Fourteenth Form: Chasing the Sun!
Lin Yang's figure vanished from his original position without warning.
In the next instant, he appeared behind Qian Renxue. Cold flames burned along the flying sword's blade, radiating a chilling aura.
The blade slashed diagonally downward.
First Form: Dark Moon — Night Palace!
The slash carved a massive black crescent moon through the air. Its light tore through the air and struck Qian Renxue with ferocious momentum.
Qian Renxue's pupils contracted sharply. Before she could even turn around, her right arm spirit bone skill had already activated.
Spirit Bone Skill: Angel's Guardian!
A massive angel phantom suddenly appeared behind her.
Behind it, golden wings overlapped like two sacred shields, radiating intense and holy light.
However, in the next moment, wherever the moonlight touched, those golden wings were sliced in two as if they were as thin as paper.
The moonlight remained powerful. It descended upon the square and carved a straight, deep trench into the ground.
Gravel flew in all directions. Dust rose into the air, and gasps of shock rang out from the surroundings!
The majestic and sacred angel phantom resembled a Venus statue with both arms missing.
In an instant it shattered into pieces, turning into countless golden particles of light before vanishing.
Yet Qian Renxue was no longer in the same place. She had appeared on the opposite side of the square.
Lin Yang descended from the sky and slightly sharpened his gaze toward Qian Renxue.
That speed… it was almost like teleportation.
Was it the power of a spirit bone?
A faint smile appeared on Qian Renxue's lips. "Don't think I'm still the same as before!"
Before she finished speaking, her fifth spirit ring suddenly shone brightly.
Golden light erupted violently from her body, enveloping her like golden flames.
In her palms, these golden flames rapidly condensed and compressed, eventually transforming into a burning sacred sword of light.
Fifth Spirit Skill: Divine Sword!
She soared high into the air with light footsteps. At the same time, her first, second, and third spirit rings shone brightly.
Dozens of golden flames condensed into sword energy and poured down like a torrential rain.
The dense formation completely sealed off Lin Yang's escape routes.
Lin Yang raised one eyebrow.
"This is the first time I've seen you use this kind of technique."
That said, Lin Yang's movements were by no means slow.
Day by day!
His figure once again became a phantom.
The sword energy pierced through his afterimages and crashed into the ground, leaving crater-like scorched marks.
At that exact moment, Lin Yang emerged from a spatial rift and silently appeared in Qian Renxue's blind spot.
He raised the blade, preparing the First Form—
"I've been waiting for you!"
Qian Renxue suddenly turned around. Her sixth spirit ring shone brightly like a black sun.
Sixth Spirit Skill: Angel's Roar!
An invisible spiritual shockwave transformed into an unseen hammer carrying angelic pressure and smashed fiercely into Lin Yang's sea of consciousness.
Lin Yang's lips curled downward. His movements suddenly changed.
The flames swirling around the Nichirin Blade suddenly vanished. Only a warm, flickering light remained on the surface of the blade.
Seventeenth Form: Shatter Illusion, Release Radiance!
A sword form born from the fusion of spiritual power and soul power.
It could shatter illusions, sever the spirit, and wound the soul!
With a single strike, the invisible spiritual influence was cleanly and decisively severed.
Qian Renxue's face suddenly turned pale. The backlash from the spiritual attack caused her mind to constantly buzz.
Although it was not a serious injury, she felt dizzy and unsteady.
Lin Yang did not press his advantage. Instead, he looked at Qian Renxue with a smile in his eyes.
"Not bad. Your strength has improved considerably since last time. You've been training hard."
"Hmph!"
Qian Renxue snorted coldly, a trace of resentment in her eyes.
Are you underestimating me?
The battle against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had shattered the pride she had held for many years.
At that time she realized that when facing true danger, true strength was far more important than status or talent.
Therefore, after returning to Spirit Hall, in order to improve her own power and never again become an unnecessary "burden" or liability,
she often begged her grandfather to practice with her.
