Deep into the Rising Spirit Platform

"Dear teacher, I'm still a child!" Chen Ye's face carried helplessness.

How could they let such a young child enter the Riot Rising Spirit Platform? He was only nine years old this year, after all.

Seeing Chen Ye's pitiful expression, Leng Yaozhu just snorted coldly: "It's only to have you hunt soul beasts and test your physical limits."

"It's not like I'm sending you to your death. What are you afraid of? Now, immediately, right this moment, get over there."

Seeing Leng Yaozhu like this, Chen Ye helplessly nodded.

He turned and was about to leave when he saw the girl standing quietly to the side, a trace of loneliness on her face.

Chen Ye paused for a moment, then reached out and took Gu Yue's hand, leading her toward the Rising Spirit Platform downstairs.

The staff member downstairs received the order and was visibly stunned for a moment.

Seeing the two little ones approaching, a rare hint of confusion appeared on his face: "Uh, hello. Let me introduce you to the Riot Rising Spirit Platform."

Looking at these two children, only nine years old, the staff member's face carried some hesitation.

But he didn't dare disobey the orders from above: "The Rising Spirit Platform has two riot periods each year. During the riot, the soul beasts inside are more active, stronger, and the danger level increases significantly."

"We recommend entering as a team. If you're only two people, that's also possible..."

"Be careful once you're inside. After hunting soul beasts, the soul power absorption time is greatly extended, and you might get robbed."

The staff member paused as he spoke. Seeing the one hundred percent pain sensitivity written on the form, he fell silent for a moment.

Although this was an order from the big shots above, dying with one hundred percent pain sensitivity would feel exactly like real death.

Seeing the staff member's pitying gaze, Chen Ye just smiled, unconcerned: "So that means we can rob each other. Then I can rob others too."

Chen Ye's eyes lit up. The strongest inside was at the peak of the Third Ring. Although he had just reached the Third Ring himself, with the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul, he didn't think anyone at the Third Ring stage could be his match.

"Perfect timing. The first spirit soul in the Myriad Swords Diagram is a hundred-year spirit soul. This is just the chance to break through to a thousand-year one."

Chen Ye thought to himself without any hesitation, lying directly down in the cultivation pod. On the other side, Gu Yue silently lay down in her own pod as well.

The staff member gave a few more instructions, then pressed the red button, activating the cultivation pod.

Chen Ye felt his consciousness briefly sink, then gradually clear.

He swept his gaze around. The two of them were no longer in the sealed cultivation room but had arrived in a massive forest.

Chen Ye reached out and pinched himself. No pain came: "Didn't they say one hundred percent pain sensitivity? Why doesn't this hurt at all?"

"Because you're pinching me!" Gu Yue's gritted-teeth voice sounded beside him.

Chen Ye froze, realizing he had instinctively pinched Gu Yue's arm.

He gave an awkward laugh: "Accident. That was an accident."

"Hmph." Gu Yue snorted coldly, not bothering to look at him further, instead turning her gaze to their surroundings.

Looking at the lush forest around them, a rare trace of nostalgia appeared in her eyes.

But that nostalgia lasted only a moment before being replaced by coldness.

"Where are we going now?" Gu Yue looked at Chen Ye, her tone carrying a question.

Chen Ye glanced left and right, then randomly pointed east: "Let's go this way. If we keep heading in this direction, we should reach the deepest part."

"What are you going to do in the deepest part? Didn't Teacher's task just ask us to hunt soul beasts?" Gu Yue's face showed confusion, but Chen Ye shook his head.

"This humble one has a plan. Just follow me and you'll find out."

The opportunity of the Riot Rising Spirit Platform was extremely precious. Even the Chen Family only got two or three slots per year.

Since he had entered before breaking through to the Fourth Ring, he definitely had to try his hand against the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear.

And defeating it had a chance of dropping a soul bone.

The Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear's soul bone was incredibly rare. The reason the Spirit Pagoda dared to let the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear drop soul bones

was that they were certain no one could take down the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear.

A hundred-year top-tier Ferocious Beast—its strength already surpassed most Soul Kings.

Under these circumstances, taking it down at the Third Ring was nearly impossible. But for Chen Ye, it wasn't that hard.

Chen Ye's three Golden Soul Rings appeared. He took a step forward and charged out first.

Behind him, at Gu Yue's feet, faint wind attribute energy gathered. Her speed was no slower than Chen Ye's. The two of them rushed eastward, one after the other.

Their speed was very fast, and the Riot Rising Spirit Platform was filled with soul beasts and soul masters.

Their movements quickly drew the attention of the surrounding soul beasts.

Several gusts of wind condensed and shot directly at the two running figures.

Chen Ye turned his head to the left. Sensing the attack, he raised his hand slightly.

His entire left arm, including his left chest, was now covered in golden scales.

He casually clawed in that direction. The tearing effect of the Golden Dragon Claw ripped the wind apart.

Looking toward that direction, three hundred-year Storm Wolves appeared. Chen Ye moved fast, charging straight at them.

The wild wind howled fiercely as three Storm Wolves charged head-on.

Golden Scale Armor gleamed as Chen Ye punched one of the wolves, exploding its head.

His first soul ring lit up, a terrifying air blast rang out, the surrounding ground instantly dyed gold, and the remaining two Storm Wolves were shattered outright.

Feeling the spiritual power surge into his body and sensing his soul ring age slowly begin to rise, Chen Ye's eyes brightened slightly: "Not bad, it really can increase the soul ring age!"

He turned his head slightly to look at Gu Yue, but she said nothing, merely raising her hand as dozens of Ice Cones materialized, shooting directly toward the direction ahead of the two of them.

Three strange Demon Apes emerged from the bushes, only to be pierced through by the Ice Cones.

The two exchanged a glance, and without any hesitation, they pressed deeper into the Rising Spirit Platform together.

Deep within the Rising Spirit Platform at that moment, two young men stood there.

One of them, a Spiky Hair youth, looked at the other, a Blue-Haired Youth: "Brother Xu, it's not easy for my family to get in here once. Let's hurry up and hunt some Soul Beasts!"

"What's the rush? There's plenty of chances to hunt Soul Beasts. Let's observe a bit first. Next year, I plan to bring my little sister here to try it out."

"Fine, fine, whatever you say!" The Spiky Hair youth's face carried a hint of helplessness. This was the eldest young master of the Xu Family, after all—he didn't dare offend him.

Just then, a sound of something cutting through the air reached his ears.

The Spiky Hair youth paused, turned his head slightly to look to the side, and saw a young man, only eight or nine years old, darting swiftly deeper inside, surging spiritual power rolling off his body.

Following behind the young man was a girl, also radiating surging spiritual power.

The Spiky Hair youth patted the youth in front of him: "Brother Xu, who's that kid? He's got such abundant spiritual power. Let's rob him!"