Lan Yu vs. Qian Renxue

Hu Liena looked at the person walking up and froze. "Who is this? She's not part of our Spirit Hall team, is she?"

"Nana, she's a substitute who was suddenly pushed in, arranged directly from above."

"Ah? Who has the ability to stuff people into the Spirit Hall team like that? And besides, what kind of a fool is she, a mere substitute, running up there to make a spectacle of herself?"

Hu Liena just wanted to call out and tell the person to come down, but Xie Yue stopped her.

"Brother, what are you looking at me for?"

"Nana, something's wrong. This person's identity isn't simple. Let's watch quietly for now."

Qian Renxue, wearing a veil at that moment, was concealed enough in the face, but that didn't prevent Lan Yu from recognizing her.

"Miss Qian? I remember you aren't part of the Spirit Hall team."

"I am now. Fight me. I want to know what I've lost all these years."

With that, Qian Renxue summoned her Six-Winged Angel spirit, along with six spirit rings: two yellow, two purple, and two black.

Many people present were extremely surprised to see this scene.

"The Six-Winged Angel spirit! So the Six-Winged Angel spirit still has a legacy!"

Ning Fengzhi muttered. After Qian Xunji died, the position of Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall was handed over to Bibi Dong, which led the outside world to believe that the inheritance of Spirit Hall's Six-Winged Angel spirit had been cut off.

Now it seemed that was not the case. Not only was Qian Daoliu still alive, but the former Supreme Pontiff also still had descendants surviving.

Allowing Bibi Dong to assume the position of Supreme Pontiff was merely because the young master was too young and needed to grow; the authority of Spirit Hall would ultimately return to the Qian family's hands.

Bibi Dong's expression became very ugly at that moment—not just because she found Qian Renxue displeasing, but even more because Qian Renxue's public appearance shook her status.

Since Spirit Hall's authority would eventually return to the Qian family, rather than ingratiating oneself with Bibi Dong, it was better to invest in the young master, Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue probably hadn't even realized this herself, but she had truly stabbed Bibi Dong in the back.

Lan Yu looked at Qian Renxue and smiled. "Since Miss Qian has the heart for it, I'll accompany you for a few rounds."

"Then you'd better be careful!"

Qian Renxue flapped the six wings on her back, her speed suddenly increasing. A Sword of Upper condensed in her hand, stabbing straight at Lan Yu's chest.

Lan Yu spread his wings, easily dodging this sword strike from Qian Renxue.

At the same time, the spore cloud dispersed, and Lan Yu's figure hid within it.

"Angel Domain, open! Holy Light Purification!"

Qian Renxue wanted to purify Lan Yu's spores. She was really overthinking this; spores possessed no evil or dark attributes, and the purification effect of the Holy Light was very limited.

However, the Six-Winged Angel spirit, being a god-grade spirit, inherently possessed very strong resistance to abnormal statuses.

The effects of venom, hypnosis, weakness, and hallucination would be drastically reduced.

Seeing that she could not completely purify the spore cloud before her, Qian Renxue hesitated for a moment before flapping her wings and rushing in.

The spore cloud obscured the line of sight, and people outside couldn't see what was happening inside at all, including Qian Daoliu.

Qian Daoliu's brow was furrowed at that moment, clearly worried about Qian Renxue.

Inside the spore cloud, Qian Renxue simply closed her eyes, relying on perception to find Lan Yu's location.

"Miss Qian, I didn't expect you to barge in. This is not a wise decision."

"Don't underestimate the Six-Winged Angel spirit! Sixth Spirit Ability: Angelic Roar!"

This was a powerful mental attack method, which also carried the effect of a sonic wave attack.

However, behind Lan Yu's mentality was the entire Mycelium Network, so mental attacks were basically ineffective against him.

"Miss Qian, you've wasted too much time. Explosive Spore!"

The spore cloud rapidly collapsed inward, and Qian Renxue also sensed danger. Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo felt their scalps tingle even more upon seeing this scene.

The two of them had been injured by this very move and still hadn't fully recovered.

"Angel's Protection!"

Qian Renxue folded her six wings inward while a golden barrier protected her.

Immediately following that came a loud boom. The collapsed spore cloud exploded, and the shockwave of the explosion whipped up a gale that blew the sentry Temple Knights leaning and swaying to and fro, unable to stand at all.

After the aftermath of the explosion dissipated, Qian Renxue appeared in front of everyone looking somewhat disheveled. Her veil had fallen off, revealing an exquisite and flawless face.

Only a trace of fresh blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth ruined the harmony of her entire face.

The light of the six wings on her back had also grown dim, and though her clothes were somewhat wrinkled, they weren't torn, which showed their quality was indeed good.

As for Lan Yu, he remained the same, asking with a smile, "Miss Qian, shall we continue?"

"Continue! Please don't hold back; I want to truly see the gap between us."

"Alright! Since you've put it that way, I'll grant your wish. Mycelium Swamp!"

Qian Renxue, flying in midair, was pulled straight back to the ground by the flight-prohibition effect attached to the Mycelium Swamp, and Lan Yu also landed back on the ground at the same time.

Qian Renxue glanced at the mycelium beneath her feet and, without wasting words, accelerated toward Lan Yu once more.

Lan Yu did not dodge, yet the moment Qian Renxue rushed in front of him, a shrill screech rang out.

A Jadeplume Terrorshroom suddenly appeared, and Lan Yu stood on the Jadeplume Terrorshroom's Back.

Qian Renxue's sword stabbed into the Jadeplume Terrorshroom's body, causing negligible damage.

"What?!"

The Jadeplume Terrorshroom did not care about cherishing jade and pitying flowers, whipping its tail toward Qian Renxue. Qian Renxue only had time to cross her sword in defense before the entire person was whipped flying and knocked off the arena.

"Uncle Jian, is that a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast?"

Ning Fengzhi looked doubtfully at Sword Douluo, who shook his head. "Not quite like it, but it indeed possesses the strength of a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast.

This sage of the Sage Lord of Fungi has always been hiding his true capabilities. Fortunately, we didn't turn into enemies with him earlier."

"Indeed. Rongrong being able to cultivate a good relationship with him is truly good fortune."

At that moment, Lan Yu looked toward the referee. "Referee, you can announce the result."

The referee finally snapped back to his senses. "This match is won by Botanical Academy's Lan Yu. Will the Spirit Hall team dispatch their next contestant?"

Seeing Lan Yu standing on the Jadeplume Terrorshroom's Back, who would still be willing to go up and ask for a thrashing? This gap in strength was simply too vast.

"Referee, we forfeit the subsequent individual matches."

Hearing Xie Yue say this, the referee looked again in the direction of Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu.

"Ahem, just follow the tournament procedure. Don't worry about anything else."

Hearing Qian Daoliu's voice, the referee finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Spirit Hall team forfeits. Botanical Academy advances to the winners' bracket of the finals. Tomorrow will hold the losers' bracket team match; please have both sides make preparations."

Bibi Dong stepped forward at this time and said, "This individual match was truly somewhat lacking in excitement. Let's move the losers' bracket team match up to this afternoon. What do you all think?"

With Bibi Dong speaking up, the Spirit Hall team naturally had no objections, nor did Heaven Dou Royal Academy. They were in good condition, while the Spirit Hall team had a Soul King who was injured.

Playing the match early was a benefit to them. Of course, the probability of winning was still very low.

As for Qian Renxue, anyone with discerning eyes could tell that she most likely would not participate in the team match.