"Mm."
"Huh?"
Qian Renxue froze. "Grandpa, you want me to hit you?"
Qian Daoliu smiled gently. "Don't worry. Grandpa will hold back and give you a chance to show what you can do."
Qian Renxue took a deep breath. Without fear, she cupped her hands at Qian Daoliu.
"Grandpa, here I come!"
Qian Renxue used Martial Soul Possession. Eight feathered wings spread behind her, and a golden crown rested on her head. Majestic and sacred, she commanded awe without anger. A golden radiance coated her golden hair, and her golden eyes glimmered, captivating the soul.
The girl looked even more heroic and valiant, like a goddess of war.
The goddess of war attacked.
Her Fifth Soul Ring lit up, and sacred flames condensed into an Angel Holy Sword. Immediately afterward, her First Soul Ring lit up.
Angel Assault!
The goddess of war charged.
The goddess of war fell!
Qian Daoliu did not even release his Martial Soul. He merely sent a tremor through his Soul Power and blasted Qian Renxue away.
Qian Daoliu smiled. "Xiao Xue, if that's all you can do, you haven't improved at all compared to before."
"I understand!"
Qian Renxue steadied herself, her pretty face stern.
The next moment, she stopped concealing her presence. A transparent ripple spread outward, followed by a pure white domain.
Spiritual Domain and Angel Domain, layered together.
Surprise flashed in Qian Daoliu's eyes. His presence visibly diminished by a considerable degree.
Qian Renxue's strength, on the other hand, soared.
"This is... faith?"
Qian Daoliu saw through the effect of the Spiritual Domain.
Within the Spiritual Domain's range, the more people who believed in Qian Renxue and the stronger they were, the greater the boost she received and the more her enemies were weakened.
Qian Daoliu could not possibly believe in Qian Renxue, but his faith in the Angel God was incomparably devout, and part of that faith was transferred to Qian Renxue.
And so, Qian Daoliu was weakened by his own faith, while Qian Renxue's strength was greatly enhanced.
"This domain's effect is truly astonishing!"
Qian Daoliu marveled. He even thought that, without inheriting the Angel God's position, Qian Renxue could use this domain to spread faith across the continent and achieve Self-Created Godhood, just as the Angel God ancestor had done.
Qian Renxue again looked for an opening to attack. The Spiritual Domain heightened her perception, allowing her to discern her enemy's movements.
Qian Daoliu stood with one hand behind his back, using only the other to deal with Qian Renxue.
He was very satisfied with Qian Renxue's current strength.
Every one of Qian Renxue's attacks carried not only the purifying power unique to the Angel Martial Soul, but also a powerful mental shock.
With physical burning, the purification of Soul Power, and mental damage, Qian Renxue's attacks could be called all-encompassing, leaving no blind spots. For her enemies, especially Soul Masters with negative attributes, they could be called torture.
Even he-
Well, he was only a little surprised.
Half an hour later, Qian Renxue was panting, while not even the hem of Qian Daoliu's robes was dirty.
Qian Daoliu beamed. "All right, that's enough. Xiao Xue, your strength has improved greatly. Even against some Soul Saints, you could hold your own."
"Thank you for your guidance, Grandpa!" Qian Renxue bowed to Qian Daoliu.
After this battle, she had finally grown somewhat accustomed to her suddenly increased strength.
Qian Daoliu nodded. "All right. Tomorrow, I'll take you to hunt for your Sixth Soul Ring. Have you decided what to choose?"
Suotuo City, Shrek Academy.
All the members of the Shrek Seven Devils, including Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, had enrolled.
After a round of stern lessons, Flender had finally suppressed some of Ning Rongrong's Little Demoness temper.
And at this time, Oscar had finally broken through to level thirty and needed to obtain a Soul Ring.
Under Zhao Wuji's leadership, the Shrek Seven Devils headed for the Star Dou Great Forest.
Ghost Leopard Douluo followed the group silently, his burning gaze drifting toward Xiao Wu from time to time.