Looking across the entire continent, there was probably no one else who could have a Limit Douluo as their sparring partner.
Yet even though her strength and cultivation had improved significantly,
even though her grandfather had highly evaluated him, why had she been unable to do anything against Lin Yang?
They hadn't even forced him to reveal his true strength.
Throughout the entire process, he had never once ignited a spirit ring.
He had only used self-created spirit skills…
Hateful!
At this moment, the audience was completely overwhelmed by the battle between the two.
Although the process had been extremely short, the two of them had tightly coordinated while unleashing fatal techniques, creating a thrilling spectacle for the audience.
However, what they had not expected was that they would be facing a Soul Sage — and one with a god-level Angel martial soul at that.
Lin Yang had handled everything with ease from beginning to end and held the advantage.
Could it be… that Lin Yang might actually win?
At this point, some people could not help but think so.
Yet most people still believed that Qian Renxue would be the final victor.
Because once cultivation reached the Soul Sage level, there existed a well-known ultimate technique — Martial Soul True Body!
When a soul master awakened their Martial Soul True Body, their strength underwent a qualitative leap.
At this moment, Qian Renxue also realized that ordinary attacks were meaningless against Lin Yang—
A pitch-black spirit ring slowly floated up around her.
The tremendous surge of soul power that crashed like a tsunami caused the entire square to tremble slightly.
Seventh Spirit Skill: Angel True Body!
In that instant, two more pairs of wings grew from Qian Renxue's back, transforming her into a six-winged angel with her wings fully spread.
Behind her, three pairs of golden wings proudly unfurled.
Each feather looked as if it had been forged from sacred light. Mysterious golden patterns flowed across them, shining dazzlingly.
She towered high in the sky. Even without wind, her long golden hair swayed. She radiated a majesty that instinctively made people want to kneel and worship.
Her eyes were solemn and filled with authority, carrying an inviolable sacredness.
In this moment, she no longer looked like a soul master, but like an angel who had descended from the heavens.
Even more terrifying was that the Angel Domain accompanying her martial soul was fully deployed.
Before reaching the seventh ring, the Angel Domain only functioned as an auxiliary domain with limited power.
But once it became the Martial Soul True Body, the Angel Domain finally bared its true fangs.
Not only did it turn Qian Renxue herself into a phantom, but in her Martial Soul True Body state, it also increased her power by a terrifying 30%.
With the dual enhancement, her combat power more than doubled.
That tremendous surge of soul power had clearly reached the level of a Titled Douluo!
Enveloped by that domain, Lin Yang clearly felt an invisible pressure.
Within the domain, the omnipresent sacred energy constantly dissolved his soul power.
If it were anyone else, the moment they used an external spirit skill within this domain, the power of that spirit skill would drop by at least 30%.
However, Lin Yang was not particularly worried. All of his spirit skills amplified himself, so they were almost unaffected.
Yet his Golden Domain was far inferior to the Angel Domain.
This was not a difference in strength, but a difference in rank within the same field.
A spirit skill inherited from a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
One was a talent domain derived from a god-level martial soul.
In terms of rank, the Angel Domain far surpassed the Golden Domain.
However, Lin Yang also understood very well that Aura still had room to grow.
As Aura's cultivation level rose, the Golden Domain would continue to expand.
At present, the Angel Domain possessed power comparable to it.
Perhaps only domains such as the Evil God Domain or the God of Slaughter Domain could truly touch the realm of divinity.
"Lin Yang!"
Qian Renxue looked down at Lin Yang and spoke in an emotionless voice.
"In this state, you cannot defeat me. You should surrender!"
Lin Yang did not answer.
The six spirit rings behind him shone simultaneously. The pitch-black Nichirin Blade in his hand suddenly turned deep crimson, flames rising across its surface.
A terrifying aura mixing gold and fire erupted from his body like a volcanic explosion and shot straight into the sky.
The oppressive force of the Angel Domain was instantly torn apart.
Lin Yang looked up and revealed a faint smile.
"Qian Renxue, you're far too overconfident!"
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