blogombal Chapter 36 Jiang Xinhua Dies! Bibi Dong Awakens
Chapter 36 Jiang Xinhua Dies! Bibi Dong Awakens
Tick tock.
Bright red, scalding blood was slashed by sharp fingertips.
Two translucent blood holes appeared on the bodies of the two Soul Masters.
Qin Xu's arms went numb. What seemed like a casual punch was actually quite powerful. He not only used the Qi and Blood Martial Arts Technique "Heavy Mountain Strike," but also unleashed twice the power of his own Qi and Blood, plus the double power of the Power Dragon Armor, resulting in a fourfold burst of power. This allowed him to blast the two of them apart while they were still unconscious.
Simultaneously.
Behind the Qin Ruins, the Blood-Growing Vine Martial Soul was released, and four thick, tree-like golden vines continued to expand.
Three spirit rings, yellow, yellow, and purple, appeared behind him!
Qin Xu's second soul ring hangs high, and the giant golden vines seem to be more active.
Currently, none of his three spirit rings represent the true age limit of his martial spirit.
After a year and a half of enhancement, the first and third soul rings of Qin Xu have exceeded ten thousand years in age.
His second spirit ring was also over three thousand years old.
This is nothing more than a smokescreen.
Jiang Xinhua's pupils shrank: "This armor is a soul bone skill! Moreover, his martial soul is not Blue Silver Grass, but another extremely powerful plant-type martial soul."
He has determined that Qin Xu's strength comes from a Soul Bone Skill that has a similar effect to divine equipment!
At least 30,000 years.
Jiang Xinhua looked solemn.
Although the two who were killed were somewhat underestimating Qin Xu because he did not use his soul skills.
However, the terrifying effects of Soul Bone Skills cannot be denied.
Immediately, a feeling of greed arose in his heart, and he became completely certain that Qin Xu had come alone.
You can't see into someone's heart. If someone possesses a soul bone, they will never easily reveal it unless it's an external soul bone that can't be taken away...
Qin Xu's performance just now was extremely fierce, but he could tell that the other party definitely had a way to hide his soul rings. He was not a Soul Venerable, but he could not be a Soul Emperor either.
This can be determined from the fact that Qin Xu summoned the Mad Fang Saber-toothed Tiger to weaken them.
Yao Hua gradually calmed down. From the power that Qin Xu had just unleashed, she could tell that Qin Xu might be strong, but he was not invincible.
"It seems I stumbled upon your secret by accident." Jiang Xinhua's expression was solemn: "Disguising your martial soul, disguising your soul power level, and even daring to attack the Spirit Hall members—what exactly are you plotting?"
Most importantly, Qin Xu's strange abilities made him think that Qin Xu might have inherited the legacy of some mysterious relic!
This is not something that can be explained by talent!
The Douluo Continent has a long and rich history. In one era, the Soul Guidance Technology was incredibly advanced, and even now, people are still unable to create Soul Guidance Devices.
Given the existence of such a wondrous soul tool, it would not be surprising if the mysterious power displayed by the Qin Ruins originated from some ancient relic.
Qin Xu remained silent as his second spirit ring shone brightly. The moment the spirit ring lit up, blood-red patterns appeared on the surrounding ground, from which transparent symbols floated out.
Yao Hua, who had sustained minor injuries, changed her expression slightly. She found that her blood seemed to be flowing uncontrollably toward the transparent symbol, and she had to use 40% of her soul power to suppress her blood and qi.
What kind of bizarre soul skill is this? It directly reduced her strength by more than half. Now, she can only be considered an ordinary Soul King.
The blood energy of the two who had already died dissipated even more rapidly, with streaks of blood mist quickly merging into the blood-colored patterns, cleansing most of the blood energy impurities and transforming it into pure essence.
Because of some discomfort, Qin Xu did not absorb the essence, but instead allowed it to merge into the Blood Refining and Qi Transformation 'barrier'.
Instantly, the Blood Realm's devouring power became even stronger.
Hato was terrified. He released his martial spirit, the Azure Cloud Vine, which instantly wrapped around a towering ancient tree in the distance. He quickly contracted his martial spirit, trying to escape in the chaos.
