Hu Liena's Eighth Soul Ring

"I've acquired something akin to a domain, or perhaps a prototype of one!"

"Immunity to all poisons!"

As she spoke, Hu Liena unfurled a faint shroud of light, enveloping everyone present.

"Within this domain, all lethal toxins are isolated. Not only that, but after consuming this immortal herb, my charm attribute has increased, allowing me to better manipulate others' emotions and bewitch them."

"Of course, that is not the greatest gain."

"The greatest gain is that my Slaughter God's Domain has changed—it has become something different."

Hu Liena described the specific nature of the transformation, then released her Slaughter God's Domain to let the others present experience it for themselves.

"It has become purer; the tyrannical bloodlust is gone, replaced by the essence of pure slaughter."

Porcupinefish Douluo provided his conclusion.

Although he had never personally experienced Hu Liena's Slaughter God's Domain before, he had observed it from the sidelines during their first soul-hunting expedition.

He had a relatively intuitive grasp of the difference.

"Perhaps, whether it is you or Tang San, the Slaughter God's Domain you initially obtained was substandard."

Qian Yu felt the starkly different Slaughter God's Domain of Hu Liena, and he couldn't help but feel that the initial trials of the Asura God King were not as simple as they seemed.

It wasn't just about slaughter and achieving victory to earn the domain.

There must have been a deeper level of assessment involved, but for the sake of specific individuals, the restrictions had been relaxed.

In his early days, while Tang San was no saint, he still existed in the gray area between a normal person and an extremist.

By the later stages, and even ten thousand years later, he had become completely unrecognizable.

Some had previously speculated that the drastic shift in Tang San's personality was linked to this very Slaughter God's Domain.

He was a man of poor character to begin with; cast into such inhumane slaughter, how could he possibly maintain any semblance of his original self?

Furthermore, the idea that he learned noble etiquette and used Tang Yuehua's assistance to erode the negative influence of the killing intent was pure nonsense.

It was merely superficial.

Not only that, but it was there that Tang San learned the hypocrisy of the nobility even more thoroughly.

If it were so easy to eliminate the killing intent brought about by the Capital of Slaughter, Tang Hao wouldn't have been prone to fits of bloodshot eyes and heavy, labored breathing at every turn.

Of course, these were merely conjectures based on the changes in Hu Liena.

As for the truth, he was not Tang San, so he could not know for certain.

"I can feel that my mind is exceptionally clear now; the restlessness that drove me to kill at will is gone."

Hu Liena carefully sensed her state and summarized another aspect of her transformation.

"Since you've broken through, stabilize your foundation, and then have the two seniors take you to hunt for soul rings."

"As for your own changes, experience them for yourself."

"Now, who has the time to spar with me and offer some pointers on my combat techniques?"

Qian Yu had not forgotten his own ineptitude in combat.

He would not waste a single moment, striving to improve himself as much as possible.

"I'll do it. Yan's fighting style is far too savage."

Xie Yue stepped forward voluntarily; he was also curious to see how talented Qian Yu was in combat.

Immediately, the two began to fight.

It must be said, Xie Yue's control over his soul power was incredibly precise.

At first, Xie Yue assumed that since Qian Yu was so special, he must be quite formidable in combat despite his youth.

But very quickly, he realized he was wrong.

Wrong in the most outrageous way.

Qian Yu possessed absolutely no combat techniques or experience.

It was purely a matter of brute force overwhelming finesse.

Regarding this, Qian Yu felt quite helpless.

In his past life, he was an ordinary person who had never even been in a fistfight; facing this kind of life-or-death combat, he was truly out of his element.

When he was running his mouth to Qian Renxue, he made it sound so easy, but once the fighting actually started, he realized it was anything but.

Fortunately, he had a high capacity for acceptance and a strong ability to learn.

Once he ignited the desire for battle within himself, he quickly entered the zone.

Not only that, but in just three short days, he was able to adapt to the rhythm of various types of combat.

It wasn't that his talent was peerless in the world; it was simply that the people of the Douluo Continent in this era lacked much in the way of sophisticated combat technique.

It was as if two people were standing across from each other, simply throwing rocks at one another.

No wonder Tang San was able to crush his opponents.

In the midst of battle, he grew and learned at a frantic pace.

Xie Yue was also improving.

This was something he had never expected.

At first, he thought he had finally found a weakness in Qian Yu.

But soon, he realized he had been too hasty.

Qian Yu's learning ability was formidable; once he adapted to the combat, his entire fighting style became incredibly underhanded and utterly shameless.

His thought process was different from ordinary people, always allowing him to unleash attacks that no one could predict.

Because of this, Xie Yue realized that his own previous fighting style had been too rigid.

And so, he too made rapid progress during this process.

Three days later, the group prepared to hunt for souls once again.

This time, their destination was the Sunset Forest.

The reason they were heading straight to the Sunset Forest was that Porcupinefish Douluo had discovered a Soul Beast there that was perfectly suited to be Hu Liena's eighth Soul Ring.

Compared to Yan, the age of Hu Liena's eighth Soul Ring could be pushed even higher.

After all, Hu Liena now possessed three Soul Bones, had consumed a celestial herb, and even possessed a domain of her own.

Therefore, their target was something infinitely close to eighty thousand years.

And that Soul Beast was right around that age.

It couldn't be that coincidental, could it?

When he saw what the Soul Beast was, Qian Yu couldn't help but feel it was all too coincidental.

The target they were hunting was a Three-Eyed Demon Fox!

If he remembered correctly, Tang San had killed a sixty-thousand-year-old Three-Eyed Demon Fox in this very Sunset Forest and had even obtained a skull Soul Bone for Xiao Wu.

He seriously suspected that this Three-Eyed Demon Fox was related to the one Tang San had hunted.

They might even be a pair.

Qian Yu didn't need to lift a finger for a hunt like this.

Although this Three-Eyed Demon Fox was extremely troublesome, it was still well within their group's ability to take it down.

With such a lineup, if they really fought for their lives, they could even clash with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

What's more, the Three-Eyed Demon Fox was not a powerful super Soul Beast like the Titan Giant Ape or the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Soon, they defeated the target, and after Hu Liena dealt the finishing blow, she began to absorb the Soul Ring.

Qian Yu walked over to the corpse of the Three-Eyed Demon Fox, hoping to see if there was a Soul Bone.

Regrettably, their luck wasn't that good.

No so-called Soul Bone dropped.

"Someone is coming, and it's a Title Douluo!"

Just then, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo suddenly tensed up.