Chapter 203

The angel's holy sword fell, and a terrifying divine aura swept over, but the position where that faint spatial fluctuation had just appeared remained unchanged.

Translation: "The Angel Holy Sword fell, a terrifying divine aura sweeping over, but the spot where a faint spatial fluctuation had just appeared showed no change at all."

A terrifying divine aura swept over, but the position where that faint spatial fluctuation had just appeared remained unchanged.

Qian Renxue's attack didn't miss; inside her domain, her movements were as effortless and fluid as a fish swimming in water.

Translation: "It wasn't that Qian Renxue's attack missed; within her domain, her movements were as easy and smooth as a fish swimming in water."

It didn't hit anything because the spot where the spatial fluctuation just appeared had no trace of Gu Xuan.

Translation: "The reason it didn't hit anything was that the place where the spatial fluctuation had just appeared did not show Gu Xuan's figure."

Right after Qian Renxue swung her sword down, Gu Xuan's figure appeared behind her, exactly where he had previously vanished.

Translation: "Moreover, just after Qian Renxue swung her sword down, in that gap, behind her—where Gu Xuan had previously disappeared—Gu Xuan's figure appeared."

Gu Xuan gripped a massive dragon sword in his left hand, while the eight wings of the sword dragon on his back had vanished.

Translation: "Gu Xuan's left hand gripped a huge dragon sword, and the sword dragon eight wings on his back had already vanished."

Having activated his elemental battle armor, Gu Xuan could levitate even without the sword dragon's eight wings, for spatial power is more than mere words.

Translation: "After using the Elemental Battle Armor, even without needing the sword dragon eight wings, Gu Xuan could still hover in the air, after all, spatial power is not just empty talk."

His right hand had become five dark‑golden claws, radiating terrifying cold light and a sharp aura, as if a light swipe could cleave any defense.

Translation: "His right hand had turned into five dark gold claws, upon which was a terrifying cold light and sharp aura, as if a light touch could slash through any defense in the world."

The dragon sword in Gu Xuan's left hand and the claw on his right hand, which appeared instantly, lunged at Qian Renxue's head and chest; having transformed into a thirty‑meter angel via her martial soul true form, she presented only those two targets for his simultaneous strike.

Translation: "The dragon sword in Gu Xuan's left hand and the claw on his right, which appeared instantly, aimed straight at Qian Renxue's head and chest, for after using her martial soul true form, Qian Renxue had become a thirty-meter-tall angel, so Gu Xuan could only attack those two places at once."

"Sword Dragon Eight Wings Soul Bone Skill: Flying Dragon, Heaven‑Splitting Strike!"

Translation: "«Sword Dragon Eight Wings Soul Bone Skill: Flying Dragon Breaks Heaven One Sword! »"

"Dark Gold Terror Claw Soul Bone Skill: Dark Gold Piercing!"

Translation: "«Dark Gold Terror Claw Soul Bone Skill: Dark Gold Penetration! »"

Upon releasing the soul skill, the giant sword in his left hand became a ten‑meter‑long sword dragon, its body wrapped in sword qi, surging toward Qian Renxue's head.

Translation: "With the release of the soul skill, the giant sword in his left hand transformed into a ten-meter-long sword dragon, sword qi coiling around its body, charging toward Qian Renxue's head."

Gu Xuan's right‑hand dark‑gold terror claw flared with a brighter dark‑gold glow, locking onto Qian Renxue's chest.

Translation: "Gu Xuan's right-hand Dark Gold Terror Claw burst forth with even more brilliant dark gold light, locking onto Qian Renxue's chest."

Each of Gu Xuan's two external soul bones grants two powerful soul bone skills, and as the soul bones evolve, their power rises terrifyingly.

Translation: "Both of Gu Xuan's external soul bones possess two powerful soul bone skills, and as the soul bones evolve, the power of these skills also increases terrifyingly."

Most importantly, the external soul bones' soul bone skills consume far less soul power than ordinary soul skills, yet their attack power remains comparable.

Translation: "Moreover, most importantly, the soul power consumed by the external soul bone's soul bone skills is far less than that of soul skills, yet their attack power is not much inferior."

