If the Blue Silver King could break through to the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast level, perhaps he could even obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
A hundred-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring—the mere thought of such a thing was enough to make one's heart race.
After assessing the combat power at his side, Qian Yu felt it was worth a try.
Even if it were a pseudo-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, it would still be a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
"Inform the two seniors to kite him during the battle, eventually forcing this Blue Silver King to rely on the sacrifices of his clansmen to temporarily reach the hundred-thousand-year threshold."
In the end, Qian Yu decided to take the risk.
Had his journey not been a series of risks from the very moment he set foot on this path?
Since there was an opportunity to try, why not gamble?
Of course, he could not be certain whether this would actually succeed.
After all, he could not guarantee that if the Blue Silver King reached the hundred-thousand-year threshold by relying on the sacrifices of his clansmen—a temporary state—the Soul Ring would truly be a hundred-thousand-year one after he was killed.
However, if the gamble paid off, the harvest would be astonishing.
One must know that a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring not only provides two soul skills but also comes with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
For them, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone could rapidly elevate their strength.
With such massive potential gains, a gamble was only natural.
Immediately, Xie Yue relayed Qian Yu's thoughts to the two Title Douluo, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, via mental transmission.
"Can such a thing actually succeed?"
Xie Yue was filled with anticipation.
At the same time, he prepared himself for battle.
If this Blue Silver King could truly reach the hundred-thousand-year threshold, his combat power would naturally increase exponentially.
When that time came, they would have to intervene.
Sensing the Blue Silver King's power and age increasing, and having received Xie Yue's mental transmission, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo immediately understood Qian Yu's intent.
Consequently, they altered their fighting style.
Instead of recklessly destroying the Blue Silver King's main body, they began to suppress him with mental power and various other forces, occasionally using the shockwaves of their battle to slaughter the thousand-year and ten-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass.
In this way, they forced the Blue Silver King to elevate his strength.
He, too, understood what these people were aiming for.
But given the current situation and predicament, he had no choice.
He could only continue to frantically accept the sacrifices of his clansmen to boost his strength.
Meanwhile, the Blue Silver King harbored his own secret thoughts.
Now that the Empress had returned, there were some burdens he no longer needed to shoulder.
Perhaps he could take this opportunity to raise his own strength to the hundred-thousand-year level.
After all, such opportunities were rare.
Once he became a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, the Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulation would only descend after a thousand years.
If he could not survive the Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulation when the time came, could he imitate the path of the Empress and transform into a human?
Perhaps he might have the same good fortune as the Empress?
Now that the Empress had a man she loved, continuing to guard her clearly meant he would never win her heart.
In the current situation, this might be a very good choice.
Once selfishness took root in his heart, it spread like wild grass, impossible to suppress.
Thus, the Blue Silver King began to cooperate with the two human soul masters, feigning a near-death state to trick his clansmen into continuously sacrificing their power to him.
While elevating his own foundation, the Blue Silver King began to contemplate his future path.
The power of these two human soul masters was indeed formidable, but the Blue Silver King firmly believed that once his age reached one hundred thousand years, escaping would be quite easy.
As the two sides continued to clash and the clansmen continued to sacrifice themselves, the Blue Silver King's power and age steadily climbed.
Ninety thousand years, ninety-one thousand years, ninety-two thousand years... ninety-five thousand years, ninety-eight thousand years, ninety-nine thousand years...
In the blink of an eye, the Blue Silver King's age reached ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years.
Yet, he could not advance any further.
"Is this because there is another Blue Silver Emperor still existing on the continent?"
Seeing this, Qian Yu could not help but sigh.
Logically speaking, Tang San was no longer on the Douluo Continent, and the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin had already transformed into a human; she should no longer be classified as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Yet, that was the current situation.
It was deeply baffling.
It was not just Qian Yu; even the Blue Silver King himself could not accept this fact.
Had he not harbored this thought from the beginning, he might not have developed such an obsession.
But at this moment, he was only a hair's breadth away from becoming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Yet, unable to take that final step, such a result was undoubtedly unacceptable.
Moreover, if he could not become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, he would certainly be no match for the human soul masters before him.
From the moment they set the mountain ablaze to forcing him to accept the sacrifices of his kin to increase his Soul Ring age, their stance had been clear: they were coming for him.
No, I must become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Since you are unwilling to sacrifice more power to me, then I shall seize it myself!
Immediately, the Blue Silver King began to actively strip his kin of their soul power.
For the sake of strength, and also for the sake of survival.
Only in this way could he endure.
Ultimately, it was because the Emperor had yet to appear to protect them.
Following this, the roots of the Blue Silver King spread wildly, expanding in all directions, frantically devouring the power of his kin to enhance his own strength.
Yet that final step remained like a chasm, impossible to cross.
The Blue Silver King attributed this to insufficient power.
Thus, he began even further devouring and deprivation.
In the process, the Blue Silver King himself began to change quietly.
A touch of darkness and corruption appeared within his originally pure life aura.
Has a mutation occurred?
Seeing the Blue Silver King, whose appearance had begun to change, Qian Yu knew that things had escalated.
Although everything was still within expectations, what followed might be very troublesome.
"Qian Renxue, are you ready?"
Qian Yu immediately communicated with Qian Renxue, who was immersed in her second martial soul.
The reason he was confident in absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his fourth Soul Ring was not only because of his formidable physique and full set of God-Level Soul Bone, but also because of Qian Renxue's divine soul.
Having once been a deity, Qian Renxue's spiritual power had completely transformed into divine consciousness.
Furthermore, because she had sacrificed herself voluntarily, she was not in a state of a remnant soul, but a complete divine soul.
"Rest assured!"
Qian Renxue replied with only two words, yet they gave Qian Yu a great sense of security.
At the same time, the Blue Silver King had already crossed that final bottleneck.
He had mutated, broken his shackles, and evolved into a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor.
Or rather, a hundred-thousand-year Dark Blue Silver Emperor, though not yet completely fallen.
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