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“This… this power is too exaggerated!” Snake Spear Douluo stammered, his eyes full of shock.

“This is my fourth soul skill, Blood Shadow Strangulation.” Xuan Ming said.

“I have inherited the Ghost Leopard’s ability to create phantom clones. I can create different numbers of blood spear phantoms based on my soul power. I can create up to nine phantoms. With my current soul power, I can only create four.”

“Each phantom has 50% of the power of the original blood spear, and can freely control the target according to my will.”

“Physical defense is useless. Once it hits and invades, the devouring power in the blood spear phantom will explode and spread. People with a soul power level lower than mine cannot forcibly expel the devouring power. They can only rely on higher-level soul masters. If no one helps…”

“It won’t be safe.”

Snake Spear Douluo was silent. He was now more certain that if Xuan Ming grew up, even Qian Renxue, who possessed the Six-Winged Angel Spirit, would not be his opponent! Qian Renxue looked at Xuan Ming, with a complex light flashing in her eyes, with surprise, appreciation, and a hint of imperceptible fear.

“What are your plans next?” Qian Renxue asked.

“Should we go and meet the Royal Fighting Team, or should we return to Tiandou City?”

It has been a while since Xuan Ming reached level 40. He had looked for a suitable soul beast in the Sunset Forest before, but there was no suitable soul beast. Coincidentally, the Royal Fighting Team went out to travel under the leadership of their team leader Qin Ming and challenged the large soul fighting arenas in major cities. She found an opportunity and came out to help Xuan Ming hunt for soul rings.

The search and hunting of ten thousand year soul rings is very time-consuming, and they have been wandering in the Star Dou Great Forest for nearly half a month.

Ever since Tang Yuehua said that, she no longer put pressure on Xuan Ming from time to time like before. She took the initiative to keep a distance and gave Xuan Ming a safe space. Coupled with Tang Yuehua’s comfort, the effect was very obvious.

Although they couldn’t be called close yet, Xuan Ming’s attitude towards her was much better than before.

“I want to take a walk outside.” Xuan Ming said.

“If you are busy, go back first.”

Qian Renxue was slightly stunned, “What if I’m not busy?”

Xuan Ming paused, “If you’re not busy…”

“Hehe, it’s a rare opportunity to get out, so take a walk outside and relax.” Snake Spear Douluo said.

Xuan Ming didn’t say anything, just looked at Qian Renxue.

He has been traveling back and forth between Tiandou City and Sunset Forest over the years. Most of his time, he is still practicing as before and has never traveled far.

If no one leads the way…

Meeting Xuan Ming’s gaze, Qian Renxue was delighted, but pretended to be calm on the surface, “Alright, it happens that I haven’t traveled freely like this for a long time. But, where are you going?”

“I want to go back to Ole City and then… go to Soto City to wait for Dugu Yan and the others.” Xuan Ming said.

“Olay City…” Qian Renxue was slightly stunned.

“Okay, let’s go back and take a look.”

…

Soto City.

The Barak Kingdom is the most militarily powerful of the four kingdoms of the Tiandou Empire, with an army of 200,000. It is also the gateway to the Tiandou Empire. Together with the other kingdoms, the four kingdoms have a total of nearly 500,000 troops, which is equivalent to a quarter of the military strength of the Tiandou Empire.

The remaining three quarters are controlled by the Tiandou royal family. This is the main reason why the four major kingdoms and principalities can barely maintain stability. Even if they want to rebel, they don’t have the ability to do so.

The Xingluo Empire also has a similar situation, but it is not as obvious as the Tiandou Empire, but their problems are definitely more troublesome than those of the Tiandou Empire.

This is because the great nobles that were granted fiefs by the Xing Luo Empire had all made great military achievements in past wars, controlled powerful armed forces, and had their own powerful soul master families. If Xing Luo had not frequently started wars to divert these conflicts and make those powerful nobles have a unified goal – to annex Tiandou, Xing Luo would not be stable internally.

To put it simply, the internal conflicts within the Tiandou Empire were mainly caused by aristocratic separatism, but the internal conflicts within the Xingluo Empire were caused by warlord separatism!

The two empires seem strong, but in fact they are both on the decline, and no one knows whether problems will suddenly arise.

There are two most important cities in the Kingdom of Barak, namely the capital city of Barak, which is the political and economic center of the kingdom.

The other is the city of Soto, located in the center of the fertile Lima Plain and known as the granary of Barak.

