Battle of the Three Gods

Lin Yu shook his head. "For the sake of my plans, I have to earn Qian Renxue's trust here."

"I absolutely cannot let all my previous efforts go to waste."

Everything Lin Yu had done was to successfully invite the next perfect contract candidate.

He could not give up, because they had only one month left.

Even with the agony of Soul Power Extraction, he had to grit his teeth and endure it.

Snow Empress was completely baffled. "Are you crazy? You have no idea how excruciating Soul Power Extraction is. Even if it isn't quite as painful as absorbing a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, it's not far off."

Lin Yu was afraid of pain too, but he comforted Snow Empress. "Don't be afraid. I'll be the only one to suffer. You can block your own senses and put yourself into a deep sleep. That way, you won't be affected."

Snow Empress suddenly fell silent, because she sensed Lin Yu's determination to go through with it.

This man was a complete lunatic. Once he went crazy, he even set traps for himself.

When Qian Renxue saw Lin Yu agree, she smiled. "I hope you can endure it. Even if your ability to foresee the future turns out to be fake, I'll still admire you for being able to withstand this kind of pain. I'll give you a dignified departure."

That departure, of course, still meant killing Lin Yu.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, had been hiding in the Heaven Dou Empire for many years. She possessed an emperor's iron-fisted methods, would never show mercy, and always kept her word.

After that, Qian Renxue indeed arranged for people to come and extract Lin Yu's Soul Power every day.

They were actually Pufferfish and Snake Lance Douluo.

Since Lin Yu already knew Qian Renxue's identity, she would not send ordinary prison guards.

Pufferfish and Snake Lance were both Titled Douluo, and the severely wounded, dying Snow Empress was no match for them.

Snow Empress was forced to abandon any hope of taking Lin Yu out. She said, "Why did you let yourself be driven to this point? You never should have ended up in such a situation."

Lin Yu smiled. "If I weren't in this situation, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to make it through this time."

"But now, two Titled Douluo are guarding me, cutting off my escape routes, while the daily Soul Power Extraction has also ended any thought of making a jump."

"This is another case of surviving by being pushed to the brink of death."

"I'm already very experienced at this. This is precisely where a chance for survival begins."

Snow Empress could only feel that this was the beginning of Lin Yu's descent into madness.

Yet even at this point, Lin Yu still comforted Snow Empress. "I understand now. Because we have a contract, you've also grown attached to me."

"I've insisted on acting recklessly, making you feel uneasy. That's truly unfair to you."

"Go to sleep from now on."

"Just wake up in a month."

"Everything will be fine."

Lin Yu's words were utterly sincere, and they revealed his concern for Snow Empress.

It was mutual. Snow Empress showed concern for him every time, which made Lin Yu feel pity for her as well.

Snow Empress said nothing. She merely let out a long sigh. Lin Yu did not know whether she had entered a deep sleep, but from that day onward, she no longer spoke.

Lin Yu also began having his Soul Power extracted by Pufferfish and Snake Lance.

During the first extraction, Lin Yu was drenched in hot sweat from the pain. He gritted his teeth, looking as if he might give up at any moment.

But when Pufferfish and Snake Lance thought he could not hold on any longer, Lin Yu endured until the very end. His face was deathly pale and his entire body was weak, yet he did not utter a single cry of pain.

"Good boy. Today is only the beginning. Sooner or later, you'll be unable to endure it."

"Soul Power Extraction is the greatest torture in this dungeon. A Soul King once held out for a few days before crying and begging for mercy."

"You won't be an exception."

Pufferfish and Snake Lance did not believe Lin Yu could hold on. After all, he was only a Level 12 Soul Master, the person with the lowest Soul Power in this dungeon.

People with lower Soul Power usually had the worst endurance as well.

But to Pufferfish and Snake Lance's surprise, Lin Yu endured several more days in a row without making a sound. His willpower had already surpassed that of many people.

This was no coincidence. In the days that followed, Pufferfish and Snake Lance saw it every day.

They were astonished.

"It's been half a month. Every time, I feel like this kid is in so much pain that he's about to pass out and give up, yet he always manages to hold on until the end."

"Soul Power Extraction is torture for everyone else, but this kid seems to be able to endure it."

"He's turned a disaster into a blessing. With his Soul Power repeatedly stimulated to regenerate after being drained, he's already gained two levels in just ten days."

Soul Power Extraction had originally been invented to help Soul Masters increase their Soul Power as quickly as possible.

It was simply too painful, though, and almost no Soul Master could endure it. That was how it became a form of torture.

But no one had expected Lin Yu to be the exception among exceptions, actually capable of withstanding Soul Power Extraction.

His Soul Power increased every day.

By the twentieth day, Lin Yu had risen four levels in total, from Level 12 to Level 16.

Pufferfish and Snake Lance could not help telling Qian Renxue about Lin Yu's performance.

Qian Renxue was greatly surprised. "I underestimated him. His endurance has already surpassed that of most people."

No one knew that Lin Yu had nearly been unable to hold on several times.

But at those moments, a pair of gentle hands would take a handkerchief and wipe the sweat from his forehead. She said nothing, yet it was as if she had infused Lin Yu's heart with new strength, allowing him to continue enduring.

Lin Yu understood now that he was no longer alone. Behind him stood another person willing to watch over him.

And so, Lin Yu persisted day after day, finally waiting for the moment when Qian Renxue would verify whether his predictions about the future were true or false.

More than twenty days earlier, Lin Yu had written several future events on paper. They were incidents he had read about in books in his previous life, combined with deductions based on this period.

Now, every one of those events had come true.

Qian Renxue was stunned. "One event could be a coincidence, but if four or five consecutive events all come true, that isn't coincidence. He truly possesses the ability to foresee the future."

Qian Renxue immediately went to see Lin Yu, but when she arrived at the dungeon, she discovered that Lin Yu had disappeared, leaving behind only a single sheet of paper.

The paper contained dozens of future events.

They all concerned the course of the Heaven Dou Empire's wars and the future development of Spirit Hall.

There was also a particular minor figure marked for special attention, someone named Tang San.

More than twenty years later, at Jialing Pass.

The Starry Express jumped through space and arrived. Lin Yu and Snow Empress appeared on a mountaintop far away.

At this time, the world-famous Battle of the Three Gods was taking place at Jialing Pass on Douluo Continent.

Rakshasa God Bibi Dong, Angel God Qian Renxue, and Sea God Tang San were engaged in a world-shaking battle.

They wore divine armor, and violent waves of energy erupted through the air. Every attack was capable of overturning mountains and seas, while the aftershocks could easily crush any approaching mortal.

Lin Yu and Snow Empress stood on the mountaintop, gazing up at the three divine figures in the sky.

Snow Empress said, "Which one is the Level 100 god you said you wanted to make a contract with?"