That day, as usual, Su Yuan sparred with Mo Yunxing after breakfast, getting a feel for his Soul Power after his breakthrough.
The bedchamber, quiet for two and a half months, suddenly erupted with a terrifying aura as fathomless as an abyss, as dreadful as a prison, and a jade-green pillar of light shot into the sky.
The immense pressure instantly swept across more than half of Star Luo City. Countless people bent under its weight, bowing their heads toward the rising pillar of light.
Even Luo Shan, Mo Yunxing, and the others in the prince's residence were no exception.
Only Su Yuan remained standing perfectly straight.
Of course, this was not because he was powerful enough to withstand the aura. Rather, when it reached Su Yuan, it actually turned aside and went around him.
That was what unconditional affection was worth.
Perhaps even Wang Xian'er had not noticed that the aura she unconsciously released had instinctively skirted around him.
Looking up at the pillar of light in the sky, Su Yuan's eyes sparkled with anticipation.
"Has Granny Wang finally come out of seclusion? I wonder if this transformation let her break straight through to the level 99 limit?"
Even Su Yuan himself did not believe Wang Xian'er could advance all the way from level 95 to level 99 in just two and a half months.
Besides, he knew perfectly well that she lacked the most important thing: a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
But that did not stop him from hoping.
The aura continued to intensify, spreading from half of Star Luo City to encompass the entire city.
Within the brilliant jade-green pillar of light, an enormous humanoid phantom gradually emerged.
Her features were indistinct, but her expression held compassion for all living beings. Five pairs of enormous wings of light stretched to their fullest behind her, blotting out the sky and sun. With her hands cupped before her heart, she lowered her head and gazed gently upon the people of Star Luo City.
At that moment, the immense aura enveloping Star Luo City vanished completely.
Those who had been bent beneath its pressure could finally raise their heads and look toward the pillar of light, clearly seeing the Healing Angel True Body with ten wings upon her back.
Gazing up at this Martial Soul Avatar, like the manifestation of a deity, everyone strangely felt no fear at all. Instead, they felt only an inexplicable warmth that even they could not understand.
It was as though they all believed, from the bottom of their hearts, that this angel would never harm them and would only protect them.
Of course, Wang Xian'er really would not harm them.
But this alone showed just how terrifying an improvement Wang Xian'er had gained after her breakthrough. Before this, she had never possessed such an almost brainwashing power of affinity.
To ordinary people, this affinity might not seem like much.
But to powerful experts, an ability that came close to altering people's perceptions was enough to make their scalps prickle.
The last similar ability had been the effect of Su Yuan's [Rich Lady, I Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore] trait...
For now, Su Yuan could not understand such a high-level passive skill, and because his own buff was of a higher level than Wang Xian'er's, he did not feel that sense of warmth either.
All he could see now was the beautiful figure standing upon the Angel True Body's outspread hands, wearing a faint, elegant smile and a long feather-woven dress, with five pairs of emerald-green wings unfurled behind her.
As though treading invisible stairs, she descended through the air step by step, walking toward Su Yuan.
Yet the most eye-catching thing was not even her breathtaking beauty, but the Soul Rings surrounding her!
They were not two yellow, two purple, and five black.
Instead... there were seven black and two red!
"How is that possible?!" Su Yuan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
Unable to believe his own eyes for a moment, he even reached up and rubbed them.
The pillar of light and the Angel Phantom gradually faded, and Wang Xian'er stood firmly on the ground before Su Yuan.
"What's wrong, Little Yuan? Why do you look so incredulous?" Wang Xian'er chuckled. As she spoke, the ten wings behind her and the Soul Rings around her slowly dissolved into the air.
Then...
Her face did not revert to its aged, decrepit appearance when she withdrew her Martial Soul. Instead, it remained fixed at the loveliest moment of a sixteen-year-old maiden's youth!
But with all his attention on her Soul Rings, Su Yuan did not notice this detail at first.
"Granny Wa... uh." Su Yuan paused, only then noticing that Wang Xian'er's appearance had not changed.
"Big Sister Xian'er... what's going on with your Soul Rings? And what's your Soul Power Level now?"
Su Yuan asked eagerly.
He could not help it. He was simply too curious!
Besides, this would determine how straight he could hold his spine when he went to Shrek later-and how firmly he could stand would also determine how difficult it would be for him to obtain Keywords at Shrek Academy.
Wang Xian'er did not answer directly. Instead, she glanced at the people around them in the prince's residence, then sensed the experts of Star Luo City continuously gathering outside.
Several Titled Douluo auras were already approaching at great speed. Without question, they belonged to the Star Luo Empire's other Guardian Douluo and consecrated experts, and even included the Star Luo Emperor, Xu Jiawei.
She did not mind telling Su Yuan these secrets, because he was the person she trusted most, and her current cultivation owed much to his help.
If Su Yuan asked, she would tell him everything she knew.
But the others had no right to know so much.
"I'll tell you in a bit. Let your big sister deal with the others first." Smiling, Wang Xian'er reached out and pinched Su Yuan's cheek, then nodded in satisfaction.
"You've also broken through to level 29 while I was in seclusion. Very good. Once you reach level 30, I'll personally accompany you to obtain a Soul Ring."
She had accepted being called his big sister.
Su Yuan was taken aback again.
But before he could say anything more, one expert after another, their auras deep and vast, appeared in the air outside the prince's residence.
Not a single one approached. By tacit agreement, they all stayed at least three hundred meters from the residence, silently waiting for Wang Xian'er.
This was not merely out of respect for Wang Xian'er's status and prestige in the Star Luo Empire, but also because of the terrifying aura she had just unleashed.
The Star Luo Empire...
Had never had an expert like this!
Or rather, level 98 experts had appeared in the Star Luo Empire's ten-thousand-year history, but a level 98 healing-type Super Douluo was truly the first of her kind since heaven and earth were split apart!
She was truly the strongest healing-type Soul Master in history!
"Please come in, everyone." Wang Xian'er's ethereal, gentle voice rang out beside the ears of every expert at the Titled Douluo level and above.
The next instant, streaks of light in various colors swept across the sky, rushed into the prince's residence, and landed in its garden.
Su Yuan recognized none of their faces, but he had heard most of their illustrious titles.
Shattered Star Douluo, Giant Hammer Douluo, Heavenly Fiend Douluo, Giant Strength Douluo, Xuanji Douluo, Man Yi, whose exact title he did not know... and the Star Luo Emperor, Star Crown Douluo Xu Jiawei.
"Our respects, Elder Wang."
None of them, including Xu Jiawei, immediately asked any questions. Instead, they dutifully bowed to Wang Xian'er.
"There's no need for such formalities." Wang Xian'er's voice remained gentle as she looked at them with a smile.
"I know why you have come. But as you have seen, this old woman encountered a small opportunity and was fortunate enough to break through to level 98 during this period of seclusion."
"Hiss..." The Titled Douluo present all sucked in a breath of cold air, doing their part to make the birth of a Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave that much harder.
She really was level 98!
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