Just as he was about to successfully escape.
Qin Xu didn't even glance at him. Instead, a golden, woody vine rose from beneath his feet, catching up with Hato in mid-air and wrapping around him.
Hatto's arm trembled, but his reaction was sharp. He released his third soul skill, and streaks of blue light surged from his arm, merging with the woody vines.
"Giant Tree Roots!"
The vines swelled, as if they had absorbed enough nutrients, and the tips rapidly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into stump-like wooden blocks that held back the crimson-gold vines.
Before he could relax for long, he saw that the golden vines that were wrapping around him were now emitting streams of crimson flames that burned fiercely along the vines.
The scorching flames burned the vines into charcoal.
"What kind of soul skill is this?" Hatto's scalp tingled. Flames spread from his arm, instantly burning his entire body. He was horrified. How could plants be related to flames?
Hatto screamed in agony, rolling on the ground in an attempt to extinguish the flames and use his soul power to isolate himself from the fire, but to no avail.
On the contrary, the flames, fueled by soul power, burned even more fiercely. No matter what he did, the flames could not be extinguished.
"Aaaaaah! Ah!" Hato screamed in despair, his face full of resentment.
He harbored deep hatred for the Qin Ruins.
"Why did you rebel? It's all your fault! It's all because of you! Wouldn't it have been better if you had just obediently joined the Spirit Hall with us? If it weren't for you, my father wouldn't have died! It's all your fault!"
Hearing Hathor's insane words, Qin Xu acted as if he didn't see them, and simply manipulated the True Fire of the Sun to burn Hathor's mouth.
Let him talk to his own flames!
Yao Hua acted swiftly, pulling Hato to safety. She placed her left hand on Hato's shoulder and channeled her soul power into him. Instantly, Hato felt better, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.
However, just as Hato's hope was rekindled, the True Fire of the Sun surged forth again, causing him immense pain. After his hope was shattered, he was plunged into endless despair. He couldn't understand why Yaohua, who could have saved him, would abandon him.
Yao Hua only wanted to observe the nature of the flames, not to save Hato. After her experiment, she realized that the flames released by Qin Xu couldn't be extinguished with soul power alone; they could only be suppressed with an excessive amount of soul power. She was filled with doubt and uncertainty; what were these terrifying flames? The temperature wasn't too high, but their nature was terrifying.
It wasn't that the temperature wasn't high enough, but rather that Qin Xu hadn't wasted his soul power. He didn't care about the other Soul Masters; Yao Hua was the most dangerous. He wasn't entirely confident against a high-level Soul King!
This needs to be taken seriously.
Countless vines grew wildly, forming a world of wood around them. The vines, like bright golden dragons, darted and coiled towards the Yao flower.
In the blink of an eye, three Soul Masters had perished, and the number of enemies had been reduced by more than half.
But Yao Hua was not too afraid.
As a Soul King, she possessed exceptionally keen perception. She had long ago discovered that although Qin Xu's Martial Soul was powerful, its Soul Power was not as strong as hers, only comparable to a Soul King who had not yet absorbed a Soul Ring.
Even though she is currently affected by the opponent's strange soul skill and can only exert 50% of her strength, it is still not something the opponent can take advantage of.
Yao Hua's confidence soared, and with just a few quick steps, she dodged several vines that were trying to entangle her.
As an agility-type Soul Master, she is extremely fast, especially when she uses her third Soul Skill, Moon Shadow Assault, her feet become endless phantoms.
"Take him down!" Jiang Xinhua shouted sternly.
The bearded Soul King, whose martial spirit was a pig-slaughtering knife, charged towards Qin Ruins with lightning speed. He cleaved with his sword with the force of splitting a mountain, displaying astonishing ferocity.
Qin Xu discovered that the Pig-Slaughtering Knife Soul King was very clever. Although it seemed to charge forward bravely, it was always blocked by the vines that passed by.
Clearly, he didn't want to get entangled in a life-or-death struggle with Qin Xu and become a pawn.
Yao Hua was more direct and confident, moving with lightning speed, dodging the dense vines, and quickly closing in, her hands transforming into wolf's bites as she reached for Qin Xu's shoulder.
