Life Blue Silver Emperor! Mother, Wait for Me to Return!

The Spirit Bone drew close to Tang Feng's right leg, transforming into a stream of blue-gold light that merged into his body.

There was no rejection between bloodlines of the same origin.

Warm power spread upward from his right leg, swiftly flowing through his limbs and bones.

Tang Feng's body slowly rose from the ground.

Without relying on any object, he could freely hover and fly.

At the same time, another ability was imprinted into his bloodline.

Wildfires could not burn it all away; when spring winds blew, it would grow anew!

Whether it was a severed limb or severe injury, as long as Soul Power remained, he could recover quickly.

The Life Blue Silver Emperor unfurled in response.

His Martial Soul, Spirit Bone, and Blue Silver Emperor bloodline resonated with one another, blue-gold radiance illuminating the entire cave.

Tang Feng landed once more.

He did not remain there any longer.

The cave lacked sunlight and nutrients. Every additional day Ah Yin stayed there would limit her growth.

Tang Feng carefully dug open the crack between the stones, lifting Ah Yin's roots together with the surrounding soil.

Slender vines wrapped around his wrist and rested quietly against his palm.

Following the guidance transmitted by the Blue Silver Grass, Tang Feng continued deeper into the western mountains.

After passing through the dense forest, a hidden valley appeared ahead.

The stream within the valley was clear, and sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves, falling across the soft earth.

Thousands upon thousands of Blue Silver Grass plants carpeted the valley.

As the breeze blew, layer upon layer of blue grass blades swayed.

This was a natural Blue Silver forest.

Tang Feng reached the depths of the valley and planted Ah Yin beside the stream.

The surrounding Blue Silver Grass all bowed toward the center, releasing faint traces of life energy.

Ah Yin's grass blades unfurled, their blue-gold sheen much brighter than before.

A vine lifted and gently touched the back of Tang Feng's hand.

Tang Feng laid his palm over the grass blades.

The blue-gold Life Blue Silver Emperor swiftly spread across the surrounding area.

[Life Blue Silver Emperor, Life Infusion.]

Pure life energy flowed continuously through the grass blades and roots, pouring into Ah Yin's body.

Her withered, frail roots regained their vitality.

Two new blue-gold grass blades slowly emerged from the soil.

After finishing all this, Tang Feng rose to his feet.

He walked to the mouth of the valley and looked back one last time.

Under the sunlight, Ah Yin swayed alongside the countless Blue Silver Grass plants around her.

"Mother, wait for me."

"I'll come back."

Several days later.

On the outskirts of Star Dou Forest.

Towering ancient trees blocked out the sunlight, leaving only scattered patches of light upon the damp ground.

Tang Feng moved through the forest alone.

The pack on his back had become much lighter, while the woodcutter's knife Old Jack had given him still hung at his waist.

After transplanting Ah Yin into Blue Silver Valley, he had not immediately returned to Holy Soul Village.

His nineteenth-level Soul Power was only one final step away from its limit.

Star Dou Forest was filled with soul beasts, making it the perfect place to continue pushing his Soul Power through real combat.

A blue-gold Blue Silver Grass sprouted from Tang Feng's palm.

Its grass blades drooped down and lightly touched the ground.

The Blue Silver Grass growing everywhere around him swayed in response, transmitting the information they sensed.

Three hundred meters to his left front was a hundred-year Ironclad Lizard.

Behind the slope to his right lurked a pack of ten-year Spotted Cats.

Farther away, an imposing aura could also be felt. It belonged to a soul beast that was at least five thousand years old.

Tang Feng changed direction and passed between two ancient trees.

The Life Perception granted by the Life Blue Silver Emperor turned the entire forest into his natural lookout.

As long as Blue Silver Grass grew nearby, most soul beasts would find it difficult to approach him without a sound.

The rotten leaves beneath his feet were extremely slippery.

Tang Feng stepped across a moss-covered rock, yet his body did not sway in the slightest.

The improvements brought by four agility enhancements had long since merged into his every movement.

Mental enhancement allowed him to process the chaotic information sent back by the surrounding Blue Silver Grass at the same time.

The soul beasts' sizes, distances, and directions of movement gradually became clear in his mind.

