"Stop him!"
Spirit Emperor suddenly spoke up.
He received instructions from the Abyss Saint Monarch.
...
Su Yu's Qi and Blood Power grew increasingly strong, the atmosphere in the deepest part of the Land of the Far North became more tense.
"All Soul Masters and Armor Masters on high alert, ready to counter any Abyssal Army surprise attack at any moment!"
Suddenly, Su Yu's Qi and Blood Power became unstable, and the mighty Qi and Blood Power ignited a blazing fire in the Land of the Far North.
The terrifying fluctuations of Qi and Blood Power shocked many Federation Soul Masters.
They found it hard to imagine that this dreadful pressure of Qi and Blood could be possessed by a human Soul Master.
In the Federation era, with this being a military location, there was nearly no difficulty in obtaining all types of information on Soul Master cultivation. To help them find more suitable paths, Su Yu almost completely disclosed the information on various fundamental directions of cultivation.
In the Federation, these cultivation knowledge is also incorporated into the courses of Basic and Intermediate Soul Master Academy.
A true academy does not only breed powerful Soul Masters, but also teaches Soul Masters how to cultivate, why to cultivate this way, the paths of cultivation, the essence of cultivation, the meaning of cultivation...
Although it might seem shallow, the accumulation of this education will ultimately settle in the foundation of a Soul Master, awaiting the right time to provide guidance.
This, is the true meaning of education.
...
Boom!
A wave of spiritual shock spread from the dark region.
"It's the Spirit Emperor!"
Spirit Emperor unleashed a spiritual shock across the distant Federation army.
"Hmph!"
Strange energy waves were released from all directions.
Ninth-level Soul-guiding Devices were activated, consuming the soul power contained in their sealed bottle instantly, yet the soul power vibrated in an unusual wave, resonating with the Power of Heaven and Earth, creating eerie waves.
With the existence of someone like Spirit Emperor, who was a Quasi-God, and whose Spiritual Power had evolved to the Divine Origin Realm, Su Yu naturally wouldn't underestimate him.
The surrounding core circle of the Land of the Far North had already been arranged with these Ninth-level Soul-guiding Devices in the month before Su Yu left the land.
That month, Su Yu stayed here to wait for the construction of numerous defensive facilities.
This spiritual shock device was one of them.
If Spirit Emperor unleashed a large-scale spiritual intimidation, these shock devices would trigger an operational state, consume soul power to resonate with the Power of Heaven and Earth, disrupting Spirit Emperor's spiritual shock.
A single Ninth-level Soul-guiding Device obviously can't withstand the spiritual shock of a Divine Origin Realm powerhouse.
However, this preparation is against Spirit Emperor's indiscriminate broad-range spiritual shock, greatly reducing the required intensity to counter.
Especially when a single Ninth-level Soul-guiding Device couldn't handle it, there weren't just one placed here.
The real terror is never about the individual, but the grand scheme.
With Ninth-level Soul-guiding Devices resonating the Power of Heaven and Earth, the resulting effect isn't simply one plus one equals two.
It's far greater than two.
When cultivation reaches high levels, to avoid being crushed by such grand schemes, one often needs to start mastering the Power of Heaven and Earth, to gain control over external domains.
Yet, from Level 1 to Level 99, Soul Masters clearly couldn't make substantial breakthroughs in this area.
Titled Douluo fare better, and later Super Douluo and Extreme Douluo begin to touch space, and having cultivated to this extent, they also are touching upon the power of domains. In fact, it is cultivation towards the grand scheme.
Su Yu, relying on his own intelligence, had comprehension of the Power of Heaven and Earth.
However, ordinary Soul Masters are incapable of such feats.
Divine Level is the watershed.
At Divine Level, it means mastery of heavenly powers, rather than just the strength of one's own Divine Power.
This is why Spirit Emperor and Emperor Lie are only Quasi-Gods.
They are ultimately not true gods.
The power of a true god, and the power that rivals a god, are evaluated completely differently.
...
Following Spirit Emperor, the aura of Emperor Lie also arrived from afar.
Kong Deming and Mirror Hongchen's faces turned grave.
"Indeed, the Abyss won't sit idly by watching Su Yu's breakthrough."
Su Yu's breakthrough signifies a significant increase in the Federation's power.
Before, Su Yu could exert such remarkable effectiveness, let alone after the breakthrough.
Su Yu is not yet at his peak!
With his growth, with his breakthrough, the pressure from the Abyss will only increase.
