Chapter 110: , Unimaginable Harvest

"Swish!"

Within the pitch-black spring water, Mizunuki Ryosuke suddenly opened his eyes.

Everything that had just occurred in his mind remained vivid, yet although it seemed to have lasted a long time, in reality, it had only been a fleeting moment.

At this instant, Mizunuki Ryosuke’s body had just submerged into the Spring of Extreme Yin.

Opening his eyes once more, Mizunuki Ryosuke finally perceived the pressure brought about by the Spring of Extreme Yin.

Yang symbolizes the body.

Yin symbolizes the spirit.

In physical terms, the so-called "Spring of Extreme Yin" was no different from ordinary water.

But in reality, the Spring of Extreme Yin exerted a terrifying pressure upon the spirit.

It was as if, in the face of the extreme Yin power contained within the spring, Ryosuke’s spirit was as fragile as dust in a gale.

According to Ryosuke’s estimation, in three seconds at most, the spring water would completely destroy his spirit.

Not daring to hesitate, Mizunuki Ryosuke immediately employed the method taught to him by Otsutsuki Hagoromo.

It was also the highest-level sealing technique!

Its name—Nine Palaces Seal!

In an instant, a pure white light suddenly bloomed on Mizunuki Ryosuke’s forehead, and pure white patterns began to spread from his forehead across his body.

Finally, the pure white patterns formed a "Nine Palaces Diagram" on Mizunuki Ryosuke’s body, covering him entirely.

As the location to seal the Spring of Extreme Yin, it could naturally only exist within the "consciousness space" where the human body stores its spirit.

Subsequently, the surrounding Spring of Extreme Yin began to churn incessantly, and a white pattern resembling an "eye" appeared on Ryosuke’s forehead.

The moment the pattern solidified, the surrounding Spring of Extreme Yin, as if water in a pool being sucked into a drain, poured frantically toward the white eye on Mizunuki Ryosuke’s forehead.

And with every bit of Extreme Yin power accepted, a point on the pure white Nine Palaces pattern on Ryosuke’s body would turn "pitch black."

Meanwhile, inside Ryosuke’s consciousness space.

The Three-Tails Isobu was lying idly in place; influenced by the mist space, Isobu was currently unable to watch its only "entertainment program"—the "live broadcast" originating from Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Suddenly, the Three-Tails looked at the ground of the consciousness space in surprise.

"This is..."

"Where did the water come from?"

The next second, a flood-like pitch-black liquid suddenly appeared in the consciousness space, actually knocking the Three-Tails’ massive body to the ground.

This time, the Three-Tails, with its back on the ground and belly facing the sky, felt no discomfort; instead, its large pupils held a hint of excitement.

"Great, it’s actually water!!!!"

Isobu excitedly slapped the surrounding liquid with great force.

Soon, the surging torrent submerged the Three-Tails’ body.

Within the vast consciousness space, it was instantly flooded into an ocean.

"Splash!"

Isobu surfaced from the "ocean" within the consciousness space, feeling the water level that was still rising, and revealed a look of complete satisfaction.

What cat doesn't love to play? What turtle doesn't love the water?

Unlike Isobu’s joy, Mizunuki Ryosuke was currently enduring unimaginable suffering.

Compared to the process of sealing the Spring of Extreme Yin, the process of sealing a Tailed Beast was simply not worth mentioning.

Massive spiritual power was continuously pouring into Mizunuki Ryosuke’s consciousness space; faced with such vast "Extreme Yin power," Ryosuke’s consciousness space was forced to expand continuously.

This was like a cup being fundamentally unable to hold all the water in a lake.

If the "cup" wanted to hold all the water in the lake, it could only forcibly expand its own volume to match the lake.

This was the so-called "breaking to build anew."

Mizunuki Ryosuke was currently experiencing this process.

The "Spring of Extreme Yin" was, in reality, a source where vast "Yin attribute" power gathered.

The meaning represented by the Yin attribute is spirit, so the Spring of Extreme Yin could also be understood as a near-infinite spiritual force.

And every time Mizunuki Ryosuke’s spirit shattered.

The Nine Palaces Seal would draw upon the power within the Spring of Extreme Yin to reshape Mizunuki Ryosuke’s spirit, making the seal even more stable.

This was also the powerful aspect of the Nine Palaces Seal.

Once caught in the seal, the power of the sealed object would be absorbed by the Nine Palaces Seal, instead being converted into an even more powerful seal.

Absorption, shattering, reshaping.

Mizunuki Ryosuke’s spirit was caught in this cycle.

In reality, the water level inside the Spring of Extreme Yin was also continuously dropping.

The resulting impact was that the mist in the mist space was continuously receding.

Within the ice layer space, Terumi Mei looked at the receding mist all around, a look of joy appearing in her eyes.

And at Terumi Mei’s feet, the half-dead big orange cat wore an expression as if it had seen a ghost.

What had he seen?

That man who resembled a demon king had entered the mist, and then the mist had actually begun to recede?

Oh my god!

One had to know, this was a problem that had plagued the cat clan for hundreds of years, and it had just been solved like this?

At this moment, in the big orange cat’s heart, Mizunuki Ryosuke was already equivalent to a "god-like" existence.

Within the Spring of Extreme Yin, the pure white Nine Palaces pattern on Mizunuki Ryosuke’s body was being dyed a pitch-black color bit by bit as the Spring of Extreme Yin poured in.

As the Spring of Extreme Yin was completely absorbed into Ryosuke’s body, the originally pure white Nine Palaces patterns on his body also completely turned a pitch-black color.

