Douluo: Master of Life and Death, Reviving the Popes
Chapter 24

Four-Thousand-Year Second Soul Skills: Death Elegy and Blazing Sun Golden Body!

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Qian Renxue began to sense the effects of her Soul Skill, then raised her smiling face excitedly. "Great-Grandfather, Grandfather, the Soul Skill granted by my second Soul Ring is called Blazing Sun Golden Body!"

"Blazing Sun Golden Body?!" Qian Wushuang murmured, stroking his chin. "Could it be a defensive Soul Skill?!"

Qian Renxue smiled and explained, "Great-Grandfather, my Soul Skill isn't a defensive Soul Skill. It's an attribute-enhancement Soul Skill!"

"After activating it, my attack, speed, defense, and strength all increase by 100%."

"Moreover, while in the Blazing Sun Golden Body state, every one of my attacks carries both light and fire damage!"

"And..." At this point, Qian Renxue giggled, her eyes darting around as she glanced sideways at her brother, Qian Renheng.

"This Soul Skill also comes with extremely strong attribute suppression. My Martial Soul already naturally suppresses dark and evil Martial Souls."

"After using this Soul Skill, I'll have even stronger suppression and restraint against dark and evil-type Martial Souls and Soul Skills!"

Qian Renxue was immensely pleased with herself. Didn't her brother's Martial Soul have a dark attribute too? Didn't that mean she could restrain her brother as well? She could finally suppress him for once!

Qian Daoliu nodded slightly and asked an even more important question. "How long does it last?"

Attribute-enhancement Soul Skills generally had a duration, and some even came with severe side effects.

"It lasts thirty minutes, with a cooldown of one hour!" Qian Renxue proudly puffed out her chest. "And it has no side effects at all!"

"A Soul Skill with a 100% attribute boost and no side effects!" Qian Wushuang nodded in satisfaction.

"Good, very good!"

"A straightforward attribute-enhancement Soul Skill like this won't gradually become useless as your strength increases."

"Even if you one day cultivate to the level of Titled Douluo, this Soul Skill will still be effective!"

After Qian Renxue finished speaking, everyone's gaze focused on Qian Renheng. What kind of Soul Skill would the elder brother have?

"Xiao Xue's Soul Skill is an enhancement type. What effect does yours have, Xiao Heng?!" Qian Wushuang asked curiously.

Still, both Soul Rings had come from four-thousand-year Soul Beasts. Qian Renheng's Soul Skill probably would not be weak either.

"My Soul Skill is similar in nature to Xiao Xue's second Soul Skill, Blazing Sun Golden Body," Qian Renheng said.

"Hm?" Qian Renxue froze slightly. "Similar to mine? Is it also an attribute-enhancement Soul Skill?"

"What, another enhancement type?" Qian Daoliu looked astonished. The luck of these two siblings was simply indescribable.

First, they had encountered the Dawn Golden Crow and the Six-Winged Black Crow at the same time, both obtaining first Soul Skills with limitless potential for growth and evolution.

And now, their second Soul Skills were both attribute-enhancement types?

Qian Renheng smiled faintly. "My second Soul Skill is called Death Elegy!"

"After activating it, my four basic attributes—attack, speed, defense, and strength—increase by 100%."

"Of course..." Qian Renheng paused. "Personally, I think the true strength of this Soul Skill isn't the attribute boost it grants, but its mechanism!"

"After I activate Death Elegy, every attack I make carries pure death energy!"

"This death energy has terrifying penetrating power. Whenever I strike an enemy, it leaves behind dense death energy inside their body that is extremely difficult to remove."

"When the death energy accumulates to a certain point and reaches its threshold, it will trigger a sudden-death effect that ignores all defenses!"

"Sudden death?!" Qian Wushuang and Qian Daoliu both raised their brows slightly.

"Xiao Heng, is this sudden-death effect the one we think it is?!"

Qian Daoliu asked in confusion.

"Yes, Grandfather. It's exactly the sudden-death effect you're thinking of," Qian Renheng confirmed.

"However, the higher the target's cultivation, the weaker this sudden-death effect becomes."

"If I used it against peerless experts like Grandfather and Great-Grandfather, whose strength far surpasses mine..."

"I'm afraid I could slash you ten thousand times and still fail to trigger the sudden-death effect."

As he spoke, the corners of Qian Renheng's mouth curled upward slightly. "But if I use it against someone at the same realm as me, triggering the mechanism will be easy. Once it triggers... not even immortals can save them. They'll die on the spot!"

Qian Wushuang and Qian Daoliu widened their eyes, feeling lingering fear at the effect of this Soul Skill. What kind of underworld mechanism was this?!

It had no effect on them now, but what about when Qian Renheng cultivated to the level of Titled Douluo?!

The attribute boost was not even the whole story—there was an additional effect? And such a sinister additional effect at that!

"This Soul Skill... it really is... I don't even know how to evaluate it. It's rather terrifying." Qian Daoliu truly did not know what to say about this Soul Skill.

Qian Renheng said with extreme modesty, "Its duration is the same as Xiao Xue's, and it doesn't have any side effects. I can only say it's fairly ordinary."

After hearing Qian Renheng's introduction of his Soul Skill, Qian Renxue looked unhappy. Her brother's Soul Skill was not only powerful, but seemingly more domineering and unreasonable as well.

Her own Soul Skill was strong too, but it only enhanced her attributes and gave her extremely strong attribute suppression.

But her brother's was different. Once death energy accumulated to a certain degree, it directly triggered sudden death. Calling it the King of Hell calling someone's name would not be an exaggeration.

Qian Wushuang slapped his thigh and laughed. "You two, your second Soul Skills are both strong—extremely strong!"

"As expected of Soul Skills produced by four-thousand-year Soul Beasts!"

"Furthermore, your Soul Power has already reached level twenty-seven. You only need three more levels before you can absorb your third Soul Ring!"

"Level twenty-seven?" Qian Renxue immediately began sensing the Soul Power within her body. It was indeed true—level twenty-seven!

After absorbing the Soul Ring, she had been too happy to check her Soul Power level, so she had not known.

Level twenty-seven... doesn't that mean that as long as we go back and cultivate seriously for a while, polishing our Soul Power a little, we'll be able to break through?! Qian Renxue thought.

Qian Daoliu sighed emotionally. "Others may spend their entire lives struggling desperately, yet still find it difficult to reach this realm!"

"But you two... you're only around six years old, and it has only been two days since you awakened your Martial Souls. Yet you started at level twenty-seven!"

"I don't know how many people you'll make jealous. Of course, they should be jealous. After all, not just anyone can compare themselves to our Angel Martial Soul and Spirit Hall!"

After calming down, Qian Wushuang suddenly thought of something and asked, "Xiao Heng, now that you've absorbed your second Soul Ring, can your Martial Soul use that inconceivable ability again?"

"That's right. After I absorbed my first Soul Ring, I was already able to use the second Death Apostle slot."

"And once my Soul Power reaches level thirty, I'll be able to condense a third Death Apostle Seat."

Qian Wushuang said excitedly, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry back. Your Great-Grandfather will personally dig out your unfortunate Uncle-Grandfather and revive the hell out of him!"

With that, Qian Wushuang pulled Qian Renheng into his arms. His Martial Soul instantly possessed him, and with a powerful beat of his six wings, he shot into the sky!

Qian Daoliu followed close behind, holding Qian Renxue in his arms as he tightly trailed after Qian Wushuang.

He also wanted to see his own uncle once more.

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