Qian Renxue, having just swung her sword, couldn't react instantly, yet within her angel domain she was certainly not off guard.

Translation: "At this moment, Qian Renxue, having just swung her sword, could not possibly react instantly, but being inside her Angel Domain, she naturally could not be completely unprepared."

Qian Renxue's body suddenly flared with golden light as a golden angelic shadow shot straight at Gu Xuan from the opposite direction.

Translation: "Only to see Qian Renxue's body surface suddenly flash with golden light, a golden angel light shadow directly rushing toward Gu Xuan in the opposite direction."

"Angel Domain Evolution Skill: Angel's Descent!"

Translation: "«Angel Domain Evolution Skill: Angel Descent! »"

The light shadow clashed with the two soul bone skills Gu Xuan had just unleashed, managing to block both of them at once; even after being pierced by the dark‑gold terror claw, the shadow persisted.

Translation: "This light shadow collided with the two major soul bone skills Gu Xuan unleashed at the same time, and the light shadow actually managed to block both of his major soul bone skills, and even though the light shadow had been pierced by the Dark Gold Terror Claw, it still did not disappear."

At that moment Qian Renxue had turned and brought her holy angel sword down again.

Translation: "At that moment, Qian Renxue had also turned around, and the Angel Holy Sword in her hand fell again."

Confronted by Qian Renxue's full‑power strike in her martial soul true form, even Gu Xuan in his elemental battle armor didn't want to block it directly, yet the light shadow clamped onto his dark‑gold terror claw, preventing him from evading.

Translation: "Facing Qian Renxue's all-out strike under her martial soul true form, even Gu Xuan, who wore the Elemental Battle Armor, did not want to block it head-on, but this light shadow actually seized his Dark Gold Terror Claw tightly, preventing him from dodging."

Gu Xuan's heart surged as his elemental power flowed into the dark‑gold terror claw, breaking the shadow's grip, and he reopened the spatial portal to dodge Qian Renxue's attack.

Translation: "Gu Xuan's heart startled, the elemental power on his surface flowed directly into the Dark Gold Terror Claw, blocking the light shadow's restraint, then he opened the spatial gate again to evade Qian Renxue's attack."

Qian Renxue couldn't stop Gu Xuan from escaping into space, but she knew he couldn't keep using that soul skill forever, so she now held nothing back.

Translation: "Qian Renxue could not stop Gu Xuan from fleeing into space, but she knew he could not keep using this soul skill, so at this moment she had no reservations left."

She would attack any spot where a spatial fluctuation appeared without hesitation, as her soul power was draining quickly.

Translation: "Wherever a spatial fluctuation appeared, she would launch an attack without hesitation, because her soul power was rapidly depleting."

Over the next ten seconds Qian Renxue unleashed dozens of attacks, yet each time Gu Xuan was about to reappear, her strikes fell short.

Translation: "A full ten seconds passed, Qian Renxue's attacks numbered no less than dozens, but each time Gu Xuan was about to appear, her attacks missed."

Even then, Qian Renxue stayed calm, gripping her holy angel sword as she waited for Gu Xuan to appear.

Translation: "Nevertheless, Qian Renxue remained calm and composed, gripping her Angel Holy Sword steady, waiting for Gu Xuan to show himself."

Within the special space created by the opened spatial gate, Gu Xuan's surface bore two roaring dragon souls that looked exactly like the ice‑fire dragon king beneath the ice‑fire duality eyes.

Translation: "Meanwhile, Gu Xuan, inside the special space opened by the spatial gate, had two dragon souls on his surface fluttering loudly, which looked exactly like the Ice Fire Dragon King beneath the Ice Fire Liangyi Yan."

But a closer look reveals that these two dragon souls possess no consciousness—they are merely pure souls.

Translation: "However, upon close observation, one would find that these two dragon souls had no consciousness; they were merely pure souls."

The dragon‑pattern seals on Gu Xuan's hands had faded away, showing that these two dragon souls were manifestations of the dragon‑soul seals.

