Chapter 161: with translation of chapter title

Two scarlet light pillars, like they were burning the world, instantly tore through the sky, diagonally devouring the upper half of the dark-golden terrorclaw bear. If it were a direct horizontal strike, the whole of Nuoding City would be burned through.

Roar——!

Accompanied by the pained roar, Qian Renxue soared like a bird, freely wandering the sky; the four pairs of wings behind her lightly fluttered, and in the next instant she appeared before the ferocious giant maw that the Bear Lord had opened in pain.

Boom!

The howling heat wave swept across, spraying the Bear Lord's face with scorching heat; he felt his originally masculine and handsome bear face evaporating, his mouth and tongue dry and stinging, even with a hint of numbness.

The scorching heat from her lungs was frenziedly sucked into the eight-winged angel's mouth, and the seven orifices hidden beneath her hood simultaneously spewed forth purgatorial flames, as if plunging one into a sea of fire.

The sky seemed to be split apart, one side brilliant gold, the other side scarlet.

The sound of blades slicing flesh quickly spread; Qian Renxue and the Bear Lord's massive heads crossed paths, the angel's dual swords wielded in her hand elongated by the burning flames, the terrifying giant slash like divine heavenly punishment easily severed the head of the ferocious beast that had lived for over four hundred thousand years—the Bear Lord's head.

Flames boiled, scorching yang searing the bones; the dark-golden terrorclaw bear's eyes held a resentful glare, that light both hatred for Qian Renxue and hatred for the Myriad Beast King who abandoned it; its body weakly collapsed downward, kicking up dust. It never imagined that merely coming to kill a six-year-old brat would cost it its life.

The angel's domain had the effect of isolating perception; the Bear Lord never expected the Myriad Beast King to flee directly, not even coming to help itself.

With the bolstering of a million-year soul ring, plus the successive eruptions of the fourth soul skill, Crimson Fire God-Sealing Sword, it was already enough to slay these ferocious beasts, let alone Qian Renxue's fourth soul skill being the overbearing Ultimate Flame.

Even with the Bear Lord's cultivation of over four hundred thousand years, it could hardly resist.

Exhale——

She exhaled a wisp of enduring flame from her mouth; Qian Renxue's flame-shaped pupils slowly returned to normal, and under such heat her snow-white, jade-like skin revealed a faint blush, exceptionally soft and smooth, evoking an urge to knead it.

At this moment the Bear Lord's massive head fell to the ground, gurgling as it rolled to Qian Renxue's feet.

The dark-golden terrorclaw bear bearing the Behemoth bloodline possessed astonishing vitality; its huge ferocious eyes reflected the image of the eight-winged angel, and even with its head severed it still roared angrily with full vigor, its voice hoarse and filled with unparalleled resentment.

"Ugly coward who hides your face! You actually killed so many of our ten-thousand-year spirit beasts! My handsome face has been burned to ashes by you!"

"You'll come to no good end! Di Tian will surely avenge me! And there's the auspicious beast! The ferocious beasts will all come out, you're surely doomed! They'll definitely eat you!"

With a bang, Qian Renxue ruthlessly stomped on the Bear Lord; under the immense force and pressure, its huge head seemed to be pierced by a needle, even the blood and flesh pulp squeezed out, getting tomato sauce on her foot.

"You're talking nonsense! I'm a two-dimensional beauty! Isn't it normal for a beauty not to show her face? This is the angel's true form—do you even understand?! If you don't, don't spout nonsense! Obtaining a million-year seventh ring is extremely difficult!"

Ugly freak! I'll make you an ugly freak!!!

Qian Renxue kept trampling the Bear Lord's head, her snow-white, crystalline jade foot using various methods and varying force to trample his head.

Speaking of which, it's funny—she never encountered a particularly beautiful girl in her past life, so in this life Qian Renxue still highly values her identity as a two-dimensional beauty; she now feels a bit like role-playing, lacking Niu Niu, so she can only act out the direction of her past life's dream lover.

Having grown this big, she's still the first time being looked down upon in appearance by a bear.

The Bear Lord isn't human and has no foot fetish; he only feels incessantly insulted by Qian Renxue, furious beyond bearing, but unable to move, he can only keep letting out earth-shaking howls.

At that moment, a gray light flickered, and the illusory apparition of an elderly white-robed old man appeared out of thin air before Qian Renxue and the Bear Lord; he floated to her front, his fingertip touching her brow, and a gray light streaked across.

After doing that, the illusory image of Erleks dissipated into midair, leaving only his aged voice tinged with a hint of laughter echoing here; evidently, seeing his usually steady disciple finally break his composure was quite amusing.

"Xue'er, don't rush to kill it; this is a contract method I developed after researching your world's cultivation system. Your spiritual power realm is not low; with you casting it, the success rate should be considerably higher, but the precondition is that those spirit beasts agree to complete that equal contract with you."

Qian Renxue's pupils contracted, her heart stirred with tumultuous waves, "Is this the method of soul spirit fusion?"