Second Soul Skill: Surprise Attack.
Third Soul Skill: Moon Shadow Assault.
People in Douluo Continent do not like to use weapons because powerful Soul Masters' Martial Souls are sometimes more durable than weapons. After a Beast Martial Soul is attached to a person, the entire body becomes a weapon.
Yao Hua's claws were as sharp as lightning, tearing through the air with a powerful sonic boom.
As an agility-type Soul Master, her timing was impeccable, her claws gathering moon shadows.
Qin Xu, however, steadied himself, his gaze fierce, and as if he had stepped on the gas, his momentum surged.
His feet were cracked with spiderweb-like fissures, and his feet were firmly planted on the ground, making him look like an ancient tree to others.
Immediately afterwards, he unleashed a series of punches, including a sudden, powerful strike and a straight punch, causing his blood and energy to explode!
With the power amplified by the Qi and Blood Martial Arts techniques "Great Turtle Step", "Heavy Mountain Strike", and "Qi Dragon Armor".
Qin Xu's base was incredibly stable, and his punches were even more ferocious than before.
The ferocious fists were like bullets, each punch colliding with the Yaohua Wolf Fist from a distance, and ripples of turbid white air waves exploded in the air.
Yao Hua felt a surge of immense force coming from her arm, a powerful force like an angry dragon, almost shattering her entire arm.
Yao Hua was shocked; Qin Xu's power was even stronger than she had anticipated.
Besides soul power, there seems to be another approach.
But she was, after all, a high-level Soul King, whose strength was far beyond Qin Xu's. With a nimble somersault, like a nimble Moon Shadow Wolf, she found her balance as she flew backward, landing on a large tree by the roadside, and pounced on Qin Xu again.
In the blink of an eye, the two exchanged several blows. Qin Xu unleashed his Qi and Blood Martial Arts Technique more than ten times, leaving him slightly short of breath. This was mainly because he had been using his ultimate moves repeatedly, killing multiple people despite being above his level, which had consumed a great deal of his Qi and Blood.
Yao Hua's arms went numb, and she was losing blood and energy, but she managed to maintain her composure.
However, she discovered that as time passed, she was losing more and more of her blood essence. Yao Hua was certain that the devouring power of the blood pattern was constantly increasing.
"If I hadn't been injured beforehand and affected by your strange soul skill, I would have finished you off long ago..." Yao Hua felt very troubled. This time she had really encountered a powerful enemy, but she knew very well that Qin Xu had consumed a lot of energy.
Yao Hua suddenly said, "Go! Don't let him escape. Block his escape route. I want to capture him alive."
"That's right, he's already exhausted. Hurry up!" Jiang Xinhua shouted.
He could also see that the bearded man seemed to be very wary of Qin Xu, so he spoke up to bolster everyone's confidence.
The bearded Soul King's eyes darkened, and he nodded, shifting his position to the side of Qin Ruins to exert pressure.
Jiang Xinhua gritted her teeth and took a step forward as well.
Out of energy?
Qin Xu shook his head slightly and clenched his fist slightly.
It's almost time.
Qin Xu's thoughts stirred slightly.
The third spirit ring lit up.
As the blood-red patterns shone brightly, the saber-toothed tiger lying on the ground rapidly began to shrink. Its exposed wounds turned dark brown, and the blood energy at the wounds frantically merged into the blood patterns, being transformed into pure blood and qi.
In just a few breaths, the Mad Fang Sword Crimson Tiger turned into ashes.
His depleted energy was instantly replenished, and he returned to his peak condition.
"A...a Fallen Soul Master?" Jiang Xinhua's expression changed drastically, and she stammered, "You actually became a Fallen Soul Master!"
"A Fallen Soul Master? I call this supplementing external things and proving the Dao with force. I am following the righteous path and will be able to become a human immortal in the future! This is the true cultivation." Qin Xu could not be stigmatized, so he shook his head and said.
He believes that the pinnacle of martial arts is immortality, where the essence, energy, and spirit converge to form a cauldron, leading to future immortality.
Since there are no immortals in Douluo Continent, he'll take on that role.
Yao Hua's face was more pale than ever before; she truly felt threatened.
