A Martial Soul Every Bit as Powerful as the Six-Winged Angel? Qian Renxue Was Stunned

At the same time, the doors and windows of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace Crown Prince's Eastern Palace tightly closed.

Xue Qinghe, dressed in a bright yellow prince's everyday robe, sat upright behind the large imperial desk.

He had a handsome face and a gentle smile on his lips.

Beneath the imperial desk, Lin Xiao, the commander of the Eastern Palace Guard, stood with his back bent, holding a Rosewood tray in both hands.

In the very center of the tray lay the palm-sized, dark gold dragon scale.

"Your Highness, this is what happened." Lin Xiao lowered his head. "Su Chen acted extremely domineeringly. He publicly refused tonight's banquet, but accepted Skywave Villa without any politeness. I once tested his Soul Power of a level 64 Soul Emperor. He didn't even release his Martial Soul, but with just a strange bloodline pressure, he made my blood and qi stagnate."

"Can you suppress a level 64 Battle Soul Emperor just by virtue of your bloodline pressure?"

Xue Qinghe's gentle smile gradually faded, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"In the secret report Qin Ming submitted to the Education Committee, it was said that this person displayed Fourth Soul Ring that had lasted for ten thousand years in Suotuo City and crushed Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Avatar with his bare hands. At first, I thought Qin Ming was exaggerating to shirk responsibility for the defeat, but now it seems... this kid's foundation is even more unfathomable than what the secret report stated."

Lin Xiao took a deep breath and pointed to the scales on the tray. "Your Highness, this is Token of Trust that Su Chen asked me to deliver to you. He also asked me to convey a message that he will pay a visit in three days."

Xue Qinghe raised an eyebrow, staring at the dark golden scale on the tray. "You may leave now. Just send your guards to keep watch on the perimeter of the Skywave Villa from a distance. Without my permission, no one is allowed to approach within a hundred feet of the villa, and even less are they allowed to provoke him."

"Yes, I'll take my leave!" Lin Xiao bowed and left the study.

As the footsteps faded into the distance, two aged figures silently emerged from the shadows of the screen behind the study.

These two are Titled Douluo sent by the Spirit Hall to the Eastern Palace to protect Qian Renxue: the Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue the Snake Lance Douluo She Long.

"Young Master, a mere twelve-year-old boy, even if he has had some extraordinary encounters, is far too arrogant!" She Long's eyes were cold.

"Don't be reckless."

As soon as Xue Qinghe opened his mouth, his voice shed its feigned gentle masculine tone and returned to Qian Renxue's clear, cold, and noble girlish timbre.

Qian Renxue slowly stood up, extended her slender, fair fingers, and picked up the dark gold dragon scale on the tray.

The instant the scales were touched... a wisp of pure Yang energy that Su Chen had deliberately sealed away suddenly awakened!

Qian Renxue's expression changed drastically. The Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul that she had been suppressing and hiding within her body through the secret technique of the Soul Bone was now resonating violently and uncontrollably under the provocation of this foreign aura.

Boom... A dazzling golden holy flame exploded from Qian Renxue's palm.

A faint golden Six-Winged Angel mark appeared on her forehead, and a pair of illusory golden wings flashed across her back!

"Young Master!"

Ci Xue and She Long were shocked and stepped forward.

Qian Renxue clenched her fists tightly, channeling her powerful Angel Soul Power, which was over level seventy, into her body.

Golden flames surged wildly in his palm for a full three breaths before a soft cracking sound rang out, completely burning the dark gold dragon scale and the wisp of Pure Yang Dragon Qi within it to ashes!

The golden light in the study vanished, and Qian Renxue transformed back into the appearance of Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

She slowly opened her palm, staring at the faint red mark left by the Dragon Qi on her hand, her narrow phoenix eyes churning with turbulent waves.

Ci Xue pressed, "Young Master, are you alright? What strange thing is hidden in these scales?"

He knew better than anyone what Six-Winged Angel represented: a divine Martial Soul with innate level 20 and full Soul Power. Looking across the entire continent, apart from Pope Bibi Dong and a few top elders, how could anyone possibly provoke a Six-Winged Angel's instinctive counterattack based solely on the aura attached to an inanimate object?

