Su Yuan raised his hand, the Void Splitting Monument Hand reached out and retrieved Fidis’ falling headless corpse.
He removed the ring from the corpse and briefly inspected it, quickly understanding the person’s identity.
"Qiguang Holy Hall, Fidis..."
Su Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, first storing the corpse into the Space Ring.
Although he could have Ruan Ruan devour it to extract memories and gather more intelligence.
But firstly, extracting information from the corpse is something the experts in the department could likely do better.
Secondly, the person’s last state of True Form Release seemed rather bizarre, excessively frenzied before death.
Su Yuan pondered briefly, recalling the previous Star Envoy, feeling some bad hunches in his heart...
In any case, it’s better to bring this "sample" back to the department for handling.
"Master!" Ruan Ruan approached with Ba Shu in tow.
Su Yuan turned back and said, "Ruan Ruan, did you record everything?"
An expanse of Water Light surged over Ruan Ruan’s body, transforming into a water curtain that projected the earlier events clearly.
This Water Light Projection Technique used for recording is just a general blue skill; Ruan Ruan had devoured many similar functional skills.
After a glance, Su Yuan had Ruan Ruan put it away and then flew down to the barrier below.
At this moment, the space passage at the barrier had already closed.
Su Yuan examined the barrier on the ground; it wasn’t a deep barrier, just a Fifth Level one.
The goal was to break through certain space barriers and establish a stable passage.
Though not high in level, it was extremely rare because it differed from the principles of a Transmission Array.
With Su Yuan’s array path expertise, it wasn’t difficult to reactivate and use this array.
But after a slight thought, Su Yuan lifted his hand, and a Void Sword Qi slashed out, directly tearing the array apart.
Though he acted boldly, he wasn’t reckless.
If the "overlay" of Blue Sea Star and Grey Realm followed a one-to-one map ratio, then by proceeding this far, he could have reached the northern countries.
It might even be that he had already entered the Qiguang territory!
Going out recklessly , not to mention if there were any other experts waiting outside.
Whether to take back Liu Dongming or directly kill him, a fight would be inevitable.
The Burning Sun battle within Qiguang, it wasn’t simple...
His task was merely to uncover the truth behind Liu Dongming’s disappearance and death.
Confirming Liu Dongming’s feigned death and betrayal now, it could be considered basically complete.
As for the hidden truth behind Liu Dongming’s betrayal, simply sending Fidis’ corpse back to the department would clarify it.
So it wasn’t worth the risk to go out and kill Liu Dongming.
Since he betrayed Qiguang, there would naturally be chances to confront him again in the future!
Su Yuan’s eyes turned cold, then he turned to look at Ruan Ruan and Ba Shu, who followed him over.
Ba Shu said with a charming smile, "Indeed, your strength is formidable; even killing a True Form Release Three Suns Realm was effortless."
Su Yuan replied, "If your True Form Release faced him, it might have been easier, right?"
Ba Shu smiled and said nothing more.
Void Evil Manifesting Saints relied on the red-black double-blade trait to destroy all of Fidis’ Sawtooth Wings.
Among abilities, there is restraint; if it were Ba Shu, with her True Form Release "All Cutting" terrifying space abilities, she could have severed all Sawtooth Wings in just a few moves!
At this time, Su Yuan raised his hand, and the Golden Chains on Ba Shu’s body were instantly retrieved by him.
"Mm~" Ba Shu suddenly let out a soft moan.
Su Yuan looked at her curiously, then said, "At least in Liu Dongming’s matter, you didn’t lie, thank you."
Ba Shu laughed, "I’m just a defeated captive of yours, no need to thank me~"
Su Yuan gazed at Ba Shu, pondered briefly, and said, "We’re even; you can leave now."
Killing her might give him a legendary stage space-related skill nine times out of ten.
But not to mention she cooperated greatly, providing much intelligence to help him catch up with Liu Dongming.
Moreover, she is a space-related demon beast with impressive talent, her understanding and use of space power surpassed his own.
So simply killing her, Su Yuan felt some regrets in his heart.
Ba Shu’s eyes flashed with surprise, and she chuckled, "You truly mean what you say, letting me go so easily?"
Su Yuan nodded, suddenly furrowed his brows, and slightly turned his body.
He saw Ba Shu smile coquettishly, undressing from the tattered black-red long skirt before him, without any hesitation, and took out a dark red off-shoulder dress, putting it on.
"What, are you shy~" Ba Shu tossed her hair back, a smirk on her lips, hands behind her back as she leaned closer to Su Yuan, "Though I forgot, it seems your human world is quite conservative about these things."
Su Yuan looked down, seeing a boldly defined silhouette, a white, elegant neck, the fitting dress accentuating her graceful figure.
Su Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, "Your body recovers quickly. What, want to be beaten again?"
"Hehehe..." Ba Shu covered her mouth and laughed gently, then stood straight, "You are indeed serious."
Su Yuan glanced at her, then called out, "Ruan Ruan, let’s go."
"Plop!" Ruan Ruan jumped onto Su Yuan’s shoulder.
"Wait a moment." Ba Shu called out to Su Yuan and stepped forward.
