Leaving the Spirit Ascension Platform, Big Eyed Upgrades

A divine blue-green radiance swept through with vast, overwhelming might. The Dark Demon Tiger, a top-tier predator that had been lording over everything moments ago, instantly became like a cat with its fur standing on end.

As a tiger-type Soul Beast, the Dark Demon Tiger's senses were exceptionally sharp. The instant the Demon-Sealing Pot erupted with divine light, it sensed a deadly threat. Just as it tried to flee, the light swept over it, and it was refined alongside its prey into pure spiritual qi by Tang Li.

And that was not all. Within several miles, the Soul Beasts that had been secretly watching, planning to grab a share after the Dark Demon Tiger finished eating, were also mercilessly obliterated by the Demon-Sealing Pot!

One breath later, an even more dazzling dark-purple soul power shockwave surged outward like crashing waves. This dark tide spilled down like a galaxy, spreading in all directions as well.

Although its attack range was not as vast as the Demon-Sealing Pot's, it carried an even more ferocious momentum, directly obscuring that fleeting blue-green brilliance.

This was precisely Lin Ye's newly acquired Sixth Soul Skill: Dark Star Shockwave.

He had initially doubted whether Tang Li could suppress the Dark Demon Tiger, but the commotion from that single strike frightened him badly. His heart thumped wildly, nearly leaping out of his throat.

Fortunately, Lin Ye had nerves of steel. He immediately realized he had to conceal the light Tang Li had released, so in that split-second flash, he unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill.

Though it wasted soul power, he knew his Soul Skill was flashy enough. Even if it could not completely cover up the disturbance caused by Tang Li's Martial Soul, it could still confuse anyone watching.

Even if those Spirit Masters noticed something unusual here, they would only be curious about his ten-thousand-year Sixth Soul Skill. They would never imagine that this had actually been caused by a First-Ring Soul Master.

After doing all that, Lin Ye rubbed his eyes, grabbed Tang Li's shoulder based on memory, and dragged him outside at a sprint.

Such a huge disturbance could very well attract stronger Soul Beasts. This place was no longer safe.

Tang Li was also stunned by his own attack. He had merely wanted to show Lin Ye what he could do, but the Demon-Sealing Pot, having absorbed Immortal Spirit Qi, was in an excited state and operating at far too much power.

It was like lighting a firecracker with a match. With a bang, everything around him had been blown away.

Luckily, Uncle Lin had reacted quickly. Otherwise, after making such a huge commotion, Tang Li might have been called in for a talk by the Spirit Pagoda.

"Little Tang Li, you really gave your Uncle Lin a huge surprise. You nearly scared me to death, you know that? If you were this damn awesome, you should've told me earlier! Would your Uncle Lin not have believed you?"

As he dragged Tang Li away at top speed, Lin Ye complained helplessly. Tang Li's mouth twitched at those words, and he said:

"This... Uncle Lin, if I had told you I could instantly kill a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, would you have believed me? I wouldn't have believed it myself."

He knew that the Demon-Sealing Pot could restrain all demons and monsters in the world, but he had not known that this restraint meant outright annihilation! After all, he had never tested it before.

But now he knew. From now on, once he entered the Spirit Ascension Platform, he would be the boss. Whenever he got the chance, he would capture all those Soul Beasts and refine them into Immortal Spirit Qi in one go.

After that one attack, the Immortal Spirit Qi inside the Demon-Sealing Pot had grown from the thickness of a hair to the thickness of a pinky finger. Clearly, quite a few Soul Beasts had been wiped out in that wave.

"Uncle Lin, how about we leave now? That last attack already filled me up, and there's even this much left over."

Tang Li was being dragged along by Lin Ye at full speed. He freed one hand and released a portion of the residue from the Demon-Sealing Pot into Lin Ye's body.

The instant that spiritual qi entered his body, Lin Ye shuddered. He had heard what it felt like for others to absorb this kind of spiritual qi, but even those exaggerated accounts could not possibly compare to how incredible his current experience felt!

"Awooo! This feels amazing!"

