He Was Waking Up!

Time seemed to stretch out.

Every second was excruciating.

Lin Xia's roars gradually turned into intermittent, hoarse sounds like a broken bellows, and the trembling of his body lessened, but that was not an improvement; it was more like weakness after his strength had been severely depleted.

Beneath his dark purple skin, tiny capillaries began to rupture, leaving a small, damp, dark red stain on the rocky ground beneath him.

Just when everyone thought he was about to give up--

Buzz!

An aura far more solid and violent than before suddenly erupted from the center of the churning golden mist! The thick golden mist enveloping Lin Xia abruptly contracted and collapsed inward!

A blurry, enormous, ring-shaped phantom began to laboriously coalesce and take shape beneath him!

The edge of that phantom was no longer a deep black, but... a chilling, almost ethereal... dark red!

One hundred thousand years!

The color of that phantom clearly pointed to the threshold of the 100,000-year level!

Time passed by, minute by minute. In the blink of an eye, half an hour had gone by.

Lin Xia's forehead was covered with a fine layer of sweat, and to everyone's surprise, these sweat beads were also golden.

Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring is something only Soul Douluo- level expert can withstand when advancing to the Titled Douluo.

Lin Xia, however, is currently only advancing from Soul Emperor to Spirit Saint.

Just as Lin Xia was about to reach her limit, Bo Saixi couldn't help but want to make a move.

If this continues, Lin Xia will die!

However, when Bo Saixi couldn't help but raise his hand for the fourth time, preparing to stop the test of the God-given Soul Ring...

In an instant, the blood that had overflowed from Lin Xia's body erupted in a spray.

It crashed?

Bo Saixi was horrified.

However, her outstretched hand remained suspended in mid-air.

Because the spurting blood instantly stained the golden halo that was constantly impacting Lin Xia's body, and the next moment, it had turned completely red.

It transformed into a huge crimson halo that appeared around Lin Xia.

At this moment, Lin Xia's last conscious thought was that her body had shattered and turned into dust, drifting in the air.

But it was this feeling of being broken that brought him unprecedented pleasure.

The next moment, all he could feel was a sea of red.

It seemed as if I was completely immersed in a blood-red world.

Bo Saixi withdrew her right hand with difficulty, her heart pounding uncontrollably.

Turning around, she looked at the Sea God Temple towering atop the sacred mountain and murmured to herself in a peculiar voice:

He succeeded.

Seeing Lin Xia succeed, Bo Saixi breathed a sigh of relief and then quietly left.

No one disturbed Lin Xia, Lin Xia simply sat there cross-legged without moving.

It's as if it has turned into an ancient fossil.

At this moment, his entire body was soaked in blood.

He looked like a blood-red statue.

Lin Xia sat there for a full one hundred days. For a whole month, he remained completely still.

The bright red blood on his body turned purplish-black and formed a hard scab on the skin.

If it weren't for being able to feel his faint but steady heartbeat, and the words that Poseidon Douluo said before leaving.

Most people would probably think that Lin Xia had become a statue forever at this moment.

Lin Xia, covered in scabs, became a silent "reef" on the Ring Sea.

As the sun rises and sets, the golden-blue mist of the Sea God's Light still flows over the steps, and the sounds of companions climbing, cultivating, and panting become the only background noise in this space.

But everyone's gaze would inevitably drift toward the blood-red figure on the twentieth step.

Hu Liena sat cross-legged on the lower steps, her purple eyes filled with deep worry.

She could sense the faint yet exceptionally tenacious life force within Lin Xia, like a candle flame flickering in a storm, seemingly about to go out at any moment, yet burning stubbornly.

"It's been one hundred days..."

She murmured to herself, her fingertips unconsciously twisting the hem of her dress.

"Senior Bo Saixi said he succeeded."

Xie Yue's voice came from the side, carrying his usual calmness, but the veins on the back of his hand holding the Moon Blade were slightly bulging, revealing his inner turmoil.

"All we can do is trust him and protect this place."

Yan stretched his shoulders, his gaze sweeping over the purplish-black hard shell on Lin Xia's body, and grinned.

"Lin Xia, you always make such a fuss. The time 53,000 years ago, I thought he was about to burst, but nothing happened. This time it's even worse, he turned into a stone statue."

Although his words were rough, his eyes were fixed on her intently.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling stood even closer together.

The Nine Heart Begonia in Ye Lingling's palm always emitted a soft white light. Although it could not Infiltrator the Sea God's Light field to directly affect Lin Xia, its pure life force seemed to soothe people's hearts.

Dugu Yan said softly:

"Lingling, don't push yourself too hard."

She could sense Ye Lingling's Soul Power being continuously depleted.

"Um."

Ye Lingling simply responded softly, her cool gaze never leaving Lin Xia for a moment.

She is there for us in her own way.

Time seemed to drag on endlessly during the wait. On the 101st day, the scabs on Lin Xia's body appeared thicker and darker in color, almost blending into the rock of the 20th step.

The sea breeze brings a salty, fishy smell, and also a subtle, almost imperceptible change.

Buzz...

A faint yet crystal-clear buzzing sound, like the restarting of the heartbeat of a sleeping beast, suddenly emanated from Lin Xia.

The five people sitting nearby instantly stiffened, all their eyes focusing like searchlights!

Click... snap...

An extremely faint cracking sound was heard.

A purplish-black scab covered Lin Xia's left elbow joint, with a hair-thin crack on its surface.

Immediately following, as if triggering a chain reaction, fine cracking sounds, like popping beans, spread rapidly throughout Lin Xia's entire body!

The scab that had covered him for a hundred days, like a thick suit of armor, began to crack inch by inch!

Dark purple fragments fell in a flurry, revealing the newly formed skin beneath.

It wasn't a normal skin tone, but rather it shimmered with a faint, warm, jade-like luster, as if the finest jade had been washed by seawater for millions of years, exuding an indescribable resilience and vitality.

As the scabs peeled off, a powerful aura, dormant for a hundred days and like a volcano awakening, began to slowly rise from his body.

This aura wasn't domineering, but it was exceptionally thick and solid, carrying a sense of refinement after undergoing extreme tempering.

It spread out silently, even causing subtle ripples in the surrounding golden-blue Sea God's Light.

"He's about to wake up!"

Hu Liena's voice trembled with a hint of surprise.

Xie Yue gripped the Moon Blade tightly, his eyes sharp as an eagle's. Yan subconsciously held his breath.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling also stood up, staring intently at the figure that was "molting".

The scabs are peeling off faster and faster.

As the last, larger fragment fell from Lin Xia's forehead, revealing the long-dormant golden trident mark that now faintly shimmered with light—

Lin Xia, who had kept her eyes closed for a hundred days, suddenly opened them!

Buzz--!