Soul Power Fusion: Golden Arrow

Damn, it caught up so fast!

Leave this to me. You just focus on healing and recovering your strength; my life is in your hands now.

Seeing the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake close in for the kill, Lu Chen gave Qian Renxue a few instructions, then flapped his wings and flew up to meet it, buying time for Qian Renxue.

Watching the young man fly up to meet the beast without a shred of hesitation, Qian Renxue's heart violently twitched, and hard-to-notice points of light flickered in her eyes.

This person was truly strange.

Clearly knowing that his current state was no match for a ten-thousand-year soul beast, clearly able to abandon her and leave on his own.

Clearly... clearly the two of them had only met by chance.

Qian Renxue struggled to control her wildly surging emotions, bit her lips hard, and nodded heavily, her voice carrying a trace of hard-to-notice firmness: "I know!"

Without extra movements, Qian Renxue raised her hand and sent several Purple Heart Healing Flowers all at once into her mouth, then released her Seraphim Martial Soul.

Three pairs of golden wings appeared once again behind Qian Renxue, and golden pupils replaced her original purple ones.

She let her entire body go limp, suspended in midair.

The medicinal efficacy of the Purple Heart Healing Flower rapidly fermented inside Qian Renxue's body, cooperating with the angel martial soul's unique recovery characteristics.

Qian Renxue's originally exhausted soul power and injuries were constantly recovering.

Meanwhile, Lu Chen had already taken the initiative to attack.

Atomic Thunderbolt Light-Speed Fist!

Lu Chen used Flash Step to arrive right in front of the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake, striking toward its vital throat spot.

Atomic Thunderbolt Light-Speed Fist was Lu Chen's most powerful move aside from the Golden Arrow.

If it were before, this single move from Lu Chen would have been enough to instantly kill this ten-thousand-year Cockscomb Phoenix Snake.

Yet now, with Lu Chen's early-stage six-senses strength, he simply could not unleash the proper might of the Atomic Thunderbolt Light-Speed Fist.

Bang!

A muffled, explosive sound burst out abruptly. The scales on the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake's throat collapsed inward by an inch under the burst of the Atomic Thunderbolt Light-Speed Fist.

Hiss-screech—!!

The intense pain transmitted from its body caused the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake to emit a shrill screech.

Its massive head jerked violently upward, and its scarlet vertical pupils were completely dyed by ferocious malice.

At this moment, the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake was thoroughly enraged, completely abandoning all surrounding movements as all its murderous intent and hatred locked entirely onto Lu Chen before it.

Its defense is truly strong.

Lu Chen shook his somewhat numb palm and said helplessly.

The gap in strength was still far too great.

Big clumsy snake, come catch me!

Seeing that the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake had placed its attention on him, Lu Chen used Flash Step to put distance between himself and the beast, speaking up to provoke it.

Although the previous strike had not dealt heavy damage to the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake, his core objective had already been achieved.

Hiss-screech—!

Ten-thousand-year soul beasts possessed intelligence. Seeing himself provoked by a mere human, coupled with the pain pulsing through his body just then, the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake went completely berserk.

Its massive snake body transformed into a blur of black shadow as it lunged toward Lu Chen.

Yet Lu Chen, prepared in advance, used Flash Step to dodge the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake's attack.

Big clumsy snake, I'm right here!

Lu Chen continued to provoke it.

Next came the ultimate game of kite-pulling.

The enraged Cockscomb Phoenix Snake increased the frequency of its attacks, sending poison mist, wind blades, and tail whips hurtling toward Lu Chen one after another.

Throughout it all, Lu Chen relied entirely on Flash Step to dodge these fatal attacks by the skin of his teeth.

Dodge left, dart right, soar aloft, leap back—every single time, he bounced repeatedly on the very edge of death.

In an instant,

wild winds howled through the forest, and shattered stones and wood chips flew in a chaotic flurry across the sky.

Yet facing such a gap in strength, while Lu Chen appeared relaxed, he was actually shouldering immense psychological pressure.

