Meanwhile.
Inside the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform.
Su Chen had already killed dozens of Soul Beasts, including Millennium Soul Beasts.
Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin were stuffed to bursting.
"I can't do it anymore, I really can't eat another bite..."
"There's too much. My Soul Spirit is about to burst..."
Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin lay on the grass, clutching their stomachs with satisfied expressions. They had clearly eaten far too much.
Within the Spirit Ascension Platform, killing Soul Beasts granted one-tenth of their age in spirit energy, which could be used to raise the age of one's Soul Rings.
Both of them had only one ring, and their spiritual power was insufficient. Their first Soul Rings could only be raised to four or five hundred years at most.
Mu Xi's first Soul Ring had originally been three hundred years old. It had now reached five hundred and twenty years, basically the limit her body could endure.
Ouyang Zixin was slightly weaker. Her first Soul Ring had only been one hundred and eighty years old, but it had now reached four hundred and twenty-two years, also her limit.
Su Chen, on the other hand, had not taken a single bite.
After all, within the Spirit Ascension Platform, one could stay as long as one was capable of doing so. Su Chen was in no hurry at all.
The longer one remained in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform, the more dangerous it became.
By now, at least half the participants had been eliminated. Su Chen and his group had eliminated nearly enough people, so they could slowly enjoy their own feast.
In the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform area, the strongest creature was that hundred-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
Su Chen might not have been as strong as it was at the moment.
But if Su Chen wanted to kill it, it would still be very easy.
Boom, boom, boom—
Just then, tremors came from the distant ground.
The dull booms drew nearer and nearer. The earth beneath their feet trembled continuously like a war drum being beaten.
"What's going on?"
Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin instantly snapped awake.
Having just pushed their Soul Ring ages to their limits, their bodies and minds were in a sluggish state. This sudden development made their hearts tighten.
Su Chen leaped onto the thickest ancient tree nearby and stared toward the source of the tremors.
At the edge of his vision, dust filled the air.
A swath of orange-red "fire clouds" swept toward them at astonishing speed.
That was not fire, but a running pride of lions.
The bodies of every lion burned with tangible orange-red flames. From afar, they looked like a surging tide of fire.
Wherever they passed, the grass and trees instantly blackened and withered, leaving behind a trail of scorched earth that smoked faintly.
The leading lion was the largest, over four meters long. The thick mane around its head resembled red-hot branding irons as it shook violently with every stride.
"The Flame Demon Lion Pride!"
Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin hurried over. The moment they saw the sight, they became flustered.
The Flame Demon Lion Pride was the most terrifying overlord group in the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.
They always acted in groups. Every adult Flame Demon Lion was comparable to a powerful hundred-year Soul Beast, while their leader was a Millennium Soul Beast. It could easily crush a fully staffed team of three-ring Soul Masters.
If one encountered them, the only way to survive was to immediately activate the SOS Device and leave.
Otherwise, one would be torn to pieces and suffer immense mental agony.
Within the Spirit Ascension Platform, the body would not truly die, but the pain of being torn apart by Soul Beasts was one hundred percent real. Such an experience was enough to leave anyone traumatized.
Yet when Su Chen saw this, there was not the slightest fear in his eyes. Instead, they were filled with fighting spirit.
"Sister Mu Xi, you two hide for now. I happen to need a huge amount of spirit energy to improve my Soul Spirit. This Flame Demon Lion Pride came at just the right time."
All the Soul Beasts earlier had been killed in one strike, leaving him with no thrill of battle at all.
This wave of Flame Demon Lions had arrived at the perfect time. Su Chen also wanted to test how strong he was against a group assault.
"Little Chen, are you sure about this... Isn't it too risky..."
Mu Xi asked worriedly.
They knew Su Chen was strong in a one-on-one fight, and he was also good at ambushes.
But against the Flame Demon Lion Pride, which possessed wide-area attacks, if Su Chen could not kill them instantly, he would surely be killed by them instead.
