Not long after, Jiang Chen and Qian Daoliu left the Pope's Hall together.
Accompanying them were two Worshippers responsible for standing guard, to prevent anyone from curiously approaching.
A battle at the Title Douluo level could create an enormous commotion.
Although Jiang Chen's cultivation had not yet reached Title Douluo, his strength was already enough to contend with Bibi Dong. Naturally, Qian Daoliu would not fight Jiang Chen inside Spirit City.
After leaving Spirit City, the group traveled for several hours and only stopped near noon.
This was a stretch of wilderness, already extremely far from Spirit City.
Even if Qian Daoliu went all out, the many Title Douluo inside Spirit City would not be able to sense it.
Qian Daoliu was very much looking forward to the challenge from this Rank 84 Spirit Douluo named Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen had been able to cross one great realm and more than a dozen minor ranks to defeat Bibi Dong, which was enough to prove how powerful he was.
In the wilderness, the two stood fifty meters apart.
A distance of fifty meters was nothing more than the blink of an eye to them.
The other two Worshippers stood a hundred meters away from the pair, watching the scene with great interest.
They did not know that Jiang Chen had defeated Bibi Dong, so they found it rather amusing that Jiang Chen would challenge the number one expert of the Spirit Empire.
They were entirely watching this spar as if it were entertainment, believing it was merely an elder giving pointers to a junior's cultivation.
Previously these Worshippers had looked down on Jiang Chen. This could be seen from the fact that they had once opposed him becoming the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall.
In their hearts, Jiang Chen's status was completely inferior to Qian Renxue's.
Whether in talent or anything else.
But just now, they could not help but feel a trace of respect toward Jiang Chen.
Because on the way, they had asked Jiang Chen what cultivation he had reached, and Jiang Chen had not concealed it.
Rank 84 cultivation already surpassed the current Qian Renxue, and Jiang Chen was even five years younger than her.
This left the two Worshippers, who had long been in seclusion deep within the Elder Hall, greatly shocked, completely changing their view of this Holy Son.
Therefore, they did not feel that Jiang Chen challenging Qian Daoliu was overestimating himself; on the contrary, they were filled with appreciation.
Although they clearly knew Jiang Chen would not win, the courage to challenge a Peerless Douluo with the cultivation of a Spirit Douluo was enough that they could not feel the slightest contempt.
Qian Daoliu's gaze locked onto Jiang Chen. "Begin. Grandfather will not hold back in the slightest. I will let you clearly see the gap between yourself and a Rank 99 powerhouse."
He decided to go all out. After all, Jiang Chen would have to challenge Tang Chen in the future. If he held back, it would be equivalent to harming Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen nodded. "Grandfather, be careful later."
As he spoke, the spirit rings on his body were already released.
Eight deep-red spirit rings were extremely eye-catching under the noon sunlight, causing the two spectating Worshippers to freeze in place at once.
One of them pinched the other and muttered, "Am I seeing things? Ei… eight hundred-thousand-year spirit rings?"
The other sucked in a cold breath, slapped away the hand pinching him, and stiffly replied, "You're not seeing things, because I also see eight red spirit rings."
"This… is truly too abnormal. Even the Great Worshipper, who possesses the Angel God's grace, does not have spirit rings that reach such an abnormal level."
While they were speaking, Qian Daoliu's martial soul was also released.
Three pairs of enormous wings emerged from his back, white and much larger than Qian Renxue's.
Nine spirit rings revolved around him: six black and three red.
Back then his aptitude had been insufficient, and he had only obtained the Angel God's red-level eight trials, yet the rewards from the trials had still greatly improved his own strength.
He was currently one of the three humans on the Douluo Continent closest to the god rank, and was known as the strongest in the sky.
Before even making a move, a terrifying aura erupted from his body, spreading out like a tidal wave and instantly covering a radius of a thousand meters.
Even the two Worshippers standing a hundred meters away felt immense pressure.
Jiang Chen's expression turned solemn. He already regarded the Qian Daoliu before him as Tang Chen.
His Zombie Domain and Killing God Domain were released, covering a hundred meters around him. At the same time his seventh and first spirit rings lit up in succession.
