Absolutely Loyal Shadow Guards

She had lost.

She had been defeated by a six-year-old child.

Ling Yuan's head was still spinning.

Granted, the overwhelming reason was that Ling Yuan had not taken the fight seriously at all from the start. She had only used Martial Soul Possession and had never brought out her true strength.

But a loss was a loss.

If Qian Guxing had truly intended to kill her just now, the Falling Star Heavenly Blade would already have chopped off Ling Yuan's head!

"You really are a Little Monster."

Ling Yuan withdrew her Martial Soul, hugged Qian Guxing to her chest, and squeezed him all over.

Looking back on the details of the fight, Ling Yuan realized that Qian Guxing had controlled its pace from beginning to end. He had exploited her arrogance, using the Wood Release: Birdcage Technique as a smokescreen and something like a Wood Clone to draw her attention, thereby concealing his true killing move!

In short, Qian Guxing's talent for combat was astonishing!

But what shocked Ling Yuan even more than his combat talent was that pile of Soul Skills.

Shave, which was practically teleportation!

Tempest Kick, which could launch flying slashes with his legs!

Moonwalk, which allowed his body to defy the laws of physics and leap through the air!

"Who taught you those Soul Skills?" Ling Yuan couldn't help asking.

"What Soul Skills?" Qian Guxing asked, though he knew perfectly well what she meant.

Ling Yuan looked at Qian Guxing's wide-eyed, innocent face, as if he really knew nothing. A bold thought surfaced in her mind, and she blurted out:

"Don't tell me you created all of them yourself—the footwork that moves at teleportation speed, the leg technique that launches slashes, and the movement technique that lets you leap through the air?!"

"Oh, so that's what you meant."

Qian Guxing put on a look of sudden realization.

"Isn't that the kind of thing you can do just by thinking about it a little and relying on your body's instincts?"

Qian Guxing spoke naturally, as naturally as a certain Mr. Ma saying he didn't like money.

Ling Yuan's lips twitched.

Listen to that!

Just listen!

Was that something a human being would say?

How could he say he had created Self-Created Soul Skills just by thinking about them a little, when other people couldn't come up with a single one in their entire lives?!

Ling Yuan had become a Titled Douluo. Though her talent in her day couldn't compare with peerless freaks like Bibi Dong, she had still been a top-tier prodigy.

Yet facing Qian Guxing today, Ling Yuan truly understood what it meant to be utterly crushed by talent.

She understood what it meant for a frog at the bottom of a well to see the moon in the sky, for a mayfly to gaze upon the heavens!

[Ding! You have gained Ling Yuan's recognition. Comprehension +50!]

[Recognition level: 100%. Additional reward: 30 Soul Saint shadow guards (absolutely loyal)!]

Qian Guxing's eyes lit up. The effort he had put into showing off hadn't been wasted.

This reward made it worthwhile!

Across the continent, Soul Saints were actually among the strongest.

That old fellow Flender had relied on his strength as a Soul Saint to open an academy in Suotuo City, swaggering about and swindling people without fear of retaliation.

After all, Soul Douluo on the Douluo Continent basically all belonged to factions and rarely went out.

Titled Douluo were even fewer in number. The odds of encountering one were lower than winning the lottery.

With these thirty absolutely loyal Soul Saints, Qian Guxing could set many of his plans in motion ahead of schedule.

For example, raiding Tang San's spawn point.

He could steal the Blue Silver Emperor from the mountain behind Holy Soul Village, along with that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, ahead of time!

Qian Guxing wasn't the cautious, hesitant sort like Qian Daoliu. Now that he was certain they would be enemies in the future, he wouldn't hold back.

If Asura hadn't given Qian Guxing a gift, he would have wanted to find an opportunity to take his teacher Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall's many Titled Douluo with him to wipe out Tang Hao and eliminate Tang San ahead of time.

Now that Asura had shown goodwill, Qian Guxing couldn't be ungrateful.

Asura was a God King, after all. Although Qian Guxing had the potential to become a God King, he was only a small fry for now, and he still had to show the proper respect.

If he pushed too hard and Asura turned on him, Qian Guxing wouldn't even have the confidence to fight back right now.

So what Qian Guxing needed to do now wasn't eliminate Tang San, but simply slow his growth as much as possible.

When the time came, he could use his connection to Qian Renxue to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud ahead of time.

He could even snatch the Immortal Herbs and help Asura groom another perfect successor.

Once Tang San lost Asura's protection,

Qian Guxing could do whatever he pleased with him.

Hehehe...

"Why do you have that wicked grin? What are you thinking about, you little rascal?"

Ling Yuan pinched Qian Guxing's cheek, her beautiful eyes full of scrutiny.

"Nothing, nothing." Qian Guxing shook his head repeatedly and changed the subject. "Sister Ling Yuan, how old were you when you became a Titled Douluo?"

"Fifty!" At the mention of it, Ling Yuan folded her arms beneath her chest, squeezing her full breasts into a breathtaking curve. She looked quite proud.

Breaking through to Titled Douluo at fifty was quite an achievement, even across all of history.

Compared with Yu Xiaogang, who had broken through to level twenty-nine at fifty, it was countless times better.

However, Qian Guxing remembered that in the original story, Ling Yuan was still only level ninety-two by the time Bibi Dong hunted down Da Ming and Er Ming.

Rather, Ling Yuan's path of growth was actually the normal one. Breaking through as a Titled Douluo was hardly so easy.

It was just that Tang San and the others had relied on cheats so heavily in the later stages that it made the older generation, Ling Yuan included, seem slow to cultivate.

Once he found Immortal Herbs, he could use them to improve Ling Yuan's aptitude. Perhaps that would allow her to be chosen by the Fire God.

With the Ancient Tree of Nature Martial Soul, Qian Guxing would surely become a God King in the future, so long as he didn't fall. If he prepared his own inner circle in advance, he wouldn't be left without anyone to rely on when he went to the Divine Realm.

Tang San, for example, had carried six others with him, and all of the Shrek Seven Devils had become gods.

A lineup like that would have considerable influence even on the God Realm Committee.

At present, only Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue were certain to begin God Trials on Qian Guxing's side. Everyone else fell a little short.

But as long as he found enough Immortal Herbs, and with Qian Guxing's own status as a God King, many gods in the Divine Realm who wanted to retire would show him some consideration.

After testing his combat strength with Ling Yuan, Qian Guxing returned to the small courtyard where he lived and claimed the reward of fifty comprehension points.

At once, countless inspirations burst forth in Qian Guxing's mind.

His comprehension soared straight from 1 to 51!

That meant Qian Guxing's comprehension was now fifty times that of an ordinary person!

He could now attempt Self-Created Soul Skills that he hadn't dared contemplate before.

I have the Hashirama Senju Physique and the Ancient Tree of Nature Martial Soul. I can develop a whole series of useful Wood Release techniques.

A ninjutsu immediately sprang to Qian Guxing's mind.

The Shadow Clone Technique.

This was a skill that could be called a cultivation accelerator.

As long as he could withstand it, once the clones were dispelled, the original would inherit all the experience they gained from training!

With the Shadow Clone Technique and Qian Guxing's extraordinarily high comprehension, the difficulty of developing Self-Created Soul Skills would drop sharply from now on.

Moreover, with his Hashirama Senju Physique, Qian Guxing could use Wood Release to develop an advanced version of the Shadow Clone: the Wood Clone!

This would definitely give his future combat strength an enormous boost!