Chapter 259

When Gu Xuan's words ended, just as before, he directly invoked his martial soul; as the martial soul took hold, gorgeous soul rings rose one after another across his body.

Yellow, yellow, purple, black, black, red, red!

As the seven soul rings rose, Gu Xuan spoke softly: "Gu Xuan, martial soul: Bone Dragon, seventy-ninth rank strong-attack system battle soul saint, please advise."

Seeing the seven soul rings on Gu Xuan's body, Qian Renxue was not surprised, for given Gu Xuan's talent, such an improvement was not impossible.

But when she saw those two hundred-thousand-year soul rings on Gu Xuan's body, a flash of shock still crossed Qian Renxue's eyes: two hundred-thousand-year soul rings? Did he also receive a divine inheritance?

You know, a hundred-thousand-year soul ring isn't Chinese cabbage; even Qian Renxue's own two hundred-thousand-year soul rings, one of them came from a divine soul ring, yet Gu Xuan, merely a Soul Saint, actually possesses two hundred-thousand-year soul rings?

Moreover, at this moment Qian Renxue felt somewhat fortunate about her earlier choice; if she had not returned to the Spirit Hall for secluded cultivation, she would not have her present achievements, and in that case she might not even be a match for Gu Xuan.

But now, even though she felt some surprise at Gu Xuan's strength, she remained confident she would not lose to him again.

Even if Gu Xuan has a divine inheritance, what of it? Beneath a Titled Douluo, all are ants; that saying is not mere empty talk.

"Heh, I never expected you to have such an opportunity too, but do you think this can make up for the gap between us?" Qian Renxue snorted coldly.

Gu Xuan's expression remained unchanged as he spoke lightly: "Fighting is fighting; talk less, that's a bad habit; after becoming my sixth wife, you'll need to change."

Hearing that, Qian Renxue snorted coldly: "Looking for a beating!"

As her words fell, the black fifth soul ring on Qian Renxue's body lit up; facing Gu Xuan, she would not foolishly hold back.

"Fifth soul skill: Angelic Holy Sword!"

With the use of Qian Renxue's fifth soul skill, a sharp holy sword imbued with divine aura condensed in her right hand, pointing at Gu Xuan.

Behind Gu Xuan, the eight-winged sword dragon had at this moment detached two blades, merging into one to form a larger dragon sword.

After following Dust Heart's cultivation for a year, he not only fully mastered the Slaughter God Domain, but his own swordsmanship also saw tremendous improvement.

"First soul skill: Ancient Dragon Battle Body!"

At the moment the dragon sword was gripped in his hand, the first yellow soul ring on Gu Xuan's body also lit up.

As Gu Xuan's strength increased, now possessing seven soul rings, the all-attribute boost of his first soul skill rose from the original ten percent to a terrifying forty percent!

Merely a hundred-year soul skill, it directly increased Gu Xuan's overall strength by forty percent; now his first soul skill can be called a divine skill.

Even compared to the full-power boost of a Soul Saint-level Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Soul Master, it is not lacking.

Above the firmament, as Gu Xuan and Qian Renxue unleashed their full power, the surrounding spirit beasts scattered in all directions, even ten-thousand-year spirit beasts were no exception.

Under the dragon might erupting from Gu Xuan, all spirit beasts felt a tremor from the depths of their souls!

Gu Xuan and Qian Renxue, swords in hand, clashed above the firmament; endless sword qi crisscrossed the heavens, as if it could tear the sky apart.

Gu Xuan's swordsmanship needs no elaboration; he not only received Dust Heart's true transmission, but also comprehended his own sword path.

Although Qian Renxue likewise does not major in swordsmanship, Qian Daoliu is a formidable swordmaster, not inferior to Dust Heart's father and grandfather.

And over the past two and a half years, Qian Renxue has also received Qian Daoliu's wholehearted instruction; her Angelic Holy Sword is far more terrifying than before.

What astonished Qian Renxue was that, even though her soul power had reached the terrifying ninety-third rank, without using soul skills, relying only on her martial soul and swordsmanship, she could only fight Gu Xuan to a draw.

You know, she has now fully absorbed the six soul bones of the Angelic Divine Armor; although she has not yet completed evolution under the Angelic Divine Foundation to reach a demi-god body, her body is fitted with terrifying soul bones of ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine years, her physical quality has surpassed most Titled Douluo, being comparable to a ninety-eighth rank Titled Douluo.

But even so, she is still only on par with Gu Xuan?

In just three years, Gu Xuan's improvement is this terrifying? Even three years ago, when facing himself, he did not have such ease, did he?

Moreover, according to the information Qian Renxue possesses, Gu Xuan spent the past half year recuperating from injuries!

In other words, the Gu Xuan who is now evenly matched with her actually attained this strength with only two and a half years of actual training!

At this moment, Qian Renxue's heart was firmly convinced that Gu Xuan must have received some divine inheritance; otherwise, no matter how monstrous Gu Xuan is, how could he not surpass her three years of arduous training?

