Going with Hu Liena to Death Row to Verify the Death Divine Tree's Second Ability

Li Qinglian had never expected that after rebuilding himself as a human, he could still improve through Death Siphon.

Back in his years in the Star Dou Great Forest, he had grown to a hundred-thousand-year level in just ten thousand years by relying on this very soul skill.

He simply had not expected that after rebuilding himself as a human, he could still use this soul skill to absorb energy and replenish the age of his martial soul and Soul Rings.

Li Qinglian was different from ordinary human Soul Masters.

In truth, after Soul Masters became gods, they rarely used the power of their martial souls. As for soul skills, the gap between them and divine skills was far too great, making them even less likely to be used.

But Li Qinglian's martial soul was his true body.

As a soul beast who had rebuilt himself, his first seven Soul Rings had all been produced by himself. They were all core abilities of the Death Divine Tree!

Even after becoming a god, Li Qinglian could never abandon these core abilities!

But now, these Soul Rings could grow alongside Li Qinglian, without ever falling behind. This was the best possible outcome for him.

"I wonder whether my other ability is still here. After rebuilding myself as a human, which traits have I retained?" Li Qinglian murmured.

"Someone, come in."

Li Qinglian called toward the door.

"What are your orders, Your Highness the Holy Son?"

Two beautiful maids with exceptional bearing pushed open the door and entered, asking respectfully.

Though they were maids, as attendants of the Holy Son, they were actually first-rate geniuses who had graduated from Spirit Hall Academy in previous years.

"Where is the prison where Spirit Hall holds death-row inmates? Take me there."

"Why are you going there? I can take you too."

A girl around twelve or thirteen years old walked in.

The girl had chestnut-brown hair cascading over her shoulders. Her features were exquisite, and a naturally seductive charm lingered in her eyes.

She wore a tight training outfit that outlined her budding, graceful figure.

"Sorry. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop."

"I'm Hu Liena, Spirit Hall's Sacred Maiden. My residence is the Sacred Maiden Palace, not far from the Holy Son Palace. Since you were named the Holy Son, I wanted to come and get acquainted with you."

Facing Li Qinglian's gaze, Hu Liena hurriedly explained.

"Also, Teacher has realized her mistake. She asked me to tell you that she didn't mean to target you."

"Hmm?"

"The Pope sent you to apologize to me?"

Li Qinglian frowned slightly.

What was that big-breasted, brainless woman Bibi Dong up to this time?

It was not that Li Qinglian had an unfavorable impression of Bibi Dong for no reason.

The women of this world were mainly like this: the stronger they were, the more incomprehensible their way of thinking became. "Big-breasted and brainless" was a stereotype, but in this world, it truly seemed to be the case.

Hu Liena's chest was not quite so exaggerated, and among Spirit Hall's three women, her way of thinking was relatively normal.

Even though his relationship with the Goddess of Life and Gu Yuena was temporarily quite good, Li Qinglian still remained wary at times. He had not forgotten that in the original story, Destruction had been betrayed by the Goddess of Life at a crucial moment.

"Yes. Teacher is actually quite nice. She's not as bad as you think."

Hu Liena spoke softly.

She did not understand it either.

This was the first time she had seen her teacher take the initiative to lower herself and admit a mistake.

"Fine. I'm willing to accept her apology."

Li Qinglian stood up.

"Come on. Weren't you taking me to death row?"

She walked to the door, then saw Hu Liena still standing there foolishly. She turned back, pinched Hu Liena's cheek, and then headed out again.

"Ah. Right."

Hu Liena widened her beautiful eyes, then quickly stepped ahead to lead the way.

"What are you going to death row for? Don't tell me you want to kill someone?"

Hu Liena asked as she led the way.

"They were already people who deserved to die. Dying by my hand is a release for them."

"Ah?"

Hu Liena could not help shuddering.

She remembered Li Qinglian's martial soul. It gave off an icy, thoroughly sinister feeling.

Inside death row.

