Getting Stronger

Moreover, Su Yun wanted to test his true combat strength.

After taking Crystal Strike head-on, Su Yun immediately went all out and fought the Terror Aggregate again.

But even though he knew every mechanism of the Terror Aggregate, Su Yun still won by a hair.

Fortunately, they were still on the outskirts of the forest, and under the sunlight, Su Yun's injuries, stamina, and Soul Power recovered quickly. He had no need to fear any mishaps.

"Boom..."

Watching the Terror Aggregate crash to the ground, its body turning into a heap of crystal shards, Su Yun let out a long breath.

"Whew...

That really wasn't easy."

When he saw a purple Spirit Ring rising from the Terror Aggregate's corpse, Su Yun could no longer contain his smile.

Once he absorbed this Spirit Ring, his strength would rise to another level.

But Su Yun wasn't in a hurry to absorb it. Instead, he hurried over to Tang San.

Looking at Little San, still unconscious, Su Yun couldn't help worrying. A thread of Soul Power welled up in his palm and entered Tang San's body.

Su Yun began checking Tang San's condition and found that it wasn't good.

Shadow Energy was savagely eating away at his body, and he was already gravely injured. Under the influence of these negative effects, Tang San kept letting out instinctive groans even in his unconscious state.

If Su Yun didn't treat him, he might really die. He hadn't expected Tang San to be so badly hurt.

But on second thought, it made sense. Although the system-customized Terror Aggregate was only 1,500 years old, its outrageous abilities were no weaker than those of some ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. With it targeting Tang San so relentlessly, it was only natural he'd end up this badly hurt, even with the information Su Yun had given him.

"Ugh."

With a long sigh, Su Yun reluctantly opened the system panel and typed into the search field:

[Treatment]

[Fairy Bean], [Blood Bodhi], [Energy Amethyst], [Human-Shaped Acupuncture Bed Cactus]...

Ignoring the pile of expensive healing items, Su Yun entered "under 1,000" in the price field.

[Black Jade Intermittent Paste], [Heavenly Fragrance Intermittent Glue], [Bone Regeneration Pill], [Blood Coagulation Powder], [Body Recovery Pill], [Essence Nourishing Pill]...

There were plenty of options, but Su Yun found himself frowning. None of them seemed to do much for Tang San's injuries.

He glanced at Tang San's pained expression, gritted his teeth, and finally raised the price limit.

At last, he found something that could treat the injuries in the 5,000 Friendship Points section.

[Top-Grade Rejuvenation Pill

Description: From a xianxia world. Restores injuries after consumption and dispels low-level curses and negative effects from the body.]

The wool comes from the sheep!

Wasn't it just 5,000?

Little San Sheep had just dropped more than 10,000 Friendship Points.

Let's do it!

Su Yun selected the purchase, and 5,000 Friendship Points were deducted the next second.

With a flip of his hand, a delicate porcelain bottle appeared in his palm.

He popped the stopper, and a delicate medicinal fragrance spread through the air. Su Yun tipped the Rejuvenation Pill into his hand.

It was deep red and gave off a rich herbal aroma. Without the slightest hesitation, Su Yun fed it to Tang San.

As soon as the pill went down, Tang San's complexion visibly improved. The wounds on his body began to heal, and the Shadow Energy clinging to them receded.

Su Yun casually tossed the porcelain bottle to the ground. After moving farther away, he took an onion out of the Space Ball and began working himself up emotionally.

He'd spent 5,000 Friendship Points, so he ought to claw at least a little back. Who could've guessed that even after ten minutes, Tang San still hadn't woken up? Su Yun's preparations had gone to waste. With no other choice, he decided to absorb the Spirit Ring first.

With a system-customized Spirit Ring, all Su Yun needed was a strong enough body. He didn't have to worry about Soul Shock at all.

So the absorption was quick, and there was no danger.

As Su Yun guided the Soul Power, the purple ring shrank into a golden ring no bigger than a bracelet, yet incomparably solid, and settled directly onto the Shadow Scythe.

At that very moment, Su Yun felt as if he'd fallen into magma. A scorching energy surged into him, and an intense wave of heat rushed through his body.

Anyone else would have felt their insides burning.

But Su Yun's body felt as though he were soaking in a hot spring. With his twice-enhanced physique and all the training he'd done lately, absorbing a ring beyond his level put no pressure on him at all.

Su Yun could draw on the Spirit Ring's power without restraint, using it to strike the first major acupoint marked in the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Although he didn't practice the Mysterious Heaven Skill, the extraordinary meridians and eight channels still had their merits.

Soon, the relentless surges of Spirit Ring power stirred a reaction in Su Yun's body.

Su Yun seemed to hear a crisp crack.

The power belonging to a Thousand-Year Soul Ring scattered wildly through his body, spreading along his meridians and reaching every part of him. It began opening one acupoint after another, then gathered toward a single spot: the major acupoint of the first layer.

As Soul Power successfully gathered, an indescribable feeling of bliss swept over him. At the same time, Su Yun felt as though some limits on his body had been lifted. His mind went utterly clear, as if he were floating among the clouds and had ascended to paradise.

Su Yun knew this meant he had officially become a One-Ring Soul Master.

When he opened his eyes, he could barely conceal his excitement.

The Thousand-Year Soul Ring had undoubtedly given him a massive boost. His Soul Power Level, which had been stuck without a breakthrough, had climbed straight to Level 14. Then there was the Shadow Scythe.

Su Yun summoned the Shadow Scythe into his hand. Compared to before he absorbed the Spirit Ring, it had grown heavier.

On top of that, patterns resembling demonic runes now marked its once-smooth blade, making it look as if it were about to break. But that wasn't the case; it had only grown sharper.

Su Yun swung it around, looking this way and that.

Unfortunately, there wasn't a living thing around besides him and Tang San.

Wen Wu had naturally died long ago, killed by the Terror Aggregate's mysterious area-of-effect attack during the Spirit Ring absorption.

Otherwise, he could have let Wen Wu...

Forget it. With his strength, he wouldn't be able to use the First Soul Ring skill anyway.

Once he had calmed down, Su Yun went back to Tang San and checked him again.

He found that the guy was already fine. He was merely exhausted and asleep. Looking at Tang San sleeping like a baby, Su Yun felt helpless and could only keep watch over him.

Sitting beside him, Su Yun began tallying up what he'd gained this time.

First, there was the First Soul Ring, which had raised his Soul Power Level to 14.

Second, when his Soul Power reached Level 10, both the Shadow Scythe and his Superman Physique had evolved.

The Shadow Scythe had gained a debuff called "Pain Intensification," which could triple the pain felt by injured enemies. The multiplier increased by one for every ten levels.

As for the Superman Physique, it had awakened Super Brain.

It had directly turned Su Yun's mind from a single-core processor into a supercomputer. But that didn't mean his intelligence had increased or that he'd become a genius.

The impressive part was his brain, not his thought or consciousness.

To put it another way, if an ordinary person had a supercomputer, could they beat a top hacker in a network battle?

Obviously not.

So the most immediate benefits Super Brain gave Su Yun were:

Powerful learning ability, flawless memory and processing skills, along with freakish reflexes and dynamic vision.