Courting Death

When the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul first awakened, it did not appear in its complete form. It only had two wings and looked much like a Swan Martial Soul.

The stronger the Martial Soul, the harsher the conditions required for its bloodline to fully awaken.

Only when one's Soul Power Level reached a certain point would the bloodline power within gradually be released and evolve.

At level fifty, the Martial Soul would manifest the phantom of an angel. At level seventy, it would undergo a qualitative transformation: the two wings would evolve into four, and the Angel Domain would awaken at the same time.

For the Martial Soul to awaken completely, however, a Six-Winged Angel Soul Master needed to reach level ninety and become a Titled Douluo. Only then could they truly display the form of the Six-Winged Angel.

It was precisely because of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul's unique nature that she had considered concealing it. Otherwise, she would not have been able to hide it even if she wanted to.

The Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul was not purely assault-type. It was compatible with every direction and depended mainly on how the Soul Master cultivated it. If all its soul rings came from support-type soul beasts, then the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul would become support-type.

As for their primary goal, Bibi Dong had chosen the support-type path. With her and Xiao Xue handling offense, that was enough. What Spirit Hall lacked now was a truly high-level support-type Soul Master.

Since she had claimed her daughter's Martial Soul was a swan, she might as well carry the lie through to the end. The Emerald Swan happened to be a healing-type Martial Soul, so obtaining support-type soul rings would be perfectly reasonable, wouldn't it?

There was one thing she could not figure out, though. Why was her daughter only level ten instead of level twenty like Xiao Xue?

Still, even with innate level ten Soul Power, she should at least be able to cultivate to level ninety-five in the future.

Ye Xinyu nodded thoughtfully.

"Oh."

Over the past few days, under her mother's explanations, she had gained a rough understanding of the Emerald Swan Martial Soul's uniqueness. It was somewhat similar to the Nine Heart Begonia, specialized in healing, and an exceptional support-type Martial Soul.

Just then, a cold glint suddenly appeared in Bibi Dong's eyes.

"A few little rats have followed us for long enough. Come out." Bibi Dong's voice no longer carried its usual gentleness. It was as sharp and icy as frost.

The moment she finished speaking, rustling sounds came from all around them. Immediately afterward, a group of people emerged from the undergrowth. In an instant, they had surrounded the mother and daughter.

The one leading them was none other than the honest-looking burly man they had seen near the entrance earlier.

But the man's honest demeanor had vanished. In its place was a face full of vicious ferocity.

"What a coincidence. We meet again."

"What do you want?" Ye Xinyu blurted out, her voice carrying a trace of childish panic.

Hearing her daughter's somewhat foolish question, Bibi Dong could not help frowning slightly. She was still too innocent and knew too little of the wickedness in people's hearts.

At that moment, the scar-faced man revealed a nauseating lecherous grin. His eyes roamed brazenly over Ye Xinyu's body as filthy words spilled from his mouth.

"What do we want? Naturally, we want to have our way with you." His voice seemed to carry a sticky malice as it echoed through the gloomy forest.

Then a short, skinny man chimed in, his shrill voice as grating as a night owl's cry.

"I didn't notice before, but this little girl is quite lovely too. Looks like we're in for a treat." As he spoke, he rubbed his hands together, his eyes brimming with greed and lust.

Ye Xinyu had never been treated like this in her life. Under the malicious stares of those men, she instinctively took two steps back, her body trembling slightly.

"Oh, Monkey, you won't even spare such a little girl?" someone else in the group said mockingly. The short, skinny man called Monkey spat disdainfully.

"What do you know? This is exactly what I like, and this little beauty is top-notch."

Listening to their filthy words, a faint chill surfaced in Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes.

"I do not wish to kill. Those who retreat now may live."

The burly man at the front shuddered involuntarily the moment he met her gaze, stumbling back several steps without realizing it.

The next moment, he came back to his senses and said coldly,

"This bitch is bluffing. Brothers, summon your Martial Souls!"

As soon as he spoke, the five men released their Martial Souls, and dazzling light burst forth all around them.

Ye Xinyu could not help being frightened by the sight before her.

There were five of them, and four were Soul Ancestors.

Their soul ring configurations were not particularly impressive. In fact, two of them even had white ten-year soul rings as their first rings. The highest among them were only purple.

But their leader was actually a Soul King.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, purple.

Even without a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, he should not be too weak.

Facing the combined attack of five people, even if Mother possessed the cultivation of a Soul Emperor, she probably would not fare well.

Although Mother had never revealed her strength, clever as she was, Ye Xinyu could roughly guess her level.

Anyone capable of bringing her alone to obtain a thousand-year soul ring had to be above the Four-Ring level. She was probably somewhere around a Soul King or Soul Emperor. Any higher should be impossible.

After all, a Soul Sage or even a Soul Douluo would be an important figure even within Spirit Hall. If Mother truly had such strength, she would not have come out alone to hunt soul rings.

The most important reason was that if she truly had the strength of a Soul Sage or higher, why would she need to waste words with them? Strength was truth. One slap would settle everything.

The current situation was probably because Mother was not confident she could protect her from five attackers, so she was trying to intimidate them.

At this moment, seeing the five men suddenly summon their Martial Souls, Bibi Dong frowned slightly.

If she had been alone, why would she waste words on such trash? One slap would do it. But she had brought her daughter out today, and making things too bloody would not be good. Her daughter seemed never to have seen anyone killed before, and it would be bad if she frightened her.

"Pfft." Bibi Dong could not hold back a laugh.

In the murderous atmosphere, that sudden laugh made the men who had been preparing to close in freeze for a moment.

"What are you laughing at?"

The corners of Bibi Dong's lips slowly curved upward.

"Isn't it funny when people come seeking death?"

As she spoke, a ball of purple-black light silently gathered in her hand.

Since they insisted on courting death, they could not blame her.

Just as her daughter had said, they were merely a few Soul Ancestors and a Soul King. To her, suppressing them with Soul Power alone would be enough to kill every one of them.

She simply did not want to reveal her identity too early.

"I hope you can still be this tough when you're begging beneath us, brothers!"

"Brothers, get them!"

Hearing such words again, Bibi Dong could no longer suppress the killing intent in her heart.

Men, not a single one of them is any good!

She no longer wished to waste words on them. She raised her snow-white right hand slightly, just about to attack when a small, pale hand suddenly grasped hers.

In an instant, the two of them vanished from where they stood.