Hu Liena's Eighth Soul Ring

"I gained something like a domain—or maybe you could call it a domain prototype!"

"Immune to all poisons!"

As she spoke, Hu Liena unfolded a faint sphere of light, enveloping everyone.

"Within this domain, I can block all poisons. That's not all. After consuming this Immortal Herb, my charm attribute has increased, allowing me to influence other people's emotions more effectively and bewilder them."

"Of course, that's not my greatest gain."

"My greatest gain is that my Divine Slaughter's Domain has changed. It's become something different."

Hu Liena explained exactly how it had changed, then released her Divine Slaughter's Domain for the others present to experience.

"It's become much purer. The violence and bloodlust are gone, leaving only pure slaughter."

Porcupinefish Douluo gave his assessment.

Although he had never experienced Hu Liena's Divine Slaughter's Domain before, he had watched from the sidelines during her first Soul Hunting.

He had a fairly clear impression of it.

"Perhaps the Divine Slaughter's Domain you and Tang San first gained were both flawed."

Feeling Hu Liena's completely different Divine Slaughter's Domain, Qian Yu couldn't help thinking that Asura God King's initial trial couldn't have been so simple.

It couldn't have been that you simply gained a domain by slaughtering others and winning.

There had to be a deeper test involved. He had merely loosened the restrictions for certain people.

In the early days, Tang San wasn't exactly a good person, but he still fell somewhere between an ordinary person and an extremist.

Later on—even ten thousand years later—he became someone completely unrecognizable.

People had speculated about why Tang San's personality had changed so drastically over time, and the Divine Slaughter's Domain was connected to it.

He had always been a man of poor character. After immersing himself in such merciless slaughter, how could he possibly hold on to his so-called true nature?

Besides, his true nature wasn't much to begin with.

Afterward, he supposedly studied noble etiquette and, with Tang Yuehua's help, wore away the negative effects of the killing intent. That was pure nonsense.

It was all superficial.

Not only that, but Tang San had learned even more about the hypocrisy of the nobility there.

If the killing intent from the Capital of Slaughter could be dispelled so easily, Tang Hao wouldn't have been constantly turning bloodshot-eyed and panting like a bull.

Of course, this was only speculation based on Hu Liena's transformation.

He wasn't Tang San, so he had no way of knowing what had really happened.

"I can feel that my mind is especially clear now. I no longer have that restless urge to kill people indiscriminately."

Hu Liena examined her feelings carefully, then summed up another way she had changed.

"Since you've made your breakthrough, take some time to stabilize your cultivation. After that, let the two seniors take you Soul Hunting."

"As for the changes in yourself, you can figure them out on your own."

"Who has time to spar with me and give me some pointers on combat?"

Qian Yu hadn't forgotten how poor his fighting skills were.

He wanted to improve himself as much as possible without wasting a second.

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

Xie Yue stepped forward. He was also eager to see how talented Qian Yu was at fighting.

The two of them began sparring.

It had to be said, Xie Yue had remarkably precise control over his Soul Power.

At first, Xie Yue had thought that someone as unusual as Qian Yu would surely be exceptional in combat, despite his young age.

But he quickly realized he was wrong.

Terribly wrong.

Qian Yu had no combat skills or experience at all.

He relied on brute force to make up the difference.

Qian Yu was just as helpless about it.

In his previous life, he had been an ordinary person who had never even gotten into a fight. He really wasn't suited to battles where people fought to the death.

When he'd talked big in front of Qian Renxue, it had all sounded easy. But once he was actually fighting, he realized it wasn't so simple.

Fortunately, he was quick to adapt and learn.

Once he roused the fighting instinct inside him, he soon got into the swing of things.

And that wasn't all. In just three days, he had adapted to fighting at every kind of tempo.

It wasn't that his talent was peerless. It was simply that, at this point in time, people on Douluo Continent didn't use many techniques in battle.

It was like two people standing opposite each other and repeatedly throwing rocks.

No wonder Tang San could crush everyone else.

In the midst of battle, Qian Yu grew and learned at a breakneck pace.

Xie Yue improved, too.

That was something he had never expected.

At first, he thought he had finally found something Qian Yu wasn't good at.

But he soon realized he'd jumped to conclusions.

Qian Yu learned quickly. Once he adjusted to fighting, his style became downright underhanded, with absolutely no regard for fair play.

His thought process was unlike anyone else's. He could always come up with attacks that left other people baffled.

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

He, too, made rapid progress in the process.

Three days later, the group prepared to go Soul Hunting again.

This time, they were heading to Sunset Forest.

They went straight to Sunset Forest because Porcupinefish Douluo had spotted a Soul Beast there that would be perfect for Hu Liena's Eighth Soul Ring.

Compared to Yan, Hu Liena could absorb an Eighth Soul Ring with a higher age limit.

After all, Hu Liena now had three Spirit Bones, had consumed an Immortal Herb, and possessed a domain of her own.

So they were aiming for a Soul Beast as close to eighty thousand years old as possible.

The Soul Beast they had found was around that age.

"What are the odds?"

When he saw what the Soul Beast was, Qian Yu couldn't help thinking it was too much of a coincidence.

Their target was a Three-Eyed Demon Fox!

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

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

Perhaps they were a pair.

Qian Yu didn't need to get involved in hunting the Soul Beast.

Although this Three-Eyed Demon Fox was troublesome, the group could still kill it.

With a lineup like theirs, if they were willing to risk everything, they could even take on a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Besides, the Three-Eyed Demon Fox wasn't a powerful super Soul Beast like the Titan Giant Ape or the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

They quickly defeated their target. Hu Liena delivered the finishing blow, killing it, and began absorbing its Soul Ring.

Qian Yu went over to the Three-Eyed Demon Fox's corpse to see if it had left behind a Spirit Bone.

Unfortunately, they weren't that lucky.

It hadn't dropped a Spirit Bone.

"Someone's coming—and it's a Titled Douluo!"

At that moment, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo immediately tensed up.