Qian Renxue pressed her hands together.
A faint sacred aura enveloped Liu Erlong and Flender's entire bodies.
Moments later.
The almost stagnant life force of the two began to recover, and their wounds quickly disappeared.
"This... Teacher, he's actually alive again." As a food-system soul master, Oscar was very clear about a soul master's vitality. Flender, who had clearly just died, had really come back to life.
Although they hadn't woken up yet, the life force of both Flender and Liu Erlong was genuinely recovering.
"Thank you very much, Miss Qian Renxue." Oscar said with sincere admiration.
"Work well for Spirit Hall. Spirit Hall will not treat you unfairly."
"Yes."
From Oscar's excitement, Qian Renxue roughly understood his character and was relatively satisfied—he still respected teachers and valued the Way.
In fact, from the very beginning Qian Renxue had never intended to kill the two of them. She only wanted to vent her anger and, by the way, let her lovesick mother see clearly what kind of person Yu Xiaogang really was.
Both daggers carried the effect of sealing life force—they would injure, but not kill.
Even if they struck vital spots, they would still preserve a certain amount of life force, leaving it for Qian Renxue to heal them afterward.
After Oscar finished speaking with Qian Renxue, a slightly weak voice rang out.
"Um, Your Holiness the Angel, can I also join Spirit..."
"No!" Qian Renxue cut Ma Hongjun off decisively. "You should be grateful that your behavior only ran wild in the Slaughter City and not on the continent."
"If you dared to act so unscrupulously on the continent, Spirit Hall would be the first to kill you!"
Ma Hongjun's expression changed, immediately followed by embarrassment.
No matter what, Qian Renxue was a woman. Having his situation pointed out so directly made Ma Hongjun feel unable to show his face.
"That was because I couldn't suppress the evil fire. I didn't want to either." Ma Hongjun also let out a breath of relief. What he did was actually similar to certain evil soul masters; he simply hadn't carried it out on the Douluo Continent.
"Later, go to Spirit Hall yourself. Someone there will help you find a solution."
"As for joining Spirit Hall, don't even think about it."
To be honest, Ma Hongjun's talent really wasn't anything special, and there was no need for Qian Renxue, the young master, to lower her stance to recruit him. His actions made Qian Renxue even more displeased.
Qian Renxue had pulled in Oscar precisely to put Flender at ease.
Secondly, Oscar was a congenital full soul power support-system soul master, which held considerable strategic value to Spirit Hall.
And of course, there was one more thing.
She wanted to see what kind of expression would appear on Ning Rongrong's face. It seemed quite interesting!
Boom!
High in the sky, a sudden violent thunderclap rang out. The entire sky began to be covered with clouds.
The range of the cloud layer expanded outward circle by circle.
"It's about time." Qian Renxue's eyes showed seriousness as she looked toward her mother.
"I'll leave these people to you. Leave the Star Luo Empire's territory as quickly as possible."
"I know." Bibi Dong nodded. "Little Xue, you must be careful. Don't forget you still have family."
"Mm, I'll come back safely."
With that, Qian Renxue's figure vanished from Bibi Dong's sight.
"Sigh..."
"My strength is ultimately too weak." Even after obtaining Zhu Zhuqing's god position, and with the additional support of the Forest God and Rakshasa God positions, pushing her god position rank close to God King level, it was still ultimately only a first-level god position.
Moreover, even after absorbing two god positions, her current strength barely reached second-level god.
That is, level 121.
"Alright, I'll take you all away from here. The Star Luo Empire is no longer safe."
Bibi Dong used divine power to lift the Shrek group into the air, finally glancing once more at the still-sleeping Liu Erlong.
After hesitating for a moment, she did not erase Liu Erlong's memories.
Let Liu Erlong suffer if she must suffer—it had nothing to do with Bibi Dong.
After Bibi Dong and the others left.
At a corner of the city, pink-haired Ning Rongrong revealed herself.
"That little girl Qian Renxue is really ruthless!" Pink-haired Ning Rongrong pinched her chin in thought. "Liu Erlong can no longer bear children unless he becomes a god."
That kind of thing was simply impossible. For Liu Erlong to even reach Title Douluo was already a miracle of ancestral graves smoking.
Oh wait, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan's ancestral graves seemed to have been flattened entirely—they didn't even have the qualification to smoke anymore.
"Speaking of which, her taking in Oscar—is she trying to make things difficult for the main body?"
Pink-haired Ning Rongrong shrugged. "Tch, whatever. I'm just a clone. Even if it causes trouble, it's trouble for the main body. It's not important."