Translation: "At this moment, the dragon pattern seals on Gu Xuan's hands had disappeared, obviously, these two dragon souls were the transformation of the dragon soul seal."

Although his current condition wouldn't be affected by the angel domain, defeating Qian Renxue was still not enough, so he had to unleash his greatest trump card: the Ice‑Fire Dragon King's inherited secret technique.

Translation: "Although his current state would not be affected by the Angel Domain, it was still not enough to defeat Qian Renxue, so he had to resort to his greatest trump card—the Ice Fire Dragon King's Inheritance Secret Technique."

The only problem is that using this secret technique requires some preparation time.

Translation: "However, the only problem was that to use this secret technique, he needed some time to prepare."

Qian Renxue wouldn't give him the time to cast it, since a battle can be decided in an instant, so Gu Xuan now expends vast amounts of soul power to sustain the space, buying himself precious time.

Translation: "But Qian Renxue would naturally not give him time to cast it, after all, in battle a mere moment could decide victory, so Gu Xuan now spared no expense in consuming large amounts of soul power to maintain the space, buying himself enough time."

But there's another issue: although Qian Renxue cannot attack this special space Gu Xuan created, she cannot leave the competition platform's diameter, as the match still requires obeying the rules.

Translation: "But there is another problem: even though Qian Renxue cannot attack this special space that Gu Xuan has opened, he cannot leave the diameter range of the competition stage, because this is still a match and rules must be observed."

Seeing Gu Xuan remain unseen for tens of seconds, Qian Renxue guessed he was preparing a tremendously powerful soul skill—one that takes a long time to cast.

Translation: "Seeing that Gu Xuan had not appeared for tens of seconds, Qian Renxue also guessed that he might be preparing some tremendous soul skill, though the time required for that skill was very long."

Having reached this conclusion, Qian Renxue withdrew her holy angel sword; her sixth soul ring glowed, and two golden vortices appeared at the backs of her golden wings, frenziedly drawing in domain energy as strands of golden holy light flickered over her like tiny snakes.

Translation: "Thinking this through, Qian Renxue retracted her Angel Holy Sword; at this moment, the sixth soul ring on her body glowed faintly, and two golden vortices appeared at the two pairs of golden wings on her back, which then frantically absorbed energy from the domain, golden holy light energy flickering on her body like tiny snakes."

Just three seconds later, as her sixth soul ring flared, Qian Renxue exhaled sharply and unleashed an ear‑splitting, piercing howl.

Translation: "Only three seconds later, as the sixth soul ring flickered, Qian Renxue suddenly exhaled and let out an extremely sharp and resonant long howl from his mouth."

At that instant, her eyes blazed with golden flames over a meter long, while her mouth opened slightly and a golden storm‑like surge swept across the whole arena.

Translation: "At that moment, intense golden flames over a meter long spewed from her beautiful eyes, and at the same time her mouth opened slightly, a golden torrent like a storm instantly swept across the entire competition stage."

This is her sixth soul skill—a mental attack called the Angel's Roar.

Translation: "This is her sixth soul skill, a mental attack known as the Angel Roar."

The Angel's Roar converts half of her soul power into a mental shock in an instant, unleashing a wide‑range attack.

Translation: "The Angel Roar, through a special conversion of angel soul power, instantly transforms half of the soul power into a mental shock, carrying out a wide-range attack."

Victims suffer a powerful mental shock; if their mental strength is less than half that of the angel soul master, their soul shatters and they die from a blown‑out head.

Translation: "Those struck will suffer a strong mental shock; if the opponent's mental power is less than that of the Angel Soul Master by more than double, their soul will shatter directly, resulting in explosive death."

If the gap is within onefold, it becomes a mental shock that inflicts mental damage and causes dizziness, with the duration determined by the difference in mental strength.

Translation: "If the gap is within one times, it will turn into a mental shock, causing the opponent mental damage and also a dizziness effect, the duration of the dizziness depending on the difference in mental power between the opponent and herself."

This is an extremely domineering and immensely powerful soul skill capable of directly striking the opponent's soul.

