Under the warnings of the gods, Su Ming still pushed through the pressure to perform a second Three-Tribulation Heaven Refinement.
There was no other way. Since he could cultivate Gold Force, he had to secure the best for himself.
One for Little Gold, one for himself.
Both of them now possessed half-step Transcendent-level talent for cultivating Gold Force.
This level corresponded to... level one hundred and twenty.
After obtaining the half-step Transcendent metal and advancing his Gold Force cultivation talent another step, Little Gold returned outside the vortex, blocking the exit to absorb Abyssal energy.
On the other side, the Abyssal Sage King was deep in thought.
He knew he couldn't escape. Marked by the God Realm, he couldn't get away. His only chance for survival was to find a way to take Douluo Planet by surprise and devour it.
"Forging... This Su Ming's Heaven Refinement has brought the law of forging to my Abyss. Moreover, using the laws of two planes to conduct Heaven Refinement accelerates the fusion of the two planes' laws under the tribulation's impetus. I just need to wait for the critical point, the point where I can descend to Douluo Planet without obstruction. Then, with overwhelming force, I seize Douluo Planet and can still negotiate with the God Realm," the Abyssal Sage King thought to himself.
Descending upon Douluo Planet.
This was a necessity.
And he had to descend with the strongest possible form.
Although the entire Abyss would collapse if his main body died, the Abyssal Sage King could still clearly assess the situation.
Without a desperate gamble, he'd be slowly boiled like a frog in warm water, bit by bit being eroded away.
Su Ming paid no heed to whatever the Abyss was amassing.
He silently cultivated Gold Force, accumulating power for himself.
As the saying goes, every high-year Spirit Ring is a form of foundation/.
Furthermore, barely a few days had passed here when it seemed something was happening again over in Douluo 3.
[Douluo 3]
Outside the mountain range where the Blood God Legion was stationed, in the endless desert, three figures appeared. Two were quite burly, and one was slightly slimmer, though judging by his silhouette, he was still robust.
They looked in the direction pointed by one of the burly men, seemingly able to see the Blood God Legion on the distant, (continuous) snowy mountains through the clouds and mist.
"Sect Leader, Elder, I apologize for troubling you this time," Tang Wulin said, carrying a hint of apology.
The danger of this operation went without saying. They had to seize the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest, the core of the great array, from Su Ming's hands, and also seize his status as Lord of the Life Core, taking control of the Tree of Life.
These two objectives, one more dangerous than the other, they had to achieve simultaneously. Otherwise, they would face Su Ming's most ferocious counterattack.
For such a perilous operation, the two Limit Douluos from the Clear Sky Clan were willing to support it and personally come to participate.
"Hmph! That Su Ming appears to be helping everyone devour Abyssal energy, but in reality, he's using the great array to control all the Limit Douluos. This is more than just imprisonment; it's enslavement, it's control!" the Clear Sky Clan Elder said angrily.
He was the Limit Douluo the Clear Sky Clan had previously sent to the Blood God Legion. Because the clan refused to send its remaining Limit Douluos there, he, a Limit Douluo who had earned merit on the front lines, was also expelled.
Not only was he expelled, but the Abyssal energy he had painstakingly helped Douluo Planet devour was also stripped away by Su Ming.
This hatred was etched into his bones/memories. This Clear Sky Clan Elder would not forget it.
That day, Su Ming seized him, directly extracted the Abyssal energy from his body, and threw him out of the Blood God Legion.
At that time, his cultivation realm became unstable because of it. The balance of his three Spirit Cores was broken, and he nearly fell from level 99.
Hearing this, Tang Wulin sighed with emotion.
"The reason he can do all this is actually because he controls the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest and the Tree of Life."
"Although the Tree of Life was something he only recently planted, how could the methods he used earlier to devour Abyssal energy not have utilized the abilities of the Seed of Life?"
Because A Yin was guiding him from within, Tang Wulin had a very good understanding of the Seed of Life's functions, knowing it could devour various energies to grow.
In his view, Su Ming's battle that made him famous relied on the Seed of Life devouring an Abyssal Monarch's energy.
Such a vast amount of Abyssal energy failed to give birth to the Tree of Life. It was obvious Su Ming had devoured it all himself, merely using the Seed of Life as a tool for the devouring.
"Let's go. Be careful to suppressour auras. Although there are only three of us, according to Elder Tianming's information, the Limit Douluos are usually in the Abyssal battlefield, not in the rear. If we strike suddenly, our chances are high," the Clear Sky Clan Sect Leader spoke up, halting this complaining discussion.
Regardless, what was past was past.
What they needed to do now was take back the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest and the Tree of Life.
All three took out a circular disk, activated it, and a protective shield enveloped them.
As the shield covered them, their Spirit Power fluctuations were isolated from the outside world. Simultaneously, their heat signatures and the light reflecting off them were distorted.
An hour later, the three finally reached the mountaintop where the Blood God Legion was stationed.
They crawled/prone in the snow, raising their heads to observe the situation within the Blood God Legion.
Looking into the distance was a massive military camp. Everywhere in the camp were new, large-scale buildings. Looking from this snowy peak, the entire camp didn't seem the least bit icy or cold; it actually looked quite cozy/.
There was a research institute, a Spirit Soul research institute, a Spirit Ascension Platform under construction, a forging department, a Battle Armor design department, a Battle Armor fabrication department, even a mecha procurement department... each department occupied at least one tall building.
"Hiss~"
Looking at this camp from afar, Tang Wulin couldn't help but suck in a cold breath of air.
Even having studied at Shrek, he was still shocked/astounded by the scene before him.
Shrek undoubtedly focused on cultivating Battle Armor Masters, encouraging students to cooperate in making Battle Armor and providing platforms for it.
Yet Shrek Academy was still conservative, nowhere near as (direct/straightforward) as the Blood God Legion.
Here, they directly established departments specifically for Battle Armor design and Battle Armor fabrication.
This was the most efficient way to produce Battle Armor, equipping the Spirit Masters within the Legion with suitable Battle Armor as quickly as possible to head to the front lines.
"Under this model, at least fifty percent of the Spirit Masters in the entire Blood God Legion are Battle Armor Masters."
Tang Wulin took a deep breath, the intelligence he had gathered from Shrek Academy echoing in his mind.
Fifty percent! Battle Armor Masters!
One must understand, this Blood God Legion was not Shrek Academy. Any Spirit Master who wanted to contribute to the plane could join here. Although there was still selection, its strictness was nothing compared to Shrek's.
Because in less than a year, the entire legion had expanded four or fivefold. The number of new Spirit Masters joining was at least fifty thousand, if not a hundred thousand.
With this enormous number of Spirit Masters, being able to cultivate fifty percent into Battle Armor Masters demonstrated the efficiency of these departments.
"The entire legion is enveloped by the great array."
Tang Wulin's gaze followed the camp's buildings upward towards the sky, where he could see a huge light shield above the camp.
At the very top of this light shield, a (illusory), crystal-like blue object floated.
"That's the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest!"
Within Tang Wulin's Sea of Consciousness, Old Tang declared resolutely.
Hearing this, Tang Wulin's heart also grew solemn.
This was one of the objectives of his mission here.
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