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Deep within the heart of the Extreme North.
High in the sky.
A massive rift tore open out of thin air, and a powerful surge of energy rippled outward in all directions. This energy fluctuation could be clearly sensed not only across the entire Extreme North but even thousands of kilometers beyond its borders.
The moment the rift opened, spatial forces surged inward, forming a swirling vortex-like passageway.
Even Su Yu attempted to manipulate the power of space to block or disrupt the formation of the passage, but unfortunately, his strength was insufficient.
No matter how profound his understanding of space was, no matter how deeply he had comprehended its essence, and no matter how skillfully he wielded spatial energy—far beyond Gu Yuena even—it was completely ineffective.
He grasped the nature of space but lacked the raw power needed to truly control it.
"This world still prioritizes strength," Su Yu understood clearly—his level was holding him back.
Even with deep insight, without the foundational strength to support it, one's overall power would be severely limited. As a result, even if one's understanding surpassed that of others, one could still fail to seize control over spatial power.
In fact, long ago, Su Yu had already deviated from Douluo Dalu's traditional cultivation system. The old path of accumulating soul power was essentially just energy buildup. Once it reached a certain level, it granted control over everything.
Even without comprehension of space, as long as one had enough opportunities and their martial soul had the right innate traits, they could naturally master corresponding techniques once their energy level was high enough.
What needed to be trained then was merely the application of those techniques.
However, aside from increasing his energy, Su Yu had never abandoned the pursuit of enlightenment through his own efforts.
According to Electrolux's explanation, such comprehension actually benefited cultivation and could facilitate energy improvement as well.
When it came to raising one's soul power, the true obstacle was one's innate aptitude. At its core, it depended on how well the body could accommodate the transformations soul power induced during its growth.
As cultivation progressed, soul power would increasingly embody the characteristics of the martial soul. Its quality and traits would become stronger, gradually transforming the soul master's body so it could keep pace with the cultivation process.
Self-enlightenment, above all, had the effect of raising one's potential ceiling. If a martial soul's aptitude was lacking, then no matter how much one trained, a bottleneck would eventually be reached. At that point, it would be impossible to develop more advanced traits or condense a higher amount of soul power.
This was the fundamental principle behind how a martial soul limited a soul master's cultivation.
Through self-enlightenment, however, one could break free from the constraints of the martial soul, using personal insight to push their soul power to new heights. As this soul power increased, it would, in turn, enhance the body, eventually even affecting the martial soul itself.
Moreover, the rate at which soul power improved the body would also increase in proportion to the depth of one's insight. This manifested as a greater daily gain in soul power, and over time, that translated into an overall acceleration of cultivation speed.
When both aspects were combined, being ahead in comprehension allowed for smoother cultivation and significantly faster progress compared to someone with the same innate talent.
In Su Yu's theory, a Blue Silver Grass martial soul, when fused with life-attribute soul rings, did not require absorbing rings above one's level. As long as one acquired soul rings at half the maximum ideal age for their current level, the ring's quality wouldn't be inferior to those of the same color. If the primary attribute was life or the sub-attribute greatly enhanced the life element—especially when applied to Blue Silver Grass—then with each additional soul ring, the martial soul would provide increasing quality and trait ceilings for soul power. This allowed a soul master to cultivate all the way to the next title.
For instance, absorbing a 200-year-old ring at level 10, a 400-year-old ring at the second level, 1,000 years for the third, and around 3,000 years for the fourth—by that point, a Blue Silver Grass soul master's martial soul should already be strong enough to reach level 50.
As long as the fifth ring at level 50 was a life-attribute ten-thousand-year ring, it would be enough to continue cultivating all the way to the sixth ring.
This was an accumulative principle.
As long as one reached level 10 and qualified for the first soul ring, they possessed infinite potential.
Of course, this was theoretical. After all, cultivation speed was still a major constraint for soul masters. Soul power could continue to increase, but if it took ten years to rise a single level, one could die of old age before reaching the next title, rendering it all pointless.
It could only be said that Su Yu's theory was useful—but only to a limited extent.
At the very least, however, it provided a foundational theory for soul masters with so-called "trash" martial souls to defy their fates.
"This is just the bare minimum. If the first ring could be 300 to 400 years, the second 800 years, each one acquired with optimal compatibility, and every soul ring perfectly matched with the most suitable life-attribute soul beast bloodlines—then that person would truly have the potential to change their fate."
