Demon Subduer froze for a moment, then quickly understood, bursting into loud laughter as he said, "Hahahaha, good, good, good! What a perfect tactic of showing weakness to lure the enemy, what a perfect blend of illusion and reality, what an Empire's Blade. You truly live up to your team's name."
Thunderous applause erupted from all around. The team members glanced at one another, then simultaneously extended their right hands, stacking them together as they shouted loudly:
"Empire's Blade, unstoppable!"
After saying that, they raised their hands high, welcoming their victory and glory.
At that moment, the voice announcing the passing of the divine examination also rang out.
"Qian Renyue, Life Nine Trials, Second Trial:Form your own team. The team must jointly persist for the time of one incense stick under a Titled Douluo, without using a second martial soul.Fearless in hardship, resourceful and wise. Trial passed.Challenging a Level 96 peak Titled Douluo—commendable courage and proper strategy. Reward stacked.Rewards: one soul bone; Life God affinity increased by ten percent."
A platinum-white soul bone appeared before Qian Renyue. It was clearly a torso soul bone.
The people observing from afar also walked over. When they saw the soul bone in Qian Renyue's hands, all of them revealed envious expressions. This God King was way too generous—directly rewarding a soul bone. Envy to the point of tears.
Bibi Dong even silently shed tears of jealousy. Why was it that both were undergoing divine trials, yet her own daughter received such abundant rewards while she herself got nothing at all?
Still, since it concerned her daughter, Bibi Dong spoke up and asked,"It looks like a torso soul bone. What about its age? And its skill? If the age isn't high, it might be better for us to find one ourselves. Soul bones affect your final divine armor—higher age and better quality are more beneficial for becoming a god."
The others all looked at Bibi Dong suspiciously. How did she know so much?
"This soul bone is part of the Life Set," Qian Renyue quickly said, drawing the topic back to herself as she noticed everyone's suspicious gazes. "Ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine years—just one year short of a hundred thousand. It's the Life Wing, granting the ability to fly."
"It really is a very good soul bone," Qian Daoliu said somewhat regretfully. "Before fully integrating it, try not to expose it. Your martial soul already has flight capabilities, so the flight ability of this soul bone isn't that useful."
Even so, he still reminded his granddaughter to protect herself well. Ever since Tang Hao's pursuit, the safety of Qian Renyue and Qian Renxue had become his top priority.
"Ning Rongrong, Red Eight Trials, Second Trial:Assist Qian Renyue and others in persisting for one incense stick under a Titled Douluo.Fearless in hardship, resourceful and wise. Trial passed.Challenging a Level 96 peak Titled Douluo—commendable courage and proper strategy. Reward stacked.Rewards: one soul bone; soul power level increased by two; soul ring age increased by one thousand years."
A pink soul bone resembling a jeweled crown appeared in Ning Rongrong's hands.
"A head soul bone!" everyone exclaimed.
Ning Rongrong stared at the soul bone in shock, holding it reverently as she said excitedly,"It's a ten-thousand-year mental-type illusion soul bone."
"Congratulations, Rongrong." The team members all offered their congratulations.
"Hu Liena, Red Seven Trials, Second Trial:Form a team with Qian Renyue and others and persist for one incense stick under a Titled Douluo.Fearless in hardship, resourceful and wise. Trial passed.Challenging a Level 96 peak Titled Douluo—commendable courage and proper strategy. Reward stacked.Rewards: half a soul bone; rewards accumulated; soul power level increased by one; soul ring age increased by five hundred years."
"Half?" Hu Liena was stunned.
Qian Renyue pondered for a moment and said,"If it's just a reward, you'll probably get the other half next time. But if it's a stacked reward, then you'll need another stacked reward like this one to obtain the remaining half. Otherwise, it's as good as not having it."
"I think it should be a stacked reward," Hu Liena said with a smile. "It's fine—next time we'll do even better."
"Xie Yue, Black Six Trials, Second Trial:Form a team with Qian Renyue and others and persist for one incense stick under a Titled Douluo.Fearless in hardship, resourceful and wise. Trial passed.Challenging a Level 96 peak Titled Douluo—commendable courage and proper strategy. Reward stacked.Rewards: half a soul bone; rewards accumulated; soul power level increased by one."