Su Chen smiled without answering, then charged straight toward the Flame Demon Lion Pride.
The instant Su Chen rushed toward the lions, his body underwent an astonishing transformation. A massive dark-purple dragon phantom flashed behind him before instantly merging perfectly with his body.
Crackle!
Fine dark-purple phantom dragon scales covered every inch of Su Chen's skin as though alive.
The fingers on both of Su Chen's hands suddenly lengthened. His nails turned sharp and curved, covered in the same dark-purple scales, transforming into dragon claws that glinted coldly.
At the same time, Su Chen's body visibly expanded, his muscles becoming more defined and brimming with explosive strength.
A pressure originating from the depths of his bloodline actually caused the charging lions to hesitate.
Martial Soul Possession—Void Chrono Dragon!
At that moment, Su Chen seemed to transform into a humanoid young dragon as he plunged headfirst into that orange-red ocean of flames!
Roar—
The leading Millennium Flame Demon Lion roared and spewed fire.
Su Chen charged straight through the flames and threw a punch at the Millennium lion.
Crack—
The dragon fist struck the lion's face, and the terrifying force directly blew its head apart.
One punch instantly killed a Millennium Soul Beast.
Yet the flames of the Flame Demon Lions landed on Su Chen's body only to be blocked by his dragon scales.
Without Martial Soul Possession, Su Chen's physical defense definitely would not have been so strong.
But under Martial Soul Possession, Su Chen's dragon scales naturally possessed extremely high magical and physical resistance.
The Flame Demon Lions' fire could not harm him in the slightest.
Whoosh—
The leading Millennium Flame Demon Lion exploded, turning into a pale-purple torrent of spirit energy that wrapped itself around Su Chen and continuously flowed into his body.
Roar, roar, roar—
Seeing their leader die violently, the other Flame Demon Lions instantly flew into a rage and lunged at Su Chen again and again.
Bang, bang, bang—
Naturally, Su Chen only grew fiercer as he fought.
With two quick punches, he smashed all dozen or so Flame Demon Lions to pieces.
Su Chen stood amid the corpses as the dark-purple phantom dragon scales slowly receded, and his dragon claws returned to normal hands.
Some blood and soot stained his body, but even his breathing was not the slightest bit disordered.
Clearly, a battle of this level was still far too easy for him.
The next moment.
Every stream of spirit energy, whether yellow or purple, gathered in the air. Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, they surged madly toward Su Chen at the center of the battlefield.
They spun rapidly around Su Chen, forming a massive, visible vortex of spirit energy. The sight was spectacular.
This was the rule of the Spirit Ascension Platform taking effect.
Kill Soul Beasts to gain one-tenth of their years in spirit energy, which could be used to raise the age of Soul Rings.
This time, Su Chen had killed three Millennium Flame Demon Lions. Two were over a thousand years old, while the leading lion had even reached three thousand years and was extremely powerful.
Even if only one-tenth of their years was supplied to Su Chen, it was still terrifying.
This place was relatively deep within the Spirit Ascension Platform, and it was also the territory of the Flame Demon Lions. There were no other Soul Beasts nearby, much less other Soul Masters.
Su Chen absorbed the energy without concern.
A huge amount of spirit energy poured into his body, increasing the age of his Soul Ring.
Four hundred... five hundred...
One thousand years!
Bzzzz—!!!
A strange hum came from within Su Chen's body.
The glow of his yellow first Soul Ring suddenly drew inward, then violently erupted again as it turned deep purple.
At the same time, Su Chen's Soul Spirit directly evolved to the millennium level!
What did that mean?
It meant that although Su Chen currently had only one Soul Ring, his Soul Spirit already possessed the ability to provide three Thousand-Year Soul Rings!
In other words, as long as he had sufficient Soul Power, his first three Soul Rings in the future would all begin at the thousand-year level.
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