Sky-Piercing Spear, One of a Kind

Demon Subduing Douluo's brows furrowed even tighter at this. He looked Ye Han up and down, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Kid, what do you mean? Could it be... you're a Twin Martial Souls wielder?!"

Ye Han nodded.

The next moment, he held his left hand half-clenched, his five fingers gathering around a ball of silver-white light.

The light solidified in his palm, lengthened, and extended, transforming in an instant into a nearly transparent spear.

The spear shaft was slender, jade-like in texture, with faint streams of light flowing within it.

The spearhead was extremely long, taking up nearly a third of the entire weapon.

Its edges were as thin as cicada wings, its sharpness concealed.

Near the middle of the shaft, the two ancient seal-script characters, "Sky-Piercing," blended seamlessly into the weapon, as though they had been engraved upon it from the moment of its birth.

Demon Subduing Douluo's pupils suddenly contracted.

He had lived for over a century and seen countless Tool Martial Souls.

Yet he had never seen a spear like this.

He unconsciously stepped closer and examined it carefully.

This spear was of exceptionally high quality, its aura so profound that it did not lose out to the Coiling Dragon Staff in the slightest.

"Good kid! This Sky-Piercing Spear is something else. You really are a Twin Martial Souls wielder!"

The more Demon Subduing Douluo spoke, the more excited he became.

"Having the Coiling Dragon Staff and starting with ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings was already astonishing enough. Now you're actually a Twin Martial Souls wielder—you're a genius among geniuses! Among the known soul masters, you should be the third person to possess Twin Martial Souls. The first one died from his body exploding. The second is the current pope, Bibi Dong. Her Martial Souls are the Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor. She should now possess the strength of Level Ninety-Eight, perhaps even Level Ninety-Nine."

"Level Ninety-Nine? Maybe I'll reach that someday too."

Demon Subduing Douluo froze for a moment, then threw back his head and laughed.

"Good kid, you've got ambition! You've hidden yourself well! All this time, I thought you only had the Coiling Dragon Staff Martial Soul. I only learned now that you have a second Martial Soul!"

Ye Han put away the Sky-Piercing Spear, looking entirely composed.

"I only revealed the Coiling Dragon Staff before because I wanted to earn your exclusive favor."

Rather than getting angry, Demon Subduing Douluo was even more amused.

"You brat, you're young, but you've got plenty of schemes! You got your way! But now that you have Twin Martial Souls, I like you even more, hahaha~~~"

After laughing for a while, Demon Subduing Douluo composed himself and asked seriously,

"You've been cultivating the Coiling Dragon Staff as your first Martial Soul, right? This Sky-Piercing Spear shouldn't have any Spirit Rings attached yet?"

Ye Han nodded.

"Although my Sky-Piercing Spear doesn't have any Spirit Rings attached, both Martial Souls share the same soul power. Besides, spears and staffs have much in common in their techniques. Many methods of exerting force and switching between offense and defense are interchangeable. Also, this Sky-Piercing Spear has a set of exclusive moves called the Nine Qingtian Forms. I've already mastered the first four. Like the Unyielding Staff Technique, each form is equivalent to a self-created soul skill and possesses the might of a ten-thousand-year soul skill."

Demon Subduing Douluo was even happier after hearing that.

"Kid, you're really incredible! Fine, then we'll head to Heaven Dou City right away. Let this old man properly witness the power of your Sky-Piercing Spear and open the eyes of those bumpkins who haven't seen the world!"

A few days later.

Ye Han and Demon Subduing Douluo arrived in Heaven Dou City.

Heaven Dou City was the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, bustling and prosperous.

After entering the city, the two settled down at the Heaven Dou Grand Hotel.

This hotel was located in the city center. It was the most luxurious hotel in Heaven Dou City, and its security was guaranteed.

Demon Subduing Douluo needed to visit Qian Renxue at the palace that night, so it was inconvenient to bring Ye Han along.

He felt more at ease leaving Ye Han here.

After dinner, Demon Subduing Douluo came to Ye Han's room.

"Kid, I'm going to see a friend. It's inconvenient to take you with me, so stay at the hotel. We'll go to the Soul Arena tomorrow night."

"All right. This is the safest hotel in Heaven Dou City, so don't worry."

"I could have had the people from the Heaven Dou City Branch Hall protect you, but I don't want to alert them. After all, us old fellows haven't involved ourselves in Spirit Hall affairs for many years."

As he spoke, Demon Subduing Douluo took out a thumb-sized cylinder from who knew where.

"This is a signal flare. Keep it with you. If anything happens, fire it. I'm in Heaven Dou City, and I can get here in just a few breaths."

Ye Han smiled and shook his head, but still accepted the signal flare.

"I'm not a child. Don't worry. Ordinary Soul Kings, even Soul Emperors, aren't my match. Go without concern."

"Then I'm off. I'll be back within two hours at most."

"Mm. Go ahead."

Ye Han understood Demon Subduing Douluo.

A peerless genius like him naturally had to be protected well. No accidents could be allowed to happen.

He also didn't want Demon Subduing Douluo to worry, so he stayed in his room and cultivated peacefully.

Heaven Dou Palace.

Demon Subduing Douluo silently arrived at the crown prince's residence.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, was reviewing something in her study, her expression focused.

"Xue."

?!

Qian Renxue paused slightly and looked around, but found nothing unusual.

"Am I hallucinating?"

Qian Renxue smiled and shook her head.

Everyone in this residence was one of her people.

They usually addressed her as "Your Highness the Crown Prince," and privately called her "Young Mistress."

She had not heard the affectionate form of address, "Xue," in many years.

Only during the time she lived in the Consecration Hall had her grandfather and the other consecrators called her that.

"Looks like it really was a hallucination."

Thinking of her grandfather and those grandfathers from the Consecration Hall, Qian Renxue couldn't help feeling a little sad.

She had left the Consecration Hall at the age of nine and come to Heaven Dou Palace, disguising herself as Xue Qinghe.

She had been an undercover agent for more than a decade.

How much hardship she had endured, how much loneliness and pain she had suffered—only she herself knew.

"Xue."

?!!

Qian Renxue abruptly rose to her feet.

This time, she had heard it clearly. Someone really was calling her.

Moreover, that voice gave her a feeling that was both familiar and unfamiliar. Perhaps it had simply been too many years since she had heard it.

She immediately realized what was happening, walked to the door, and ordered the guards in the courtyard,

"All of you, leave. Without my permission, no one is to disturb me!"

"Yes!"

All the guards withdrew.

The moment Qian Renxue turned around, she saw a figure.

It was Demon Subduing Douluo.

Qian Renxue stood frozen in place, staring at Demon Subduing Douluo with a look of astonishment.

"Grandpa Demon Subduing, is it really you?"

"Xue, it's me. Your Angel Spirit Bone's disguise technique is quite impressive. If I didn't know the truth, I never would've recognized you. Ah, after all these years, our little darling has grown into an adult..."

"Grandpa Demon Subduing..."

Qian Renxue hurried forward and threw herself into Demon Subduing Douluo's arms. Her tears could no longer be held back as they spilled from her eyes.

At that moment, she was no longer the lofty Crown Prince. It was as though she had suddenly become that most beloved little girl from the Consecration Hall again.

Demon Subduing Douluo's heart softened at once.

He knew that Qian Renxue must have suffered greatly after leaving Spirit City and coming to this cold palace as an undercover agent.

More than a decade might not have been very long for old fellows like them.

But for Qian Renxue, that was her entire youth!