Angelic Divine Armor! Angelic Divine Trial! Just these two points already surpass everyone on the continent, let alone that she now also possesses two hundred-thousand-year 【soul rings】!

Thinking of this, Qian Renxue no longer looked down on Gu Xuan; moreover, to conquer such a genius, besides defeating him with absolute strength, what better method is there?

"Gu Xuan, your strength indeed astonishes me, but that's all; for Soul Masters who have reached the Soul Saint level and above, the difference between using and not using the martial soul true form is like heaven and earth!"

"Don't blame me for not giving you a chance, for I truly wish to conquer you with my strength!"

Saying this, Qian Renxue smiled faintly: "Of course, you can also use your strength to conquer me! But the premise is that you must possess that strength!"

"Let me show you my true strength; a Titled Douluo is not something you can shake with merely seven soul rings!"

As Qian Renxue's words fell, her Angelic Holy Sword sliced forth an endless blade of light that repelled Gu Xuan; her figure began to rise, the black seventh soul ring on her body lighting up, and everything around her seemed to be rendered in a splendid golden hue by the energy bursting forth after she activated the seventh soul ring.

"Seventh soul skill: Angelic True Form!"

With the release of Qian Renxue's martial soul true form, this heaven and earth seemed filled with endless light, pure and holy; the melting and purifying power that once made Gu Xuan wary reappeared.

"Angelic Domain — open!"

An angel over fifty meters tall manifested in this heaven and earth, with six golden wings unfurled behind it, its wingspan reaching a terrifying eighty meters.

Gu Xuan, expressionless, watched this scene and replied softly: "Since you've said all that, then let me show you my strength."

As his words fell, Gu Xuan's dragon sword split into two blades that returned to his back; the red seventh soul ring on his body lit up simultaneously, and with the eruption of the hundred-thousand-year soul ring's energy, Gu Xuan seemed to be enveloped in a layer of crimson light.

Immediately after, a resonant dragon roar rang out, echoing through heaven and earth; all spirit beasts within the Li Ma plain, regardless of rank, felt a tremor, as if facing an immensely terrifying existence.

Before this colossal holy angel, a ferocious, domineering bone dragon suddenly appeared, its size likewise reaching a terrifying fifty meters!

This gigantic bone dragon is dark silver all over, with a pair of wings, no auxiliary arms; a pair of sturdy, powerful thighs, its right claw showing an eerie dark gold, its length being more than double that of the left claw.

The left claw, likewise not dark silver but silver-green, though shorter than the right claw, likewise possesses a terrifying energy fluctuation.

In the dragon's eyes, two clusters of red-blue netherworld flames flicker; behind it float eight similarly enlarged dragon swords, each of a different color.

They are, respectively: bluish-purple thunder, black darkness, silvery-white space, cyan wind, grayish-white evil, sky-blue ice flame, crimson fire, and bluish-white time.

At the same time, with the dragon's appearance, three domains of different energies unfolded simultaneously.

"Dragon God Domain — open!"

"Time Domain — open!"

"Slaughter God Domain — open!"

Three powerful domains, each not inferior to the Angelic Domain, were released in an instant, instantly covering and even suppressing the Angelic Domain!

At the moment the Dragon God Domain unfolded, annihilating elements formed from eight kinds of elemental power filled the entire domain, forcing Qian Renxue to use the Angelic Domain to resist.

Fortunately, she has now reached the Titled Douluo realm, and her Angel Domain is not afraid of the consumption of the Dragon God Domain.

But what terrified Qian Renxue was that Gu Xuan's second time domain directly reduced the expansion speed of her Angel Domain by more than tenfold.

Moreover, not only that, in Qian Renxue's eyes, the speed of everything around her seemed to have slowed down, yet she had absolutely no way to solve this problem.

And Gu Xuan's final Slaughter God Domain release completely suppressed Qian Renxue's Angel Domain; within the Slaughter God Domain, her strength actually dropped by twenty percent.

This made Qian Renxue inevitably feel tense, and she could never have imagined that such a rare and scarce ability as a domain, Gu Xuan actually possessed three of them?

The three domains are each different, yet each one is a terrifying existence not inferior to the Angel Domain—is this Gu Xuan's true strength?

She, who could originally match Gu Xuan evenly, actually suffered an even greater defeat after using her martial soul true form—her momentum could not even compare to Gu Xuan's.

At this moment, even without either side making a move, Qian Renxue already understood in her heart that, having lost a move in the initial chess game, she still could not match Gu Xuan now.

It is not that she lacks confidence; on the contrary, the current Qian Renxue is even somewhat arrogant, yet facing the all-out Gu Xuan, even someone as strong as Qian Renxue felt a sense of fear.

Because only when your strength truly reaches a certain level do you realize how terrifying that level is.

Qian Renxue can now be certain that, even though she has absorbed the Angel God's equipment and even accepted the Angel God's inheritance, her chance of victory against Gu Xuan in this state is less than fifty percent.

