Time was like the sand in an hourglass, slipping away and disappearing uncontrollably.
In this short period of just over a month, several young ladies had been washed of quite a bit of their softness and naivety under the daily violent pounding of the sea waves. After this ordeal, each of them had become relatively more mature in mindset, and there were some changes in their temperaments. In a single phrase to describe it, their bodies had gained a unique charm; each one seemed to have completed a metamorphosis.
Among them, the one who suffered the most was undoubtedly Ye Lingling. Even with the soul skill boost to her physical qualities provided by Shen Hanyu, facing waves that grew stronger with each round, her physical qualities were ultimately still somewhat lacking. Under the continuous torment, although Ye Lingling had grown accustomed to the sensation, her whole person still appeared somewhat haggard.
Xue Ke, who had the lowest soul power rank, had not suffered such torment due to the assessment level, and under You Mengchu's guidance, she had begun cultivating. According to the news Shen Hanyu had obtained, You Mengchu had recently been preparing to gather medicinal herbs again to refine medicine for her only little disciple. It was evident that You Mengchu truly doted on her immensely.
The situations of the others were also very good. After replacing the two soul bones on her body that had been slowing her cultivation progress, Shen Liuyu's soul power had directly leaped to the peak of level seventy-eight. Adding the tempering from this past month, she was now a peak-level seventy-nine strong attack system Soul Sage, merely one step away from the Soul Douluo realm.
With the advantages of her own martial soul strength, soul ring configuration, and soul bones, once she successfully entered the Soul Douluo level, she would be able to face some weaker Title Douluo alone.
Of course, in this place, the counting unit of Dugu Bo, who had once been known as the shame of Title Douluo, could definitely no longer be used. After all, he was now a level ninety-five control system Super Douluo. Although his single-combat ability was still extremely average, his group attack and poison-using abilities had both risen to new heights. Even if he was still weak in some aspects, he was absolutely far stronger than an ordinary Title Douluo, as the gap in soul power was substantial and could not be smoothed over with mere words.
Shui Bing'er's soul power had also reached the bottleneck stage. Once she successfully broke through to Soul Sage, the drawback of her ultimate attribute slowing her cultivation speed would disappear, and her cultivation would begin explosive growth in an extremely short time. After all, under the deliberate tampering by a certain big shot holding the trident, the rewards for each completed divine examination in the Sea God's Nine Examinations had increased exponentially.
This was not to blame on our Sea God lord; it was mainly because Shen Hanyu and his group's potential was too great, even the Asura God had opened a back door for them. This old senior, who hoped to retire early was given some benefits in advance, making things easier to handle later…
Who knows, after getting bored wandering outside, he might even return to the God Realm to take a leisurely, idle position and enjoy his retirement…
One could only say that the abacus was calculated very well and rang loudly, but no one knew what the future would truly be like.
Although the others' talents and cultivation speeds could not compare to those of Shen Liuyu and the other two, they were still top-tier talents. Over the years, they had consumed and absorbed quite a few good things, and the speed of their cultivation progress was equally terrifying.
However, having reached this point, they had also deeply understood one truth: choose the right team, and there will be no worries about lying down to win…
One only needed to look at the current situation of the Spirit Hall's battle team members next door to know this. It was not ordinary difficult. After Bibi Dong temporarily stepped down, they were not favored by the ruling Qian Daoliu. The golden generation of Spirit Hall's signboard had now become their greatest shackle…
After all, they were all geniuses loyal to Bibi Dong within Spirit Hall. Geniuses who could not be used for one's own purposes had always been hidden dangers. From this perspective, their difficulties could be imagined.
As for Bibi Dong… she was still in the secret room day after day, obsessively studying a problem that caused her a hundredfold distress without finding a solution, her whole person seemingly trapped in a demonic obsession…
But unfortunately, no one was destined to understand her pain and the torment she suffered, and the only one who might save her from this endless hatred and agony was perhaps fate itself.
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The view returned to Sea God Island.
On a sunny morning, Xu Yuexuan waited quietly with Mo Ying at the dock of Sea God Island. Behind them was a soul guide giant warship that had already been repaired.
After the four giant warships from before were towed back to Sea God Island's harbor, the surviving sailors carried out all possible rescue and repairs on them. Integrating all the parts from the four ships, they had barely managed to repair one of them.