"Such domineering Pure Yang Dragon Qi."

Qian Renxue stared at the red mark on her palm, her chest heaving slightly. Her eyes held suppressed anger at being offended, yet also a hint of apprehension and curiosity at having met her match. "Ordinary Beast Martial Soul would struggle to even raise their heads before me. But the aura sealed within that scale just now was in no way inferior to that of Six-Winged Angel!"

She Long gasped, "Not at all weaker than Six-Winged Angel? When did such a divine-level dragon Martial Soul appear on the continent? Could it be some kind of ultimate mutation hidden by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"

"It could never be the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon." Qian Renxue shook her head and sneered, "I've seen that old guy Yu Yuanzhen before. His Thunder Dragon Might is like a firefly compared to the moon in front of this aura. No wonder this kid can absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring with a level forty Soul Power, and no wonder Ning Fengzhi's daughter and Dugu Bo's granddaughter are willing to revolve around him."

"Interesting, very interesting indeed." Qian Renxue wiped the ashes from her palm with a silk handkerchief, the murderous intent in her eyes slowly fading, replaced by a burning determination. "I thought Heaven Dou City was full of mediocre fools, but I never expected such an ancient ferocious dragon to fly in from the Balak Kingdom. Have you investigated his background? What is Bibi Dong's attitude towards him?"

Ci Xue hurriedly bowed and replied, "Young Master, this boy's name is Su Chen. He comes from Holy Soul Village, and his awakening at the age of six alarmed the Notting Branch Hall. A few days ago in the Star Dou Great Forest, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan secretly appeared on the Pope's orders and blocked a hammer blow from Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao for him. However, according to reports from our spies, this boy is extremely arrogant and only receives investment from the Spirit Hall; he has not formally become a disciple of the Pope."

"Even that woman hasn't completely won him over yet, so he only dares to send Yue Guan to sell her, okay?" Qian Renxue's eyes lit up.

She was at odds with Bibi Dong and her daughter, and they were like oil and water. The more Bibi Dong valued someone but could not have them, the more likely she was to win them over in Heaven Dou City and form an alliance with them. If she were to return to Spirit City to seize power in the future, it would be a sharp knife piercing Bibi Dong's heart.

"She Long, Ci Xue."

Qian Renxue turned around and instructed, "I heard that the Fourth Prince Xue Beng went to Prince Xue Xing's residence yesterday and is joining forces with a few old fogies from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to give the Dragon God Team a hard time?"

"Exactly." She Long nodded. "The remnants of Qin Ming's army are Xue Beng and lamenting in the academy. That little beast Xue Beng usually pretends to be crazy, but this time the Imperial Family has lost face, and he's taking this opportunity to curry favor with Prince Xue Xing. I heard he's already set up a trap on the only road to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

"Very good. Send someone to secretly add fuel to the Xue Beng by leaking the information to Xue Beng that Su Chen has moved into the Skywave Villa and is going to lead a group to challenge the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy early tomorrow morning."

Qian Renxue walked to the window, pushed open a crack, and looked towards the direction of the Skywave Villa in the east of the city.

"I want to see with my own eyes what methods he will use to break the deadlock when he encounters both Xue Beng and Dugu Bo at the same time."

As night fell, steam rose from the hot spring pavilion behind the Skywave Villa. Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu lay by the pool, chatting and laughing softly.

Su Chen leaned against the warm white jade pool wall, closed his eyes, and circulated the "Ancestral Dragon Indestructible Body" to refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed during the day into his bones.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from the corridor outside the waterside pavilion.

Dugu Yan, who should have been waiting for orders at the Dugu Manor, walked in quickly with a solemn expression, wearing a dark black cloak.

"Captain!" Dugu Yan walked straight to the edge of the hot spring pool and squatted down.

"Half an hour ago, Prince Xue Xing, accompanied by the Fourth Prince Xue Beng, personally visited my grandfather, forcing him to take charge at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's mountain gate first thing tomorrow morning!"