The Secret of the Death Fruit, Angel God Tells the Goddess of Kindness

Hu Liena was truly stunned senseless.

If Li Qinglian had not already become the Holy Son and stood on equal footing with her, she might have started investigating whether he was an Evil Soul Master.

No, this method seemed even more sinister than those of Evil Soul Masters!

"What? Are you afraid I'll harm you?"

Li Qinglian tilted his head toward Hu Liena, a curve lifting at the corner of his lips.

"I'm not afraid. I just think it's kind of disgusting."

Hu Liena clenched her fists and spoke softly.

This had been refined from Wang Peng's body!

Looking at the green bead in Li Qinglian's hand, which looked both like a fruit and a pill, she truly could not make sense of it.

She found it even harder to understand what kind of person Li Qinglian really was.

"Still, this is the first time you've given me something, so I definitely want it!"

Hu Liena took a deep breath and snatched the fruit from Li Qinglian's hand.

Hu Liena opened her mouth and put it inside.

Inside the prison cell.

A long silence fell, leaving only the sound of their breathing.

Li Qinglian watched Hu Liena, wanting to see what changes would occur in her.

The instant the fruit entered her body, Hu Liena's beautiful eyes widened.

Pure life energy washed over her body.

"Ah."

"So comfortable!"

Hu Liena let out a seductive moan, then quickly shut her mouth.

Her pretty face flushed crimson.

She could feel as though her body had encountered a spring rain. Her exhaustion vanished completely, and her entire body felt more comfortable than ever before.

At the same time, vast spiritual energy surged into her mind.

Hu Liena's spiritual power was also rapidly increasing.

This was Li Qinglian's second ability: absorbing the energy of dead creatures and forming it into Death Fruits.

What Li Qinglian gained from killing Wang Peng was spiritual energy and life energy.

The Death Fruit Hu Liena swallowed was made of vitality and spiritual power. Both were extremely pure forms of energy, with no side effects.

Plants were different from animals.

Plants produced things.

Their fruits, sap, and other products all had their uses.

The most representative product of the Life Divine Tree was the Water of Life. Even First-Level Gods wanted such a precious treasure.

As the divine tree corresponding to the Life Divine Tree from afar, the Death Divine Tree produced Death Fruits!

However, the production of Death Fruits was controllable. If Li Qinglian did not understand a fruit's effects, he could simply hasten the growth of some smaller fruits.

For example, the one Hu Liena had swallowed could increase her spiritual power and vitality. Still, the improvement would not be too great. At most, it could raise Hu Liena's spiritual power by around twenty percent.

But as long as Li Qinglian wanted to mass-produce them, he could make enough to satisfy everyone.

"Li Qinglian... Ahhh..."

"You're truly incredible."

Hu Liena opened her eyes, pink light flowing through her foxlike gaze.

Her eyes had clearly become brighter.

Hu Liena excitedly threw herself onto Li Qinglian.

She was simply too excited!

Her spiritual power—her spiritual power had actually increased so much!

For Hu Liena, who was practically half a spiritual-type Soul Master, nothing could excite her more than this!

Improving spiritual power was far more difficult than improving soul power!

For spiritual-type Soul Masters, with the same amount of soul power, the higher their spiritual power, the more powerful their soul skills would be.

Yet in this world, there was no particularly good method for cultivating spiritual power. Even ten thousand years later, cultivating spiritual power remained troublesome. Tang San's son-in-law, Huo Yuhao, had also cultivated by absorbing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power.

Even if methods for cultivating spiritual power existed, ordinary Soul Masters simply did not have the time to practice it.

For Soul Masters, cultivating soul power was always the most important thing.

But now, merely by eating a fruit Li Qinglian had given her, her spiritual power had risen by twenty percent!

Heavens!

"Mm... Qinglian."

"I want more."

Hu Liena looked at Li Qinglian with her beautiful eyes and spoke excitedly.

"Sister Nana, how about you get off me first before we discuss that?"

Li Qinglian could not help laughing.

"Oh. Sorry..."

Hu Liena's pretty face burned as she quickly jumped off Li Qinglian.

She lowered her head, not daring to meet Li Qinglian's eyes.

"Spiritual-attribute Soul Masters are too rare. Those who commit crimes are even rarer. If I get this kind of fruit again, I'll definitely give it to you."

"That's true. Li Qinglian, you'd better use this ability less often, or I'm really afraid you'll become an Evil Soul Master." A trace of worry flashed through Hu Liena's beautiful eyes.

This ability was simply too unbelievable.

Even the Evil Soul Masters she had seen were not this formidable.

But if an ordinary person possessed such power, how many could resist abusing it?

"Don't worry about that. I won't use these abilities to slaughter innocents. Besides, I'm different from Evil Soul Masters."

Li Qinglian had only sought out death-row prisoners to test his ability.

If he truly wanted to make a perfect Death Fruit, would it not be better to go to the Far North and find that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm? And there were also those top-tier soul beasts...

Still, Death Fruits did not improve Li Qinglian himself much. At most, he would use them on some people close to him, helping them improve the quality of their martial souls.

He would use the remaining energy to increase the age of his Soul Rings.

"So this is the Li Qinglian you mentioned?"

Within the void, a clear female voice rang out softly, like wind chimes brushed by a gentle breeze.

The woman stood above the clouds, dressed in a pure white gown that seemed woven from moonlight. Faint golden patterns were embroidered along the hem, flowing with a soft halo through the emptiness.

She had long silver-white hair, with tiny specks of light drifting between the strands, as though a galaxy had been crushed and scattered through her hair.

Her beauty was peerless, yet unlike the Goddess of Life's gentle warmth, hers carried a clear sense of distance. Holy and lofty, she inspired not the slightest thought of desecration.

She was the Goddess of Kindness.

One of the Five Supreme Gods of the God Realm, she stood alongside the Goddess of Life as one of the female God Kings most renowned for benevolence.

At her side, a woman clad in golden divine armor and bearing six wings respectfully lowered her head. It was the Angel God.

"Yes, Goddess. This person is Li Qinglian, whom the Goddess of Life personally brought to Spirit Hall. I suspect his origins..."

After countless internal struggles, the Angel God had ultimately decided to tell the Goddess of Kindness about this matter.

She was a deity under the Goddess of Kindness and had to remain loyal to her. As for whether she would offend other God Kings, she had no choice now.

It was better than offending her own superior beyond repair!

"The appearance of this martial soul..."

"He's also a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form..."

Although Li Qinglian was a soul beast in human form, his rank was too high for even a Titled Douluo to see through him. Yet the Goddess of Kindness saw through him with ease.

So where exactly had Li Qinglian come from?

!!!

Moreover, although she saw many similarities between Li Qinglian and the Goddess of Life, their powers were completely different.

The Goddess of Life's energy was gentle and nurturing, like spring wind and rain.

But Li Qinglian's energy...

The Goddess of Kindness's gaze narrowed slightly.

It was a pure, ultimate darkness.

It carried the stillness of all things reaching their end, the solemnity of every living being arriving at its final destination.

"A little sinister... but not quite so evil..."

"How strange!"

The Goddess of Kindness frowned.

"Goddess, have you heard a saying? One that is widely spread in the human world."

Seeing that the Goddess of Kindness still looked so innocent, the Angel God helplessly reminded her.

"What saying?"

"Beware of fire, beware of thieves, and beware of your best friend."

The Goddess of Kindness's beautiful eyes widened.

???

No way! That was too ridiculous!