Judging from the soul guide technology on this giant warship, the development of soul guide devices in the Sun Moon Empire was abnormally fast, compared to the mainland, it could be said to be as different as heaven and earth.
Just the power system of this ship, which operated by burning soul power as fuel, was something the mainland had been unable to figure out for at least several thousand years. Its advanced level, if placed on the mainland, would even trigger huge waves.
Not to mention the power system, the navigation, attack, and defensive soul guide technologies on this giant warship were also things unheard of on the Douluo Continent.
The group boarded the ship one after another. The several young ladies curiously looked around at the novel-looking soul guide devices, while the few Sun Moon sailors who had volunteered to accompany them began preparing to regain mastery of this giant warship and let it ride the wind and break the waves once more.
Under everyone's gaze, the central deck of the giant warship suddenly retracted outward on all sides, and then a white metal sphere connected by countless pipes slowly rose.
Wang Han wiped the sweat from his forehead and then said respectfully:
"Sir, now you only need to inject sufficient soul power into it, and the ship can be restarted. And if no accidents occur, this single replenishment will allow it to sail for two months."
Shen Hanyu nodded, then slowly extended his hand. Blue soul power surged and was entirely injected into the white metal sphere. In an extremely short time, the white metal sphere completed its transformation from white to blue, then suddenly erupted with a powerful soul force fluctuation. The entire ship seemed to come to life; various facilities began to operate slowly, the machines underfoot emitted buzzing sounds, steam sprayed out, and then drove the massive hull.
Waves churned as the huge warship slowly sailed out of the harbor and headed toward the unknown ocean.
Amid the huge waves, a furious little white emerged from the ocean, looking somewhat resentfully in the direction the group had left, then turned and dove back into the sea.
On the other side, atop Sea God Mountain, Bo Saixi also slightly opened her eyes. The sound of a baby's cry beside her brought a trace of a smile to her face. Tang Chen walked in slowly from outside, holding small toys in his hands. The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing…
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On the sea surface outside Sea God Island, the giant warship rode the wind and broke the waves, quickly sailing an extremely long distance in no time.
Feeling the sea breeze blowing against her face, Shen Liuyu stood at the bow with her arms spread open, her long hair fluttering. One could only hear her say with some excitement:
"This ship is so fast! It's more than three times faster than those broken wooden ships we took before. Not bad, this soul guide technology really works."
Shui Bing'er and the others smiled brightly, but they still felt some interest in this completely unfamiliar soul guide technology.
Shen Hanyu and the others stood a bit further back, watching the several young ladies frolicking in front, and their moods were also quite good.
Xu Yuexuan leaned against the nearby railing, while Mo Ying dutifully stood behind her. However, neither of them showed any expression.
After a long silence, Xu Yuexuan finally spoke softly:
"Mo Ying, tell me, can I still avenge my brother?"
Mo Ying's lips moved for a moment. Only after a long while did she say softly:
"Princess, there is no need to worry. Those few people are extremely powerful and would not deceive the princess over such small matters. It must be absolutely possible…"
Upon hearing this, a trace of hope appeared in Xu Yuexuan's eyes, but it quickly returned to silence. Those beautiful purple eyes held no light at all, dim to the point of being heart-shocking.
Mo Ying let out a soft sigh. As a shadow guard, even if she had many more words to say to this girl she had watched grow up, she did not know how to speak them, nor from what standpoint to speak them.
The sea breeze blew, the waves churned, yet some people's hearts sank to the bottom of the sea at this moment, as cold as if they had fallen into an endless abyss…
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After sailing continuously on the sea for three days without almost any rest, the group headed westward. The islands around them became increasingly desolate, and human presence had long since disappeared. This place had clearly exceeded the scope of human development.
All kinds of soul beasts ran rampant here, seemingly silently mocking the current humans' incompetence, yet unaware that thousands of years later, even the continuation of their races would become a problem…
During this time, the group also witnessed for the first time the terror of the soul guide defensive power. For this giant warship without additional defensive soul guide devices installed, just the hull and shield's defensive strength alone could easily withstand the collisions and attacks of some ordinary hundred-year soul beasts. If the energy of the defensive shield was maximized, it could even block ordinary thousand-year soul beasts.
Of course, the soul power consumed in this way would also be greater. The energy core on this giant warship still needed to be replenished by human power, which meant that in the past, before each sea voyage, the crew had to continuously charge it for two or three months.
