Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 134 A Heart of Reverence

Qian Renxue glanced down and counted; three or four minutes had passed, but Xiao Hongchen still hadn't made a move. His performance this time was exceptionally good; he hadn't panicked and had made great progress.

She moved slowly, holding her breath. She had indeed located Xiao Hongchen's position, but she was determined not to take the initiative this time.

She wanted to force Xiao Hongchen to make the first move.

In the jungle, the wind rustled through the trees. Suddenly, amidst the rustling, a muffled thud was heard.

It was the sound of something heavy falling from the sky.

Xiao Hongchen had obviously heard the voice as well. His eyes narrowed slightly as he directed his spiritual energy toward the source of the sound.

Qian Renxue descended from the sky and grabbed the battle robe that had been thrown on the ground.

Would she make such a mistake? Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but have some doubts.

However, this moment was indeed the best time for him to attack. The distance between the two was about 100 meters, which was the limit when Xiao Hongchen's mental detection turned into a straight line.

Don't miss out!

After a moment's struggle, Xiao Hongchen decided to seize this fleeting opportunity. If he missed it this time, Qian Renxue would hide again, and he would once again become a headless fly.

Qian Renxue flipped over and put her battle robe back on, and underneath the robe was her current "Blue Ghost" exclusive weapon.

The wind blew gently ruffled her long hair, but her battle robe remained perfectly still, without a ripple.

Swish—swish—

Sure enough, several soul-guided rays struck the ground beneath her feet, kicking up dust. The timing of these shots was very clever, coming just as she approached a relatively dense thicket of trees.

In an attempt to dodge the attacks of the soul-guided rays, she stumbled into a nearby bush, and the blue demon longsword in her hand was "accidentally" dropped and stuck into the trunk of a large tree in the distance, standing out conspicuously.

She rolled over again, and several more shots came, leaving sparks and craters where she rolled.

"How can you endure this?" Qian Renxue wondered to herself.

Boom—Boom—

This time, what came was Xiao Hongchen's soul-guided cannonball.

Qian Renxue's eyes narrowed as she aimed at a ray of sunlight not far away. Through her control of the light element and the effect of her second soul skill, "Light Dance Overturns the Sky," she completed a displacement.

A slight smile appeared on her lips.

The reason for throwing the Green Ghost Blade was to create a false impression. Because this training was supposed to give them a deeper understanding of Soul Master combat, Qian Renxue didn't choose to use any long-range Soul Tools.

And this Blue Demon sword was her deception.

She wanted Xiao Hongchen to believe that she would definitely choose to retrieve the longsword. This tactic was not unfamiliar in the Sun Moon Empire, and Xiao Hongchen was well aware of it. He had once heard a distant relative serving in the military mention that this tactic was called "encircling the corpse to ambush reinforcements," and it was particularly effective in small-scale skirmishes like this.

The strategy involves using a long-range soul tool to injure the enemy commander without killing him, then luring the enemy's remaining forces to their aid, which is then used to snipe them. However, a more accurate description would be "surrounding and attacking in the snow."

Xiao Hongchen stared nervously at the knife, his palms sweating as he gripped the soul tool. As soon as Qian Renxue appeared, he would unleash all his attacks without hesitation.

When you're focused on something specific, all you need to do is open your eyes wide; but if you want to see something else, you need to change your perspective.

Unbeknownst to him, Xiao Hongchen was trapped by his own fixed mindset. He focused almost all his attention on what was in front of him, ignoring the dangers in other directions.

Qian Renxue once again took off her battle robe, attached a bit of her soul power to it, and threw it out again, imbuing it with her aura.

Xiao Hongchen was slightly distracted, but in his highly focused state, he naturally saw through the illusion once again.

The same tactic worked the first time, so how could I possibly be fooled again this time?

However, he quickly realized that something was wrong!

He focused his mind on the area around the location of the Soul Guiding Blade, ignoring everything else!

Qian Renxue never intended to fool him again. She only needed to know one thing: when Xiao Hongchen was extremely focused, he was unable to deal with other things!

A small pebble flew out from a grove of trees, covering a distance of less than a hundred meters in an instant, and landed precisely on Xiao Hongchen's heart.

This was Qian Renxue's plan; everything was designed to create that one moment, a fleeting instant that would catch Xiao Hongchen off guard! It seemed simple and crude, yet it was effective!

The pebble that struck Xiao Hongchen's chest was imbued with Qian Renxue's soul power; the simple strike, with its sharp soul power, made him stagger.

"Oh no!" That was Xiao Hongchen's last thought at that moment.

Qian Renxue's figure flashed into view the instant he stumbled, with phantom wings appearing behind her. By the time Xiao Hongchen regained his senses, she had already unleashed her attack on him.

"Fifth Soul Skill!"

Without hesitation, Xiao Hongchen used his fifth soul skill. Facing Qian Renxue at close range, he had no chance of winning. However, his fifth soul skill was called "Golden Affection," which could transform his body into a liquid metal state, almost negating more than 80% of physical attacks.

Qian Renxue's eyes flickered, but she still used her soul skill without hesitation, punching her soul power into Xiao Hongchen's body.

The extreme heat of the fire instantly ignited Xiao Hongchen's metallic body!

In addition, the dissolving effect of the angel's soul power caused the flow of soul power in Xiao Hongchen's body to begin to dissipate, and in the end, he had to forcibly release the state of Golden Affection!

"Ah—!" A scream escaped his lips.

If Xiao Hongchen hadn't activated his fifth soul skill, the damage he suffered might have been even less. It's just that his metallization defense skill might have been more effective against other soul tools and soul skills, but against Qian Renxue, it actually backfired.

Swah——

Xiao Hongchen looked up in shock, only to meet Qian Renxue's pale purple eyes. An overwhelming sense of pressure rushed into his mind.

An indescribable feeling arose in his heart, though it lasted only a moment and vanished in an instant.

It was a gesture of submission, completely different from the feeling he had experienced during the pressure training under the Soul Master instructors. This submission was like the fragility of metal in the face of extreme fire... like the awe a mortal feels before a god!

(End of this chapter)