Zombie True Body provided an extremely strong amplification to all of his attributes. The armor from the first spirit ring likewise increased strength, speed, and defense.
"Good lad. Even I am under extremely strong suppression from these two domains of yours." Qian Daoliu could not help but sigh. "But the gap between you and me is still far too great. Angel Domain!"
Intense golden light erupted from Qian Daoliu's body and in the blink of an eye spread a hundred meters around him, immediately neutralizing the weakening effect of Jiang Chen's domains on him.
The amplification Jiang Chen's two domains provided to himself was also weakened by Qian Daoliu's Angel Domain, returning to the level before the domains had been released.
"As expected, he's not that easy to deal with." Jiang Chen sighed inwardly.
Inside this Angel Domain filled with golden light, the two Worshippers outside could no longer see the two people within.
Jiang Chen's vision was not obstructed. Without any greeting, he directly used his fourth spirit skill.
This was an illusion-type skill. The enemy's spirit would be dragged into an illusion of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Fear would be infinitely amplified. A single carelessness and one would be eroded by countless resentful thoughts, leading to mental disorder.
It was also a control-type skill. If he could control Qian Daoliu, Jiang Chen's subsequent attacks would madly pour onto Qian Daoliu's body.
A five-hundred-thousand-year spirit skill, plus Jiang Chen's greatly surged spiritual power—the power of this skill was absolutely terrifying.
Immediately following this skill was Jiang Chen's second spirit skill, Corpse Poison Array. This was a continuous weakening skill whose range fully covered several hundred meters around, even enveloping several hundred meters of space above.
While releasing these two skills, Jiang Chen had already moved.
Faint arcs of electricity coiled around his feet. His entire body seemed to teleport, appearing in front of Qian Daoliu in the blink of an eye.
The Angel Domain's restriction on speed was extremely terrifying, yet Jiang Chen's speed was still astonishingly fast.
Qian Daoliu had indeed fallen into Jiang Chen's illusion spirit skill. His eyes were somewhat unfocused, and his body was also being eroded by the corpse poison.
Jiang Chen drove Lightning Fist. One punch carrying terrifying power, its speed even more astonishing, smashed toward Qian Daoliu's chest.
When he neared Qian Daoliu, he turned the fist into a palm, ten fingers extending sharp nails, preparing to pierce Qian Daoliu's chest and deliver a fatal blow.
Jiang Chen's combat rhythm was extremely tight, making it difficult for Qian Daoliu to resist.
At the moment he released the illusion spirit skill Jiang Chen had already moved. During the approach the Corpse Poison Array was released. By the time he arrived in front of Qian Daoliu the claws had already thrust out.
The entire process took at most one second.
Although continuously releasing four five-hundred-thousand-year spirit skills caused enormous consumption of the spirit power inside his body, as long as his claws pierced into Qian Daoliu's body, the terrifying virulent poison of an eighth-rank zombie would absolutely cause Qian Daoliu to lose more than half of his combat power.
Unfortunately, Jiang Chen had still underestimated the powerful spiritual force of a Peerless Douluo.
His nails had only just extended when Qian Daoliu broke free of his illusion.
Seeing those nails gleaming with a ghostly light about to pierce his own chest, Qian Daoliu was shocked yet not panicked. His feet moved and he retreated backward. At the same time, the six wings that were two meters long thrust toward the Jiang Chen in front.
The tips of those wings, every feather, radiated a sharp aura, like one sharp sword after another.
From stillness to motion, before Qian Daoliu's speed could fully rise, he fundamentally could not dodge Jiang Chen's single claw. Yet those six thrusting wings blocked Jiang Chen who wanted to pursue.
The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, wanting to see the frustrated expression on Jiang Chen's face. At the same time his fifth spirit ring had already lit up. A golden greatsword began to condense in his hand.
Jiang Chen's expression was calm. His third spirit ring lit up. His entire body vanished before those six wings could pierce him, abruptly appearing behind Qian Daoliu, the sharp claws in his hands still thrusting forward.