If not for the Abyss already attempting to utilize its former connection with the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to calculate other locations on Douluo Continent, the Abyss' advance wouldn't be so slow.
Without opening a second Abyssal Passage elsewhere, the longer the time drags on, the more pressure there will be on the Abyssal side here in the Land of the Far North.
...
"Without Gu Yuena, fortunately Di Tian remains here, along with Snow Empress; the five of us, including you, me, and Poison Undying, must delay them!"
They don't know how many emperors the Abyss plans to deploy this time.
But, they must hold the line.
Since Su Yu decided to break through, it couldn't be without preparation.
With his control over his own power, he would calculate the disturbance of his breakthrough beforehand, there's no way he wouldn't foresee this point.
As for whether his preparations will work?
Mirror Hongchen and Kong Deming have no doubts.
After all, Su Yu chose to break through only after arriving in the Land of the Far North.
Looking back now, they certainly don't believe Su Yu specifically came here to inquire about the development progress of spacecraft technology, inspired by it, then had a breakthrough.
He certainly already had plans.
He intended to break through in the Land of the Far North.
Intended to provoke the Abyss into action!
The Abyssal Army stretches darkly over the land.
Abyssal energy also begins to spread beyond the perimeter, as though the Abyss is seizing this opportunity to expand outwards as the army advances.
"Is this the strength of the Abyss?" A Soul Master in the Federation army is astounded.
Such an army, how did the Federation stop their first charge three months ago?
They are Soul Masters who did not participate in the initial battle, most do not yet have Battle Armor. Despite engaging in many battles with Abyssal Creatures here, they have never seen such a formation.
No matter their psychological expectations, upon truly witnessing the opposing lineup in the Abyssal energy-enshrouded area, feeling this pressure firsthand, their hearts are still shaken.
However, they do not retreat.
This is the importance of ideological training.
The Abyss is food!
It is the notion Su Yu has propagated to the Federation from the very start.
Especially since the creation of the Primordial Skill, this concept has only been affirmed further.
The vast majority of Soul Masters also strongly agree with Su Yu's statement.
The invasion of the Abyss is perilous, yet it also presents opportunities.
The age of rapid development for Soul Masters on Douluo Continent is about to dawn for real.
In just three months, how many Soul Master breakthroughs have occurred beyond a mere few examples?
In three months, nearly all Soul Masters have experienced breakthroughs. The progress pace is merely three months per level!
And amongst them, the majority are Soul Kings.
Numerous Soul Masters got divided into squads, each led by one or two Armor Masters who participated in the first battle.
War erupts.
Eight formidable auras soar into the sky, shrouded in terrifying oppression.
Mirror Hongchen and Kong Deming merge their Battle Armor, ascending skyward.
From another direction of the camp, Poison Undying's Qi Blood veils the sky, matching the Qi Blood Strength of Su Yu, also approaching the eight great emperors' direction. He wore Battle Armor, yet his armor was merely a Quasi-Super Battle Armor.
The Heart Protection Mirror waistband and other core parts had already been upgraded to Super Battle Armor levels, though the rest had yet to break through due to time constraints.
Compared to three months ago, his power had evidently greatly increased.
Di Tian and Snow Empress also appeared, standing against the eight great emperors.
"Hmph, dare to come out instead of staying put!" Kong Deming's chest flowed with Sun and Moon radiance.
Sun and Moon Reincarnation.
"Sun and Moon Radiance!"
Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Along with the Sun and Moon Divine Light Shield, his power reached the utmost peak level.
"They have strong persons not here, break through their barrier with the fastest speed, we must stop Su Yu's breakthrough!" Spirit Emperor spoke.
He charged out first.
Emperor Lie followed Spirit Emperor, charging towards Mirror Hongchen and Kong Deming.
...
Su Yu devoured six phantom bloodlines, his Qi and Blood Power fluctuating powerfully.
His Qi and Blood Power was unstable, sometime expanding, sometime contracting.
However, this was not because he hadn't fully digested and integrated these various bloodlines, but because he was activating his own Qi Blood, sensing the origin of his Qi Blood.
"Condense the Seventh Qi Blood Soul Ring!"
Faintly, a golden ring condensed outside Su Yu's six Qi Blood Soul Rings.
Surrounding Heaven and Earth energy poured in, flooding Su Yu's body, his Qi and Blood Power began expanding again, and the illusionary golden ring became increasingly condensed.