The runes imbued with spirituality have the ability to communicate with the respective rules.
Although they cannot allow Su Yu to directly control the rules or even directly perceive them, they enable Su Yu to instinctively transform Life Force and Power of Death.
In fact, the runes of Life and Death themselves are the most important, as they are directly connected to the rules of Life and Death.
Especially, the connection between the two rules is well communicated through the fusion of the two runes.
Under the tempering of the two runes, the Power of Life and Power of Death repeatedly fluctuate within the Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass.
The gray-white body of the Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass began to gradually have a touch of green.
Then, green and gray intertwined.
The two colors flickered continuously on the Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass.
Finally, it returned to the gray-white color.
"It seems this process is not that easy either."
Su Yu frowned, knowing that this wasn't a failure, but rather that the Holy Soul Grass itself had not yet been tempered properly.
He placed the Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass back into the Life Space at the center of his brow, while the runes of Life and Death were also transferred from the Sea of Spirit to the Life Space, continuously refining the Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass.
This research took three days, and Su Yu came to his senses again when Huo Yuhao told him the second elimination round was about to start.
...
"Shrek faced a sect called Iron Sword Sect on the second day of the first round, which had a Soul Emperor and others at Soul King level, quite formidable, but still easily defeated by Shrek. They sent out three people, namely Evil Illusion Moon, Wu Feng, and Bai Yuan, all reserve team members."
Huo Yuhao spoke with a bit of helplessness.
Shrek was trying to prevent the exposure of its Soul Master's abilities, sending only three Soul Kings into the elimination round.
Evil Illusion Moon's Martial Soul is Pippi Elephant, a top-tier defensive Martial Soul, able to even filter out some Psychic Attacks.
Huo Yuhao learned about Evil Illusion Moon and Wu Feng's information during the freshman competition, but Bai Yuan was a bit unfamiliar.
"Sharp-tailed Swift?"
"That's right, his speed is extremely fast, so fast that even a Six-Ring Soul Emperor couldn't react in time, and he won through continuous exhaustion against the opponent."
This was the main reason why the Iron Sword Sect's Soul Emperor leader was defeated.
"After the individual elimination rounds, in the team matches, Shrek indeed fielded two regular team members, but their abilities weren't fully exposed."
Even in the elimination round, there are individual eliminations and team matches, using a 2-2-3 format, with best of three matches.
The Sun and Moon Royal Team forced the Dragon Slayer Sect to forfeit by just an unusual individual elimination match.
This shows the deterrent power Su Yu had at the time.
"Those two regular team members, they should have revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings?" Su Yu asked.
Huo Yuhao sighed helplessly.
"The ones who went on stage were He Caitou and Xiao Xiao, who just happen to be the ones I know information about."
"He Caitou's Soul Power has reached the Soul Emperor level, with six optimally matched Soul Rings, while Xiao Xiao only revealed her Second Martial Soul, with only four Soul Rings attached, making it hard to tell her exact Soul Power realm."
"Oh? Not willing to reveal? Then isn't she a Soul Emperor?" Su Yu said.
With Xiao Xiao's talent, if Shrek was fully committed to her cultivation, reaching the Soul King level would be expected, and since she has Twin Martial Souls, this can surely be guessed.
If she's hiding it, guessing she is a Soul Emperor makes perfect sense.
Just treat her as a Soul Emperor.
"Is that so?"
Huo Yuhao also got the point from Su Yu's logical deduction.
Yes, if she's hiding it, then she must be a Soul Emperor, most likely not a Soul King.
Could she possibly be a Soul Saint?
Impossible?
Five years ago when Huo Yuhao left Shrek, Xiao Xiao was merely a Soul Venerable, wasn't she?
Leveling up forty levels in five years?
Huo Yuhao couldn't believe it, even under death threats.
Even Su Yu hadn't advanced forty levels in five years.
He was just at level thirty or so.
What kind of opportunity did Su Yu receive?
Even if Xiao Xiao has Twin Martial Souls, the Second Martial Soul just adds two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, it definitely can't provide a boost greater than the feedback Su Yu's Soul Rings provide.
If she turns out to be just a Soul King, all the better.
Huo Yuhao learned from Su Yu's analysis.
However, if Xiao Xiao cultivated to the Soul Emperor level in such a short time, it indeed seems absurd, gaining nearly thirty levels in five years, that's an average of six levels a year, even with Twin Martial Souls...
No, if the plan was very well arranged, it seems possible to use the Second Martial Soul to break through at both level 49 and level 59, which are the biggest bottlenecks, so it seems not impossible.
...
"Apart from Shrek, there's also the Holy Spirit Sect."
Mentioning the Holy Spirit Sect, Huo Yuhao's face turned unpleasant. Such an Evil Soul Master organization could openly appear on the stage of the Mingdu Soul Master Competition.
Honestly, Huo Yuhao's impression of Xu Tianran had dropped to the lowest point.
Because of the issue with Orange, he already had a bad impression of Xu Tianran, and now with some bold thoughts, he detested him even more.
Knowing that Xu Tianran colluded with Evil Soul Masters is one thing, but being insane to such an extent, he didn't expect.
Allowing the Holy Spirit Sect to appear in the Soul Fighting Competition, what's the idea, wanting to let the Holy Spirit Sect rightly appear in front of everyone afterward?
This is just not a lawful and legitimate organization.
...
"Let's not talk about the Holy Spirit Sect for now, besides Shrek's lineup, the Essence Sect also participated, they have a strong setup, their first elimination round was relatively late, finishing just yesterday, they sent three Soul Kings for the individual elimination, showcasing strong strength, and they also highlighted these three people as the main strength for the team match."