Abyss Flower

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

Tian Yao grimaced as she stared at the small cut on her hand that Qian Ningshuang had just made.

Her Martial Soul was the Golden Crocodile King, passed down through the Tian Clan for thousands of years. It possessed the Ultimate Gold attribute, and while its strength and defense were not technically "Ultimate" attributes, they were still terrifyingly high. Most importantly, the Golden Crocodile King itself carried a trace of spatial properties and self-healing capabilities.

It was precisely because the Martial Soul was so powerful that the Tian Clan had almost exclusively produced single heirs for generations.

Given the self-healing ability of the Golden Crocodile King and Tian Yao's own cultivation level, a small cut like this—while perhaps not healing instantly—should have been easy enough to stop bleeding.

Yet, not only had the bleeding not stopped, but in this brief moment, the area around the wound on Tian Yao's hand had begun to turn black; it was clear that the muscle tissue around the injury was already beginning to necrotize.

Seeing that the wound on Tian Yao's hand had progressed to this state, Qian Ningshuang immediately began to channel energy into the shaft of the lance, which was currently detached from its handle.

A surge of life energy flooded into Tian Yao's wound, and the injury on her hand began to heal immediately. In a mere instant, it looked no different than it had before the cut was made.

"Sister Yao, this is the ability of the Abyss Flower. It can be used while separated; the sword is called Abyss, and the lance is called Flower. Abyss possesses a terrifying death attribute. In the tests my sister and I conducted yesterday, the wounds caused by Abyss could only be healed immediately by Flower. Even with the healing capabilities of an Angel Martial Soul, it would consume a massive amount of spirit power."

"As for Flower, besides erasing the injuries caused by Abyss, it can also be used as a healing-type Martial Soul, and its healing speed far exceeds that of any healing-type Martial Soul. At least to the knowledge of my sister and me, there is no Martial Soul on the continent with a faster healing speed than Flower."

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

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

Yesterday, he had been too busy marveling at the vast and pure life force of Qian Ningshuang's Martial Soul, and later, because of matters regarding Qian Renxue, he hadn't gone into detail to inquire about or understand Qian Ningshuang's Martial Soul.

He had assumed that the powerful life energy of Qian Ningshuang's Martial Soul was just a one-time occurrence during awakening, but he hadn't expected it to be the norm! He was not like the three juniors in the carriage whose knowledge mostly came from books; his level 98 cultivation represented not only strength at the pinnacle of the continent but also terrifying experience.

Based on his experience, there were no healing-type Martial Souls on the continent that could compare to Flower? No! There had never been one in history! And he doubted there ever would be!

The healing-type Martial Souls recorded by Martial Soul Hall could generally be divided into two types. One type simply stimulated the life energy of the target to facilitate healing; they did not possess healing capabilities themselves but merely accelerated the target's own self-healing process, such as the healing ability of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

The other type possessed inherent healing capabilities, capable of injecting their own life energy into the target's body. However, due to the limitations of a person's own life energy, they usually had to inject their own energy while simultaneously stimulating the target's life energy to heal, such as the Nine Heart Begonia.

In both types of healing, whether injecting one's own life energy or driving the target's, the target would lose a portion of their own life energy during the process.

This was no trivial matter. For a Spirit Master, once too much life energy was lost and the foundation was damaged, the best-case scenario was being unable to advance further for life, and the worst-case was a regression in cultivation!

But Flower directly injected vast and pure life energy without needing the target's own life energy at all! Not needing the target's life energy meant it was a true, complete healing! There was no fear of damaging a Spirit Master's foundation!

How could those healing-type Martial Souls even compare to Flower? It was like a firefly trying to compare its radiance to the sun—it was a joke! The two didn't even possess the possibility of comparison!

But the importance of life energy went far beyond just healing. One had to know that spirit power itself was formed by the energy of heaven and earth mixed with the life energy and soul power within a person's body. The energy of heaven and earth was infinite and could be absorbed by any Spirit Master, provided they weren't afraid of the three forces within their body becoming unbalanced.

