Chapter 408: The Battle of the Heroines

"Explode!"

Qian Renxue clenched her fist; without using the Life and Death Gate to absorb it, she struck her own Holy Fire directly into it. The condensed flames exploded upon contact, and the terrifying force of the blast instantly destroyed Lv Lingqi's Life and Death Gate.

In terms of raw power, Qian Renxue might be inferior to Lv Lingqi, but when it came to the use of soul power, she was confident she would not lose to anyone.

After shattering the Life and Death Gate, Qian Renxue spread her six wings and flew rapidly toward Lv Lingqi.

The phantom of the Angel Holy Sword expanded, condensing into hundreds and thousands of swords that shot toward Lv Lingqi.

Due to the restrictions of the Angel Domain, Lingqi's body was fixed in the center of the domain; facing Qian Renxue's attack, she could not dodge at all.

However, so what?

Qian Renxue's Angel Holy Sword struck from all directions, but it was completely useless. Lingqi separated her Cross Flying Halberd in the middle, holding a small halberd in each hand.

Her figure danced like the wind, her afterimages endless, guarding all sides.

Those incoming Angel Light Swords were all struck down by her in an instant.

"What, my rain of Angel Light Swords was actually broken so easily!" Qian Renxue said in shock, "This woman's halberd technique is so high, it is not below Feihuang's."

A quite high evaluation; Qian Renxue rarely saw anyone who could rival Nan Feihuang in martial arts, even those grandfathers of hers were the same, generally relying on their own nine soul skills to defend against enemies.

But Nan Feihuang was the type who had honed his own halberd technique to perfection; once unleashed, its power even exceeded that of soul skills.

"Unparalleled Skill: Heaven Soaring Blade!" Lv Lingqi seized the chance to pursue, her twin halberds crossing to slash out a cross.

This halberd strike tore through the obstruction of Qian Renxue's Angel Domain, pressing straight toward Qian Renxue herself. Although this was only the weakest of the three peerless skills, as long as it was an Unparalleled Skill, there was no such thing as poor power.

"Angel Light Shield!" Qian Renxue immediately deployed a defensive formation, her wings curling inward as a golden light surrounded her body. This was not a soul ring skill, but a self-created soul skill of the Angel Clan.

Lingqi's cross slash struck the shield. The Angel Light Shield, deployed with the soul power of the Angel Clan, could not be easily broken even by a Title Douluo.

But facing this slash from Lv Lingqi, it was directly struck until cracks appeared.

Qian Renxue understood that if things continued this way, her shield would be slashed open by Lv Lingqi in less than a few seconds.

She could not rely solely on defense; only by combining offense and defense could she succeed.

"Sixth Soul Skill: Angel Roar!"

Qian Renxue let out a roar, using the special conversion method of Angel Soul Power to instantly transform her soul power into a mental shock for a wide-range attack. Those hit would suffer intense mental tremors; if the opponent's mental strength was less than half of the caster's, their soul would shatter directly, leading to a head explosion and death. If the gap was within half, it would convert into a mental shock, causing mental injury to the opponent.

Below, Ye Nichang immediately used her Spirit Douluo soul power to protect Xue Ke and Xue Ye; otherwise, if they were caught in the wake of this Angel Roar, their souls might truly dissipate.

She also opened the Nine Heart Begonia, trying her best to let the begonia petals drift onto Lv Lingqi. At the Spirit Douluo level, the Nine Heart Begonia could heal not just the body, but even the soul, though its healing ability was not as effective as it was for external injuries.

Lv Lingqi's mental strength did not differ much from Qian Renxue's, so naturally, no soul shattering occurred. With the help of the Nine Heart Begonia, she only felt slightly dazed for a moment.

However, in that very instant, her soul power became disordered due to the mental lapse, and the Heaven Soaring Blade began to dissipate before it could fully execute its power.

Qian Renxue took the opportunity to slash with her sword. In her daze, Lingqi's own superior combat experience and body memory took effect; her body moved faster than her brain, and her Fourth Soul Ring rose quietly.

"Fourth Soul Skill: Counter-Battle Golden Body!"

It was the same golden body skill as Feihuang and Dian Wei, but unlike Feihuang's "braver with every battle" or Dian Wei's long invincibility duration.

