Douluo: The Glory of the Peerless Angel

The Ice Blade Mantises are agile and move through the forest like ghosts. Moreover, the four brothers are in sync and surround the Purple Shadow Lion from four directions.

The Purple Shadow Lion panicked and ran away without thinking. The Ice Blade Mantis is a top-level insect-type soul beast with no obvious weaknesses in attack, defense, and speed. It is cruel and bloodthirsty, and its prey has no other fate but to be dismembered.

Driven by both fear and the will to survive, the Purple Shadow Lion moved with incredible speed, crashing into the left flank of the Soul Hunter Squad, where Ling Qiuxi was positioned.

"roar--"

The Purple Shadow Lion opened its mouth and let out a terrifying roar, attempting to scare Ling Qiuxi away. However, facing this soul beast with 20,000 years of cultivation, Ling Qiuxi did not retreat but advanced, meeting the Purple Shadow Lion head-on with her right fist and punching straight forward.

The moment that fair fist was unleashed, it transformed into a dazzling golden hue, accompanied by a resounding dragon roar that was several times more majestic than a lion's roar echoing through the Starry Sky Forest.

In its long life of 20,000 years, the Purple Shadow Lion had seen Soul Masters flee in panic upon seeing it. It never imagined that Ling Qiuxi would dare to punch it. The dragon's roar pierced the depths of its soul. The fear stemming from its bloodline and soul made the Purple Shadow Lion freeze for a moment.

"boom--"

Ling Qiuxi's punch struck the lion's head mercilessly. The Purple Shadow Lion let out a miserable howl and was sent flying by the Golden Dragon's terrifying power. It crashed through countless ancient trees and finally collapsed on the ground, barely breathing and spitting out blood.

Li Yongyue swiftly stepped forward and ended the life of the Purple Shadow Lion, a black ten-thousand-year soul ring slowly rising.

This was the first time everyone had ever seen the legendary Golden Dragon. Its reputation was well-deserved; it truly lived up to its name as one of the top martial souls!

"Ling Qiuxi is so strong," Huo Yuhao exclaimed.

"How barbaric!" Wang Dong'er curled her lip. "The older sister is a violent woman, and the younger brother is a scumbag. They're birds of a feather."

The four Ice Blade Mantis brothers were furious when they discovered that their prey had been snatched away. They stared at Ling Qiuxi and Shrek Academy without any intention of backing down, their sharp killing intent emanating from their bodies.

"They're going to hunt us." Zhang Lexuan calmly and clearly assigned tasks. "Soul beasts that act in groups generally have mastered combined attack techniques, so we must separate them."

Mo Xuan activated his aura, and Ling Bai and I each dealt with one Ice Blade Mantis, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er with one, and Ling Qiuxi and Li Yongyue with one. The Ice Blade Mantises are extremely powerful, so everyone must be careful!

Everyone responded in unison. Zhang Lexuan's arrangement had a deeper meaning. It would be a piece of cake for the two leaders to handle four 35,000-year-old soul beasts, but hunting soul beasts was a life-or-death struggle, and she did not want the Soul King and Soul Emperor to miss this training opportunity.

A halo emanated from Mo Xuan's body, and five major soul rings—yellow, purple, black, and yellow—rose up, enveloping each member of the Soul Hunting Team.

Ling Bai felt his strength, speed, and mental power increase simultaneously, but the increase was not impressive, less than one-fifth of Ning Tian's.

Having grown accustomed to delicacies, suddenly eating coarse grains and wild vegetables, this slight increase in sustenance is barely noticeable.

Mo Xuan's abilities cannot be fully utilized in small-scale team battles; his stage belongs to the battlefield, where his aura covers an incredibly large area, and all Soul Masters within that area receive amplification from the aura. The more people there are, the more excited he becomes.

The Iceblade Mantis turned its triangular head, its icy blue beast eyes locking onto Ling Bai. It flapped its wings and took flight, revealing a pair of icy scythes with sharp edges, and a chilling aura spread wildly.

Ice Blade, one of the Ice Blade Mantis's innate soul skills, uses the ice-attribute soul power stored in its body to cool the scythe to an extremely low temperature, increasing its attack power and penetration.

This soul skill gives the Ice Blade Mantis a huge advantage in close combat, often allowing it to deliver a fatal blow.

Facing a soul beast whose attributes and cultivation were both far superior to his own, Ling Bai had no desire to fight. He didn't even bother to use the Angelic Holy Sword. His fourth soul ring burst forth with intense light, and streaks of holy sword energy descended from the sky.

"Snap, snap, snap!"

The Ice Blade Mantis was instantly transformed into a porcupine by a barrage of dazzling light and countless swords piercing its body. It was frozen in mid-air, unable to move, and only its mournful screams echoed through the forest.

On the other side, Ling Qiuxi completed the Golden Dragon Possession. Diamond-shaped golden scales covered her exposed fair skin. Her running and leaping seemed simple, but every time her toes touched the ground, a spiderweb-like crack would appear where she stepped.

