Qian Renxue Reaches Level 50

Wang Chen looked at Qian Renxue and saw the phantom of a Six-Winged Angel emerge behind her.

The angel phantom radiated a dazzling light like the blazing sun. The vast soul power in the surroundings was drawn in by the angel martial soul, continuously refined, and then poured into Qian Renxue's body.

Next, Wang Chen sensed Qian Renxue's aura steadily rising. After reaching a critical point, it stopped rising.

However, Wang Chen sensed that the sharpness of Qian Renxue's aura had diminished. Its edges had been smoothed away, becoming more profound, steady, and condensed.

This did not mean Qian Renxue had grown weaker. Rather, she had become stronger.

Another fifteen minutes passed, and Qian Renxue completely absorbed the two immortal herbs.

Qian Renxue rose to her feet, sensed her own soul power, and exclaimed in delight, "I—I've reached level fifty."

She Long and Porcupinefish immediately congratulated her. "Congratulations, Young Mistress, on breaking through to Soul King."

She Long asked, "Holy Son, how would you rate the Young Mistress's cultivation speed?"

Qian Renxue and Porcupinefish both looked at Wang Chen.

Wang Chen gave Qian Renxue a glance. "You were born with full soul power at level twenty, weren't you?"

Qian Renxue nodded.

Wang Chen said, "You just absorbed two immortal herbs. Those two herbs raised your soul power by at least five or six levels."

"You were level twenty at six years old, and the immortal herbs gave you another five or six levels of soul power."

"Now you're nearly fifteen. That means that over the past nine years, you've only gained twenty-four or twenty-five levels."

"You're the heir of Spirit Hall's Angel Clan, and you possess the Six-Winged Angel martial soul."

"With that cultivation speed, just how lazy do you have to be to be this slow?"

Qian Renxue lowered her head and did not dare reply.

She Long and Porcupinefish wanted to argue, but when they thought of Wang Chen breaking through to level forty and becoming a Soul Ancestor before even turning nine, they shut their mouths.

Compared to a genius like Wang Chen, the Young Mistress's cultivation speed truly was nothing worth mentioning.

Moreover, he was the heir chosen by a god. Even if their Young Mistress could obtain the Angel God's Nine Trials, become the Angel God's heir, and have a chance to inherit the Angel God's divine position, her status would merely be equal to his.

And as Qian Renxue's subordinates, the two of them truly were not qualified to argue with him.

However, whether they were qualified to question him and whether they needed to explain themselves were two different matters.

She Long explained, "That was because our Young Mistress had to carry out a crucial mission for Spirit Hall, which delayed her cultivation."

Wang Chen said, "A mission?"

"Douluo Continent is a world where personal power reigns supreme. As long as the Young Mistress becomes a god, unifying Douluo Continent would be a piece of cake."

"What mission could possibly be more important than allowing the Young Mistress to inherit a divine position?"

Wang Chen knew that Qian Renxue wanted to take over the Heaven Dou Empire in order to prove herself before Bibi Dong.

But this approach was truly childish.

To prove herself, she had to become an undercover agent and waste her cultivation time?

In a world where personal power reigned supreme, wasn't that nonsense?

She Long said, "That is..."

"Enough, Uncle She."

Qian Renxue stopped She Long from continuing to argue. The more he argued, the more she would feel that she had been wrong beyond measure.

Qian Renxue said, "I've now broken through to level fifty and need a soul ring. Since we're in Sunset Forest, let's hunt my fifth soul ring here."

Then Qian Renxue looked at Porcupinefish. "Uncle Bloodthorn, help me find a light-element soul beast around twelve thousand years old."

Bloodthorn excelled at concealment and tracking. If Wang Chen had not been present, having him search for a soul beast would indeed have been a good choice.

But with Wang Chen here, capable of controlling soul beasts, Bloodthorn's ability to find soul beasts was inferior to that of ten-thousand-year soul beasts born and raised in Sunset Forest that specialized in tracking.

Wang Chen said, "Let me help you instead. I can control soul beasts. Using tracking soul beasts that grew up in Sunset Forest to find a light-element soul beast will be faster."

As he spoke, Wang Chen began using the abilities of the Dream God Divine Armor Fragment and his two-hundred-thousand-year head soul bone to contact the tracking-type ten-thousand-year soul beasts he had previously controlled.

Qian Renxue nodded. "That works too. Then I'll have to trouble you, Little Brother Wang Chen."

Fifteen minutes later, a jet-black strange beast silently flew out of the depths of the dense forest toward Wang Chen's location, making no sound at all.

Porcupinefish Douluo immediately stepped in front of everyone, staring warily in the direction from which the soul beast was approaching.

Qian Renxue asked, "What is it? Is something wrong?"

Porcupinefish said, "I sensed a cold and sinister aura. A soul beast skilled in concealment should be approaching. And based on my estimate, it should be more than ten thousand years old."