"Dugu Yan, Black Six Trials, Second Trial:Form a team with Qian Renyue and others and persist for one incense stick under a Titled Douluo.Fearless in hardship, resourceful and wise. Trial passed.Challenging a Level 96 peak Titled Douluo—commendable courage and proper strategy. Reward stacked.Rewards: half a soul bone; rewards accumulated; soul power level increased by one."
"Yan, Black Six Trials, Second Trial:Form a team with Qian Renyue and others and persist for one incense stick under a Titled Douluo.Fearless in hardship, resourceful and wise. Trial passed.Challenging a Level 96 peak Titled Douluo—commendable courage and proper strategy. Reward stacked.Rewards: half a soul bone; rewards accumulated; soul power level increased by one."
"Didn't Na'er participate in a divine trial?" Hu Liena asked in confusion when she didn't hear any reward announcement for Na'er.
"Na'er's identity is special and not suitable for participating in divine trials. The Life God and Destruction God are both aware of this," Qian Renyue said with a smile, clearly not intending to elaborate. The others wisely did not press further.
"Then next should be Sister's Destruction God trial, right? Do we need to fight again?" Ning Rongrong asked.
"No need. I've already passed," Qian Renyue replied with a smile, gently patting Ning Rongrong's head.
"Already passed? When?" Ning Rongrong asked in disbelief.
"When the team was formed," Qian Renyue explained. "The requirement of healing using only my second martial soul was already completed. I finished it while training swordsmanship with my master."
"Sister, you defeated Grandpa Sword by yourself?" Ning Rongrong's mouth fell open in shock.
The members of the Empire's Blade team, as well as the Spirit Hall Elders present, all stared at Qian Renyue in disbelief.
"Master didn't use his full strength," Qian Renyue hurriedly waved her hands in explanation. "And it was only holding out for one incense stick, not defeating him."
Even so, everyone was deeply impressed. Their curiosity about Qian Renyue's swordsmanship only grew—after all, that was Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
"Then what was Sister's reward?" Ning Rongrong asked.
"Basically the same as the Life trial's reward. I also received a torso soul bone—Destruction Wing. The Destruction God's意思 was for me to either absorb one of them or find a way to fuse and absorb both. If I want to realize the idea I previously attempted, I'll need to fuse them. I'll research this later."
"Yueyue…" Na'er seemed to realize something and nervously tugged at Qian Renyue's clothes.
Qian Renyue patted Na'er's head and said gently,"It's okay, Na'er. This is a path I must walk. Trust me."
Everyone seemed to guess something but wisely chose not to ask. Only Ning Rongrong's gaze dimmed slightly.
Yan loudly suggested,"I heard that for this second trial, Her Highness ate meat buns for half a year straight. Since we all passed—and even exceeded the requirements—how about we go eat a big meal? Her Highness treats!"
"Sure, I'll treat. Wherever we go, whatever we eat—eat as much as you want," Qian Renyue said grandly with a wave of her hand.
"Mom, Grandpa, are you coming?" Qian Renyue asked.
"This is a gathering for you kids—we won't go," Qian Daoliu waved his hand and turned to leave. "We'll have people follow you to make sure nothing happens."
"I won't go either," Bibi Dong said as she patted Qian Renyue's head. "Have fun, and work hard on the upcoming trials."
After saying a few words, she left with Yue Guan and the others.
"Let's go, let's go, I'm starving," Yan urged impatiently.
"Should we check what the third trial is first?" Hu Liena asked.
"Let's not," Yan waved his hands in refusal. "What if it's really hard? Enjoy happiness first."
"That's right," Qian Renyue agreed. Holding Ning Rongrong's hand with one hand and Na'er's with the other, she strode forward. "Let's go, let's go!"
The Empire's Blade team would complete the Third Trial before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. The content of the third trial was not extensive and would end quickly. After that, the story would enter the academy competition arc. Compared to the original, the tournament would have changes—since this is from the Spirit Hall perspective, following the original would mean Spirit Hall only appearing once with little spotlight, which wouldn't be good for the Empire's Blade team to gain fame. Therefore, after the qualifiers, there would be major alterations with extensive original settings.
Additionally, due to physical discomfort—having caught a cold with headaches—the author would take about three days off. After that, updates would resume at two chapters per day. Thank you all for your support. If you have any ideas, feel free to leave a comment. Thank you.
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