The Trinity—even just the part comprising the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was enough to occupy all the blank spaces within the Abyssal energy.
After the Douluo 3 main body obtained its seventh Spirit Ring, the Abyssal Spirit Ring, it had already sublimated from Elemental Control to Energy Control. Controlling Abyssal energy was now as natural as moving its own arm.
The Douluo 2 main body, with its Spirit Power Martial Soul, invaded the Abyssal energy, and its speed at combing the blank spaces far surpassed that of a normal person.
Therefore, he completed the occupation almost in an instant.
By the time the Spirit Emperor turned back in shock and rage, glaring at Su Ming, his tail had already been completely digested.
Su Ming licked the corner of his mouth, revealing a wicked smile.
The Abyssal Sage King, who had been in the throes of the pleasure of stealing, felt the Abyss tremble violently. The second layer seemed to have suffered a heavy blow, with a huge fissure appearing.
Startled awake, he looked towards the battlefield.
Seeing the Spirit Emperor with its severed tail, he cursed angrily.
"Waste!"
Furious, the Spirit Emperor turned back, wanting to re-engage Su Ming in battle.
However, Su Ming once again adopted a self-destructing stance, and the Spirit Emperor hesitated, not daring to advance.
This was a gamble no one could take.
After all, if Su Ming died, he could revive, he could be reborn from the ashes. His own power wouldn't diminish; on the contrary, it could become even stronger than before. But if they died, it was truly the end.
It wasn't like this before.
Whether it was the Abyss invading other planes in the past or the situation between Douluo and the Abyss before Su Ming appeared, it wasn't like this.
Back then, it was the Abyssal creatures that could return to the Abyss upon death, thus reviving, including the Monarchs. The Spirit Masters of Douluo Planet, however, would truly die.
Yet, just because Su Ming rose to prominence these past two months, the situation was directly reversed.
The Spirit Emperor was horrified to discover that after the part of its origin from the tail was completely devoured, it itself could not recover.
Unless it painstakingly re-cultivated and accumulated second-layer Abyssal energy, restored its origin, and reshaped its body, it would forever be missing this tail.
To put it intuitively, it was as if its data in the 'Abyss server' had been deleted. It couldn't simply copy and paste it back; it had to laboriously re-enter the information itself to recover.
The bad part was that not only was its data damaged, but the corresponding location in the server was also damaged.
It wasn't just the Spirit Emperor. The Abyssal creatures currently engaged with the Douluo Spirit Masters were all plagued by this issue.
The Douluo Spirit Masters' morale was soaring; they fought more bravely the longer the battle went on.
Having been locked in a stalemate with the Abyss in an environment where they couldn't use Spirit Power for so long, they now fought at their peak strength. Facing the Abyssal creatures was almost too easy.
In theory, a Spirit Emperor facing a sixth-tier Abyssal creature would still be outmatched. In the past, when a Spirit Emperor ventured deep into the passage to investigate, encountering a sixth-tier Abyssal creature almost guaranteed death, though they could rely on trained techniques to hold out for a long time.
Now, with Spirit Power, their skills plus Spirit Power allowed them to suppress creatures of the same tier that surpassed them in energy impact and physical constitution in every way.
Digesting Abyssal energy wasn't easy.
However, Su Ming's great array provided them a foundation, ensuring they didn't have to worry about this absorbed energy being drawn back to the Abyss.
Undigested Abyssal energy entering the body would directly trigger mutation in the Spirit Master.
In other words, the Spirit Master would become stronger.
With one side waning and the other waxing, the Abyss suffered heavy losses.
Yet, no matter how heavy the losses were, its overall volume remained huge.
The Abyssal army suffered great losses, but it never allowed the Blood God army to advance further. The demarcation line between the two sides was always at the one-third point Yun Ming had carved out.
It even seemed to press slightly closer to the Douluo side. Yun Ming's position was like a solitary, protruding circular fortress, withstanding the frontal pressure.
Only after a stalemate lasting ten days and ten nights did the war between the two sides completely subside.
Inside the passage, at the one-third point, Yun Ming's Sky-Piercing Spear still stood tall. The divine spear had become an extension of the elemental great array, borrowing the array's power to establish the frontline boundary.
Simultaneously, he also openly borrowed the array's power to temper his own Martial Soul, aiming to forge it into a divine artifact.
Regarding this, Su Ming had no objections.
Others had objections at first, but Su Ming suggested they could withdraw the frontline and try to squeeze forward again next time.
At that, no one had any objections.
Opening up the battlefield was the hardest part.
This time, the initial burst was violent, and they managed to reach one-third point relying on Yun Ming.
In ten days, they couldn't advance further on their own.
And once they yielded ground, it would be difficult to reclaim the current territory later.
So yielding was out of the question.
Someone had to hold the very front, and this person had to be ready to face Abyssal assaults at any time. Currently, only Yun Ming had that confidence.
"It's said to be nine divine artifacts, but in reality, we'll be offered at least eleven."
Qian Gu Dieding's expression was grim.
He had just devoured a considerable amount of Abyssal energy, yet the 'tax' he had to pay amounted to thirty percent.
And this was just the beginning; he hadn't even reached the highest tier of the progressive tax scale yet.
Cao Dezhi and the others paid about ten percent less than him.
Ordinary Spirit Masters paid even less naturally.
Collecting taxes was fine.
But someone was blatantly using the energy they paid to gain extra profit!
In response, Su Ming didn't even bother to reply.
So what?
This great array was established by me. Is it wrong for me to take the opportunity to stabilize my own strength?
The prototype condensed by the Pioneering Faith took the form of a spear. Now, after being filled with Abyssal energy, it already had the prototype of a Faith Divine Artifact.
He was even planning to make this faith the core of the great array, replacing the Sea God and Forging God components.
As for Yun Ming's side, if you're greedy, go and replicate his actions.
Constantly enduring Abyssal energy impact, throughput a lot of Abyssal energy, Yun Ming paid even more tax than Qian Gu Dieding, having reached the highest tier of the progressive tax scale, with a staggering tax rate of fifty percent.
Could you convert that much?
Why envy what you can't obtain yourself?
Su Ming sensed that currently, besides Yun Ming and himself, the Abyssal energy within others hadn't been fully digested yet; there were still blank parts unoccupied.
And with this, they still wanted more?
Aren't you afraid of choking from overeating?
"Quickly establish a camp."
The Blood God Legion began to station itself within the passage, opening up a frontline base.
The Blood God Camp also directly relocated from the snowy mountains outside into the passage, with all Blood Gods stationed there.
Thus, the transformation of the Blood God Legion was completely completed.
While the Blood God Legion fought tooth and nail, opening up a brand new frontline, on the distant Star Luo Continent, a figure who had been missing for nearly three years reappeared.
Tang Wulin felt the long-lost sensation of Spirit Power, which relieved his body and mind.
"I, Tang Wulin, have returned!"
He stretched his body, eliciting a series of popping sounds.
"Old Tang was indeed right. Linging in the Dragon Valley during this time, my Spirit Power was naturally suppressed, accompanied only by draconic aura. My Martial Soul and Golden Dragon King bloodline have fused at a deeper level."
According to Old Tang, this was a good thing.
"Now, I need to find a way back to the academy first."
Tang Wulin identified a direction, planning to first return to a city, and then inquired about channels to return to the Federation.
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