Tormented by Lu Chen day and night for over twenty days, the Sun-Facing Flower currently looked somewhat listless.
Weakly and languidly, it spat out three Explosive Seeds toward Lu Chen's direction.
"Explosive Step!"
Lu Chen reacted swiftly, channeling and compressing his Soul Power beneath the soles of his feet. The moment that compressed Soul Power was released,
the ground was trampled with a deep footprint, and Lu Chen directly catapulted forward as a result, dodging the three Explosive Seeds.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The explosions of the three Explosive Seeds did not injure Lu Chen in the slightest.
Through Lu Chen's long and arduous practice, this Self-Created Soul Skill, Explosive Step, could already be applied in actual combat.
Catapulted mid-air, Lu Chen resembled a roc spreading its wings, and utilizing the momentum of descent, he swiftly lunged fiercely toward the Sun-Facing Flower.
Faced with the aggressive Lu Chen, the Sun-Facing Flower instinctively opened the Blazing Sun Shield. The flower disc of the Sun-Facing Flower bloomed with a streak of golden light, forming a layer of golden energy shield that completely wrapped itself inside.
Lu Chen raised his hand and clenched his fist, and strands of Soul Power ran along the meridians to his fist for compression:
"Cannon Fist!"
Just at the moment of approaching the Sun-Facing Flower, Lu Chen punched out fiercely. The Soul Power compressed to the extreme was released along the fist, forming a terrifying energy shockwave.
Boom!
Accompanied by a loud explosion, terrifying energy fluctuations scattered in all directions. That golden energy shield enveloping the Sun-Facing Flower ultimately shattered completely because it could not withstand the power of this punch.
Scattered fragments of the shield rapidly dissolved in the air, disappearing without a trace in an instant.
Lu Chen's imposing Cannon Fist, after shattering the Blazing Sun Shield, slammed onto the flower disc of the Sun-Facing Flower with undiminished power.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
Under Lu Chen's punch, the flower disc of this eight-thousand-year Sun-Facing Flower shattered and completely split apart, and its broken body fell everywhere.
After smashing the Sun-Facing Flower, Lu Chen also smoothly descended to the ground. Looking at his own fist and then at the shattered Sun-Facing Flower, he could not help but reveal a smile:
"Good, Explosive Step is enough to make my speed increase by a fold, and the powerful might of Cannon Fist finally allows me to truly have the strength to fight those high-tier Soul Beasts!"
Meanwhile, the life of the Sun-Facing Flower whose flower disc had been shattered also came to an end, and strands of rich purple energy were released from its broken body.
After undergoing several transformations, that massive purple energy condensed into a deep purple Spirit Ring, and the terrifying energy fluctuation emitted by the Spirit Ring stirred ripples in the air.
This was an Eight-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!
It was almost the most top-tier Millennium Spirit Ring!
And Lu Chen was going to use this Eight-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring today as the Third Spirit Ring for his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
Looking at this purple Spirit Ring, Lu Chen dug a hole on the spot, moved a stone along the way, drilled into this hole, and then used the stone to block the entrance of the hole.
Although somewhat wretched, it excelled in safety.
Lu Chen sat cross-legged underground, closed his eyes, ran the Meditation Method, communicated with the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and began to absorb this Eight-Thousand-Year Sun-Facing Flower Spirit Ring.
In a flash, that purple Spirit Ring drifted over, nested onto his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and subsequently shrank and merged into it.
A massive Soul Power that was extremely masculine and scorching, yet filled with a vital breath, instantly swept through his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
Nourished by that vital breath, his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul began to tremble violently, thriving and growing at a rate visible to the naked eye, starting the third round of evolution.
Every absorption of a Spirit Ring was a minor evolution for a Martial Soul.
Naturally, different Spirit Rings would also lead to different directions of evolution.
If one wanted to make the Martial Soul undergo correct evolution, the Spirit Ring to be absorbed naturally had to be meticulously selected.
Lu Chen's Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass. Very unfortunately, it was impossible for him to find nine Blue Silver Grass Spirit Beasts with completely suitable ages, hunt them, and absorb their Spirit Rings.
For this reason, he could only settle for second best!
The Soul Beasts he hunted each time were plant-type Soul Beasts full of vitality.
Absorbing the Spirit Rings of these plant-type Soul Beasts could not let the Blue Silver Grass evolve into the Orthodox Blue Silver Emperor, but it could let the Blue Silver Grass evolve into the Variant Blue Silver Emperor.
It was hard to say whether one was superior to the other between the two!
The Orthodox Blue Silver Emperor excelled in being sufficiently pure.
The Variant Blue Silver Emperor excelled in encompassing all things.
Integrating the characteristics of the nine plant-type Soul Beasts in one, the Variant Blue Silver Emperor might not necessarily fail to surpass the Orthodox Blue Silver Emperor.
Returning to the present moment, the process of Lu Chen absorbing this Eight-Thousand-Year Sun-Facing Flower Spirit Ring could still be considered relatively smooth.
A majestic Soul Power lay dormant in his body. Under the suppression of that Soul Power of his own, the Eight-Thousand-Year Sun-Facing Flower Spirit Ring did not stir up any storms and was completely suppressed.
Taking about an hour or so in total, Lu Chen completely finished absorbing the third Spirit Ring of the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
He opened a pair of gloomy and profound pupils, raised his head, and pushed up with his hand to shove away the giant rock above his head, and he breathed in a breath of fresh air.
Subsequently, Lu Chen jumped out of the hole, spread his arms, and took a deep breath.
Right now, he felt his own state better than ever before!
A moment later, Lu Chen sensed his own Soul Power, and as he expected, his Soul Power surged to Level 40.
Moreover, in his view, mere Level 40 Soul Power was definitely not his limit!
He had transmigrated to the Douro Continent for a full nine years, and relying on the Gold Finger of getting stronger by breathing, his Soul Power was constantly rising at every moment.
Especially three years ago, when he learned the Meditation Method and found that it could increase his cultivation speed by two times, his diligence in cultivation was second to none in the entire Nuoding Academy.
Now accumulating much and releasing thin, it was finally time for him to reap his harvest!
Lu Chen suddenly smiled coldly:
"I remember when I left Nuoding Academy, the look Tang San gave me was just like looking at a dead man."
"He probably thought that I would definitely die in the process of hunting Soul Beasts alone."
"Yet who could have thought that not only did I not die, but I am living completely well, and in just a few short months, I have successfully absorbed three Spirit Rings and become a Soul Elder."
"Hehe, Tang San, just you wait. The day I return, I will let you know what is called wishing you were dead."
As his voice fell, Lu Chen summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul again and began to observe what changes had taken place in his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
Apart from becoming taller and thicker, his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul actually emitted a layer of soft golden halo on the surface of the Martial Soul.
This greatly astonished Lu Chen!
The feeling given by his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had become increasingly affable and increasingly sacred.
Meanwhile, after he summoned his Martial Soul, three circles of purple Spirit Rings rose beneath his feet-purple, purple, purple. Such a terrifying Spirit Ring configuration was something only Lu Chen could achieve in the current continent.
Lu Chen sensed the skill of that third Spirit Ring:
"Not bad. Blue Silver Shelter: each time the skill is cast, it can condense a layer of golden shield, and the defense is directly proportional to his own Soul Power."
"The stronger his own Soul Power is, the stronger the defense of Blue Silver Shelter will be. For those whose Soul Power is lower than his, it is almost impossible to break the defense; for those whose Soul Power is close to his, they must use a full-strength strike to have a chance to break the defense; for those whose Soul Power is higher than his, even if they can break the defense, a single shield can still offset one attack."