At those words, Qian Renxue's lips curled into a smile.
The golden longsword in her hand traced a flourish, and sword qi instantly shredded the spider silk to pieces.
She actively triggered Thornmail's Thorn skill. Instead of retreating, she advanced straight toward the Man Faced Demon Spider, her longsword wrapped in holy golden light and the burning power of Red Buff as it viciously stabbed toward the spider's compound eyes!
In just a few exchanges, the five-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, infamous throughout Star Dou Forest, was completely suppressed by her, unable to fight back in the slightest.
Even its speed was firmly dragged down by Red Buff's slowing effect, constantly being pulled around.
Deep within the treetops,
Snake Lance Douluo watched the scene below and could not help drawing in a sharp breath. He elbowed Porcupinefish Douluo beside him, his face full of shock.
"Fatty! Did you see that? With that kid's support, the Young Master's combat strength has increased several times over!"
"Just what kind of heaven-defying Martial Soul is this? I feel like even the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, known as the number one support Martial Soul in the world, can't compare to this kid's Martial Soul."
A gleam flashed through Pufferfish's eyes as he said gravely,
"It's not just a feeling. It simply can't compare. The gap is far too great."
"At the Soul Grandmaster level, the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda can at most increase a Soul Master's combat strength by thirty percent. It is absolutely impossible for it to let a Soul King's combat strength double across ranks, much less allow a Soul King to suppress a five-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider."
Watching the golden figure in the clearing force the Man Faced Demon Spider into steady retreat, Lin Feng finally let out a sigh of relief. The nerves he had kept taut for several hours finally relaxed completely.
But when his gaze fell upon the golden wings behind Qian Renxue, glowing with a holy radiance, and that incomparably pure aura of light, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
A shocking thought uncontrollably surfaced in his mind.
He rapidly sorted through every clue.
This Martial Soul was unmistakably the Angel Martial Soul. Throughout the entire Douluo Continent, only the Qian Family of Spirit Hall could possess this legendary Godly Inheritance Martial Soul.
She looked only around ten years old, yet she was already a four-ring Soul Ancestor. Such talent stood among the very best in the entire continent.
Most importantly, at Soul Recovery Pavilion, there had been a guard with unfathomable strength following behind her. Even the weakest among them had to be at the Soul Douluo level.
There were only a handful of people in the entire continent who could make a Soul Douluo willingly serve as an attendant.
All the clues instantly connected in his mind. Lin Feng's eyes widened abruptly, and he sucked in a breath as he thought in shock,
Hiss! Did I... run into Qian Renxue? Spirit Hall's Young Master, the future Angel God?!
If she truly was Qian Renxue, then that guard was no Soul Douluo at all. He was at least a Title Douluo.
And along this journey, from his two-ring thousand-year soul ring to Blue Buff's endless sustain, then Thornmail and Red Buff that could multiply combat strength several times over, nearly every trump card and secret he possessed had been exposed right before her eyes.
Damn it... this is really big trouble now!
While Lin Feng's mind was reeling, the battle had already been decided.
The Man Faced Demon Spider was covered in wounds from Red Buff's defense-ignoring True Burn. Its eight black-haired spider legs had been scorched charred black, and sword qi had slashed its compound eyes until blood streamed out.
It knew perfectly well that if this continued, forget hunting—today, it would die here.
It let out an unwilling shriek and staggered back more than ten meters. Not daring to linger for even another moment, it turned and darted deep into the forest, vanishing without a trace after a few leaps.
This human was too bizarre. It could not hurt her, could not move her, and every attack came with that inescapable cursed burning. If this spider could not afford to provoke her, could it not at least hide?
Qian Renxue sheathed her sword and stood still, looking in the direction where the Man Faced Demon Spider had fled, a trace of unfulfilled desire in her phoenix eyes.
At that very moment, the duration of the Thornmail and Red and Blue Buffs that Lin Feng had granted her came to an end.
