Seeing Tang San's body violently trembling, with even fine beads of blood beginning to seep from his pores, Master's expression immediately changed.
He grabbed Liu Erlong's arm and exclaimed in a panic, "Erlong! No! Little San's body seems unable to withstand the energy of this ten-thousand-year spirit ring! He… he's about to explode! We can't wait any longer; we must forcefully interrupt him!"
Liu Erlong was equally anxious, but she was, after all, stronger and more perceptive.
She gripped Yu Xiaogang's cold hand, forcing herself to calm down, and said, "Xiaogang, calm down! We cannot forcefully interrupt Tang San! The spirit ring energy has already penetrated his Meridians and Dantian.
If I were to forcefully sever it with external power, the two forces would violently clash within his body, and the result would only be… severed Meridians!
At that point, let alone his cultivation, it would be a miracle if he even survived; he would very likely become a cripple without Soul Power!"
Become a cripple without Soul Power?
This outcome…
Although it wasn't much better than dying on the spot from a failed absorption, it was equally unacceptable.
"Then what do we do?! Are we just going to watch Little San… he… he…" Master's voice was tinged with desperate sobs, unable to utter the rest of his words.
"Ah—!!!"
Just then, Tang San suddenly let out an extremely piercing scream, as if enduring the pain of being slowly sliced apart.
His body, which had only been swelling, now rapidly inflated like a balloon being frantically pumped with air, at a speed visible to the naked eye!
In just the blink of an eye, his skin was stretched almost transparent, with the surging Soul Power clearly visible beneath.
More fresh blood seeped from his cracked skin, instantly dyeing him a blood-red figure, making him look like a constantly inflating blood-colored balloon.
"Little San!!!"
"Are you alright?"
Seeing this, Master and Liu Erlong simultaneously let out a heart-wrenching cry.
"Erlong! We can't hesitate any longer! There's only one way to save Little San now: use a spirit ring from another Soul Beast to forcefully attract and replace the ten-thousand-year spirit ring he is currently absorbing!"
Seeing Tang San's body rapidly swelling like an inflated balloon, his skin cracking and bleeding, already on the verge of exploding, Master's eyes flashed with determination, and he urged in a rapid voice.
Liu Erlong was stunned at his words, her face full of surprise and confusion, and she asked, "Xiaogang, what are you saying? spirit rings can be replaced? This… this is unheard of!"
"Forceful interruption might destroy Little San's Meridians, but if we can find a substitute to guide the violent ten-thousand-year spirit ring energy out of his body, and simultaneously inject a relatively gentle one-thousand-year spirit ring energy, we might save his life!
It's like opening a floodgate for an overflowing reservoir while simultaneously introducing a small stream! This process is also perilous, but it's better than immediate explosion and death!"
"These are all things I read in the ancient texts of Spirit Hall."
Yu Xiaogang's words came out quickly, but his thoughts had become exceptionally clear in his despair, he said.
Nodding, Liu Erlong instantly understood the crux of the matter.
This was about sleight of hand, performing a Heaven-Defying act!
Immediately after, without the slightest hesitation, her gaze swept across her surroundings, and her Soul Power erupted.
"Good! I'll go catch a dying one-thousand-year Soul Beast right now!"
As soon as her voice fell.
Liu Erlong's figure shot out like lightning, and in a few leaps, she captured a relatively small, one-thousand-year-level Blazing Lizard from among the already injured Soul Beasts nearby.
"Little San! Quick! Pick up the dagger on the ground and deliver the final blow to it!"
Looking at the dying one-thousand-year Blazing Lizard, Master urgently prompted Tang San, "Then, guard your mind tightly, and Erlong and I will find a way to help you forcefully attract and exchange the spirit rings!"
Although Tang San's consciousness was blurry at this moment, and his entire body was in excruciating pain as if being torn apart, his survival instinct still allowed him to hear Master's words.
Immediately after, he endured the intense pain, trembling as he reached out, grabbed the dagger stained with the blood of countless Soul Beasts, and with his last ounce of strength, plunged it into the Blazing Lizard's head.
The Blazing Lizard's body trembled and it instantly died.