Qian Daoliu's face changed drastically. His powerful spiritual force had already captured that Jiang Chen had teleported behind him. The figure that had been rapidly retreating no longer had time to turn around. The six wings were still thrusting forward, and his back was already exposed under Jiang Chen's sharp claws.
He did not even have time to release a spirit skill for defense. He only managed to mobilize part of his spirit power to rapidly surge to his back. Immediately afterward came a wave of intense pain, Jiang Chen's claws had already deeply pierced into his body.
Jiang Chen had held back. Otherwise, if his claws had slightly adjusted their direction and pierced Qian Daoliu's heart, that overbearing virulent poison would probably have cost Qian Daoliu his life.
Qian Daoliu grunted. Only then did powerful spirit power surge out through his body, impacting Jiang Chen and forcing him back.
If his spirit power had been released outward a little earlier, perhaps Jiang Chen would not have been able to injure him.
But at this moment, Jiang Chen had already injected a large amount of toxin into his body.
Qian Daoliu flew into a rage. He abruptly turned around, both hands gripping the golden greatsword raised high overhead, erupting with even more dazzling and piercing light.
From the outside, inside that golden Angel Domain it was as if a sun had appeared, erupting with extremely intense light and heat.
The Angel martial soul possessed three attributes: sacred, light, and flame.
Qian Daoliu's expression was grave. He felt that an extremely terrifying virulent poison had entered his body and was rapidly devouring the vitality of his body.
This poison actually could not even be suppressed by his spirit power. It directly entered his flesh and blood and spread rapidly.
He knew that if this continued he would certainly die, yet he did not immediately admit defeat. He wanted to deliver the strongest sword strike and let Jiang Chen witness the true combat power of a Peerless Douluo.
Otherwise, today's battle would have no meaning.
If Jiang Chen could not block this strongest strike, he would forcibly interrupt it. The price would be that he would suffer a strong backlash.
Yet letting Jiang Chen experience the attack power of a Peerless Douluo was worth it.
After the battle ended, he would simply have Jiang Chen help him detoxify.
Qian Daoliu had already given up suppressing the virulent poison inside his body. All the spirit power in his body converged toward the giant sword in his hands.
It was currently noon. The fierce sunlight also madly converged toward the giant sword in Qian Daoliu's hands. The entire giant sword began to burn with scorching solar fire.
"Receive the sword!" He roared. The giant sword that had already stretched dozens of meters long, burning with solar fire, cleaved down toward Jiang Chen.
The air all around violently twisted. Wherever the giant sword passed, space was almost about to collapse.
There was worry in Jiang Chen's eyes. Qian Daoliu had been poisoned by him yet still insisted on delivering this sword strike. How could he not understand Qian Daoliu's painstaking effort?
Yet a Rank 99 Title Douluo would not die so quickly. After this strike, Jiang Chen would immediately detoxify him.
He raised his head. Intense fighting spirit erupted from his entire body. This sword should be Qian Daoliu's strongest strike. Even if its power was somewhat reduced because of the poison, it was absolutely still an attack at the Peerless Douluo level.
Probably even the original Sword Douluo Chen Xin would have been heavily injured if not killed under this strike.
This sword had already locked onto Jiang Chen. The vast oppressive force coming head-on suppressed even his speed.
He could use the teleport skill to dodge, yet he did not want to.
Just as the burning giant sword cleaved down, his eyes suddenly erupted with seven-colored light. That was colorful lightning, carrying a heart-palpitating heavenly might, it was the final strike of that heavenly tribulation.
At this moment, Qian Daoliu's soul strongly trembled. This heavenly might directly acted upon his soul and fundamentally could not be avoided.
Even the giant sword in his hands paused slightly because of it.
Seven-colored light shot out from Jiang Chen's eyes, merging into a pillar of seven-colored lightning that crashed toward Qian Daoliu's giant sword.
Boom!
It was as if the sun had exploded. Accompanied by a tremendous sound, an extremely piercing radiance erupted at the point where the giant sword and the seven-colored lightning collided.
The two spectating Worshippers had already retreated several hundred meters. Just now they had still been shocked at why the Great Worshipper would unleash such a terrifying strike. Even they could not withstand this strike, was he intending to kill the Holy Son?
