Abyss Flower

"Hiss, that hurts! And why won't the bleeding stop at all?!"

Tian Yao grimaced at the small cut Qian Ningshuang had made on her hand.

Her Martial Soul was the Golden Crocodile King, inherited by the Tian Family for thousands of years. It possessed the Ultimate Gold attribute. While its strength and defense were not ultimate attributes, they were still terrifyingly powerful. More importantly, the Golden Crocodile King itself also possessed a trace of space attribute and regenerative ability.

It was precisely because the Martial Soul was too powerful that the Tian Family had almost always passed down through a single line each generation.

With the Golden Crocodile King's regenerative ability and Tian Yao's cultivation, such a tiny cut might not heal completely in an instant, but stopping the bleeding should have been effortless.

Yet not only had the bleeding failed to stop, but in just that brief moment, the area around Tian Yao's wound had already begun to turn black. The muscle tissue surrounding it had clearly started to necrotize.

Seeing Tian Yao's wound develop to this extent, Qian Ningshuang immediately activated the shaftless body of the Lance.

A surge of life energy then flowed toward Tian Yao's wound, and the injury on her hand immediately began to heal. In but an instant, it was indistinguishable from how it had been before the cut.

"Sister Yao, this is the ability of the Abyss Flower. It can be separated for use. Once separated, the sword is called Black Abyss, while the spear is called White Flower. Black Abyss possesses a terrifying Death Attribute. When my sister and I tested it yesterday, wounds caused by Black Abyss could only be immediately healed by White Flower. Even the healing ability of an Angel Martial Soul required a tremendous amount of Soul Power."

"Besides removing injuries caused by Black Abyss, White Flower can also be used as a healing-type Martial Soul, and its healing speed far surpasses that of healing-type Martial Souls. At least as far as my sister and I know, there isn't a Martial Soul on the continent that heals faster than White Flower."

"And when combined, the Abyss Flower can easily pierce through the defenses of a Beast Martial Soul Soul Elder."

Outside the carriage, Tian'e sensed everything happening within. Hearing Qian Ningshuang's explanation, he opened his eyes and took a deep breath.

Yesterday, he had initially been too busy marveling at the immense and pure life force of Qian Ningshuang's Martial Soul. Later, because of Qian Renxue's situation, he had not carefully asked about or investigated Qian Ningshuang's Martial Soul.

He had thought that the powerful life energy of Qian Ningshuang's Martial Soul had only appeared briefly during its awakening. He had not expected it to be its normal state! Unlike the three juniors inside the carriage, whose knowledge mostly came from books, his level ninety-eight cultivation represented not only strength at the pinnacle of the continent, but also terrifying experience.

From his experience, was there no healing-type Martial Soul on the continent that could stand alongside White Flower? No! There had never been one in history! There probably never would be one in the future, either!

According to Spirit Hall's records, Healing-type Martial Souls could roughly be divided into two types. The first simply stimulated the life energy of the one being treated to heal them. They themselves did not possess healing abilities; they merely accelerated the target's natural recovery process, such as the healing ability of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

The other type possessed healing abilities of its own and could inject its own life energy into the target's body. However, due to the limits of a person's life energy, they would inject their own life energy while simultaneously stimulating the target's life energy to heal them, such as the Nine Heart Begonia.

With both of these healing methods, whether by injecting one's own life energy or stimulating the target's life energy, the target would lose a portion of their own life energy during treatment.

This was no trivial matter. Once a Spirit Master lost too much life energy and damaged their foundation, at best they would never be able to advance again; at worst, their cultivation would regress!

But White Flower directly injected immense, pure life energy. It had absolutely no need for the treated person's own life energy! Not needing the target's life energy meant it provided true, complete healing! There was no fear of damaging a Spirit Master's foundation!

Did those healing-type Martial Souls even deserve to be compared to White Flower? It was like a firefly trying to compare its radiance to the sun—it was a joke! The two simply could not be compared at all!

Yet healing was far from the most important use of life energy. One had to know that Soul Power itself was formed from the energy of heaven and earth combined with the life energy and soul power within a person's body. The energy of heaven and earth was limitless and could be absorbed freely by Spirit Masters, so long as they were not afraid of throwing the three forces within their bodies out of balance.

