Lightly Wounding Qian Renxue, the Great Might of Destruction

The moment Qian Renxue finished speaking.

Boom!

A terrifying aura erupted from Qian Renxue's body. Golden Soul Power surged around her as though it were tangible.

The phantom of the Six-Winged Angel emerged behind her. Six golden wings slowly unfurled, every feather radiating a holy and imposing light.

Beneath that angelic phantom, five Soul Rings slowly appeared.

Two yellow, two purple, and one black.

Two hundred-year Soul Rings, two thousand-year Soul Rings, and one ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

A five-ring Spirit King.

Gu Linyuan remained calm.

A five-ring Spirit King's cultivation would make one an elder-level figure in any sect.

Yet in Gu Linyuan's eyes, Qian Renxue's failure to break through to Soul Emperor at her age was simply a waste of her talent.

A trace of regret flickered in Gu Linyuan's eyes.

Qian Renxue had spent these years in Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, wasting much of her most precious time for cultivation.

Otherwise, the Tang San from the original story would never have been able to catch up to Qian Renxue.

After all, Qian Renxue had begun cultivating ten years before him.

"What are you thinking about?"

Qian Renxue's expression darkened. Catching Gu Linyuan's look, a hint of displeasure flashed through her eyes.

At a time like this, this man still dared to let his mind wander?

Was he truly a newborn calf unafraid of a tiger?

"My apologies. I got distracted."

Gu Linyuan smiled.

Seeing the authority in Qian Renxue's phoenix eyes, he found her uniquely captivating.

In the original story, after becoming a god, Qian Renxue had been famed for a single smile capable of toppling the Star Dou Great Forest.

Although Qian Renxue had not yet become a god, she was already qualified to contend for the title of the world's greatest beauty.

She really was beautiful. He loved looking at her!

"Do I look good?"

Qian Renxue's expression turned strange.

"If you want to keep looking, follow me. Then you can look all you want in the future."

After saying that, Qian Renxue felt utterly embarrassed.

Still, if it allowed her to recruit someone undergoing a Divine Examination, it was not unacceptable.

When it came to a genius who might become a god in the future, she decided to offer courtesy before force.

"I'll pass."

Gu Linyuan curled his lip.

There were plenty of fish in the sea.

The world's greatest beauty was certainly wonderful, but how could he abandon an entire forest for one tree?

He had figured it out.

Women were like clothes. How could anyone wear the same set without changing?

If there was only one woman by his side, she would gradually become spoiled and fearless.

If he had countless beauties around him, they would be too busy competing for his favor to cause trouble.

Pure love? Get lost.

Gu Linyuan raised his hand, and the Scepter of Destruction appeared in his palm out of thin air.

The black staff gleamed with a cold, shadowy luster beneath the moonlight, while the dark red gem at its tip glowed faintly.

A purple Soul Ring emerged and slowly revolved around the scepter.

One thousand-year Soul Ring against five Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

On paper, it was a one-sided crushing defeat with no suspense whatsoever.

Yet Gu Linyuan showed no fear.

"Good! Very good!"

"It seems you have plenty of courage!"

"I hope you can stay this defiant in a moment."

Qian Renxue raised her right hand, spread her fingers, and made a grasping motion toward Gu Linyuan.

Golden Soul Power transformed into a massive Angel's Hand that descended from above and engulfed Gu Linyuan.

Gu Linyuan did not evade.

He gripped the Scepter of Destruction with both hands and poured every last bit of Soul Power in his body into it without reserve.

The Ancient Tree of Life spun madly within him, converting the Power of Life into pure Soul Power that flooded into the Scepter of Destruction like a burst dam.

The dark red gem on the staff suddenly lit up, shining like a burning star with dazzling brilliance.

The purple Soul Ring spun at high speed, nearly becoming a wheel of purple light.

His Soul Power was burning wildly!

With his level-twenty cultivation, facing an opponent whose cultivation was close to Soul Emperor, he had to go all out for even a single chance.

