"Is that so?" Qian Renxue's gaze turned sharp as well.
"Of course."
Their eyes met, their gazes clashing.
At that moment, the feeling of a duel took shape!
They had already arrived before the doors of the Worship Hall.
"Hmph, then we'll see about that." Qian Renxue snorted coldly and stepped into the Worship Hall first.
"Qian Renxue is a full five years older than me. Her current strength must be far beyond mine."
"If she chooses to suppress me now, I'll be in a very difficult position. Fortunately, I still have two and a half years to develop. During that time, I have to close the gap between my strength and Qian Renxue's as quickly as possible."
"Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll suffer later." Lin Ye clenched his fists tightly, immense pressure weighing on him.
He was indeed a genius, but wasn't Qian Renxue one too?
Closing the gap between their strength would be no easy task. However, as a transmigrator, he knew what resources on this continent could be used.
Lin Ye loosened his clenched fist and followed her into the Worship Hall.
The two made their way to Qian Daoliu.
"Grandpa!"
"Master!"
With his back to them, Qian Daoliu said calmly, "Follow me."
Qian Daoliu led Lin Ye and Qian Renxue toward the core of the Worship Hall, the Land of Inheritance of the Angel God.
It was a dazzling golden gate.
The gate opened.
The radiance of angels washed over them.
The three entered.
There was another world within, like a separate realm.
It was vast, like a fairyland.
Nearly a thousand meters above this space hung a massive, flat Golden Disc.
That seemed to be the place from the original story where Qian Renxue underwent the Angel Seventh Trial and pulled out the Angel Holy Sword, the divine artifact.
The Angel God's divine artifact, the Angel Holy Sword, rested atop that disc.
For some reason, the moment Lin Ye entered, his martial soul reacted and resonated intensely. It was resonating with the Angel Divine Artifact atop the disc.
It also gave Lin Ye an overwhelming feeling, as though the Angel Holy Sword would instantly fly toward him with a single thought!
He gave it a try.
"Sword, come!"
But the divine artifact did not fly over.
"Was I overthinking it? Heh, of course. How could an Angel Divine Artifact be controlled by a one-ring Soul Master like me?" Lin Ye smiled helplessly. "But why do I have such a strong feeling?"
Lin Ye did not know that when he called out sword, come in his heart, the Angel Holy Sword embedded firmly atop the disc suddenly trembled.
Soon, Qian Daoliu brought the two of them before an Angel Statue radiating divine light.
At the same time, elsewhere.
The heavily injured Hu Liena and the other two found Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong frowned. "What happened? Who injured you to this extent?"
Before Hu Liena could answer.
A Soul Master rushed in from outside the hall. "Reporting to His Holiness the Pope! A message has arrived from Heaven Dou City. Young Mistress Qian Renxue has abandoned the Heaven Dou Infiltration Plan and returned!"
"What did you say?!"
The instant Bibi Dong heard this, her fury soared. "What is Qian Renxue doing? Who allowed her to abandon the Infiltration Plan and return on her own?"
"It... it was the Worship Hall!"
"The Worship Hall! How bold of the Worship Hall! I would like to ask why a plan already in motion was suddenly terminated!"
Bibi Dong rose angrily, preparing to go to the Worship Hall and demand an explanation.
Back at the Core Land of Inheritance of the angels.
Qian Daoliu gazed at the Angel Statue with reverence. "You are about to begin the nine divine trials of the Angel inheritance. Xiaoxue! My disciple, are you ready?"
"The Angel Nine Trials! Finally, they're about to begin!"
Lin Ye took a deep breath.
Both were filled with excitement, and they nearly spoke in unison. "We're ready!"
"Good, then let us begin!" As Qian Daoliu spoke, he looked devoutly toward the Angel Statue and spread his hands. "Great Angel God!"
"Please bestow your trials upon them!"
At that instant, a golden light lit up around both Lin Ye and Qian Renxue!
The two beams of golden light shot into the sky, piercing the clouds!
Boom!
Immediately afterward, nine curtains of light descended from the clouds high above, enveloping Lin Ye and Qian Renxue.
The enormous phantom of the Angel God also appeared in the skies above the Worship Hall.
Two golden beams rose, and nine curtains of light descended.
Along with the visible phantom of the Angel God.
"Everyone, look! Wh-what is that?!"
At that moment, the entire Pope Palace and all of Spirit City were alarmed!
The whole city erupted into an uproar!
Everyone in Spirit City, every Soul Master, stared in shock toward the Worship Hall.
"That is... the Angel God!"
"It's the Angel God!"
"Great Angel God!!"
At that moment, countless Soul Masters in the Pope Palace and ordinary civilians throughout Spirit City nearly all set aside what they were doing, dropped to their knees, bowed their heads, and worshipped in absolute devotion.
Some Soul Masters familiar with Spirit Hall's history had already realized that the Six-Winged Angel clan might soon produce an inheritor of the Angel God!
Meanwhile, Bibi Dong, who had just rushed out of the main hall, froze rigidly in place. Her expression was dark and extremely ugly. "The Angel Nine Trials?"
"The Six-Winged Angel clan has passed down its inheritance for tens of thousands of years, yet the person qualified to inherit the Angel God Position is actually Qian Renxue, my daughter!"
"Heh! Hahahaha!" Bibi Dong laughed madly, her laughter dripping with mockery.
But she quickly realized something. "No, two beams of light just shot into the sky!"
"Could it be...?!"
Others might not have realized that two inheritors had been granted the nine trials at the same time, but as an inheritor of the Rakshasa God herself, Bibi Dong saw through it.
She suddenly recalled Lin Ye, the child who had awakened Innate Full Soul Power some time ago and had been accepted by Qian Daoliu as his personal disciple...
"It's that child! That child Qian Daoliu accepted as his personal disciple is also an inheritor of the Angel God!!"
Hu Liena nearly collapsed upon hearing this. "Teacher, what did you say... Lin Ye... Lin Ye is an inheritor of a god??"
"An inheritor of a god... He is someone who can become a god!?" Hu Liena, already consumed by regret, completely broke down. She looked as though her mind was about to snap. "An inheritor of a god... Heh, hahaha, it hurts! It hurts so much!"
"Pfft, ugh, aaah!~"
The next second, Hu Liena could no longer endure it. She violently spat out blood and fainted on the spot.
"Nana!!"
Bibi Dong stared toward the Worship Hall with boundless hatred. "Qian Daoliu! Worship Hall, don't think that just because Qian Renxue has become an inheritor of the Angel God, I, Bibi Dong, won't destroy your Six-Winged Angel clan!"
"Not only will I destroy your clan! I will also destroy Qian Renxue! Destroy your disciple! Neither of them will ever inherit the Angel God Position!!"
At this moment, the nine curtains of light circled around Lin Ye and Qian Renxue.
An angelic mark appeared between each of their brows, the symbol of a divine inheritor.
Lin Ye and Qian Renxue had officially been granted the Angel Nine Trials!
Soon, a card appeared before them.
The card displayed the contents of their first trial.
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