The surging strength within her instantly receded like the tide, and even the azure halo restoring her Soul Power disappeared along with it.
The immense power that had allowed her to effortlessly crush a five-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider vanished in an instant. The drop from the clouds to the bottom of a valley left Qian Renxue with an intense sense of emptiness and unease.
She could not help frowning slightly, an absurd doubt rising in her heart.
Was her original strength actually this weak?
Without exaggeration, with the two pieces of Godly Gear and Red and Blue Buffs, she could have easily fought four of her current self.
Qian Renxue slowly turned around, her gilded phoenix eyes fixed on the small figure pinned to the tree trunk by spider silk.
Looking at Lin Feng's youthful face, the possessiveness in her heart spread wildly like a wildfire, growing more intense by the moment.
"Little one, the more secrets you have and the more terrifying your talent becomes, the more uneasy I feel."
"Only by keeping you firmly in my grasp, where I can see you and control you, can I truly be at ease."
Lin Feng watched the direction where the Man Faced Demon Spider had disappeared, and the weight in his heart finally lifted completely.
But when he turned and met Qian Renxue's gilded phoenix eyes, an inexplicable unease suddenly ran up his spine. He could not help muttering to himself.
Strange. Why does it feel like I just escaped a tiger's mouth only to enter a wolf's den?
He put on a pleasing smile and blinked.
"Thank you, Angel Sister, for saving me. I, Lin Feng, will remember this life-saving grace for the rest of my life. If you ever have any orders for me in the future, even if I have to climb mountains of blades or descend into seas of fire, I will not hesitate!"
As he spoke, he struggled to twist his tightly bound body, his innocent expression blatantly offering a hint.
"Um... kind and beautiful Angel Sister, could I trouble you to lend me a hand and get me down from this spider silk first?"
Qian Renxue lightly flapped her golden wings and floated before Lin Feng. Looking at this little fellow wrapped into a tiny bundle by spider silk, her lips curled into a faint smile.
"I do not need you to climb mountains of blades, nor do I need you to descend into seas of fire."
"I only want you."
"This..."
The moment those words came out, Lin Feng's heartbeat skipped violently.
He stared blankly at the peerlessly beautiful face so close before him, at her serious gilded phoenix eyes. His little face instantly flushed bright red, and he lowered his head helplessly.
"Alright... but I'm still too young right now. Sister, you'll have to wait a few years until I grow up."
Ah! There's no helping it. A life-saving grace outweighs the heavens. I can only wrong myself a little.
Sure enough, these noble young ladies really know how to play. Does this... count as reserving a child husband in advance?
The smile on Qian Renxue's face instantly froze, and a faint blush rose to her exquisite cheeks as she hurriedly explained.
"You misunderstood. I mean, I want you to follow me in the future and become my..."
She stopped halfway through her sentence.
Lin Feng's abilities were far too important to her. This powerful support ability was destined to become the most indispensable right-hand man on her path to the summit.
For a moment, she could not think of what position she should give this eight-year-old child in order to keep him firmly and securely by her side.
Watching her rare flustered appearance, Lin Feng inexplicably felt a small trace of disappointment.
Actually, repaying her with his body would not have been so bad. After all, she was such a beautiful Angel Sister...
But then, he suddenly snapped back to his senses.
Isn't this the perfect opportunity to cling to a powerful thigh and become a god!
If I can follow Qian Renxue and become her exclusive support, helping her successfully inherit the Angel God's divine position, then Qian Renxue surely won't ascend without taking her ace support along with her, right?
As for becoming a god alone?
With a Support System Martial Soul, even with his cheat, his chances of becoming a god alone were far lower than following this chosen daughter of heaven.
At first, he had considered following Tang San from the original story, but there were only so many divine positions. He could not guarantee that he would get a share in the end.
Besides, he could never quite let go of Flender and Zhao Wuji. The two had treated him well, and if he got the chance in the future, he had to pull those two old fellows along.
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