Of course, if that were the case, Qian Renxue would naturally not feel fearful, after all it's a fifty-fifty split, and she would absolutely not be afraid.

The reason she feels fearful is because the trump card Gu Xuan used when he initially defeated her has not yet been used.

Gu Xuan's trump card directly gave him the ability to defeat himself, and now the situation is the same—how could Qian Renxue not feel fearful?

"How... how is this possible? You... what have you experienced these past few years?" the angel above the heavens uttered an incredulous murmur.

The dragon before the angel spoke: "Nothing else, just having endured hardships."

"Having endured hardships?" the angel murmured to herself: "Hah! Your strength is indeed terrifying, but I will not admit defeat just because of that!"

Then the angel spoke loudly: "Since that's the case, let's decide the outcome with a single move."

Upon hearing this, Gu Xuan naturally understood Qian Renxue's intention instantly; in this state, he also knew just how terrifying he had become—under normal combat, Qian Renxue could not possibly gain an advantage.

At this moment, she wanted to decide the outcome with a single move, naturally possessing some ability to combine all her power and release it together; she intended to use such a method to concentrate her strength!

However, Gu Xuan is not afraid; although Qian Renxue's displayed strength indeed surprised him, that does not mean he will lose.

"Good."

Upon hearing Gu Xuan's answer, Qian Renxue hesitated no longer, clasping her hands before her chest, a huge Angel Holy Sword condensed in her hands, and then the angel's body surface burst forth with even more brilliant golden light.

At the same time, her Angel Domain contracted, completely attaching to the Angel Holy Sword; her entire body burst with brilliant golden light, which was actually the power erupting from six soul bones.

Qian Renxue gathered all her strength into this ultimate strike, determined to defeat Gu Xuan with it.

At this moment, Gu Xuan had also taken action; his domains were not withdrawn, and the effects of his three domains continued to bolster himself while restricting Qian Renxue.

Under the influence of the time domain, Qian Renxue's time flow slowed by tenfold, meaning her actions were also reduced by tenfold.

Meanwhile, under the boost of the time domain, Gu Xuan's time flow increased tenfold; compared to Qian Renxue, rounding off, his time flow is equivalent to a twentyfold increase.

His one minute equals twenty minutes for Qian Renxue; she might need one minute to gather her attack, but Gu Xuan, in that minute while she is gathering her attack, can launch several powerful assaults.

But Gu Xuan did not do that, because to completely conquer such an extraordinarily talented woman, besides being handsome and talented, the best way is to defeat her head-on with absolute strength.

So Gu Xuan used this time equivalent to being twenty times faster than Qian Renxue to fully integrate his own strength, of course, not too terrifying, lest he instantly kill Qian Renxue and lose his six wives.

Thus, when Gu Xuan gathers his attack, he still needs to calculate a bit, ensuring he does not instantly kill his six wives.

Actually, calculating such a powerhouse-level attack is impossible, but if it's just a rough estimate, that's fine.

Qian Renxue's strength is not weak; as long as it's not an attack that instantly kills her, it should not cause irreversible harm to her.

However, as Qian Renxue's attack gathers, Gu Xuan feels a hint of gravity, because the power of her strike is actually increasing at a terrifying speed.

At this moment, when her attack reached its culmination, it actually attained the level of a ninety-nine rank Super Douluo?!

The reason I feel so certain is that when Gu Xuan sparred with Chenxin, he basically didn't hold back, so even if Chenxin didn't use his full strength, it was roughly the same.

But at this moment, Qian Renxue's attack intensity has actually surpassed the pressure Chenxin brought upon himself?

"This little girl indeed has a big move!" Gu Xuan thought to himself.

At this point, Gu Xuan could no longer hold back; the next moment, brilliant dark-silver light burst from his body surface, and he raised his head to let out a long howl.

In others' eyes, the dragon Gu Xuan transformed into let out a terrifying roar, his entire body instantly expanded again, directly reaching a hundred meters in size, while those eight dragon swords seemed to merge into one, forming a long dragon coiling around the bone dragon.

"Martial Soul—Awakening!"

As Gu Xuan used the gold-tier second awakening, he seemed to break through some limitation; his entire power instantly coalesced and erupted, making him appear as if a true dragon walked the world, his awe-inspiring might reaching the heavens, as if he would tear the very sky apart.

At the same time, Qian Renxue's attack had finished gathering; her Angel Holy Sword burst forth with an attack capable of piercing the heavens!

"Divine Technique: One Sword Decides the Verdict, One Sword Opens Heavenly Light—Angel… Holy Judgment!"

Accompanying this sword slash toward Gu Xuan, he could be certain that this attack, which condensed Qian Renxue's full-force strike, had now reached the level of a Peerless Douluo.

Is this a divine technique? It directly caused the ninety-three level Qian Renxue to erupt with such power?

Fortunately, Gu Xuan is now strong; even at full burst, he will not be weaker than Qian Renxue.

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)