He would avoid truly dangerous areas in advance.

Soul beasts of comparable strength, meanwhile, could serve as targets for honing his Martial Soul.

Tang Feng continued onward.

As he passed a patch of low shrubs, the Life Blue Silver Emperor suddenly tensed.

A swift aura rapidly closed in from the left.

The shrubs exploded with a bang!

Broken branches and shredded leaves flew in all directions.

A blue-gray Wind Wolf nearly three meters long pounced out.

Pale cyan currents of Entangling swirled around its body, the muscles in its limbs fully tensed as its sharp wolf claws lunged straight for Tang Feng's chest.

A seven-hundred-year Wind Wolf!

Less than five meters separated them.

The Wind Wolf accelerated with Soul Power and crossed more than half the distance in the blink of an eye.

Tang Feng remained where he was without retreating.

A dark blue glow lit up in his left hand.

Ruination Blue Silver Emperor!

Boom!

The ground blanketed by decaying leaves heaved up all at once.

Dozens of deep-blue vines marked with dark purple patterns burst from the earth.

While the Wind Wolf was still in midair, two vines wrapped around its forelegs.

Several more vines followed closely behind, swiftly locking down its hind legs, waist, and abdomen.

The Wind Wolf's charging momentum came to an abrupt stop.

Bang!

The heavy wolf body was dragged out of the air by the vines and slammed into the muddy ground.

A large swath of rotten leaves was thrown up by the impact.

The Wind Wolf immediately twisted its body, its claws relentlessly tearing at the vines wrapped around its limbs.

One deep-blue vine was severed by its claws.

Dark purple fluid flowed from the break, corroding a broad patch of blackened marks into the soil beneath its paw.

Before the Wind Wolf could break free, more vines grew upward along its body.

Every time its claws tore through one vine, three more would wrap around it.

With every struggle, the vines tightened another layer.

Serrated grass blades gradually pierced through its fur.

Dark purple ruination energy seeped through the wounds into its flesh and blood.

The Wind Wolf bared its fangs and let out continuous, shrill howls.

Pale cyan currents burst from its body, attempting to slice apart all the surrounding vines.

Tang Feng gently curled his fingers.

[Jeweled Gauntlet activated!]

[Twofold critical strike!]

The dark purple patterns on the deep-blue vines lit up simultaneously.

The ruination energy instantly doubled in strength.

The vines binding the Wind Wolf's limbs suddenly constricted.

Its tough fur was sliced open by the serrated grass blades, leaving several bloody gashes.

Blood seeped into the vines.

Strands of life energy returned through the Martial Soul and flowed into Tang Feng's body.

[Vampiric Habit activated!]

The exhaustion from his continuous journey quickly faded.

The soreness that had accumulated in his legs also gradually receded under the nourishment of life energy.

The more severe the Wind Wolf's injuries became, the faster Tang Feng recovered.

Their conditions continually shifted in two completely opposite directions.

The Soul Power within the Wind Wolf was quickly eroded.

The layer of pale cyan currents gradually dimmed.

It still twisted its wolf body, but even lifting its head became extremely difficult.

A moment later.

Tang Feng clenched his left hand.

All the Destruction Vines straightened at once.

Crack!

A crisp sound rang out.

The Wind Wolf's body stiffened, completely losing all signs of life.

Pale yellow motes floated out from the corpse, gathering above it into a yellow Spirit Ring.

The Spirit Ring slowly revolved.

From the moment the Wind Wolf pounced to the end of the battle, Tang Feng had remained in the same spot.

His feet had not moved even half a step.

Tang Feng glanced at the seven-hundred-year Spirit Ring.

The erosion and binding power of the Ruination Blue Silver Emperor was already enough to suppress most hundred-year soul beasts.

Yet the pressure brought by a seven-hundred-year Wind Wolf was still insufficient to let his nineteenth-level Soul Power break through that final barrier.

"Still too weak."

Tang Feng dismissed the Destruction Vines covering the ground.

The Wind Wolf's Spirit Ring was not suitable for the Life Blue Silver Emperor, nor did it meet his requirements for his second Spirit Ring.

He did not linger and turned toward the deeper parts of the forest.

The yellow Spirit Ring remained where it was, slowly dissipating with time.