Du Busi's Test, Song Lao's Breakthrough

Seeing Du Busi's half-smiling expression and hearing the probing tone in his voice, Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er felt the pressure on their backs multiply.

If he truly made a move, Shrek would be unable to stop him now.

Fortunately, the appearance of that azure figure finally let the two of them breathe a sigh of relief.

As the words fell, everyone's gazes converged there. The person who appeared was none other than Song Lao.

She did not conceal the fluctuations of her Soul Power.

Rank ninety-eight.

This made the expressions of the three great emperors turn grave.

Yet Du Busi's eyes initially held a trace of surprise.

After all, the necessary threshold for breaking through to rank ninety-eight was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Although Song Lao's ninth Soul Ring was ninety thousand years old, it had not reached that level.

As for Song Lao, a trace of complexity flashed through her eyes.

To be precise, her breakthrough had come at a cost. Mu En had communicated with the Golden Tree and transformed part of its power into aid, helping Song Lao strengthen the foundation of her Soul Power.

Even so, Song Lao had paid an additional price: she burned her blood essence and expended twenty years of her lifespan.

Only by turning that into her own foundation had she managed to break through to rank ninety-eight.

Moreover, Mu En had once explained the cost of this special breakthrough: her Soul Power would never again have even the slightest possibility of increasing.

Mu En had told her of these costs before, but Song Lao had had no choice at the time.

If she did not break through, Shrek would fall into absolute passivity and desperation.

With Du Busi standing there, rank ninety-seven Song Lao had no right to