Back to the main point.
A soul master's personal insight played a crucial role in cultivation.
In fact, insight itself could become part of a soul master's combat power. When one's comprehension far exceeded their current soul power level, they might not be able to instantly raise their level, but they could use that higher understanding to manipulate their existing power, unleashing strength far beyond their actual rank.
However, even this had its limits.
With level-90 insight but only level-60 soul power, even if one used every method available—Su Yu's runes, battle armor, domains, soul power control, and even invoking the power of laws—to manifest that insight into combat strength and temporarily match a level-90 opponent, they would still ultimately fall behind in a direct confrontation.
Su Yu was relying on level-60 soul power to unleash strength equivalent to level 90.
"I can only say… my talent is way too one-sided," he muttered.
At this point, Su Yu wasn't just a level-60 soul master with level-90 comprehension—he had practically defied the heavens.
His understanding and application of the laws of the world were already no weaker than that of a true god-level being—specifically, the level of a first-tier god.
The cycle of life and death—this wasn't something achieved through his martial soul. On the contrary, his martial soul only evolved to possess this reincarnation trait because of the gradual growth brought about by his personal insights.
This ability alone had already surpassed most first-tier gods.
"I really need to raise my soul power level as soon as possible," Su Yu sighed. "It's still way too slow."
One could only imagine how any of his peers would react if they heard such a complaint—probably with the urge to slam their head into a wall.
Especially a certain prodigy from the Hongchen family.
Even Huo Yuhao, the famed genius, now had a massive gap between himself and Su Yu. Despite possessing twin martial souls and having completed his super battle armor early with help from Xuan Ziwen, the difference was still enormous.
He had reached the pinnacle of Super Douluo—but had not yet stepped into the realm of Limit Douluo.
This was Huo Yuhao's current combat level.
And this was after completing seven out of the eight Red-level trials of the God of Life.
Once he fully completed the eighth trial, he would break through to level 90 and become a Titled Douluo, gaining dual soul cores with yin-yang balance. But who knew how long that would take?
By then, Su Yu might have already left him several streets behind. Without the continued rewards from the God of Life trials, catching up to Su Yu would be a monumental task.
And Su Yu still had many more trials than Huo Yuhao.
Although the rewards from Su Yu's trials didn't directly translate into soul power boosts, they had cleared many of the barriers on his path to growth.
All one could say was—if Su Yu felt his soul power cultivation was slow, that would be enough to make every other genius green with envy.
Don't want that speed? Give it to me!
While Su Yu was reflecting on his own slow progress, the vortex in the skies above the Extreme North had already fully taken shape.
Within the terrifying whirlpool, which spanned over a hundred meters in diameter, countless creatures poured out. A massive surge of energy erupted from the other side, stunning everyone present.
That presence—
"The Abyssal Saint Monarch!"
Su Yu was certain. This terrifying aura suppressing the entire field—this was the Abyssal Saint Monarch.
Perhaps enraged by Su Yu and the others' decisiveness, denying the abyss any time to react and slaying several top-tier powerhouses of the Holy Spirit Sect, or perhaps intending to intimidate the Douluo Continent in preparation for the invasion—this Abyssal Saint Monarch unleashed the full might of a first-tier god's aura, blanketing the entire Extreme North in crushing pressure.
Yet paradoxically, this was exactly why Su Yu felt relieved.
He can't cross over!
The more you try to intimidate me, the more pressure you exert—the more excited I become.
Because it only proves your weakness, your helplessness!
The Abyss—a special type of energy-based plane in the universe—absorbs and transforms natural energy by devouring the world's spiritual essence, thereby expanding the entire plane. The Abyss is composed of 108 layers, each connected by spatial tunnels. Each layer is ruled by an emperor who forms its core. If the emperor of a layer truly perishes, that entire layer collapses, and all Abyssal creatures within it are completely annihilated.
The Abyss consists of 108 layers. The emperors of the first 36 layers typically possess strength equivalent to that of ordinary Titled Douluo. The middle 36 layers are ruled by emperors whose power rivals that of Super Douluo. The emperors of the final 36 layers possess strength comparable to Limit Douluo—especially the last 18 layers, which are all held by quasi-god level beings.