Even if it was only one chance.

"First Soul Skill."

"Dragon-Snake Annihilation Slash!"

The Scepter of Destruction swung down violently.

Two phantoms appeared on the staff at once.

One was a gold-and-silver Underworld Serpent. Its body was covered in black scales, a short horn rose from its head, and fleshy bulges swelled beneath its belly as though it could transform into a dragon and soar at any moment. It raised its head with a hiss, its vertical pupils—one gold and one silver—filled with cold savagery and brutality.

The other phantom was a pitch-black Dragon of Destruction. Its body was more than ten times larger than the Underworld Serpent's. Every scale seemed like a solidified abyss, and its scarlet dragon eyes held no emotion at all, only pure, absolute Will of Destruction.

The Underworld Serpent and black dragon spiraled around each other, intertwining as they condensed under the Scepter of Destruction's guidance into an enormous black-and-white slashing wave.

The slashing wave was fully ten meters long, sweeping forward in a fan-shaped arc.

Black and white swirled madly within it, like intertwining yin and yang, or as if the boundary between life and death had been utterly blurred.

In its wake, the air was torn apart, the ground was plowed open, and even the moonlight was completely devoured.

This attack contained all of Gu Linyuan's Soul Power.

Level-twenty cultivation, combined with the Scepter of Destruction's terrifying destructive force.

The power of this attack had already reached the level of a mid-tier Soul Ancestor.

Qian Renxue's pupils suddenly contracted.

She felt it.

A power she had never encountered before clung to that black-and-white slashing wave.

It was neither Soul Power nor spiritual power, but something that existed on a higher level.

It was the Will of Destruction.

Before that will, even her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul trembled faintly.

It was an irresistible reverence born from the very origin of her Martial Soul.

"This man is actually this strong?"

"Then I absolutely cannot let him leave."

Qian Renxue had no time to think further. The golden Angel's Hand had already collided head-on with the Dragon-Snake Annihilation Slash.

Boom!!!

A deafening explosion erupted through the Soul Hunting Forest. Trees within a hundred-meter radius were uprooted by the shockwave, layers of earth were blasted away, and dust and shattered rocks shot skyward, forming a massive mushroom cloud.

Golden Soul Power and black-and-white Power of Destruction collided madly, tearing into and devouring one another.

Cracks began to appear across the Angel's Hand under the erosion of the Power of Destruction.

One, two, three.

Then it shattered with a thunderous crash.

The Dragon-Snake Annihilation Slash still had momentum left and continued forward.

Qian Renxue reacted swiftly.

The instant the Angel's Hand shattered, the Six-Winged Angel phantom behind her abruptly folded inward, its six wings forming a shield before her.

The black-and-white slashing wave struck the wings, releasing a piercing metallic screech.

Qian Renxue was driven backward for more than ten meters, her feet carving two deep furrows through the ground.

When she finally stopped, she lowered her head and looked at her wings.

A thin crack had appeared on the Six-Winged Angel phantom.

Although the crack was only as long as a finger, and although it was healing at a visible speed.

It had truly existed!

This was the Power of Destruction. Even a phantom representing the Six-Winged Angel would be annihilated upon encountering it.

She, Qian Renxue, daughter of the Pope of Martial Soul Hall and a five-ring Spirit King expert.

Had been injured by a Soul Grandmaster with only one Soul Ring.

"This..."

Qian Renxue raised her eyes and stared at Gu Linyuan in horror.

Even if it was only a light injury.

Even if it was merely a crack on the Six-Winged Angel phantom.

It was already terrifying enough.

Qian Renxue knew that Gu Linyuan's Martial Soul was powerful, but she had never expected it to be powerful to this extent!

What kind of power was that?

If she and Gu Linyuan were at the same level, would she not be far from his match?

She had seen many geniuses in her life, but never one as monstrous as Gu Linyuan.

Even she was far inferior to him!