Reverting to Childhood, Life Hanging by a Thread

Qian Renxue had already begun absorbing the soul ring. A pitch-black soul ring, dark as an abyss, was drawn above her head and slowly descended.

In this life, Qian Renxue was not like she had been in her previous life, busy with palace intrigues and neglecting her cultivation. With Su He by her side to accompany and remind her, Qian Renxue had fully lived up to her talent, and her physique was exceptionally formidable as well.

She had already refined three whole pieces of the Angel Soul Bone Set, giving Qian Renxue the foundation to absorb a high-year soul ring.

Meanwhile, Su He's situation was far less promising. Clearly, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had developed intelligence. Seeing that Su He's side had three Titled Douluo, one of whom was even at the pinnacle level, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger knew it would not escape this calamity today. Yet before dying, it still wanted to tear a piece of flesh from them.

Even if it died, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger intended to drag someone down with it. And Su He, the one about to absorb its soul ring, naturally became its foremost target.

When Su He saw the miniature Dark Demon Evil God Tiger inside the arena, he nearly had the urge to laugh.

The vicious black tiger that had once been entirely black, with blood-red eyes and wings on its back as though they could blot out the sky, now resembled a large cat. Not only had its wings vanished, but even the iconic Evil God Hook on its tail had shrunk to a tiny size, without the slightest energy fluctuation.

It even looked somewhat... cute?

Yet Su He could not laugh at all. He knew perfectly well what kind of predicament he faced.

Without even looking at his body, Su He knew that the Life-and-Death Arena had affected him, returning him to his childhood. He briefly sensed his condition and found that he could not even use the Abyssal Golden Lion martial soul.

Su He's heart sank completely.

All along, the powerful physique and formidable close-combat abilities granted by the Abyssal Golden Lion had been Su He's most effective means of attack. But today, in this Life-and-Death Arena, the offensive method he was most skilled with had been stripped away.

It seemed that both Su He's and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's bodies were constrained by some rule, leaving them temporarily unable to move.

Just as Su He closed his eyes and waited, an ethereal, strange voice rang out from every direction around the arena.

"Welcome to the Life-and-Death Arena. Only when one side dies will this battle of life and death end, allowing the survivor to leave this space."

Before Su He could react, the voice had already begun its countdown.

"Five, four, three, two, one, begin!"

As the ethereal voice counted down, Su He's mind raced desperately for a way to break the situation.

His body had now reverted to the time when he was six years old and had yet to awaken his martial soul, while the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had likewise shrunk back into its juvenile form.

This meant that the Life-and-Death Arena was a relatively fair battle.

Yet while it was supposedly relatively fair, it was also profoundly unfair. An ordinary human child at six had no abilities whatsoever and likely could not withstand even a normal attack from a Ten-Year Soul Beast, dying on the spot.

But Su He was unlike an ordinary child. Since the age of three, he had undergone intense physical training and regularly meditated to temper himself.

Moreover, the system-granted Three Thousand Lightning Movements and Explosive Step were both still usable, giving Su He at least a sliver of confidence to resist.

As the countdown ended, human-like smugness appeared in the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's blood-red eyes, as though victory was already in its grasp. The instant Su He felt that he could move again, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger turned into a streak of black light and lunged at him.

Every hair on Su He's body stood on end as he entered a state of extreme tension. He had no protection from Martial Soul Possession now—one moment of carelessness here could truly mean death!

Three Thousand Lightning Movements activated, and Su He flashed away from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's attack like lightning, appearing behind it in an instant.

Su He immediately activated Explosive Step and threw a full-force punch at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The latter was sent flying dozens of meters by the blow enhanced with Explosive Step before crashing heavily onto the ground.

After climbing back up, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was somewhat dazed. It shook its head in disbelief, making sure it had not sensed wrongly.

It simply could not understand how this human possessed such immense strength during childhood. By all reason, an ordinary human cub should have been utterly incapable of fighting back against a Ten-Year Soul Beast.

But the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had miscalculated. Su He was no ordinary human child!

Three Thousand Lightning Movements really is incredible! Su He thought, and a smile finally appeared on his face, which had just been pale as paper.

After that brief exchange, he had gauged the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's strength and caught sight of hope for victory.

Su He slowly drew the small dagger at his waist. That was right—this dagger was the very one he had used when he and Golden Crocodile Douluo had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt the Dark Gold Direbear. It had been with him for quite some time.

Su He had carried it with him all these years, never expecting it to come in handy today.

Su He gestured at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with the dagger, and unable to endure his provocation, it pounced at him once more.

Su He activated Three Thousand Lightning Movements to evade the attack, then viciously stabbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the torso. In pain, it let out an enraged roar.

It then lunged furiously at Su He again, utterly unable to understand why a six-year-old child possessed such agile movement techniques.

Just as Su He prepared to repeat the same trick, dart behind the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and give it another stab, he saw human-like cunning in its eyes.

An intense alarm instantly sounded in Su He's heart. Realizing something was wrong, he tried to dodge away at once. But Su He was ultimately one step too slow. The moment he drew close, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger erupted with all its strength, unleashing powerful Dark Demon Evil Lightning.

Strands of gray lightning instantly filled the area around the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Though Su He had dodged in advance, he was still struck by several stray bolts, causing the left half of his body to instantly fall into paralysis.

Sensing that its opponent had fallen into the trap, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger curled its lips into an ugly smile and slowly approached Su He, intending to launch its final attack. It had consumed no small amount of energy itself. That burst of Dark Demon Evil Lightning had nearly exhausted all its strength, but fortunately, Su He had already been hit.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger believed victory was assured.

Su He's expression was grim as well. He deeply regretted his earlier carelessness. He had never expected the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to be so intelligent.

Fortunately, his reaction had been timely enough. Otherwise, if he had been struck head-on by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's evil lightning, Su He would already be a cold corpse.

Feeling the weakness in the left half of his body, Su He gripped the dagger tightly in his right hand, preparing for a final contest with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

In the nearly thirteen years since Su He had transmigrated here, he had never experienced such a perilous moment. This was a true battle that would determine both victory and death—only one side could leave this arena alive!

For Su He, his life truly hung by a thread.

Would he live, or die? Everything depended on this final exchange.

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