Holy Golden Beetle

In the blink of an eye, another half a month passed.

After successfully fusing with the soul bone, Hu Liena's strength rose from level 76 to level 79.

A fifty-thousand-year right leg bone had boosted her soul power by three full levels at the Soul Saint realm; clearly, the quality of this Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone was exceptional.

Qian Yu had also finished producing gunpowder, even using egg whites to granulate it.

As for its specific destructive power, it still required a trial.

"How is the information you've gathered over this period?"

Qian Yu arrived at Hu Liena's room and asked straight to the point.

He could not let Hu Liena remain idle while he was busy; besides having her focus on cultivation, he had also tasked her with scouting for information, searching for the soul beasts he required, and tracking down former members of the Martial Soul Hall.

"The target soul beast you needed has had its activity range confirmed. As for the information on the Martial Soul Hall personnel, I have indeed uncovered some."

"The former Vice Commander of the Martial Soul Hall's Angel Legion is still alive. He led a portion of the Angel Legion to defect to the Heaven Dou Empire. It is said that they used a woman with a Two-Winged Angel martial soul as a bargaining chip to beg the Heaven Dou Empire's Xue Beng for a patch of land to survive on."

Hu Liena relayed the intelligence she had gathered to Qian Yu.

"Vice Commander, Qian Guhong, a level 87 Soul Douluo!"

"He is still alive?"

This was something Qian Yu had truly not expected.

Because this Qian Guhong was the father of his predecessor.

"Do not attempt to contact them for now."

Qian Yu pondered for a moment and ultimately decided against leveraging this force.

They had barely managed to survive by trading away their dignity and everything else; if his intervention caused them to be placed in danger once more, the losses would outweigh the gains.

Having occupied another person's body and enjoyed the conveniences brought by this identity, he still felt he owed them this much.

However, now was not the time to repay favors.

"Fine, let us go hunt for the soul ring first. Once the hunt is over, you can find a way to locate Yan and Xie Yue."

Qian Yu felt that his first soul ring had been delayed for far too long.

It had already been nearly half a year since his martial soul awakening.

Hu Liena had no objections to this. After fusing with the fifty-thousand-year right leg bone, not only had her soul power increased, but her combat effectiveness had also grown significantly.

She now possessed a bit more self-confidence.

Subsequently, Qian Yu demonstrated the explosive power of the gunpowder, which only bolstered Hu Liena's confidence further.

The target for his first soul ring was the Holy Golden Beetle, a soul beast with maxed-out base stats; its speed, strength, and even its defensive capabilities were all astonishing.

Possessing Twin Martial Souls, he had no need to worry about a lack of soul skills, so he hoped that the first three soul rings for his Angel martial soul would all provide amplification effects, especially percentage-based ones.

Of course, it would be even better if he could obtain rule-based soul skills.

He was quite envious of Bibi Dong's Eternal Wound and Undying Body.

The two then followed the directions provided by the soul-hunting team, venturing deep into the Star Dou Great Forest toward their target.

It must be said, the information they purchased was quite reliable.

They reached their destination quickly, though while the information was reliable, it was perhaps a bit too reliable.

Not only was the twenty-nine-thousand-year Holy Golden Beetle they needed here, but there were also forty-thousand-year and sixty-thousand-year specimens, and the strongest Holy Golden Beetle among them was already approaching eighty thousand years of cultivation.

Clearly, this was the nest of the Holy Golden Beetles.

"Leave that bomb you made with me. I will find a way to lure out that twenty-nine-thousand-year Holy Golden Beetle. You find a place to hide and set up the bombs to protect yourself."

Qian Yu had expected Hu Liena to back down, but to his surprise, her stubborn temper flared up; even knowing the danger, she insisted on taking the risk.

There was one thing Qian Yu did not know: when Hu Liena had consumed the Whale Rubber, in her state of delirium, the person she thought of was still Tang San.

Strictly speaking, it was not Tang San, but Tang Yin.

Perhaps due to paranoia, or perhaps because she had fallen into an extreme state of corruption, after Hu Liena regained her senses and learned that Tang San had seized the life force of her and her brother during the Spirit Master Tournament, it further shattered the beautiful image she held of him in her heart.

Hu Liena had fallen into another extreme.

The person she admired was Tang Yin, not Tang San.

Tang San was detestable; he was the one who had destroyed the beauty in her heart.

How should one put it? Once a woman goes mad and becomes completely paranoid, no one can estimate what she might do.

The current Hu Liena had evolved to the point where she was determined to destroy Tang San, simply because it was his fault that Tang Yin's perfect image had been tarnished.

She knew very well that Tang San had become a god and that she could never take revenge no matter what.

But this boy, for whom Qian Renxue had sacrificed all her power, still had a glimmer of hope.

For the sake of this glimmer of opportunity, Qian Renxue was left with only a wisp of a remnant soul. As the former Saintess of the Martial Soul Hall, could she not even handle a soul beast under thirty thousand years?

She, too, decided to bet everything.

"Come back alive!"

Qian Yu saw the determination and madness in Hu Liena's eyes; he knew that in this state, she could no longer be stopped.

Although he did not know what kind of mental journey she had experienced, given the current situation, it was a favorable turn of events for him, so why would he stop her?

Subsequently, Qian Yu left behind a portion of the gunpowder and headed to the valley the two had previously designated as their meeting point, where he set up the explosives.

He waited in silence!

Two days later, Hu Liena returned.

Although she was not missing any limbs, she was covered from head to toe in blood.

That was not the most important thing; what mattered most was that behind Hu Liena followed a Holy Golden Beetle nearly fifty thousand years old.

Even though the Holy Golden Beetle was also wounded, it pursued Hu Liena relentlessly.

"Did you fail?"

Looking at the empty-handed Hu Liena, Qian Yu sighed softly.

However, he immediately activated his Angel Domain to assist her.

"Run toward me at top speed; I am about to light the fuse."

After providing Hu Liena with a boost and estimating the distance between them, Qian Yu seized the moment and began to ignite the gunpowder he had laid out.

At the same time, his second martial soul, the Blazing Holy Sword, appeared in his hand.

Although his current soul power was insufficient to fully unleash this soul skill, he could still force it for a second or two.

If he found the right opportunity, it would be enough to slay the beast.

Hearing Qian Yu's words, Hu Liena hurriedly exhausted all her strength, sprinting rapidly in his direction.

"BOOM!"

At that very moment, the gunpowder buried in the valley detonated instantly.

The fifty-thousand-year-old Holy Golden Beetle was caught right in the center of the explosion.

Hu Liena had only narrowly escaped death on the spot.