Douluo: Did you move Danta here?

Chapter 342 Fierce Battle

Qian Daoliu frowned, a bad feeling creeping into his heart. As the Angelic Holy Sword in his hand slashed down, this feeling grew stronger.

With a whooshing sound, Ning Bei's body was cleaved in two by a single sword strike, and Qian Renxue below suddenly covered her red lips and cried out in alarm.

However, just a few seconds later, the shattered ice in mid-air reassembled into Ning Bei's figure, staring at Qian Daoliu with a wicked grin.

"Grandpa Qian's moves are pretty good, they're mine now."

"Hmph, you brat, how dare you talk so arrogantly! Let's go again."

A miniature version of the Angelic Holy Sword appeared in Qian Daoliu's hand, and with flapping wings, he flew rapidly towards Ning Bei. Ning Bei, however, showed no intention of retreating. She condensed an ice sword in her hand and met the approaching Qian Daoliu head-on.

"I also studied swordsmanship for a long time."

Before obtaining her second martial soul, Ning Bei had studied the Seven Kill Sword Technique with Chen Xin for quite some time. Although she was no match for Chen Xin, she could still hold her own against Qian Daoliu for a while.

The two figures began to echo each other in mid-air, while the worshippers below could only see scattered afterimages and the crisp sound of swords clashing.

"This kid is a monster, he can actually keep up with Big Brother's speed."

"Who says otherwise? Shouldn't he be a control-type Soul Master?"

Thinking back to the scene where the other party defeated the six of them together in the Ice God Temple, the group couldn't help but wonder what kind of Soul Master this kid was, or perhaps an all-rounder?
In mid-air, Qian Daoliu's anger grew with each blow, and he glared angrily at the young man before him.

"Boy, if you still look down on me, how dare you compete with me using something you're not good at?"

Qian Daoliu recognized Ning Bei's swordsmanship. He had fought against Chen Xin's father before, and even he had to take the Seven Kill Sword Qi seriously. In comparison, Ning Bei's Seven Kill Sword Technique seemed to be that of an amateur, flashy but impractical, and it was obvious that he had not mastered it.

To his dismay, Ning Bei's swordplay, though full of flaws, always managed to react when he attacked her weaknesses, and then quickly countered with his own clumsy swordsmanship. For a time, it seemed as if the two were evenly matched, their swordsmanship on par with each other.

But only experts knew that Ning Bei's swordsmanship was 648 times worse than Qian Daoliu's, yet for some reason Ning Bei was able to catch his Angelic Holy Sword, which made the old man very frustrated.

"Grandpa Qian, try to feel it with your heart."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu was slightly taken aback. He then extended his spiritual power to the surrounding area. The snowflakes that were slowly falling there all contained fluctuations of soul power. In other words, Ning Bei had anticipated his move and prepared a countermeasure based on these snowflakes.

"You cunning little rascal."

Qian Daoliu gritted his teeth. He had thought that the snowflakes were just a special effect of Ning Bei's martial soul, but he did not expect that there was another trick hidden inside.

"Haha, old man, the warm-up is over. You'd better watch out now."

"Soul Bone Fusion Skill: The Pride of the Two Ice and Snow Emperors"

As Ning Bei finished speaking, Qian Daoliu's pupils widened in shock. A small storm was gradually condensing in Ning Bei's hand, and it was growing in size at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye.

As Ning Bei raised her hand and threw the storm towards Qian Daoliu, the small wind cluster instantly grew into a powerful ice crystal storm that enveloped the entire valley.

"Doesn't the old man like to ascend to immortality? Then I'll just smash it all to pieces for you."

With lightning-fast reflexes, Qian Daoliu had already retreated as soon as Ning Bei condensed the storm, but he still couldn't escape the terrifying storm. Moreover, he had a premonition that the ascension technique he had just used would not be effective against this move.

Under the shifting gazes, Qian Daoliu could only grit his teeth and enter the Martial Soul True Body state.

"Seventh Soul Skill - Angelic True Form." A dazzling light burst forth from the snow-white ice storm, and the enormous angelic entity firmly protected it within, shielding it from the endless ice.

Understanding the immense benefits that the Martial Soul True Body provides to Soul Masters like them, Ning Bei dared not be overconfident any longer and also entered the state of the Ice and Snow Maiden True Body.

The physical forms of the two goddesses, Holy Light and Frost, confronted each other in mid-air, with gold and blue vying fiercely for dominance over the sky, neither willing to back down even a step.

"Eighth Soul Skill: Angelic Glory".

Qian Daoliu understood that battles between experts of the same level were a process where every second counted. As soon as he began to lose ground, he immediately activated his eighth soul ring.

Endless holy light condensed in the sky into a golden giant sword nearly a thousand meters long, which locked onto Ning Bei's figure.

"Big Brother is getting serious, we'd better stand back a bit."

"Ah."

Just as Qingluan was about to take Qianrenxue back a bit, he turned around and found that the annoying woman had already made her move. By the time he came to his senses, the mother and daughter had already appeared several kilometers away.

Without a second thought, several of the retainers immediately set off for the mother and daughter, turning their heads once again to look at the place in the sky where the two were fighting.

Opposite the thousand-meter-long golden sword, another thousand-meter-long sword made of ice appeared out of thin air, and the two once again faced off across the void.

"Third Soul Skill: Emperor Sword: Unparalleled Ice Extreme".

The Emperor Sword, the Emperor Palm, and the Emperor's Cold Sky—the Snow Maiden not only became Ning Bei's martial soul, but also endowed him with three extremely powerful soul skills. The Emperor Sword was just right to deal with Qian Daoliu's Angelic Glory.

"Hmph, then let's see whose sword is sharper."

Unconvinced, Qian Daoliu pressed his right hand down hard towards Ning Bei, and the thousand-meter-long golden sword in the sky fell down instantly, its target Ning Bei.

"Then let's have a good competition."

Ning Bei was not afraid at all, and pointed her sword at Qian Daoliu!

The thousand-meter-long ice giant sword collided with the angelic glory in mid-air, and the blinding light that erupted caused the group of people several kilometers away to cover their eyes, their cheeks stinging from the two gusts of wind, one cold and one warm.

After the aftershocks subsided, a deep pit several kilometers in diameter appeared in the once flat valley behind the mountain, telling the story of the two perpetrators' ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness.

The two remained locked in a standoff, but Qian Daoliu was clearly at a disadvantage, as his breathing had begun to become erratic.

Without uttering any sarcastic words, Ning Bei stared intently at Qian Daoliu. The opponent's ninth soul skill had not yet been used; who knew if it had a move similar to Poseidon's?

Qian Daoliu didn't say much more. Bathed in golden light, he suddenly disappeared from the spot, causing Ning Bei's pupils to shrink instantly. He couldn't even detect the old man's actions.

"So this is what Sky Invincible relies on? His true form's terrifying speed."

The warning in his mind made Ning Bei subconsciously turn his head away. The next moment, the golden holy sword grazed his hair, taking two strands of chestnut hair with it.

Having missed his target, Qian Daoliu quickly disappeared from Ning Bei's side, and Ning Bei still couldn't sense his exact location.

"As expected of the old man who has long been a Limit Douluo, not to mention his ninth soul skill, he actually has such a hidden method."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony, old man, Mahapadma!"

(End of this chapter)