At the pinnacle of it all stands the Abyssal Saint Monarch, the ruler of the Abyssal Plane, whose power is on par with that of a first-tier god.
But the Abyss is not composed solely of these emperors. Each layer is inhabited by countless abyssal creatures, most of which belong to the race of the emperor that governs that particular layer.
Although the emperor of the 108th layer is merely at the Titled Douluo level, under the command of the Spirit Emperor of the second layer exists an army that includes numerous Titled Douluo-level entities—and even three beings with combat strength equivalent to Super Douluo.
The so-called "emperors" simply hold absolute authority within their respective layers because their race dominates that domain, thereby granting them rulership—like the sovereign of a realm.
Even setting aside the high-level ordinary abyssal creatures, the 108 emperors alone already represent a force that completely overwhelms the entire combat strength of the Douluo Continent.
The last 36 layers alone are all on par with Limit Douluo. Eighteen of them hold quasi-god-level power, and the Abyssal Saint Monarch himself commands the might of a true first-tier god.
This is a massive plane capable of sweeping across the universe.
The Abyss became this powerful through relentless plundering of material planes, absorbing their elemental energy and spiritual essence to grow stronger.
It's said that in its earliest days, the Abyss was nowhere near as formidable. Back then, its overall strength was vastly inferior to that of the Douluo Continent.
But through devouring weaker planes one after another, it rose step by step to reach its current peak.
"Although the Douluo Continent may not have a high energy density, it is uniquely special."
Special enough that no one knows how many gods have fallen here or how many ancient legacies remain hidden.
The fact that the Douluo Divine Realm is named after this continent shows just how important the Douluo Plane is to the Divine Realm itself.
It is the root.
Even gods who did not ascend within the Douluo Plane may have left their legacies here.
This is precisely why the Abyss is so intent on devouring the Douluo Plane.
Once the Douluo Continent is consumed, the Abyss would likely grow strong enough to no longer fear the Divine Realm.
Not to say it would be able to completely stand against it—but it would no longer fear being targeted by the gods.
"The Heavenly Sacred Abyssal Halberd is already in its final stage of formation. As a transcendent divine weapon, with it in hand—even though I've only just broken through to the first-tier god realm—I'll still be able to dominate within this level. Once the Douluo Continent is devoured, even if I only reach half a God King's power, with the might of the halberd, I'll be able to contend with ordinary God Kings."
With strength at that level, and leveraging the Abyss's ability to move as an energy-based plane, the Abyssal Saint Monarch had little fear of retaliation from the Divine Realm.
Unless all the God Kings mobilized at once to hunt him down, the Abyss would remain unshakable.
And as for the Five God Kings launching a unified pursuit?
He wasn't worried about his home being stolen in the meantime.
The Abyssal Saint Monarch knew that the Divine Realm was powerful—but even so, he had full confidence in the Heavenly Sacred Abyssal Halberd.
What he didn't know was that the number of transcendent divine weapons in the Divine Realm far exceeded his expectations.
The God of Destruction, the God of Life, and the Asura God all possessed their own transcendent divine weapons—the Asura Divine Sword in particular being a peerless weapon of slaughter.
But even if he knew, what difference would it make? The Abyssal Saint Monarch wasn't suicidal.
If he couldn't win, he would simply flee.
As the ruler of an entire plane, with the power of a whole dimension at his back, his strength could not be measured by ordinary standards.
This is the significance of being a plane's sovereign.
The Abyss didn't reach its current power without taking enormous risks along the way.
Such a plane, advantageous to the dark realms, is truly ruthless, truly mad.
As long as there is even the slightest chance, they are willing to take the gamble.
An opportunity to soar to the heavens—something the Abyssal Saint Monarch couldn't afford to wait for, nor did he feel the need to.
"The Douluo Plane is about to give birth to a will, but at this moment, a soul from the Douluo Plane is attempting to seize it and replace it as the ruler of the entire plane."
This is the Abyss's opportunity.
"If I can devour the Douluo Continent before the Divine Realm reacts, I won't have to worry about retaliation."
Take a bite and run.
This is his last bottom line.
"Ten years. If I can't completely devour the Douluo Continent within ten years, I'll consume as much energy as I can, and I must retreat decisively."
