A Brain-Empty Blade of Grass

"Ah Yin!!" ×2

Ah Yin was sent flying by a backhand punch from Qian Xunji. Her body sailed more than ten meters through the air before she fell into a patch of grass. Her blue dress flipped up, revealing most of her fair, slender legs and her safety shorts.

"Qian Xunji!!" ×2

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao roared. Tang Hao's Divine Slaughter's Domain grew even fiercer, its killing intent nearly solidifying. The seventh Soul Rings beneath their feet lit up as they unleashed their Martial Soul True Bodies, and the Clear Sky Hammers in their hands rapidly expanded in the wind.

Two Clear Sky Hammers the size of small hills soon appeared before Qian Xunji. However, due to the gap in cultivation, Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer was slightly larger than Tang Hao's.

"You want to fight me? You're still far too green."

Qian Xunji's ninth Soul Ring lit up. He extended his hands before his chest in a strange gesture, his thumbs hooked together and index fingers pressed together, while his other six fingers spread outward, resembling a Six-Winged Angel spreading its wings.

Tang Xiao shouted gravely, "Brother Hao, be careful! That's a ninth soul skill. A ninth soul skill unleashed by a 100,000 Year Soul Ring is no trivial matter!"

Tang Hao nodded. He had seen a Titled Douluo-level ninth soul skill before—the final clash between Tang Zhen and Yu Yuanzhen's ninth soul skills. The oppressive force brought by those nine lightning dragons had been utterly terrifying, though the Clear Sky Hammer had ultimately proved superior.

But a 100,000 Year Soul Ring was said to far surpass a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. Even a 99,999-year black Soul Ring was nowhere near its equal. Just how terrifying would a ninth soul skill from such a Soul Ring be?

"Ninth Soul Skill, Angel's Extinction Lightning."

A golden pillar of light erupted from Qian Xunji's hands, containing endless golden lightning. As he unleashed this terrifying ninth soul skill, his feet continuously slid backward, carving two trenches into the ground.

"Brother Hao, here it comes! Eighth Soul Skill!"

Tang Xiao's eighth Soul Ring lit up, and the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand seemed to transform into a black sun.

"Great Sumeru Hammer!"

Tang Hao did not use a soul skill, because a Great Sumeru Hammer unleashed at full strength surpassed every soul skill.

The two enormous Clear Sky Hammers smashed toward the golden pillar. The massive explosion Tang Hao and Tang Xiao had imagined never came. The golden pillar enveloped both Clear Sky Hammers, then surged forward and swallowed Tang Xiao and Tang Hao as well.

"Aah—"

Within Angel's Extinction Lightning, the two cried out in agony. They felt endless currents of electricity striking their bodies, as if every cell from head to toe were being tortured by the current. The Soul Power within them was rapidly broken down and purified by the electricity.

The glowing Soul Rings beneath Tang Xiao and Tang Hao's feet vanished, and their Clear Sky Hammers returned to their bodies.

The golden light dispersed. Before Qian Xunji, everything the golden pillar had passed through had turned utterly scorched and blackened, including Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.

Angel's Extinction Lightning was a shockwave formed from countless bolts of lightning gathered together, seeming almost solid. Yet only those within it knew that the technique was actually dispersed, fluid like liquid. Meeting it head-on would only result in one's attack being swallowed by countless bolts of lightning like water swallowing a stream.

To block this move, aside from retreating far enough to avoid it, one had to strike in front of oneself to form a wall and redirect the lightning. Or one had to unleash an attack powerful enough to pierce through the current formed by the lightning and strike Qian Xunji before Angel Spirit Power completely purified it, resulting in mutual destruction.

It could be said that this move was extremely effective against Soul Masters with tool Martial Souls, and it was a deadly first-meeting technique. Combined with the purification effect of Angel Spirit Power, it was practically a guaranteed kill.

But while this move was powerful, did it have any weaknesses? Naturally, it did. No technique could possibly be flawless. Its weakness was that its raw destructive power was insufficient. With the level of defense in this world, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao had endured the move with their bodies. They were neither dead nor crippled, but the Soul Power within them had been completely purified by Angel Spirit Power.

After defeating Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, Qian Xunji did not finish them off. First, he had no excuse. If he wanted to kill Ah Yin, he could absolutely use righteousness as an excuse to kill Tang Hao and Tang Xiao. Even if they did not die, he could at least cripple their Soul Power.

He was not alone. There was a Spirit Hall behind him that needed to eat. If his reputation was ruined, how could they make money properly?

Second, he did not regard the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul as anything worth fearing. What was a mindless Clear Sky Hammer worth? He would leave them alive and wait until Tang Hao broke through to become a Titled Douluo. Clear Sky versus Angel—he would keep crushing him.

Third, who knew whether Tang San, after transmigrating here, would still be reborn into the Tang Family of the Clear Sky Sect? If he was, he would presumably possess Innate Full Soul Power and a Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, then follow the same path as Tang Hao. In the end, he could simply unleash the Slaughter King.

Without the Blood Swan Kiss, didn't the Clear Sky Sect still have the Breaking Clan? They would definitely have more than enough herbs, especially poisons. It would surely be entertaining then.

With a pull of his hand, Qian Xunji drew Ah Yin into his grasp, leaving her floating before him. Because of the slit in her dress, its long hem draped to the ground, exposing her fair, slender legs again.

As her body floated in midair, every perfect curve of her figure fell into Qian Xunji's gaze. A puzzled look appeared in his eyes. Who knew how transformed soul beasts shaped their bodies? Could they customize not only their faces, but their figures as well?

After that, Qian Xunji spread his wings and flew away with Ah Yin.

"Ah Yin... Qian Xunji..."

Tang Hao and Tang Xiao had not fallen unconscious after being struck by Qian Xunji's ninth soul skill. The numbness and the purification of their Soul Power merely left them unable to move even an eyelid or a finger. Their Spiritual Power spread outward as they watched Qian Xunji take Ah Yin away, roaring endlessly in their hearts.

"Where is this?"

Ah Yin groggily opened her beautiful eyes. She only felt that she was lying on an exceptionally soft patch of grass. Strange air entered her nose, sometimes hot, sometimes cold, sometimes both hot and cold, carrying a strong medicinal fragrance.

"How beautiful!"

Ah Yin widened her beautiful eyes as she looked at the strange hot spring before her. The spring was not large, yet it was divided into two sections. Within the oval pool, milky white and crimson spring water split it in half, their boundaries distinct and never encroaching upon one another, each forever remaining on its own side.

Around the pool, through the thick red-and-white mist, countless strange flowers and grasses grew densely together.

"This is Thousand-Year Spirit Mushroom... Eight-Hundred-Year Fleeceflower Root... Seven-Hundred-Year Ginseng... There are so many precious herbs! If Brother Hao and Brother Xiao had these, they could greatly accelerate their cultivation!"

Ah Yin looked at the densely growing heavenly treasures—rare to find outside, yet so plentiful here that they seemed to be for sale—and was overjoyed.

Ah Yin suddenly came to her senses. "Right, I think I was knocked unconscious by that man named Qian Xunji. Brother Hao and Brother Xiao were fighting him."

"Are you talking about me?"

Ah Yin abruptly turned around, only to see Qian Xunji standing behind her. As he looked at her, a trace of disdain showed in his eyes.

"What a brainless blade of grass. I wonder if that will affect the intelligence of its descendants. But then again, there don't seem to be many people in this world with brains anyway."