The bearded man involuntarily retreated, wondering if Yao Hua could really handle him.
Two vines split off and wrapped around her, but Yao Hua's expression remained unchanged, because she had been able to dodge these vines before.
She was deliberately approaching the Qin Ruins, preparing a deadly move to end the battle in one fell swoop.
However, suddenly a thick, golden vine, as thick as a baby's arm, split open, and a red shadow shot out from the side of the vine.
A crimson shadow, like a dragon or snake, darted through the air, a flash of lightning in the rainy night. Yao Hua's expression changed slightly; she shifted her feet, narrowly avoiding the cold arrow.
Yao Hua felt a chill run down her spine. She knew very well that being entangled by the Qin Ruins vines would result in the same fate as Hato. Fortunately, her mind remained sharp.
The next moment, Yao Hua's expression changed drastically, and a rustling sound suddenly came from the ground, as if something had broken through the earth.
boom!
A dense array of vines burst forth from the ground, each as thick as an adult's thigh. The massive vines formed a huge wooden prison, imprisoning Yao Hua, Jiang Xin Hua, and Big Beard.
Countless vines burst forth from the earth, instantly converging to form a sea of trees.
Originally, only ten vines of the Qin Ruins' martial spirit were visible on the surface, but there were as many as a hundred underground.
Yao Hua's scalp tingled, and she gave a bitter laugh. She knew it was all over. She barely managed to dodge a few vines, but she couldn't dodge them all. One vine wrapped around her ankle, and Qin Xu seized the opportunity to punch her in the abdomen.
Yao Hua coughed up a mouthful of blood, her body rolled over, leaving two deep marks on the ground, and then she was wrapped up like a rice dumpling by countless vines.
Yao Hua coughed up another mouthful of blood, and laughed bitterly, "What exactly is your martial spirit?"
She realized that Qin Xu might have been using his soul skill all along.
The evidence is that the martial spirit of Qin Xu had been rooted underground for a long time, and only now did it break through the soil, turning this place into a boundless sea of trees.
Jiang Xinhua turned and ran, but he hadn't gone far when a crater suddenly appeared on the ground, from which a golden vine grew and pierced through his chest.
"Ahhh!!" Jiang Xinhua screamed in pain, unable to break free.
Seeing that the situation was settled, Qin Xu explained, "If you hadn't fled and had instead fought me resolutely, I could have dealt with you all long ago. But if a high-level Soul King is determined to escape, it will take me a lot of effort to catch up with you. After all, speed isn't my strong suit; I'm only slightly faster than you. With your movement-type Soul Skill, I'll be in a lot of trouble."
If Yao Hua doesn't escape, he can immediately activate the "Dragon Armor of Power" at full power, unleashing six times the power of his Qi and Blood. Combined with his Qi and Blood martial arts skills, any enemy who touches him will be injured, and anyone who gets a touch will die.
That's a true numerical monster.
At that time, he was covered in blood armor, and he would gladly trade his life for injury.
Yao Hua's face was ashen, and she spat out a mouthful of blood in anger. She believed that Qin Xu was talking nonsense. If her soul power hadn't been depleted by the Mad Fang Saber-toothed Tiger at the beginning, Qin Xu would never have been her match.
"In a battle that requires mental focus, it would indeed be very difficult to fight you if I were distracted. However, considering that I am only a quasi-Soul Master, it is enough to prove that the quality of my Martial Soul is much higher than yours. Even the Mad Lion Martial Soul of the four elders of the Spirit Hall cannot be compared with the quality of my Martial Soul."
Qin Xu commented on this battle.
"What? You're really just a Soul Venerable??" Yao Hua was utterly shocked, and Jiang Xinhua was filled with disbelief.
Yao Hua couldn't help but recall that afternoon two years ago...
Back then, Qin Xu treated her like a lackey; now…
But her thoughts gradually came to a standstill. Qin Xu's punch shattered all her vitality, and the vines binding her body tightened more and more.
Qin Xu remained silent. He had known Yao Hua back then, but now she was about to die by his fist.
Filled with despair, Jiang Xinhua's voice trembled, and her body shook like a leaf: "I am from the Spirit Hall..."