If a ten-thousand-year soul beast skilled in concealment got close and injured Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu would dare skin She Long and Porcupinefish alive.

She Long also stood before Qian Renxue, prepared at any moment to shield her from the soul beast's sneak attack.

Wang Chen waved his hand. "You don't need to worry. This is a thirteen-thousand-year soul beast under my control, a Shadow Hunting Bat."

As he spoke, a jet-black strange beast slowly emerged from the depths of the dense forest and appeared thirty meters away from the group.

The Shadow Hunting Bat stood over three meters tall. Despite its considerable size...

Its body was agile and sleek, its wings folded against its back. Its vertical pupils glowed with a faint, chilling light. It was a ten-thousand-year Shadow Hunting Bat.

It landed with light, soundless steps, a faint dark aura lingering around it. Its nose twitched slightly as it firmly locked onto the scent ahead, staring intently at its target.

"Don't be nervous."

Wang Chen beckoned to the Shadow Hunting Bat. "Come here."

The Shadow Hunting Bat obediently came to Wang Chen's side and lowered its body, allowing his hand to reach its head.

She Long, Porcupinefish, and Qian Renxue's pupils contracted sharply at the sight. They had never expected Wang Chen to accomplish this.

She Long and Porcupinefish also relaxed their guard against the Shadow Hunting Bat.

Then, Wang Chen ordered the Shadow Hunting Bat, "Go. Help me find a light-element soul beast around fifteen thousand years old."

The Shadow Hunting Bat nodded, then retreated and vanished from sight.

However, Wang Chen did not stop there. Several more thousand-year soul beasts arrived afterward.

These soul beasts were ones Wang Chen had previously used to search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and the Golden Crocodile's clan territory.

Although quite some time had passed, Wang Chen had not removed the control marks he had left within these soul beasts.

As long as Wang Chen reactivated the marks within them, these soul beasts would once again fall under his control.

Less than two hours later, the ten-thousand-year Shadow Hunting Bat Wang Chen had sent out returned with definite information.

Wang Chen looked at Qian Renxue and said, "The ten-thousand-year Shadow Hunting Bat found a Light Unicorn that is around sixteen thousand years old."

As he spoke, Wang Chen climbed onto the ten-thousand-year Shadow Hunting Bat's back.

He had the ten-thousand-year Shadow Hunting Bat take them to find that fifteen-thousand-year Light Unicorn.

"Sixteen thousand years—isn't that too high? Isn't the optimal absorption limit for the fifth ring around twelve thousand years?" She Long asked.

Qian Renxue and Porcupinefish also looked toward Wang Chen.

Wang Chen circulated his soul power, revealing his four soul rings: purple, black, black, and black. "That sort of thing is meant for mediocre people.

"The young mistress's martial soul is the god-level Six-Winged Angel. Since childhood, she has constantly been tempered and nurtured with medicinal herbs.

"On top of that, she just absorbed two immortal herbs. She simply cannot be measured by ordinary standards.

"Absorbing a twelve-thousand-year soul ring would be a waste of the young mistress's talent.

"It would also affect her strength after becoming a god."

"The accumulation from the early stages can affect one's strength after becoming a god?"

Wang Chen nodded. "Naturally, it can affect one's strength after becoming a god.

"For example, when becoming a god, each soul ring gains fifty thousand years.

"If one follows the ordinary path of cultivation, then even if the ninth soul ring is a hundred thousand years old, the soul ring configuration after becoming a god would be black, black, black, black, black, black, red, red, red, gold.

"However, if the young mistress can raise the limit of her fifth soul ring and make her sixth soul ring exceed fifty thousand years, then her soul ring configuration after becoming a god would become black, black, black, black, black, red, red, red, red, gold.

"Think about it. With one more hundred-thousand-year soul ring, wouldn't her strength be greater?"

Qian Renxue, She Long, and Porcupinefish were shocked. They had not expected such factors to exist, nor that they needed to take them into consideration.

She Long asked, "Holy Son, what is this golden soul ring you mentioned?"

Wang Chen said, "Gold is the soul ring formed after a million-year soul beast dies."

"A million-year soul beast?"

Qian Renxue, She Long, and Porcupinefish were utterly astonished.

Wang Chen nodded. "There is a Deep Sea Evil Whale King in the ocean that is close to a million years old. If you can withstand the soul ring pressure of a soul beast nearing a million years, you can consider killing that Deep Sea Evil Tiger Whale King."

An ordinary person's soul rings only reached the hundred-thousand-year level at the ninth ring. Absorbing a soul ring from a soul beast over three hundred thousand years old carried the risk of their body exploding and killing them.

Qian Renxue sighed. "A million-year soul beast's soul ring... I'm afraid only those with twin martial souls can absorb one."

As they spoke, the ten-thousand-year Shadow Hunting Bat landed in an area.

Wang Chen, Qian Renxue, She Long, and Porcupinefish descended from the ten-thousand-year Shadow Hunting Bat's back.

Wang Chen said, "We're here."

