Douluo: Traveling Through the Universe, Reversing Time and Space

Chapter 347 Is the Landing Point for Advancing to Soul Emperor the Abyss?
"Senior Jin Gang, I'll have to trouble you to protect me," Shi Yu said.
"Just absorb it without worry. I guarantee nothing will interfere with your absorption of the spirit ring," King Kong said confidently.
He possesses over 600,000 years of powerful cultivation, which should make him virtually invincible within the Jingyang Mountains.
Shi Yu also had considerable confidence in King Kong, so he sat down cross-legged with a sense of ease and began to absorb this spirit ring that was over 90,000 years old.
This is the highest-age spirit ring he has ever encountered, so absorbing it still makes him somewhat nervous.
However, his repeatedly strengthened physique and the presence of the Evergreen Vine of Life still gave him great confidence.
He withstood the backlash from heaven and earth before, so it's hard to believe he'd be defeated by a single spirit ring.
As absorption began, a powerful surge of energy flowed into his body, causing him to quickly experience a feeling of swelling.
The energy contained in a soul ring that is over 95,000 years old is naturally enormous, and the refining speed cannot keep up with the rate at which energy is injected.
Ten minutes later, Shi Yu's face showed obvious signs of pain, as he was trapped in a dilemma of refining energy.
Half an hour later, even Shi Yu's physique, which was of such strength, showed some cracks, but they were quickly repaired.
Cracks kept appearing all over the body, and even though the repair speed was fast, there were still obvious cracks and wounds.
His blood did not flow out naturally. As his body continued to transform, his blood became extraordinary and did not flow out as easily as normal blood.
Jin Gang looked at Shi Yu with surprise and doubt, somewhat unable to understand the situation of his body. Not only was his strength exaggerated, but he also possessed an extremely exaggerated recovery ability.
Even he, a soul beast, couldn't keep up with this recovery speed.
Generally speaking, the regeneration speed of a spirit beast is faster than that of a human.
"What exactly happened to his body?" King Kong asked, very curious.
The opponent's martial soul is not a beast martial soul, so normally he could not possibly possess such an exaggerated physique.
Little did he know that Shi Yu's body was incredibly well-trained. Although he didn't have the enhancement of a beast spirit, through his various training and improvements, his physique was already far more impressive than that of a beast spirit master.
The initial transformation of the body by the Nine-Star Begonia Flower, the amplification of the body by the external soul bone, and the enormous changes brought about by the Ice and Fire Body Refinement—these were two separate events.
There's also the blood of the Dragon God, the gold of life, the evergreen vine of life, and the recent tempering by heavenly lightning. It would be abnormal if his body weren't powerful after all these temperings combined.
Shi Yu's clothes tore open, revealing the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone, which pierced into the Void King Serpent's body and began forcibly extracting his flesh and blood.
He wanted to use the power of the Void Serpent's blood and energy to increase his body's recovery speed.
With the support of the Void King Serpent's blood and energy, Shi Yu recovered extremely quickly, and his torn flesh healed completely.
Soon, more flesh and blood cracked due to the immense energy, but it was quickly repaired.
The Void Serpent's corpse slowly shriveled up, and after two hours, it looked as if it had been dried out for decades.
Shi Yu's body had no cracks or even blood on it, making it look as if he had never been injured.
The energy within his body is now being digested normally, and the most dangerous stage of absorbing the spirit ring has passed; it's just a matter of time before it's too late.
The black and red spirit ring slowly disappeared into Shi Yu's body, and half an hour later, the spirit ring was successfully absorbed.
Shi Yu slowly opened his closed eyes, his eyes filled with undisguised joy, a common occurrence after absorbing a soul ring.
"What happened?" Jin Gang asked curiously as he saw that Shi Yu had finished absorbing the spirit ring, but his words were cut short.
Shi Yu was not surprised; she had already sensed that she was about to be transported to another world.
The space around him began to distort, creating a spacetime vortex.
The surrounding world, and indeed the entire world, seemed to be paused at that moment. King Kong remained in the act of speaking, his thoughts frozen in place.
Shi Yu was prepared and was drawn into the time tunnel.
This was his seventh time traversing the space-time tunnel, and having gained experience in this area, he tried to perceive the rules of space after entering the tunnel.
He knew that comprehending the rules of time was relatively difficult, and that he currently had too few time-related spirit rings.
Therefore, he can focus on spatial rules only, and then concentrate on comprehending time rules after absorbing one or two more time-attribute soul rings.
With the acquisition of another space-attribute soul ring, his understanding of spatial rules also improved, and he soon began to reap the rewards.
However, the speed of traversing through the spatial spirit ring was ultimately too fast. From entering to exiting, it took at most two minutes, not enough time for him to comprehend it.
Just as we were getting into the swing of things, we reached the exit of the time tunnel, and had to end the session with a sense of unfinished business.
After bursting out of the time tunnel, I was prepared and managed to stabilize my body so that I wouldn't have to move too far.
"Again?" It was pitch black all around, with visibility of no more than five meters. Shi Yu vaguely saw a sharp weapon heading straight for him.
This reminded him of the scene when he traveled back more than 10,000 years and encountered members of the Spirit Hall and the Holy Spirit Cult fighting. When he appeared, he saw a long sword coming down at him.
This time, a similar situation has arisen again, only this time it seems even worse.
Shi Yu raised his right hand and released the Dark Gold Terror Claw. The sharp claw blocked the oncoming weapon, and a metallic clang rang out.
Shi Yu's arm was aching from the impact, so he stepped back a short distance and braced one foot against the stone wall behind him to steady himself.
"A Title Douluo?" Shi Yu frowned; the power the other party gave him felt was at the Title Douluo level.
With the absorption of his sixth spirit ring, it would be difficult for any spirit master or creature below the title of Douluo to exert such pressure on him.
His perception did not unfold smoothly; it was like a dark swamp, making it difficult for his mental energy to extend and limiting his spatial perception.
The creature that attacked him was also taken aback for a moment, but soon attacked again. The sharp blade made Shi Yu feel a strong sense of crisis.
Shi Yu didn't teleport away, but instead wanted to get a closer look at the creature's appearance; he had a very bad feeling.
The clang of metal clashing rang out again as Shi Yu used his dark gold claws to block the powerful blade, getting a close look at the strange-looking weapon.
It doesn't look like a weapon, but rather like the limb of some kind of creature, except that the limb is shaped like a sharp blade.
His gaze quickly fell on the creature opposite him. Now that they were in close proximity, he could see it more clearly. It wasn't a human at all, but a hideous and terrifying gray creature.
It blended somewhat into the dark environment, making it difficult to see clearly without careful observation.
"Could my landing point this time be...the Abyss?" Shi Yu's heart sank.
(End of this chapter)