The Deep Sea Demon Whale King transformed back into its Spirit Beast form once more, with dazzling red light spreading from its head.
The red light continuously expanded, turning into a crimson halo that shimmered in harmony with the white Pill Energy released by the Core Pearl in the sky. The scene truly resembled the moment of the rising sun at dawn.
The entire Demon Whale Sea was enveloped in the crimson halo, with both the sea surface and the sky dyed a bloody red.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King had sacrificed itself!
The commotion caused by a Million-Year Soul Beast's sacrifice was immense.
But this was the Demon Whale Sea—no matter how great the disturbance, no one dared to come and investigate.
In Dugu Feng's eyes, everything around him had come to a standstill.
Only the Deep Sea Demon Whale King could still move. Its entire body had turned red; originally resembling a blue crystal island, it had now transformed into a red crystal island.
Its entire body was completely burning.
Burning its soul, burning its Life Energy.
The vibrant crimson flames burned brighter and fiercer, turning the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's body into an island of fire.
Such energy fluctuations shocked Dugu Feng, while also filling him with immense excitement. The efficiency of energy utilization from a Million-Year Soul Beast's sacrifice would be far greater than if he had devoured it himself.
It was equivalent to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King pouring all its million years of cultivation directly into him.
Such an opportunity was truly a rare gift from heaven.
The crimson flames expanded into a massive ring spanning dozens of miles in diameter.
The ring descended from the sky, enveloping Dugu Feng within it.
Then, blood-red flames rained down from above, bathing Dugu Feng in a fire of energy.
This energy was gentle and vast.
It was completely different from absorbing a Spirit Ring under normal circumstances. When absorbing a Spirit Ring, the energy was wild and violent, requiring the Soul Master to tame it.
But the energy from a sacrifice was like absorbing a Soul Bone—the energy actively merged into the body, transforming into a Spirit Ring.
The entire process was exceptionally peaceful.
As the sacrifice began, Dugu Feng also took possession of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's Inner Core. The seawater that had been pushed aside gradually flowed back, and the man and the beast slowly sank to the seabed.
The red and white light on the sea surface flashed briefly before gradually calming down.
Dugu Feng sat cross-legged on the seabed, surrounded by a halo of blood-red flames. Not far from him, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King burned within the seawater.
Dugu Feng chose to absorb the energy at the seabed precisely because the commotion was too great.
It had undoubtedly alerted people like Poseidon and Tang Hao. To avoid unnecessary complications, he could only hide deep beneath the sea.
As soon as the sacrifice began, the Soul Power within Dugu Feng's body had already been restored to its peak state, and the injuries sustained during the previous battle had completely healed.
Then, his entire body began to evolve with a ravenous hunger.
With the increase in Soul Power, the first to undergo evolution was undoubtedly the Soul Core. The Soul Core firmly occupied the central position of the Lower Dantian, converting most of the energy entering the body into Liquid Soul Power, which then settled into the Lower Dantian.
Next, the Soul Core compressed and absorbed this Liquid Soul Power. When the Soul Core had just formed, it was only the size of a mung bean.
After all, Dugu Feng had just stepped into the realm of a Titled Douluo and hadn't even absorbed a Spirit Ring yet.
Even though his Soul Power had been abundant during the Soul Douluo stage, after being compressed into a Soul Core and with the elevation of energy levels, it no longer seemed so remarkable.
Now, with a new source of energy, the Soul Core began to grow rapidly.
Apart from the Soul Core, the Overlord Venom at Dugu Feng's brow became the greatest beneficiary. The Overlord Venom flowed along the Devouring Golden Threads into the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's body, controlling it and facilitating its sacrifice.
In this process, countless amounts of life energy were transformed into toxins.
The ultimate form of life is poison, and the ultimate form of poison becomes life energy. This was the truth Dugu Feng comprehended after the Overlord Venom transformed into the Eight-Colored Poison Pill and became part of his body.
Now, the sacrifice brought even purer life energy, causing the very essence of the Overlord Venom to undergo a dramatic transformation.
The space within his brow where the Eight-Colored Poison Pill resided became profoundly deep, and the Eight-Colored Poison Pill itself began to grow larger.
By the time the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's sacrifice was complete, the energy of the Eight-Colored Poison Pill would at least double, if not more.
The evolution of the Eight-Colored Poison Pill, in turn, drove the enhancement of the Asura Bloodline. It originally stemmed from the bloodline yet transcended it.
Integrated with Dugu Feng's entire blood and bones, it now influenced the continuous infusion of life energy into his body, forming a virtuous cycle.
The Eight-Colored Poison Pill was too powerful; it could elevate the strength of his entire body.
Dugu Feng also seized this critical moment of the Eight-Colored Poison Pill's evolution, continuously comprehending the Ultimate Poison within it, as well as the transformation between life energy and poison-type energy.
From advancing from Soul Douluo to Titled Douluo and absorbing a Spirit Ring, Dugu Feng believed it was a process of gradually ascending from human to god.
Reaching level one hundred meant becoming a god. Although achieving above level ninety was still far from divinity, it was fundamentally worlds apart from ordinary humans.
This realm had completely distanced him from ordinary Soul Masters, gradually transcending humanity.
Dugu Feng reflected bit by bit, strengthening himself.
Just as he was silently absorbing the Spirit Ring.
The commotion from the battle between the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and Dugu Feng had already spread.
It caused an uproar on Poseidon Island and among all Sea Soul Masters.
Poseidon Island.
Just moments ago, striking red and white lights appeared on the horizon. The red light resembled sunset clouds, while the white light was dazzlingly bright.
The first to sense it were two 100,000-Year Soul Beasts: Xiao Wu and the Demon Soul Great White Shark.
On the training ground, Xiao Wu stared in disbelief at the distant blood-red light on the horizon.
Although it was too far to clearly discern the crimson flames.
Xiao Wu instantly sensed it, and a terrifying tremor arose from the depths of her soul—it was undoubtedly a Soul Beast's sacrifice.
Moreover, it was an incredibly powerful Soul Beast sacrificing itself to a human Soul Master.
Burning its life and soul in offering to the other.
She felt that this Soul Beast's strength was several times greater than her own, yet such a powerful Soul Beast had actually sacrificed itself.
Xiao Wu's eyes involuntarily moistened. Was it truly so difficult to break free from the fate of Soul Beasts?
The other members of the Shrek Five Monsters also saw the strange phenomenon on the horizon, though they did not know what had happened.
The solemn and dignified feeling emanating from the red and white lights left everyone somewhat subdued.
"Xiao Wu, what's wrong?" Tang San suddenly asked anxiously.
He keenly noticed Xiao Wu's abnormality; her reddened eyes pained him deeply.
As soon as Tang San spoke, the others also turned their attention to Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu quickly composed herself, forcing a smile to mask her expression and changing the subject: "The sudden white light hurt my eyes.
The colors are so vivid—what on earth happened over there?"
At that moment, two streaks of light appeared in the sky, capturing the attention of the Shrek Six Devils.
The others also forgot about Xiao Wu's unusual condition, all turning their gaze toward the heavens.
"It's the Great Priest and Uncle Tang! They must have gone to investigate this peculiar situation!"
The others nodded in agreement, their hearts brimming with curiosity.
What on earth had happened?
(End of Chapter)