Second Awakening, Third Soul Ring, Blue Silver Overlord Spear!

After half a month of travel, Jiang Yu followed the call's guidance and arrived deep within a forest.

Thick fog filled the area, and the light grew dim.

As Jiang Yu cautiously passed through the fog-shrouded forest, the view before him suddenly opened up.

It was a vast clearing in the woods, with gentle sunlight filtering down through gaps in the leaves.

At the very center of the clearing stood a Blue Silver Grass, quietly rooted there.

This Blue Silver Grass was enormous. Its vines were as thick as ancient thousand-year-old trees, and every leaf was wider than a palm-leaf fan. Its entire body radiated a visible blue glow, continuously emanating a vast and majestic aura of life.

Jiang Yu could sense that the call was coming from this Blue Silver Grass.

"Were you the one calling me?"

Jiang Yu looked at the Blue Silver Grass before him and asked warily.

The instant his words fell, the enormous Blue Silver Grass blazed with light. Countless motes of light drifted from its leaves and gathered into the phantom of an elderly man with white hair and beard and a kindly face.

The old man's gaze locked firmly onto Jiang Yu, his eyes filled with excitement.

"Your Majesty! You've finally come!"

The old man looked at Jiang Yu and spoke excitedly.

"Your Majesty? Are you talking about me?"

Jiang Yu asked in confusion.

"That's right. You are the new Emperor of our Blue Silver Grass clan!"

The old man looked at Jiang Yu and declared with absolute certainty.

Hearing this, Jiang Yu immediately fell into thought.

Emperor... the Emperor of Blue Silver Grass?... Blue Silver Emperor!?

A thought flashed through Jiang Yu's mind, instantly linking everything together.

There had only ever been one Emperor of Blue Silver Grass throughout history: the previous Blue Silver Emperor, Tang San's mother.

However, the Blue Silver Emperor's original body that Tang San's mother had left behind after her sacrifice had already been eaten by him.

All the bloodline essence and life origin contained within the previous Blue Silver Emperor had been completely devoured by his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, becoming a part of him.

Logically speaking, it made perfect sense that he had inherited everything from the Blue Silver Emperor and become the new Blue Silver Emperor!

Having figured this out, Jiang Yu felt somewhat complicated.

"Why did you seek me out?"

Suppressing his thoughts, Jiang Yu looked at the old man's phantom and could not help asking.

"Your Majesty, I am the Blue Silver King. I have guarded this place for tens of thousands of years, all for the sake of awaiting your return."

"I am here to help you truly awaken the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline!"

The old man spoke with utmost respect.

Immediately afterward, the old man's phantom transformed into motes of light that filled the sky. Like a shower of blue meteors, they all merged into the enormous Blue Silver Grass below.

The next moment, the entire forest came alive!

"Buzz—"

Centered around the enormous Blue Silver King, an invisible wave of life spread outward.

Countless Blue Silver Grass plants burst from the ground and grew wildly. Within just a few breaths, the clearing had transformed into a sea of blue.

Their vines gathered toward Jiang Yu at the center like living tentacles, gently wrapping around him layer by layer until they finally formed a massive blue cocoon of light.

At first, Jiang Yu remained somewhat wary.

But after sensing that this energy held no hostility, Jiang Yu relaxed.

Then, a vast life energy as boundless as the sea surged from every stalk of Blue Silver Grass in the forest. It flowed along the vines wrapped around the cocoon, rushing wildly into Jiang Yu's body at its center!

This was an incomparably pure energy of life origin!

Under the effects of this life energy, Jiang Yu's body underwent earth-shaking changes.

The Blue Silver Emperor bloodline within Jiang Yu's body began to formally awaken.

The entire process lasted several hours.

"Crack..."

With a crisp sound, a fissure appeared on the surface of the light cocoon.

The crack rapidly widened, and at last, the entire cocoon shattered into countless motes of light that dissipated into the air.

Jiang Yu, at the center of the cocoon, reappeared.

His black hair had completely transformed into a deep sapphire blue, with countless halos flowing between the blue strands.

As for Jiang Yu's appearance, he had already been handsome enough, so there were no earth-shaking changes. However, his temperament had gained an innate air of nobility and affinity.

But what excited Jiang Yu the most was the change in his martial soul!

Golden patterns flickered across his Blue Silver Grass.

It could be said that after the second awakening, Jiang Yu's martial soul had completely transformed into the Blue Silver Emperor.

At the same time, the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul had gained a third soul ring!

A black soul ring! A ten-thousand-year soul ring!

What excited Jiang Yu even more was that he could clearly sense that this ten-thousand-year soul ring was not fixed.

As Jiang Yu's own strength increased, the soul ring would continue to grow, and its age would increase along with it!

Becoming a hundred-thousand-year soul ring was not impossible.

As for the soul skill... it was the Blue Silver Overlord Spear!

"Third Soul Skill! Blue Silver Overlord Spear!"

With a thought from Jiang Yu, the black soul ring trembled.

Countless Blue Silver Grass blades condensed out of thin air, instantly forming a spear that was azure from end to end, its tip glinting with cold light.

Jiang Yu gripped the spear and began to wield it.

Jiang Yu discovered that the spear fit his hand perfectly. It could be used for close-quarters combat, or infused with soul power and thrown from afar to unleash a devastating strike!

It could be said that this was a soul skill with terrifying offensive power!

However, Jiang Yu's excitement was not over yet.

After the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline within his body had fully awakened, a brand-new ability naturally surfaced in his mind.

Blue Silver Domain!

With Jiang Yu at its center, all Blue Silver Grass within the domain would revere him as their emperor, becoming his eyes, ears, and weapons, greatly enhancing his combat strength!

At the same time, the domain could block all negative effects and weaken an enemy's strength!

It could be said that Jiang Yu's strength had undergone an earth-shaking transformation!

Just as Jiang Yu was reveling in his explosive increase in strength, far away in the Hunting Soul Forest, Tang San looked excitedly at the second yellow soul ring glowing around him.

"Teacher, my second soul skill is parasitism!..."

"It can implant Blue Silver Grass seeds inside an enemy's body, where they grow by absorbing the opponent's soul power. It also comes with a paralysis effect!"

Tang San immediately told Yu Xiaogang, who stood beside him, about the effects of his new soul skill.

"Good! Very good!" A satisfied smile appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face.

"Your second soul skill has extremely strong control capabilities and can work perfectly with your first soul skill, Entanglement!"

"Little San, do you see now? My theory of martial soul core competitiveness is absolutely correct! As long as you cultivate according to my theory, even if your Blue Silver Grass is a useless martial soul, it can definitely grow stronger!!"

Yu Xiaogang said proudly.

"Mm! Teacher's theory is the strongest!"

Tang San hurriedly nodded as well, his eyes filled with admiration for Yu Xiaogang.

By now, he had completely accepted Yu Xiaogang's words.

But at that moment, Tang San suddenly felt an inexplicable chill run down his back. It was as though an invisible hand had gripped his heart, and an indescribable sense of emptiness welled up within him.

Tang San felt as if he had lost something incomparably important.

"What's wrong, Little San?" Yu Xiaogang noticed his strange expression.

"It's nothing, Teacher." Tang San shook his head and suppressed that strange feeling.

"Mm, after you cultivate for a few more years, I'll introduce you to an academy," Yu Xiaogang told Tang San.

"The academy Teacher is introducing must be very powerful, right?" Tang San could not help asking.

A trace of pride appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face as he continued boasting. "Naturally. Shrek Academy is an academy that only accepts monsters!"