Angel Divine Set

Although Angel Lady wasn't a god—not even remotely close to becoming a Titled Douluo—

the future Angel God had far too many things on her at that moment connected to the divine.

For instance, her god-level Martial Soul, the Six-Winged Angel, and her Innate Level 20 Soul Power.

Then there was the Angel Divine Set, several pieces of which she had already fused with.

And on top of that, she was currently undergoing the Angel God Trial.

It was only reasonable that these things, all tied to the divine realm, allowed Angel Lady to resist his abilities to some degree.

However...

Jiang Ci'an thought for a moment, then reached out and poked Angel Lady's cheek.

Qian Renxue turned her head and bit at him, but her teeth snapped at empty air with a crisp click.

Jiang Ci'an thoughtfully withdrew his finger, then reached out again and poked her collarbone.

Qian Renxue began trying to kill the man with her eyes.

Jiang Ci'an's hand didn't stop. It slid from her collarbone to her waist, where he gave her a gentle pinch.

Qian Renxue's body still didn't move in the slightest. Only her blue-green eyes remained fixed on him, like a cat backed into a corner that couldn't even hiss, left to be casually pawed and squeezed.

Jiang Ci'an ignored her completely. His palm moved from her waist to her arm, then from her arm to the outside of her thigh.

After testing her all over, Jiang Ci'an reached a conclusion: Angel Lady could only move her head.

Everywhere else was locked down tight, no different from before.

Jiang Ci'an drew back his hand. Looking at Angel Lady, whose cheeks were flushed as she glared at him through gritted teeth, he offered her a gentle smile:

"Don't worry. I'm not going to do anything. I just want to take a look at your Soul Bones."

When dealing with people who had some self-awareness and could communicate normally, he was comparatively gentler. He wouldn't issue commands as casually as he did with puppet NPCs whose consciousness had been completely overwritten by "Indifference."

It was a kind of self-protection mechanism.

The Virtual World was simply too realistic.

If he grew used to using his abilities without restraint in the Virtual World, then in reality, he would surely become more and more brazen as well.

He didn't want to become that kind of person, so he always held himself back.

That was also why he always liked to start with "Indifference" in the Virtual World.

Those beings had no self-awareness and could be refreshed. They were basically puppet NPCs, so he could use them for experiments and as materials without feeling any guilt.

It was just like how some players, to save a few emeralds, would have a zombie infect a villager, cure them, then infect them again and cure them again, over and over...

A textbook player mentality.

He had treated Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others as materials, blowing them up again and again, sacrificing them again and again, without feeling any psychological burden. At its core, it was because he saw them as NPCs.

But now, Qian Renxue in front of him was a little different.

Angel Lady had a mind of her own. She could get angry, feel furious and indignant, get all worked up, and even bite people.

All of that made Angel Lady a person in his eyes, not a piece of material, so he naturally treated her a little better.

Of course,

only a little.

Jiang Ci'an's gaze fell on Qian Renxue once more.

At once, Qian Renxue felt his stare intensify, even more overwhelming than before.

It was as if every covering on her were being peeled away, layer by layer, until every last thing about her lay exposed before those golden eyes, clear as day.

As if she were standing before him, completely naked.

In an instant, a wave of fury surged through Qian Renxue once again.

Instinctively, she tried to summon her Martial Soul and Soul Power, hoping to cover herself, but unfortunately, neither her Soul Power nor her Martial Soul budged.

And those golden eyes could still see everything.

Her original anger was swallowed by helplessness, giving way to a clear sense of humiliation.

She gritted her teeth and glared at the unfamiliar young man before her, her eyes growing slightly red.

The young man paid her no heed at all. His hand rested at her waist, feeling around.

Qian Renxue's mind went slightly blank.

As if guessing what might happen next, she glared fiercely at the young man, trying to stop him with her eyes.

But he remained unmoved.

As Qian Renxue watched him, the fury in her eyes turned to resistance, then gradually gave way to helplessness.

At last, she closed her eyes, bit her lip, and waited for whatever might happen next.

Just think of it as... being bitten by a dog.

Qian Renxue silently tried to comfort herself.

But after keeping her eyes closed for quite a while,

"..."

Why didn't she feel anything?

The humiliation she'd expected never came. Qian Renxue paused, then tentatively opened her eyes, only to find that Jiang Ci'an, who had been standing in front of her, had somehow taken a seat on a sofa farther away.

At the same time, he now held an antique-looking pendant in his hand.

It was her Storage Soul Tool.

Qian Renxue's gaze paused on it. In the next moment, Jiang Ci'an poured Soul Power into the Storage Soul Tool, and two Soul Bones appeared out of thin air in his hands.

One Left Arm Bone and one Torso Bone.

Both Soul Bones were faintly golden throughout. A sacred, gentle light flowed over their surfaces, like fine jade—smooth and warm, yet not dazzling.

They were part of her Angel Divine Set.

So this guy had attacked her to get the Angel Divine Set?

Qian Renxue furrowed her brows, uncertain, but then saw Jiang Ci'an examining the two Soul Bones before him. After a brief pause, he pressed the Left Arm Bone directly against his own left arm.

Qian Renxue: ???

Did this guy really not know, or was he pretending?

Only those who possessed the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul could fuse with the Angel Divine Set, and they also needed extraordinary talent.

Without sufficient talent, one could fuse with at most one or two pieces. She was the one with few restrictions.

And this young man clearly didn't have the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul. In his case, forcing a fusion could only end in failure.

But in the next moment,

the instant the Left Arm Bone touched Jiang Ci'an's arm, golden light suddenly burst forth.

It didn't explode as she'd expected.

A sacred aura surged from the Soul Bone like a rising tide, enveloping Jiang Ci'an's entire left arm in a warm, brilliant glow.

Qian Renxue froze for a moment.

She knew this scene all too well.

It was exactly what happened whenever she fused with a piece of the Angel Divine Set.

But... how was this possible?

Qian Renxue stared, dazed, at his left arm, wrapped in light. Then she felt some kind of domain spread over his arm, and in the blink of an eye, the Soul Bone fusion was complete.

Qian Renxue: ???

What on earth was going on?!

Qian Renxue completely lost her composure.

She looked at Jiang Ci'an, her eyes demanding an answer:

"Who are you, really? How can you fuse with the Angel Divine Set?!"

Jiang Ci'an glanced at Qian Renxue, then lowered his head to look at his left arm. He sighed.

"Can I say I don't know either?"