Su Yu raised his head, staring at the vortex, as if he could see through it, looking toward the Abyss on the other side.
"What a powerful oppressive force. This is the pressure of a first-tier god?"
This is true energy-level oppression.
It's incredibly strong.
Su Yu could feel that he wouldn't be able to win.
He definitely couldn't win.
"Even if I break through to the 99th level Limit Douluo, even if I manage to craft the ultimate battle armor, I would only be on par."
Not to mention that the Abyssal Saint Monarch also wields the transcendent divine weapon, the Heavenly Sacred Abyssal Halberd.
Su Yu wouldn't overlook any detail in terms of combat strength.
"Without becoming a god, trying to fight or even kill the Abyssal Saint Monarch is nearly impossible," he couldn't help but lament.
But, without killing the Abyssal Saint Monarch, how could he devour the Abyss?
The Abyssal Saint Monarch is the master of the entire Abyssal Plane. Only by killing the Abyssal Saint Monarch could the Abyss truly be consumed. Otherwise, even if Su Yu destroyed all 107 layers of the Abyss, except for the first layer, and consumed all their energy, it would amount to barely swallowing less than one-fifth of the Abyss.
In fact, if the Abyssal Saint Monarch made a timely retreat, that proportion might shrink to less than one-tenth.
However, Su Yu's ambition wouldn't allow him to let such a big prize slip away.
"As long as the Douluo Continent's safety is guaranteed, I will try to devour the Abyss. If that's not possible, I'll take whatever I can!"
Both sides are equally mad.
But the question is, which side has better control over its own madness?
The Abyss descends.
Star Luo City.
Huo Yuhao, Da Ming, and Er Ming were all shocked as they looked toward the extreme northern region.
The passage between two planes had been established, and the spatial fluctuations were terrifying. Even though they were far from the extreme north, they still felt the shockwaves.
Of course, the impact wasn't as intense as in the extreme northern region, but even powerhouses like Huo Yuhao could sense the changes in space.
Especially that terrifying aura, which not only oppressed the entire northern region but was now exerting pressure on the whole Douluo plane.
"How terrifying."
Even though they were so far away, the actual force of that oppression wouldn't cause harm, yet the quality of that pressure was unprecedentedly high.
Huo Yuhao stared fixedly in the direction of the extreme north, his mind racing.
"Too fast. How could it have been completed so quickly? And the Abyss is too strong!" Now, he could only hope that the being emitting such a terrifying aura hadn't truly entered the Douluo Continent.
Da Ming and Er Ming were also deeply shaken.
"This... This is already at the level of a first-tier god. Where did this god come from?"
Clearly, they were unaware of the news of the Abyss's descent.
Su Yu thought they knew about the Sea God's plan, but the Sea God hadn't informed them, which led to the current awkward situation.
They were truly in the dark.
Otherwise, no matter how much they worked for Tang San, being born from the life of the Douluo Continent, they definitely wouldn't stand idly by.
"What happened over there? Why is there suddenly a first-tier god's aura? Could it be that a Soul Master has ascended to godhood?" Da Ming murmured, his voice low and incredulous.
"Right now, there are only a handful of Limit Douluo on Douluo Continent. It's impossible for it to be them."
The pressure was something none of them had experienced before.
Could it be a hidden powerhouse from Douluo Continent?
But if someone had been in seclusion, how could they possibly ascend to godhood now?
Da Ming and Er Ming were confused as to why a first-tier god had suddenly appeared.
"It's the master of the Abyssal plane," Huo Yuhao explained.
"Abyss?" It was clear that Da Ming and Er Ming didn't know much about the Abyss.
"Yeah, it's an energy-based plane in the universe, devouring the celestial energy of material planes to grow continuously."
As Huo Yuhao explained, Da Ming and Er Ming's faces turned pale.
The Abyss had its sights on the Douluo Continent?
"That's impossible! With so many powerful beings in the Divine Realm, is the Abyss crazy?!" Er Ming exclaimed in shock.
Da Ming, however, looked grave.
For the past few months, they had been unable to contact the Divine Realm.
While the two of them lived on Douluo Continent, they didn't keep in constant contact with the Divine Realm, but they did maintain communication at regular intervals.
Normally, this interval was three hundred years.
After all, for soul beasts, three hundred years wasn't long—it was roughly one era for the most powerful humans in the Soul Master world.