The next second, a deep purple spirit ring slowly condensed above its corpse.
"Now! Erlong, help me!"
Master let out a loud cry, his Soul Power surging out recklessly, merging with Liu Erlong's powerful Soul Power, like two invisible large hands.
One forcefully interfered with and weakened the violent ten-thousand-year spirit ring energy connecting Tang San to the Exploding Fire Ape.
The other attempted to draw the newly formed one-thousand-year spirit ring over, to cover and replace it!
This process was crude and dangerous, with energy clashing violently, emitting a piercing hum.
In just a single breath, veins bulged on Master's and Liu Erlong's foreheads, and blood seeped from the corners of their mouths, clearly indicating they were both suffering immense backlash.
Under their forceful intervention, the light of the ten-thousand-year spirit ring seemed to dim slightly, and the energy of the one-thousand-year spirit ring began to attempt to flow into Tang San's body.
However, in the very next moment, Master's and Liu Erlong's expressions simultaneously changed drastically.
"What's going on? How can Little San not even withstand the energy of a one-thousand-year spirit ring?!"
Tang San's body, upon contact with the one-thousand-year spirit ring energy, began to tremble violently again, and the swelling trend that had just slightly subsided reappeared!
The energy of a one-thousand-year spirit ring was still too much for him to absorb at this moment.
"One hundred years! Erlong, quickly find a one-hundred-year Soul Beast!"
Master made a decisive call, his voice hoarse with despair.
Hearing this, Liu Erlong's eyes sharpened, and her gaze swept around again, quickly locking onto a one-hundred-year Thorny Boar that they had already captured, which had an injured leg and was struggling to escape.
Immediately, she struck with a palm from a distance, the Soul Power impact rendering it near death, and then quickly grabbed it.
"Little San! Kill again!" His face flushed, Master's voice was already tinged with sobs.
Tang San's consciousness was already scattered; he almost instinctively raised the dagger again, ending the life of the one-hundred-year Thorny Boar.
The next second, a yellow one-hundred-year spirit ring slowly emerged.
Master and Liu Erlong once again combined their efforts, attempting to draw this one-hundred-year spirit ring over.
Unfortunately, the result was still despair-inducing.
Tang San's body was now like a container overflowing with energy; let alone the violent ten-thousand-year or one-thousand-year energies, even the relatively gentle flow of this one-hundred-year spirit ring energy caused his Qi and blood to churn, his wounds to burst open, blood to gush out, and his aura to become even weaker.
Clearly, he couldn't even absorb a yellow one-hundred-year spirit ring now.
Watching Tang San unable to even withstand a one-hundred-year spirit ring, his body further deteriorating under the impact of the faint yellow energy, Master's face instantly became extremely grim, his features contorted, an expression that looked as if he had swallowed a ton of excrement.
"No! How could this be?" A gurgling sound escaped his throat, Master's eyes frantically scanned his surroundings, and he suddenly cried out again urgently:
"Erlong! Quick! Go find! Find a ten-year Soul Beast!"
"A ten-year one will definitely work! Hurry!"
Hearing this, Liu Erlong's gaze quickly swept over the captured Soul Beasts around them.
After a moment of silence, she shook her head with a rather grim expression and said, "Xiaogang! The lowest ones Flender and I caught before were one-hundred-year Spirit Beasts; where would there be a ten-year Soul Beast?
Any slightly weaker ten-year Soul Beasts nearby were already scared away by me just now, or trampled into meat paste by other Soul Beasts!"
"Then what do we do?! Are we just going to watch Little San explode and die?! No! My Martial Soul theory has not yet been realized! He cannot die!"
Master completely lost control of his emotions, frantically pounding his legs, looking utterly deranged.
In this complete despair, the corner of his eye happened to catch sight of several Soul Beast corpses not far away, which Tang San had brutalized earlier and had not yet been dealt with.
On those bloody, decaying wounds, a dozen fat, white ten-year maggots were slowly wriggling, enjoying their feast.
Immediately after, a crazy, sacrilegious idea, one that violated all Soul Master cognition and dignity, struck Master's almost collapsing mind like lightning!
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