Qian Renxue immediately extended her fair, tender foot and kicked the Bear Lord before her, "Bear Lord, you should have heard that soul spirit fusion method for completing an equal contract with spirit beasts, right? As long as you're willing to become my soul spirit, I can grant you a second life."

"You, ferocious beast, surely you don't want to die either, right?"

The Bear Lord stared at the soul rings beside Qian Renxue, roaring wildly; aside from the first soul ring, each of her remaining blood-red soul rings bore clear, visible golden patterns, symbolizing that these soul rings came from powerful ferocious beasts that had surpassed the ten-thousand-year limit.

Even though the Bear Lord was a mindless adherent of the law of the jungle and supremacy of the strong, seeing so many ferocious beasts die at the hands of human spirit masters, he couldn't help but feel an unprecedented fury.

"Roar—human! Don't think you can fool me! I, Bear Lord, would die here with body and spirit annihilated, and I would never believe you, this despicable human! I would never ally with the humans who slaughtered so many ferocious beasts! For I am the Bear Lord of the dark-golden terrorclaw bear clan!!"

Golden flames ignited beneath her feet; Qian Renxue nonchalantly rubbed her feet in the fire, burning away the bloodstains.

"Despicable? This time it's clearly you ferocious beasts coming to the human world and striking first with a sneak attack; in terms of despicableness, I can't compare to you."

"As for the soul rings, that's merely your one-sided misunderstanding; most of my soul rings are divine-bestowed, otherwise would the Star Dou Great Forest have so many ferocious beasts? When a ferocious beast dies, you wouldn't even notice."

"Moreover, I never intended to be an enemy of the Star Dou Great Forest; as long as you're willing to become my soul spirit, I'll consider today's sneak attack settled; otherwise, I will indeed retaliate."

"'Divine-bestowed soul rings? Can this human really be trusted?' the Bear Lord's eyes flickered; he subconsciously glanced toward the Star Dou Great Forest, his head's aura growing ever weaker; even with his tremendous vitality, he could not possibly survive in this situation."

"You're about to die anyway; even if you refuse, it doesn't matter to me—I can still obtain your soul rings and soul bones after your death, Miss."

"The dark-golden terrorclaw bear flowing with golden Behemoth blood, your ferocious beast soul rings are a match for my eight-winged angel martial soul."

Since fusing with the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, her soul power level has again surged to the eightieth-rank bottleneck, and the Bear Lord right now is indeed very suitable for her.

During attribute guidance, Qian Renxue drew out the auspicious beast's golden dragon bloodline, causing her physique and martial soul to undergo a slight change; the dark-golden terrorclaw bear also possesses the golden Behemoth bloodline as a supreme spirit beast, and when her eighth soul ring is already more than sufficient—"Don't you want to become a god? I am the descendant of the Angel God; with my talent, I will surely attain godhood in the future, and by then you will be the first ferocious beast to become a deity, stronger than Di Tian."

After a moment of silence, the hesitancy in the Bear Lord's dark-golden eyes gave way to resolve. "Become a god? Who wouldn't want to become a god? The talent displayed by this faceless ugly freak of a human truly possesses the foundation for godhood. Humans are the race most favored by heaven; even he cannot deny that, given this human a few decades to grow, the ferocious beasts could never match her power."

"What the heck! Xue'er! The first to become a god is supposed to be me, brother!" A crystal-clear silkworm baby suddenly appeared, its body adorned with ten golden rings, its chubby form lying on Qian Renxue's shoulder, its anthropomorphic little eyes showing displeasure.

"No! It should be me, miss!" Another petite phoenix appeared on Qian Renxue's shoulder, her wings covering her slender beak, her talons domineeringly stepping on the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

"Waaah! Who are you? Why is there a bird?! Game over, Xue'er, save me!" The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was startled, desperately wriggling its body to escape.

"It had never seen the little golden phoenix in the Sea of Spirit before; flying types counter bug types! It hasn't even seen Ice Ice yet! 'It's you! This weak little reptile actually became her soul ring? That platinum-colored soul ring?' The Bear Lord's eyes held a hint of astonishment; back when they went out to rescue the auspicious beast, this waste had escaped from the Lake of Life, and he never imagined it would now become part of this human."

"No, after becoming a soul ring you didn't die? And this is a phoenix? Isn't the phoenix clan already extinct?"

Qian Renxue freed the bound Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, used her spiritual power to seize the little golden phoenix and hold it in her embrace, then gently stroked its head with her fingertips.

"They are all my soul rings; merely their souls have been preserved. Now they are just spiritual power; by employing the soul spirit method just mentioned, they can be reconstituted as energy entities, and as they grow they may eventually attain true physical forms, living again."

It's really true!

A glint of longing flashed in the Bear Lord's eyes; his weak voice carried excitement as he immediately asked his most pressing concern: "If I choose to become your soul spirit, will you really allow me to retain my consciousness like them?"

Qian Renxue's lips curled slightly as she transmitted that portion of the contract with the spirit beast to the Bear Lord: "The soul spirit method is an equal contract method; as long as you harbor no resistance toward me, your consciousness can be preserved—so, what is your choice?"