However, due to the recent issues with Wang Dong, their communication with the Divine Realm had become more frequent, typically once a year.
But the last time they reached out, Da Ming didn't receive a response from the Divine Realm.
Was something wrong with the Divine Realm?
Da Ming's expression shifted, but recalling Tang San's reliability, he calmed himself and pushed that thought aside.
"Now it seems that the communication between the Divine Realm and Douluo Continent has temporarily broken off. Even Tang San, who controls the Divine Realm's core, can't reach them. If he can't, the other gods have no chance of contacting Douluo Continent."
"So, this is the Abyss's confidence to invade Douluo Continent? They're seizing such a coincidental opportunity to invade?"
Da Ming began to analyze the situation and deduced that the Abyss had probably been eyeing Douluo Continent for a long time.
Beyond that, he didn't want to think any deeper.
After all, further speculation would no longer be based on the available information, and any theories built on mere assumptions were nothing but fantasies.
"Also, why did the Divine Realm suddenly cut off contact with Douluo Continent?" Da Ming was more concerned about this question. It seemed as though he wasn't worried at all about the Abyss completely devouring Douluo Continent.
The Divine Realm might have run into trouble, but with the plans that guy—Tang San—had laid out over the past ten thousand years, even if there were problems, Douluo Continent would never be completely devoured or destroyed.
Only Da Ming knew just how many contingencies Tang San had left on Douluo Continent.
Not to mention the fact that, without needing a specific inheritance site, just using the residual divine power left behind could easily gather the faith of the seas, rapidly converting it into the energy required to complete a divine inheritance—something most gods couldn't even achieve today.
The cost of a god's inheritance was not small.
Su Yu thought they knew about the Sea God's plan, but the Sea God hadn't informed them, which led to the current awkward situation.
They were truly in the dark.
Otherwise, no matter how much they worked for Tang San, being born from the life of the Douluo Continent, they definitely wouldn't stand idly by.
"What happened over there? Why is there suddenly a first-tier god's aura? Could it be that a Soul Master has ascended to godhood?" Da Ming murmured, his voice low and incredulous.
"Right now, there are only a handful of Limit Douluo on Douluo Continent. It's impossible for it to be them."
The pressure was something none of them had experienced before.
Could it be a hidden powerhouse from Douluo Continent?
But if someone had been in seclusion, how could they possibly ascend to godhood now?
Da Ming and Er Ming were confused as to why a first-tier god had suddenly appeared.
"It's the master of the Abyssal plane," Huo Yuhao explained.
"Abyss?" It was clear that Da Ming and Er Ming didn't know much about the Abyss.
"Yeah, it's an energy-based plane in the universe, devouring the celestial energy of material planes to grow continuously."
As Huo Yuhao explained, Da Ming and Er Ming's faces turned pale.
The Abyss had its sights on the Douluo Continent?
"That's impossible! With so many powerful beings in the Divine Realm, is the Abyss crazy?!" Er Ming exclaimed in shock.
Da Ming, however, looked grave.
For the past few months, they had been unable to contact the Divine Realm.
While the two of them lived on Douluo Continent, they didn't keep in constant contact with the Divine Realm, but they did maintain communication at regular intervals.
Normally, this interval was three hundred years.
After all, for soul beasts, three hundred years wasn't long—it was roughly one era for the most powerful humans in the Soul Master world.
However, due to the recent issues with Wang Dong, their communication with the Divine Realm had become more frequent, typically once a year.
But the last time they reached out, Da Ming didn't receive a response from the Divine Realm.
Was something wrong with the Divine Realm?
Da Ming's expression shifted, but recalling Tang San's reliability, he calmed himself and pushed that thought aside.
"Now it seems that the communication between the Divine Realm and Douluo Continent has temporarily broken off. Even Tang San, who controls the Divine Realm's core, can't reach them. If he can't, the other gods have no chance of contacting Douluo Continent."
"So, this is the Abyss's confidence to invade Douluo Continent? They're seizing such a coincidental opportunity to invade?"
Da Ming began to analyze the situation and deduced that the Abyss had probably been eyeing Douluo Continent for a long time.
Beyond that, he didn't want to think any deeper.
After all, further speculation would no longer be based on the available information, and any theories built on mere assumptions were nothing but fantasies.
