Chapter 33: You Old Trickster!

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As he dodged, Su Yu equipped jet devices not only on his hands and feet but also around his waist.

With his naturally strong physique and perfect synchronization with the jet devices, Su Yu now moved at twice his original speed!

But that wasn't all.

On his wrists, he wore two additional soul tools.

"What is that...?"

Kong Deming gazed at the soul tools on Su Yu's wrists, puzzled.

Su Yu's jet devices were custom-assembled and enhanced based on the blueprints of the first and second-tier soul tools Kong Deming had provided.

Their efficiency far surpassed any existing soul jet device, much to Kong Deming's satisfaction.

However, the soul tools Su Yu just revealed left him perplexed at first glance.

It wasn't until a moment later, after observing their effect, that realization dawned on him.

"A soul power amplifier!"

This was a circuit often seen in many soul tools.

However, Su Yu had extracted it, designing a new core array exclusively for this pair of wrist soul tools.

Their function was simple: to enhance the power of Su Yu's soul force.

When his soul power surged through his hands into the amplifiers, the potency of his soul techniques increased.

Su Yu had completely abandoned his original battle strategy.

Gone were the bold, sweeping attacks.

He had shifted to an entirely new mode.

A trickster!

That was the evaluation Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen gave of the current Su Yu.

Su Yu no longer engaged them head-on.

He no longer used large-scale soul techniques.

The only attacks he now employed were the Thorn Killing Technique and the Blue Silver Strike, with secondary damage from the Piercing Art.

With the amplifiers in play, Su Yu's consumption of soul power for these techniques was reduced.

He was slowly wearing down Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

But when the two of them tried to conserve their own energy to match Su Yu's efficiency, they were horrified to discover—

Su Yu's condition hadn't deteriorated in the slightest!

His first and second soul techniques were continuously active, constantly restoring his soul power and stamina. The once-withered Blue Silver Grass surrounding him had been revitalized and fought alongside him.

Although Purple Moon Purification could no longer revive all the Blue Silver Grass in the area, it could concentrate its power on a single point, reawakening the vitality of the patch beneath Su Yu's feet.

As for extermination?

Meng Hongchen could only poison a small portion of the Blue Silver Grass, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't eradicate it entirely.

The Blue Silver Grass was far too resilient.

And it reproduced far too easily, thriving against all odds.

With Su Yu's soul power influence, even three meters beneath the arena, Blue Silver Grass lay buried, waiting to burst through the surface and assist him in battle.

"Dream!"

Xiao Hongchen gritted his teeth and decided to use his final trump card.

Meng Hongchen glanced back at Xiao Hongchen and nodded.

The two embraced, and a beam of light shot into the sky.

Su Yu let out a sigh of relief.

"They finally used their martial soul fusion technique."

He didn't want to keep dragging this fight out with both of them; it was too exhausting.

In fact, with the two siblings using their martial soul fusion technique, it would speed up the battle's conclusion.

However, he had to be cautious.

Su Yu stared intently at the center of the light, his spiritual power fully unleashed, keeping a close eye on their every move.

The pillar of light condensed in the sky, forming a giant toad. Strangely, as the light gathered on its body, it turned into a red hue that shimmered with a metallic sheen. Its eyes became as dark as the abyss.

The red-gold toad had three legs.

When the Three-Legged Red-Gold Toad landed, a bone-chilling coldness surged through Su Yu's heart.

A fierce, icy wind swirled around the toad.

Cold poison gathered around it, forming a protective barrier.

Red-gold energy gathered on the toad's metallic skin, gradually forming numerous soul cannon ports.

"As expected, they can't seem to abandon their turret-style combat."

However, compared to before, in their current Hongchen Reverie state, they no longer had to worry about being attacked at close range.

But even so, what could they do?

Su Yu wasn't going to confront them head-on!

His soul-powered jet devices adjusted his speed.

The jet devices allowed him to accelerate or decelerate instantly, giving Su Yu a smooth advantage while dodging.

"This kid's tactics are really underhanded," Kong Deming chuckled and cursed lightly.

But he wasn't actually upset. After all, Su Yu had already demonstrated his raw power earlier; now, he was showcasing his tactical brilliance.

Not only did Su Yu have real strength, but he was also sharp-minded.

This only raised Su Yu's value in Kong Deming's eyes.

Just a soul-powered jet propulsion device and a soul force amplifier, yet in Su Yu's hands, they shone brilliantly.

...

Bang!

The path ahead was blocked, and in the other three directions, red-gold energy cannonballs had locked onto him.

Su Yu unleashed his final life mark.

"Third Soul Technique, Explosive Mark!"

Su Yu's soul power surged instantly.

From within his storage soul tool, he retrieved numerous glowing orbs and quickly attached them all over his body.

"Are those soul power conduction devices?"

Kong Deming, already familiar with Su Yu's soul power amplifiers, immediately recognized the new set of soul tools Su Yu had just brought out.

It was another system Su Yu had isolated from various soul tools.

This device had one purpose: to streamline the flow of soul power.

It accelerated the circulation of soul power while granting the soul master finer control over it.

Su Yu's soul power erupted within him.

With the soul power conduction device equipped, a massive amount of Blue Silver Grass wrapped around him.

The Blue Silver Grass weaved into dense layers, forming intricate structures.

The grass's density alternated in a high-low-high pattern, creating layers of shock absorption.

At the densest points of the Blue Silver Grass, pure soul power concentrated, further reinforcing the grass.

And this was just the most basic defense.

Once Su Yu had constructed his outer defense, more soul power gathered outside his body.

"This is... a void-etched formation?"

Kong Deming was utterly shocked at this point.

Su Yu was directly manipulating his soul power to engrave a core formation in midair!

Though it was only a first and second-tier core formation, the feat was nonetheless astounding.

This was because core formations typically required a medium to bind the flow of soul power, creating specific circuits.

By engraving the formation in midair, Su Yu had to completely control the movement of his soul power to maintain the formation!

"Could it be that the soul power conduction device has this effect as well?"

Kong Deming quickly dismissed the thought.

"No, it's more likely due to his own spiritual power!"

Kong Deming could perform void-etched formations too, as could many high-level soul engineers.

However, it wasn't particularly useful.

The formations were unstable, short-lived, and couldn't be anchored like soul tools, limiting the flow of soul power so as not to disrupt the formation's integrity.

For this reason, void-etched formations were considered impractical, and very few soul engineers bothered to practice the skill.

The fact that Su Yu had already reached this level at his current stage was remarkable.

Yet, Kong Deming was more interested in understanding why Su Yu was doing this now.

"What is he planning?"

Not only Kong Deming, but even Jing Hongchen, who was on standby for rescue, was pondering Su Yu's intentions.

What purpose did the void-etched formation serve?

(End of Chapter)