Di Qiuli

Through the entanglement of the power of destiny drawn forth by their attributes, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was able to enter Mu Feng's spiritual space. However, her intervention during the trial had also subjected her to a severe mental backlash, leaving her face extremely pale.

Mu Feng sat cross-legged within his spiritual space. Having passed the first test of Divine Ascent, his spiritual power had improved tremendously. His spiritual sea had once been milky white, but after overcoming the trial of illusions, it now seemed coated in a layer of golden dust.

Above the tranquil spiritual sea floated a cluster of gentle holy light, hanging silently like a small sun. The radiance it emitted continued to nourish this spiritual space.

Beneath the golden-scaled waves, two shadows could be seen deep on the seafloor. One was dark purple, which Mu Feng guessed was the mutation of his spiritual sea caused by his second martial soul. The other was crimson, Ye Xishui's curse left within his mind, meant to keep Mu Feng firmly under her control.

Behind him, Kayle's six wings had changed. The central pair was no longer an illusory projection of light, but could now condense into genuine angel wings.

The materialization of the angel wings brought about the evolution of his third soul skill. Beyond its basic enhancement effects, he could instantly grow two more wings from his back and beat them fiercely, unleashing a powerful gust with the effect of briefly controlling enemies. These two wings also granted him the ability to fly.

This was an enormous boost to his strength. A highly mobile assault-type battle soul master with flight capability would undoubtedly stand at the very peak, whether in individual strength or in the role they played within a team.

Not only that, after he released his martial soul, his battle armor no longer covered only his torso. Armor had also appeared around the joints of his limbs. The Judgment Sacred Sword in his hand and the runes upon his armor had become several shades clearer and brighter, their outlines now basically discernible.

The strangely shaped runes engraved upon them were surely a "specialty" from League of Legends. However, his memories were too distant, and Mu Feng had almost forgotten the talent icons from the game, so he could not yet figure out which rune set this was.

Whenever he circulated soul power, streams of golden light flowed through and illuminated the runes, greatly enhancing both the battle armor and the Judgment Sacred Sword. It could be said that after passing the trial, Mu Feng had received an almost all-around improvement.

However, compared with the three-level increase in soul power after absorbing the soul ring during this trip, the improvement to his spiritual power was truly a leap forward.

Aside from the most basic ability to actively project his spiritual power for targeted perception, he could even control the release of his soul power more precisely and make finer adjustments to his movements in battle.

Do not underestimate such tiny differences. A bit of soul power saved, or a slightly more precise angle when releasing a soul skill, could very well change the course of a battle.

The great contributor to this change was the girl before him, yet Mu Feng still did not know her name.

In the original story, she had named herself Wang Qiuer after Wang Dong's name. But in this life, due to his involvement, she no longer had any connection to that name.

Perhaps because she had given him a hand at the end of the trial, or perhaps because she had personally witnessed his past and learned his secrets, Mu Feng no longer held the same frivolous attitude toward this auspicious beast.

Instead, he spoke solemnly and introduced himself. "My name is Mu Feng. And you?"

The girl was stunned for a moment. In the Star Dou Great Forest, she had never possessed the concept of a name. Over more than ten thousand years, because of the Eye of Destiny's uniqueness, the four words Imperial Auspicious Beast had seemingly become her name.

But it was ultimately only a title. It was the destiny she bore, not her life.

"Di Qiuli. My name is Di Qiuli."

Mu Feng extended his right hand. "All right, Di Qiuli. I will definitely not go back on the two conditions I promised you." Although Mu Feng had already sworn this oath before, only from this moment onward did he truly take this covenant to heart.

Di Qiuli's crucial intervention had practically changed the course of Mu Feng's life. If he had failed the trial, all his previous plans would likely have had to be overturned and rebuilt. The debt of gratitude he owed the girl before him was no small one.

She also keenly noticed that Mu Feng's sincere attitude at this moment came from the bottom of his heart. The reason she had spitefully mocked Mu Feng before Bi Ji for being duplicitous was precisely because she had sensed his indifferent attitude and resented him for not truly taking their oath to heart.

Feeling Mu Feng's changed attitude, Di Qiuli nodded and took his outstretched hand. The instant their gazes met, Mu Feng ended this brief conversation within the spiritual space.

A long time had already passed from the moment he began the trial to when he absorbed most of its insights. He was somewhat worried that if he did not emerge soon, the two peerless experts outside would be unable to remain calm.

After being tempered by the first Divine Ascent, his martial soul seemed to have become somewhat more solid. Such a subtle change was difficult to detect with the naked eye, but how could it escape the spiritual perception of two experts at the level of Super Douluo?

The unheard-of event of a martial soul advancing after absorbing a third soul ring had truly happened right before them. Both Bi Ji and Long Xiaoyao fell silent.

"Senior. Elder Long."

Mu Feng walked before the two of them. His radiant and confident appearance showed no trace of injury whatsoever, making them suspect that the earlier scream had merely been an accidental auditory hallucination.

Moreover, after undergoing the cleansing, Mu Feng seemed as though he had been given a soft-glow filter. Every movement he made carried the sacred, luminous aura of his six-winged martial soul, making others feel as though they were bathed in a spring breeze.

Unlike Long Xiaoyao, who could not make sense of Mu Feng's transformation no matter how hard he thought, Bi Ji seemed to seize upon a fleeting thought. She recalled the angel inheritance from ten thousand years ago, and it seemed that only an inheritance of divine rank could explain the situation before her.

But then she remembered that divine inheritances had extremely high requirements for a trial-taker's soul power level. There had never been a precedent for a Soul Elder to initiate an inheritance.

Long Xiaoyao directly asked, "What was that halo just now?"

Naturally, Mu Feng could not tell them about Divine Ascent.

"After I absorbed the third soul ring, I was suddenly struck by an intense mental attack. I never expected a thousand-year Starwind Heavenly Feather Crane to also possess a mental attack. I let my guard down and got hit. When I woke up, my mind felt clear, and it seemed my spiritual power had increased greatly."

As for the other changes, Mu Feng spoke vaguely, attributing everything to an abnormal transformation in his martial soul after absorbing the third soul ring.

Yet as he spoke, he occasionally glanced toward Di Qiuli beside Bi Ji. As the only other person present who knew the truth, she knew exactly what he was concealing.