"Better transmit everything that happened back. Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, it'll be troublesome."
As she spoke, pink-haired Ning Rongrong's figure became transparent and dissolved into specks of light that scattered.
At the same time, the main body Ning Rongrong—who had just returned from the Star Dou Great Forest and arrived in the skies above the Star Luo Empire.
"Hmm... so many things happened. How interesting!"
Ning Rongrong hovered in the sky.
Beside her were Lan Fozi and Xue Di, holding the blue-white Ice Palace.
"Let's get started. Qian Renxue should be almost ready too." Ning Rongrong gazed at the now basically stabilized abyssal passage.
"Is it really okay?" Lan Fozi asked worriedly. "If we fail, we'll all be finished together."
"Relax! I wouldn't do something without certainty."
Ning Rongrong withdrew her gaze from the breach in the abyssal passage.
"The heavenly phenomena caused by the soul beasts' tribulation shadows will be projected by the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation to every place on this planet where the sky can be seen, radiating across the entire world."
"But the true landing point of the heavenly tribulation will only be here. It will, however, be broadcast live through soul guidance devices the entire time."
"I already discussed it with Qian Renxue. Her task is to gather the faith and the fear born from living beings' terror of the unknown, to break through the divine-level barrier and condense a god position."
After Ning Rongrong finished speaking, she glanced sideways at the silent Xue Di.
"Xue Di, why aren't you saying anything?"
"I don't know what to say." Xue Di shook her head. "There's no issue on my side. The key is whether your formation can withstand Di Tian and the others' tribulation. That's the real problem."
"Di Tian has absolutely sufficient foundation to become a god. I need the power of heaven and earth. Whether he can ultimately succeed or not, even I'm not entirely sure."
The Dragon God's suppression over soul beasts was simply too ridiculous—ridiculous to the point of giving them no path to survive at all.
Ning Rongrong also could not possibly let Di Tian use Lan Fozi's method.
That required the convergence of heavenly timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony, and only occasionally succeeded. It wasn't something one could simply will into existence.
"What about the abyss side?" Lan Fozi asked. "This is what my parents are asking. You told me before that there are very powerful gods inside the abyss, right?"
"The Crimson Mother, half-step God King realm." Ning Rongrong nodded. "A few years ago, I crossed paths with her in the Extreme North."
Ning Rongrong reached out and patted Lan Fozi's shoulder. "Don't worry. If the Crimson Mother appears, I'll handle her."
Xue Di and Lan Fozi exchanged glances.
That's exactly why we're worried!
That's a God King—even if only half-step, it's still a God King!
Does Ning Rongrong really have confidence?
"On the human faith and fear side, Di Tian already mentioned it to Bibi Dong. With the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect assisting, there won't be any problem. On the sea, it'll be up to you, Lan Fozi."
"I'll do my best." Lan Fozi sighed.
Honestly, she was clearly just a little girl who hadn't been a hundred-thousand-year soul beast for very long. Why did she have to deal with this kind of world-destroying matter?
Ning Rongrong handed array disks to Xue Di and Lan Fozi.
These array disks could move throughout the entire continent. Although their speed couldn't compare to spatial jumps, they were more than sufficient for teleportation.
"Xue Di, let's begin!"
The moment Xue Di lifted the Ice Palace, dark clouds gathered in the sky.
Inside the Ice Palace were the auras of dozens of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, the strongest being Di Tian.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda flew out from Ning Rongrong's right hand.
"Formation, activate—Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation!"
In an instant.
The sky and earth were dyed by an inexplicable heaven-and-earth primal force, turning a hazy gray.
The originally thick thundercloud layer, which had only covered the Star Luo Empire's territory,
with the Kyōka Suigetsu-like effect of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, now became visible across the entire continent—thick thunderclouds hanging high above.
"Fear, faith—they will all become the source for your breakthrough, Qian Renxue."
"But whether you can break out of your cocoon, grow fuller, and condense a God King god position depends entirely on you."
Almost at the same moment the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda flew into the sky and connected with the array patterns,
Qian Renxue also flew upward. She sat cross-legged directly in front of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and began cultivating.
"Ice Palace, appear!"
The solid palace manifested, and the dozens of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts inside all emerged.
"You all don't need to worry about anything. Break through with peace of mind."
Ning Rongrong looked toward the increasingly condensed lightning and spoke to the soul beasts preparing for their tribulation breakthrough.
(End of chapter)