After completely turning pure black, the Nine Palaces patterns on Mizunuki Ryosuke’s body flickered incessantly, as if they had come to life.

Afterward, the pattern resembling an "eye" on Ryosuke’s forehead also slowly changed to an "opened" state.

Once everything settled, the seal’s array patterns gradually sank beneath Mizunuki Ryosuke’s skin, and Ryosuke returned to his usual appearance.

With the Spring of Extreme Yin sealed at the cost of Mizunuki Ryosuke’s own body, the thick fog of the entire mist space completely vanished.

Mizunuki Ryosuke clutched his slightly throbbing head and slowly climbed out of the exhausted Yin-Yang Spring.

Afterward, he did not rush to make any unnecessary movements but instead sank into his own consciousness space.

He didn't know until he looked, and he was shocked by what he saw.

Looking at the consciousness space that had turned into an ocean, Mizunuki Ryosuke swallowed hard.

Overall, Ryosuke’s own consciousness space had expanded by at least a hundred times its size.

The consciousness space that could originally be seen at a glance had now become vast and boundless.

Suddenly.

"Splash!!!"

A sound of a giant object breaking out of the sea came from beneath Mizunuki Ryosuke’s feet.

Ryosuke looked over and saw a behemoth suddenly leap from the sea of consciousness, then dive headfirst into the water.

Seeing this, a hint of a smile appeared in Mizunuki Ryosuke’s eyes.

It seemed the Three-Tails was quite satisfied with the new consciousness space.

"Hey! Ryosuke!"

"You kid did well!"

Isobu swam to Mizunuki Ryosuke’s side and spoke to him in a muffled voice; it was evident that its mood was very high.

For a moment, its originally ferocious and terrifying face seemed to become endearing because of its good mood.

For the Three-Tails Isobu, who was a diligent worker, tenant, and power bank inside his body, Ryosuke still needed to show some respect.

"Haha, how is it? Are you satisfied?"

Mizunuki Ryosuke asked with a smile.

"Of course!"

"Honestly, I really didn't expect to be able to return to the water..."

The Three-Tails said in a muffled voice, a hint of nostalgia flashing in its huge single eye.

Seeing this, a hint of softness flashed in Mizunuki Ryosuke’s eyes.

Everyone in the world knows the terror and ferocity of Tailed Beasts, but how many have seen the sorrow hidden beneath this powerful outer shell?

Already chapter 111, a straight man as hard as steel!

After a simple exchange with the Three-Tails, Mizunuki Ryosuke’s consciousness returned to his body.

The mist space, originally filled with fog, was now completely empty; the bizarre white mist had vanished without a trace.

At this moment, it had become an ordinary underground space.

Ryosuke got up and jumped out of the exhausted Yin-Yang Spring; the empty space now only had a space separated by ice.

After dispelling the ice layer, Terumi Mei ignored the wounds on her body and threw herself directly into Mizunuki Ryosuke’s embrace.

Ryosuke immediately held the girl’s body and said softly in her ear.

"Slow down, watch out for the wounds on your body."

Hearing Ryosuke’s unique gentle tone in her ear, Terumi Mei’s eyes turned slightly red.

At this moment, Terumi Mei could feel how dependent she was on Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Every minute after Ryosuke left, her heart had been in such torment.

Ryosuke took the opportunity to pick up the girl’s delicate body; after all, she was injured, so it was better for her not to move as much as possible.

Then he slowly raised his head.

At the very top of the mist space, about thirty meters high, three huge stone gates painted with "X" symbols came into view.

These were the very stone gates that had sucked the two of them into the mist space earlier.

Without the interference of the mist, it was naturally easy for Mizunuki Ryosuke to leave.

A staircase condensed from ice appeared at Ryosuke’s feet, and following the ice staircase, Ryosuke slowly arrived before the stone gates.

The big orange cat, which had been "playing dead" for a long time, also hurriedly performed a carp leap, stood up from the ground, and followed behind Ryosuke.

With a single palm strike, all three stone gates were destroyed from the inside.

Behind one of the gates, Mizunuki Mitsuhiko was waiting anxiously.

The stone gate shattered, and seeing Mizunuki Ryosuke slowly walking out from within, Mitsuhiko’s eyes first showed joy, followed by a hint of surprise.

Mitsuhiko’s surprise was partly due to Ryosuke’s posture of holding Terumi Mei, and partly due to the big orange cat behind them.

"Master!"

"Are you both alright?"

At this moment, Terumi Mei was lying in Mizunuki Ryosuke’s arms in a "bridal carry" posture, looking quite like a princess just rescued from a witch by a prince.

"I'm fine, Terumi just sustained some injuries."

Mizunuki Ryosuke shook his head and said slowly to Mitsuhiko before him.

When they were in the mist space, to encourage Terumi Mei, Ryosuke had briefly used the intimate address "Mei" to boost her spirits.

Now that the crisis was resolved, Ryosuke’s address for Terumi Mei had returned to normal.

In Neon culture, unless the relationship between each other is intimate, people generally only address each other by their surnames.

And the reason Terumi Mei could previously address Ryosuke directly as "Captain Ryosuke" was because there were two members of the Mizunuki clan in the small team; to prevent confusion, Ryosuke had told the team members to just address him by his name.

Hearing this, before Mitsuhiko could express anything, Terumi Mei suddenly said.

"Captain Ryosuke..."

"Please just call me 'Mei' from now on."

After Terumi Mei finished speaking, she buried her head in Ryosuke’s chest.

Even though Mitsuhiko couldn't see Terumi Mei’s face, he could observe her state from her neck and earlobes, which were spreading with red.