Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 18 - The First Soul Ring

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The sharp, golden beak was stained with blood. The Radiant Phoenix, oblivious to the danger, frantically pecked at the eyes of the Scorpion-tailed Winged Lion, seemingly unconcerned about the sinister thorns piercing its heart.

Finally, the scorpion-tailed winged lion, its abdomen torn and bloodied by the phoenix's sharp claws, could no longer restrain itself. A hint of resentment flashed in its deep eyes, and the sharp barb on its tail thrashed up and down like a venomous snake, piercing straight into the phoenix's wide-open back and emerging from its chest.

"cracking!"

The intense pain caused the Bright Phoenix to stop tearing at its enemy with its claws, and even its sharp cries became weak.

"Roar!" The scorpion-tailed winged lion, having reversed its defeat, let out a low, ambiguous roar, clearly celebrating its victory. But... something incredibly absurd for a lion... happened.

After the convulsions ceased, the body of the Bright Phoenix emitted a dazzling golden light, and golden flames burned on its body.

Until the body of the Radiant Phoenix was completely consumed by the golden flames, the bewildered lion stood on the ground, looking around at everything, its wide-open mouth seemingly asking:

"Where did that huge phoenix go? Where did my enormous phoenix go?"

"Sis, what's going on here?!" Qian Lingyun's expression was almost identical to the lion's, both looking completely bewildered.

"Pfft." Qian Renxue chuckled softly and patiently explained, "The phoenix can undergo rebirth, and although the luan bird is not as mysterious, it also has a very powerful innate soul skill."

"That is, when it suffers a severe blow, it will burn itself into light elements and spread them nearby. Once the crisis is over, it will condense back into its body."

"Of course, there is a time limit to transforming oneself into a light element."

"How long!?" Qian Lingyun asked.

"Five minutes!"

"Got it, we'll kill that lion within five minutes, then ambush the Luan bird's respawn point!" Qian Lingyun, having realized what was happening, crouched in the grass, ready to strike, her arms now wielding scythes instead of her fair hands.

"Three, two... one, go!"

As Qian Renxue's countdown ended, two figures, one in black and one in gold, shot out from two directions, seemingly to attack the unlucky scorpion-tailed lion from both sides.

Just as the two launched their attack, the scorpion-tailed winged lion roared, and with its imposing roar, clusters of black energy balls shot out from its center in all directions.

Qian Lingyun snorted coldly, clearly not taking this level of attack seriously. Then, she quickly swung her arms and unleashed more than a dozen black crescent-shaped blades, deflecting most of the dark energy balls flying towards her in a single exchange.

On the other side, Qian Renxue was not to be outdone. She split off two angel wings to protect her vitals. Wherever the angelic holy sword in her hand passed, golden light intensified, and large patches of black ink could be seen scattering and flying in all directions, hitting the ground with muffled crackling sounds.

For the two of them, the 100-meter distance was covered in an instant. Before the scorpion-tailed winged lion could prepare for its next attack, Qian Renxue added several new wounds to its already scarred back.

The scorpion-tailed lion's attributes are close to darkness, while the angelic holy sword is the opposite of holiness and light. The scorpion-tailed lion was about to mobilize the soul power in its body to repair the wound on its back when it screamed in pain due to the collision caused by the opposing soul power.

"Roar!" The Scorpion-tailed Winged Lion roared angrily at Qian Renxue. It hated this human to the core. Not only was its attribute annoying, but it also took advantage of its weakness in the battle with other soul beasts to steal its advantage.

Wait, it seems there was more than one human just now!

Just as the scorpion-tailed winged lion was about to look around, it felt a sharp pain in its abdomen, and the power it had accumulated collapsed like a tide.

With a thud, the lion's massive body crashed to the ground. Beneath it, a slender, pale hand frantically pawed at the grass: "Hey, stop watching! Help me out, this thing is killing me!"

Qian Lingyun, who was trapped under the lion, said in a muffled voice, "I should have known better than to slide tackle it. The smell... ugh..."

Qian Renxue squatted down next to the lion's carcass with great interest, watching Qian Lingyun desperately trying to crawl out. Ignoring the bloodstains on her body, she used her hand to push back the head that Qian Lingyun had finally managed to peek out from below.

"Qian Renxue, you bastard, what are you doing? Let me out! Ugh..." Qian Lingyun, buried in her internal organs and blood, dry heaved as she crawled out, but Qian Renxue remained squatting in front of her, pressing her down.

"What exactly do you want... ugh..." Suppressing the urge to vomit, Qian Lingyun said through teary eyes, "Don't go too far, you're pushing me too far..."

"What will you do if you push me too far?" Qian Renxue asked with a smile.

"If you push me too far... if you push me too far, I'll be angry all day!" Qian Lingyun raised one hand and said fiercely, "All day!"

"Hahaha, you've made me laugh!"

Since learning about Blue Star culture in her memories, Qian Renxue's language skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and her rhetoric has reached new heights. Even Qian Lingyun sometimes can't out-argue her.

In the end, fearing that she might really anger Qian Lingyun, Qian Renxue grabbed her hands and pulled her out of the ground like a radish.

After coming out, Qian Lingyun did not confront Qian Renxue immediately. Instead, she found an open space and vomited up her breakfast.

"A scorpion-tailed winged lion with an 18,000-year history as the first soul ring is indeed a top-tier item."

As she spoke, Qian Renxue helped Qian Lingyun up and pushed her to the side of the scorpion-tailed lion's corpse. Qian Lingyun wiped away her tears and looked at the black soul ring that was floating up and down with deep emotion.

This is her first spirit ring! Her first spirit ring is a ten-thousand-year one, and just thinking about it makes her a little happy!

"Start absorbing!" Qian Renxue casually tossed the Angelic Holy Sword in her hand, reassuringly adding, "I can handle that half-dead stupid bird all by myself!"

"Then I'll begin!" Qian Lingyun nodded, sat cross-legged on the lion's corpse, and began to draw upon the black soul ring.

As the spirit ring entered her body, Qian Lingyun felt a tearing pain in her head, but the pain was fleeting, as if it were just her imagination.

"Huh! If I had known that the Rakshasa Demon Scythe could help its master devour the resentment within the spirit ring, then she could have easily found a spirit ring that was around 25,000 years old." Qian Renxue looked at the Rakshasa Demon Scythe spinning around Qian Lingyun's head in astonishment and said to herself, "What a waste of her good talent."

A minute or so later, Qian Renxue clearly felt the surrounding light aura gradually becoming stronger, and even the air became hot. If nothing unexpected happened, the light phoenix was about to gather.

Thinking this, Qian Renxue gently swung the sword in her hand and slowly walked to the ball of light energy that was gradually gathering.

"cracking!"

The head of the phoenix that had just emerged from the golden energy cluster was chopped off by Qian Renxue's sword.

Having lost its most important part—the head—the golden energy ball in mid-air began to twist violently, then exploded in all directions with a pop.

Qian Renxue used her sword to lift the head of the phoenix on the ground, watching eagerly as a jet-black soul ring slowly floated out from the tip of her sword towards her.

(End of this chapter)