"Also, why did the Divine Realm suddenly cut off contact with Douluo Continent?" Da Ming was more concerned about this question. It seemed as though he wasn't worried at all about the Abyss completely devouring Douluo Continent.
The Divine Realm might have run into trouble, but with the plans that guy—Tang San—had laid out over the past ten thousand years, even if there were problems, Douluo Continent would never be completely devoured or destroyed.
Only Da Ming knew just how many contingencies Tang San had left on Douluo Continent.
Not to mention the fact that, without needing a specific inheritance site, just using the residual divine power left behind could easily gather the faith of the seas, rapidly converting it into the energy required to complete a divine inheritance—something most gods couldn't even achieve today.
The cost of a god's inheritance was not small.
When the previous deity relinquished their divine position and passed the inheritance to a new god, logically, the god position should have grown stronger with each passing generation. However, in reality, most divine positions have barely changed at all; their power remains stagnant.
Unless there is a special opportunity, the deities' own ability to nurture the position is insufficient to enhance it through generations of succession.
The extra power is consumed in the inheritance process itself.
However, Tang San, while elevating the Sea God's divine rank, has also accumulated the ability to pass on the divine position at any moment. This is a far more difficult process, highlighting the incredible preparations he made for Douluo Continent over the past ten thousand years.
In this context, even if the will of the plane defeated Tang Hao and became the master of the plane, truly condensing its spiritual body, it might not be able to control Douluo Continent as well as Tang San.
Simply put, in terms of control, not through brute force comparison, the will of the plane can't surpass the Sea God.
The Sea God already occupies over seventy percent of Douluo Star's territory with his oceanic faith. Even on the remaining continents, the Sea God's legend has spread for millennia, indicating his immense influence over Douluo Star.
The will of the plane's investment in Su Yu, exposing its own status, and desperately attracting the Abyss to devour itself, was a forced move.
Devouring the Abyss was not only to escape from Tang Hao's soul possession but also to absorb the Abyss's power, thus increasing its authority over the control of Douluo Continent.
At the very least, it had to surpass the Sea God to gradually gain full control over the plane in the coming years.
Star Luo City had already fallen.
Dai Hao, the Duke of the White Tiger, was dead, as was Emperor Xu Jiawei. Only Xu Jiujiu, the royal bloodline, remained alive.
"The surrounding areas of Star Luo City will be established as the Star Luo Province, with Star Luo City as the capital."
With the last piece of territory taken, the Day and Moon Empire's reforms followed suit.
The federal system, which had already been implemented and solidified in other regions, would soon incorporate Star Luo City as well.
Xu Jiujiu and the remaining members of the Star Luo royal bloodline were not exterminated by Huo Yuhao. Instead, he recommended them to serve as members of the new Star Luo Province's council.
Of course, they were not the only members. A total of ten seats were available, with five taken by Level 9 Soul Masters directly under the Sun-Moon Hall, and the remaining five were from the original Star Luo Province.
The distribution of council members in the former Heavenly Soul Empire's territories followed a similar format.
This quickly stabilized the effects of the war.
After all, the previous powerholders, having no intention of continuing to resist or secretly undermining the system, allowed for rapid restoration of order.
Naturally, as time passed, such distribution couldn't continue forever.
One year later, all council members in the federal jurisdictions would undergo a reshuffle. They would no longer serve as representatives of their native provinces or cities but would rotate positions.
Two years later, the rotation system would end, and elections would be held for the new council members, allowing for the replacement of old and new representatives.
This gradual process ensured stability.
Perhaps the once powerful families with strong Spirit inheritances would still stand tall, but their control over their original regions would be replaced, and new forces would emerge.
During this process, the Federation's task was to build a government with absolute control over the regions.
Thus, regardless of the changes in civilian power, they would have to submit to the Federation's regulation.
At the same time, the Federation's tasks would involve creating stable upward channels and a peaceful social order.
While the Extreme North region fought against the Abyss's invasion, the central regions of the Federation were also undergoing their own reforms.
The battle against the Abyss raged in the Extreme North.
As expected, Su Yu's judgment was correct.
The pressure from the Abyss Saint Lord's aura never weakened, but it was only this much.
The terrifying aura weighed heavily on the Douluo Continent's most elite battle armor teams, who were stationed closest to the core area in the Extreme North.
