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Outside Heaven Dou City, the Spirit Empire army had surrounded everything completely. Golden Seraphim flags fluttered in the wind. Heavy armor legions stood in rows on the plains outside the city, while Spirit Master Legions were spread out on all four sides. High above, flying Spirit Masters circled in the sky, sealing off every possible escape route.
On the city walls, the Heaven Dou defenders looked pale. Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Yang Wudi had just been pushed back by a single palm from Qian Renxue. The final confidence of Heaven Dou City was almost completely broken. Everyone knew that if Qian Renxue wanted to, she could cut open the gates of Heaven Dou City with one strike of her sword.
However, at this moment, Qian Renxue suddenly raised her head. She hovered in mid-air with her six wings spread wide, wrapped in golden Divine Force. Cold killing intent suddenly showed in her golden eyes, which were usually calm and indifferent.
Far away, behind the Spirit Empire's lines, dark Rakshasa Death Qi rushed into the sky. It was not just happening in one place. The Death Qi was very dense and carried the leftover energy of vengeful souls being eaten by force.
Qian Renxue did not need to see it with her own eyes to guess what happened. Tang San had taken advantage of her attack on Heaven Dou City to circle around behind the Spirit Empire army. Those towns were places the Spirit Empire had just captured. She had personally given orders not to kill people who surrendered, not to trouble the common people, and to keep strict military discipline. But now, those cities were turned into Rakshasa altars by Tang San.
Qian Renxue slowly held her Angelic Sacred Sword tighter as golden flames lit up the blade inch by inch.
"Tang San," she whispered.
Her voice was very soft, but it sent a cold chill through all the Spirit Empire experts nearby.
Gold Crocodile Douluo stepped through the air toward her and asked in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, what happened?"
Qian Renxue looked into the distance and said coldly, "The rear towns are under attack. It is Tang San."
Gold Crocodile Douluo's face changed right away. He knew what Tang San represented now. He was killing people in cities to devour souls, building the Rakshasa Divine Court, and creating Undead Titled Douluo. Tang San was no longer just a regular enemy; he was a Rakshasa demon hiding in the dark.
Gold Crocodile Douluo immediately said, "I'll take some men to help them!"
"No," Qian Renxue stopped him directly. "If you go, you can't stop him."
Gold Crocodile Douluo became silent. Her words were harsh, but they were the truth. Tang San now had the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe, led an undead army, and could appear or disappear using Rakshasa Space. If regular Titled Douluo went there, they would fail to stop him and might even get eaten to become undead themselves.
Qian Renxue slowly turned back to look at Heaven Dou City. On the city walls, Xue Beng, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and the others also felt the change in her. They did not know what was happening, but they could feel that her killing intent was different now. It was no longer just the coldness of a city siege, but real, grim anger.
Qian Renxue said calmly, "Second Worshipful Elder, take the Elders of the Hall of Worship and keep surrounding Heaven Dou City. Don't attack the city without my order, don't kill people, and don't let anyone leave. If Heaven Dou surrenders on its own, take over the city defense for now and wait for me to come back."
Gold Crocodile Douluo immediately went down on one knee. "Yes!"
The other Elders beside him shouted together, "We obey Your Majesty's divine decree!"
Qian Renxue looked again at Xue Beng on the Heaven Dou City wall. Her voice spread over the entire battlefield. "Xue Beng, I am leaving for a while. If you want to use this chance to break out, you can try. But next time I return, if you still refuse to surrender, Heaven Dou City will not get another chance."
Xue Beng's face was pale. His lips moved, but he could not say a single word.
Qian Renxue stopped looking at him and flapped her six wings behind her back. Golden Divine Force rushed into the sky with a loud boom. She turned into a bright golden light and flew toward the back of the Spirit Empire. She was moving so fast that everyone only saw a flash of golden light before her noble figure disappeared at the edge of the sky.
On the city wall, Dugu Bo watched the direction where Qian Renxue left, his eyes moving slightly. "Tang San has made a move."
Ning Fengzhi's face also turned dark. "It must be. There is only one reason for Qian Renxue to leave so fast. Tang San is killing people in the cities and devouring souls behind her."
Bone Douluo said in a low voice, "That guy is completely crazy. While Qian Renxue attacks Heaven Dou in front, he turns the cities the Spirit Empire just took into dead zones in the back."
Sword Douluo held his Seven Kill Sword tightly as cold light showed in his eyes. "He is forcing Qian Renxue to split her forces."
Ning Fengzhi shook his head. "It's not just that. He wants to show everyone that no one can unite the continent. Whenever Qian Renxue takes a city, he will go and kill everyone inside. Heaven Dou can't hold out, and the Spirit Empire can't hold out either. Tang San wants to turn the whole continent into his Rakshasa altar."