The Golden Dragon's combat style doesn't rely on soul skills; she directly and violently confronts the enemy head-on, with her Golden Dragon Fist clashing fiercely with the Ice Blade Scythe in mid-air.

A piercing cracking sound rang out, and the Iceblade Mantis's scythe instantly tilted back, but only half of the scythe tilted back. The Iceblade Mantis's prized melee weapon broke so easily, and it was powerless to fight back, being trampled under Ling Qiuxi's feet.

Seeing this, Li Yongyue, who was preparing to launch a sneak attack, silently lowered his moon blade and turned to look at the other battlefields.

Zhang Lexuan has already captured the Ice Blade Mantis with Moonlight. The Ice Jade Scorpion is the ultimate ice, and Huo Yuhao is naturally able to suppress all ice-attribute soul beasts. With Wang Dong'er's help, dealing with an Ice Blade Mantis is a piece of cake.

In the blink of an eye, all four Ice Blade Mantises were captured. Li Yongyue had been caught up in the entire team battle. Frustrated, he scratched his head, thanked Ling Qiuxi, and ran back to absorb the Purple Shadow Lion Soul Ring.

The spirit rings dropped by killing spirit beasts can last for an hour. Huo Yuhao doesn't have Tang San's strength right now, so he can only kill Ice Blade Mantises one after another to absorb the spirit rings.

First up was the porcupine, which was exhaling more than it was inhaling. Ling Bai showed mercy, leaving the Ice Blade Mantis barely alive.

Since Huo Yuhao has chosen to attach a ten-thousand-year soul ring, Ling Bai will naturally give his full support, which means that the gap between the two will gradually widen in the future.

In fact, most twin martial souls absorb ten-thousand-year soul rings as their second martial soul. Under normal circumstances, they have one to three hundred-thousand-year soul rings. This is one of the reasons why Shrek Academy and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm allowed Huo Yuhao to add soul rings to the Ice Jade Scorpion in advance.

Another point is that the Spirit Eye lost the power of destiny and the second sea of ​​consciousness opened by the Golden Life, and did not undergo a second awakening of its original martial soul, making it far inferior to the Ice Jade Scorpion. Huo Yuhao even had the idea of ​​turning the Ice Jade Scorpion into his first martial soul after breaking through to the Soul Saint realm.

Since Huo Yuhao absorbed four spirit rings in succession, Zhang Lexuan decided to rest in place tonight. Coincidentally, this place is the junction of the mixed zone and the core zone, which is quite suitable for stationing.

As darkness fell and night descended, the roars of soul beasts echoed frequently. The Soul Hunting Team split up to carry out their tasks. Zhang Lexuan set up a tent and sprinkled insect repellent powder, Wang Dong'er protected Huo Yuhao, Ling Bai and Ling Qiuxi patrolled the area and drove away the surrounding soul beasts, and Mo Xuan and Li Yongyue were responsible for clearing the bushes.

Everything was ready. Zhang Lexuan glanced at the sky and said, "We'll take turns on duty tonight, one hour at a time. I'll be on duty for the first time, Li Yongyue and Mo Xuan for the second, and Ling Bai and Ling Qiuxi for the third. Wang Dong'er is guarding Huo Yuhao, so she doesn't need to participate in the duty tonight."

No one objected. There are many soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest that love fire, so it is absolutely forbidden to light a campfire at night. Everyone simply ate some dry food, took a few sips of water from their water pouches, and crawled into their tents to meditate and recover their energy.

As if blessed by heaven, two hours passed and the Soul Hunting Team did not encounter a single attack from a soul beast.

Ling Bai and Ling Qiuxi opened their eyes, their two pairs of golden eyes, similar yet completely different, shimmering with light, signifying that their soul power and spirit had returned to their peak.

"Go back and rest, we'll take care of it."

"Thanks for your hard work."

After Mo Xuan and Li Yongyue returned to their tent, they were the only ones left at the camp. The two stood side by side, gazing at the layered forests in the distance.

The Starry Sky Forest isn't pitch black at night; moonlight filters through the dappled shadows of the trees, making it barely possible to see.

Ling Qiuxi turned her head slightly, gazing at Ling Bai's profile, openly admiring this guy she hadn't seen for more than three years, and couldn't help but smile, feeling that everything about him was good.

Feeling the intense gaze from the side, Ling Bai turned his head and said helplessly, "Could you tone it down a bit? I'm afraid you'll eat me alive."

"Watch if you want to, watch if you like."

Ling Qiuxi crossed her arms, her stunning face full of provocation, as if to say, "What can you do to me?"

"OK."

Ling Bai raised an eyebrow. With the Spider King's presence, he felt secure. The long night was getting boring, so he took out a piece of roasted beef from his storage soul tool.

The six-winged angel's soul power contained fire attributes, which had an excellent heating effect. In a short while, the beef in Ling Bai's hand became warm, tender, and fragrant. He sprinkled some chili on it and fanned the aroma towards Ling Qiuxi.

Ling Qiuxi's nostrils twitched slightly, and the familiar aroma of meat instantly whetted her appetite. After traveling for half a day in the Star Dou Great Forest, she had only eaten some dry rations soaked in water that night. How could she possibly stand being tempted by meat in the middle of the night?