However, as time passed, they gradually adapted to this pressure, and it inadvertently turned into a form of training for them.
The intimidation tactic had failed, but in turn, it benefited them.
Or rather, this intimidation wasn't aimed at the battle armor teams or soul master groups; its true target was the top-tier warriors of Douluo Continent's core area at this moment.
Unfortunately...
Di Tian, the Beast God, with his unwavering will and loyalty to the Silver Dragon King, thought of his lord as invincible. Naturally, he wasn't affected by this pressure.
The Silver Dragon King himself was even less affected.
Su Yu had even bolder ideas, but they didn't need to be discussed.
Ilex was unaffected as well.
Kong Deming, after being slightly shaken, soon adapted to the pressure, just like the other battle armor teams, his will becoming even more resolute.
The Snow Emperor, as the ruler of the Extreme North—the first area to be invaded—held the deepest enmity towards the Abyss and was certainly not intimidated by its aura.
Du Bu Si, delighting in the challenge, was instead exhilarated. Even though the pressure was uncomfortable, he felt a surge of excitement and eagerly activated the blood-red energy within his body, igniting unprecedented fighting spirit.
As for Jing Hongchen…
He didn't dare show fear, especially when everyone around him remained unaffected. He had no choice but to shake off the fear.
In the end, the Abyss Saint Lord's tactics completely backfired and had the opposite effect.
However, despite this, he didn't regard Su Yu and the others as any real threat.
He didn't know the Silver Dragon King, didn't know Su Yu, and had no information on the powerful beings within Douluo.
In his view, the ones standing before him were merely some little mortals, not even close to divine-level power.
Though they were abnormal, they still didn't qualify as gods.
To him, anyone below the divine level was nothing but ants.
"Humph, just a plane that can't surpass the limit to godhood."
The Douluo Continent could withstand the presence of divine beings, but it couldn't support the birth of a god. Only through the inheritance of a divine position or the condensation of a divine rank, with the help of the Divine Realm, could one achieve divinity.
Deep within the whirlpool, countless Abyssal creatures began to invade.
"Shh~~~"
Jing Hongchen drew a cold breath.
Looking at the endless Abyssal creatures pouring out of the vortex passage, he felt his scalp go numb.
The battle armor teams stationed outside the core zone felt the surge of immense energy waves, and they too couldn't help but feel their scalp tingle.
"Is this the power of the Abyss?"
"At least ten thousand soul emperors' worth of combat power, over a thousand soul saints, and more than a hundred Titled Douluo..."
The terrifying lineup, the first true confrontation with the Abyss, had everyone in Douluo shaken.
Only those who, like Su Yu and the Silver Dragon King, had mentally prepared themselves in advance could remain calm. Even they, however, were slightly taken aback by the sheer number of formidable enemies.
"The Abyss is stronger than us, but since it's an invasion, the battlefield is on our soil, on Douluo's turf. We hold the advantage; there's no need to worry."
Su Yu's voice resonated as his soul power rippled through the air, even causing a spatial resonance. His words reached every corner of the Extreme North, soothing the soldiers of the Sun Moon Army and keeping them steady.
Su Yu. That name had become synonymous with power.
Even though he wasn't a god, he was close—he was god-like.
He had pioneered the rune system, created the battle armor system, and reformed the soul master cultivation system.
Now, the rune system had become widely adopted across the Douluo Continent.
Of course, "widespread" referred to the soul masters of Soul King rank and higher—those who could fully comprehend the significance of the rune system. The soul masters who had cultivated using this system were those who had unlocked their spiritual sea, and the numbers were still relatively small across the continent.
But the Sun Moon Army—no, it was now the Federation Army—had a much clearer understanding of all these advancements. After all, this army was at the forefront of Douluo's resistance against the Abyss. The Federation had high hopes for them, seeing them as the pillars of the future soul master world on Douluo Continent.
Their training would be prioritized by the Federation.
Inheritance?
No, they were to be rewarded based on their military achievements.
Never fought before?
Heard of loans? You could earn your military credits through battle.
Once they became strong enough, they could repay those credits by killing Abyssal creatures.
The Abyss had arrived.
The collision of two planes had officially begun.
And on this day, Su Yu declared, "The great development era of Douluo Continent has officially begun!"
(End of chapter)