Separation

"Is that you?" Only then did Mu Xi notice that among the people who had saved her was that junior disciple of hers.

Mu Xi instantly felt unbearably awkward. After all, she had always been very cold toward this junior disciple, and she had even brought people to block his way at school! And now she had been saved by him!

Mu Xi's personality was not bad by nature. The reason she had made trouble for Tang Wulin was only because her father had said he had found a genius even more outstanding than her. She wanted to defeat Tang Wulin so her father would value her more.

Losing to Tang Wulin in forging had already been embarrassing enough, but now, in the Spirit Ascension Platform, she had been saved by him and his teammates as well. Her three-ring cultivation had originally been the one area where she surpassed Tang Wulin, but now Mu Xi felt as if the last of her pride was gone too. Her whole person instantly became somewhat dispirited.

When Mu Xi's two teammates saw Lin Xingyu's group slaughter this pack of Flame Winged Snakes with overwhelming ease, they immediately grew a little terrified, as if afraid the few people who had suddenly appeared would conveniently deal with them too.

Only after Tang Wulin took the initiative to greet them did they let out a breath of relief. As Eastsea Academy's specially established Class Zero, Lin Xingyu and the others had some reputation in Eastsea Academy. They immediately relaxed.

"Seniors, since we're all from Eastsea Academy, this is easy. You can recover your Soul Power first. Leave guarding you to us," Lin Xingyu said first. As Class Zero's captain, Lin Xingyu's words were effective most of the time in Class Zero. As for Lin Xingyu's proposal, none of the Class Zero members objected. They only silently began keeping watch.

Mu Xi assessed her own condition and, in the end, did not refuse. Instead, she immediately sat cross-legged together with her only two remaining teammates and began meditating.

During the Rampage Period, the Spirit Ascension Platform allowed groups of up to seven people to enter together. This time, Mu Xi and the others had entered as a team in order to hunt as many Soul Beasts as possible, gain spiritual energy, and try to raise the age of their Soul Spirits.

Normally, entering the Spirit Ascension Platform alone made it very difficult to gain much. Therefore, with this opportunity in the Rampage Period Spirit Ascension Platform, none of them wanted to withdraw if they could avoid it.

Mu Xi's remaining two teammates were named Lu Jiasheng and Yin Jingfeng. Lu Jiasheng's martial soul was Ghost Vine, and he was a Control System Battle Soul Master. Yin Jingfeng's martial soul was Green Leaf Vine, and he was a Support System Soul Master with powerful healing abilities. In the battle just now, Mu Xi had always been the main attacker. These two were both plant-type Soul Masters, so their Soul Power consumption had been relatively small.

The two of them ended their meditation first. When they opened their eyes, quite a few Soul Beasts were already lying around them. Most were at the ten-year level, with the occasional few hundred-year-level Soul Beasts.

"Junior brothers and sister, you should have consumed quite a bit, right? I'm a Support System Soul Master. You can take a look at my abilities," Yin Jingfeng said as his first and Second Soul Rings lit up.

In moments, a beam of light traveled out from his martial soul and landed on everyone. Everyone felt their spirits lift, their stamina recovering at an extremely rapid speed. At the same time, some small injuries on their bodies healed in an instant, and their mental state also felt better than ever!

Lu Jiasheng was a Control System Battle Soul Master. Setting his abilities aside for the moment, the role Yin Jingfeng, a Support System Soul Master, played in team battles was truly powerful! Having a healer really felt good!

A moment later, Mu Xi also woke up. After waking, Mu Xi looked at Tang Wulin with a complicated expression. After the two sides exchanged a few words, Mu Xi thanked Lin Xingyu's group, then resolutely led her teammates away.

Lin Xingyu actually quite wanted the three of them to stay in this small team. The others did not matter, but the key was that the Support System Soul Master perfectly made up for the team's current shortcomings and could greatly extend the team's endurance.

A large part of the reason Mu Xi left was because Tang Wulin was in this team. Not only had she lost to Tang Wulin in forging, she had also been saved by him and his teammates. It could be said she had lost to Tang Wulin in every aspect. The last bit of pride Mu Xi had left would not allow her to mooch off the spiritual energy Class Zero gained after hunting Soul Beasts. If she did that, she would truly be inferior to others in everything!

After the two teams separated, Lin Xingyu continued leading his teammates through the forest to hunt.

"Die!" As Lin Xingyu swung the Greatsword in his hands down heavily, he drove it straight into the Thousand-Year Earth Demon Rhino's body.

The Thousand-Year Earth Demon Rhino thrashed its body wildly, but its life was rapidly draining away. Very soon, it stopped moving. A pale purple halo of spiritual energy appeared above its corpse and was absorbed by Lin Xingyu.

After dealing with this Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Lin Xingyu turned back to look at his teammates. "How is it? Can you still hold on? Have your bodies and spirits reached their limits?"

Wang Jinxi gave a bitter smile and shook his head. "Captain, I can't. My trip to the Spirit Ascension Platform this time will probably end here."

Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi shook their heads at the same time, indicating that they were also close to their limits.

After parting with Mu Xi's group, when it came to the spiritual energy obtained from hunting Soul Beasts, Lin Xingyu tried his best to let those whose bodies had not yet reached their limits absorb it. Even so, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Xie Xie had now all reached their limits.

Everyone's Soul Ring ages had already exceeded six hundred years at the lowest. Wang Jinxi had just passed six hundred years, while Zhang Yangzi and Xie Xie were both at six hundred and fifty years.

If this Soul Ring age were placed in an era without Soul Spirits, it would already be the Second Soul Ring of most Soul Masters! And even then, only relatively outstanding Soul Masters could absorb a six-hundred-plus-year Soul Beast for their Second Soul Ring. Now, even their worst Soul Ring was already six hundred years.

The spiritual energy Tang Wulin, Zhang Yangzi, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi had absorbed this time was already beyond anything they had dared imagine. The reason they could gain so much spiritual energy this time was all thanks to Lin Xingyu leading the team. The powerful Soul Beasts were basically all handled by Lin Xingyu, and Lin Xingyu also had powerful scouting abilities, allowing him to lead them along safe paths the entire time.

During this process, the members of Class Zero did not only hunt Soul Beasts. Even the Soul Master teams drawn over by the spiritual energy on their bodies had two groups wiped out by them. They also gained some experience fighting Soul Masters.

After this time, the few of them would be unable to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform again for a short while!

Lin Xingyu looked at them and frowned. "Since you've already reached your limits, don't keep forcing yourselves. If your body or mind suffers any kind of trauma, that could be fatal. Don't be too greedy. Press the Distress Signal Device and leave the Spirit Ascension Platform."

Just as Lin Xingyu finished speaking.