Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 42 For the sake of glory, the innocent can be sacrificed.

"Senior, should we detonate the bomb?" Chu Qingtian asked in a low voice through the earpiece.

"Don't rush, let them in a little more first." Sikong Qi watched the group intently. The group was simply dressed, looking like ordinary hunters, but what hunter would come to a place like this to hunt? If it weren't for prior intelligence, they probably would have been fooled by their attire.

"As expected of a senior, your plan is truly thorough," praised a junior from Shrek Academy who had come for an internship.

Hearing his junior say that, Sikong Qi couldn't help but feel a little smug. There were few Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent, and even fewer female Soul Masters. In this world where strength reigns supreme, most girls yearn for the sun and sunshine, just as they admire sparkling gems and jewelry.

But among a group of boys, there is often only one shining brightly, while the others are in the shadows. Sikong Qi was the shining gem among them; although the other shadows weren't too dark, his gem was simply too dazzling.

Gemstone now focused his attention and continued to keep an eye on the group of more than ten people.

"Demolition team! Prepare soul-guided bombs!" He calculated the group's advance speed and gave the order through his headset, "Three! Two!..."

Just as he was about to shout "One!", the junior from the demolition team suddenly exclaimed, "Senior! Wait a minute! It looks like someone else followed us into the canyon!"

The order that was about to be given was abruptly halted. Sikong Qi stared wide-eyed as he looked over and saw two more women... or rather, women who looked like girls, who had also entered the canyon.

"Senior, what should we do?" The junior from the demolition team had his finger on the detonator button when he was abruptly interrupted.

Sikong Qi gritted his teeth. As long as he gave the order and pressed the button, he could trap this group of evil soul masters in this canyon, and then Shrek Academy could send these evil guys to meet Tang Buddha!

Logically speaking, they shouldn't involve unrelated people when carrying out missions. But then he thought of the celebration banquet prepared for him by the head of the Heavenly Soul branch, the Shrek Honor Medal that he was about to apply for... and the praise his junior had just given him.

If I hesitate at this moment, won't my junior's impression of me be greatly diminished? No woman likes an indecisive man, right?

He coughed softly, then made up his mind: "For the honor of the academy, detonate!"

"But with such dense rubble, if it hits them directly, those two ordinary people will die!" The junior from the demolition team hesitated.

"No buts!" Sikong Qi growled into the earpiece. "This is a battlefield! A moment's hesitation could lead to irreversible consequences! Don't treat this like some minor skirmish within the academy! You're disobeying orders on the battlefield!"

"..." The junior from the demolition team gritted his teeth.

"Listen! You come from Shrek Academy's inner court, don't forget your origins and honor!" Sikong Qi spoke extremely quickly, as if afraid that if he didn't explode, he would not only let go of the evil soul master, but also the honor he was about to receive.

"For the glory of Shrek Academy, some sacrifices are inevitable!" His last words were almost hysterical. "How can we eliminate evil spirit masters without sacrifices?!" "Besides, those who choose to pass through places like this instead of the official roads, what good people are they?!"

"Blow it up, you bastard!"

The junior from the demolition team suddenly realized, "Yes, yes, I'm a graduate of Shrek Academy! How could I let these two insignificant people shake my faith? I deserve to die! At this crucial moment, I actually showed such inappropriate compassion! Aren't we besieging evil spirit masters to protect the justice of the continent?!"

To uphold justice and honor, even a chosen one like me is prepared to sacrifice myself at any moment. What are these two passersby compared to that?!

Without further hesitation, he slammed his hand down on the detonator!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Several loud bangs followed, and endless streams of rocks tumbled down from the cliffs on both sides. Huge boulders rained down from the sky, and the team in front of Qian Renxue suffered casualties instantly.

Two young men in the squad were instantly killed. One had his head smashed open by a rock, and the other was hit in the waist, falling to the ground and eventually being turned into a bloody, mangled corpse by other rocks. Blood instantly stained the ground red, and the other low-level Soul Masters also suffered injuries of varying degrees.

"Enemy attack!" the leading envoy shouted, and then immediately organized his men to resist the falling rocks.

Qian Renxue had investigated this group of people. The leader was a Soul Saint-level Soul Master. Besides him, there were two Soul Kings and one Soul Emperor. The rest were basically subordinates around the third ring level.

"Oh my god, they're serious!" Xue Di exclaimed in surprise. She and Qian Renxue were both within the range of the falling rocks. The moment they stepped into the valley, they heard those loud crashes, and then Qian Renxue pulled her aside, avoiding two falling boulders.

Two huge rocks landed behind them, blocking their escape route.

Xue Di's current cultivation level is level 21. Two days ago, while traveling, she broke through from level 19 to level 20 and successfully condensed her second soul ring. The age of this second soul ring is about five thousand years, and she gained her second soul skill as a result.

Of course, under Xue Di's simulation, both of her spirit rings only showed the yellow color of a hundred-year spirit ring.

Her second soul skill is called: Emperor's Palm, Great Cold Without Snow. This was originally one of her three innate skills when she was a soul beast, or one of the Snow Empress's three ultimate skills. It is said that no one can be immune to the Emperor's Palm's attack; the only way is to avoid being hit. This is also the Emperor's Palm's only flaw: it must hit the opponent to unleash its power, and it cannot achieve the effect of hitting an opponent from a distance.

However, their opponents now are not humans, but a bunch of rocks falling from the sky, so as long as they aim carefully, they can hit them.

She couldn't help but feel a little smug, after all, Qian Renxue had previously bullied her with her True Sun Fire and Angel's Fist. So what? Now you still have to rely on my Great Cold Without Snow?

However, Qian Renxue also made her move at this moment. She casually swung her fist and smashed the stones scattered around them into pieces.

Qian Renxue's eyes narrowed slightly. She had discovered this when she punched the Conferred God Platform. Her control over mental power and her analysis of objects and even living beings were no longer just about analyzing their structure. She could find the most vulnerable "point" and then apply a delicate blow and pressure to disintegrate them from the inside.

Her eyes seemed to have gained a new ability, rather than a skill, during this process. Just like now, her angelic fists kept striking the falling stones, but it wasn't a display of violent aesthetics.

Among these falling rocks, only a few that blocked the two exits of the canyon were truly massive, having blasted the mountainside apart before they fell. The others weren't as overwhelming. The team in front was caught off guard, which is why they suffered casualties. Qian Renxue, on the other hand, had anticipated the enemy lying in ambush on the cliff and was therefore prepared.

(End of this chapter)