Yu Xiaogang had his reservations, but Qian Renxue didn't. She immediately went for the initiative.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Angel Soul Avatar! Fifth Soul Skill, Holy Sword!"
Accompanied by a surge of majestic holy soul power, a massive angelic figure manifested from Qian Renxue's body. The divine flame in her hand blazed fiercely, transforming into a radiant golden longsword. Then, with the flap of the angel wings on her back, she sped rapidly toward the Golden Sacred Dragon.
Tonight, she, Qian Renxue, sought to challenge the Golden Sacred Dragon, whose strength rivaled that of a Titled Douluo, with only her seven-ring Soul Saint cultivation!
"This-this-this… Muyang, your brother Qinghe's been swapped out!"
From afar, Shui Bing'er, witnessing "Xue Qinghe" activate Angelic Avatar, couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
"Bing'er, have you ever considered the possibility that this plastic brother of mine was never Xue Qinghe to begin with?"
Rubbing his chin, Muyang said.
"??? You're saying Xue Qinghe was swapped out by someone from Spirit Hall long ago?"
Shui Bing'er wasn't slow; she caught on immediately.
"If there hadn't been long-term preparation, how could such a huge commotion have been caused?"
"True. But since Xue Qinghe was fake from the start, why didn't he just keep pretending? Emperor Xue Ye isn't young anymore. It's not like he'd have to wait that much longer, right?"
Shui Bing'er asked in puzzlement.
Muyang shook his head. "That, I don't know. But one thing is certain Spirit Hall is about to become a public enemy of the entire continent."
The Crown Prince Xue Qinghe colluding with Spirit Hall to rebel was not the same as Spirit Hall plotting against the Heaven Dou Empire.
The former could be seen as Xue Qinghe and Spirit Hall being in cahoots, while the latter would mean Spirit Hall was using conspiracy and scheming to pursue its own ambitions.
If they dared to swap out even the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, then what else in this world would Spirit Hall not dare to do?
It could be said that once news of the Heaven Dou Empire's rebellion got out tonight, the factions of the Soul Master world across the continent would be divided into two camps:
One being the Spirit Hall camp led by Spirit Hall; the other being the non–Spirit Hall camp led by the two great empires and the various clans and families.
"Sigh~? Muyang, this Xue Qinghe is really formidable! That dragon-shaped Martial Soul Fusion Technique's strength is almost on the level of a Titled Douluo, right? The Seraphim truly deserves to be the strongest martial soul on the continent."
Watching Qian Renxue at just the seven-ring level release both Angelic Avatar and the Angelic Domain, then fight the Titled-Douluo-tier Golden Sacred Dragon without falling behind in the slightest, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but marvel.
Muyang nodded. "The Seraphim Martial Soul comes with the Angelic Domain. It's indeed incredibly powerful."
Although the level of combat between the two sides was high, in a certain sense, in Muyang's eyes, Qian Renxue was currently engaging in a "chicken fight" with Yu Xiaogang.
This "chicken fight" didn't refer to their power levels, but their combat experience.
Though Qian Renxue's soul power level was by no means low, her actual combat experience was nearly zero. Being able to match a Titled Douluo's strength as a seven-ring Soul Saint was purely the result of a silver-tier player hacking the game—stepping out of spawn with a god-tier item and going on a rampage in the canyon.
As for Yu Xiaogang?
As the one leading the Martial Soul Fusion Technique: Golden Sacred Dragon, Yu Xiaogang's soul power level was only that of a 29th-rank Grandmaster. He could be viewed as a bronze-tier player who teamed up with two king-tier teammates. Once the two kings shredded the enemy to low health, the full-health bronze player would come in to finish them off, creating the illusion that the bronze player carried the whole game.
Just as Qian Renxue, wielding the Holy Sword and in her Angelic Avatar state, grew braver and more aggressive in battle, another change occurred on the battlefield.
In the skies, where Gu Rong had been fighting alongside Chen Xin to restrain Azure Luan and Glowing Feather, he seemed to suddenly understand the principle of "capture the ringleader first." Surrounded in black mist, his skeletal dragon surged with spatial fluctuations and vanished from the battlefield.
"Eighth Soul Skill, Heaven-Piercing Bone Spike!"
The next moment, a violent surge of soul power burst forth behind Qian Renxue. A massive jet-black bone spike pierced toward the back of her Angelic Avatar form at a speed too fast to be caught.
"Boom—"
Caught off guard by the teleporting sneak attack of this "elderly dishonorable fighter," the young Qian Renxue took a huge blow impaled by the black bone spike and sent flying. Not only was her offensive halted, but her Angelic Avatar form was also riddled with cracks and on the verge of shattering.
Fortunately, Qian Renxue had released both her Angelic Domain and Angelic Avatar form. Otherwise, under the sneak attack of Gu Rong, a level 95 Titled Douluo, and his eighth powerful offensive soul skill, she likely would have been killed in a single strike.
Just as Gu Rong prepared to press the advantage and continue the assault, a barrage of sharp ice crystal arrows came whistling in silently and rapidly, forcing him to halt his pursuit.
Still, the sneak attack from the dishonorable elder caused significant trouble for Qian Renxue.
Although Gu Rong was once again restrained by the Glowing Feather Douluo, Qian Renxue wasn't without an opponent on the field.
Yu Xiaogang, who was controlling the Golden Sacred Dragon, saw that his opponent had taken a heavy blow. Without hesitation, he launched into a relentless assault, abandoning all defense and chasing Qian Renxue down fiercely.
After all, the Golden Sacred Dragon formed by a Martial Soul Fusion Technique wasn't a true body. Even if it were destroyed, at most it would result in Martial Soul backlash not something that endangered life.
On the other hand, it was a completely different story for the enemy. With her Martial Soul true body on the verge of collapse, all it would take was a bit more pressure to shatter it. Once that happened, the backlash from the Martial Soul would instantly render her combat incapable.
With his own life guaranteed and a real chance to take down the ringleader of this rebellion, Yu Xiaogang declared—I'm going for it!
"Boom boom boom boom boom——"
Fueled by the spirit of "beating a dog when it's down," Yu Xiaogang fought with high morale, growing stronger the longer he battled. He unleashed a series of seemingly exquisite, yet actually flashy, "self-created soul skills" such as "Heaven-Splitting Dragon Claw" and "Divine Dragon Tail Whip."
Yet it couldn't be denied that, flashy as they were, these attacks still packed considerable power.
"Farting like thunder, Heaven-Shaking Triple Cannon!"
A loud cry echoed across the battlefield as the Golden Sacred Dragon in the sky swung its tail, turned around, and released a golden mist from beneath its tail. The mist then condensed into a thick golden beam that blasted toward Qian Renxue.
"Boom——"
A super fart-like explosion nearly splitting the heavens and earth struck Qian Renxue's already fragile Angelic Avatar form dead-on. Accompanied by an earth-shattering roar, her Angelic Descent shattered on the spot.
With her Martial Soul true body destroyed, the ensuing backlash caused a mouthful of crimson blood to spurt from Qian Renxue's lips as she crashed to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
Within the dust, Qian Renxue, pale and bleeding from the corners of her mouth, had a single thought echo in her mind: My Angelic Avatar was shattered… by a fart?
Humiliation—unprecedented humiliation!
".…Remarkable?"
High up in the distance, Shui Bing'er, watching from the air, muttered after a pause, giving that super fart a surprisingly objective evaluation.
Muyang: "…"
That explosive fart from Yu Xiaogang… was likely to become a shadow Qian Renxue would never forget for the rest of her life.
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