Eighth Soul Ring

Chapter 4: Eighth Soul Ring

Qianjun Douluo muttered, "Is the Young Master still too inexperienced in battle? That sword strike should have targeted the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's wings. That way, it would have lost its ability to fly."

A flying Six-Winged Angel would hold an even greater advantage against a Two-Winged Light White Tiger that could no longer fly.

Naturally, Qianjun Douluo did not know that the Qian Xunji before him was no longer the Qian Xunji of the past. The current Qian Xunji was severely lacking in combat experience. He had not cut off the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's wings precisely because he wanted to hone that experience.

The moment he inflicted a wound three inches deep beneath the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's armpit, Qian Xunji had already secured an unbeatable position.

As long as he activated the Angel Domain, its purification ability would, given enough time, cleanse away all the Soul Power within the beast's body. By then, even a seventy-five-thousand-year soul beast would not be much stronger than an ordinary wild tiger of the same size.

The battle between Qian Xunji and the Two-Winged Light White Tiger continued. The wounded tiger used its Soul Power to seal the wound beneath its armpit and stop the bleeding. Its close-combat strength had been weakened by the injury, so it began attacking from a distance.

Every strand of fur on the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's body stood on end and glowed with golden light, like tiny Soul Power storage sacs. Golden Soul Power slowly flowed and gathered in its mouth before being fired like miniature Soul Power shells.

Qian Xunji beat his wings and swiftly evaded as shell after shell streaked through the path he had just flown.

The shells blasted into the Star Dou Great Forest. A towering tree over a hundred meters tall and so thick that more than ten people would be needed to encircle it was pierced straight through, showing just how terrifying the Soul Power shells were.

Qianjun Douluo narrowed his eyes slightly. "Jiang Mo, did you notice that the beast's mouth grows brighter with every shell it fires?"

Jiangmo Douluo, who had been watching as Qian Xunji completely disregarded the Two-Winged Light White Tiger, shifted his gaze to the beast and examined it carefully. "It seems so, Brother. And that beast's abdomen has grown larger too."

"That beast may be charging an extremely powerful attack. Prepare to rescue the Young Master!"

Qian Xunji, who was flying through the air and dodging the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's Soul Power shells, suddenly stopped. His golden hair streamed forward behind his head as an energy shell radiating terrifying Soul Power fluctuations shot upward before him, less than an arm's length away.

"As expected of a top-tier soul beast. It can even predict my trajectory."

Qian Xunji did not hold back his praise for the Two-Winged Light White Tiger. Someone had once evaluated opponents this way.

If he could fall into an enemy's tactical trap and be slaughtered by them, then it would mean Qian Xunji's cultivation and intellect were insufficient.

"Roar—"

Another tiger's roar resounded for thousands of meters. The Two-Winged Light White Tiger's mouth had turned completely golden, like a golden tidal wave containing extremely terrifying Soul Power fluctuations. The dreadful aura it emitted even gave Qian Xunji a sense of death.

This was the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's killing move. Every Soul Power shell it fired transferred a portion of its Soul Power into its abdomen. Those Soul Power shells were merely feints; the Soul Power gathered in its abdomen was the true killing blow.

As a top-tier soul beast that had grown to seventy-five thousand years, how could it lack a trump card? The range of this move was too vast for Qian Xunji to evade.

"Is it here? Angel Domain! Angel True Body!"

A ring of golden energy erupted from the Angel Spirit behind Qian Xunji. The golden energy formed a circle nearly a hundred meters in radius, containing an endless aura of sacred radiance. The seventh soul ring beneath his feet lit up as the Martial Soul Avatar activated.

The Angel Domain was a domain innate to the Angel Spirit, similar to Divine Slaughter's Domain. Controlled by its user, its first stage suppressed an enemy's combat strength by ten percent while increasing their own side's combat strength by ten percent. At the same time, the sacred energy within it could continuously purify Soul Power. Once the Angel Domain evolved upon reaching Soul Sage, its suppression rose to thirty percent!

Qian Xunji had long discovered the killing move the Two-Winged Light White Tiger was charging, though he noticed it later than Qianjun Douluo. He had noticed because the wound he inflicted on the beast was bleeding. That meant the Two-Winged Light White Tiger had no spare Soul Power to seal its wound, yet it was still firing Soul Power shells. Where else could the Soul Power it had gathered have gone? The answer was obvious.

The energy accumulated in the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's abdomen spewed out entirely in the form of vomit, like a miniature golden waterfall. Every portion of that golden waterfall possessed the same power as the previous Soul Power shells.

After using its killing move, the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's Soul Power was nearly exhausted. Normally, it would either devour its opponent after killing them or spread its wings and flee if it sensed other danger. But with Titled Douluo nearby, it could only quietly admire Qian Xunji's death this time.

Angel Descent!

The fourth soul ring beneath Qian Xunji's feet slowly lit up. His Soul Power output, attack power, and speed all increased by fifty percent. He concentrated all his Soul Power into the Sacred Sword, and the Sacred Sword blazed with golden light as he became like a meteor, falling from the sky and crashing into the golden sea.

Explosions rang out wherever the meteor passed, and even the Angel Domain shook continuously.

A golden meteor shot out of the golden waterfall. It was naturally Qian Xunji, but the Sacred Sword in his hand had already shattered, and his first, fourth, and fifth soul rings had all dimmed. Clearly, after his Sacred Sword broke within that golden waterfall, he had also used his first soul skill.

Even so, the sleeves on both Qian Xunji's arms had been shredded all the way to his shoulders, exposing his fair arms. Veins bulged across them, and blood streamed down them.

"You've lost!"

Qian Xunji shot out and slammed a heavy fist onto the crown of the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's head. The tiger's eyes were wide as it stood stunned, and the blow sent it crashing back into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Beneath the dense vegetation, Qian Xunji's fists turned golden. He threw several punches per second, every blow striking toward the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's heart. Streams of golden Soul Power burst out from the beast's body.

Angel Assault!

The instant his first soul ring finished cooling down, Qian Xunji unleashed the soul skill. Soul Power gathered around his fist, and before it could even form into a shield, he struck the Two-Winged Light White Tiger's chest. Golden Soul Power pierced through it, leaving a clear fist print on a tree more than ten meters behind it.

The Two-Winged Light White Tiger spat out a mouthful of blood. Its heart had been smashed apart, and Qian Xunji beat it to death with his bare fists. An extremely black soul ring emerged, radiating terrifying Soul Power fluctuations and resentment.

Amazing!

Qian Xunji wiped the sweat from his forehead. The excitement brought on by his surging adrenaline slowly subsided, and he began gasping for breath. The feeling of fighting without using his Martial Soul, the feeling of every punch landing solidly on flesh, was truly amazing.