Just after noon, the streets of Soto City were already bustling with activity. Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue walked together on the streets, attracting the attention of passers-by.

Xuan Ming was dressed in luxurious black clothes, and his temperament seemed even colder than it was five years ago. No one could get close to him.

Now, he no longer needs to hide his peculiar body as he did before. Not only has he become famous in the Tiandou Empire in recent years, but also because of his strength, he no longer needs to worry about any short-sighted thieves targeting him.

To threaten him now, a powerful soul master above the Soul Emperor level would be needed, and soul masters of that level would not be stupid enough to attack him. Although he was only fourteen years old, his height had reached a terrifying 1.9 meters due to the absorption of soul rings to promote his physical development. It was unknown whether he would continue to grow taller if he absorbed more soul rings in the future.

After all, when he was in Tiandou City, he had seen soul masters who were over two meters tall, or even over three meters tall. Most of those people were beast soul masters, whose bodies had expanded and grown due to the influence of their martial spirits.

Qian Renxue, who was walking beside him, had a graceful figure. She was wearing a light golden dress that made her look noble and elegant, like a golden rose blooming in the world. There was a faint smile on her delicate face, and her eyes were lively. When she occasionally glanced at Xuan Ming, there seemed to be stars twinkling in her eyes.

Although she deliberately restrained the pressure brought by her own martial spirit, her innate temperament of a superior was difficult to completely hide. With a terrifying height of 1.8 meters and high heels, she was almost as tall as Xuan Ming.

After returning to Ole City for a look, Xuan Ming and the other two headed towards Soto City without too much delay.

After all, Xuan Ming is not a sentimental person, and he will go back just to take a look.

“Are you sure you want to be so ostentatious?” Xuan Ming asked.

During this journey, Qian Renxue did not disguise herself at all, and showed her true face directly! Although the two of them walked together, most of the passers-by looked at him, but there were definitely quite a few people who noticed Qian Renxue.

“No one outside knows me, so is there any need for me to hide?” Qian Renxue said nonchalantly.

She had hidden her identity before because when she was a child she was known to the world as the young master of the Spirit Hall. However, for the sake of the Heaven Dou Empire’s plan, she had died openly.

If I don’t disguise myself, it would be troublesome if someone recognized my identity.

As for now, the world has long forgotten the young master of the Spirit Hall. If she doesn’t use her spirit, who would know who she is?

Moreover, she had been hiding under the mask and playing the role of Xue Qinghe in Tiandou City. Now that she has come out, why should she continue pretending?

Who are you pretending for?

“I think safety comes first. You’d better disguise yourself. This will attract too much attention.” Xuan Ming said.

Qian Renxue raised her eyebrows.

“Attract attention? In what aspect?”

“You ask even though you know the answer.” Xuan Ming said.

Noticing that Xuan Ming deliberately looked away, Qian Renxue raised the corners of her mouth and revealed a meaningful smile.

She thought this guy was a fool, but it seems that at least he is not blind.

It’s just too dishonest…

After strolling around Soto City for a while, the two began to look for a place to stay.

“Young Master, please look to the left.”

Snake Spear Douluo, who was hiding in the dark to protect, suddenly spoke.

Qian Renxue looked over subconsciously and found a very unique hotel.

The hotel is three stories high and doesn’t look large, but its exterior is decorated in rose red and the architectural style of the entire hotel is like a giant rose.

Qian Renxue’s eyes changed slightly, and a blush flashed across her face, but she quickly recovered, grabbed Xuan Ming, and walked towards the Rose Hotel without saying a word.

Xuan Ming, who was distracted and thinking about something, came back to his senses and asked, “What?”

“This place is nice, let’s stay here.” Qian Renxue pulled Xuan Ming into the Rose Hotel without giving him a chance to say more.

“Waiter, two rooms.”

The waiter behind the counter was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and looked at Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue very nervously. Even if he was blind, he could tell that these two people had extraordinary origins. “Miss, we…”

Halfway through the conversation, the waiter noticed that Qian Renxue made the number “1” with her left hand fingers. He was stunned at first, and then his eyes revealed a hint of ambiguity.

“I’m so sorry, we only have one room left.”

Qian Renxue turned around and looked at Xuan Ming, “There’s only one room left, what should we do?”

Xuan Ming subconsciously looked at him like a fool, “Can’t I just move to another place?”

“…”

The air suddenly became quiet.

Qian Renxue was stunned.

The waiter behind the counter was also stunned.

No buddy, why are you playing like this?

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