The soul-melting sensation made Lin Ye cry out in sheer bliss. He stopped running and pulled Tang Li into a tree hollow to hide.

After the high wore off, Lin Ye suddenly discovered that his first Soul Spirit had gained several hundred years of cultivation. It was not far from becoming a thousand-year purple Soul Spirit!

This was a big deal. The way Lin Ye looked at Tang Li began to grow strange. He sucked in a cold breath and warned him:

"Little Tang Li, remember this. Until your cultivation is high enough, never casually reveal this ability in front of others.

"You need to understand that Soul Masters like us, who possess multiple Soul Spirits, have a hard time increasing our Soul Spirits' age. That is because we cannot independently decide how the spiritual qi is distributed during absorption. A method like yours, which can directly store spiritual qi and precisely allocate it to one specific Soul Spirit, is simply unheard of."

Hearing Lin Ye's words, Tang Li frowned. He truly had not considered this before. The Demon-Sealing Pot's ability was simply too powerful for the Spirit Pagoda. If the Spirit Pagoda possessed the Demon-Sealing Pot, it would probably have become the continent's number one power long ago.

Thinking of this, Tang Li bowed to Lin Ye. Though they had no formal master-disciple relationship, they were no different from master and disciple, and Lin Ye deserved the gesture.

"I understand. Thank you, Uncle Lin!"

"As long as you remember it. Since our goal for this trip has already been achieved, we should leave this place."

Seeing how sensible Tang Li was, Lin Ye nodded in satisfaction and prepared to take him away.

"Uncle Lin, should we kill a few more Soul Beasts around the outskirts and raise your first Soul Spirit to the thousand-year level? Since we're already here, leaving now suddenly feels like a loss!"

Tang Li's words tempted Lin Ye. Though he was somewhat exhausted from fully unleashing his Sixth Soul Skill, it would not affect his ability to hunt Millennium Soul Beasts on the outskirts.

"You're right. Since we're already here, let's pull one more job before we leave. With you around, kid, I'm really living the good life this time."

Lin Ye gritted his teeth and decided to make a few more kills. Tang Li also breathed a sigh of relief. He mainly wanted to gather more Immortal Spirit Qi for research, and while he was at it, help Lin Ye raise his Soul Spirit's age.

After all, Lin Ye had brought him here. Since Tang Li had gained benefits, he naturally had to share some with him.

"It's not like you said, Uncle Lin. I could only enter this place thanks to you. I'm the one taking advantage."

"Hahaha, now you're getting polite with me? Come on, come on. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can head back. Refining spiritual qi takes quite a bit of time too."

Hearing that, the folds of flesh on Lin Ye's face crinkled as he laughed. Then he pulled Tang Li along to hunt Soul Beasts.

Time inside the Spirit Ascension Platform differed from the outside world, with the ratio artificially adjusted. Tang Li and Lin Ye stayed inside until nightfall began to creep in before leaving.

Yet when they emerged from the Spirit Ascension Platform and left the East China Sea Spirit Pagoda, the sun outside was still domineeringly scorching the earth.

Lin Ye used his contribution points to rent a temporary cultivation room in the Spirit Pagoda, and the two refined and absorbed the spiritual qi they had collected inside.

Lin Ye's body was far more resilient than Tang Li's, yet Tang Li was the one who woke up first.

After being transformed by the Demon-Sealing Pot, his Big Eyed, Evil Monarch, effortlessly fused with the remnants of that Immortal Spirit Qi and completed its evolution—

Its enormous eyeball had reached a diameter of one meter, while its tentacles had become thicker and increased to fifteen in number.

At the same time, the dark-red demonic patterns on Big Eyed's body had grown more intricate. As they flickered in and out, they naturally carried a domineering, razor-sharp spiritual pressure.

Dark shell-like armor, similar to the carapace of insects, had also appeared on the skin beneath those demonic patterns. These shells possessed the fluid agility of liquid as well as the heaviness of mercury, allowing them to condense into any shape at will.

Tang Li guessed that this was an ability formed after Big Eyed's original darkness and water attributes had been driven out by its spiritual power.

Even more absurdly, within Big Eyed's pupil, there actually appeared...