Yan Lingji Had Improved Considerably

A day and a night.

Yan Lingji had improved considerably.

After all, this fox spirit was far too alluring. Jiang Ce couldn't help wanting to feed her lots and lots of cream.

In the end, the fox spirit could only raise her tails in surrender.

Medusa watched from the side, dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty, where are we going now?"

The sun was high, and water splashed all around.

Yan Lingji soaked in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, washing the marks from her body. Her curves were graceful and exquisite, her skin almost translucent.

When she asked Jiang Ce, she still had a pair of fox ears atop her head, while nine snow-white tails swayed gently behind her in the water.

An alluring, bewitching aura surrounded her, and beneath her clear beauty lurked the seductive charm of a femme fatale.

This wasn't Martial Soul Possession. It was a true change in her bloodline.

She really could grow a pair of fox ears and nine fox tails.

After her awakening, she truly was a fox spirit.

And even when she couldn't physically grow them,

she still had other ways to change her appearance.

She could take on the form of other people.

Jiang Ce grew increasingly certain that Yan Lingji was a fox spirit reincarnated.

But then again, the world of The Legend of Qin had already developed into a high-martial fantasy realm.

There were Pixiu, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, and the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. Another fox spirit bloodline wasn't so strange.

"Naturally, we'll keep hunting Soul Rings for you and raising your strength. Then we'll clean out the trash from before."

"The Black Cloud Chamber of Commerce? The Dark Blood Alliance?" Yan Lingji's lips curled into a bewitching smile.

"Of course. When you're out in the world, power and connections matter. But I don't like it when other people have more power and connections than I do."

Jiang Ce's tone was calm. "Let's start with a small goal: unifying the entire continent."

"For now, we'll focus on something like replacing the Heaven Dou Empire's ruling dynasty and making you its empress."

"?!"

Yan Lingji's eyes widened. She looked down at the dark blob of liquid resting against her generous bosom. "Master, you're saying you want me to become empress?"

"Of course."

"Oh, my master, you certainly dare to dream."

"My servant, your horizons are too narrow. As a future God King, you can start by becoming an empress."

"My master, but... can a woman really become emperor?"

"Why not? Don't sell yourself short."

Yan Lingji blinked, a soul-stealing smile appearing on her lips.

"Oh, my master, are you hoping to train an empress? Would that make her more satisfying to conquer?"

"Smack!"

Yan Lingji got a slap on the butt.

"Of course. Becoming a God King is still a long way off, but becoming an empress is within easy reach!"

"Yes, yes, my king..."

Yan Lingji's voice was wickedly seductive.

As long as her master was having fun, that was all that mattered. As for her, she was just a little slave girl.

Whatever her master arranged, she would do.

Then Yan Lingji rose from the spring water of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

With Three Thousand Lightning Movement, droplets slid down her stunning curves, passed over the White Tiger Dagger, then ran down her long, shapely legs and fell to the ground.

She gathered away her fox ears and tails.

The dark liquid of Venom enveloped her body, transforming into a skintight black bodysuit.

It hugged her stunning figure, then was covered by a magnificent black-and-red gown.

Venom surged across her back, transforming into a pair of enormous black wings.

Yan Lingji pushed off the ground and soared into the sky, darting away into the distance.

Medusa was left behind to guard this treasured place.

A month later.

At a volcano somewhere in Sunset Forest, the temperature climbed steadily, and the air was thick with the pungent stench of sulfur.

A massive figure and a slender silhouette faced each other.

Yan Lingji held a long, pitch-black sword of Venom, pointing it from afar at the five- or six-meter-long fox across from her, its fur red from head to toe: a sixty-thousand-year Soul Beast, the Crimson Flame Illusion Fox.

Over the past month, she had hunted Soul Beasts suited to her at a frenzied pace, completing her first five Soul Rings.

But she still hadn't obtained her Sixth Soul Ring. Her level remained stuck at sixty, unable to break through.

Jiang Ce had devoured a large number of Soul Beasts, raising his age to ninety thousand years. He had made up for all his weaknesses, and his ability to disguise himself had greatly improved.

Even if he took on a human form, not even a Peerless Douluo could see through his true nature.

Yan Lingji had undergone extensive training over the past month.

