Dancer on the Blade's Edge

Enduring the excruciating pain, Mu Chen closed his eyes as his second Soul Ring lit up.

"Second Soul Skill—Annihilation Slash!"

Mu Chen used Shape-Shifting Shadow once more and appeared before the Man Faced Demon Spider. The Emperor Dragon Sword in his hand actually pierced straight through the Man Faced Demon Spider's black carapace.

Even Qian Renxue's fourth Soul Skill had been unable to achieve this, yet the second Soul Skill of a mere Soul Grandmaster had done it, tearing open a wound as large as an arm.

Mu Chen thrust his Dark Gold Dreadclaw directly inside and churned everything within into a mess. He did not care what organs they were; he simply turned them into pulp.

At the same time, Mu Chen constantly shifted his position. With a burst of force from his hand, he widened the wound until it covered nearly half the Man Faced Demon Spider's body. Large amounts of disgusting mucus flowed from its body as the Man Faced Demon Spider struggled desperately.

But Mu Chen evaded them all. After finishing this, he quickly retreated and opened the distance.

His back was drenched in cold sweat. Heaven knew how dangerous it had been to attack beside the Man Faced Demon Spider. Aside from his trembling body, each sweep of those spider legs had seemed capable of striking him, yet he had narrowly avoided every one of them. He was truly a warrior dancing on the blade's edge.

Qian Renxue's first Soul Skill had continuously dissolved and slowed the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Power. Although she had never trained with Mu Chen and this was their first time working together, the results seemed quite good.

Qian Renxue felt a greater sense of respect for this bold and skilled little boy. If she had not seen wrong, that was the palm bone of a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear!

His second Soul Skill must have come from a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear as well. Otherwise, it could not have been so powerful.

The two of them were still testing the boundaries of life and death, and Mu Chen remained highly vigilant at all times.

When he felt his Soul Power running dry, Mu Chen withdrew. Qian Renxue did not simply stand by either, taking over the rest herself.

The Man Faced Demon Spider no longer posed much of a threat to her.

Seeing the Man Faced Demon Spider finally collapse, Mu Chen let out a sigh of relief before passing out.

Although the Nine Dragon Hairpin had doubled his strength, the burden on Mu Chen's body was immense, especially when he was using power that did not belong to him.

Qian Renxue also breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the finally dead Man Faced Demon Spider. A Man Faced Demon Spider with ten thousand years of cultivation had indeed been far stronger than her current self. She truly had that little fellow to thank.

That little fellow? Qian Renxue walked over to Mu Chen. Seeing his delicate, handsome face, she bit her cherry lips.

This idiot... Still, his strength and methods were indeed varied. Looking at Mu Chen's youthful appearance, he was probably not even ten years old.

Yet this little fellow had actually saved her. In some ways, his strength and methods were even greater than hers.

Qian Renxue gave Mu Chen a complicated look, then helped him up and carried him on her back. She intended to find a place for them to recover their Soul Power first. Otherwise, if another Thousand-Year Soul Beast appeared, the two of them would die in this tiny place.

More than two hours later, Mu Chen opened his eyes, only to realize that something was wrong.

Hmm? Why was he in a cave? And what was going on with his body? Why was he tied up by these messy vine-like things? Had a plant-type Soul Beast trapped him?

Mu Chen sorted out his thoughts somewhat, then saw Qian Renxue walk in. When she saw that he had awakened, she looked somewhat delighted.

This little fellow's recovery ability had truly exceeded her expectations. It seemed that although this was her first time doing this, the results were not bad.

"Um, could you untie these vines around me first?

They're squeezing me so hard I can barely breathe, and they're affecting my Soul Power and injury recovery.

Besides, I suffered internal injuries. Doing this is useless." Mu Chen said helplessly. So being wrapped up like a dumpling had been Qian Renxue's handiwork?

If Mu Chen had not known what had happened, he would have thought he and Qian Renxue were sworn enemies.

"Ah? I... I thought this was a healing plant. Sorry."

Qian Renxue's pretty face reddened slightly when she heard Mu Chen's words. She had thought she had done well, but the truth proved that it had merely been her own wishful thinking.

Qian Renxue untied the vines around Mu Chen, her jade-like hands occasionally brushing against his body.

Meanwhile, Mu Chen stared blankly at Qian Renxue's breathtaking beauty. Seeing her from such close range made her beauty all the more vivid. Mu Chen looked at her swan-like slender neck and was about to look lower when...

Mu Chen: Painful yet blissful~ "Why are you staring at me like that? Is there a flower on my face?" Qian Renxue could not help asking after Mu Chen kept staring at her. This child seemed a little too mischievous.

Still, he was so young that he was probably just curious. Qian Renxue did not think much of it.

"You're much prettier than any flower~ Ah, be gentler." Mu Chen snapped back to his senses after Qian Renxue's words. Was this what it felt like to have his heart stirred?

Was he really that shallow, caring only about appearances and not one's inner self? Well, it seemed they had not reached the point of understanding each other's inner selves yet. Their relationship was not there.

"You're so young, yet you already have so many crooked thoughts. When you grow up, you'll definitely become a womanizing playboy who specializes in deceiving girls. Hmph!" Qian Renxue said irritably as she finished removing all the vines from Mu Chen's body.

"By the way, why are you here at such a young age?" Qian Renxue asked as she sat beside him.

"I came to obtain my second Soul Ring. I already got it, but afterward, guided by fate, I came here," Mu Chen said without even blushing.

"You..."

Qian Renxue rubbed her forehead but did not press him further. She could tell that Mu Chen did not want to talk about it, so she would not force him.

"Then why are you here?" Mu Chen asked in return.

"Like you, I came to obtain a Soul Ring. Except I was obtaining my fifth Soul Ring. But I encountered that Man Faced Demon Spider on the way," Qian Renxue said with a sigh.

Even now, Qian Renxue had still received no news from Snake Lance or Porcupine Douluo. She had no idea whether something had happened to them.

"Your fifth Soul Ring? You're already Rank 50?

You only look about sixteen or seventeen, don't you?" Mu Chen looked at Qian Renxue in astonishment.

Qian Renxue proudly raised her head. "Of course. My talent is the best on the continent!"

The best on the continent?

Well, that did not seem like much of an exaggeration.

After all, Qian Renxue would be the first to become a god.

"Amazing, amazing!"

Mu Chen turned into a little fanboy and clapped for Qian Renxue. This made Qian Renxue smile, elevating her charm to another level and leaving Mu Chen momentarily dazed.

"You're not bad either. You actually did something even I couldn't do. You're only a Soul Grandmaster, yet you managed to inflict such severe damage on a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider.

By the way, your abilities are very unusual. Your Martial Soul is a sword.

But whenever you used your Martial Soul and Soul Skills, it felt as though there was something extra—could that be the Sword Qi you mentioned?" Qian Renxue asked curiously.

Although Spirit Hall had many top-tier experts, without exception, none of them wielded sword Martial Souls.

Even those who possessed sword Martial Souls could not cultivate to the level of Sword Douluo.

There was more than one wielder of a sword Martial Soul, but there was only one Sword Douluo.