Su Yu regained his composure and retrieved the Blade of Living Beings from his forehead.
"Teacher, please recover your state first."
As he spoke, Su Yu channeled the Life Force from the Blade of Living Beings into Kong Deming's body.
"First Soul Skill, Star Spirit Power!"
Su Yu guided this portion of Life Force, granting it special properties to more quickly restore Kong Deming's Soul Power and physical strength.
Since realizing the mastery realm of soul skills from his Second Soul Skill's Purifying Power, Su Yu had been attempting to explore other soul skills to achieve this realm.
He successfully mastered his First Soul Skill, Star Spirit Power.
This soul skill encompasses two aspects: one involves drawing in and absorbing the Power of the Stars, and the other involves converting the Power of the Stars into Life Force and using this Life Force to restore Soul Power and physical strength.
Su Yu merely used the techniques of the second part to guide the Life Force from the Blade of Living Beings, achieving the current effect.
However, with his Soul Power, the extent of influence on this vast Life Force was limited.
Yet the effect of accelerating the recovery of Kong Deming's Soul Power and physical strength was still present.
Three minutes later, Kong Deming recovered to his peak state, with a certain amount of Life Force stored within his body.
He activated a Soul-guided Protective Shield, encompassing the area where the two of them and the Red Gold Bird's corpse were located.
Only then did he sit cross-legged and draw the blood-red Soul Ring onto himself.
Su Yu stirred the Life Force within the Blade of Living Beings, infusing it into Kong Deming's body.
"Second Soul Skill, Purple Moon Purification!"
"First Soul Skill, Star Spirit Power!"
The Life Force stored within the Blade of Living Beings was extremely vast.
Su Yu wasn't too stingy about using it.
It's said that the consumption of Kong Deming's breakthrough to Level 95 would take two years to recover, but the Spirit-Eating Carving Knife had existed for over a thousand years before.
Kong Deming's physique met the standards, and his experience in absorbing Soul Rings was extraordinarily rich; there were no accidents this time.
For him, the goal this time was to extend the absorption time as much as possible.
Su Yu had shared his hypothesis with Kong Deming about the active state of a Martial Soul during Soul Ring absorption; Kong Deming also utilized this state to refine as much Life Force as possible.
After a full ten days, the blood-red Soul Ring gradually contracted and merged into Kong Deming's body.
Kong Deming's Soul Power surged violently, more terrifying than when he fought Poison Undying.
"Level 96 now."
He felt as if he was in a dream from another lifetime.
Being stuck at Level 94 for decades, yet now breaking through two levels in just a month was something he never dared to imagine before.
"Hahaha, good disciple, come, let's hurry back to Mingdu; I can't wait to study the Rune Technique!"
...
Shrek Academy.
Inner Courtyard.
Inside the Sea God Pavilion, a deep silence prevailed.
Seated at the head, slumping in the chair, the hunched old man broke the silence.
"Is there still no news of Lin'er?"
Silence answered him.
Xian Lin'er had disappeared.
Since that battle with Kong Deming, she had vanished without a trace.
The Xingluo Empire had sent people to Shrek multiple times to inquire about what exactly had happened that day.
In truth, Xu Jiawei already knew; saying it this way was just a more tactful way to remind the people of Shrek that Xian Lin'er had effectively led the Xingluo Empire's army into a trap.
The Sun Divine Needle targets a single strike, but in Kong Deming's hands, its power was comparable to an Ultimate Strike.
It fell into that unit, and the Level 87 Soul Douluo Ye Changsheng, leading them, died instantly, and the aftershocks of the attack caused significant losses to the entire unit.
The Xingluo Empire lost at least five Soul Saints and one Soul Douluo, and over a thousand soldiers were dispersed and had to be integrated into other units.
Xu Jiawei's inquiry was already giving Shrek face, very tactful.
But Shrek had no answer to give.
Because Xian Lin'er had disappeared.
After that battle, Xian Lin'er fled with severe injuries.
And then she had not contacted the Academy again.
Shrek continued to hope in persistence, sending people to search, but they couldn't find any trace of her.
Now it could be concluded that Xian Lin'er was dead.
In fact, this judgment could have been made long ago, but Shrek was unwilling to admit it.
After all, Xian Lin'er was Elder Mu's disciple, and she was also Yan Shaozhe's junior, the head of the Shrek Martial Soul System, and also dean of the Soul Guide System.
Oh, she was also the wife of Qian Duoduo, the deputy dean of the Soul Guide System.
Elder Lin and Elder Xuan present were all deeply attached to her, having watched her grow up, and naturally unwilling to accept the fact of her death.
Unfortunately, waiting for all these days yielded no hope.
"It's all your fault, Yan Shaozhe!"
Qian Duoduo suddenly erupted in anger, pointing at Yan Shaozhe and scolding.
"Why did you send Lin'er to her death?"
"Duoduo, I didn't expect things to turn out this way either…" Yan Shaozhe's explanation was weak and futile.
He himself regretted sending Xian Lin'er to risk herself back then.
However, at the time, Yan Shaozhe only suggested sending someone to verify Su Yu's situation.
After all, he was from the Xingluo Empire, and the Soul Blue Silver Grass was potentially an ultimate life form.
Shouldn't it be verified?
If it were true, joining the Sun and Moon Empire would be a misstep, wouldn't it?
Based on this, he made the suggestion.
At the time, Xian Lin'er herself was interested in Su Yu, and with her outstanding skills as a Soul Guide, she took the initiative to go…
But at such a moment, how could he defend himself?
After all, ultimately, if it hadn't been for his suggestion, Lin'er wouldn't have been sacrificed.
Cai Mei'Er, Yan Shaozhe's wife and the deputy dean of the Martial Soul System, remained silent.
After Qian Duoduo scolded for quite some time, there was another bout of silence in the Sea God Pavilion before Yan Shaozhe spoke.
"Lin'er's vengeance must be avenged!"
"With whom? Qian Duoduo directly questioned.
Seek revenge on the Sun and Moon Empire?
Right under everyone's eyes, Xian Lin'er disguised herself as a foreign powerhouse.
Right under everyone's eyes, Kong Deming let her escape.
Shrek had no grounds.
Even if they never cared for reasons, such a high-level fight forced them to consider the reasoning aspect.
Moreover, this is not the main factor restraining Shrek.
The restraint came from another question.
Was Xian Lin'er really killed by the Sun and Moon Empire?
She was fleeing towards Shrek, with her route entirely within the Xingluo Empire.
Severely injured.
Resulting in significant losses for the Xingluo Empire.
Coupled with her identity, her death could cause enmity among all members of the Shrek Sea God Pavilion towards the Sun and Moon Empire.
Just these few factors made the Xingluo Empire's suspicion no smaller than the Sun and Moon Empire's!
Dare the Xingluo Empire do such a thing?
Dare!
They've long been distressed that Shrek hasn't fully supported their resistance against the Sun and Moon Empire and had urged them multiple times before the Soul Fighting Competition.
Such a scheme they truly could come up with!
Coupled with the recent Soul Fighting Competition, the economic and reputational losses Shrek brought to the Xingluo Empire made everything possible.
"We surely cannot do nothing!" Yan Shaozhe's tone was filled with pain.
"We certainly won't do nothing!"
Elder Lin huffed coldly, with an exceptionally firm tone, harboring an unspeakable fury beneath her calm exterior.
She was of the same status as Elder Xuan, with a Soul Power of Level 97.
Most importantly, she was Xian Lin'er's mother.