Dugu Bo sneered, "Then let's see if Qian Renxue can catch him." He looked up toward a further direction. That way was the Star Dou Great Forest. "That kid should be coming back soon too."
Behind the Spirit Empire's line was Qinghe City. When Qian Renxue arrived, the whole city was completely quiet. It was so quiet that there was no life left at all. The city gates were wide open, and the golden Seraphim flags still hung on the gate tower, but under the flags, all the guard soldiers lay on the ground. Their armor was intact, and their swords were still in their hands, but their eyes were gray and empty. Scared expressions were frozen on their faces. Their souls had been pulled out.
Qian Renxue landed slowly in front of the city gate. Her golden boots stepped onto the blood-stained stone floor. She did not walk inside right away. She just stood at the gate, looking at the city she had sent people to take over not long ago.
On the streets, dead bodies lay everywhere. There were Spirit Empire soldiers, Heaven Dou people who had just surrendered, ordinary common people, and wounded soldiers being cared for by the Spirit Empire. They had no sword wounds on their bodies, but their life and soul energy were completely gone. Dark Rakshasa Divine Power remained in every part of the air like a layer of dirty mud covering the city.
The door of a grain shop on the street was open, and rice bags inside were knocked over. An old man lay by the doorway, still holding a bag of grain in his arms that was meant for the people. Before the City Lord's Mansion, the Spirit Empire officer who took over the city was kneeling on the ground, holding his hand like he was trying to pull out his sword. His soul was gone too, so he did not even get a chance to fight back.
Qian Renxue walked into the city step by step. With every step she took, the golden light around her became brighter. The dark Rakshasa Death Qi made sharp noises under the holy light and quickly turned into black smoke. But the dead people could not come back to life. Her holy light could not bring them back.
Qian Renxue stopped in the middle of a long street. She saw a line of twisted words carved on a broken wall by Rakshasa Death Qi. They were not regular words; they were marks left by Tang San using Rakshasa Divine Power. It looked like he was trying to anger her on purpose.
"Qian Renxue, the cities you take are just my altars."
Qian Renxue's eyes turned completely cold. The Angelic Sacred Sword shook gently, and a loud boom echoed as golden holy flames burned the wall into ash instantly.
"Tang San, you're looking for death."
She raised her head, and the Seraphim divine mark showed up in her golden eyes. "Angel God's Eye, Holy Light Source Tracing."
In an instant, all of Qinghe City was covered in bright golden light. In Qian Renxue's eyes, the world changed. The regular streets, dead bodies, houses, and bloodstains faded away. Instead, she could see the energy marks left behind in the world.
She saw Rakshasa Death Qi coming into the city. She saw Tang San standing above the City Lord's Mansion to open a Rakshasa altar. She saw Undead Titled Douluo moving through the streets. She saw countelss souls being pulled out by force, turning into a river of souls that went into Tang San's body. Finally, she saw Tang San tear open a purple-black space crack when he left. That crack led to the north, toward the next city.
Qian Renxue's eyes narrowed. "Found you."
Her six wings spread out behind her. But just as she was about to leave, she stopped suddenly. She looked down at the dead bodies all over the city. A moment later, she slowly raised her Angelic Sacred Sword.
"Angel Holy Light, Soul Purification."
Golden rain of light fell from the sky onto the dead bodies, the streets, and the land ruined by Rakshasa Divine Power. The pain and fear left behind after their souls were taken began to clear away bit by bit. The Rakshasa Death Qi was cleaned up, and the cold, dark feeling in the city slowly disappeared. Although she could not save them, she did not want these dead people to stay ruined by dark power.
After doing this, Qian Renxue did not wait any longer. With a flash of golden Divine Force, she flew into the sky again, following the marks Tang San left behind.
Jiamu City had also turned into a dead zone. When Qian Renxue got there, Tang San was already gone. There were even more dead bodies in this city because Jiamu City was larger than Qinghe City and had more people. Also, a Spirit Empire supply team had been staying here. The grain was burned down, and broken transport carts were scattered across the streets.
Qian Renxue stood in the city with an extremely cold face. Tang San was not trying to fight for the cities; he was only doing sudden attacks. He killed people, devoured souls, and left right away. His goal was not to rule, but to break everything. He wanted to break the order she had just made, break the Spirit Empire army's food supply, and break the trust all cities had in the Spirit Empire.
Qian Renxue used her Angel God's Eye again. This time, the marks she saw were clearer. The wounds left by the Dragon God Claw on Tang San had not healed yet, so he was devouring a lot of souls to fix himself. Also, he had more undead now. Through the faint images, Qian Renxue saw six undead holding Clear Sky Hammers. The leader was tall and strong, holding a dark gray Clear Sky Hammer wrapped in Rakshasa Death Qi. It was Tang Xiao, along with the Five Elders of the Clear Sky Sect.
