Gathering his scattered thoughts, Qian Ran strode over to Tang Ya.
"Are your injuries all right?" Qian Ran asked with some concern. If Tang Ya had been seriously injured, he would not let Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei off.
After all, Tang Ya had only just endured his ravaging, and her body was already frail. Now she had gone through such an intense battle as well.
"I'm fine. I just exhausted my Soul Power." Tang Ya shook her head. Her physical strength was now far greater than an ordinary Soul Elder's, and Bei Bei's attacks could not pose much of a threat to her.
If her total Soul Power had not been so low, she would not have feared Bei Bei or Xu Sanshi at all.
Still uneasy, Qian Ran carefully examined Tang Ya's body, then released his Martial Soul to heal her. Bathed in the golden radiance of an angel, Tang Ya's minor injuries rapidly healed.
That holy presence made Qian Ran seem like a Son of Light who had stepped out of the light itself, with an air untouched by the mortal world. That holy, otherworldly bearing made the already handsome and dashing Qian Ran look even more beautiful.
Qian Ran's bearing now was completely different from the fiendishly alluring presence of a demonic god he had displayed while attacking Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei.
It was as though Qian Ran possessed two personalities, leaving both Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya staring in a daze.
"Qian Ran, what's going on with your Martial Soul?"
"Sorry, that must be your secret. I was being presumptuous."
Jiang Nannan could not restrain her curiosity, but only after the words left her mouth did she realize that she and Qian Ran were not yet well acquainted. Rashly asking Qian Ran such a private question was very rude in the Soul Master World.
Still, Qian Ran's Martial Soul truly astonished Jiang Nannan.
When Qian Ran had released his Martial Soul earlier, he had been like a god of slaughter, that pure evil presence carrying a thick deathly Qi.
If Tang Ya carried the presence of an Evil Soul Master, then Qian Ran was far more formidable than an Evil Soul Master! Surely an ordinary Evil Soul Master could not possibly be as powerful as Qian Ran had just been?
Yet now, the presence around Qian Ran was so holy that Jiang Nannan felt he was an angel who had descended from heaven into the mortal world! That presence of light lent Qian Ran the gentle, jade-like grace of a gentleman.
Switching between two such extreme personalities in an instant left not only Jiang Nannan but even Tang Ya utterly amazed.
"My Martial Soul has two different manifestations, one evil and one holy. When I dealt with Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi earlier, I used the powers of the evil angel. I usually call him the Fallen Angel, meaning an angel who has fallen." Qian Ran smiled and explained to the two girls.
That was not wrong, either.
The Fallen Angel's power came from Electrolux. In his own world, Electrolux had originally been the Son of Light, wholeheartedly revering the light. But later, after suffering all manner of injustice, he had fallen into darkness. After receiving the Undead Archmage's legacy, he had fallen to become the Death God, the Undead Calamity.
"So that's how it is. The Fallen Angel's power is terrifying, almost like an Evil Soul Master's." Still shaken, Jiang Nannan stuck out her little tongue. Qian Ran's ferocity earlier had left her dumbstruck.
"Then what about your current form?" Jiang Nannan looked curiously at Qian Ran's present appearance. The holy light radiating from the wings of light behind him left her helplessly entranced. Beneath that radiance, Jiang Nannan felt wonderfully comfortable and warm all over.
"This is the Angel Martial Soul's main form. I call it the Holy Angel. Normally, I don't use the Fallen Angel form. The Holy Angel's power comes from light, from the sun, so it is utterly pure and holy," Qian Ran continued to explain.
"I see." Understanding dawned on Jiang Nannan. She finally understood why Qian Ran could change so drastically in an instant. His Martial Soul was truly miraculous! Either form could be called outrageously powerful. In Jiang Nannan's eyes, this was the strongest Martial Soul in the world.
Jiang Nannan undoubtedly preferred Qian Ran like this. Simply sitting beside him made her feel refreshed and carefree. A pleasant scent emanated from Qian Ran, like the fragrance left on clothes after a whole day in the blazing sun, giving her a warm feeling, as though she were bathed in a spring breeze.
Still, the bewitching side he had shown while cutting down all before him had also struck her as immensely commanding.
Like evil, like a demon, yet also supremely holy and radiant.
Those two different figures kept intertwining in the two girls' minds.
Tang Ya lay in Qian Ran's arms with happiness written all over her face, feeling blissful beyond measure. She had always known she was not worthy of him. If she had not been lucky, how could a man like Qian Ran ever have become involved with her?
Of Qian Ran's two forms, one was domineering and evil, while the other was unbelievably holy, giving girls two different experiences.
One could say that Qian Ran had every type girls liked!
When it came to romance, he was the gentle type, making it impossible to bear being apart from him for even a second. When it came to getting down to business, he was incomparably domineering and forceful, wearing her out in a way she both feared and loved.
In less than a minute, Tang Ya had fully recovered.
It was also at that moment that a group of Shrek Academy teachers arrived.
The sudden appearance of an evil presence within Shrek Academy had made its teachers think an Evil Soul Master had infiltrated the academy to carry out some evil activity.
"Are those Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei? Were they attacked?"
Everyone was shocked to see Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei lying miserably on the ground.
"Those two are Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan."
Everyone was baffled. Judging by Tang Ya's and Jiang Nannan's reactions, this did not seem to be an Evil Soul Master invasion. But what had that presence earlier been about?
"Why is this brat here too?" Zhou Yi was dumbfounded when she saw Qian Ran. Ever since the class assignments, why had every disturbance in the academy involved Qian Ran? Could he have caused this one too?
"Go back to your own business, everyone. I'll handle things here personally." At that moment, Yan Shaozhe walked over and addressed the Shrek Academy teachers who had hurried there.
The evil presence that had suddenly erupted from Tang Ya could not possibly have gone unnoticed in Shrek Academy, where experts gathered like clouds.
As Shrek Academy's dean, Yan Shaozhe would naturally come to investigate.
Seeing how rapidly Tang Ya's strength had soared, Yan Shaozhe had initially wondered whether she really had become an Evil Soul Master. Yet her mind did not seem to have been affected, and her disposition remained that of a normal person.
In other words, Tang Ya had simply gained an Evil Soul Master's power, nothing more.
To possess an Evil Soul Master's power alone without being affected by an evil Martial Soul's evil Qi was truly rather astonishing.
He was intensely curious about why Tang Ya had undergone such a change!
After seeing the two forms of Qian Ran's Martial Soul, Yan Shaozhe understood completely! Qian Ran was simply a genius! He had actually used his Martial Soul's characteristics to protect Tang Ya's mind from being affected.
Originally, Tang Ya's talent could only be considered average, falling short even of the threshold for entering the Inner Court. But now, she could be called a genius second only to Qian Ran in the Outer Court!
As for whether Tang Ya was an Evil Soul Master, Yan Shaozhe had already reached his conclusion.
As long as Qian Ran was there, Tang Ya would never become an Evil Soul Master!
He was now considering whether to have Qian Ran help Xiaotao become like Tang Ya as well.
If it succeeded, Xiaotao's strength would surely increase further.
But if he did that, Xiaotao would remain bound to Qian Ran. After all, she would have to keep relying on Qian Ran to suppress her Evil Martial Soul's evil Qi to keep her mind from being affected.
Qian Ran had handed him quite a dilemma!
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