Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 345 The Corrupted Six-Winged Angel
"The competition is over. I still have some matters to attend to with the competition committee, so I'll be leaving now."

Xue Qinghe had been holding back for a long time. The moment the referee announced the victory of the Heaven Dou Royal Seed Team, he stood up and immediately distanced himself from Tang San.

"Really? I've suddenly become interested in the committee's affairs. Can we go together? I'll just observe from the sidelines and definitely won't bother you, Xue-xiong."

Seeing this, Tang San instantly jumped up like a spring and moved a few steps toward where Xue Qinghe was standing.

Anyway, he made up his mind that, for his own safety, he would not stray too far from Xue Qinghe before leaving Wuhun City.

Upon hearing this, Xue Qinghe suppressed the urge to kill Tang San and said with a gentle smile:

“I have no objection, but the tournament committee doesn’t allow unauthorized personnel to enter, especially since this is the Spirit Hall’s home ground, and Brother Tang San, you…”

"If you are not a member of the competition committee and do not have special permission from the Spirit Hall, you cannot go to any floor other than the first floor."

Tang San felt a pang of frustration, but he still refused to give up and said:
"It's alright, it's alright. I can wait in the lobby on the first floor. Brother Xue, you can go about your business and don't need to worry about me."

"..." Xue Qinghe remained silent for a moment, thinking to himself that Tang San was more clingy than a dog skin plaster, and he couldn't shake him off no matter what.

Since he couldn't shake him off, he decided to take a step back and settle for the first floor. As long as Tang San didn't appear in his sight, it would be fine. He had to compromise and stay in the competition committee building pretending to work in order to avoid Tang San.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was afternoon instead of morning.

"Brother Tang San, why did you follow me again?"

Xue Qinghe forced a smile.

Ning Fengzhi, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, is his teacher. Now, in this team's competition, he originally wanted to use the excuse of visiting his teacher to avoid Tang San, but he still couldn't shake him off.

Tang San had already prepared an excuse for this, and said in a serious tone:

"Look at what you're saying. Sect Leader Ning is a partner of my Tang Sect. More than half of the hidden weapon business in our sect comes from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

"With the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School team's competition just around the corner, is there anything wrong with me visiting Tang Sect's biggest business partner?"

Damn! How could I forget about that!

Xue Qinghe secretly realized his carelessness; he had actually forgotten about this relationship between Tang San and Ning Fengzhi.

If he had known, he should have used another excuse to sit in the Spirit Hall's territory. He didn't believe Tang San would have dared to follow him there.

But now that the words have been spoken, it's too late to regret them.

"Why are those two idiots here?"

Lin Rong glanced at Xue Qinghe and Tang San walking towards them, then used telepathy to remind Ning Fengzhi before quietly disappearing from his seat without attracting anyone's attention.

He certainly didn't leave; he simply used the Heart of the Sea God to conceal his form and aura before sitting down in a corner of the rest area.

"Strange, I sensed a dark and corrupt aura from Xue Qinghe, and this aura did not originate from him, but from the source of his martial soul."

As Xue Qinghe and Tang San grew closer, Lin Rong noticed something amiss, even without consciously trying to sense them.

This discovery greatly aroused Lin Rong's curiosity, leading him to intensify his perception of Xue Qinghe.

Sure enough, a new discovery was soon made. Beneath Xue Qinghe's human skin mask, on the forehead and between the brows of Qian Renxue's beautiful face, the mark of the Angel God's inheritance was clearly revealed to Lin Rong.

"A portion of the pale gold angelic seal has turned blackish gold. This is the reason why the six-winged angel's martial soul essence has changed."

"If there's a problem with the angelic seal, doesn't that mean there's a problem with the angelic lineage? This wasn't mentioned in the original story. Is it because of the butterfly effect after my appearance?"

"Judging from Qian Renxue's complete lack of awareness, the problem must have occurred not long ago. At least it must have occurred when she was receiving the inheritance, otherwise she wouldn't be in this state."

"Recent events, recently..."

Lin Rong rested his chin on his hand, trying hard to recall what had happened in Wuhun City recently.

"Angels, angels... The only thing related to angels lately is the angel statue incident a few days ago. Could it be related to that?"

Thinking about it carefully, all he did was have the ghosts hollow out the heads of those angel statues, and then carve Rakshasa heads out of the same material, white marble, and insert them to restore them.

If the problem really arose because of this, wouldn't I have unwittingly helped Bibi Dong?
The condition for unlocking the Rakshasa God's inheritance is to devour the souls of members of the Angel Clan. If the Angel God's inheritance is affected because of this, who knows how much benefit Bibi Dong will gain.

However, that's not entirely true. According to Bibi Dong's portrayal in the original work, Rakshasa God was incredibly stingy.

If Rakshasa God had been as generous to Bibi Dong as the Sea God was to Tang San, he wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable state. He would have successfully inherited the godhood long ago, and then went on a rampage to take revenge on society and destroy Douluo Continent.

Judging from this situation, even if the Rakshasa God were to reward Bibi Dong, it would likely be something extremely meager and pitiful.

The holy six-winged angel's martial spirit origin has been corrupted by dark and decadent power.

If this continues, Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul will likely eventually become a Fallen Angel Martial Soul.

However, if the pollution is not complete, it may turn into a half-black and half-white, incongruous black and white angel.

"I'd really like to see Qian Renxue in her dark form. Everyone says she's ten times stronger when she's darkened. I wonder if she can unleash the true divine power of the Angel God after she turns to the dark!"

"It seems we'll have to send Yunhui on another trip."

Since this pollution is related to darkness and depravity, Yunhui, who inherited the divine positions of good and evil, can easily interfere with the direction and progress of this pollution.

However, Yun Hui, as the captain of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's seed team, has now led his team onto the central arena of the Soul Arena.

If you want to interfere with the corruption process of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, wait until the competition is over.

"This is the captain of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's seed team? Another woman."

A hint of surprise flashed in Luo Minghua's azure eyes as he spoke to the Kongming Team.

This person, who was able to overpower the young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and successfully win the position of team captain, is definitely not to be underestimated.

"I think I've seen her before."

Xu Keming suddenly spoke up, looking at Yun Hui's face, feeling that he had met him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where.

From the scattered fragments of memory, it seemed to be a hunting ground in the wild, and some kind of competition was being held there.

(End of this chapter)