Her invincibility duration for this move was only one second, and its effect lay mainly in another aspect. Since it was named "Counter-Battle," it naturally only exerted its power when in a disadvantageous position. This move could absorb the enemy's attack power for her own use, amplify herself, and then return a full-force strike, supplemented by her own strength, to deal double damage to the opponent.

Lingqi withstood Qian Renxue's sword, then backhanded a halberd strike in return. The Angel Light Shield was already precarious under the previous Heaven Soaring Blade, and this halberd strike shattered it directly. The cross halberd grazed Qian Renxue's abdomen; even though Qian Renxue reacted strongly and quickly, dodging in time, she was still cut by the sharpness of the Tool Spirit, leaving a bloody streak.

Blood continued to flow along the broken flesh.

"Damn it, for so many years, apart from that nameless monster in the Star Dou Great Forest, you are the first person to hurt me. Today, I will definitely make you pay the price."

An angry Qian Renxue increased the soul power output of her Angel Roar. With a full-force strike, the powerful Angel Soul Power not only shook away the Nine Heart Begonia petals in a short time, temporarily interrupting the soul power healing, but also sent Lv Lingqi flying backward.

Both were repelled by the other's intense strike. Qian Renxue landed on the plaza, while Lv Lingqi crashed through a pillar outside Xue Ye's bedchamber and was pinned underneath it.

However, the next moment, Qian Renxue immediately flew up again, her hand gently touching her abdomen, using holy power to heal herself.

The pillar pinning Lv Lingqi was also sliced into countless fragments by the Feilian Halberd. Lv Lingqi wiped the blood from her face with her sleeve, and without the slightest concern, she lifted her halberd and walked toward Qian Renxue again.

"What a crazy battle. Although these two are only Spirit Saints, the power, speed, and soul skill potency they erupted with in an instant are enough to rival a Title Douluo. How many geniuses there are in this world," Ye Nichang sighed.

The strength the two were currently displaying was evenly matched. The previous round of exchanges could be said to have left neither side with an advantage. Moreover, Qian Renxue was very clever; she had discerned the weakness of her Nine Heart Begonia—the damage she inflicted on Lv Lingqi was not physical.

Because she knew very well that with the Nine Heart Begonia present, as long as Lv Lingqi was not killed in one blow, no matter how badly she was injured, it was just a matter of drifting a few more petals.

Therefore, she chose soul attacks that the Nine Heart Begonia was not adept at healing, limiting the Nine Heart Begonia's healing ability to the minimum.

Only the legendary Nine-Ring Nine-Heart Begonia could perhaps bring both physical and soul healing to the extreme.

Qian Renxue had by now fully acknowledged the woman before her. She now admitted that Feihuang's taste was truly excellent.

In this world, besides Bibi Dong, there actually existed a woman whose talent could rival her own.

No, it should even be said that she was above her; after all, Lv Lingqi was much younger than her, yet she had already achieved the rank of Spirit Saint, only a few levels lower than herself.

Her actual combat ability was even more shockingly strong. One wondered how, at such a young age, she had practiced such proficient halberd techniques and possessed such extraordinary combat experience.

However, she was confident she would not lose. She would tell this woman that she was the number one heroine in Feihuang's heart.

In fact, what made her even more anxious was that she understood if she didn't defeat Lv Lingqi first today, she wouldn't be able to kill Xue Ye.

But judging from the previous exchanges, wanting to defeat Lv Lingqi was not something she could do in a short while.

What she worried about more at this moment was that before she defeated Lv Lingqi, her own people on the other two battlefields might not hold out.

Not to mention Feihuang and Guangling Douluo in the sky; she still had some confidence in her Grandfather Guangling.

But the battle between Citun Douluo and the Dragon Snake Combined Attack not far away had very obvious advantages and disadvantages. Although Ci Xue was not afraid of the poison of the Dragon Snake Combined Attack and could even swallow it all.

But the Dragon Snake Combined Attack was not just about poison.

Poison was only a part of the snake; even stronger were the power and pressure of the dragon.

Under the violent collision of the dragon and snake, Citun Douluo was almost retreating step by step. Judging by this situation, Citun Douluo would not be able to hold out for two sticks of incense before being defeated.

(End of chapter)