pay on credit?" Shi Yu asked somewhat awkwardly.
The Teacher silently looked at him, his eyes saying it all.
Shi Yu looked at Song Lingzhen as if asking for help.
Just as Song Lingzhen was about to speak, a sound rang out from outside, and it wasn't quiet.
"Damn it, our luck is really bad this time. We finally encountered a Space attribute Soul Beast and managed to catch it, but it might not survive. Isn't this just wasted effort?"
Two Teachers walked in, one of them complaining.
Shi Yu, feeling extremely awkward, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he quickly said:
"Teacher, since that Space attribute Soul Beast won't survive, can you let Shi Yu absorb it to become a Soul Ring? Don't let it go to waste!"
The two walked past, heard this, turned around, and looked at him.
Shi Yu showed a smile, full of anticipation. This luck seemed pretty good.
"That Soul Beast has over five hundred years of cultivation. You seem to be only rank ten, right? Can you absorb it?"
The tall and robust Teacher who had spoken earlier questioned.
Senior had Soul Emperor cultivation and could see through Shi Yu's cultivation.
"With some effort, Shi Yu should be able to, right? The main thing is Shi Yu don't want to miss this Soul Ring. Shi Yu can pay, but Shi Yu need to pay on credit."
"Don't worry, Shi Yu will definitely pay it back later, and can even pay interest," Shi Yu looked at the two with anticipation.
"I can vouch for him," Song Lingzhen spoke.
The two exchanged glances. Getting paid on credit was better than getting nothing at all.
"Alright, but you need to sign a waiver. Don't blame us if you die absorbing the Soul Ring," the other person said.
"No problem," Shi Yu agreed with a smile, feeling much more relaxed instantly.
After writing the waiver and an IOU for five hundred golden soul coins on credit, he followed the two to the coliseum.
Soul Beasts brought back were priced differently from those hunted and absorbed in the Star Dou Great Forest; they were much more expensive. This was actually a friendly price.
Song Lingzhen didn't follow. She met an acquaintance here, and the two, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, chatted animatedly.
In a metal room in the coliseum, a Soul Beast lay weakly, its life hanging by a thread.
One wall of the room was glass, transparent, allowing visibility from the outside.
At this moment, Shi Yu and the two Teachers were here, looking inside.
The first time Shi Yu saw this Soul Beast, he felt an inexplicable sense of closeness. It was an energy resonance.
He had a Space Martial Soul, and this was a Space attribute Soul Beast. Their energies had commonalities.
"What is this Soul Beast called?" Shi Yu inquired.
"Sky-Guiding Beast. Its Space ability is mainly manifested in manipulating objects. It can move objects from a distance and can also freely move itself in the air, equivalent to flying."
"It's precisely because it could fly that we didn't control our strength properly when capturing it, hitting too hard, which led to its life being in danger and it won't survive," a Teacher said.
"If you want to absorb its Soul Ring, hurry and go in. If you delay any longer, it will die."
"Okay," Shi Yu took a deep breath, holding a dagger, and entered the room accompanied by a Teacher.
Seeing them enter, the weak Sky-Guiding Beast struggled to lift its head, showing fierceness, warning them not to approach.
But now it had virtually no power to resist, and its fierceness was meaningless.
Shi Yu ended the Sky-Guiding Beast's life with the dagger. A yellow Soul Ring floated out, emitting energy similar to a heatwave.
Shi Yu went through the Soul Ring absorption process he had learned in his mind, sat down cross-legged, and began guiding the Soul Ring energy into his Martial Soul. The absorption process began.
"Do you think he can succeed?" The two Teachers watched from the side, chatting in low voices.
"He should be able to. Being old is its disadvantage, but when absorbing the first Soul Ring, it also becomes an advantage."
"A twelve-year-old's physical strength should be able to withstand the extra few decades of energy." The statement that the first Soul Ring can absorb a maximum of four hundred to four hundred twenty years is not absolute; it varies from person to person.
For some, three hundred years might be the limit; for others, they might even be able to absorb five or six hundred years.
There are such cases in Shrek Academy where the first Soul Ring is five or six hundred years old. Shi Yu is not the first to attempt this.
Shi Yu quickly put on a mask of pain. This absorption process was still very painful.
This energy flowed through his body like countless sharp blades, cutting through his flesh and blood. The feeling was incredibly unbearable.
Then there was the swelling sensation caused by the excessive energy, making him feel like he had turned into an inflated balloon.
The will to survive supported Shi Yu, making him have to persevere.
This wasn't something you could give up on just by saying so. Failure meant becoming a corpse, and Shi Yu certainly didn't want to die.
Now, rather than saying his willpower was astonishing, it was better to say his survival instinct was incredibly strong, as he worked hard to overcome the various troubles and pains that appeared during the absorption process.
Five hours later.
Shi Yu's pain gradually disappeared. The absorption was reaching its end, and he had succeeded.
