Chapter 210

Unlike Isobu's jubilation, 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 hardly worth mentioning.

Massive spiritual power poured continuously into Mizunuki Ryosuke's consciousness space; facing such immense "extreme Yin power," Ryosuke's consciousness space was forced to expand continuously.

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

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

This was the so-called "breaking before building."

Mizunuki Ryosuke was currently experiencing this process.

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

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

And every time Mizunuki Ryosuke's spirit shattered.

The Jiugong 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 Jiugong Seal.

Once trapped within the seal, the power of the sealed object would be absorbed by the Jiugong Seal and converted back into an even stronger seal.

Absorption, shattering, reshaping.

Mizunuki Ryosuke's spirit was caught in this cycle.

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

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

Inside the ice layer space, Terumi Mei looked at the mist continuously receding around her, 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 it seen?

That man who looked like 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 Jiugong pattern on Mizunuki Ryosuke's body was being dyed pitch black, 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 Jiugong patterns on him also completely turned a pitch-black hue.

After completely turning pure black, the Jiugong patterns on Mizunuki Ryosuke's body flickered incessantly, as if they had come alive.

Then, the pattern on Ryosuke's forehead that resembled an "eye" slowly transitioned into an "open" state.

When 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 his own body, the heavy fog throughout the mist space completely vanished.

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

Then, he did not rush to make any unnecessary movements, but instead submerged 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 at least a hundredfold.

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

Suddenly.

"Pfft!!!"

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

Ryosuke looked over and saw a massive creature leap suddenly from the sea of consciousness, then dive headfirst back 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 clear that its mood was very high.

For a moment, its originally ferocious and terrifying face seemed to become simple and honest because it was in a good mood.

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

"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 again."

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

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

The world knew of the Tailed Beasts' terror and ferocity, but how many people saw 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 empty; the eerie white mist had disappeared without a trace.

At this moment, it had turned into an ordinary underground space.

Ryosuke stood up and jumped out of the depleted Yin-Yang Spring; the empty space now only contained a space separated by ice.

After dispelling the ice layer, Terumi Mei ignored her injuries and threw herself directly into Mizunuki Ryosuke's embrace.

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

"Slow down, be careful of your wounds."

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 lift the girl's delicate body; after all, since she was injured, it was better for her not to move.

Then he slowly raised his head.

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

These were exactly the stone doors 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 doors.

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

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

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

The stone door shattered, and seeing Mizunuki Ryosuke slowly walking out from within, Mitsuhiko's eyes first showed joy, followed by a trace 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 okay?"

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

"I'm fine, Terumi just suffered 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's spirits, Ryosuke had briefly used the intimate address "Mei" to boost her mood.

Now that the crisis was resolved, Ryosuke's address for Terumi Mei had reverted.

In Japanese 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 let the team members address him by his name directly.

Hearing this, Mitsuhiko had yet to express anything, but 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.