Devouring Wolf Raiders! Soul Power Soars!

The Black Hole continued to expand.

Four meters, five meters, six meters...

Its violent suction tore through the air.

Chunks of rock and clouds of dust were swept up, spinning at high speed around the vortex's edge.

"Awoo—!"

The Wolf Raider at the very front finally could not hold on any longer. Its claws were forcibly torn from the rock.

Then its entire body was dragged, spinning, into the Black Hole.

The instant it was sucked in, its miserable cry abruptly vanished.

Then came the second one, the third...

More and more followed!

The Wolf Raiders that had just leaped down from the mountainside were caught by the suction before their limbs could even touch the ground.

Though they struggled desperately, they were ultimately dragged into the vortex.

"My god! What the hell is that thing?!"

A Soul Ancestor guard, who had been locked in combat, kicked the Wolf Raider before him away.

When he turned around and saw the ever-expanding black vortex,

he stood there, dumbstruck.

He was a Level 43 Soul Ancestor and considered himself well-traveled and knowledgeable.

Yet he had never even heard of a method capable of creating a Black Hole out of thin air and devouring enemies in batches!

"How old is that kid? A Great Soul Master in his twenties? You've got to be kidding!"

Another guard slashed down a pouncing Wolf Raider while drawing a sharp breath.

"Even a Soul Emperor might not be capable of something like this!"

"Stop staring! While those beasts are pinned down, kill them!"

The six Soul Ancestor guards came to their senses and summoned their Martial Souls.

They launched a fierce assault against the Wolf Raiders restrained by the Black Hole's suction and slowed to a crawl.

Having lost their advantage in mobility, the Wolf Raiders were nothing but living targets before the Soul Ancestors.

For a time, miserable howls rose one after another.

On the distant mountainside, Li Feng was locked in a fierce battle with the Wolf King, whose fur was dark silver.

His Soul Power surged at full force, and all six Soul Rings blazed brightly.

Every punch struck solidly, each blow carrying the terrifying force of a landslide.

The Wolf King was fast, but before a power-type Soul Emperor like Li Feng, it could not gain any advantage at all.

As the two exchanged blows, Li Feng caught sight of the battle at the bottom of the valley from the corner of his eye.

When he saw the black vortex constantly devouring Wolf Raiders, his movements actually paused for a beat.

"This kid..."

Li Feng's gaze abruptly sharpened.

He had lived for over forty years and traveled far and wide. What kind of genius had he not seen?

But someone like Lin Ye...

With strength only in the twenties, he could unleash a method that even made Soul Emperors take notice.

"This is no Great Soul Master. He's clearly a monster that hasn't fully grown yet."

A hint of approval appeared on Li Feng's face.

"With such talent, given time, the entire Douluo Continent may tremble because of him."

With that thought, he put thirty percent more force into his punches, determined to end the fight quickly.

Yet Lin Ye, at the bottom of the valley, was not as relaxed as everyone imagined.

Though the Black Hole's suction was tyrannical, the cost of sustaining it was equally terrifying.

Less than ten percent of his Soul Power remained.

Veins bulged across Lin Ye's forehead. His arms trembled uncontrollably, and the black light in his palms began to flicker.

"Almost enough."

Gritting his teeth, Lin Ye quickly withdrew Devour.

The Black Hole immediately collapsed, and its violent suction came to an abrupt halt.

The battlefield suddenly fell silent.

The ground was strewn with severed Wolf Raider limbs and dark green blood.

By rough count, at least twenty Wolf Raiders had been directly devoured by the Black Hole.

Adding those Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing had killed by hand earlier, along with the guards' opportunistic slaughter, more than forty Wolf Raiders had already been wiped out—over half their number.

But Lin Ye had no time to catch his breath.

An incomparably violent current of heat suddenly surged through his body.

It exploded within him in an instant, rapidly spreading through his meridians and into every limb and bone.

"Buzz!"

A violent ringing suddenly erupted in Lin Ye's mind.

His body bent over involuntarily. He braced both hands on his knees as cold sweat poured down his forehead.

So hot.

It felt as though his body had been thrown into a furnace and forged from the inside out.

"Lin Ye!"

Zhu Zhuqing's expression changed drastically when she saw something was wrong. Instinctively, she was about to rush over.

"Big Cat, don't come closer!"

Lin Ye abruptly raised his head. Dangerous light churned within his crimson eyes.

"Get back!"

Zhu Zhuqing came to a dead stop.

She watched black, sinister energy continuously pour from Lin Ye's body. Purple lightning crackled wildly around him, and even the stones on the ground were blasted into the air by the shockwaves.

That aura was still rising.

Growing stronger.

Growing fiercer!

"Aah—!!"

Lin Ye threw his head back and roared.

Boom!!!

A visible black shockwave exploded from his body and spread violently in every direction.

The ground within ten meters cracked apart, and shards of stone shot through the air.

Purple lightning and howling winds were mixed into that black shockwave.

The shockwave came quickly and dispersed just as fast.

A few seconds later, everything returned to calm.

Lin Ye slowly straightened up.

His breathing was still heavy, but the crimson in his eyes had faded, restoring their usual calm.

"Lin Ye! Are you all right?"

Zhu Zhuqing could no longer care about his warning not to approach. She rushed before him in a few quick steps, her catlike eyes scanning him from head to toe.

Her eyes were filled with worry.

Her hand even reached out unconsciously and grabbed Lin Ye's sleeve.

Lin Ye lowered his head and glanced at her slender fingers clutching his cuff.

"Oh? Big Cat, so you care about me that much?"

The corner of his mouth tilted up, and that punchable expression returned to his face.

Zhu Zhuqing's expression immediately changed.

She abruptly turned around, the tips of her ears quietly flushing red again.

"Big jerk, stop being so narcissistic!"

Zhu Zhuqing snorted coldly, her voice returning to its usual icy tone.

"I was only worried that if you died, wouldn't I be unable to repay what I owe you?"

"That would be terrible. I, Zhu Zhuqing, don't want to owe someone for the rest of my life."

"Oh, so you were afraid of owing me a favor."

Lin Ye nodded, looking as though he had suddenly understood.

"I thought you genuinely cared about me."

"You!"

Zhu Zhuqing's back stiffened, but she never turned around.

Moonlight fell over the faintly reddened tips of her ears.

Lin Ye smiled but did not expose her.

He then turned his attention to the changes inside his body.

However,

the next second, Lin Ye was completely stunned!

What?

His Soul Power had actually surged.

The Soul Power that had originally been reduced to less than ten percent had not only fully recovered, but its total amount had expanded dramatically!

Level 26.

Level 27.

Level 28!

A full three levels!

His Soul Power had directly risen from Level 25 to Level 28!

"Three levels? After devouring the blood and vitality of so many Wolf Raiders, my Soul Power actually rose by three levels?"

Lin Ye's heart suddenly skipped two beats.

But what shocked him even more came afterward.

He instinctively sensed his two Soul Rings.

Then he was stunned speechless once again.

Lin Ye's First Spirit Ring,

which had originally been a seven-hundred-year yellow Soul Ring,

was now changing!

Its yellow glow gradually deepened, while faint purple halos began to emerge along its edges.

Until it turned completely purple!

Millennium Tier!

His First Spirit Ring had actually become Millennium Tier!

Holy shit.