Her fair throat swallowed the saliva that secreted from her mouth. She shamelessly transformed into a hungry dragon and reached out to snatch Ling Bai's roasted meat.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Ling Bai took a step back and looked at Ling Qiuxi, who had missed her target, with a mischievous grin.

"I want to eat it too!"

Ling Qiuxi held her head high with pride and spread out her fair and tender little hands.

"Oh, no."

Ling Bai shook his head vigorously, then, under Ling Qiuxi's almost fiery gaze, took a bite of beef and exclaimed with satisfaction, "It's delicious!"

"You...you just bully me, don't you?!"

Ling Qiuxi nearly ground her teeth to powder. After overcoming countless difficulties to enter the human world, this bastard recognized her and openly bullied her!

"This is to tell you how treacherous the world is."

Ling Bai poked Ling Qiuxi's forehead and reheated a larger piece of roasted meat, handing it to her.

"I know you're a picky eater, so I specially saved this for you for lunch."

"That's more like it."

Ling Qiuxi gave a soft hum, sat down, and began to enjoy the thick piece of beef.

Ling Bai sat beside her, glanced up at the bright moonlight, then looked at her exquisitely beautiful face, which seemed to be a perfect replica of hers, and smiled:

"The night is just right, I should tell you some bedtime stories, but unfortunately, I don't seem to have any stories about barbecue, so we'll just have to eat it plain."

Upon hearing this, Ling Qiuxi stopped eating her late-night snack and said with great seriousness, "Stories only exist because of people. We will write the chapters we want ourselves in the future."

"Is there ink in its belly?"

Ling Bai was surprised, while Ling Qiuxi glared at him resentfully. At Star Dou Soul Beast Culture Co., Ltd., she was a top student!

How do you feel about this world? Has it disappointed you?

Ling Qiuxi's expression was complicated: "Since I left Xing... left home, do you know how many people have tried to chat me up every day?"

Both men and women are involved, and they use any means necessary, which is filthy and despicable!

"It's all your fault! What kind of face do you have?!"

"No, how can you blame me for this?"

Ling Bai was shocked. This blame was shifted so suddenly, and being attractive to both men and women was clearly an honor!

Seeing Ling Bai's hesitant expression, Ling Qiuxi ate with even greater relish.

"Do your uncles and aunts at home know you're out here?" Ling Bai asked.

"Hmm... I guess so."

Ling Qiuxi held the black pendant on her chest. She carried the Black Dragon Reverse Scale with her. Whenever she encountered danger, Di Tian could tear through space and descend, which was why he acquiesced to her leaving the Star Dou Great Forest alone.

"Once my friends from the inner academy finish their graduation exams, you'd better come home with me obediently. Shrek Academy isn't for you."

Ling Bai paused, then gestured towards Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er with his lip: "The important thing is to stay away from those two. They might be after what you were born with."

"I see."

This concern warmed Ling Qiuxi's heart. She suddenly grabbed Ling Bai's hand, placed it on her thigh, and stood up to lean close to Ling Bai's face.

"You used to love touching me, how does it feel now, hmm?"

"These are two different concepts..."

Petting a cat ≠ touching your legs!

Ling Bai was speechless. Although her skin was warm and supple, although she was beautiful and had a stunning figure, and although she was alluring and seductive in the dead of night, one shouldn't, or at least shouldn't...

Hey, this feels so good!

Feeling that the hand honestly didn't move away, Ling Qiuxi's leaning body and upturned lips had already betrayed her feelings. She leaned close to Ling Bai's ear and said in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"For the soul beast race, whoever you like, conquer them openly and honestly. Only the victor deserves the sole right to mate!"

You can only be mine!

"Alright, let's see what you can do."

Ling Bai slowly curled his lips, not minding Ling Qiuxi's wildness and possessiveness. This time, she had no human memories, but still retained the cognition of a soul beast. In the soul beast world, the strong are respected, and whoever wins has the right to possess the other.

The two locked eyes, only an inch apart. Ling Qiuxi pursed her lips, seemingly considering whether to try something sweet beforehand, but then she saw Ling Bai's gaze sharpen as he looked behind him.

"Soul Beast Attack"

Ling Bai patted her rounded, fragrant shoulder.

The flirtatious atmosphere was broken by the soul beast. Ling Qiuxi stood up expressionlessly, a golden dragon spear in her hand.

She was furious.

They were a group of ape-like spirit beasts. In the pitch-black night, their eyes glowed with a dark red light. Their powerful bodies moved without making a sound, like fierce ghosts in the dark, slowly approaching Shrek's outpost.

Blood-red baboon.

Ling Bai released a gentle burst of soul power to awaken the meditating crowd, and suddenly remembered something:

Are you interested in blood-red baboons?

"Are you insulting me?" Ling Qiuxi's delicate body trembled, and she asked coldly.

"I mean the sixth spirit ring."

"Using that trashy bloodline of the Crimson Baboon as the sixth spirit ring for a Golden Dragon? Do I look like an idiot to you?"

"...All done." (End of Chapter)