Should he slip up even slightly, he risked being buried in a snake's belly.

Coupled with the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake's increasingly rapid attack frequency, within a mere ten minutes, his physical stamina was plummeting at a swift pace.

Finally, after an ultimate evasive dodge, the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake seemed to see through Lu Chen's routine.

The moment Lu Chen just landed, its massive snake tail whistled over, carrying a ferocious gale.

Damn it, I've been anticipated by this beast!

Seeing this, Lu Chen inwardly shouted that it was bad, his eyes filled with solemnity.

Everyone possessed their own habits when fighting.

And ten-thousand-year soul beasts possessed human-like intelligence. After ten minutes of battle, this ten-thousand-year Cockscomb Phoenix Snake had predicted the landing point of his Flash Step.

Lu Chen crossed his arms to block in front of his chest, maximizing the reduction of incoming damage.

Bang!

With a muffled thud, the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake's massive tail lashed against Lu Chen's body.

The immense impact directly pierced through the defensive power of the Cloth.

Lu Chen was sent flying backward like a kite with a snapped string.

Just then, a golden figure swept out from the forest, and a pair of soft yet powerful arms steadily caught Lu Chen as he flew back.

This golden figure was none other than Qian Renxue, who had rushed over.

Holding Lu Chen's body and seeing the scarlet blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, a trace of murderous intent flashed in Qian Renxue's eyes: "You're hurt!"

Seeing Qian Renxue arrive to provide backup, the nerves that Lu Chen had kept taut finally relaxed.

Panting lightly, Lu Chen raised a hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, a nonchalant smile blooming on his face as he said, "Relax, I won't die."

"How about you? How much of your strength has recovered?"

Right now, what Lu Chen cared about most was how much of Qian Renxue's strength had recovered.

"Thirty percent."

Qian Renxue answered truthfully.

Normally, she could have continued recovering her strength.

However, she had witnessed this young man risking his life to buy time for her, walking the edge of death time and time again.

Truly worried for him, she had rushed over in haste.

Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes abruptly brightened: "Thirty percent, that's enough!"

"Qian Renxue, inject all your soul power into my soul skill in a moment."

Lu Chen instructed Qian Renxue.

With those words, Lu Chen finally released his sole soul skill—the Golden Arrow!

Purple, purple, and purple soul rings orbited in orderly fashion around Lu Chen's body, and every single pattern of the Sagittarius Golden Cloth lit up.

The cold-glinting golden arrow was aimed right at the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake as it lunged toward the two of them.

Feeling the wind pressure drawing closer and closer, Lu Chen grew unprecedentedly calm: "Are you ready, Qian Renxue?"

"Mn."

Qian Renxue let out a soft murmur without the slightest hesitation, raising a hand to brush across the golden arrow and pouring all her soul power directly into it.

Stunning streams of light immediately coursed over the golden arrow.

Lu Chen relaxed his fingertips slightly.

Hum—!!

Carrying terrifying piercing and annihilation might, the golden arrow transformed into a lingering afterimage and shot toward the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake's vital throat spot.

Swish!

Without a moment of hesitation, the arrow pierced straight through the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake's body.

The ten-thousand-year soul beast, ferocious and towering just a second before, instantly went rigid all over, its violent screeches cutting off abruptly.

Rumble!

Its massive snake body slammed heavily onto the ground, twitched a few times, and completely lost all vitality, falling in the dense forest.

"Is... is it dead?"

Looking at the massive body of the Cockscomb Phoenix Snake collapsed on the ground, Qian Renxue confirmed in a somewhat feeble voice.

"Mn, it's dead."

Lu Chen nodded in response.

The power of the Golden Arrow, fused with Qian Renxue's soul power, had doubled. The heart of this ten-thousand-year Cockscomb Phoenix Snake had already been pierced through by the arrow; it was dead beyond all doubt.

Hearing Lu Chen's confirmation, all the strength in Qian Renxue's body seemed to have been drained away.