Qian Renxue's eyes moved slightly. "You even turned the people of the Clear Sky Sect into undead. Tang San, you really have no limits left."
She kept chasing him to the third city, then the fourth city. Along the way, Qian Renxue only saw dead bodies in every city Tang San ruined. These places had just escaped from the war. The Spirit Empire had strict military discipline and did not kill or steal from regular people, so the common people had started to open their doors again. But once Tang San came, everything was destroyed.
The streets were ruined by black mist, trees dried up, and well water turned black. The Spirit Master strongholds in the cities were broken completely, and everyone had their souls pulled out. Those cities were not destroyed by regular war, but were turned into big graveyards by Tang San.
The killing intent on Qian Renxue grew stronger and stronger. By the fifth city, she stopped just following his footprints. She stood in the middle of the city and closed her eyes. Her Angel divine armor shone with bright light. Her six wings spread out, and golden holy flames lit up the dead city like a bright sun.
"Angel God Domain, Holy Light Judgment Eye."
A huge phantom of a six-winged Seraphim appeared in the sky and slowly opened its golden eyes. In an instant, the dark Death Qi for hundreds of miles had nowhere to hide. Qian Renxue used her Angel Divine Force to search the whole land. Rakshasa Divine Power was good at hiding in dark places, but Angel Divine Force was the enemy of dark and evil things.
Soon, she found a purple-black space crack moving toward the northwest direction. Tang San was not far away; he was going to the next city.
Qian Renxue opened her eyes quickly. "This time, let's see where you can run." Her body disappeared right away.
Outside Mu yun City, night had just fallen. The people in the city did not know danger was coming yet. On the city walls, the Spirit Empire guards were changing their shifts. But ten miles outside the city, a purple-black space crack opened up quietly.
Tang San stepped out of the crack. His face was still pale, and the wound left by the Dragon God Claw on his chest was still glowing faintly. But compared to when he ran away from the Star Dou Great Forest, his energy had recovered a lot. After killing people in several cities and devouring many souls, he had temporarily stopped the injury from the Dragon God Claw.
Behind him, the undead legion came out one by one: Xiao Wu, Bibi Dong, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Flender, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, Qin Ming, and Tai Long. Tang Xiao and the Five Elders of the Clear Sky Sect were there too. Seventeen Undead Titled Douluo stood in the black mist. Their energy felt cold and dark, making them look scary.
Tang San looked up at Mu yun City with a mean smile on his face. "Another one. Qian Renxue, I'll take this city too."
However, just as he was about to raise his Rakshasa Demonic Scythe, the sky lit up suddenly. It was not moonlight or fire, but golden Holy Light.
Tang San's face changed right away. He looked up fast and saw a golden sun tearing through the night sky above Mu yun City. A Seraphim phantom came down, and Qian Renxue held her Angelic Sacred Sword in mid-air, looking down at him with cold golden eyes.
She shouted angrily, "Tang San! I finally found you!"
Tang San's eyes turned dark as he held his Rakshasa Demonic Scythe tightly. "Qian Renxue, you aren't attacking Heaven Dou City, so why are you chasing me?"
Qian Renxue came down slowly as golden light lit up the open ground outside the city. "You killed people in the cities I just took over, killed my Spirit Empire guards, and destroyed my food supply lines in the back. Tell me, why wouldn't I come to chase you?"
Tang San sneered, "Your cities? Those cities used to belong to Heaven Dou, and now they are yours. But did you ask if those people wanted you to rule them?"
Qian Renxue's eyes were ice cold. "So you killed them all?"
Tang San spread his hands and spoke in a calm, crazy voice. "If they were alive, they would only switch sides between you and Heaven Dou. Since they're dead, they can give me power instead. Qian Renxue, you want to unite the continent, and I want to finish my Rakshasa God Position. In the end, we are both using this continent. What right do you have to judge me?"
Qian Renxue looked at him with pure coldness and said in a deep voice, "I am uniting the continent to bring order. You only make dead zones."
Tang San laughed, "Order? Do rules made by strong people deserve to be called order?"
Qian Renxue did not argue with him anymore. She slowly raised her Angelic Sacred Sword. "Tang San, today I will judge you in the name of the Angel God."
Green fire flickered in Tang San's eyes. "Judge me? Qian Renxue, do you really think you can kill me just because you became a god? Don't forget, I have a Divine Artifact in my hands too."
He raised his Rakshasa Demonic Scythe, sending purple-black light into the sky.
The Angel Holy Light and Rakshasa Death Qi hit each other in mid-air, making a loud, piercing explosion sound.
The guards in Mu yun City finally felt something was wrong. Countless people ran onto the city walls, looking in shock at the two figuresāone golden and one blackāstanding outside their city. The Angel God and the user of Rakshasa power, two completely opposite forces, met head-on outside Mu yun City.