"I'll give you an additional choice. Let's have a battle! Don't worry, I'll supress myself to be somewhere around your own level!"
"If you lose, just listen to me and go back to Spirit Hall."
"But if you win, not only will I take back what I said before, but I'll also let the Ouroboros Tower assist you in taking over the Heaven Dou Empire's throne!"
Hearing Rayne's words, Qian Renxue was stunned for a moment.
Then, she felt a burst of excitement. But soon she calmed down, as if a bucket of cold water was poured on her head, after remembering the difference in skill between them.
'He incapacitated Uncle She and Uncle Ci with just a glance! And his ability to control time... Even if he suppress his strength to the same level as me, can I beat him...?'
Qian Renxue was confused and a little down in mood, while staring at Rayne.
'No! I'm Qian Renxue! I possess the Seraphim martial soul, a God-level martial soul! No one can beat me at the same level!'
Qian Renxue, taking pride in her God-level martial soul, had a new fighting spirit and confidence burning in her eyes.
'I'll win! In the name of Angel God!'
Qian Renxue's confident look was all too familiar to Rayne.
He couldn't help but smile, remembering a similar encounter in his past life (third simulated life).
'This girl, she was so confident at that time, I had to beat some sense into her, that she isn't the unrivalled genius she thinks she is. The various expressions she showed at that time was a spectacle to watch~'
Rayne thought with a smile.
Then,
In Qian Renxue's confused sight, he took out a prism-like soul tool from his Gate of Ashburn's storage.
"This is a Space-Time type soul tool. Inside it is a small world. Instead of causing damage to the city, how about we have our little battle in this Prism's small world?"
Rayne asked with a carefree smile.
Qian Renxue's slender eyebrows furrowed, frowning slightly.
'A small world... Is it like the Angel God's secret realm? Does he want to trap me in there? No, most likely not... If he wanted to capture me, he wouldn't have to do it in a sneaky way.'
After a moment of thought, Qian Renxue nodded, expressing her approval to Rayne's suggestion.
Rayne activated the space-time type soul tool, and with that, a flash of light enveloped both Qian Renxue and himself.
While Rayne didn't reject, Qian Renxue didn't even have the time to react, before being dragged into the inner space of the soul tool.
After a while, Qian Renxue finally came to her senses and looked around.
What came to her view was a seemingly endless green fields. The air felt somewhat similar to the kind found in Great Star Dou Forest. Even the natural energy was like that.
At the same time, Qian Renxue was shocked at such a thing, a soul tool containing such a massive space, almost identical to the real world, within it.
"You... Is this a... Divine Tool?! So... You're actually an inheritor of a God?!" Qian Renxue asked in shock and amazement.
A divine weapon! In Qian Renxue's understanding, only those that have received the Nine tests of a God, or the High Priest of the said God, is allowed to wield the Divine Tool.
Because of Rayne's obviously younger age, Qian Renxue had judged him to be a God's inheritor.
"Oh? Interested in this? It's not really Divine Tool. It's a special Soul Tool, Or rather calling it Magic Tool would appropriate, since magic technology was used to create it."
"It's called Battlefield Arena Prism! A magic Tool that contains a special round circular space of of about 60 kilometre radius. This space is particularly strong and stable."
"In a different world, powerful mages use this Tool for high-end battles, to prevent damage to the actual world."
Rayne briefly introduced the functions of the special Tool he had just utilized.
"Another world... As I thought, you really are an inheritor of a God!" Qian Renxue was more firm about her guess.
Because, only those who knows about Divine Realm would know about the existence of many other lower realms maintained by it.
"I'm not really a God's inheritor. I'd appreciate if you don't think so low of me." Rayne said in a bored tone, cracking his neck and stretching his body.
"Well, enough talk. Let's get this over with."
Rayne suppressed his soul power to level 20, and all his other stats to the state it was, during his one-sided battle with Tang Hao, six years ago.
With his current bloodline level almost fully restored via Kāma seal's bio data restoration.
Even if he suppress his soul power to level 10, it will still be an impossible task for Qian Renxue at her current level.
Since it was Qian Renxue, not an actual opponent, Rayne didn't say anything too arrogant. He also restrained his natural tone of speech.
He also didn't mention anything about the exact level at which he suppressed his power.
Knowing Qian Renxue proud nature, she would most definitely be furious.
"I've suppressed my soul power to a considerable level. You can start now."
He motioned with his index finger, asking the blonde haired beautiful girl to make her move.
"..."
Seeing Rayne's casual, even playful attitude, Qian Renxue felt a bit upset.
'This guy... He's not taking me seriously at all!! His casual stance... He's not even putting up his guard!'
With an angry shout, Qian Renxue's soul power surged.
Six soul rings, two yellow, two purple and two black, appeared on Qian Renxue's body.
Every strand of her brilliant golden hair was glowing, and a pair of brilliant golden wings emerged from her back and unfolded.
Her body seemed to be free from gravity, slowly floating up and stopping one foot above the ground.
Under the rendering of this strong golden light, Qian Renxue's eyes turned golden, and a huge shadow with three pairs of wings and an unclear face appeared behind her.
Seraphim or Six-Winged Angel martial soul!
The inherited martial soul of Spirit Hall's Qian family, and one of the most important requirements to start the Angel God Divine Tests!
"Angelic Domain!"
A brilliance of golden radiance burst out Qian Renxue and spread out to the surrounding.
Angelic Domain, an innate domain exclusive to the possessors of Seraphim martial soul.
The Angelic Domain has the power to negate negative energies like death and killing aura. This domain is especially effective against negative attribute domains like Deathgod Domain, Evil God Domain, Death Spider Domain, etc,. as it neutralizes it.