Porcupinefish looked toward an area ahead. "I can sense a holy aura of light ahead."

"It's a ten-thousand-year Light Unicorn. I'll go capture it for the young mistress."

Qian Renxue looked ahead, where a snow-white Light Unicorn stood quietly.

The Light Unicorn possessed a slender, elegant body. Its snowy-white mane shimmered with flowing radiance, while its four hooves were wreathed in faint golden holy light. A translucent spiral horn atop its head gleamed brilliantly, circulating pure and ultimate divine light.

Its clear golden eyes contained not the slightest trace of savagery. A gentle, sacred glow enveloped its body, carrying an auspicious aura that naturally purified filth and dispersed sinister darkness.

As an exceptionally rare light-divine soul beast of Douluo Continent, it was naturally resonant with the Six-Winged Angel martial soul. Its bearing was pure and noble, sacred and flawless, and every inch of its body flowed with the purest light soul power.

Qian Renxue said, "This soul beast is extremely suitable for me. I can feel my Angel martial soul craving it."

Porcupinefish Douluo silently arrived above the Light Unicorn. A blood-red pufferfish martial soul appeared behind him, while nine soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—emerged beneath his feet. The poison spike in his hand extended to a foot in length.

Porcupinefish Douluo plunged straight down toward the ten-thousand-year Light Unicorn.

The Light Unicorn sensed the threat of death, and dazzling light energy erupted from its entire body.

The Light Unicorn's eyes suddenly became as dazzling as the sun.

Two beams of pure light power shot from its eyes, heading straight for Porcupinefish Douluo.

"Wretched beast, submit obediently. Becoming my young master's soul ring is your honor."

As Porcupinefish Douluo charged toward the Light Unicorn, his blood energy surged around him, forming a blood-red shield before him.

"Zzz~"

All of the Light Unicorn's attacks were blocked by the blood-red shield condensed by Porcupinefish. They could not even touch Porcupinefish Douluo's clothes, let alone harm him.

Porcupinefish Douluo landed atop the Light Unicorn, and the bone spike in his hand pierced directly into its body.

The Light Unicorn let out a howl before toppling over.

Porcupinefish Douluo brought the ten-thousand-year Light Unicorn before Qian Renxue. "Young Master, this Light Unicorn has been poisoned unconscious by my poison, but it is not dead yet.

"Finish it now, so you can absorb its soul ring."

Qian Renxue nodded, drew the Angel Holy Sword, and slashed down at the Light Unicorn's neck.

With a wet tearing sound, the Light Unicorn's head was severed from its body, and it died completely.

After the Light Unicorn died, a black soul ring appeared above its corpse, radiating a dense aura of light.

Qian Renxue sat down cross-legged on the spot, circulated her cultivation technique, and guided the soul ring into her body.

The moment the black soul ring entered Qian Renxue's body, its violent power continuously battered her body. Veins bulged on her head, and cold sweat covered her forehead.

Seeing this, She Long and Porcupinefish wanted to intervene and interrupt Qian Renxue's absorption of the soul ring.

However, Wang Chen said at that moment, "Stop. You don't need to worry. Young Master can endure it."

Watching Qian Renxue's pained expression, She Long and Porcupinefish clenched their fists and paced restlessly in place. They wanted to interrupt her, yet Wang Chen kept stopping them.

Still, their hearts remained filled with worry.

They asked, "Holy Son, can Young Master truly withstand the impact brought by this soul ring?"

Wang Chen nodded confidently. "The deity behind me told me that she'll be fine. There won't be any danger."

In truth, Wang Chen had been extremely worried at first. He had genuinely feared that he might accidentally talk Qian Renxue to death.

If that happened, he would have to figure out how to evade the pursuit of Porcupinefish and Snake Spear Douluo, avoid Spirit Hall's pursuit, and hide away.

He would have to wait until he became a god before resurrecting Qian Renxue.

However, Wang Chen felt that he probably would not encounter such a situation.

It was not that he believed nothing would happen to Qian Renxue, but because his Divine Spark Seed still had divine power, and he could still use it.

At worst, if Qian Renxue's life was in danger, he could use divine power to suppress the rampaging soul power within her body.

He refused to believe that a mere fifteen-thousand-year soul ring could break through the suppression of divine power.

Yet once Wang Chen communicated with the Divine Spark Seed, he was reassured. He even discarded the thought of using divine power to suppress the rampaging soul power within Qian Renxue's body.

That was because he received a reply from the Divine Spark Seed.

The Divine Spark Seed told him that Qian Renxue could completely absorb this ten-thousand-year soul ring and faced no danger to her life.

However, because the soul rings she had absorbed previously had not reached her limit, she had never encountered a situation where absorbing a soul ring was difficult.

Now, the fifteen-thousand-year Light Unicorn soul ring she was absorbing happened to be right at the limit of what she could endure.

There would be difficulty and pain in absorbing it, but there would be no danger to her life.

That was why Wang Chen was so confident.