Su Yu dismissed his Perfect Susanoo and landed on the ground with Tang Yuehua and Ye Lingling.
"Sister Yuehua, Lingling, you should remember that it was my martial soul that helped me make my name in a single battle back then."
He smiled at the two of them, a hint of interest in his eyes.
"Since we're out together today, I'll show you my Wood Release Martial Soul."
Before he finished speaking, eight soul rings had appeared beneath Su Yu's feet: purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black, and emerald green.
The emerald-green soul ring radiated a ceaseless, vigorous vitality, standing out strikingly among the others.
"Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique!"
Su Yu slammed his palms together, his shout resounding through the forest.
The soul power within him erupted, and the earth began to shake violently.
Amid cracking sounds, a giant hand covered in thick wood grain burst from the ground.
Before Tang Yuehua and Ye Lingling could recover from this sudden turn of events, they felt the ground fall away beneath their feet, and their bodies rose with it.
In the blink of an eye, a wooden giant nearly a hundred meters tall had taken shape, its hands holding steady as it sheltered the three of them in its palms.
The wooden giant towered over Sunset Forest, its enormous body blotting out almost half the sky. The surrounding trees were as tiny as blades of grass before it.
Bright yellow light burned in the wooden giant's eyes, connected to Su Yu's soul power. Even the soul beasts in the forest were cowed by its aura and did not dare approach lightly.
Tang Yuehua helped Ye Lingling steady herself, gazing at the rough yet solid wooden palm beneath their feet.
Then she looked up at the wooden giant's towering body,