Nine-Tailed Fox Demon! Yu Xiaogang Wants Tang San to Undergo the Baptism?

Now.

The Medicinal Liquid churned, engulfing Hu Liena in an instant.

A searing pain spread through her entire body, and her pretty face instantly turned deathly pale!

Unlike Yu Xiaogang, Hu Liena did not make a sound, her eyes full of stubborn resolve.

One second, two seconds, ten seconds...

Soul Masters across the Douluo World widened their eyes as they watched the Heavenly Screen.

One minute passed!

Two minutes passed!

Three whole minutes!

The instant the third minute ended, the medicinal cauldron dissolved into a shower of light that gently lifted Hu Liena into the air!

The Heavenly Screen's voice then rang throughout the Douluo World.

"Hu Liena of Spirit Hall has successfully completed the baptism!"

Brilliant golden light burst from Hu Liena's body. On the Heavenly Screen, the phantom of an Immortal fox, white as snow from head to tail and bearing nine long, fluffy tails, raised its head and howled!

A pressure that seemed to stand above all Beast Martial Souls swept across the entire Douluo World.

"Martial Soul Evolution! Nine-Tailed Fox Demon!"

The next moment, the golden light receded.

Hu Liena's figure vanished from the Heavenly Screen, returning to the Pope's Palace in Spirit City.

The factions across the continent went utterly mad!

[Fire Leopard Sect Master]: "It worked! It actually worked!"

[Huyan Zhen of the Elephant Armor Sect]: "The heavens have opened their eyes! Martial Souls really can evolve!"

[Shui Bing'er]: "Three minutes! As long as you last three minutes, you can defy the heavens and change your fate!"

Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi, usually gentle and refined, shot up from the sect master's throne, his gaze transfixed.

Martial Soul Evolution!

To others, those words might simply mean a great increase in strength.

But to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they meant the only hope of breaking through the Martial Soul's limitations!

"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu!"

Ning Fengzhi's voice trembled as his right hand gripped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Scepter tightly.

"I have to try! As long as it can make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve, even if there's only a sliver of hope, I'm willing to make the attempt!"

"No! Absolutely not, Fengzhi!"

Bone Douluo Gu Rong stepped forward, planted himself firmly in Ning Fengzhi's path, and spoke urgently.

"Fengzhi, calm down! You saw what happened to Yu Xiaogang just now. If you fail, your Martial Soul will degenerate!"

"If you can't endure it and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda degenerates into a six-treasure or five-treasure pagoda, or even becomes crippled, what will become of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's great undertaking?!"

Sword Douluo Chen Xin's expression was also grave. He nodded and added his counsel.

"Old Bones is right, Fengzhi. You are the master of the sect; the safety of everyone in it rests on you. You absolutely must not risk yourself."

Under their persuasion, the fervor in Ning Fengzhi's heart gradually faded.

Yes, if he failed and ended up with a Two Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, wouldn't the dignified sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect become the laughingstock of the entire continent with a Martial Soul like that?

Ning Fengzhi let out a long sigh, slowly sat back down, and made a prompt decision.

"Select the direct disciples with the strongest wills and utmost loyalty, and have them try the Heavenly Screen. If they fail, the sect will do everything in its power to compensate them!"

Inside the Pope's Palace, everyone was jubilant.

Hu Liena stood quietly in the center of the hall, nine snow-white fox tails swaying gently behind her and giving off a dim light that made hearts tremble.

Bibi Dong quickly descended the steps, her eyes full of gratified approval.

"Nana, how do you feel? What miraculous properties does this Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Martial Soul possess?"

Hu Liena closed her eyes and sensed it for a moment. When she opened them, she spoke in a shaken voice.

"Your Holiness the Pope... I can sense that this Martial Soul has granted me a life-preserving origin power."

"It's called Nine Lives."

Bibi Dong's body jolted, and her gaze sharpened.

"Nine Lives? Could it be... that you have nine lives?!"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei drew sharp breaths, both rendered speechless.

Nine lives?!

Such a miracle was completely unheard of in the history of the Douluo Continent!

Even if a Deity descended, surely it would be no more than this?

Surely even a Deity couldn't die eight times and still live?

"That's right."

Hu Liena nodded, then hesitated a little.

"As for its other abilities... there seem to be many more, but with my current Soul Power Level, I haven't been able to figure them out."

Bibi Dong took a deep breath and, joyful at heart, struck the floor heavily with her scepter.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"From this day on, you are the Holy Maiden of my Spirit Hall!"

"Besides that, Spirit Hall will spare no effort to nurture anyone among its members whose Martial Soul evolves through the Heavenly Screen's baptism!"

Meanwhile.

In the small courtyard on the back mountain of Shrek Academy.

After more than half a day of recuperation, Yu Xiaogang slowly woke once again.

Yu Xiaogang leaned against the headboard, his face deathly pale. He had aged more than ten years.

When he learned from Flender that Hu Liena of Spirit Hall had actually endured the full three minutes and her Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, his entire face froze.

Jealousy, venomous resentment, and unwillingness filled his heart.

Why?!

Why could someone from Spirit Hall succeed?!

While he, Yu Xiaogang, had to become the laughingstock of the world, his Martial Soul degenerated into a deformed meat pig?!

He refused to accept it!

Yu Xiaogang abruptly turned his head and looked at Tang San, who was keeping watch by his bed.

"Little San..."

Yu Xiaogang reached out with a trembling hand and seized Tang San's wrist.

"Teacher, don't get angry. Take care of yourself."

Tang San comforted him softly.

Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath, a mad light flickering in his eyes.

"Little San! Listen to your teacher! That girl Hu Liena succeeded, which proves my theory was right! My line of thought was completely correct!"

"As long as your will is firm, you can defy the heavens and change your fate! Hu Liena is merely a woman. Can you not do what she did?!"

"Little San, tell your teacher, is your will weaker than that of a woman from Spirit Hall?!"

Tang San's heart jolted at those words.

Looking at his teacher's expectant gaze and recalling Spirit Hall's overbearing arrogance on the Heavenly Screen, he felt a surge of pride rise from the bottom of his heart.

Who was he, Tang San?

He was Yu Xiaogang's personal disciple, and in his previous life, he had also been an outer disciple of the Bashu Tang Sect!

He had lived two lives and possessed the Tang Sect Secret Arts: Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eye, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!

His character had already been tempered as firm as a rock in his previous life, not to mention this one.

How could ordinary Soul Masters compare with him?

Even Hu Liena, a member of Spirit Hall who had grown up in a greenhouse, could endure three minutes. Why couldn't he, Tang San?!

If he could use this baptism to make his Blue Silver Grass, which the world regarded as trash, evolve into a top-tier Martial Soul,

he could make a name for himself, and his teacher Yu Xiaogang's theory could also convince the world.

At that thought, Tang San bowed to Yu Xiaogang.

"Rest assured, Teacher. Your disciple is willing to go!"

"Your disciple will surely succeed in the baptism and make the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul evolve, proving your theory!"

As his words fell, Tang San reached out to the sky with his thoughts.

The next instant, with a thunderous boom, ripples spread across the Immortal painting on the Heavenly Screen!

The image split in two!

Tang San's figure landed steadily beside the medicinal cauldron!