Douluo: In an extraordinary world, with unparallel understanding!

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"Brother Su!"

Huo Yuhao called out to Su Yu.

The fiery pepper began to swell violently, radiating terrifying energy fluctuations.

Su Yu had already infused his soul power into the ground beneath them, causing countless Blue Silver Grass roots to sprout and firmly bind the pepper, securing it to the valley walls.

At the same time, the three of them quickly retreated.

*Boom!*

A deafening explosion shook the entire valley.

Su Yu controlled the remaining Blue Silver Grass, binding all the other explosive peppers to the nearest valley walls.

Bebe seized the opportunity and activated his second soul ring.

"Second soul skill, Thunderous Fury!"

Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection was fully activated, providing vision to the others and allowing Bebe even more precise control over his soul power. Thunderbolts from Thunderous Fury rained down on the peppers, targeting the explosive fruits.

*Boom!*

*Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!*

The successive explosions made the valley feel like it was on the verge of collapse. Every soul beast within the valley lay paralyzed on the ground, while those on the outskirts scrambled to flee, as if running from a terrifying force.

One had to admit, the Explosive Pepper's life force was terrifying.

It could create such fearsome fruits.

Of course, its weakness was equally evident.

"Besides the explosive damage from the fruits, the life force of the Explosive Pepper itself is terrifying," Su Yu observed.

After all, producing these fruits took a tremendous toll on its life force. Only a creature with a vast reserve of life energy could produce so many explosive fruits.

Moreover, the explosions could easily affect the Explosive Pepper itself. To minimize the risk of self-destruction, its evolution naturally leaned towards an ever-increasing life force.

And that was indeed the case.

All the fruits had exploded, with many of the blasts directly impacting the Explosive Pepper's main body.

Yet, it stubbornly survived.

Su Yu couldn't help but marvel at its life force. At the same time, he eagerly anticipated the soul ring that this Explosive Pepper would provide.

"Blue Silver Critical Lance!"

The Blue Silver Grass entwined and gathered, thrusting forcefully toward the core of the Explosive Pepper.

*Bang!*

As the Blue Silver Grass-formed spike pierced the life core of the Explosive Pepper, the creature finally died.

From its life core, a deep purple soul ring slowly rose into the air.

Su Yu activated his first soul ring.

"First soul skill, Stellar Spirit Power!"

The power of the stars surged into Su Yu's body, rapidly restoring his soul power and physical state.

This was Su Yu's first soul skill, acquired from the Stellar Spirit Vine. It significantly sped up his recovery of soul power. Additionally, when applied to his martial soul, it greatly enhanced the regenerative abilities of the Blue Silver Grass.

In other words, as long as the Blue Silver Grass wasn't destroyed in an instant, it could quickly regenerate.

On top of that, the absorption of the Stellar Spirit Vine also provided Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass with a vast amount of life energy.

His second soul ring from the Purple Moon Orchid had further enhanced the vitality of his Blue Silver Grass, strengthening its foundational attributes and causing a transformative evolution.

The most noticeable feature of this evolution was the vibrant, life-filled appearance of Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass.

In terms of martial soul quality, while it might not yet rival the Blue Silver Emperor, it was at least approaching the level of the Blue Silver King.

After absorbing this 5,800-year-old Explosive Pepper soul ring, Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass would fully reach the Blue Silver King's level.

It might even surpass an average Blue Silver King.

This was the effect of adding a single-attribute extreme soul ring.

The transformation after absorbing his second soul ring had awakened the life attribute within Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass.

This is a property inherent to the Blue Silver Grass, so Su Yu didn't consider this an evolution but rather a further unlocking of its potential—a metamorphosis.

Su Yu's first soul skill restored his strength quickly, and in just three minutes, he was back to full power. He guided the deep purple soul ring onto himself.

The earlier commotion had been quite loud, and before Su Yu began absorbing the soul ring, Huo Yuhao had warned him about potential danger. Bebe assured him they would stand guard while Su Yu absorbed the ring.

However, Su Yu picked up on something else in Huo Yuhao's words. Thinking about Skydream Ice silkworm's assistance, Su Yu began to understand its intent:

Leave the Star Dou Forest as soon as possible! 

"If that's the case, I'll have to give up the tempting training efficiency for now."

Su Yu fully focused on refining the soul power of the soul ring, speeding up the process without any delays.

Three hours later, the deep purple soul ring surrounding Su Yu gradually merged into his body.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe that Little Brother Su could absorb a 5,000-year-old soul ring so easily."

Although Su Yu showed signs of pain, it wasn't the agonizing kind that tore through one's very being, and his meridians and blood vessels hadn't ruptured like one would expect from absorbing a soul ring beyond one's limits.

This was something Bebe had learned from senior soul masters—the symptoms of overextending oneself during soul ring absorption. But Su Yu exhibited none of these signs.

"No wonder Little Brother Su said he could even consider a 6,000- or 7,000-year ring."

5,000 years clearly wasn't Su Yu's limit!

It was unfortunate that, despite his terrifying talent—having reached a level capable of handling a 7,000-year soul ring by his third ring—Su Yu hadn't been able to push for that limit because of the constraints of their soul hunting efforts.

Bebe couldn't help but feel frustrated.

If Su Yu knew what Bebe was thinking, he might not know how to react.

After all, Su Yu was only absorbing higher-aged soul rings to refine more soul power, allowing him to leap two or three levels upon breaking through, accelerating his cultivation.

As for the effects of the soul ring, the higher the ring's age, the better, of course. But even if this ring's effects were lacking, Su Yu could always replace it later, leading to an even greater enhancement.

These were things that could be corrected.

Su Yu had long been working on developing the method of soul ring sacrifice, and he had already formed the basic concept. However, due to insufficient data, the details weren't yet complete.

After absorbing this third soul ring, Su Yu planned to further refine his method when he arrived at the Sun and Moon Empire, where he could access data on martial souls and soul rings to perfect his soul ring sacrifice technique.

The Sun and Moon Empire's research on martial souls and soul rings had reached a quantifiable level. Their studies on the effects of soul rings on martial souls would be of unparalleled help to Su Yu's own research.

This was precisely why Su Yu chose the Royal Soul Engineering Academy of the Sun and Moon Empire.

Shrek Academy?

Not even dogs would go there!

What would he gain from it?

Threats of expulsion?

Overbearing supervisors constantly pushing you beyond your limits?

After six hours, Su Yu had successfully absorbed the Explosive Pepper soul ring.

"Fantastic! The absorption was a success!"

Tang Ya was especially thrilled.

Because Su Yu's martial soul was the Blue Silver Grass, his achievement in surpassing his limits to absorb a higher-level soul ring filled her with a deep sense of pride.

"See? This is the pride of us Blue Silver Grass soul masters! The pride of those still standing!"

"How's it feel, Little Brother Su? What's the soul skill like?"

"The soul skill perfectly inherited the explosive properties of the Explosive Pepper. I'm very satisfied!" Su Yu smiled.

"Alright, let's get going."

(End of Chapter)