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"Do you still want to fight?"
Qian Renhan turned his gaze toward Qian Daoliu. If this stubborn old man still wanted to stir up trouble, he would have no choice but to use his ninth soul skill and let Qian Daoliu experience the life of an ordinary person.
His ninth soul ring was a staggering 180,000 years old and granted only a single ability: Angel's Deepest Darkness. It was an area-of-effect soul skill with a controllable range. It caused no direct damage, but any soul master struck by this ability would lose all soul power for three months—unable to summon their martial soul, let alone activate any soul rings dependent on that power.
For a soul master, the meaning of losing their soul power went without saying. Of course, the skill itself also came with a three-month cooldown.
So, what is Angel's Deepest Darkness? It symbolizes the fallen angel engulfing the world. Soul masters caught in its shroud lose control and are unable to wield their abilities. It was a vivid and symbolic technique.
As long as the opponent's strength wasn't vastly different from Qian Renhan's, even if hundreds of Limit Douluo stood before him, this one skill would turn them all into helpless bystanders.
Qian Daoliu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and sneered, "Heh, Qian Renhan, you are indeed powerful. I admit I can't defeat you. But there's something you don't know—as a Grand Worshiper serving a deity, I receive divine protection and can harness divine power. Divine power is several times stronger than soul power. Once I invoke it, my strength increases exponentially. Watch carefully!"
Qian Daoliu spread his arms wide. Specks of golden light burst forth from his body, exuding a sacred radiance even more formidable than that of the Angelic Martial Soul. Under this pure, overwhelming divine energy, Qian Renhan's darkness was visibly suppressed. The withered trees around them began sprouting fresh buds under the glow.
Boom—
A golden pillar of light exploded from Qian Daoliu's body, his aura continuously rising.
Boom—
Qian Renhan turned his head. Out over the ocean, another pillar of radiant blue-gold energy erupted.
On the shore, the Sea Dragon Douluo and the now-humanoid Devil Spirit Great White Shark stood stunned. "The High Priest is using the power bestowed by Lord Sea God!"
Space rippled, and in just the blink of an eye, Bo Saixi vanished from the ocean and reappeared on the battlefield.
"She survived that? Tough bones."
Qian Renhan watched Bo Saixi, now covered in injuries, healing rapidly under the Sea God's divine power. His previous all-out strike had completely devoured her soul power—but it couldn't erase divine energy, which was a level above his. If she hadn't activated her divine power, the damage she had taken would have been fatal.
"Bo Saixi, I told you—I will cleanse the family with my own hands!"
Qian Daoliu stepped out from the golden pillar of light, the glow around him transforming into golden flames. Within those flames, golden particles danced, creating a magnificent spectacle.
Bo Saixi's aura changed as well, but hers shone with a blue-gold radiance.
Her High Priestess robes were tattered, leaving her modesty barely preserved by the protective power of the Sea God. Her bloodshot eyes burned with fury, and her once-tidy hair was now wildly tousled, blowing chaotically in the wind.
"Qian Daoliu, you've gone too far. One of you, two of you—I'll kill every last one of you!"
"You two really think too highly of yourselves."
No one had noticed when Qian Renhan had ascended into the sky. Now, he hovered a kilometer above them, looking down. His left hand still gripped the Asura Sword. With the angelic divine power enhancing it, he no longer had to worry about damaging the Heaven-Measuring Sword.
"Asura Domain."
Within the crimson domain, a savage murderous aura surged. Behind Qian Renhan, the aura condensed into six colossal blood-red swords, each ten meters long and three meters wide, gripped by a monstrous, three-headed, six-armed blood-red giant.
"Asura Sword Technique, First Form: Judgment."
Qian Renhan pointed the Asura Sword toward Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi below. The giant behind him raised its head. In the next instant, six terrifying sword lights tore through the air. Six blood-red sword waves were unleashed simultaneously, carving six jagged rifts through the void as they descended.
"How bold!"
Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi erupted in fury. Having activated their divine power, both believed themselves to be unrivaled in the world—yet Qian Renhan brazenly launched an attack against them both at once.
The two charged forward simultaneously, their Heaven-Measure Sword and Seagod Trident clashing against the six incoming sword strikes.
In just an instant, Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi were stunned again—their formidable divine power was being suppressed by the blood-red killing aura.
Qian Renhan brought his hands together. His ninth soul ring lit up beneath his feet, and the black light from the fallen angel behind him surged. A massive black barrier spread outward from him as the epicenter. It extended for tens of thousands of meters, reaching all the way to the coastline. Even Sea Dragon Douluo and the Devil Soul Great White Shark watching from afar were now enveloped within it.
"What kind of ability is this? Is this massive barrier a domain?"
Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi turned their heads in unison, scanning their surroundings.
"I thought you'd try to escape, so I deliberately expanded the radius. Seems I still overestimated you."
"Ninth Soul Skill—Angel of Darkness."
Qian Renhan thrust both hands forward. Darkness spread like a watering can showering flowers—blanketing the entire region within tens of thousands of meters in complete shadow. Everything suddenly fell silent.
When the darkness finally dispersed, the forest remained exactly as it had been before. However, the atmosphere had shifted—everything now seemed much quieter and more serene. The chaotic energy unleashed earlier during the battle among Qian Renhan, Bo Saixi, and Qian Daoliu had completely vanished. Even the blazing infernos ignited by the Divine Holy Sword's strikes were extinguished—without so much as a trace of smoke remaining.
"What just happened?"
Floating dozens of meters in the air, Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi both wore expressions of confusion. They had clearly felt something strange while shrouded in darkness—but now, that feeling had vanished. Instead, their bodies, which previously felt light and unburdened, now felt heavy. And their semi-divine sense, once capable of perceiving forces beyond this world, was gone. They now felt more attuned to nature—but much less powerful.
Qian Daoliu turned to look at Bo Saixi—and his pupils widened in shock, Adam's apple bobbing. The divine light that had once cloaked her figure was now gone. Her tattered high priestess robes barely covered her, exposing large patches of fair, delicate skin—and even the soft curve of her chest was fully visible.
"It's done. With their meridians intact, that height shouldn't be fatal."
Qian Renhan retracted his martial soul. He looked slightly fatigued—this attack, cast over such a vast range, had consumed nearly all of his remaining soul power.
"Ah—!" ×2
Thud—! ×2
Two cries of pain followed by heavy crashes rang in Qian Renhan's ears. He cast them a glance before turning away, flying off toward the ocean—he needed to hunt some sea spirit beasts to replenish his soul power.
Two peak Douluo with fully intact meridians were essentially superhuman in the eyes of ordinary people. Besides, this wasn't a soul beast forest but rather a remote wilderness. The spiritual energy of the land had already been scattered by Qian Renhan's attack. No soul beasts or spirit masters would venture into such a place. Qian Daoliu—who had once roamed the entire continent alongside Tang Chen—would be fine.
Once he slaughtered the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, he would deal with Tang Chen next.
(End of Chapter)