The Angelic Domain has the ability to purify the Soul Power of the person, effectively melting away the Soul Power of any opponents caught within the domain. While empowering the user's own skills within the domain.
As the Angelic Domain enveloped the area Rayne was standing, Qian Renxue noticed something strange and bizarre.
It wasn't the usual sensation of the opponent's soul power being purified and melted away.
"What did he do?!"
For some reason, whenever the power of her Angelic Domain reaches Rayne, it seems to be getting... erased?
She didn't know what kind of ability the white haired boy was using to invalidate the suppression from her innate domain.
But the casual, even carefree, expression on his face annoyed her.
The wings behind Qian Renxue spread out, and her body floated in the air. Her pair of golden eyes stared at Rayne intently.
"I advice you to take this fight seriously! Don't blame me if you get hurt!"
To this, Rayne laughed lightly, almost mockingly.
"Level 62 at the age of twenty two. It is definitely a considerably grand achievement, even for a soul master with an innate full soul power. But considering your level 20 innate soul power, your God-level martial soul and the resources you're blessed with, an achievement of this level is quite underwhelming."
Rayne commented after feeling Qian Renxue's soul power level, without caring about the listener's feelings.
Hearing Rayne's non sugar-coated words, Qian Renxue grit her teeth in irritation.
"Fifth soul skill: Holy Sword!"
Qian Renxue's fifth soul ring lit up with a golden radiance, and a golden sword made of holy flames formed in her hand.
She looked at Rayne solemnly.
Regardless of how this man viewed her, she was taking this very seriously. Her mission that she spent more than ten years on, is at stake.
Blue Silver Grass vines with extremely brilliant silver veins, burst out from Rayne's right hand.
An unbelievable amount of vitality was surging from these Blue Silver Grass, shocking Qian Renxue greatly.
'What unbelievably pure and vast life force! There is no way that is a low level Blue Silver Grass martial soul!'
Qian Renxue thought in shock.
These vines converged and entwined and formed a silver-blue sword, that looked no different from a real sword.
After holding the sword and putting up a basic stance, Rayne looked at Qian Renxue.
"You can start now."
"First soul skill: Angel Burst!"
Her first soul ring lit up, as Qian Renxue rushed forward at blinding speed.
She reached before Rayne almost instantly.
Under the effect of her first soul skill, a great amount of soul power was concentrated on her sword.
"Ha!!"
With a heroic shout, she swung her sword at the white haired young man.
The concentrated soul power burst out in an instant explosive power.
Seeing this, Rayne horizontally swung the blue silver sword and intercepted Qian Renxue's slash.
Under Qian Renxue's astonishment, Rayne's slash effortlessly deflected Qian Renxue's first soul skill to the side.
Boom—
The deflected brilliant golden wave of soul power attack ravaged a great portion of the green lands on the side.
Qian Renxue tried the same soul skill with different variations, a few more times.
But all of them were swatted away by Rayne's seemingly casual sword swings.
"Tch!"
Clicking her tongue, Qian Renxue rose above ground and put a distance between her and Rayne.
"Fourth soul skill: Angel Free Will!"
Her fourth soul ring lit up and a suppressive power enveloped Rayne.
But, the moment the soul skill began to affect him, the power of the soul skill abruptly disappeared, as if it was never there.
"!! Again! That sensation! What did he do?!"
"Second soul skill: Angelic Descent!"
With a delicate shout, golden brilliance erupted from Qian Renxue, and a golden silhouette appeared behind her.
Qian Renxue smirked and rushed at Rayne once again. This time, the golden silhouette also rushed forward in an attacking position.
Rayne shook his head lightly, his soul power enveloped the sword. He then blocked the attacks of both Qian Renxue and the silhouette with a swift sword movement.
The moment the Qian Renxue's holy sword and golden silhouette came into contact with Rayne's soul power, they burst apart and dissipated into nothingness.
"What?!"
Qian Renxue had a very surprised expression after seeing the golden silhouette's attack being blocked and being erased.
Rayne smiled after seeing Qian Renxue's shock.
"I know that soul skill. A golden silhouette that cannot be counter-attacked as attacks pass through it. It is also capable of attacking and defending. But, at the end of the day, it is an entity made of energy, not a space-time apparition. Even if it is, it wouldn't make much difference."
"You see, the level, density and quality of my soul power is beyond that of any soul master at the same level. In fact, it's not even in the same dimension."
"So, when the soul power or soul skills of those that aren't at least forty or fifty levels higher than mine clash with my soul power, it gets erased."
Rayne's words shocked Qian Renxue so much that she felt dazed.
She wanted to believe that he was talking nonsense, but the results so far proves that it he is saying the truth.
Soul power density and quality so high that, even the soul skills of those forty levels higher than him are useless.
Qian Renxue has never heard anything like that.
"How is that even possible?!" Qian Renxue muttered in shock.
She was brain storming about how to continue fighting.
'But if all of my soul skills gets erased, then how do I fight? My sixth soul skill is a mental attack skill! This guy was able to knock out Uncle She and Uncle Ci with just a glare! His mental power must be extremely high! Using my sixth soul skill against him is just suicide! What should I do?'
Seeing the nervous look on her pretty face, Rayne silently sighed.
Qian Renxue is someone he cares about. If it was any other time, he'd gladly suppress the overbearing nature of his soul power and take his time sparring with her.
But his task and goal right now, is to get Qian Renxue to return to Spirit Hall and start the Angel God Tests, effectively giving up the undercover mission for now.
Just as Rayne thought it was over, Qian Renxue took out a finely forged sword from Storage Soul Tool.
Rayne raised his eyebrows.
"Oh? I see. Since soul skills won't work, you want to compete with me in swordsmanship? Very well, I'll go along with it for now."
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