After a long time.
Qian Renxue finally regained control of her emotions and focused her thoughts on the rewards from the diary instance.
Her previous plan was to ask about the future of Spirit Hall, everything concerning Spirit Hall, and whether her twenty years of hard work would be successful.
Now, Qian Renxue had changed her mind. The diary instance was not hers alone, so asking about Spirit Hall's future would very likely expose her existence.
In that case, she would seek to understand her own life!
Qian Renxue looked at the night sky, her gaze firm and her emotions incredibly complex:
"Tomorrow... we will see together what your life is like, and exactly for what reason you are unwilling to accept my existence as your biological daughter."
"Heh."
This night, Qian Renxue was destined to find sleep elusive.
This night, Bibi Dong was likewise sleepless.
This night, Liam had been Cultivating the entire time, while Yan hadn't even closed his eyes, guarding him for the whole night!
Early morning.
The beautiful start of a day—sunlight, a breeze, and fresh air—always makes one feel the infinite vitality and hope of life.
It was another day full of Lively Energy!
Liam woke up from his Cultivation, a look of surprise on his face as he said cheerfully:
"I actually rose to level sixteen."
Suddenly.
Liam turned his head and saw Yan nearby, with somewhat dark circles under his eyes, staring straight at him.
Good grief!
This guy couldn't have stayed awake all night just watching him Cultivate, right?
He really... I'm moved to tears...
"Hmph!"
Seeing Liam's gaze meet his, Yan gave a cold snort and said with a face full of disdain: "You're so self-satisfied just because you broke through to level sixteen?
"You're eighteen now, right? Our ages aren't that different, heh!"
Heh your sister!
Liam finally understood; if he didn't give this little friend a beating, he'd keep jumping around all day without knowing who's boss!
Liam stood up with a smile, looking at Yan with a playful glint in his eyes as he said indifferently:
"You be your simp, and I'll be my Dragon King. We were supposed to mind our own business, but you're just being too annoying."
"In that case, just as we said yesterday... let's have a battle between men!"
Hearing this, Yan's face instantly lit up with joy. He looked at Liam with excited eyes and asked:
"You said it yourself, you're the one who took the initiative to duel me, so..." As he spoke, he happened to look toward Hu Liena's tent, just as she was stepping out.
Yan hurriedly said:
"Nana, I'm not bullying him! He's the one who initiated the duel. Considering he's only level sixteen, I won't use any Martial Soul Abilities to fight him."
Great.
I can finally teach this pretty boy a lesson.
Hu Liena glanced at Yan and looked at Liam, asking, "Do you want to compete with him?"
Liam nodded slightly.
"Just playing around with him!"
At this time, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo also became interested. While Liam was Cultivating last night, they could clearly feel that powerful force as the Nine Yang Divine Skill circulated.
Now that the two were going to compete, they naturally wanted to see what kind of ability Liam actually had to be so highly regarded by the Pope.
Hu Liena, however, trusted Liam implicitly. After a moment's hesitation, she whispered an instruction:
"Then try to be as gentle as possible, otherwise it'll be quite a hassle to bring him along with us later!"
Eh?
Listening to Hu Liena's words, Yan's face was a bit dazed. Shouldn't you be saying that to me?
"Hmph!"
"Nana, don't worry, I will show him mercy." Yan spoke seriously.
The next moment.
Liam's hands condensed into frost, and a terrifying cold energy emanated from his surroundings.
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo frowned at this. Seeing that Yan didn't take it seriously at all, Chrysanthemum Douluo called out a warning:
"little friend Yan, quickly use a Spirit Ability to defend!"
"No need."
Yan simply released his Martial Soul—the Flame Lord. Yellow, yellow, purple, and purple spirit rings appeared as he charged rapidly toward Liam.
"To deal with a Soul Master like you with only level fifteen Spirit Power, I only need to make a slight effort..."
"Sky Frost Fist!"
Liam struck out with both hands. With a boom, a terrifying power surged out. Before Yan could react, his entire body was instantly frozen solid.
Not only that, but the area within several meters of Yan was also directly encased in ice.
Everyone:???
The scene fell into a deathly silence.
Liam withdrew his hands, and the terrifying frost receded.
"The Sky Frost Fist. This set of fist techniques emphasizes being incompatible with the enemy and having incomparable spiritual power. There are fists within fists, Moves within Moves; once the killing intent rises, it is invincible."
He remembered when Xiong Ba taught Qin Shuang, after saying this sentence, he directly froze an entire building the next moment.
And Liam not only had deep cultivation, but his technique was also the complete version. He really hadn't exerted much force, as Yan was after all only a Spirit Ancestor.
Tang San: What kind of dimensional martial arts is this?
Crack, crack—!
After Yan broke free from the ice, he instantly became flyblown with rage and cursed loudly:
"Damn it!"
"You actually sneak-attacked me, this time doesn't count..."
As his voice fell, his whole body charged at Liam even faster.
Bang!
As Yan smashed a fist toward him, Liam simply raised his hand slightly and easily blocked it, then kicked him in the stomach.
Yan was kicked flying dozens of meters away.
Liam said somewhat speechlessly:
"Should I say you're stupid, or praise you for being a man of your word? You've seen my strength, yet you're still not using Martial Soul Abilities?"
"Use your strongest Spirit Ability!"
Yan crawled up from the ground and looked at Liam from a distance, his head buzzing! He hadn't used a Spirit Ability, and he hadn't even opened his Martial Soul, how could he have been insta-killed!
"Fine!"
With a roar of anger, Yan gritted his teeth and charged again.
"Fourth Spirit Ability: Churning Magma!"
As he drew near, waves of fire surged around him, and two lines of fire intertwined with each other, attacking Liam.
"Sky Frost Fist!"
With the same Move, Liam once again struck out with terrifying frost from both fists.
This time, the person along with his Spirit Ability were both snap-frozen together.
Chrysanthemum Douluo, watching from the side, finally couldn't help but exclaim in shock: "How is this possible? What is your Martial Soul? Could its rank be much higher than his?"
Hu Liena and Xie Yue also looked at Liam in disbelief; the entire Spirit Ability had been frozen.
Just how strong was Liam?
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
Liam's feet instantly turned into an afterimage, and the next moment he appeared in front of Yan, pointing a finger at Yan's brow.
Crack.
The ice around Yan shattered. He was also stunned; if he were truly fighting Liam, he wouldn't even have the chance to activate his Martial Soul.
Ghost Douluo's eyes widened; clearly, Liam's speed had shocked him.
In the eyes of Hu Liena and Xie Yue, they only saw an afterimage flash by, and the next moment the frost on Yan's body shattered.
Chrysanthemum Douluo was also incredulous, clapping his hands with a face full of surprise:
"Impressive! Impressive!"
"No wonder our Pope's... Disciple Hu Liena thinks so highly of you. With this kind of speed, even a Titled Douluo would be heavily injured if they were careless."
He spoke with a bit of flirtatious charm.
Liam couldn't help but shudder and said:
"This is nothing much, it's just that the path I am on is different, and you haven't seen it before."
Using a hundred years of High Martial power to bully a Spirit Ancestor, I'm feeling a bit embarrassed. As for heavily injuring a Titled Douluo, please, even a Hidden Weapon could handle that, okay!