Before he could finish his sentence, his head flew high into the air, a profound despair lingering on his face, his eyes wide open in death.
The bearded Soul King launched a sneak attack with a butcher's knife. Knowing he couldn't escape, he activated his fifth soul ring and unleashed his strongest soul skill.
Half a minute later, everything became quiet again.
There was no more noise here; everyone had been dealt with by Qin Xu.
Qin Xu stood quietly reflecting. He didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Killing so many people felt like eating a regular meal.
"Am I really that cruel? Why does this feel so familiar?"
Qin Xu shook his head. He began cleaning up the battlefield and picked up the sharp tusks of the Mad Fang Saber-toothed Tiger.
Its long teeth are like metal, sharp and cold; it is quite a treasure.
Then, Qin Xu stared blankly at the several round pills on the ground.
Because of some discomfort, he has not yet absorbed the essence formed from human blood and qi.
Even though Qin Xu knew it was nothing, and that it wasn't really about eating people, he still couldn't get over the thought.
After refining blood into qi, the unabsorbed essence transformed into round blood pills, and a snow-white jade pill was also extracted.
Qin Xu examined the snow-white jade pill and discovered that his own body was secretly trembling, conveying a sense of longing.
It contains energy and is related to martial spirit.
In other words, this is a mixture of essence, energy, and spirit related to the martial spirit in the human body's blood and qi, but it has been stripped of 'essence and energy' and 'soul power', and is no longer the complete origin of the martial spirit.
"The connection between the body's secret energy and the martial spirit is very close. I used the secret energy to nourish my martial spirit before, which is actually nourishing the martial spirit in my bloodline. After a person dies, the martial spirit dissipates, does the origin disappear into the world?" Qin Xu wondered.
In this world, when a soul beast dies, it will produce a soul ring; when a person dies, their martial soul will dissipate.
It's obvious that someone injured the human while harming the soul beast.
Qin Xu had no intention of betraying his class for the time being, but he vaguely felt that the snow-white pills left behind by the soul master he had "refined blood into qi" should be related to the origin of the martial soul.
Could it be that the interference of the third soul skill's devouring rules has misled the judgment of the world's power?
Qin Xu crushed the snow-white pill; these are things he cannot understand through current research.
Searching these people, Qin Xu found several storage soul tools containing a variety of items, most of which Qin Xu could not use. Finally, he found 60,000 gold soul coins on Jiang Xinhua.
After settling things with the first matter, Qin Xu prepared to return to Nottingham immediately and live a peaceful life thereafter.
The current situation will erupt soon, so he'd better keep a low profile for now and expose his martial arts skills.
The news that I know how to practice martial arts will spread sooner or later, and if it does, it will surely arouse suspicion.
Of course, revealing one's martial arts techniques is acceptable.
Soul Bone Skills and Martial Souls, however, need to be concealed.
Once the storm has passed, it will be fine to reveal our strength.
"The right leg bone of the Ice Turtle, an eight-hundred-year-old soul bone?" Suddenly, Qin Xu discovered a soul bone in Jiang Xinhua's storage soul tool.
This soul bone was entirely crimson, and judging by its age, it was only eight hundred years old. It had not been absorbed.
Clearly, Jiang Xinhua didn't think much of this soul bone.
Qin Xu accepted the soul bone; even a small mosquito is still meat, and perhaps he could keep it for future use.
After cleaning up all the corpses, Qin Xu changed into his wash clothes, carefully explored the area with the Ten Thousand Life Listening Sky, and quickly disappeared into the dense forest.
Avoiding the gatekeepers, Qin Xu returned to Notting City in a few quarters of an hour.
In fact, Qin Xu did not return empty-handed. With the help of Wan Sheng Ling Tian, he thrived in the Soul Beast Forest and even caught a magnificent dragon horse when he returned to Notting City.
Dragon Horse is a tamable soul beast in Douluo Continent.
It's a pity that the horse Qin Xu caught was a mare, otherwise they could have been paired up.
Longma was fierce and unruly. Qin Xu knocked him unconscious, intending to train him properly in the future.
When he got home, he took a hot shower and rinsed himself thoroughly; there was no odor on his body.
At this moment, Bibi Dong also woke up.