"What's wrong?" Hu Liena asked, puzzled.
Xuan Ming hesitated for a moment, "Why don't you change your clothes first? I don't think this is quite appropriate."
Hu Liena blushed slightly, "You've seen this before, haven't you?"
"That happened almost ten years ago," Xuan Ming said.
"I'm not a child anymore, and neither are you."
"What, you can't hold back now?" Hu Liena tentatively leaned closer, but before she could continue teasing him, Xuan Ming started emanating a chill.
"Calm down," Xuan Ming said.
"..." Hu Liena.
Sometimes you really drive me crazy!
Chapter 194 The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Clan
"You came to see me so late at night, you didn't come here to tell me to calm down, did you?"
After being stimulated by the cold aura emanating from Xuan Ming, Hu Liena's little scheme was extinguished.
Because she knew very well that if she continued, Xuan Ming would turn into an ice block, literally an ice block!
"This is for you." Xuan Ming took out the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus.
"I've taken care of it; it shouldn't cause you any trouble."
Hu Liena looked puzzled. "What do you mean, 'should'?"
"I'm not entirely sure if it really has no effect," Xuan Ming said.
If you're worried...
Knock knock!
Before Xuan Ming could finish speaking, a knock on the door suddenly rang out, interrupting him.
" Nana, are you alright?"
Bibi Dong asked from outside the door.
"I'm fine!" Hu Liena was a little nervous and instinctively pulled Xuan Ming to hide him in the bedroom.
"What are you doing?" Xuan Ming asked.
"The teacher's coming, you'd better hide!" Hu Liena said in a low voice.
"She's here, why should I hide?" Xuan Ming asked, puzzled.
"..."
The door opened, Bibi Dong walked in.
Seeing Hu Liena's guilty expression and the lingering chill in the room, Bibi Dong roughly guessed what had just happened.
"It seems I've come at the wrong time." Bibi Dong sat down.
"Actually, I was just about to go find you." Xuan Ming picked up the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus.
"I've dealt with this, but it's still not entirely safe. Why don't you keep an eye on her from the side?"
"It's been dealt with?" Bibi Dong was taken aback and reached out to touch the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus.
"That resentment has indeed dissipated, but... let's give it a try."
Although the resentful spirit of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox was lurking in Hu Liena's body, with her there, there shouldn't be any major problems.
"How do you use this?" Hu Liena asked, holding the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus in both hands, looking at Xuan Ming.
"Release your Demon Fox Martial Soul and communicate with it using your Divine Power," Xuan Ming said.
"Hmm." Hu Liena slowly sat cross-legged on the ground, gently lifted the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus with both hands, placed it between her eyebrows, and released her Divine Power.
In an instant, the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus shone brightly, and a gentle yet powerful light enveloped Hu Liena.
Hu Liena felt a warm current flow into her body from between her eyebrows. Immediately afterwards, the resentful remnant soul of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox seemed to be touched by this power and began to churn within her body.
Her brows furrowed, her face contorted in pain, and her body trembled slightly.
Bibi Dong's eyes narrowed, and she immediately activated her Divine Slaughter's Domain, protecting Hu Liena within it and forcibly suppressing the resentful remnant soul of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
Xuan Ming also activated his domain, sealing off the entire room to prevent any commotion from affecting those outside.
As time went by, the power within Hu Liena's body gradually stabilized, and the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus began to merge with her Martial Soul, causing her aura to continuously rise.
Suddenly, a dazzling light burst forth from her body, and within the light, the phantom of a giant Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox appeared.
The phantom of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox radiated a holy light, its nine tails dancing wildly behind it, each hair shimmering with a crystalline luster.
Hu Liena's eyes turned an eerie purple, and her hair became a pure white due to the Martial Soul Possession. Her whole body exuded a mysterious and noble aura, making her completely different from before.
Bibi Dong breathed a slight sigh of relief. " Nana, how are you feeling?"
"I feel..." Hu Liena slowly got up, took a small step forward, and suddenly fell into Xuan Ming's arms.
Wow, so fast!
Bibi Dong's expression changed slightly.
Even Soul King Agility Attack System doesn't have this kind of speed!
"You want to test it out?" Xuan Ming asked.
Hu Liena felt the powerful energy within her and nodded gently, "Mm."
"Let's go outside," Bibi Dong said.
Xuan Ming and Hu Liena exchanged a glance, then their figures flashed and they arrived at a relatively open area outside the hall.
Bibi Dong also came over and stood aside in case of any unexpected situation.
Hu Liena took a deep breath, and her aura surged again. The phantom of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox appeared and disappeared behind her, radiating a powerful pressure.
She lightly touched the ground with her toes and rushed towards Xuan Ming like an arrow released from a bow. Her speed was so fast that she left afterimages in the air.
Xuan Ming instinctively reached out to defend, but after exchanging a punch with him, Hu Liena suddenly dispersed, splitting into five phantoms that surrounded him.
"A hallucination?" Xuan Ming frowned slightly.
"No, a clone?"
"This is the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox's innate ability: clones," said the Ice Dragon King.
"With each new tail that grows, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox can create a clone with the same strength as its original body. Moreover, the original body and the clone can switch places at will, making its survival ability virtually invincible."
