Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 86 Unlucky Year

Fifteen minutes later.

A figure with four wings on its back, exuding a sacred aura, and resembling an angel, swiftly streaked across the sky above the forest.

Hundreds of meters behind this figure, two gray avian soul beasts with wingspans of six or seven meters, surrounded by black mist and exuding an evil aura, were in hot pursuit.

"hateful!"

Looking back at the two black-and-gray vultures relentlessly pursuing them, Qian Renxue cursed under her breath, her heart filled with rage.

At this moment, Qian Renxue truly understood what it meant to have a bad year.

After advancing to the sixth-ring Soul Emperor yesterday, before she could even wipe the smile off her face, the parents of the Radiant Winged Tiger she had hunted returned.

Possessing both light and fire attributes, the Radiant Winged Tiger is a spirit beast with an extraordinary bloodline level, boasting over 80,000 years of cultivation and strength exceeding that of an ordinary eight-ring Soul Douluo.

Although She Long and Ci Xue were both nine-ring titled Douluo, their strength was only slightly greater than that of the two Radiant Flame Winged Tigers because their soul power level was not high and their soul rings were not optimally matched.

With her as a burden, the two Douluo were firmly suppressed by the two Flame Winged Tigers, forced to defend themselves by the attack.

Faced with this situation, Qian Renxue knew very well that the best course of action was for her, as a burden, to retreat first.

With no worries about their rear, the two Douluo, who were slightly stronger, could at least drive away the two Flame Winged Tigers, if not kill them.

However, the Soul Hunting Grounds are located in the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest. She is only a Soul Emperor who has just entered the sixth ring. Even with her powerful Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and the power of the Angel Domain, which is comparable to a Soul Saint who has just entered the seventh ring, she still does not have complete confidence that she can leave the Star Dou Great Forest safely on her own.

After all, any flying soul beast that's over 50,000 years old could teach her a lesson.

There are quite a few flying soul beasts in the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest this year, so the probability of 'winning' one is not low.

Rather than risking unknown dangers by retreating first, it's better to maintain the status quo. At least with two Douluo guarding him, these two Flame Winged Tigers probably can't do anything to him.

Moreover, the reason for not withdrawing for the time being is simply that the time is not yet ripe.

Once they leave the core area and the forest is no longer so dangerous, having the two Douluo cover their retreat will undoubtedly greatly improve their safety.

With its strength comparable to a seven-ring Soul Saint, it is basically at the top level among the Soul Beasts living in the inner area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest.

Given that there is no great hatred between them and their strengths are roughly equal, which of the dominant soul beasts living in the inner area would be so foolish as to fight to the death with them?

Unfortunately, plans can't keep up with changes, and an unexpected event occurred.

Previously, when facing the two vengeful Flame Winged Tigers, the three fought and retreated for most of the day. Although she did not go forward to help, flying also required soul power. After most of the day, she had little soul power left in her body.

After letting the two Douluo hold the rear and retreating first, Qian Renxue was preparing to find a place to recover the little soul power she had left when, by sheer bad luck, she landed near the lair of two Black Gray Vultures.

The Black Gray Vulture is a dark-attribute evil spirit beast. It is bloodthirsty and cruel, enjoys eating corpses, and hates light.

When a human soul master, even more "evil" than themselves, landed near their lair, the two Black Grey Vultures, who were over 40,000 years old, immediately felt that their "overlord" dignity had been seriously challenged.

In addition, the holy aura emanating from Qian Renxue made the two Black Gray Vultures particularly disgusted, and they attacked her without saying a word (and they couldn't say a word).

The bloodline of the Black Gray Vulture soul beast is not particularly strong. With an age of over 40,000 years, its overall strength is not much stronger than that of Qian Renxue, who has just entered the sixth ring but possesses the six-winged angel martial soul and angel domain.

However, the premise that their strengths are roughly equal is that Qian Renxue is at her peak and it is a one-on-one duel.

With little soul power left in her body, and facing two opponents against one, coupled with limited combat experience, Qian Renxue knew she was no match. After repelling the first wave of attacks from the two Black Gray Vultures, she immediately turned and ran away.

Qian Renxue originally thought that she could use the extremely fast flight speed granted to her by the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul to shake off the two Black Gray Vultures, or wait for them to lose patience and give up the pursuit on their own.

To her surprise, the two black-and-white vultures were not only incredibly patient and relentlessly pursuing her, but they were also almost as fast as she was, and in some ways even slightly faster.

If it weren't for the divine energy of the angelic realm restraining dark-attribute evil soul masters like the Black Gray Vulture, making them hesitant, Qian Renxue estimated that she would probably have already been caught up by now.

In fact, Qian Renxue did not know that the reason why the two Black Gray Vultures were chasing her so relentlessly was entirely because she possessed the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

Darkness devours light, evil devours holiness. For the Black Gray Vulture, an evil soul beast, Qian Renxue, who possesses the six-winged angel martial soul, is a great tonic, even more so than eating an eight-ring Soul Douluo. She is practically like Tang Sanzang's flesh in the eyes of a demon.

"If I had known this would happen, I should have fought those two Black Grey Vultures from the beginning. Perhaps there would still have been a sliver of a chance."

