Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 98 The Bet in the Soul Master Competition (Fourth update, please subscribe and support)

"How will you know if you don't try?"

Xiao Yu smiled slightly: "Perhaps the old man, seeing my outstanding talent, will entrust his precious granddaughter to me!"

"Keep dreaming!"

Qian Renxue said irritably, "I haven't even agreed yet, and you're already thinking about meeting my grandfather. If my grandfather knew that you, this womanizing radish, were eyeing his granddaughter, he'd kill you!"

"How about we make a bet?"

Xiao Yu said solemnly, "According to the rules of Soul Masters, everything is decided by strength!"

"Want to have a battle of spirits? Okay, let's settle this once and for all!"

Qian Renxue was eager to try after hearing this, not simply because of Xiao Yu's bet, but because she had long wanted to compete with Xiao Yu.

Among the younger generation of Soul Masters, only Xiao Yu could catch her eye. Everyone else, even Hu Liena, that woman's carefully nurtured disciple, was utterly insignificant compared to her.

"Don't be in such a hurry!"

Watching Qian Renxue almost instantly complete her Martial Soul Possession, the Angelic Holy Sword appearing in her hand out of thin air, Xiao Yu coughed lightly and said, "What's the point of a duel in this desolate place, without even a witness? I have an idea. This duel between you and me can be held in a more formal setting, witnessed by all the Soul Masters in the world!"

"You want me to participate in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament too?"

Qian Renxue was incredibly intelligent and instantly grasped the meaning behind Xiao Yu's words.

"I just love talking to smart people!"

Xiao Yu smiled knowingly and said, "The Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament is a grand event that is rarely seen on the entire continent in several years. Don't you think it's very ceremonial to witness the outcome of our competition in such an unprecedented tournament?"

No girl can resist a sense of ritual, and Qian Renxue is no exception.

After a pause, Qian Renxue said, "Aren't you afraid I'll participate and steal your thunder? If I'm not mistaken, your purpose in participating in the Advanced Soul Master Competition is to recruit outstanding Soul Masters into the Nine Star Hall, right?"

"I enjoy challenges; only high difficulty puts pressure on me, and pressure drives me to break through!"

Xiao Yu said, "Besides, without you, this Soul Master Competition would be meaningless to me. Your Spirit Hall's so-called Golden Generation only has three low-level Soul Kings. Even without me, Eden Ikki and Shiryu would be more than capable of handling it."

The cultivation level of the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation was no secret at all. Even Dugu Bo, who had a bad relationship with the Spirit Hall, knew it clearly in the original work. Only Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, these two great theorists who worked behind closed doors, were completely in the dark.

"That makes sense!"

After spending so much time together, Qian Renxue had a clear understanding of the strength of Xiao Yu's teammates. Only then did she understand why Xiao Yu had told her never to reveal the situation to the Spirit Hall. Even without Xiao Yu, this team could still crush the Spirit Hall team.

Even if she hadn't sworn an oath with her spirit, she didn't intend to reveal the Nine Stars team's situation to the Spirit Hall. After all, it was Hu Liena who lost face and Bibi Dong who suffered a setback. She would only feel happy when those two women were unlucky!

As for the champion's reward, it's nothing more than soul bones. Others might feel it's a pity, but who is Qian Renxue? She's a wealthy woman with a complete set of angelic divine armor to inherit. Giving those soul bones that she has no use for at all to outsiders or to Hu Liena is actually more displeasing to her than to give them to Hu Liena.

So it turns out she was prepared to watch this Soul Master Competition with the expectation of making a fool of Bibi Dong.

However, now that Xiao Yu has suggested that she participate in the competition, her mind has started to wander.

Judging from the current situation, the only chance of victory for the Spirit Hall team is that she participates.

Expecting Hu Liena and the other two Soul Kings, who are just over level 50, to defeat Eden Ikki and his group is wishful thinking, but they should be able to hold them off for a while.

Eden and his companions were quite strong, but according to Qian Renxue's estimation, with less than a year left until the Soul Master Competition, they had no chance of breaking through to Soul Emperor in such a short time. As long as they hadn't broken through to Soul Emperor, the gap of one major level meant they were ultimately no match for her.

As long as I can defeat Xiao Yu within this period of time, and then quickly support Hu Liena and the others, using my soul power advantage to defeat Eden and the others one by one, there are still many uncertainties, but it is probably the only way for the Spirit Hall team to win.

Moreover, in everyone's eyes, wouldn't it be that Qian Renxue alone turned the tide in the Soul Master Competition and secured the victory for the Spirit Hall team? Wouldn't this result be an even bigger slap in the face to that woman, Bibi Dong?

As for losing, if she loses the match, she'll have to agree to Xiao Yu's bet. Wouldn't the winner be her man? Bibi Dong would be the one who loses face. So, no matter the outcome, it's a sure win for her.

"Alright, let's settle this in the Soul Master Competition!"

Qian Renxue extended her right hand: "Let's make a pact with a high five. A gentleman's word is as good as his bond!"

"You don't seem like a gentleman either!"

Xiao Yu muttered a curse to himself, but given the atmosphere, he couldn't bring himself to actually say "I love you" and ruin the mood.

"It's a deal!"

Xiao Yu extended his left hand and struck Qian Renxue's right hand together, producing a crisp and loud sound.

. . . . . . . . . .

A few days later, a handwritten letter from Qian Renxue was delivered to Grand Elder Qian Daoliu through a secret channel. Dream on if she thought she could correspond with Bibi Dong!

After reading the letter, Qian Daoliu went straight to the Papal Palace.

"You mean, she also wants to participate in the Soul Master Competition as a team member?"

Given the antagonistic relationship between the mother and daughter, Qian Daoliu did not hand over Qian Renxue's letter to Bibi Dong, but simply dictated Qian Renxue's message.

A cold glint flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes. If she could, she would rather never see this daughter again: "Why did she suddenly decide to participate in the Soul Master Competition instead of properly carrying out her infiltration plan in the Heaven Dou Empire? Give me a reasonable explanation."

Do you still remember the Nine Star Palace?

Qian Daoliu said calmly.

He had no good feelings towards Bibi Dong at all. The Angel Family had indeed wronged her back then, so even though he knew who had killed his only son, he did not take action to avenge him.

But Qian Xunji has already died at her hands. With death comes no debt, so what did Qian Renxue do wrong? What does all this have to do with her?

As a child, she had no right to choose her own birth. Yet Bibi Dong vented her resentment towards Qian Xunji a hundredfold on her, forcing a nine-year-old child to leave her home and go to a completely unfamiliar environment to hide her identity, name, gender, and everything else, in order to carry out a plan to usurp the country that was nothing more than a hindrance to cultivation.

If the Spirit Hall didn't still need Bibi Dong as Pope, and if the two didn't have such a complicated relationship, when Qian Renxue left the Spirit Hall for the Heaven Dou Empire, Qian Daoliu would have cleaved Bibi Dong into eight pieces with the Angelic Holy Sword.

(End of this chapter)