Chapter 10

[Sign the contract of the Oath of Protection and complete the First Trial.]

Lan Changsheng had long known the content of the God of Life's First Trial: choose a life and swear an Oath of Protection.

From then on, their lives would be linked, their fates shared!

When he learned the content of this trial, the first one he thought of was Ah Yin. She was also the one he most wanted to protect.

But having their lives linked and their fates shared made him hesitate.

After setting foot on the path to godhood, peace was no longer his to enjoy. Only endless danger and battle awaited him ahead.

The Divine Realm would not tolerate a Soul Beast becoming a god. Even now, while he was still on the Douluo Continent, there were already so many people walking the path to godhood.

What the system had mentioned was also Lan Changsheng's greatest worry: would their final trial be to hunt him down?

That was why he had kept putting off swearing the Oath of Protection.

"Maybe I should leave first."

Lan Changsheng sensed the Blue Silver Grass outside the city and prepared to teleport.

But he was facing Spirit Hall's two strongest experts. Seeing her first strike fail, Bibi Dong swiftly switched Soul Skills. Her twin blades blocked the four Blue Silver Spider Spears, while the fifth Soul Ring around her blazed.

"Fifth Soul Skill: Soul Devouring Myriad Forms!"

The Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor's head appeared in front of Bibi Dong, opening its bloody maw wide as it bit toward Lan Changsheng.

Lan Changsheng reacted swiftly. Another Blue Silver Spider Spear emerged from his back and stabbed into the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor's gaping maw.

But the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor made no attempt to dodge. Even as the stab drew a thin, cracking growl from it, it endured the wound of the Blue Silver Spider Spear piercing through it and sank its teeth into Lan Changsheng.

Empowered by the Rakshasa God's Divine Power, the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor's sharp teeth pierced Lan Changsheng's defenses. Pain that tore at his Divine Soul made his body shudder.

His grip on the Long Spear suddenly weakened as well, and Qian Daoliu drove it back into him.

Bang!

Lan Changsheng crashed into a distant house. He could feel that his ability to teleport had temporarily vanished.

"I've temporarily devoured his ability to teleport through Blue Silver Grass. It won't last long. Show your real strength, and don't underestimate him!" Bibi Dong transmitted her voice to Qian Daoliu.

"If I show my real strength, I'm afraid you'll die before this Soul Beast does," Qian Daoliu replied through voice transmission.

"You!"

Though he did not know why Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu had suddenly started arguing, Lan Changsheng could sense that something of his was within Bibi Dong.

Although his Life Divine Power maintained the connection and was locked in a tug-of-war with Bibi Dong, the process would take around ten minutes.

For ten minutes, Lan Changsheng would have to face Spirit Hall's two strongest people without his greatest mobility ability. The difficulty was considerable indeed.

[Host, are you still unwilling?]

Planting his Long Spear against the ground, Lan Changsheng stood up.

He looked at the two before him. Qian Daoliu's golden eyes were calm and unruffled, while Bibi Dong's scarlet eyes brimmed with greed.

"Divine Slaughter's Domain!"

The Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor's dark green Soul Power surged out of Bibi Dong, and countless strands of murderous malice buried deep in her flesh and bones erupted.

A dark red halo, as somber as congealed blood, spread outward with her at its center. Bloody mist swiftly filled a hundred-zhang radius, becoming a boundless Divine Slaughter's Domain.

Disgust filled Qian Daoliu's face. Golden Angel Divine Light enveloped him, keeping the "filth" within Bibi Dong's domain at bay.

Lan Changsheng felt the air around him abruptly freeze. The vitality of the vegetation rapidly withered, crumbling into gray-white dust. It was as though nothing remained between heaven and earth but bone-chilling killing intent, constantly surging.

Even his own consciousness was slowly growing cold, and his vitality was being stripped away. It seemed Bibi Dong coveted his Soul Rings and Soul Bones very much.

Within the Divine Slaughter's Domain, invisible pressure bore down, preventing even dust from rising. Tiny blood-colored Slaughter Runes appeared in the void like brands from hell, while towering murderous intent tore at Lan Changsheng's consciousness in layer after layer.

In that case...

"Domain: Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Domain!"

Within a hundred-zhang radius centered on Lan Changsheng, not only the Blue Silver Grass but every plant in the domain developed silver-blue patterns across its leaves, emitting a faint glow.

Golden veins formed the distinctive patterns of Blue Silver Grass, like the earth's blood vessels, forcing Bibi Dong's Divine Slaughter's Domain back.

The previously frozen air became moist and warm again, carrying the fresh fragrance of vegetation. Within the domain, flowers became trees and trees became forests, peaceful and tranquil, in stark contrast to Bibi Dong's domain.

Their domains constantly collided, each suppressing the other.

A layer of scarlet covered Bibi Dong's eyes. All the murderous aura around her coiled around the Spider Spears on her back, and bloody light flowed over every dark green spike.

"Qian Daoliu, stop standing there!"

"Even if you are the Pope, you have no right to order me around." Qian Daoliu, who had been admiring the Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Domain, was very displeased by Bibi Dong's interruption.

But he also knew there was no time left to waste. Holding the Angel Holy Sword, Qian Daoliu took the initiative to enter Lan Changsheng's Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Domain.

"This scene brimming with vitality really is delightful. Unfortunately, it will never be seen again.

Seventh Soul Skill: Angel True Body!"

The source power of Qian Daoliu's mighty Angel Martial Soul was unleashed. His body swelled, his six wings grew dozens of times larger, and the Angel Holy Sword in his hand became so enormous that it reached straight into the heavens.

Yet it did not touch Bibi Dong's domain. If the Divine Slaughter's Domain came into contact with the angel's holy radiance, it would melt in an instant.

Sensing the enemy's intrusion, the flowers among the plants in the Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Domain sprayed pollen, strengthening the surrounding plants and parasitizing every enemy within the domain. But all of it was blocked by the Angel Divine Light around Qian Daoliu.

Towering trees swung their branches, with Long Spears formed from countless strands of Blue Silver Grass at their tips. Reflecting a metallic gleam, they attacked Qian Daoliu like meteor hammers, trailing fierce gusts.

"Second Soul Skill: Angel Feather Blades!"

The second Soul Ring around Qian Daoliu flashed. Dozens of sharp golden feathers of light appeared around him, forming a lotus-like sword formation that spun constantly, swiftly cutting through the giant trees' branches to clear a path for him.

But within the Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Domain, the plants' vitality was nearly endless. Cut one branch off, and it grew back in the blink of an eye, continuing to entangle Qian Daoliu.

"Damn it." The Angel Holy Sword in Qian Daoliu's hand flashed and erupted in roaring flames, igniting the golden feather blades around him as well.

"Angel Holy Fire, burn all evil to ashes!"

His entire figure resembled a blazing golden fire lotus.

"I'm no evil creature." Lan Changsheng's gaze was grave.

"Never mind that you, a Soul Beast, actually dare aspire to godhood, already defying heaven. Anyone who refuses to honor my will is evil!" Qian Daoliu roared.

"Is this what humans are? Have you never considered that if you keep hunting like this, one day Soul Beasts will go extinct? How will you Soul Masters advance then?!" Lan Changsheng roared as well.

"Deceitful words to mislead the masses! Utter nonsense!" Qian Daoliu clearly knew, but he was unwilling to face the question. He could only try to silence Lan Changsheng with ferocious attacks.

"Hahaha! You know better than anyone whether I'm misleading the masses. A Soul Beast has to reach a hundred years before you consider it a good choice for a First Soul Ring. But without obtaining your First Soul Ring, how long can you live? Haha..."