This was also a drawback of the era. If they were given another few hundred years of development, perhaps even this problem could be solved accordingly.
During the journey, the Demon Empress hunted a fifty-thousand-year-old Moonlight Shark King for Shui Yue'er as her sixth soul ring, which could be considered resolving one of the trip's objectives in advance.
The other young ladies who still needed to hunt soul rings had not yet encountered suitable soul beasts. Even when they did, the years were somewhat unsuitable, so there was naturally no forcing it.
After continuing westward for another two days, the surrounding seawater began to change slowly. From the initial deep blue, it had now begun to turn black, proving that the depth below was already extremely terrifying. This situation grew even more severe as the group advanced.
The wind and waves on the sea surface began to grow larger and larger. The originally clear weather had disappeared, replaced by huge dark cloud masses. In the distance, the rumble of thunder could already be heard, proving that Bo Saixi's words were true.
Raindrops began to fall slowly, smashing onto the soul guide shield above and producing muffled sounds.
The further they went, the heavier the rain became. Terrifying huge waves came one after another toward the group, only to be safely weathered by them each time.
In such a terrifying environment, amid the rising and falling of the huge waves, quite a few soul beasts of this kind could still be seen.
However, the soul beasts here were different from those outside; they generally looked somewhat dark and terrifying, with extremely bloodthirsty and frightening eyes.
A huge wave sound came from the port side. Under everyone's gaze, a massive shark at least fifteen meters long burst out from the waves. Its sharp and fierce scales flashed with a strange dark luster, and its pitch-black maw was like an abyss, seemingly capable of devouring everything.
The Demon Empress's eyes sank. With a casual wave of her hand, a surge of soul power shot out and directly cut the opponent in half at the waist. Blood and flesh fell, quickly devoured by other soul beasts lurking beneath the sea surface.
"Tsk tsk, a seventy-thousand-year-old bloodthirsty shark. This kind of soul beast is a mutant among sea soul beasts in the outside world, born with missing intelligence, a monster that only knows slaughter. It is said to have been exterminated by the sea clan a thousand years ago. I didn't expect any to still exist here…"
You Mengchu clicked his tongue and then sighed with emotion.
The Demon Empress had no particular reaction. She had survived in the sea for a very long time; many of the soul beasts here had already gone extinct outside, but perhaps it was precisely because of the special geographical environment nearby that they had been completely preserved.
Accompanied by an angry roar coming from the distant sea surface, countless dark red lights rose and surged straight toward the group.
"Demon swordfish…"
You Mengchu, were the first to recognize these soul beasts. At the same time, he raised his hand and released a golden barrier, blocking all their attacks. The golden barrier then transformed into a golden slash, and with a single strike, it slaughtered all the light sources in the distance. A faint bloody smell mixed with the salty sea breeze drifted over, but it was quickly blown away by the fierce wind, disappearing without a trace.
Xu Yuexuan walked out of the cabin, her tone rarely carrying a trace of anxiety, and said to everyone:
"The previously reserved soul power is no longer enough. The shield and such can last at most another hour. After that, we will have to face the wind, rain, and those soul beasts directly…"
Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress exchanged a glance. The Snow Empress raised an eyebrow and then followed Xu Yuexuan into the cabin.
The giant warship emitted a roar, and its speed slowed down. The surrounding soul beasts, thinking their attacks had worked, swarmed toward this side regardless of their cultivation levels.
"After replenishing the soul power, it will take some time to restart the facilities. During this period, do not let the sea soul beasts interfere…"
The Snow Empress transmitted her voice to Shen Hanyu.
Shen Hanyu replied, and then an invisible fluctuation rapidly spread outward with his body as the center.
Wherever the invisible fluctuation reached, all the sea soul beasts uncontrollably exploded and died. Those with slightly higher cultivation struggled for a moment in place before also exploding into chunks of flesh and blood. Dark-colored lights flashed. The Demon Empress slightly furrowed her brows, and then a left arm soul bone emitting dark red light was instantly drawn into her hand.
The Demon Empress examined it with some disinterest for a moment, then casually tossed it directly to Shui Yue'er beside her.
And under the rapid spread of the bloody smell, some terrifying auras in the deep sea were attracted and quickly rushed toward this side…
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