The three pairs of golden angel wings behind her rapidly dimmed, turned ethereal, and ultimately vanished.

The divine light slowly faded from her golden pupils, returning them to clear, limpid purple.

Qian Renxue's body grew soft, and she collapsed into Lu Chen's embrace, completely unconscious.

Meanwhile, in the God Realm.

Within the towering and sacred God Realm Central Hub, shimmering streams of light wound across a white-jade-paved dome while ten thousand paths of divine brilliance cascaded downward, maintaining an eternal, quiet serenity.

Yet at this moment, Tang San, seated atop the Sea God throne, knitted his brows tightly together. His deep eyes were filled with solemnity and doubt, and the Sea God's blue light flowing around his body fluctuated unsteadily, leaking a hard-to-notice trace of disorder.

Beside him, Xiao Wu keenly perceived his anomaly. Withdrawing the gentle divine brilliance from around her body, she stepped forward with slow, light movements, her slender palm lightly brushing against the back of Tang San's hand as she inquired in soft, gentle tones, "San-ge, what happened? Everything was fine, why are you suddenly feeling so uneasy?"

Tang San raised his gaze, looking toward the direction of the Douluo Continent Plane. His vision was profound, and his tone carried a measure of perplexity and vigilance: "Just now, a mysterious force temporarily severed all connection between the God Realm and the Douluo plane."

"All divine sense links, divine power channels, and plane perceptions have been forcibly cut off without exception, as if an invisible giant hand thoroughly covered the entire Douluo Continent, making me completely unable to perceive any movement from the lower realm."

Tang San pondered slightly, his thoughts swiftly tracing backward as he sorted through the various past variables.

Ever since he ascended to the divine throne a myriad of years ago and took hold of the God Realm's authority, he had silently watched over the Douluo Continent where he was born and raised.

In recent years, the Douluo plane frequently birthed extremely powerful fortune fluctuations, faintly showing signs of plane transformation and the rise of newborn powerhouses.

Coinciding with that time, his daughter—who had grown up carefreely in the God Realm and loathed its rigid rules—had pestered him and Xiao Wu day after day, making a fuss about descending to the mortal realm to tour the Douluo Continent.

Knowing his daughter possessed a pure disposition, loved to play, and enjoyed moving about, and noting that the Douluo Continent's fortune was churning with countless fortuitous encounters, he simply went with the flow.

To ensure his daughter's safety, he personally sealed away the vast majority of Tang Wutong's divine power and memories of the God Realm, erased her past as the little princess of the God Realm, gave her the alias Wang Dong, and sent her to be fostered in the Clear Sky Sect so she could steadily undergo experiential training in the lower realm and experience all facets of mortal life.

Ever since his daughter descended to the lower realm, Tang San had always kept a plane divine sense link open, frequently observing the movements of the lower realm in secret—protecting his daughter's safety on one hand, while keeping watch over the shifting fortunes of the Douluo Continent and the birth of newborn powerhouses on the other.

Yet just moments ago, a mysterious force suddenly obscured all connection between the God Realm and the Douluo plane.

No matter whether he urged his Sea God divine power to investigate or mobilized his Asura Divine Sense to perceive, he could not pierce through that layer of intangible, bizarre barrier.

The entire Douluo Continent had completely vanished from his divine sense perception, leaving no news whatsoever.

Hearing this, Xiao Wu's pretty face shifted slightly, a trace of worry instantly flashing across the depths of her eyes: "Then will Xiao Qi..."

"Rest assured, Daming and Erming are looking after Xiao Qi over there, there won't be any issues."

Tang San reassured Xiao Wu so she could set her mind at ease.

At the exact same time his daughter descended to the lower realm, he had Daming and Erming descend as well to look after his daughter under the identities of the Clear Sky Sect's sect master and vice-sect master.

Therefore, Tang San was not worried about his daughter's safety in the lower realm.

Instead, he was pondering what manner of force could possibly isolate the connection between the God Realm and the Douluo plane.