The Bear Lord hesitated no longer, declaring bluntly: "I'm willing to follow you! But I won't help you deal with the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest."

Qian Renxue nodded, indifferent; once truly becoming a soul spirit, her interests would also become his, and over time the Bear Lord would change his mind. She glanced sideways at the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm on her shoulder, which instantly understood what she was thinking.

It immediately exerted spiritual power to hurl the corpse of the cloaked man smashed into the wall out.

Leave it to me, bro!

During the soul spirit fusion, spiritual power must be highly focused; she needs the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm to keep others away from here to prevent mishaps, after all the Bear Lord has already collapsed, and who knows if someone might barge in to investigate.

"Me too! Me too!" the little golden phoenix struggled, flapping her wings; she had only taken a nap, so how could upon waking there be others beside Xiao Xue? This is unacceptable! She is Qian Renxue's mainstay! Clearly I came first!

Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear, this soul beast that all soul masters dream of, Jin Huang'er also had some understanding; after all, Xiao Yuan's martial soul was originally this kind of super soul beast, but it was absorbed and degenerated by the Subduing Yu Sword.

This super soul beast is almost the best choice that fits all soul masters; Jin Huang'er looked proud, after waking up from a nap Xiao Xue had already reached rank eighty, my eyesight is still great! Back then, among so many humans, I spotted Xiao Xue at a glance—it's a real loss that Jiuhan didn't come along.

Qian Renxue composed her emotions, she said solemnly to Bear Lord: "I'm about to begin. I've just transmitted the steps for forming the contract to you. Next, I will guide you to condense your soul imprint; you must relax your body and cooperate with me to fuse your innate talent with your soul imprint. Everything must be voluntary; only then can we form the contract."

Bear Lord could no longer speak at this moment; it could only indicate to Qian Renxue with meaningless sobs.

A viscous-like mental force and life force with a tangible texture continuously surged out from Qian Renxue's brow, enveloping the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear's split head and body entirely.

Her eight soul rings, which completely surpassed normal conditions, undulated slowly, attracting the gazes of Jin Huang'er and the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm; to them, these eight soul rings were endlessly fascinating.

Under the life force emitted by the Living Spirit Gold, Bear Lord's ashen pallor improved considerably; bathed in the gentle glow of mental energy, a faint darkgolden luster began to appear on its body. Given its current condition, it could hardly exert any strength, let alone overdo it, but relaxing was what it excelled at.

Under the guidance of Qian Renxue's substantive mental power, Bear Lord's spiritual essence, soul imprint, a portion of its purest soul power, and the mysterious energy latent in its innate bloodline began to rapidly coalesce.

This process was somewhat lengthy, after all, the target this time was a ferocious beast with over four hundred thousand years of cultivation; moreover, this was Qian Renxue's first attempt at a soul-spirit fusion trial, using the version just completed by Elder Yi. She dared not be the slightest bit careless; everything proceeded with utmost caution. Fortunately, the Living Spirit Gold sustained Bear Lord's life, otherwise it would surely have perished.

In Qian Renxue's left hand, a cluster of platinum-colored sacred light appeared, filled with the aura of light, and a low, drawn-out chant followed from her mouth.

The chant was clear, but aside from Yilaikesi, no one could understand what she was saying; those obscure pronunciations seemed to stir the heavens and earth.

Bear Lord's appearance was too sudden; the contract method given by Yilaikesi, Qian Renxue had not even practiced it, but in order to save Bear Lord's life and gain a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear soul spirit for herself, she could only grit her teeth and try.

A golden hexagram began to take shape on the ground. This hexagram enveloped both Qian Renxue and Bear Lord.

The gold on Bear Lord's body grew stronger; with the emergence of the hexagram formation, its true form was rendered as a translucent darkgold. One could see the gold beginning to surge upward from its footpads, and wherever the golden light passed, its body began to wither and darken. The hair on its footpads lost its luster first, then its body and claws.

Meanwhile, the advancing gold became ever brighter.

Streaks of brilliant light flickered across Qian Renxue's body and then fell upon the true form of the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear.

Qian Renxue's mental power in her sea of consciousness surged out wildly, merging with Bear Lord's spiritual essence.

At this moment, Bear Lord's heart was filled with shock; it never expected Qian Renxue's mental power to be so powerful, that pure mental power far surpassed Bear Lord's, they were not even on the same level! Moreover, Qian Renxue's mental power was also filled with an extremely rich vitality.

Bear Lord let out a great sigh of relief; relying on the nourishment from Qian Renxue's unknown-source vitality, its consciousness would surely be preserved intact.

The soul-spirit contract fusion process proceeded extremely smoothly; just a quarter of an hour later, when Qian Renxue's mental power had been depleted by thirty percent, the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear's claws had completely withered, and a piece of darkgolden left palm bone silently attached to her left hand, within which the violent soul power fluctuations were enough to make any soul master tremble with fear.

The darkgolden Terrorclaw left palm bone merged into Qian Renxue's left hand in an instant.

Qian Renxue could clearly feel that her external wrist soul bone and palm bone were seamlessly joined together, perfectly integrated as one.

(End of chapter)