Disenchanting Hu Liena

Hu Liena's strength and various configurations made dealing with a 30,000-year soul beast quite easy, but killing it was a different story.

After all, she did not possess a power-attack type martial soul, and she lacked the necessary lethality.

Given the current conditions, the only solution Qian Yu could think of was gunpowder.

Manufacturing this stuff was not difficult.

The difficulty lay in mastering the proportions, granulating it, and ensuring its stability.

However, he wouldn't be the one using it, so he only needed to make the explosive power as great as possible.

The two stopped at a city near the coast, and Qian Yu began collecting materials to tinker with his invention.

During this process, he also tried his best to collect some ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

Although this stuff had a negligible effect on him, it was of great use to others.

Especially the former Golden Generation of Martial Soul Hall.

If he remembered correctly, both Xie Yue and Hu Liena had their life force devoured by Tang San using his Eight Spider Lances.

This would be the greatest obstacle to their breakthrough to the Title Douluo realm.

Whale Rubber, in addition to strengthening the physique, could also replenish lost vitality.

High-quality ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber was particularly effective.

Even in this era, the effects of Whale Rubber had not been fully developed, yet the price remained extremely expensive.

There was no helping it; anything related to soul masters and virility was never cheap.

Fortunately, although they were currently down on their luck, it was only relative; they were not short on money. Not to mention the loot he had swept from his home and the treasury of the Angel Legion, Qian Renxue's storage Soul Tool alone contained a vast amount of wealth and numerous treasures.

Purchasing enough ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber was quite easy.

These days, while ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber was rare and precious, most of it was used as decoration and rarely sold. After all, ordinary soul masters could not withstand the side effects, and there were very few powerful soul masters who actually felt "weak."

In this city, he harvested a total of five pieces of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber from various shops.

The one with the highest age was a piece of Whale Rubber from a 60,000-year Evil Spirit Orca.

"Why are you buying so much Whale Rubber?"

Hu Liena found that she was increasingly unable to understand what Qian Yu was doing.

"You'll know when we get back!"

Qian Yu did not explain much. He had Hu Liena purchase another piece of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, then planned to find a hotel to stay in temporarily.

"Use your soul power to soften it."

Qian Yu handed a piece of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber to Hu Liena. Although she didn't understand what he was doing, she followed his instructions.

As the Whale Rubber softened, Qian Yu suppressed his nausea, swallowed it, and began to meditate.

A long time later, he opened his eyes.

Just as he had guessed, after Qian Renxue's sacrifice and the remodeling by the full set of god-level soul bones, his physique was already approaching perfection; even ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber had a negligible effect.

"You take this piece of Whale Rubber first. Once you personally feel the changes in your body, I will explain the reason behind it."

Qian Yu gave the 60,000-year Evil Spirit Orca Whale Rubber to Hu Liena.

"Do I really have to take it?"

Looking at the Whale Rubber held out before her, Hu Liena was somewhat uncomfortable.

She knew exactly what the purpose of Whale Rubber was.

If it weren't for the fact that Qian Yu still looked like a six-year-old child, she might have thought otherwise.

In the end, she followed Qian Yu's arrangement, softened the Whale Rubber, and consumed it.

Judging by everything that had happened recently, although Qian Yu's attitude toward her was terrible and he was incredibly arrogant, every single thing he did had a deeper meaning.

Hu Liena took the Whale Rubber, forcing herself not to overthink it and suppressing the restlessness in her heart.

It wasn't until the next morning that she opened her eyes.

"What happened to me?"

Clenching her fair, delicate fists and feeling the increase in her physical strength, Hu Liena was shocked; she hadn't expected Whale Rubber to have such an effect.

But that wasn't the key point.

After taking the Whale Rubber, she could clearly feel that the internal depletion she had suffered at some unknown time had been partially replenished.

Even the circulation of her soul power had become smoother.

She had just broken through to level 76 not long ago, but Hu Liena could clearly feel that it wouldn't be long before she broke through again.

Beyond the effects of the Whale Rubber, this was also due to the mysterious Mysterious Heaven Skill.

"Do you remember when you and Xie Yue were poisoned during the Soul Master Tournament, and Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances to detoxify you both?"

"Let me remind you: Tang San's External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, possesses the ability to devour."

Qian Yu watched the dazed Hu Liena and spoke softly to remind her.

Although Hu Liena had already sworn an oath, Qian Yu still did not feel at ease with her.

When it came down to it, the underlying logic of the Douluo Continent was that the "love-struck" mentality was simply too powerful.

He did not seek to completely cure Hu Liena of her love-struck nature; he only hoped that she would demystify Tang San as much as possible, at least until he himself had grown strong enough before Tang San returned to the Douluo Continent.

"Are you saying that Tang San tampered with me and my brother?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Liena's expression shifted from shock to a dark and unsightly gloom.

No wonder, no wonder that despite having the highest Innate Soul Power among their group and receiving the most significant resource cultivation from their teacher, her cultivation speed had eventually fallen behind Yan.

One had to know that before the Spirit Master Tournament, her cultivation speed had been the fastest. Although Yan's martial soul was more powerful than both hers and her brother's, his cultivation speed had not been as fast as hers, and even if her brother's cultivation speed was relatively slower, he shouldn't have been left so far behind by Yan.

If she remembered correctly, by the time the final battle began, Yan was already on the verge of becoming a Soul Douluo, while she and her brother were still only Soul Saints.

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is..."

Not knowing what she had thought of, Hu Liena found herself unable to control her tears, letting them stream down her cheeks.

"Stop wallowing in self-pity. Take this spirit bone and fuse with it to improve your strength. I need to work on some things for a while, so don't disturb me."

Seeing Hu Liena in this state, Qian Yu knew that the perfect image of Tang San in her heart had shattered.

He immediately tossed a fifty-thousand-year right leg bone to Hu Liena.

This spirit bone had naturally been found inside Qian Renxue's Soul Tool storage. As for why she had left it to gather dust in her storage ring instead of taking it out to boost their side's combat power, he couldn't be bothered to think about it.

If Qian Renxue had a normal brain, she wouldn't have been defeated.

"This... this is for me..."

Still unable to pull herself out of her sorrow, she saw the spirit bone placed before her eyes, and for a moment, Hu Liena was both shocked and overjoyed.

Qian Yu ignored Hu Liena and returned to his room to begin researching gunpowder.