However, as she focused more carefully, she instantly sensed a trace of soul pressure coming from a divine soul.
This soul pressure wasn't overwhelming or grandiose, not for her current self.
No, even a ten-year-old soul beast that had already developed intelligence wouldn't be affected by it.
The soul force was simply too weak.
However, despite its weakness, its quality was extremely high.
Under this divine soul's pressure, it was nearly impossible for intelligence to form out of nothing.
"This Ice-Fire Spring Eye was formed over countless years after two God-King level dragons of your world perished here..."
Yeyu briefly explained the origins of the Ice-Fire Spring Eye to Ayin.
While shocked, Ayin also felt enlightened.
She was astonished that two God-King level dragons had died here — it was simply unbelievable.
God-Kings!
Two God-King level dragon powerhouses had perished here — how could that not shake her?
She was only level 80 now, and even becoming a god was difficult. She couldn't even imagine the height of a God-King's power.
Now it all made sense.
With the suppression of a divine soul at the God-King level, how could these immortal herbs possibly gain sentience?
"Let's go! Let's see if those two dragons — the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King — are truly dead!"
Splash!
As Yeyu spoke, he wrapped an arm around Ayin's curvaceous waist and jumped directly into the Ice-Fire Spring Eye with her.
As for the immortal herbs above, unless Yeyu transplanted them to the Devouring World and nourished them with cosmic energy...
Only then could they grow into entities akin to the Spirits of Nature. Otherwise, they wouldn't be of much use to him.
With a splash, both of them plunged into the spring.
With Yeyu by her side, Ayin naturally wasn't afraid of anything.
Even if her husband said there were two deceased God-King level dragons below, in her eyes, he was still more mysterious than anything else.
Since the day she met Yeyu, he had always remained calm and composed.
Even when talking about the deaths of two God-Kings, he showed no emotional fluctuation at all.
It was as if he were talking about two mudfish instead.
Although it sounded strange, that was indeed the case — everything seemed to be within his grasp.
No challenge seemed too much for him.
That powerful confidence was one of the main reasons why Ayin was so deeply infatuated with him.
As they descended into the spring, two forces — extreme heat and extreme cold — rushed toward them.
But with Yeyu's current strength, he naturally feared neither the scalding heat nor the freezing cold.
They kept diving deeper and deeper — the temperature and chill increasing, as well as the water pressure.
Ten meters!
One hundred meters!
One thousand meters!
Two thousand meters!
At 2,000 meters — more than 6,000 feet — each cubic centimeter endured six to seven hundred kilograms of pressure.
That's six to seven hundred times normal atmospheric pressure.
Before dual cultivating with Yeyu, even a level 99 demigod like Ayin wouldn't have been able to withstand such pressure.
Just when Ayin felt she could no longer take it, they finally reached the bottom of the spring.
Yeyu could feel his muscles and cells trembling.
He figured he should spend a few days in the gravity chamber at the War God Training Camp when he got back.
They arrived in a vast underground space, where two massive corpses lay silently.
One blue, one red!
Each corpse was over 500 meters long — a true behemoth to ordinary people.
Yeyu led the stunned Ayin in circling the two corpses once.
"Looks like they're truly dead," Yeyu said.
Releasing his spiritual sense, he examined them carefully — the two creatures were indeed completely lifeless.
"If we destroy these two corpses, the soul pressure should disappear. Then, in time, the herbs above might be able to develop sentience."
"That's a soul bone!"
Ayin's eyes lit up — on the spine of the Fire Dragon King was a glowing soul bone.
A God-King level soul bone!
Overjoyed, Ayin quickly took the radiant bone and began to examine it with excitement.
She then turned toward the Ice Dragon King's corpse. If the Fire Dragon King had a soul bone, the Ice Dragon King should as well.
She soon found one — a skull.
Among the seven types of soul bones, aside from external ones, the torso and skull bones were the rarest and most valuable.
This discovery thrilled Ayin beyond words.
Yeyu also picked up one of the bones and examined it. He could sense that it contained not just abundant energy essence...
But also intricate and strange patterns.
Yeyu suddenly realized — these strange markings must be what this world called soul skills.
By activating the patterns, one could release powerful attacks — essentially amplifying their strength.
That made Yeyu's eyes light up.
Currently, Earth's strongest power amplification came from Ninefold Thunder Blade, which could multiply strength by 7 times.
Now that he was close to mastering Ninefold Thunder Blade, these patterns were worth studying.
Given the quality of these soul bones, their amplification should be quite significant.
Soon, the two of them destroyed both dragon corpses.
No one knew how long the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had been dead — the bodies were long since decayed and fragile.
Destroying them didn't take much effort.
Yeyu had thought about taking some bones back to the Devouring World to see if he could study something from them.
After all, human SSS-grade alloys were created using materials from King-class monsters.
And these were dragons.
They might be equivalent to or even stronger than King-class monsters — perhaps even Beast Emperors.
Of course, this was just speculation — he had no way to compare directly.
But as he looked at the decayed, crumbling bones, he abandoned the idea.
"Let's go."
Seeing that there was nothing more of value, they decided to leave.
Yeyu held Ayin's curvy waist as they returned to the surface. As expected, the faint divine soul pressure had vanished.
"You want to cultivate them?" Yeyu asked, watching Ayin happily tending to the herbs and flowers.
"Mhm!" Ayin nodded. These were her true kin — she felt a natural connection with them.
The ones outside weren't even the same species — barely worthy of being called kin.
But these were different. They were all plants, flowers — sisters in essence.
"There's enough natural soul force here. They should grow quickly."
"Now it all depends on how many of them can develop sentience. If none do, it's all meaningless," Ayin said a bit regretfully.
Yeyu shrugged — there wasn't much he could do either.
His cultivation leaned more toward technological evolution. As for the fantasy side of things, he didn't really understand it.
Anyway, he remembered that tens of thousands of years later, these immortal herbs had all developed sentience.
Many had cultivated for over 100,000 years and become fierce beasts.
Watching Ayin as she busily tended to this or that herb — especially that full, round backside — Yeyu's lips curled into a grin.
He walked up behind her and embraced her from behind.
Feeling something press against her, Ayin's entire body stiffened.
"This place is perfect for cultivation!" Yeyu chuckled, biting gently on her glowing earlobe, causing her to go limp in his arms.
"Mmm~"
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