Chapter 201

However, just as Yu Feng's first soul skill, Feather Wing Flying Blade, was about to hit Xu Yu, the Demonic Allure actually moved over and protected Xu Yu within it.

After discovering that the Demonic Allure could not deal with Yu Tianheng, Xie Yue and Hu Liena had already made a decision.

Although the Demonic Allure is powerful, it also simultaneously limits each of their two abilities; if the Demonic Allure ever fails to form an effective suppression, they will first protect their teammates, and even lie in wait to sneak attack the other members of the Royal Battle Team.

The Demonic Allure blocked Yu Feng's attack, but they were unable to attack the airborne Yu Feng. Moreover, Yu Tianheng had also taken the initiative to meet him, and for a moment both sides fell into a stalemate again.

Above the high sky, Gu Xuan's bone claw waved, colliding again and again with Qian Renxue's golden fist; in the end, Qian Renxue's fist still could not match Gu Xuan's bone claw, and she released the first soul skill on her body surface.

Her first soul skill is named Angel Assault; it not only increases speed, but also boosts her attack power.

As the soul skill was released, her golden fist's light grew even brighter, directly knocking Gu Xuan back tens of meters.

Gu Xuan looked at Qian Renxue's calm and composed demeanor, feeling speechless; there was nothing he could do, after all, the opponent was a Soul Saint, while he was merely a Soul King.

After a brief trial just now, Gu Xuan, in the night, roughly knew Qian Renxue's strength; her soul power level was indeed higher than his, but her physical quality was far inferior to his.

He had not only absorbed two external soul bones, but also possessed the two immortal-grade herbs Eight-cornered Profound Ice Grass and Blazing Fire Apricot Vegetable, completing the Ice-Fire Golden Body; furthermore, the enhancement from his fifth soul ring, the Dark Evil God Tiger, was absolutely no less than that of a ten-thousand-year soul ring, so in terms of physical quality, Gu Xuan actually held the advantage.

At this moment, seeing the Royal Battle Team deadlocked below, Gu Xuan's two dragon swords on his back detached and shot downward.

At the same time, the first and second soul rings on Gu Xuan's body surface have lit up.

His first soul skill is called Ancient Dragon Battle Body; after he broke through level fifty, this soul skill now grants him a thirty percent boost to all attributes, effectively raising his overall strength by more than thirty percent.

And his second soul skill is called Dark Gold Terror Claw; after using this soul skill, his pair of dark silver bone claws turn dark gold, with attack and power increasing by another one hundred percent, and the piercing ability of Dark Gold Terror Claw is also enhanced.

If Qian Renxue still dared to clash barehanded with Gu Xuan now, her hands would definitely not be unharmed as they were just a moment ago.

Gu Xuan gave Qian Renxue no time to react, and the dragon wings on his back swept forward to meet her.

Qian Renxue didn't care at all about Gu Xuan going to support his teammates, because in her eyes there was only Gu Xuan.

Seeing Gu Xuan's aura suddenly surge, the black fifth soul ring on her body surface lit up, a holy angel sword appeared in her hand, and she actively charged toward Gu Xuan.

The dark gold bone claws and the angel holy sword collided with each other; Gu Xuan truly felt Qian Renxue's strength, and each time his bone claws clashed with the angel holy sword, he could feel a piercing pain.

And how could Qian Renxue be any different? Originally invincible, the angel holy sword could only match Gu Xuan's bone claws in strength, and this also gave her a deeper understanding of Gu Xuan's power.

Seeing that the second soul skill had no effect, Gu Xuan's right-hand bone claw quietly became more profound, its length reaching over one meter.

"External Soul Bone: Dark Gold Terror Claw!"

Now Gu Xuan's Dark Gold Terror Claw has evolved to the ten-thousand-year level; its power is already incomparable, and in terms of attack power, the Dark Gold Terror Claw's attack power even surpasses that of the Eight-Winged Sword Dragon!

The moment the Dark Gold Terror Claw appeared, Gu Xuan's overall aura surged again, and the first soul bone skill of the Dark Gold Terror Claw was activated.

"Sky-Tearing Claw!"

As Gu Xuan unleashed his full strength, five dark gold energy blades, each over ten meters in diameter, seemed to tear through space and shot straight at Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue sensed the threat of this terrifying attack, and the second and third soul rings on her body surface lit up.

"Second Soul Skill: Angel's Shield!"

"Third Soul Skill: Angel's Praise!"

One defensive soul skill and one enhancing soul skill; as these two soul skills were released, Qian Renxue's left hand gained a one-meter-diameter Angel's Shield, and the golden light on her body surface became a bit more brilliant.

Wielding the angel holy sword, she swung and sent out several sword qi that collided with the Sky-Tearing Claw.

Under her powerful attack, the Sky-Tearing Claw was actually blocked, and finally striking the Angel's Shield only caused Qian Renxue to retreat a few meters.

However, just after Gu Xuan unleashed the Sky-Tearing Claw, the remaining six dragon swords on his back merged into one; Gu Xuan gripped the dragon sword in his hand, his dragon aura fully displayed, and he stood opposed to the angelic radiance emanating from Qian Renxue.

Wielding the huge dragon sword, a ferocious ten-meter-long sword dragon instantly took shape; formed from the six dragon swords as its core, the sword dragon roared straight at Qian Renxue, its endless dragon might and sword aura even tearing through the void.

