Chapter 126

Three days passed in a flash.

Shu Yan was still sitting quietly cross-legged in the void, faint frost condensing on the surface of his body, finally forming one ice flower after another that drifted away.

The ice-blue dragon soul suspended in the void seemed to become increasingly transparent, and vaguely, a few dragon roars seemed to sound.

Seven soul rings floated rhythmically up and down beside Shu Yan, and the continuous ice-attribute energy turned into long, soft beams of light that poured into Shu Yan's body, finally merging into his seventh soul ring, which had already transformed into blood-red.

However, if one observed carefully, one would find that Shu Yan's first six soul rings were also quietly absorbing this extremely pure ice-attribute energy to increase their age, and the majority of the energy was surging into Shu Yan's fifth soul ring.

Three days had passed, and Shu Yan's fifth soul ring, originally black as a demon, was now red-tinted within the black, and its age was already extremely close to a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Although this looked a bit like picking up trash to eat, would Shu Yan admit it? The answer is, of course, no.

It could only be said that the "stealing" vibe was a bit heavy.

Accompanied by the continuous energy being absorbed by Shu Yan, even the energy in the external spring water seemed to have thinned by a few degrees. The Ice Empress naturally sensed this change. She looked at the huge dragon corpse that was like an iceberg and sighed softly, silently praying for Shu Yan in her heart. For some reason, ever since the moment Shu Yan disappeared from before her, she had been restless, and a sense of confusion had even risen in her heart, making her somewhat at a loss.

Once again, a blood-red halo rippled through the void world. The ice-blue dragon soul seemed to tremble slightly, and then it cast a faint, almost non-existent glance at Shu Yan below. An imperceptible sigh sounded in the void. Accompanied by this sound, the pure ice-attribute energy and heaven and earth energy that had been continuously gathering toward this side stopped strangely in mid-air.

Immediately following, strands of ice-blue energy flew out from the ice-blue dragon soul like thin threads, and then replaced the ice-attribute energy to enter Shu Yan's body.

Shu Yan let out a muffled groan, and the frost that had originally condensed on the surface of his body seemed to have been startled by something in an instant, falling off one after another.

Visibly to the naked eye, strands of ice-blue lines spread rapidly within Shu Yan's smooth skin. The extreme cold made Shu Yan tremble uncontrollably; it was a cold that seemed capable of freezing the soul, making even Shu Yan, who possessed the Extreme Ice snow attribute, feel fear.

Accompanied by the influx of this energy, Shu Yan's blood-red seventh soul ring, which had already stabilized, began to tremble violently again, bringing the other six soul rings along with it as if they had seen some terrifying existence, and even the luster of the soul rings themselves dimmed quite a bit.

Ice-blue patterns like cracks crawled onto Shu Yan's face, and blood overflowed from them, but it was frozen in an instant, finally turning into blood-red ice, incomparably enchanting.

Crack—

A crisp, shattering sound came. The shell of Shu Yan's seventh ring, which had already taken shape, slowly cracked open with a huge fissure, and countless blood-red fragments fell slowly, like a dreamlike blood rain, beautiful yet exuding a dangerous aura.

More and more ice-blue threads crawled all over Shu Yan's body. He uncontrollably spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with ice shards. A blurry, beautiful woman's figure appeared behind him, then protected him in her arms in a hugging posture, finally turning into a huge white cocoon.

The ice-blue dragon soul let out a long dragon roar toward the sky, and then this void world fell into eternal silence once again, with only that pure white cocoon suspended in mid-air, exuding a soft yet cold halo...

At the same time, the Ice Empress, who was at the bottom of the Icefire Yin Yang Well, also suddenly opened her tightly closed eyes.

She felt an extremely rich bloodline aura coming from the Ice Sky Snow Maiden. This bloodline seemed to be steaming, or perhaps transforming, but it was more like it was awakening...

The Ice Empress did not know how to describe her feelings; it was an emotion of inexplicable surprise mixed with fearful submission. But she knew that something major must have happened to Shu Yan. The two had called each other sister and brother for so long, and coupled with their shared bloodline origin, they had long since developed a tacit understanding similar to telepathy. And now, this feeling was slowly becoming intense, but the initiating party had changed from her to Shu Yan, who was far away in another space.

The Ice Empress was very worried, but she was powerless to do anything else.

Although the barrier in front of her was invisible and colorless, it could firmly block her, who possessed quasi-god combat power and field amplification. No matter how she tried, this barrier and the power behind it showed no change. In the end, she could only place her hand gently on the barrier, watching the ripples slowly spreading out, looking forward to Shu Yan's appearance.

The scene shifts again, arriving at Shrek Academy.

Ling Luochen, who had changed into a black dress, walked slowly along the path beside the Sea God Lake. The willow branches swayed with the fresh breeze, and the clear water of the Sea God Lake was very calm. Occasionally, a few koi jumped out of the water, leaving ripples behind, before diving back into the water.

Her withdrawal procedures were handled quickly, but her status as one of the contemporary Shrek Seven Devils required her to stay in the inner courtyard for a period of time until the Sea God Pavilion discussed and found a candidate who could replace her.

Looking at this number one soul master academy on the continent that had been passed down for ten thousand years, Ling Luochen felt both calm and somewhat emotional in her heart.

If this incident had not occurred, she feared she would have continued along the established path, winning the next Soul Master Grand Competition as one of the Shrek Seven Devils, then staying in the inner courtyard to develop, bringing her grandfather to Shrek City to retire, and after her grandfather passed away, she would work hard to cultivate, break through to Titled Douluo, join the Sea God Pavilion, and finally, like those elders in the academy today, remain in this academy forever...

Plans cannot keep up with changes; all of this changed because of the sudden deterioration of her grandfather's illness.

A brand new, completely different path lay before her. Ling Luochen was somewhat looking forward to a different life, and the reverie of the future filled her mind at this moment, causing the corners of her lips to curl up involuntarily.

Just as she was daydreaming about the future and feeling the sunshine and breeze, a somewhat sharp phoenix cry suddenly sounded from the lake in the distance. Within her line of sight, a red dot suddenly rushed out from the direction of the inner courtyard. The raging flames appeared even more manic under the reflection of the lake water, and that fiery red figure thus entered her view.

"Damn it, it's that crazy woman Ma Xiaotao again..."

Ling Luochen frowned slightly. She didn't have any good feelings for Ma Xiaotao, but she couldn't say she hated her much either. She actually knew quite a bit about the other party's situation, and Ma Xiaotao's teacher had even invited her to help Ma Xiaotao suppress the evil fire, but it was ultimately rejected by her.

The reason was also simple: she had a cleanliness obsession, and at the same time, she didn't have any good feelings for this person of the same sex who had a completely different personality from her and liked to go against her.

Looking at the few figures following behind Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen just stood on the sidelines to watch the show and had no intention of stepping in to help.

This was the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy, not far from the Sea God Pavilion, and there were countless geniuses and powerhouses in the inner courtyard. Unless it hindered her, she was too lazy to be a busybody.

But soon, Ling Luochen could no longer watch this show.

Accompanied by one of the people following behind Ma Xiaotao suddenly making a move, Ma Xiaotao, who was in a state of loss of control, kicked him straight into the Sea God Lake. Subsequently, the phoenix wings burning with raging flames behind her flapped, and she then lunged straight toward the direction where Ling Luochen was...

Ling Luochen: "............"

(End of chapter)