"Calm down, calm down, don't let joy turn to sorrow," Shi Yu stabilized his emotions, preparing himself to finish the process.
It was at this moment that a special energy emerged within him, mixing with his Space energy.
"What's going on?" Shi Yu was startled, feeling a bit lost.
He tried hard to remain calm, carefully sensing and attempting to control it.
Shi Yu seems to have another Martial Soul... Shi Yu had an epiphany. Suddenly, there was an extra Martial Soul origin within his body. This should represent twin Martial Souls.
At this moment, these two Martial Souls produced some kind of resonance, about to undergo an unknown change.
The two Martial Soul origins within his body mixed and intertwined, suddenly erupting with invisible energy at a certain moment.
The two Teachers who were still watching from the side suddenly froze, completely still.
The swaying trees outside, the roaring Soul Beasts, the busy people, all stopped moving, as if a pause button had been pressed.
Not just the coliseum, the entire Shrek Academy, Shrek City, and even the whole world paused at this moment.
Shi Yu didn't understand why. The next moment, the Space around him twisted and collapsed. He fell into it, his body spinning uncontrollably.
"Ah!" Shi Yu instinctively screamed, completely losing his composure.
While spinning, he caught a glimpse of special light around him, and there seemed to be some images.
He wanted to see more clearly, but they all flashed by. He himself was also spinning, so he couldn't see anything clearly at all.
After spinning for an unknown amount of time, he suddenly fell from the air, face down. Fear made him strongly reject the ground. He instinctively put his hands towards the ground, unconsciously releasing Soul Power.
His falling body decelerated until it stopped, his face about a fist's distance from the ground.
Shi Yu was breathing rapidly, his mind unable to calm down. He looked left and right and found that he seemed to be suspended face down towards the ground.
In fact, his body was indeed suspended, roughly parallel to the ground.
"Can Shi Yu fly?" As soon as Shi Yu thought this, he fell to the ground. Since it was only a small height, it didn't hurt.
"What on earth is going on?" Shi Yu wasn't in the mood to care about that little pain, but focused on his surroundings.
He was no longer in the original room, but in the wilderness. More precisely, he was in a woods, or perhaps even a forest.
Night had fallen, stars dotted the sky. The surroundings were very quiet, unusually quiet, so much so that it was hard to hear even cicadas or birds chirping.
Shi Yu stood up and subconsciously pinched his face, quite hard. It hurt so much that he immediately let go.
"Did Shi Yu time-travel again?" Shi Yu was bewildered and helpless, thinking of his previous experience arriving in this world.
"Can someone tell Shi Yu what on earth is going on?"
Shi Yu's state of mind was close to collapsing. He had inexplicably time-traveled again, was this a joke?
Suddenly, his heart tightened. He heard movement over there. He cautiously went over, pushed aside the vines, and looked closely. His eyes widened, and he started running without the slightest hesitation.
The next moment, a spider burst through the vines and appeared in the spot he had just been.
This spider was huge, even bigger than him, and more imposing than a tiger.
The spider made a sound that made one's heart pound, chasing in the direction Shi Yu fled. Its speed was very fast.
Running in the forest, Shi Yu was not used to it, while the spider was clearly long accustomed to it. Coupled with its inherent speed, it constantly closed the distance with Shi Yu.
Shi Yu looked back and saw the spider was less than five meters away from him. His heart pounded with fear. He ran desperately, wishing he could cover dozens of meters in a single step.
Just as he was thinking this, the Space in front of him became distorted, very abnormal.
He passed through this distorted Space and disappeared from here, reappearing already ten meters away.
Shi Yu quickly braked. There were trees in front of him; he almost crashed into them.
"Shi Yu seems to be able to use Naruto's Instant Transmission," Shi Yu realized this problem. He was still quite clear about what had just happened.
Before he could think further, the terrifying spider caught up, and a spider leg shaped like a spear fiercely stabbed towards him. After Shi Yu dodged it, it landed on a tree, piercing through it.
Seeing the spider leg easily pierce the tree trunk, Shi Yu became even more scared. If he were hit by that attack, wouldn't his body be pierced through?
The spider took some effort to pull out its leg and continued the chase. Failing to kill such a human somewhat provoked it.
"Brother, help Shi Yu," Shi Yu saw a person ahead as he ran and quickly called for help.
This person saw him and the spider behind him and quickly hid, showing no intention of helping.
Shi Yu had no time to complain. Gritting his teeth, he chose to adjust his direction and move away from this person.
The other party might not have the ability to help. Since that was the case, there was no need for him to drag the other person down with him.
The spider also became fixated on Shi Yu, pursuing him quite persistently and ignoring the other person.
"Man-Faced Demon Spider?" Tang San stared at it for a while and recognized what kind of Soul Beast it was based on its characteristics.
He felt a little moved. This Soul Beast was quite suitable to become his Soul Ring.
After a slight hesitation, he chased after it. Perhaps he could pick up a bargain.