The night sky was filled with countless dazzling stars, flickering continuously like a magnificent and grand painting.
In front of him, not far away, stood a Starlight Tree with a trunk diameter exceeding five meters and a height over one hundred meters.
Its dense canopy shimmered with a silver-blue light like stars, drawing in the starlight scattered across the sky, gathering it into a brilliant light curtain resembling a splendid canopy.
The scene was incredibly beautiful and spectacular!
Ye Yu couldn't help but marvel, his eyes sparkling with admiration.
But unfortunately, this still couldn't change the fate of the Starlight Tree.
After Dugu Bo struck the Starlight Tree with his Third Soul Skill: Corrosive Black Witch Snake, and his First Soul Skill: Phosphor Poison Fire, it was severely wounded.
Ye Yu then delivered the final blow, killing the Starlight Tree.
The trunk was corroded with pits by the Corrosive Black Witch Snake and nearly burnt to charcoal by the Phosphor Poison Fire.
Beside the fallen Starlight Tree's remains, Ye Yu sat cross-legged, summoning his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine Martial Soul, and closed his eyes to begin cultivating the Inner Core Technique.
Under the circulation of soul power through the Inner Core Technique,
a deep purple soul ring condensed above the remains of the Starlight Tree was instantly pulled toward Ye Yu and merged onto him.
In an instant, a vast surge of soul power poured fiercely into Ye Yu's body, roaring like mighty rivers rushing through his meridians and flesh.
Ye Yu felt intense pain again coming from his meridians and body — both swelling and tearing pain.
However, after fusing with the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone,
and strengthened by the life force released from the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone,
Ye Yu's physical constitution was greatly enhanced, and his body's regenerative ability was significantly improved.
Then, after undergoing the Ice-Fire Body Tempering,
and absorbing the Immortal Grass, which further boosted his body's recovery,
the enormous and vast soul power released from absorbing the Starlight Tree's soul ring completely transformed into a refinement and strengthening of his body!
After several hours,
Ye Yu successfully absorbed the Starlight Tree's soul ring.
Following the absorption, the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine underwent further changes.
Not only did the vines become thicker—from the size of a baby's wrist to thicker than an adult's wrist—
but the entire vine, like blue crystal, became more translucent and dazzling, approaching starlight blue.
Additionally, besides the golden threads inside the vines and leaves, there were now scattered specks of starlight.
For the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine's second soul skill, Ye Yu named it: Starlight Absorption.
Upon activation, the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine can absorb sunlight, moonlight, and starlight, converting them into soul power and vitality, thereby accelerating the growth and recovery speed of the Martial Soul.
At the same time, it can return the absorbed soul power back to Ye Yu's body,
quickening his soul power recovery.
After absorbing the Starlight Tree,
Ye Yu tested his soul power again, and his cultivation level immediately rose to Level 30!
Dugu Bo could accept this, because after Dugu Yan consumed the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, his cultivation jumped from Level 21 directly to Level 35.
So Ye Yu's rise from Level 10 to 30 was reasonable.
After absorbing the Starlight Tree's soul ring, which was seven thousand years old,
Ye Yu set his sights on his Third Soul Ring's target soul beast:
this time, he aimed for a lifespan of ten thousand years!
However, after several days of searching within the inner area of the Star Dou Great Forest,
Ye Yu couldn't find a plant-type soul beast that perfectly matched his requirements for cultivation years and attributes.
But one day,
while passing through a canyon,
Ye Yu noticed something strange:
around them, the sky was clear for thousands of miles,
yet above the canyon loomed a rolling mass of pitch-black clouds filled with thunder and lightning, continuously striking down into the canyon.
This was very unusual!
"Grandpa, let's go check it out!"
This strange scene made Ye Yu narrow his eyes, thinking it might be a powerful soul beast.
Accompanied by Dugu Bo, they entered the canyon.
As the rolling black clouds dispersed,
below the clouds,
on a cliff glowing with strange silver light,
Ye Yu saw a vine with a dark purple body flickering with arcs of electricity, climbing the cliff.
Its dark purple leaves gently swayed in the wind.
It was indeed the Thunder Hell Prison Vine!
Seeing the Thunder Hell Prison Vine growing on the cliff, Ye Yu's heart filled with excitement.
This was a top-tier plant-type soul beast!
When it first sprouts, it looks like a bamboo shoot, just a small segment.
It can only develop during thunderstorm rain.
Only after being struck by lightning can it increase its cultivation!
Because the power of thunder is terrifying and overwhelming,
the Thunder Hell Prison Vine can easily be struck into charcoal by a powerful lightning bolt.
Yet, it possesses extremely strong vitality—unless it is completely burnt to ashes, it can revive and grow stronger.
From this, it is clear:
although its main attribute is Lightning,
it also has strong Life attributes!
Therefore, it's very suitable to become the third soul ring for his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine.
If he can absorb the Thunder Hell Prison Vine's soul ring and obtain Lightning attributes,
it will also increase the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine's resistance to Poison, Darkness, and Evil attributes!
After carefully observing the vine's thickness and length,
Ye Yu confirmed this was a Thunder Hell Prison Vine with cultivation just over ten thousand years—about fifteen thousand years!
Perfect!
"Grandpa! I choose the Thunder Hell Prison Vine as the target for my third soul ring!"
Ye Yu pointed excitedly at the vine on the cliff.
Compared to the Immortal Grass and Starlight Tree, the Thunder Hell Prison Vine was even rarer, comparable to the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear or the Titan Giant Ape among plant-type soul beasts!
Encountering a Thunder Hell Prison Vine with exactly ten thousand years cultivation was truly lucky!
But Dugu Bo felt a headache knowing Ye Yu chose a ten-thousand-year Thunder Hell Prison Vine.
As a top-tier plant-type soul beast, even with only ten thousand years cultivation, its strength matched a normal soul beast of seventy or eighty thousand years.
Plus, the Lightning attribute was quite unfavorable against Dugu Bo himself, who specialized as a Poison Douluo.
But there was no choice!
Since his grandson-in-law chose this Thunder Hell Prison Vine,
he, as grandfather, would risk his life to help him obtain it as the third soul ring!
"Phosphor Snake Emperor, possess me!"
Dugu Bo's face turned serious.
With a loud shout, he summoned the Phosphor Snake Emperor possession.
He immediately used the ultimate skill—the Eighth Soul Skill: Time Freeze—to immobilize the Thunder Hell Prison Vine.
Then, with a shout of "Shatter!", he heavily wounded the vine.
Afterward, he used the Fourth Soul Skill: Phosphor Maze's deadly poison to grind the Thunder Hell Prison Vine to its last breath.
Only then did he let Ye Yu approach for the final strike.
Ye Yu circulated soul power, leapt onto the cliff, cut the Thunder Hell Prison Vine with a sharp dagger, and smashed it into pieces with stones.
A large number of black light particles dispersed from the "corpse" of the Thunder Hell Prison Vine, condensing into a black ten-thousand-year soul ring above.
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