Translation: "This is an extremely overbearing and very powerful soul skill, capable of directly striking the opponent's soul."

This also shows the formidable power of the Six‑Winged Angel martial soul; even someone with Gu Xuan's level of mental strength cannot match the mental power Qian Renxue gains from converting her soul power.

Translation: "This also demonstrates the formidable nature of the Six-Winged Angel super martial soul; even with Gu Xuan's level of mental power, it cannot compare to the mental power Qian Renxue has transformed from her soul power."

Moreover, the special space created by the spatial gate shields not only its occupant but also blocks mental detection and attack; otherwise Gu Xuan would have long been locked onto by Qian Renxue.

Translation: "However, the special space created by the spatial gate can not only isolate itself, but also block the detection and attack of mental power; otherwise Gu Xuan would surely have been locked onto by Qian Renxue long ago."

Don't forget that after activating her martial soul true form, Qian Renxue's first six soul skills can be used indefinitely, with no cooldown.

Translation: "But don't forget, after Qian Renxue used her martial soul true form, her first six soul skills can be used without limit, with no cooldown time."

Qian Renxue is doing this now so that Gu Xuan, the moment he steps out of the spatial gate, will be struck by her soul skill right away.

Translation: "And Qian Renxue is doing this now precisely so that Gu Xuan, upon exiting the spatial gate, will be hit by her soul skill immediately."

If Qian Renxue's soul skill lands on Gu Xuan, even with his current mental strength he'd be stunned for at least five seconds—more than enough time for her to finish him off.

Translation: "If Qian Renxue's soul skill hits Gu Xuan, even with his current mental power strength, he would at least be dazed for five seconds or more, and five seconds is absolutely enough for Qian Renxue to deal with Gu Xuan."

Within the angel domain, Qian Renxue's first six soul skills consume little soul power, and after her first Angel's Roar she saw no opening in Gu Xuan.

Translation: "Within the Angel Domain's range, the soul power consumed by Qian Renxue's first six soul skills is not much, and after she unleashed the first Angel Roar, she did not notice Gu Xuan revealing any opening."

Five seconds later she unleashed another Angel's Roar, and then she continued to cast one every five seconds.

Translation: "After another five seconds, Qian Renxue unleashed another Angel Roar, and thereafter she would cast one every five seconds."

But Gu Xuan still hadn't shown up.

Translation: "But Gu Xuan still did not show himself."

After Qian Renxue's fifth Angel's Roar ended and Gu Xuan still hadn't appeared, she grew irritated, feeling he was hiding like a turtle withdrawing its head.

Translation: "Seeing that Qian Renxue's fifth Angel Roar had finished, Gu Xuan still had no trace, Qian Renxue was quite annoyed, for Gu Xuan was like a turtle retracting its head."

"Hmph! Is this all you've got? Acting like a turtle pulling its head in, trying to drain my soul power?" Qian Renxue snorted coldly, furious.

Translation: "«Hmph! Is this your strength? Acting like a shrinking-head turtle? Want to drain my soul power this way? » Qian Renxue snorted coldly, angrily saying:"

"Since you're doing this, don't blame me for lacking honor; even if I lose this match, I'll definitely catch you and give you a beating!"

Translation: "«Since you're doing this, then don't blame me for disregarding martial virtue; even if I lose this match, I will definitely catch you and give you a beating afterwards! »"

Hearing Qian Renxue's outburst, Gu Xuan's lips finally curled into a smile after nearly a minute of focus, and he succeeded.

Translation: "Hearing Qian Renxue's venting words, Gu Xuan's mouth corner finally revealed a smile, having condensed for nearly a minute, it was finally complete."

As Qian Renxue's words faded, a colossal spatial gate fifty meters wide opened in the sky, and a huge dragon head emerged from it.

Translation: "Just after Qian Renxue's words fell, a gigantic spatial gate fifty meters in diameter appeared above the heavens, from which a huge dragon head protruded."

PS: fix the typos first, then revise.

Translation: "ps: Typos will be corrected later."

Here we come, there's more to come! Done for today.

Translation: "Here we come, there's more to come! Finished for today!"

(End of chapter)