[Level: 70]
[Acquired: Indestructible Body!]
[Indestructible Body: 100% Enhanced Physique]
[Elemental Schedule: 4/10]
After consuming the Weird Mushroom of the Heavenly Chrysanthemum, it took about an hour for Li Yu to finish the process.
Since he had already reached the rank of a six-ring Spirit Emperor at level 66 when he absorbed it, despite the advantage of the Elemental Spirit martial soul, his soul power didn't immediately rise to level 70.
There was still a gap.
Afterward, he relied on the full-elemental extraction and transformation of the Absorb ability to fill in the remaining "gap," allowing him to finally reach level 70.
In fact, Li Yu didn't want to deplete everything at once. If he did, using the post-transformation Absorb ability, he could completely drain the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a process that would likely result in an even greater soul power boost than the absorption of all the immortal herbs.
But that would only result in a boost to his soul power.
Absorbing the immortal herbs naturally provided other benefits.
For example, now that he had obtained the Indestructible Body, it wasn't just a one-time increase of 100% in his physique. Instead, it was a continuous "buff," not a temporary enhancement.
And this "buff" was an "independent multiplication zone."
Including the previous Water Fire Spirit Body that provided a 40% physique increase, Li Yu true gain from these abilities was: multiplying his base physique by both of these "independent zones."
In other words, his body's strength had now received a permanent 280% physique boost, which was terrifying!
He even felt like he could take a few punches from Zhao Wuji in his martial soul true form!
Keep in mind, Li Yu didn't rely on his physical body, and this was without using soul power for defense.
This made the gain seem incredibly terrifying.
"Am I really becoming a tank mage?" Li Yu muttered, feeling somewhat speechless.
Unlike with data analysis, he was confident in his current pulling ability.
The defensive capabilities provided by Thunder Spirit and Thorn Dragon were numerous, and combined with Elemental Dissolution, it could be said that, unless he wanted to die, it would be nearly impossible for him to die.
This had led to Li Yu current disdain for the two buffs with "independent multiplication zones."
But now that things had progressed to this point, his main goal was to improve his soul power, so he didn't linger too much on these things.
Looking outside the domain, he noticed that Qian Renxue had already disappeared.
She must have woken up and gone to handle her own matters.
"It's time to head to the Star Dou Forest!" Li Yu muttered to himself. Now that he was at level 70, he needed to find a soul ring to reach the Spirit Saint level.
Moreover, as Xiao Wu had said, those mysterious people in the Star Dou Forest, Li Yu was curious about their identity.
Without further delay, he closed his domain and activated Space Transition to leave the royal palace.
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Star Dou Forest.
Having mastered spatial power, Li Yu travel speed was now faster than most Title Douluo.
By the time it was nearly evening, he had already reached the outskirts.
After the lesson from last time, though he wasn't sure whether absorbing the soul ring from Thorn Dragon would still be detectable, he was still fully prepared.
Life Tree concealed his aura, and Shadow Fold made his form invisible.
With this, he proceeded towards the core area.
Given his current strength, he could easily absorb a 100.000 Yearssoul ring, so naturally, he was seeking a more powerful soul beast.
As Xiao Wu had said, no sooner had he entered the mixed zone than he encountered three mysterious black-robed figures.
Their faces were hidden, and their auras were strange.
"Hmm?"
Li Yu furrowed his brow, and immediately opened Elemental Vision. His brow furrowed even further.
The detection ability of Elemental Vision was unparalleled. It restructured the vision with the elements, allowing Li Yu to clearly see his target.
Everything in this world—humans, objects, beasts, and others—was made up of elements.
There may be exceptions, but they are rare.
As he looked at the three individuals under Elemental Vision, they revealed bloody red and a nauseating black color!
This was abnormal!
At first, after hearing Xiao Wu speculation, Li Yu had considered that, given the Clear Sky Sect's morals, it was unlikely that so many disciples would be sent out.
However, given Tang Hao and Tang San personalities, it seemed reasonable.
After all, now only he and Tang Hao seemed to know Xiao Wu true identity.
And the only person worthy of such an investment in manpower and resources within the Star Dou Forest was most likely Xiao Wu.
So, he had come prepared for an encounter with someone from the Clear Sky Sect and potential battle.
But now, it seemed that these people had no relation to the Clear Sky Sect.
Their martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, would not look like this.
From their performance, they seemed more like...
Evil Soul Masters!
The three words suddenly exploded in Li Yu mind.
How could there be Evil Soul Masters in this timeline...
No, how could there be so many Evil Soul Masters!
He couldn't understand.
So, he decided to investigate.
Still maintaining Shadow Fold, he silently followed the three from behind.
He stayed no more than five meters away from them.
Unfortunately, the Life Tree's aura concealment ability was so strong, and the three individuals were only Spirit Kings with five rings, so they couldn't sense anything unusual behind them.
"Boss, we've been wandering around the Star Dou Forest for so long, what are we even doing here?"
"Yeah, it's been two or three months, and we still don't even know what we're supposed to do..."
"Hmph!"
The leader snorted, his hoarse voice ringing out, "You think I enjoy wandering around here?"
"This is the Star Dou Forest. We could easily die if we're not careful!"
"I want to know what the boss is planning too, but we have no right to know!"
He paused for a moment, and then his voice became serious, "Besides, once we joined the Sacred Sect, we can only obey orders. You two better stop complaining, or if the boss hears, there won't be any good consequences!"
"Yes, boss!"
The two replied helplessly and fell silent.
Li Yu, trailing behind, couldn't help but feel speechless.
Damn it...
After following them for so long, and finally hearing the three speak, this is what they say?
They don't know anything. They're just wandering around the Star Dou Forest?
What was the point of all this effort?
"Damn it, playing me for a fool!"
Li Yu grew more irritated. In the next moment, his mind moved slightly, and the three of them suddenly let out a horrible scream. Then they collapsed to the ground, lifeless.
Their auras vanished.
Only two hollow cavities, the size of a finger, remained at their heart and forehead.
This was the Finger Bite, a technique Li Yu had derived from the combination of Space Thorn Field and Void Slash.
Shaking his head, Li Yu realized he hadn't gained any useful information, so he decided to leave and continue searching for a suitable soul beast.
But at that moment, the three corpses suddenly began to change!