"Eight-Winged Sword Dragon First Soul Bone Skill: Flying Dragon Breaks Heaven with One Sword!"

Facing Gu Xuan's successive attacks, Qian Renxue did not hold back either: "You are strong, but not enough."

While speaking, the seventh soul ring encircling her body shone with a rich black light, and the black and gold lights, which were incompatible, mixed together.

But soon that black soul ring seemed to be assimilated, and during its release it actually transformed into gold.

The golden light blazed; the angelic phantom behind Qian Renxue quietly moved forward and quickly merged with her, her entire person—including skin and hair—being rendered pure gold.

Qian Renxue's clothing dissolved and vanished within that golden light, while splendid golden flames wrapped around his body, like a celestial immortal; even the other six soul rings on his body were rendered gold at this moment.

Qian Renxue's two pairs of golden wings behind her were also rapidly amplifying, and suddenly a towering thirty-meter-tall angel appeared before Gu Xuan.

Under the effect of the seventh soul ring's martial soul true form, Qian Renxue's aura suddenly swelled like a blanket covering the sky; releasing her martial soul true form, the pressure she exerted on Gu Xuan was no less than that of a high-ranking Titled Douluo.

Furthermore, as the martial soul true form was released, the sword dragon that had been roaring toward Qian Renxue was directly split apart by the ten-meter-long angel holy sword in her hand.

The sword dragon turned back into six dragon swords, flying back to Gu Xuan's back and re-forming into sword wings.

Gu Xuan never expected Qian Renxue to be so decisive, actually directly using her martial soul true body.

After using her martial soul true body, Qian Renxue's strength was undoubtedly maximally enhanced, since the amplification effect of the martial soul true body scales with the martial soul's inherent quality.

In other words, the higher the quality of the martial soul itself, the greater the boost one gains from using the martial soul true body.

And the higher the martial soul's rank, the more significant possessing the seventh soul skill becomes, because only the martial soul true body can truly reveal the martial soul's full power.

At this moment, Qian Renxue directly used her seventh soul skill, the martial soul true body; there is no doubt that she is now beyond what an ordinary person can handle.

But Gu Xuan did not give up, because he also had his own trump cards.

As the martial soul true body was released, the angel-incarnate Qian Renxue stared at Gu Xuan with an indifferent gaze and said lightly, "Admit defeat; after using the martial soul true body, even against a Titled Douluo expert I have the strength to fight, and now I only need to strike with one sword to end everything."

Looking at the supremely confident Qian Renxue, Gu Xuan hesitated a moment, then said, "I admit you are indeed very strong, but retreating without a fight is not my style, and I won't do that."

The ethereal voice of the angel Qian Renxue rang out again, seemingly with a teasing tone: "So you intend to fight?"

Gu Xuan nodded, then said, "However, I have a condition."

The angel Qian Renxue did not rush to attack; although her soul power consumption doubled in the martial soul true body state, she did not think Gu Xuan could stir up any trouble at this moment.

"Oh? Let's hear it!"

Gu Xuan continued, "With your current strength, a single strike from you won't hurt me, but the members of your Spirit Hall team would definitely not survive, so let's do this: let them stand down, I'll fight you, and we'll settle the outcome in one battle—how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue glanced at the several people locked in a stalemate below, then gave a faint smile: "Alright, I'll give you this chance!"

Then Qian Renxue was seen striking down with a sword; however, this strike was not sword qi, but a mighty angelic force, which directly dispersed the demonic allure's red mist, Yu Tianheng's bodily lightning, and the Flame Body's molten lava.

Whether it was the members of the Royal Battle Team or those from the Spirit Hall academy, they all fell directly off the competition platform; although uninjured, they were eliminated due to the competition rules.

Nevertheless, even so, the members of the Spirit Hall team had no dissatisfaction, for Qian Renxue merely waved her hand and eliminated them; does Gu Xuan still have a chance?

Bi Bi Dong on the high platform watched this scene coldly without speaking, but her expression was not pleasant.

Golden Crocodile Warrior also looked at Qian Renxue with a smiling face, and said softly to Ning Fengzhi: "This Gu Xuan child indeed has decent strength and courage; daring to challenge a Soul Saint as a Soul King, he is the first in the world."

"Sect Master Ning, I didn't expect that after many years of not appearing in the Hall of Worship, your Seven Treasure Glazed Sect has actually nurtured such a talent."

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin both had solemn expressions at this moment; hearing the Golden Crocodile Warrior's words, they forced a smile on their faces and replied: "Your Excellency Golden Crocodile, if the Holy Maiden does not use her seventh soul skill, Little Xuan may still have a chance, but now we can only see how long he can endure."

Ning Fengzhi's words were not an act of modesty, but rather the difference between a Soul Master possessing a true martial soul form and not having one is indeed that great.

Gu Xuan saw that Qian Renxue not only agreed but also made such a gesture; he inwardly breathed a sigh of relief and calmly said: "Your Highness has the courage; today whether I win or lose, we shall see who is stronger."

Qian Renxue smiled faintly: "Show your abilities; dare to claim you will compete with me in victory or defeat, let me see what you are truly capable of."

ps: Typos will be corrected first, then revised.

(End of chapter)