Contamination-Contamination Again!
A storm raged within Lin Xia's heart.
He believed his physique was unparalleled, his mental strength far surpassed his peers, and he was also protected by the essence of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings. He thought that absorbing a seven-thousand-year Soul Ring should be within his tolerance.
But the pain we're experiencing right now is beyond reason!
It was as if he wasn't absorbing Soul Ring, but rather a core of destruction from hell!
However, once the absorption of Soul Ring begins, it's like an arrow shot from a bow—there's no turning back.
The consequences of Sheer Force interrupting the attack are, at best, severe damage to the Martial Soul and foundation, and at worst, being devoured by the violent Soul Power and dying from the explosion of the body!
Lin Xia Crunch her teeth until her lips bled, relying solely on an indomitable spirit and a strong will to protect, Sheer Force Protect a sliver of clarity in her mind, frantically circulating her Soul Power in an attempt to guide and refine the raging torrent, while simultaneously mobilizing the Ice-Fire Power within her body to suppress and neutralize the terrifying Nether Poison and Death Energy!
The cries of companions and the anxieties of guardians!
"Dana--!!! Awoo--!!!"
Just as Lin Xia was enduring inhuman pain, Ivysaur, whose soul was closely connected to his and which was absorbing the energy of the Soul Ring in Synchronize with him, also let out an unprecedented, shrill cry filled with pain and panic!
Its massive body trembled violently, Four-Colored Light Wheel on its back flickered wildly, like a candle in the wind!
The icy blue light attempted to freeze the invading deathly chill, the Red light violently Burn the decaying Nether Poison, the purplish-black Rakshasa Divine Mark instinctively resisted the Undead Resentment of the same origin, and the golden-green Life Force desperately repaired the Corrosion body.
However, even these four powerful forces seemed to be struggling under the impact of the strange and powerful composite energy of the Nether Tree Soul Ring!
On the tough scales of the Ivysaur, gray-black decaying lines also appeared, and the edges of its huge leaves began to curl and turn yellow!
Unlike Lin Xia, who could endure the excruciating pain without uttering a sound, its animal instincts made it unable to suppress its painful howls. Its massive body rolled and Tackle on the ground due to the intense pain, making the already chaotic swamp even more chaotic!
"Xiao Xia! Ivysaur!"
This piercing Growl was like a sharp knife, piercing the hearts of Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, who were guarding them from behind!
Qian Renxue's face turned deathly pale, her golden eyes filled with horror and heartache. She instinctively tried to rush forward, but was held down firmly by an even more powerful aura!
"Xue'er! Calm down!"
Bibi Dong's voice was stern and urgent like never before. Her purple eyes were fixed on the writhing Ivysaur in pain and Lin Xia, who was trembling all over with gray-black lines appearing on her skin. Her jade hands were clenched into fists, her nails digging deep into her palms, and she was Sisi unaware of the blood seeping out.
Bibi Dong's mental power was like the most sophisticated radar, completely covering the state of Lin Xia and Ivysaur.
She could clearly "see":
Lin Xia's body was like a brutal battlefield!
Ice and fire, death, Nether Poison, Grudge, Holy Purification... several powerful and violent energies are clashing and annihilating each other in a frenzy!
His meridians circulate in a cycle of cracking, repairing, and cracking again, his vitality constantly being eroded by the Decay Power!
The pain was so intense that just the sensation made her soul tremble!
Ivysaur is in a similarly dire situation, suffering double the pain from the massive energy surge and type conflict!
Its primal power is desperately resisting, but the energy of the Soul Ring is too strange and overwhelming!
"This Soul Ring... contains the most primal 'Nether Poison' of the Nether Tree and the accumulated Grudge of death over countless years... its domineering and eerie nature far surpasses any record!"
Bibi Dong's voice trembled slightly, a tremor she herself was Frisk of, a tremor born of extreme worry and anger.
"Xiao Xia's physique and Ivysaur's power should have been able to suppress it... but this pain... this intensity of the backlash..."
More than anyone else, she wanted to intervene Sheer Force suppress the raging Soul Ring energy with her vast Soul Power.
But...
"External force intervened, the Soul Ring shattered, and the backlash was certain death!"
These words were like cold shackles, tightly binding her movements.
"Mother! Are we just supposed to watch?!"
Qian Renxue's voice was choked with sobs as she watched the blood seeping from Lin Xia's mouth and the Ivysaur writhing in agony, her heart breaking.
Her Angel Spirit resonated intensely, and the power of Holy Purification was almost bursting out of her body, but it was firmly suppressed by Bibi Dong's powerful Soul Power.
"Trust him! Trust Ivysaur!"
Bibi Dong practically roared, her eyes bloodshot, her purplish-black Soul Power fluctuating wildly and uncontrollably, and the phantom of the Death Spider Emperor looming behind her, emanating a terrifying aura that seemed to devour its prey.
She stared intently at the scene, her mental strength pushed to its limit, ready to save Lin Xia's life at any Sheer Force, even if it meant paying a huge price, in the critical moment when the Soul Ring shattered and the backlash occurred!
Time seemed to stretch out infinitely, each second feeling like an eternity.
Lin Xia's body, which was sitting cross-legged, was like a reef in a storm, constantly swaying under the violent energy impact. The gray-black patterns on her body spread and deepened as if they were alive.
Ivysaur's croaking gradually became hoarse, yet it remained full of indomitable will. Although the light of its Four-Colored Light Wheel dimmed, it stubbornly shone brightly, tenaciously guarding its core essence.
In this suffocatingly painful stalemate, deep within Lin Xia's Sea of Consciousness, the core of her will, teetering on the brink of collapse under the onslaught of countless Undead Resentment, seemed to catch, amidst endless pain and darkness, a faint yet pure and tenacious... pulse belonging to a plant?
This pulse didn't originate from the Soul Ring itself, but... from the outside world! From the earth beneath them, from the twisted and mutated swamp plants that tenaciously survived the Poison Miasma around them!
The pulse was weak and persistent, carrying a sense of lament and warning.
"Plant Affinity?!"
Lin Xia's heart skipped a beat!
These are his and Ivysaur's abilities!
Lin Xia endured the dizziness and the pain of her meridians being torn due to the conflict of Soul Power, and sank the last bit of her conscious mind into the depths of her sea of consciousness, trying her best to communicate with the source that resonated with the plant!
"Da... na!"
Ivysaur sensed its master's intention and let out a low growl. The golden-green light representing Life Force in the Four-Colored Light Wheel on its back shone brightly, trying to break free from the suppression of the impure energy within its body and connect its Plant Affinity wave with Lin Xia's!
The Plant Affinity merged at this moment, like two faint probes, cautiously touching the twisted plants struggling to survive in the Death Swamp —the dark green moss exuding a putrid stench, the black and twisted thorny shrubs, the toxic Poison Point plants with roots deeply embedded in the mud...
The Whispers of Plants!
There was no language, only the most primal emotions and fragments of information, like a trickle of water, laboriously flowing into Lin Xia and Ivysaur's consciousness.
Pain... bondage...
Darkness... erosion... disguise...
Holy... fallen... of the same origin... contaminated...
It... is not... it...
Fragments of information, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, were rapidly piecing together in Lin Xia's painfully and rapidly working mind!
A startling, chilling truth suddenly became crystal clear!
"Pollution?! Pollution again?!"