The warden brought over several death-row inmates of considerable strength.

"Your Highness the Holy Son, Your Highness the Sacred Maiden. This man is named Wang Peng, a spiritual-type Soul Master who frequently operated in the Star Luo Empire and committed all manner of crimes. In particular, he used his spiritual powers to influence women's minds, causing them to be violated without their knowledge. By the time our Spirit Hall Enforcement Corps captured him, more than a hundred respectable women had already fallen victim to him."

The warden led a middle-aged man before Li Qinglian and Hu Liena.

"Disgusting!"

Upon hearing the warden describe his crimes, goosebumps rose all over Hu Liena's skin.

Hu Liena herself could be considered half a spiritual-type Soul Master.

But she had never expected that a spiritual-type Soul Master would use his abilities to commit such vile crimes.

"He truly deserves to die."

Li Qinglian frowned deeply.

Spirit Hall's Enforcement Corps was a force specifically tasked with capturing Soul Masters who committed crimes.

Without the Spirit Hall Enforcement Corps, spiritual-type Soul Masters like Wang Peng would be extremely difficult to capture.

In the original story, after Spirit Hall was destroyed by Tang San, the entire Douluo Continent entered a dark era. It only gradually improved after the Shrek Enforcement Corps took up this responsibility.

"If I kill him now, there shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Of course not. He's a death-row prisoner to begin with."

The warden looked curiously at Li Qinglian.

This newly appointed Holy Son was exceedingly powerful!

On Pope Mountain, Li Qinglian had already conquered every person in Spirit Hall with his strength.

"Li Qinglian, do it. If you don't kill him, I will." Hu Liena puffed out her cheeks. There were already more than a hundred women who had been violated and murdered by this scum. The number he had molested was likely countless.

"All right."

Li Qinglian nodded.

He activated his martial soul.

His second Soul Ring flashed, and the Withered Glory Prison enveloped Wang Peng.

Very quickly, it wrapped around Wang Peng's entire body like a man-eating flower.

"Ah!"

Wang Peng's miserable screams rang out, shrill and piercing.

But soon, Wang Peng's voice abruptly stopped.

His life force and all his energy were rapidly drained dry by Li Qinglian!

Behind Li Qinglian, Hu Liena's beautiful eyes widened, her pretty face filled with disbelief.

When Li Qinglian had fought Yan before, he had not been this cruel!

If Li Qinglian had used this move on Yan, wouldn't Yan have died?

"This newly arrived Holy Son is terrifying."

The warden shuddered. Such methods made one's skin crawl.

"Huff."

Li Qinglian closed his eyes and sensed his martial soul.

In a place only he could clearly see, hidden beneath the branches and leaves of the Death Divine Tree, Wang Peng's soul was chained there.

The living beings of this world possessed souls.

Ten thousand years later, Evil Soul Masters would even specifically gather human souls to create Myriad Souls Banners.

Li Qinglian was the Death Divine Tree. He could gather the souls of the dead nearby and send them into Reincarnation for rebirth.

This was the Death Divine Tree's innate ability! It was also its most fundamental ability! This ability contained the mysteries of Reincarnation.

However, Li Qinglian could not interfere with the reincarnation of living beings at will, or he too would suffer the backlash of heaven and earth.

But Wang Peng had committed countless evils. He was utterly unworthy of entering Reincarnation.

Rewarding good and punishing evil was both the right and the duty of the Death Divine Tree.

"Someone like Wang Peng should become nourishment instead."

As Li Qinglian murmured, Wang Peng's soul and the energy Li Qinglian had absorbed transformed into a flower bud. As the flower bloomed and withered, a fruit took shape.

"Here. This is for you."

Li Qinglian opened his right hand, and the fruit from deep within the Death Divine Tree fell into his palm.

The fruit was not large, resembling a somewhat bigger medicinal pill.

"Ah? What is this? Don't tell me it's Wang Peng's..."

Hu Liena's little face was full of terror.

Why was this newly arrived Holy Son so terrifying?