In other words, the stronger the life energy, provided the soul power could keep up, the more and stronger the spirit power would be! And the life energy of Flower was so vast and pure that it was almost infinite. As long as he could absorb some occasionally, he, Tian'e, was 100% certain he could break through to level 99 within a year!

If it was this powerful for an outsider like him, what about for the owner of the Martial Soul herself? It would only be stronger! As long as Qian Ningshuang's soul power could keep up, her cultivation speed could completely surpass that of the innate level 20 Qian Renxue!

As for Abyss, the death attribute sounded strong, and it certainly was, but it wasn't as if it didn't exist on the continent; it wasn't incomprehensible. Perhaps it was because Shuang'er's cultivation wasn't high enough yet. To be able to combine with a Martial Soul as ridiculously strong as Flower, it couldn't be simple.

Thinking of this, Tian'e sighed heavily again. Indeed, "Innate Full Soul Power" was completely insufficient to describe Qian Ningshuang's talent. Moreover, looking at his big brother's demeanor, he had long been certain of Shuang'er's extraordinary nature. After returning to Martial Soul Hall, he would have to go and have a good talk with his brother. By the way, he would strive to have Yao'er stay close to Shuang'er in the future; the benefits of staying by Shuang'er's side were just too great.

"What are you sighing about, Golden Crocodile Douluo?" Walter, another elder outside the carriage, turned his head to look at Tian'e.

"Old Walter, didn't you sense it? No, wait, you were at my brother's mansion yesterday taking care of Xue'er and Shuang'er. You helped with Shuang'er's Martial Soul test, didn't you? So you knew all along and were just waiting to see me make a fool of myself, right?" Looking at the smiling Walter, Tian'e slapped his forehead and said irritably.

Walter had served as the steward of the Qian Family for nearly a hundred years and was himself a level 94 Title Douluo; he was an old acquaintance of Tian'e. Thus, the two old men were very comfortable with each other, and there was no sense of distance between master and servant in their words.

"Grandpa Walter knew long ago and even specifically told me and Shuang'er not to say anything. He's been waiting for your embarrassment for a long time, Grandpa Tian." Qian Renxue's voice came from inside the carriage, sounding both amused and exasperated.

"When we get back, your wine is gone. I guarantee I'll drink every last drop!" Tian'e attempted to retaliate.

"Suit yourself. Anyway, I have more than one place where I store my wine. If you can find it all, it's yours. Just don't come asking me to carry you back later; you can sleep on the street."

Hearing the bickering between the two elders outside, the three juniors inside the carriage looked at each other. Their eyes conveyed the same sentiment: They're at it again, just let them be.

"Little Shuang, your Martial Soul is indeed very strong. At the very least, I admit it—it's stronger than my Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul!" Tian Yao crossed her arms and nodded, wearing an expression that suggested it was an honor for Qian Ningshuang to be acknowledged by her. Clearly, she was not an old hand like Tian'e and could not realize just how ridiculously strong the Abyss Flower truly was.

"Stop putting on airs. You were the one screaming in pain just a moment ago, weren't you? Once I obtain my spirit ring, we'll fight again. This time, I'll beat you until you're crying for Uncle Tian Chen," Qian Ningshuang waved her small fist and said fiercely.

"I was going easy on you last time; I didn't even use my spirit skills. Don't forget, I'm about to obtain my second spirit ring too. Who'll be crying then is anyone's guess. Besides, even if I can't beat you then, I can make you cry right now!"

"Come on then, let's fight now! Whoever loses has to shout 'I am a little puppy' three times!"

Watching the two little golden-haired girls about to tear into each other, a large golden-haired man beside them tapped each of them on the head.

"Alright, if you want to fight, wait until you get out of the carriage. This carriage can't handle the tossing and turning of your two super Martial Souls."

After being tapped by Qian Renxue, Qian Ningshuang immediately clutched her head and pretended to be pitiful. Tian Yao stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, seemingly remembering something, her golden eyes darting around.

"Honestly, Little Shuang, your Martial Soul is so strong. Now I really want to know how wonderful that vixen's expression will be once you enter the academy."