Cooperation?

"Deputy Tower Master, take a look at this!" The staff member handed the tablet in his hands to the middle-aged man.

"So flustered! Stay calm when you work!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man took the tablet and casually glanced over it.

The next second, he stood up, surprise flashing in his eyes.

He looked at the staff member and asked, "Why has so much spiritual power been lost?"

Only then did the staff member organize the information and report, "For some reason, Soul Beasts within the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform are dying at an extremely rapid rate! After checking, I found that the Soul Beasts have started fighting each other!"

"Let's go take a look!" The middle-aged man hurried toward the control room corresponding to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.

Inside the room, the screen displayed the amount of spiritual power lost this time.

"How is this possible? It's being consumed far too quickly!" The middle-aged man was jolted awake, his heart aching as he looked at the spiritual power already consumed.

The spiritual power lost over these past few hours had already exceeded the losses from an entire previous rampage period.

If this continued, the entire Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform would collapse.

"No, we need to forcefully shut down the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform!" the middle-aged man said.

A staff member beside him said, "But the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform and the advanced Spirit Ascension Platform will be shut down as well...!"

"Then what are we supposed to do now?" The middle-aged man was out of options too.

Either they let it keep consuming power until all the stored spiritual power was exhausted.

Or they directly cut off the Spirit Ascension Platform's connection to the outside world, but what would they do after the Rampaging Spirit Ascension Platform incident?

They would have to pay a great deal in breach-of-contract penalties.

Either option would come at a terrible cost.

"Find the Tower Master," the middle-aged man said helplessly.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was still continuously absorbing spiritual power.

"Too much, too much!"

The surrounding spiritual power was nearly condensing into liquid. The white mist formed by the spiritual power blocked Su Yu's vision, preventing him from seeing what was happening outside.

Su Yu sensed Xiao You within his body and discovered that Xiao You's life force was increasing at an astonishing speed.

In Pokémon terms, Xiao You was continuously leveling up.

Faintly, white light could also be seen flickering from Su Yu's right hand and back.

Su Yu was slightly surprised. "Is this evolution?"

He did not know whether the white light was the result of absorbing too much spiritual power, or if it truly was a Pokémon's Evolutionary Light.

Within the Sandstorm, beyond the white mist.

Those Soul Beasts were still endlessly slaughtering one another. Spiritual power continuously flew into the sky, merging into the white clouds.

Figures appeared from behind the surrounding rocks, their eyes fixed firmly on the spiritual-power clouds in the sky.

There were roughly seventy or eighty of them.

"Is all that spiritual power?" someone asked, lips trembling.

"I... I think so!"

The moment they saw those spiritual-power clouds, greed appeared in their eyes.

Among them were the refined man from before and Miaomiao.

At this moment, the refined man stood and said:

"Everyone, the opportunity to strengthen our Spirit Souls is right before us. We only need to wait for these Soul Beasts to finish killing each other, then we can simply reap the rewards!"

"Good!" someone echoed, while the people around them nodded in agreement with Brother Li's idea.

Yet Brother Li was still uneasy, so he continued:

"There is so much spiritual power that nobody needs to rush. If you absorb too much, your body might not be able to bear it, and the losses would outweigh the gains!"

"Enough, enough. We all know that already. There's no need to stress it!"

The speaker was a burly man over two meters tall, with a gaze that sent chills down one's spine.

Under that stare, Brother Li felt his scalp prickle.

Who is this person? He's so strong!

At this moment, someone in the crowd recognized the burly man and quietly said, "He seems to be Wang Teng, near the bottom of the Mainland Chronicles Rankings!"

That person spoke softly, but everyone nearby heard him.

In an instant, the expressions of everyone looking at the burly man changed.

This was the Mainland Chronicles Rankings. Even if he was merely near the bottom, it was enough to prove that he was exceptionally powerful.

The burly man greatly enjoyed the attention around him. That feeling fascinated him.

Brother Li's expression also changed as he looked at the burly man.

However, Miaomiao beside him looked utterly confused. She asked Brother Li, "What are the Mainland Chronicles Rankings? Is he strong?"

"You don't know the Mainland Chronicles Rankings?" Brother Li asked in surprise.

"I don't! I don't pay attention to that kind of thing!" Miaomiao said weakly.

Seeing this, Brother Li explained, "The Mainland Chronicles Rankings include those over twenty years old with the strongest overall talent and strength!"

"It sounds so impressive!"

"I know the name Wang Teng. His full title seems to be Dragon Armor Wang Teng."

"He became a Soul Sage at twenty. His Martial Soul seems to be a suit of Dragon Armor! That makes him disdainful of other challengers."

"That's why he disdains wearing Battle Armor. If he wore Battle Armor, his ranking would rise even further!"

"A twenty-year-old Soul Sage, that strong? Then doesn't that mean he has a one hundred percent chance of becoming a Titled Douluo someday?" Miaomiao's eyes shone. She loved admiring the strong.

Time passed bit by bit. The spiritual-power clouds gathered more and more, growing ever larger.

Wang Teng had been observing the battlefield. He said in a low voice:

"It's about to end. In the end, there should only be one Soul Beast left. Let's attack together in a moment, kill the Soul Beast first, then split the spiritual power. How about it?"

At the center of the Sandstorm.

Only two Soul Beasts remained. One was an Earth Dragon several dozen meters long, and it could also control the Sandstorm.

The other was an eagle, its entire body shrouded in flames that scorched the Sandstorm.

One was the ruler of the earth, the Earth Dragon.

One was the ruler of the skies, the Flame Eagle.

Who would claim the final victory?

Yet something surprising happened. The Earth Dragon and Flame Eagle did not fight. Instead, they began communicating.

Had they broken free of their confused states?

The Earth Dragon raised its head and pointed toward the center of the Sandstorm, within that white mist. Then it pointed at the Flame Eagle, before pointing at the Energy Cubes among the rocks.

The Flame Eagle seemed to understand the Earth Dragon's intentions and nodded.

The trade agreement was formed.

The Earth Dragon would obtain the Smooth Rock, the Flame Eagle would obtain the Energy Cubes, and they would split the spiritual power between them.

"Why did they stop fighting?"

The hidden Soul Masters nearby had wanted to see who the final champion would be.

Yet the two Soul Beasts had actually cooperated!

What were they supposed to do now? Attack directly?

Wang Teng frowned. "The plan has changed! We have to move!"

"Fine, no problem!" The other Soul Masters agreed as well.

This was practically their only choice. Could they just watch helplessly as these two Soul Beasts devoured their target?

"Be careful. Defense-type Soul Masters, hold the front line. Assault-type Soul Masters, deal damage. Control-type Soul Masters, remember to keep them restrained!" Wang Teng said seriously.

The fact that these two Soul Beasts had lasted until the end showed how powerful they were. They could be called the two strongest Soul Beasts in the entire Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.

They had to deal with them carefully.