But now the lightning that suddenly crashed into the giant sword left them frozen like wooden sculptures and clay figures.
The piercing intense light caused their eyes to go blind in an instant. Tears uncontrollably flowed from their tightly closed eyelids.
What exactly had happened… Their hearts were extremely bewildered. They could not believe that the colorful lightning was an attack released by a Spirit Douluo.
That kind of pressure made even their souls tremble.
After the explosion, the lightning and the giant sword remained locked in a stalemate there.
Jiang Chen's eyes continued to output lightning without end, resisting Qian Daoliu's attack.
Gradually, the giant sword sank. The seven-colored lightning continuously exploded and Jiang Chen was at a disadvantage.
Jiang Chen sighed. As expected, the final strike of that heavenly tribulation was still not as powerful as this strike of Qian Daoliu's.
A moment later, the heavenly tribulation energy in his eyes was completely released. The lightning vanished. The giant sword, as if having accumulated power, cleaved downward at an even faster speed.
The giant sword had already locked onto him. With his current suppressed speed he should not be able to dodge this strike.
Just as he was about to use the teleport skill again, the giant sword suddenly trembled violently, then with a boom it collapsed and dispersed.
Qian Daoliu tilted his head back and spat out a large mouthful of black blood. His body fell straight down. The golden Angel Domain instantly disappeared.
Jiang Chen's expression changed. He teleported again, catching Qian Daoliu who was about to fall to the ground. His nails had already inserted into the other's skin, drawing out that fatal toxin.
If Qian Daoliu had gone all out to suppress it, the poison would not have erupted so quickly. But he had driven all the spirit power in his body to unleash the strongest strike, accelerating the flow of the toxin. The poison had already begun to invade his heart vessels.
The two Worshippers, the instant the Angel Domain disappeared, saw the scene of Qian Daoliu spitting blood and collapsing.
Their hearts were filled with alarm as they rushed over at their fastest speed.
When they arrived beside Jiang Chen and Qian Daoliu, they immediately saw that on Qian Daoliu's skin, a layer of black was rapidly receding toward the direction where Jiang Chen's fingers were inserted.
This was poison… They concluded, and at the same time were even more shocked.
What kind of poison was this exactly? It actually could not even be resisted by the Great Worshipper's strength, was it not a bit too terrifying?
If they had been hit by this kind of poison, they would probably die in an instant.
A moment later, all the toxin inside Qian Daoliu's body had been sucked out by Jiang Chen.
His face was extremely pale. Although the virulent poison had been removed, many places inside his body had already been damaged by the toxin.
This serious injury would take ten days to half a month to recover from without difficulty.
Jiang Chen took out healing medicinal pills and fed them to Qian Daoliu.
With these healing medicinal pills, Qian Daoliu's injuries would recover a bit faster.
Qian Daoliu's face regained a trace of color. Supported by Jiang Chen, he stood up.
"I lost." He smiled bitterly, yet the gaze he directed at Jiang Chen was filled with gratification.
"No, Grandfather. If that sword of yours had been delivered at full strength, I fundamentally would not have been able to resist it." Jiang Chen comforted.
"Don't comfort me. I'm not that fragile. A loss is a loss. If it had been a life-and-death battle, I would already be dead. Where is there any 'if'?"
He patted Jiang Chen's shoulder and continued, "Your combat experience is very rich. I was also a bit careless. I didn't expect you actually still had a teleport skill."
He did not understand Jiang Chen's spirit skills and did not think in his heart that Jiang Chen could instant-kill him, so he had not protected his entire body, allowing Jiang Chen to ambush his back.
As a result, Jiang Chen's virulent poison was so terrifying that even his Rank 99 strength found it difficult to resist.
If he had used most of his spirit power to suppress the toxin, the result would still have been defeat to Jiang Chen. It was better to unleash the strongest strike and let Jiang Chen experience the attack power of a Peerless Douluo.
"Little Chen, that earlier strike still did not reach the attack power of Grandfather's full-strength state. That Tang Chen possesses a divine tool; his attack power will certainly be even stronger. When the time comes you must be doubly careful." Qian Daoliu instructed.
"I know, Grandfather." Jiang Chen responded.
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