Li Qinglian's True Strength, and the Angel God Loved Gossip Too Much

Death Siphon rooted itself in the earth, absorbing energy and replenishing itself.

Although this was the first soul skill Li Qinglian had produced himself, it was actually the core soul skill of the Death Divine Tree martial soul.

This soul skill allowed the energy within his body to remain abundant at all times.

What made this soul skill most sinister was that once an opponent's soul power had been completely drained, it would directly absorb their life force as an energy supplement. If they failed to break free from the chains in time, they would inevitably be drained to death by Li Qinglian.

Yan's pupils contracted.

He could clearly feel the soul power he had released rapidly draining away, as if countless tiny straws had pierced his river of soul power and were siphoning it away at an irreversible rate.

"What the hell is this...?"

Yan gritted his teeth and abruptly changed his stance.

"Second Soul Skill—Granite Rock!"

He brought his palms together, and the ground rumbled violently. Several enormous slabs of granite burst from the earth beneath Li Qinglian's feet, closing in on him from all sides.

The rocks were covered in dark-red magma patterns, combining hardness with scorching heat. If someone were caught between them head-on, even a Soul Elder would suffer severe injuries.

Yan's Flame Lord martial soul possessed dual fire-and-earth attributes. Its strength was undoubtedly even greater than Dai Mubai's White Tiger martial soul.

"Considering your age, your response was already quite good."

"But your soul power is weakening. Didn't you notice?"

The next instant, gray-black vines erupted from underground.

Second Soul Skill, Withered Glory Prison.

Countless vines burst forth around Li Qinglian, faster and fiercer than the granite erupting from the ground.

Those vines were covered in barbs from end to end, and a faint aura of death flowed across their gray-black bark. Like living creatures, they precisely coiled around every piece of granite.

The three massive rocks actually let out a teeth-grating crack beneath the strangling vines, their surfaces beginning to develop fine fractures.

"You!"

Yan's expression changed drastically.

That was granite!

What kind of martial soul did Li Qinglian have?

It was just a tree. Why were its branches and vines so unbelievably powerful?

Yan was practically going mad.

It had already been humiliating enough for him to step forward and challenge Li Qinglian.

He had only chosen to stand out on this occasion in order to gain the Pope's favor.

But if he still lost...

Then he truly would have no way to remain at Spirit Hall Academy.

He was thirteen years old. If he could not even defeat a six-year-old child...

By then, forget becoming the Holy Son—even his current position might be impossible to keep.

Not to mention the scorn of everyone else.

He could ignore everyone else, but he could not ignore Hu Liena's opinion of him.

If he lost to Li Qinglian, he would never have the face to stand before Hu Liena again for the rest of his life.

"Oh my god. Li Qinglian actually suppressed Yan? How did he do that? Isn't Li Qinglian's martial soul a plant type?"

Hu Liena looked toward the center of the battlefield, her beautiful eyes full of shock.

Was he really a Grand Soul Master?

"Indeed. Can a plant martial soul really be this powerful?"

Xie Yue let out a breath.

On the Douluo Continent, plant-type martial souls were generally classified as martial souls without much offensive power.

Most soul masters with plant martial souls belonged to the control or support systems.

This was his first time seeing a plant-type soul master take the path of the assault system!

Moreover, plant martial souls were generally not very powerful. The strongest martial souls in the world were almost all weapon martial souls or beast martial souls.

Plant martial souls themselves were quite rare.

The plant academies on the continent had little reputation, and were even far inferior to the Four Element Academies. That alone showed how disadvantaged soul masters with plant martial souls were.

Yet all he saw in Li Qinglian was overwhelming strength!

Yan's Flame Lord martial soul was immensely powerful. As a dual fire-and-earth attribute martial soul, his second soul skill, Granite Rock, was exceptionally formidable. That layer of granite covering him was something anyone who touched it would understand.

Yet Li Qinglian could make those granite rocks creak simply by constricting them with branches.

How much strength did that require?

"Then do you think Li Qinglian can win?"

Hu Liena stared intently at the battlefield.

As Bibi Dong's disciple, she would not oppose any of her teacher's actions.

But this time, she suddenly wanted to see Li Qinglian win.

Any sentimental woman would hope for a miracle.

But would a miracle happen?

"Difficult."

"If Li Qinglian and Yan were at the same cultivation level, Yan would have no chance whatsoever."

"But the gap between their cultivation levels is too great. Yan has only used two hundred-year soul skills so far and has not yet gone all out. Once he gets serious, it will be difficult for Li Qinglian to win."

Hearing that, Hu Liena nodded.

She also knew Yan's strength.

The level of attack Yan had displayed so far clearly had not reached his usual standard.

"Looks like my guess was right after all. The Goddess of Life's true form is a tree."

"But the Goddess of Life is so fair and beautiful. How did she give birth to such a black tree?"

"This clearly isn't the God of Destruction's child."

"Oh my god! No wonder the Goddess of Life only dared to secretly leave him in the lower realm to be raised."

After seeing Li Qinglian unleash his martial soul, Qian Renxue's mind exploded into chaos.

The Angel God's divine consciousness muttered excitedly to herself, brimming with gossip.

This was huge!

Ever since she had guessed that Li Qinglian was connected to the Goddess of Life, the Angel God had hidden a strand of divine consciousness in Qian Renxue's mind.

The moment she saw Li Qinglian's martial soul, she completely lost it.

The God Realm was far too dull. Thousands, even tens of thousands of years could pass without a major event; it was as boring as a stagnant pool!

And now, what was this if not a major event?

This was an event capable of overturning the entire God Realm!

The God of Destruction was purple, and the Goddess of Life was green, so why was Li Qinglian black?

This towering tree was black as ink, black beyond black.

Yet she was one hundred percent certain that this tree was absolutely of the same kind as the Goddess of Life.

"But Li Qinglian's tree is so evil, brimming with deathly aura, decay, and corrosion..."

"Could such a sinister aura be the work of the Evil God King? If Li Qinglian is the Evil God King and the Goddess of Life's..."

The Angel God could not help shuddering.

In the God Realm, since Li Qinglian had not been born alongside the Goddess of Life, there naturally was no Death God King.

However, all laws and authorities related to death were controlled by someone.

The Goddess of Life held a portion of them, the God of Death controlled a small portion, and the largest share was entirely in the Evil God King's hands.

Upon seeing Li Qinglian's Death Divine Tree, it was only natural for the Angel God to suspect this.

"Oh no. Lady Goddess of Kindness is my superior. Should I tell her this terrible news?" The Angel God was completely panicked.

Why was this getting more and more complicated?

"Uh."

Qian Renxue only felt her head buzzing, on the verge of exploding.

The Angel God had once seemed noble and sacred in her eyes, but Qian Renxue had now completely lost her reverence for these gods.

So even gods loved gossip just as much as humans did!