Su Yuan asked, "Do you have any other matters?"
Ba Shu smiled and said, "Though I introduced myself earlier, I haven’t had the pleasure of knowing your name, sir~"
Su Yuan turned away and left.
Earlier when chasing Liu Dongming, he had already stated his name; this was just idle chatter from the other side.
"Young Master Su..." Ba Shu called out to Su Yuan again.
Su Yuan turned around, "If there’s something, speak of it."
Ba Shu suddenly restrained her smile and said seriously:
"Although you possess great strength, your skills are mostly embedded, lacking sufficient use of your own soul power.
The embedded skills are ultimately external; the power of the soul is fundamental.
Not to mention the intensity, in terms of compatibility, soul power undoubtedly adapts best to oneself.
Moreover, True Form Release is the cornerstone of reaching the rules."
Su Yuan’s expression slightly tensed; indeed, he thought of these things after the encounter with Ba Shu.
Take Ba Shu for instance; she is only in the Chongyang Realm, yet she has already mastered True Form Release.
Even aside from True Form Release, he has met many experts adept at using soul power, especially the early Star Envoys.
Soul power is not only more handy and consumes less;
but also has limitless potential, unlike skills that may become obsolete; it is most suitable for the cultivator themselves.
However, due to rapid growth in realm and easy improvement of skills brought by the system over a long period,
he has hardly settled down to meditate, communicate, perceive... conduct enough soul power cultivation.
Although there were calamities and his teacher losing origin power, making him urgently need more strength, these were not the main reasons.
The gradual evolution of the Qingming Realm could be tolerated, but Infinite Power is a potent ability that significantly boosts combat power, completely worthy of better development.
"I hope to witness Young Master Su’s True Form Release in the future." Ba Shu looked at the pondering Su Yuan with a smile, "I’m very much looking forward to it~"
Su Yuan lifted his head and looked deeply at Ba Shu.
Mystically, Su Yuan felt that he and Ba Shu would cross paths again in the future.
Then, it might be a genuine battle between space ability wielders!
Ba Shu glanced at Ruan Ruan on Su Yuan’s shoulder: "Speaking of which, does Young Master Su know why our Void Realm Demon Beasts transform into human forms?"
Su Yuan said, "Influenced by the Star Card Master Imperial Masters during their lifetime; convenience in interaction; or using Star Devices, Elixirs, Arrays?"
Ba Shu chuckled lightly: "Past matters have mostly been forgotten upon rebirth in the Holy Realm.
As for using Star Devices and such, that’s just one incidental aspect.
True Form Release for humans means exploring Soul Card power and embodying a humanoid form with Soul Card traits.
Humans are the dominant spirits of heaven and earth, the rulers of the current era, which is why the True Form Release of our Grey Realm Star Beasts is almost always humanoid.
And maintaining human form for long periods allows better adaptation and comprehension of True Form Release."
Su Yuan showed a thoughtful expression; no wonder Bing Tong and the former Dragon Palace Dragon Clan mostly turned into human forms.
Su Yuan looked at his shoulder: "Ruan Ruan, try to transform into human form more often." Find the newest release on novel⸺fire.net
Ruan Ruan complied, and with a flash of water light, transformed into a girl with long sea-blue hair.
Tall stature comparable to Ba Shu, yet the pressure on her chest exceeded Ba Shu’s.
Ba Shu’s gaze wandered over Ruan Ruan’s innocent face and then to her chest... momentarily stunned.
Ruan Ruan shook her head and immediately reverted to slime, positioning herself back on Su Yuan’s shoulder, affectionately rubbing against Su Yuan’s face.
"Turning into a human makes it hard to stay close to the master all the time!"
"Then however you like."
Su Yuan smiled and pinched Ruan Ruan, glanced at Ba Shu once more, and then left.
Ba Shu watched Su Yuan’s gradually disappearing figure, and her smile faded.
"In the Chongyang Realm, a human can actually defeat me...
I’m about to break through to the Three Suns Realm now; I hope by the next time you reach the Three Suns Realm, you’ve mastered True Form Release."
Ba Shu’s lips curled with anticipation in her eyes.
"For now, I’ll go straight to the Imperial Court to break through..."
Ba Shu’s figure flickered and headed in a different direction...
Many days later, Su Yuan successfully returned to Great Flame.
He Zheng, who arrived earlier, had already reported the matters of the Grey Realm.
The essence of the Grey Realm had been mostly investigated by the Department, and He Zheng’s reported information could essentially confirm it.
The matter of spatial weak points grew more urgent; experts from the Sky Patrol Department, along with the military districts and City Guard Bureau under the Monitoring Department, immediately took action, probing possible spatial weak points within Great Flame.
This investigation indeed revealed several points requiring immediate deployment for guarding.
Upon arriving at Yan Court, Su Yuan promptly paid a visit to Fang Qingxiao, revealed Liu Dongming’s betrayal, and presented Fidis’ corpse and Ruan Ruan’s recorded projection to Fang Qingxiao.
After viewing them, Fang Qingxiao’s expression turned more solemn, gave Su Yuan some reminders, and then immediately took the corpse and projection copy deeper into Yan Court...