As she flew at top speed, looking back at the two black-and-white vultures relentlessly pursuing her, a hint of despair and regret flashed in Qian Renxue's eyes.

But just as Qian Renxue was filled with despair, she saw a figure with an extraordinary aura fly out of the forest several miles ahead.

Inside the forest, Mu Yang was refining the mutated scaled beast soul ring.

Suddenly, Shui Yanyu, who had been waiting on the sidelines and constantly sensing the situation around her, frowned and turned to look at the sky behind her.

In her perception, one holy aura and two evil auras appeared in the sky behind her, flying rapidly toward her.

"Bing'er, you stay here and watch over Xiao Yang."

Without much hesitation, she turned to Shui Bing'er and gave her instructions. Shui Yanyu then activated her Ice Sparrow Martial Soul, took to the air, and flew towards the direction from which the three auras were coming from.

Mu Yang was refining her soul ring, and it wasn't appropriate for any soul masters or soul beasts to disturb her. She had to step forward and stop them.

Furthermore, Mu Yang's third spirit ring, which is ten thousand years old, and his fourth spirit ring, which is over twenty-seven thousand years old, are not suitable to be exposed to other spirit masters.

As soon as she took to the air, Shui Yan saw a young blonde woman with four holy wings outstretched on her back and six soul rings radiating from her body flying in from a distance. Behind the blonde woman, two Black Gray Vultures, each over 40,000 years old, were chasing closely behind.

"Is it her?"

Upon seeing the two pairs of angel wings on the blonde woman's back, Shui Yanyu immediately recognized who she was.

If nothing unexpected happens, this blonde woman is the same Spirit Hall young master from the Angel Clan whom I met a few days ago at the hotel in Soul Hunter Town.

As the dean of Tianshui Academy, Shui Yanyu naturally learned about the six-winged angel spirit inherited by the angel family of the Spirit Hall from the academy's ancient texts.

Although the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul is named after "six wings," it does not mean that six angel wings will grow on the back of the body after the Martial Soul is attached to the body.

To grow six wings, one's soul power level must reach the level of a nine-ring Title Douluo. Furthermore, before advancing to a six-ring Soul Emperor, a six-winged angel martial soul master can only grow two angel wings.

Although the blonde woman in front of them only had four wings, she undoubtedly possessed a six-winged angel martial soul.

With a six-winged angel martial soul and being addressed as "Young Master" by a nine-ring titled Douluo, who else could he be but the Young Master of the Spirit Hall?

So here's the question: where are the two bodyguards of this young master of the Spirit Hall?

If those two Douluo were here, they should be able to easily destroy two Black Nether Gray Vultures that are over 40,000 years old.

At this moment, Shui Yanyu had three choices.

One option is to pretend not to see it and watch as Qian Renxue is chased by two Black Gray Vultures. If nothing unexpected happens, this young master of the Spirit Hall will most likely perish in the Star Capital Great Forest today.

Secondly, they would eliminate Qian Renxue to ensure that the future powerhouses of the Spirit Hall would perish within the Star Dou Great Forest.

Thirdly, by saving Qian Renxue, if this young master of the Spirit Hall still has any conscience, he will owe Shui Yanyu a favor in the future.

After a moment's thought and weighing the pros and cons, Shui Yanyu flew forward, her eighth soul ring shining brightly, activating her eighth soul skill, Extreme Cold Storm, which was nearing 80,000 years old.

The next moment, a surge of surging soul power, along with a biting chill that seemed to cover most of the sky, mixed with countless palm-sized snowflakes, swept out towards the two black-and-white vultures behind Qian Renxue.

As soon as the extreme cold storm hit, the two black-and-gray vultures felt the chill and froze in mid-air.

Before they could fall from the sky as ice sculptures, countless snowflakes mixed in with the extreme cold storm washed over the two black-and-gray vultures like a torrent of countless palm-sized blades.

In an instant, a large amount of icy, fleshy fragments and broken feathers flew up into the air.

As the countless snowflakes dissipated, what fell from mid-air into the forest below were only two mangled bird skeletons, streaked with blood and covered in ice.

Apart from dragons and dragon-type soul beasts, most flying soul beasts are agile attack type soul beasts, and their defense is relatively weak. Facing Shui Yanyu, a high-level eight-ring Soul Douluo, with her eighth soul skill, even without the bonus of Martial Soul True Body and amplified soul skills, they would still be doomed.

Looking at the two Black-Gray Vultures that had previously chased her so fiercely, now dead and without a trace, Qian Renxue felt a surge of satisfaction. She then bowed gratefully to Shui Yanyu, saying, "Junior Qian Renxue thanks Dean Shui for saving my life!"

Shui Yanyu is the dean of Tianshui Academy. Apart from Elephant Armor Academy, which has already clearly chosen its side, the other four elemental academies are all targets that the Tiandou Empire is trying to win over. Qian Renxue, who has the identity of Tiandou Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, would naturally recognize Shui Yanyu.

Even during the last Soul Master Competition, Qian Renxue, in her capacity as Xue Qinghe, represented the Heaven Dou Empire and Emperor Xue Ye to extend her regards to the Tianshui Academy's participating team.

(End of this chapter)