"One hundred percent?" Xuan Ming asked doubtfully.
"That's right," said the Ice Dragon King.
"Furthermore, for each tail a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox grows, it gains a 10% boost to all its attributes. Once it reaches nine tails, its main body will have a 90% boost to all its attributes in its normal state, while its clones will not receive this boost."
Xuan Ming's eye twitched slightly. "Isn't this a bit too much?"
"Brother, what do you think Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox is?" the Ice Dragon King asked curiously.
"If there were no rule restricting Soul Beast from becoming gods, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox could directly ascend to godhood once it grows to nine tails. The name Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox itself represents Divine Beast."
Even in ancient times, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Clan was the most powerful Mental Attribute Soul Beast, without exception!
"Are there any limitations to this clone ability?" Xuan Ming asked.
"We can't just build whatever we want, can we?"
"Of course there are limitations. Their ability to create clones is their life-saving skill. Once a clone is destroyed, they will temporarily lose a tail, and the amplification will also disappear, which is equivalent to losing a life," the Ice Dragon King said.
It will take a long time to recover.
Xuan Ming took a deep breath, creating several thick ice crystal shields around himself. "Any other abilities?"
"Yes, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Clan possesses extremely strong mental abilities. Although they are known for their illusions, their unknown mental attack capabilities are even more terrifying," said the Ice Dragon King.
" The Fox Fire of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, that stuff can burn away Divine Power."
"Burn Divine Power?" Xuan Ming was taken aback.
"What's the meaning?"
"It means exactly what it says," said the Ice Dragon King.
" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox's Fox Fire is a flame formed from condensed Divine Power, belonging to the category of mental attacks. However, that thing also burns Divine Power, making it extremely difficult to defend against. One careless move and you'll be burned into an idiot!"
"Moreover, their ability is extremely well-hidden; almost no one knows about it, and most of the time it's impossible to defend against. Anyone who knows about this move has been burned into an idiot by them."
"When facing the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, you either get completely bewitched by their illusions and become an idiot, or you see through the illusions and get burned into an idiot by the enraged Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox!"
Xuan Ming's eye twitched slightly. "How do you know all this so clearly?"
"Then why don't you guess how the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Clan was wiped out?" the Ice Dragon King asked.
Xuan Ming was taken aback. "They couldn't have been wiped out by the Dragon Clan, could they?"
"Congratulations, you guessed correctly," said the Ice Dragon King.
" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Clan perished in the war with the Dragon Clan. I never imagined that there would still be remnants of that species."
In ancient times, there were only a handful of Soul Beast races that could rival the Dragon Clan, but the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox was definitely the most daring among them!
Those cunning foxes even dared to incite the Dragon Clan to kill each other through illusions!
In the end, the Dragon Kings had to take action themselves to finally wipe out the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Clan.
After the Nine-Tailed Bloodline was severed, there were almost no more Heavenly Fox Clan capable of cultivating to godhood.
This little girl's Demon Fox Martial Soul belongs to the descendants of the Heavenly Fox Clan. Therefore, after obtaining the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus, she was able to enhance her bloodline and Martial Soul Evolution into Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
"So..." Xuan Ming's expression was somewhat unnatural.
"That Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox is targeting me, could it be because it has a grudge against you?"
The Dragon Clan has always been the ruler of the Soul Beast Clan, but according to what the Ice Dragon King said, this Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox not only showed no respect for the Ice Dragon King, but also tried every means to "rebel".
"Uh..." The Ice Dragon King was somewhat embarrassed.
"You could say that."
The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Clan and the Dragon Clan have a blood feud that led to their extermination!
Even if the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox wasn't insane, it would definitely try every means to torment Xuan Ming!
Chapter 195 Out of Reach
The night was deep and all was quiet, except for a few faint lights shining from the Martial Soul Holy Temple.
After accompanying Hu Liena to the training ground to test her strength after absorbing the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus, Xuan Ming left the Martial Soul Holy Temple.
He hadn't been to the Moonlight Pavilion in a long time, but now that things had escalated like this, he should go and take a look.
" Nana, do you sense anything is wrong?" Bibi Dong asked with some concern.
Hu Liena paused slightly, her expression becoming somewhat unnatural. After a moment's hesitation, she mustered her courage and asked, "Something's not right? Teacher, do you... like him too?"
Bibi Dong's heart tightened, as if something had touched her. She forced herself to remain calm and asked, "Who told you that?"
Hu Liena shook her head, a hint of confusion in her eyes. "When I was absorbing the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus, there was a voice in my ear talking, all sorts of nonsense, saying something about how your feelings for Xuan Ming are unusual."
"Don't believe that!" Bibi Dong quickly said.
" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, a type of Soul Beast, is said to be adept at bewitching people, and you..."
Before Bibi Dong could finish speaking, Hu Liena suddenly threw herself into her arms and hugged her tightly. "Teacher, you don't need to be so nervous, I know."
Bibi Dong's expression froze, her voice trembling slightly. " Nana, you..."
"I can tell," Hu Liena said, biting her lip.
"Teacher, your acting skills in this area are really just average."
Having grown up alongside her teacher since childhood, and being a spiritual Soul Master herself, how could she not see that her teacher's feelings for Xuan Ming had long been problematic?