In other words, the stronger one's life energy was, provided their soul power could keep up, the more Soul Power they would possess—and the stronger it would be! White Flower's life energy was so immense and pure that it was practically limitless. So long as he could absorb some from time to time, Tian'e was one hundred percent certain that he could break through to level ninety-nine within a year!

If it had such a powerful effect even on an outsider like Tian'e, what about the Martial Soul's owner herself? It would only be stronger! So long as Qian Ningshuang's soul power could keep up, her cultivation speed could completely surpass Qian Renxue's Innate Full Soul Power of level twenty!

As for Black Abyss, the Death Attribute sounded powerful, and it truly was powerful, but it was not unheard of on the continent. It was not beyond comprehension. Perhaps Shuang'er's cultivation was still insufficient. A Martial Soul capable of combining with something as outrageously powerful as White Flower could not possibly be simple.

Thinking of this, Tian'e sighed heavily once more. Sure enough, Innate Full Soul Power was completely insufficient to describe Qian Ningshuang's talent. Moreover, judging by his eldest brother's demeanor, he had long been certain of Shuang'er's extraordinary nature. Once they returned to Spirit Hall, he needed to have a proper talk with his eldest brother. While he was at it, he should try to arrange for Yao'er to stay close to Shuang'er from now on. There were simply too many benefits to being around Shuang'er.

"What are you sighing about, Golden Crocodile?" Walter, the other elderly man outside the carriage, turned to look at Tian'e.

"Didn't you sense it, Old Wo? No, yesterday you were at Big Brother's residence looking after Xue'er and Shuang'er. You must have helped when Shuang'er tested her Martial Soul. So you already knew. You were just waiting to see me make a fool of myself, weren't you?" Tian'e slapped his forehead and spoke irritably as he looked at the smiling Walter.

Walter had served as the Qian Family's steward for nearly a century. He was also a level ninety-four Title Douluo and an old acquaintance of Tian'e's. The two old men were therefore quite relaxed around one another, without the distance one would expect between master and servant.

"Grandpa Walter knew long ago. He even specifically told Shuang'er and me not to tell you. He'd been waiting for a long time to see you embarrass yourself, Grandpa Tian," Qian Renxue's amused voice came from inside the carriage.

"When we get back, your wine will be gone. This old man guarantees I'll drink every last drop!" Tian'e attempted to retaliate.

"Do as you please. I keep wine in more than one place. If you can find it all, it's yours. Just don't make me carry you back again afterward while you sleep in the street."

Hearing the two elders bicker outside, the three juniors in the carriage exchanged glances. Their eyes conveyed much the same meaning: Here they go again. Let them be.

"Xiaoshuang, your Martial Soul really is strong. At the very least, I admit it's stronger than my Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul!" Tian Yao crossed her arms and nodded, wearing an expression that seemed to say she was doing Qian Ningshuang a great honor by admitting it. Clearly, unlike the worldly Tian'e, she had not realized just how outrageously powerful the Abyss Flower truly was.

"Keep pretending. Wasn't it you who cried out in pain just now? Once I obtain my Spirit Ring, we'll fight again. This time, I'll beat you until you cry and run to Uncle Tian Chen!" Qian Ningshuang waved her tiny fist and spoke viciously.

"I went easy on you last time. I didn't even use my soul skill. Don't forget, I'm getting my second Spirit Ring too. When the time comes, who'll be the one crying is still uncertain. Besides, even if I can't beat you then, I can make you cry right now!"

"Come on, then! Let's fight right now! Whoever loses has to shout three times that they're a little puppy!"

Just as the two little blonde girls were about to start tearing into each other, the big blonde beside them smacked each of them on the head.

"Enough. If you want to fight, wait until we get out of the carriage. This carriage can't withstand the two of you wreaking havoc with your super Martial Souls."

After Qian Renxue smacked her, Qian Ningshuang immediately clutched her head and pretended to be pitiful. Tian Yao, meanwhile, stuck out her tongue sheepishly. As though recalling something, her golden eyes rolled.

"Honestly, Xiaoshuang, your Martial Soul is so strong that I really want to know how spectacular that slutty fox's expression will be once you enter the academy."