To sharpen her and help her reach the "three thousand times" of a Demon Ninja as soon as possible,

Jiang Ce often activated vibration mode during battle—

Phantom Dragon Impact, Lightning Poison Dragon Drill, and Shock Bomb, one after another, testing her willpower.

At first, Yan Lingji rolled her eyes again and again, her movements sluggish.

Several times, she nearly got hit by a Soul Beast, only escaping injury by reacting just in time.

Whenever she complained to Jiang Ce with a resentful look, he shot back the words "three thousand times."

Every time Yan Lingji heard "three thousand times," she couldn't help thinking that Demon Ninja must be incredibly tough to withstand such an onslaught.

She could barely endure three times the force before becoming a complete mess. She truly felt inferior.

So she could only grit her teeth and fight while Jiang Ce kept activating the controller, honing her mind, willpower, physical stamina, and combat skills.

In just one short month, the hellish training had made Yan Lingji's combat skills soar.

Beneath her bewitching, seductive expression lay coldness and murderous intent.

She was nothing short of a peerless killing weapon.

Now that she had finally found a Soul Beast for her Sixth Soul Ring, she could at last put an end to this month of hellish training.

"Little fox, be a good girl and let Big Sis kill you," Yan Lingji said with a charming laugh.

She tapped the ground with her toes, pushed off the scorched, glassy surface, and sprang forward.

The Crimson Flame Illusion Fox arched its back, every strand of its scarlet fur standing on end. Blood dripped from its three severed tails.

It jerked its head up, its golden, vertical pupils locking onto the fading afterimage.

Yan Lingji had barely left the ground when an enormous crater burst open behind her.

The flames in the Crimson Flame Illusion Fox's mouth hadn't yet died down. Lava-like firelight dripped from between its sharp teeth.

Yan Lingji pushed off the ground and became a string of afterimages, cutting in from the side toward the Illusion Fox's neck.

The Illusion Fox's ears perked up. Its body flickered, leaving behind a crimson illusion.

Yan Lingji's sword slashed through empty air, cutting apart only a fiery afterimage.

Its true body flashed several yards away, a scorching white fireball gathering in its mouth—

etched with an illusion imprint, it would burn both flesh and spirit when it exploded.

"This trick again?" Yan Lingji curled her lips and charged forward instead of retreating.

The Illusion Fox's golden, vertical pupils flashed. Its mental energy spread in ripples as Foxfire Illusion Realm unfolded—

the surroundings twisted into a sea of crimson flames, and lava surged from fissures in the earth.

Yan Lingji wasn't moved in the slightest. She stabbed fiercely in a certain direction.

Splurt.

Blood splashed down.

Clearly, the moment Foxfire Illusion Realm unfolded, the Illusion Fox had already changed its position.

"Little fox, haven't you learned your lesson?" Yan Lingji smiled at the spot where several of its tails had been cut off. "Don't you want to keep the few tails you have left?"

The Crimson Flame Illusion Fox lowered its head and arched its back, its eyes full of murderous intent.

Damn human! Its illusions were seen through every time.

It growled and pounced again, red flames flashing around its claws.

Yan Lingji nimbly dodged, then flicked her sword backhanded, adding another bloody gash to the Illusion Fox.

It cried out in pain and fell right in front of her.

Yan Lingji swung her sword and thrust straight at its neck.

Just then, the Crimson Flame Illusion Fox suddenly whipped its head around.

A brilliant golden light burst from its eyes and shot straight at Yan Lingji's forehead.

"You're pretty cunning," Yan Lingji said with a laugh.

A mental illusion?

Any other Soul Douluo would have fallen for that attack.

But she was different.

She cultivated mental techniques, and her mental strength was far greater than that of others at her level. On top of that, Jiang Ce had amplified her power threefold.

And then there was her Martial Soul Evolution: she had awakened as a Nine-Tailed Sky Fox.

What was a Nine-Tailed Sky Fox?

The supreme existence among the fox bloodlines.

Trying to play mental illusions in front of her was laughable.

Yan Lingji instead surged forward with the Charm Breaking Technique.

She shattered the other party's mental illusion.

When its attack failed, the Illusion Fox swept its tails, and nine doppelgangers pounced at once.

Yan Lingji flicked her left hand, and Venom turned into several black threads that pierced the illusions. The flames on the blade of her Venom sword in her right hand leapt half a foot higher.

"Get lost!"