They glinted with a cold light. Their single eyes were purple, with pupils as thin as needles, and their arms were as sharp as blood blades. They also carried the aura of Ten-Year Soul Beasts.
At that moment, every blood monster in the Blood Sea had transformed into a Ten-Year Soul Beast.
The trillions upon trillions of Blood Sea Monsters had all completed a terrifying metamorphosis. The only way to describe it was utterly terrifying.
Lin Tian's eyes nearly bulged out of his head. How many Soul Beasts were there in all of Douluo Continent?
There were trillions here alone. They could probably fill the entire Douluo Continent!
Besides these Blood Sea Monsters, the bacteria and viruses that had originally served as food in the Blood Sea had also evolved into Blood Shadow Fungus and Blood Devouring Bodies.
The Blood Shadow Fungus were no longer weak clusters of bacteria attached to the blood. They had become masses of blood-red mist, each half a meter in diameter. A black eye floated within each cloud, with wisps of black fog coiling around its pupil. They could corrode blood and gave off an evil aura.
The Blood Devouring Bodies, meanwhile, had gathered from invisible viruses into tadpole-shaped, evil entities. The single eyes on their heads were grotesquely twisted, and they too had evolved to the Ten-Year level.
Apart from these native Blood Sea Monsters and the organisms that had come with them, the Blood Sea Monsters that had already been corrupted when the Martial Soul turned evil had also evolved into their corresponding forms. Their shapes, however, were even more twisted, their single eyes radiating a scarlet glow and carrying a terrifying bloodlust.
Along with the Blood Sea Monsters' original features, some now had pitch-black scales, others disgusting tumors, sharp fangs, or coiling tentacles. Every one of them had become grotesquely distorted.
And after evolution came an even more frenzied war. The Blood Sea World had now been reduced to a battlefield.
Trillions of Native Blood Sea Monsters and Evil Blood Sea Monsters clashed in a brutal war. The Blood Blade Guards' blades carved through the sea, while the White Armor Guards formed a solid line to withstand attacks. The Blood Grain Worms continuously supplied energy to the front lines, then bombarded the enemy at tremendous speed.
After the bacteria and viruses evolved into Blood Shadow Fungus and Blood Devouring Bodies, they refused to remain food.
They rose rapidly like bandits taking advantage of a fire, devouring the energy of both the Native Blood Sea Monsters and the Evil Blood Sea Monsters. They struck when their rivals were down, churning the entire Blood Sea into chaos. Sea Soul Beasts were swept into the fray from time to time.
Now, the Sea Soul Beasts' nightmare had truly begun.
Before, the Sea Soul Beasts could rely on their overwhelming strength to crush their enemies, barely holding out against the Blood Sea Monsters' terrifying numbers. But now every Blood Sea Monster had advanced into a Ten-Year Soul Beast—a monumental boost. There was no longer any fundamental difference between them and the Soul Beasts.
Hundred-Year Soul Beasts could no longer crush them, while Ten-Year Soul Beasts had it even worse. At the same level, they were weaker than the Blood Sea Monsters.
For a while, the Sea Soul Beasts were filled with endless terror. The world had changed in an instant, and the feeling was truly frightening.
Lin Tian watched the battle unfold clearly. After evolving into Soul Beasts, the Blood Sea Monsters and Evil Blood Sea Monsters had grown ten times stronger, and they were at least ten times harder to fight.
Hundreds of thousands of Blood Sea Monsters fell in battle every moment.
The Native Blood Sea Soul Beasts were far weaker than the Evil Blood Sea Soul Beasts. Fortunately, their numbers gave them the advantage. After all, under his influence, the entire Blood Sea was continuously producing new Blood Sea Soul Beasts.
After he absorbed a Soul Ring, his Martial Soul leveled up, and the Blood Sea ascended, what emerged was no longer an ordinary Blood Sea Monster, but a Blood Sea Soul Beast. Every new creature was a Blood Sea Soul Beast from the start.
Because of the gap in strength, the Native Blood Sea Soul Beasts suffered terrible losses.
When each Blood Sea Soul Beast died, it dropped a denser cluster of attribute light. It also condensed a Ten-Year Soul Ring, which slowly floated through the Blood Sea.
All these Soul Rings were Ten-Year Soul Rings. They were scattered across the Blood Sea by the hundreds of millions, like stars filling the sky.
Lin Tian felt a pang of heartache. If I could take all these Soul Rings to Douluo Continent and turn them into Soul Spirits, I'd be invincible. How much money would they fetch?
A single Ten-Year Soul Spirit was worth seventy thousand Alliance Coins. There were trillions of them here, and countless more Soul Rings were being born every moment. It would mean an endless supply of resources!
But for now, these precious Soul Rings could only wait in the Blood Sea World until their energy ran out. Then they would dissipate on their own, turning into pure Soul Power and merging into the Blood Sea. It wasn't a waste, exactly, but it still felt like a shame.
Besides Soul Rings, white Soul Bones occasionally fell onto the battlefield.
The chance of a Ten-Year Soul Beast dropping a Soul Bone was one in a million. But the Blood Sea Monsters were so numerous that dense clusters of Ten-Year Soul Bones fell to the bottom of the Blood Sea every moment.
Lin Tian watched, burning with longing. He wished he could rush down and gather up every one of those Soul Bones. Even a Ten-Year Soul Bone was still a Soul Bone.
But he couldn't control his Starfish Martial Soul well enough to descend into the Blood Sea. All he could do was watch helplessly as the Soul Bones gradually disappeared.
Many underwater Soul Beasts now lived at the bottom of the Blood Sea. The Sponge Soul Beasts in this area, for example, were nothing more than the most ordinary organisms clinging to the seabed. But thanks to their ability to divide, they had managed to survive by eating scraps.
Now, these Soul Bones were gifts from heaven. They wriggled over to them, swallowed them into their bodies, and began absorbing them, slowly growing stronger.
And so, every day, Lin Tian watched the battles erupt in the Blood Sea, Soul Rings appear, Soul Bones fall, and the fighting continue.
The Evil Blood Sea Soul Beasts grew fewer and fewer as they fought, while the newly born Blood Sea Soul Beasts grew more numerous.
Lin Tian felt it was a bit of a shame. Although the Blood Sea Soul Beasts were endless, there would still come a time when they had killed them all. These Evil Blood Sea Soul Beasts could not reproduce, and one day the Blood Sea Soul Beasts would wear them down completely. He would have to think of a solution.
After all, these Evil Blood Sea Soul Beasts were part of the Blood Sea's biodiversity. They couldn't go to waste.
Lin Tian estimated he would spend a year in this Blood Sea. Whenever he passively fell unconscious and entered the Blood Sea World, he would be unconscious for a day. If he entered voluntarily, he could leave whenever he wanted, but he couldn't do that now.
Meanwhile, in the outside world, Han Tianyi continued to provide Lin Tian with energy.
Just then, a dense, pure Soul Power suddenly surged out of the Blood Sea Martial Soul on Lin Tian's arm.
"Not good! Soul Power is leaking out!"
Han Tianyi reacted instantly and used his mental power to seal Lin Tian's hand. But the next moment, he realized something was wrong and let go. "No, that's not Soul Power leaking out."
Han Tianyi stared at the pure Soul Power pouring out without end. Shock immediately spread across his face.
"W-what is this?"