Extracting the Rewards, Jiangmo Douluo's Shock!

Inside a guest room of the Spirit Branch Hall in Notting City.

Qian Renyuan pushed open the door and entered, then walked straight to the seat of honor and sat down.

The tea on the table had long been prepared. He lifted it and took a sip, his eyes still carrying the satisfaction of having humiliated Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.

This trip to Notting Academy had not been in vain.

Yu Xiaogang was crippled, Tang San had been trampled into the mud, and Xiao Wu had been personally brought back by him.

The opportunity that had originally belonged to Tang San had now fallen into his hands.

Xiao Wu followed him into the room, but she did not approach Qian Renyuan and instead stopped in a corner.

Her head was lowered, and she looked obedient enough, but the fingers hidden within her sleeves had long clenched white.

She was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Even if she had been forced to call him master, that did not mean she had truly accepted her fate.

Qian Renyuan glanced at her without speaking, merely pointing casually toward the side room.

The meaning was obvious. She would live there from now on.

Xiao Wu gritted her teeth, the humiliation in her heart almost impossible to suppress.

She was a dignified Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast from the Star Dou Forest, yet she had truly become a maid at the side of a human child.

But she did not dare do anything improper. Qian Renyuan not only knew her identity, but also held that strange contract in his hands. If he wished, he could take her life at any time.

Xiao Wu secretly raised her eyes and looked at Qian Renyuan sitting in the seat of honor. Though she showed nothing on the surface, she had already begun to make plans.

This Branch Hall was heavily guarded, but she was still a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. As long as she found an opportunity to escape, left Notting City, and found a way to send her aura to the Star Dou Forest, Da Ming and Er Ming would surely come to save her.

The moment that thought arose, the mark deep between Xiao Wu's brows suddenly burned.

Boom!

A tearing agony exploded directly within the depths of her soul.

"Mm!"

Xiao Wu's face instantly turned deathly pale. She did not even dare cry out as her legs gave way, and she dropped to her knees with a thud.

She braced herself against the floor with both hands, gasping for air as layer after layer of cold sweat poured from her forehead.

In that instant, she clearly felt as though her soul had been gripped by an invisible giant hand. If that hand exerted even a little force, she would be scattered in body and soul on the spot.

Xiao Wu raised her head and looked at Qian Renyuan in terror.

Qian Renyuan sat in the seat of honor watching her, with no anger in his eyes. Instead, there was a trace of amusement.

That attitude only made Xiao Wu feel even colder inside.

Because it meant Qian Renyuan was not afraid of her testing him. No matter how many times she tried, he was confident he could maintain absolute control.

Xiao Wu bit her lip hard. The unwillingness in her heart still churned, but her body had instinctively lowered itself.

Qian Renyuan watched her like this, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.

This little rabbit still had some wildness in her.

But that was fine. If she bowed her head too easily, it would be boring instead.

He ignored Xiao Wu and leaned back against the chair, moving his thoughts.

"System, extract the rewards."

The next moment, the system's cold notification rang out in his mind.

[ Ding! Extracting rewards! ]

[ First Soul Ring's age limit increased! ]

[ Top-tier movement technique issued! ]

[ External Soul Bone fusion begins! ]

The instant the voice faded, the Soul Power within Qian Renyuan's body surged violently.

Boom!

The entire room shook fiercely.

The teacup on the table cracked with a sharp snap. The tea inside splashed into the air, only to be crushed into mist by a violent aura before it could fall.

Qian Renyuan's body slowly rose into the air.

A Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet.

The Soul Ring that had originally been disguised as purple could no longer suppress its true power. A layer of dark red light emerged around its edges.

The instant that aura appeared, Xiao Wu, who was sprawled on the floor, stiffened all over.

How could this be possible? Was this really the aura of a Soul Ring that a human child could possess?

She was a Soul Beast, so she understood better than humans what that aura meant.

That was absolutely not the pressure an ordinary Soul Ring should possess. As the dark red radiance churned, it was like a slumbering ferocious beast slowly opening its eyes.

The last trace of luck Xiao Wu had held onto was utterly shattered at that moment.

Immediately afterward, a series of low bone-cracking sounds came from behind Qian Renyuan.

A black-gold phantom slowly emerged from behind his spine.

It resembled a pair of wings, yet also some sort of savage External Soul Bone. Dim lightning and black astral winds coiled around it. Merely from the leaking aura, the lamps in the room exploded one after another.

Bang, bang, bang!

Fragments scattered all over the floor.

Xiao Wu was pinned firmly to the ground by the pressure, and even lifting her head became incredibly difficult.

She had initially believed Qian Renyuan was terrifying because he was the Holy Son of Spirit Hall, because a Titled Douluo protected him, and because he somehow knew her Soul Beast identity.

But now, she realized just how terribly wrong she had been.

This human youth before her was a monster himself.

Outside the door, Jiangmo Douluo abruptly opened his eyes.

The Coiling Dragon Staff in his hand hummed, as if it had sensed an extremely dangerous aura.

"Holy Son..."

Jiangmo Douluo's expression changed slightly. He instinctively wanted to use his spiritual power to investigate the room, but the moment that thought arose, he forcibly suppressed it.

He could not look, nor should he.

Jiangmo Douluo gripped the Coiling Dragon Staff tightly and stood guard outside, but he could not suppress the shock in his eyes.

He had lived for so many years and seen countless geniuses, but he had never encountered anyone like Qian Renyuan.

"This pressure... what kind of heaven-defying power has the Holy Son awakened?"

The talent and potential Qian Renyuan had displayed had already far exceeded the limits of Jiangmo Douluo's century of experience. He vaguely sensed that this Holy Son's future achievements might reach a terrifying realm that everyone else could only look up to.

Inside the room, Qian Renyuan closed his eyes and felt the power within him continuously rising.

His first Soul Ring was transforming, and the External Soul Bone was gradually merging into his body.

At the same time, one movement trajectory after another flashed rapidly through his mind.

Stepping, sidestepping, charging, evading.

Every variation seemed to have been directly carved into his bones.

The feeling of his strength skyrocketing made Qian Renyuan's breathing grow slightly heavier.

He slowly curled his five fingers. Within his palm, a wisp of black-gold lightning flashed and vanished.

Good. These were the rewards he should have received.

A full incense stick's worth of time passed before the suffocating, violent pressure in the room finally receded like a swiftly withdrawing tide.

The phantom of the Soul Bone in midair sank into Qian Renyuan's spine, while the Soul Ring disguised itself as purple once more and entered his body.

Qian Renyuan slowly opened his eyes. A trace of dark purple lightning flashed through his deep pupils, and his entire aura became even more unfathomable.

He casually straightened his sleeve and let his gaze drift toward Xiao Wu in the corner.

There still seemed to be a wisp of dark purple lightning in the depths of his eyes that had not fully dissipated.

Xiao Wu remained sprawled on the floor. When she met Qian Renyuan's gaze, she instinctively shuddered.

This time, she hurriedly lowered her head. The lingering unwillingness in her eyes had already been replaced by awe.