NOVEL NEXT Chapter 168: The Pure White Flower
Lin Rong looked toward the old butler standing by his side.
The Soul Power within him was about to be depleted, and he was currently flying at high speed through the sky.
To attack a target that was also flying at high speed while in the middle of this rapid flight, Lin Rong found himself lacking both the strength and Soul Power.
Seeing the look in his young master's eyes, the old butler immediately understood. The seventh Spirit Ring on his body flashed, and his Star Body was activated.
At this moment, the distance between them and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was less than a hundred meters, placing them within the coverage range of the starry sky formed by the Star Body.
Instantly, the space shifted.
The night sky enveloped the heavens, with countless stars twinkling within it.
Upon seeing this, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger didn't hesitate. It opened its massive maw and spat out several grayish-black Dark Demon Evil Thunders.
With a thunderous roar, the Dark Demon Evil Thunders struck the edge of the starry sky, tearing a rift in it.
However, due to the activation of the Dark Demon Evil Thunder skill, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's speed was subtly affected.
This slight delay lasted less than half a second, but it was enough to allow the Nine Bend Vine Dragon, carrying Lin Rong and the old butler, to catch up to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
The fifth Spirit Ability, "Star Attraction," was activated.
Nine stars transformed into a chain of stars, lunging towards the two human women sitting on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's back.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, meanwhile, charged towards the rapidly healing rift in the starry sky. Simultaneously, it swung the Evil God Hook on its tail to block the chain of stars.
Each of the nine stars forming the chain of stars was a natal star condensed by the Martial Soul Star Disc using the power of its Spirit Rings.
The convergence of the nine stars was equivalent to the combined power of nine Spirit Rings, sharing similarities with the innate skill Ring Fusion.
Although the Evil God Hook was powerful, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's cultivation was only a little over fifty thousand years, a far cry from the old butler's ninety-seventh level of Soul Power.
Therefore, when the Evil God Hook landed on the chain of stars, it did not destroy the chain. Instead, it was repelled with a crisp clanging sound.
"Ah~"
Two exclamations rang out as the two divine inheritors riding on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's back were bound by the chain of stars.
With a pull backward, the two divine inheritors were brought over to Lin Rong's side.
At the same time, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger also broke out of the starry sky formed by its Star Body.
Through Life Sense, Lin Rong sensed that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger outside the starry sky did not linger. Instead, it continued to use its charge skill, flying off into the distance.
"Choosing its own life over its mission, was it?" Lin Rong thought to himself.
It was in the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's nature, so making such a choice was normal.
Just when he thought everything was settled, an unforeseen event occurred.
One of the two divine inheritors bound by the chain of stars suddenly displayed a pure black scale-shaped mark on her forehead.
A dense black light erupted from the scale mark, enveloping the God of Evil inheritor in an instant.
The next moment, the God of Evil inheritor vanished.
Facing this sudden turn of events, Lin Rong was momentarily stunned before looking in the direction the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had fled.
In the distance in that direction, he sensed the location of the God of Evil inheritor through Life Sense. Her life aura appeared together with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's.
Earlier, amidst the black light from the scale mark, Lin Rong had sensed not only the presence of God of Evil energy but also the aura of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger mixed within it.
Based on this, Lin Rong formed a guess:
"It must be due to the connection between the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the God of Evil, allowing it to also use the Evil God's divine artifact. This is why it only managed to rescue the God of Evil inheritor and not the God of Goodness inheritor."
Thinking this, Lin Rong shifted his gaze to the God of Goodness inheritor still bound by the chain of stars.
She was dressed like a village girl from the slums, appearing to be about seventeen or eighteen years old.
Her grayish-white clothes were washed clean, but the color was very pale and they bore many patches.
At an age that should have been brimming with youth, her face looked sallow and gaunt due to long-term malnutrition, devoid of the radiance expected of a young maiden.
Currently, her pure eyes were filled with helplessness and panic.
"No Soul Power fluctuations?" Lin Rong frowned after sensing carefully.
A divine inheritor who wasn't a Spirit Master.
Recalling the fleeing God of Evil inheritor, her appearance was identical to this God of Goodness inheritor before him.
The difference was that the God of Evil inheritor was dressed like a typical noble young lady, and her demeanor was clearly distinct from this God of Goodness inheritor.
Looking at the frightened appearance of the young girl before him, Lin Rong, despite his curiosity, didn't feel it was appropriate to ask too many questions at this moment.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Beside a stream in the deep mountains.
A bonfire burned brightly, and the aroma of food filled the surrounding air.
After a short period of interaction, the girl's fear had noticeably subsided.
As she drank the steaming hot thick soup, she thought that the two people before her didn't seem like bad people.
After the girl finished her meal, Lin Rong spoke and asked:
"Can I see what your Martial Soul is?"
He really wanted to know what kind of Martial Soul it was that could lead the God of Goodness's inheritance to choose someone with no Soul Power as its successor.
"My Martial Soul?" The maiden spread her hands.
White light surged between her hands. After the light dissipated, a peculiar flower appeared between her palms.
The flower's appearance was ordinary, just the shape of a common wildflower.
However, the entire flower was pure white, from its petals, stamen, calyx, and receptacle, to its stem.
"This is my Martial Soul. Its most distinctive feature is the color of the flower."
"When my Martial Soul awakened, the esteemed adult from Spirit Hall who awakened it for me thought I would have Innate Soul Power!"
It's just a shame that the final test results disappointed the Spirit Hall elder. It's a trash Martial Soul with no Soul Power.
As the maiden spoke, a hint of loss was unavoidable in her tone.
Awakening a Martial Soul with Soul Power and becoming a noble Spirit Master was the greatest dream of all common people on the Douluo Continent. She had been instilled with this idea since childhood, and it was no exception for her.
"Pure White Flower?" Lin Rong asked speculatively.
"So, the woman who looked exactly like you just now, her Martial Soul was a pure black flower."
"No, I don't know." The maiden shook her head in shame.
"She hasn't released her Martial Soul in front of me, and you said she looked just like me?"
"No, that can't be right. She's so beautiful, how could she look like me, a lowly commoner? Impossible, impossible."
As she spoke, the maiden suddenly seemed to remember something and quickly apologized.
"No, you, you misunderstand."
"I, I didn't, I didn't mean you were wrong, I just, I just..."
Her self-deprecating tone was very flustered, and her speech became incoherent.
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