This was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form! If he hunted her down, he could obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!
But when he thought of the young master's warning and promise, Ghost Leopard Douluo could only suppress the greed in his heart.
By nightfall, he had followed the Shrek group to the town on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The people from Shrek Academy found an inn and checked in. While eating, Dai Mubai and the others encountered people from Canghui Academy.
Ma Hongjun saw that a female student from Canghui Academy was pretty and verbally harassed her. Dai Mubai added fuel to the fire, taunting them.
And that food-type Soul Master Oscar said something about how "those who don't dare stir up trouble are mediocrities," adding that their teacher had taught them that.
In the end, the Shrek group defeated the Canghui Academy students, and Zhao Wuji came out and drove away the Canghui Academy teacher.
Ghost Leopard Douluo was dumbfounded.
What kind of bizarre, misshapen freaks were these people at Shrek Academy? How could they make bullying the weak and fearing the strong sound so high-minded?
The past few days in Suotuo City had really opened his eyes.
A perfectly good academy with two Soul Saints was actually holed up in a tiny village. When all was said and done, they were just stingy, swindling people out of money in the name of an academy.
Of the seven students, two of the three veteran students were johns, and the other had quite a wild time too.
Even more shocking to him was that Dai Mubai, a prince of the Star Luo Empire, had actually dared threaten Ning Rongrong, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's little princess, saying he would "rape her, then kill her, then rape her and kill her again."
If word of that got out, it would certainly turn the two sides against each other.
He did not know whether Ning Fengzhi was simply unconcerned or had some other reason, but he had actually allowed his daughter Ning Rongrong to stay at this third-rate academy.
If he were Ning Fengzhi, he would definitely kill Dai Mubai.
An academy full of scum, almost to a person, who showed no respect for Spirit Hall when they spoke. If not for the young master's orders, Ghost Leopard Douluo would definitely have killed them to keep them from bringing disaster to the continent in the future.
Early the next morning, the Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest.
While they were resting, Zhao Wuji sensed a Soul Beast approaching. It turned out to be a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
Zhao Wuji's eyes lit up. "This kind of Soul Beast is quite uncommon and very rare. Oscar, you're in luck!"
Oscar looked delighted. "Teacher Zhao, we're counting on you!"
After a bout of fighting, Zhao Wuji captured the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
Just then, a streak of golden light appeared on the distant horizon and flew toward the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, making no attempt to conceal its presence.
The powerful presence swept across the ground, and the Star Dou Great Forest fell silent. As the pressure passed over them, the Shrek Academy group's bodies nearly froze, their Soul Power grew sluggish, and their faces turned pale.
Xiao Wu was trembling even more violently. She huddled behind Tang San, her face pale and her whole body shaking with fear.
At last, the streak of light passed, and everyone could move again.
The Shrek group's faces were full of shock.
Oscar said in disbelief:
"Who is that? How daring, flying over the Star Dou Great Forest and showing off like that. Aren't they afraid of dying?"
"Shut up!" Zhao Wuji's expression grew grave, and he hurriedly stopped the unguarded Oscar.
"That person is at least a Titled Douluo. You mustn't be disrespectful, or you'll bring great disaster upon us!"
Oscar promptly shut his mouth.
This was awe of the strong.
Xiao Wu looked in the direction the streak of light had flown, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes.
That was where Da Ming and Er Ming were. Could that person be going after them?
Xiao Wu pressed her lips together. Worried, she released her own presence to draw Da Ming and Er Ming over to fetch her.
She wanted to go back and see.
"Wait, where's my Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent?"
Oscar was about to absorb the Soul Ring, but when he turned around, there was no sign of the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
Zhao Wuji scratched his head. "When that powerful person passed by just now, I wasn't paying attention for a moment, and the beast got away!"
Oscar kept sighing.
Zhao Wuji glared. "All right, it's gone, so it's gone. The Star Dou Great Forest is so big, can't we find another Soul Beast that suits you?"