Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

Hu Liena and Xie Yue spent two months pushing their soul power to the 60 mark. Finally, led by their old acquaintances Gui Mei and Yue Guan, they went to the Soul Beast Forest to hunt for their sixth soul ring.

Bibi Dong looked at the brother and sister standing upright in front of her with satisfaction and said "good" repeatedly.

Taking this opportunity, Hu Liena once again brought up her desire to go to the Killing City with Bibi Dong.

She and her brother Xie Yue had already discussed it and agreed that after returning this time, they would ask Bibi Dong together to allow them to go to the City of Slaughter.

Bibi Dong looked at the resolute brother and sister, sighed, and was about to speak when the entire Papal Palace suddenly began to shake violently.

"What's going on? Is it an enemy attack?!"

Xie Yue and Hu Liena were on high alert.

But Bibi Dong sat calmly on the papal throne, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei stood on the steps to her left and right, without making a sound.

Hu Liena looked surprised and asked Bibi Dong, who was sitting at the head of the table, "Teacher, what is this vibration?"

Bibi Dong remained calm: "It's nothing, it's just the Holy Maiden conducting a divine assessment in the back mountain."

At first, she was alert and expanded her mental energy to search for the source of the earthquake.

But when she discovered that the commotion was coming from the offering hall on the back mountain of the Martial Soul Hall, she was not surprised at all.

They've gotten used to these earthquakes, which occur every three days as small ones and every five days as large ones, and can even affect the Papal Palace.

A divinely ordained assessment?

Hu Liena and Xie Yue, who had never heard of this term before, looked bewildered.

Bibi Dong explained the Divine Trial to them, and then, as if remembering something, she lowered her eyes and said, "...Besides the Angel Clan, that is, the direct bloodline of the former Pope's family and their relatives, who are qualified to receive the Divine Trial, only Soul Masters who have made significant contributions to the Spirit Hall can go to the Hall of Worship to request the gods to grant them a Soul Master Trial and advance further."

But if possible, she didn't want her disciples to get involved with it.

Sensing that Bibi Dong seemed somewhat unhappy, Hu Liena promptly changed the subject from the divinely bestowed assessment to the matter of the Slaughter City.

......

Inside the offering hall.

A rich golden light emanated from the sacred hall, but in addition to the blazing golden flames, there were also crimson specks of light, like blood droplets, floating in the air, making the spiritual energy of this place several times stronger.

The plants outside the offering hall, sensing the aura of Qian Yuelong's blood, were restless, but fearing another inviolable divine pressure, they dared not grow and spread wildly as before, thus saving the effort of manual weeding.

"Buzzing—"

Nine dazzling spirit rings floated in mid-air, accompanied by six golden flame-shrouded wings that unfurled behind Qian Daoliu.

He slightly turned his right hand, his palm facing upwards, surging with a brilliant golden light, as if holding a golden eye. The powerful pressure and immense force squeezed the air, making Qian Yuelong feel a little breathless.

Fortunately, the continuous beatings over this period gradually made her get used to this high-pressure environment, and she was no longer caught off guard like the first time.

The deep black fifth soul ring trembled, and the golden light ball in Qian Daoliu's palm suddenly emitted an even stronger light. Accompanied by the golden wing phantom that appeared in the air, the scattered light transformed into a translucent golden sword, quickly becoming a golden afterimage, like a fleeting golden lightning bolt, piercing towards Qian Yuelong with the force of thunder, blocking all her movement.

This is Qian Daoliu's fifth soul skill, the Sword of Judgment.

Each Angel Sword has 200% of its original attack power, and being hit by the light emitted by the Angel Sword will cause a stun effect. It really didn't hold back at all just because Qian Yuelong is his granddaughter. Every strike was sharp and deadly.

Qian Yuelong, who seemed to be trapped, raised her eyes. A golden-red lotus phantom emerged from her body. The layered and swirling lotus petals solidified and closed under the increased infusion of soul power and spiritual power, instantly shrinking back into the shape of a flower bud to protect Qian Yuelong in the center. It was like a barrier attached to the huge golden-red lotus, blocking all the angel swords that seemed to want to pierce her into a hedgehog amidst the clanging and exploding sounds.

"Boom boom boom—!!"

As the Golden Red Lotus was injured, Qian Yuelong, who was adept at activating her Martial Soul True Form, also had countless marks from being stabbed by sharp swords appear on her body once again.

Some wounds were churning and bleeding, with bone visible, but they quickly healed as if they were mire that would shrink back and reassemble themselves.

Having witnessed Qian Yuelong's self-healing speed in previous battles, Qian Daoliu knew that he had to continuously injure Qian Yuelong at the same time, leaving her no time to recover. Every strike was aimed at severing her limbs.

At this moment, Qian Yuelong could only be thankful that the effects of the first level of the Heavenly Evolution Technique had not disappeared after she entered the second level.

It can be said that as long as she has a breath left, she can continue to fight.

Besides, she's not stupid; she wouldn't actually let Qian Daoliu cut off her limbs just because she was being stubborn.

When she couldn't dodge or resist the force, she would stop immediately, rest, and then restart the first test.

Excluding the time for absorbing soul bones and accumulating power, the reason why I was stuck on the first test for more than two months was that the self-recovery of soul power could not keep up with the soul power consumed by Qian Daoliu's attacks, which led to repeated failures.

After fusing the head soul bone of the Nebula Butterfly Queen and the left arm soul bone awarded in the Elite Tournament, Qian Yuelong's current soul power level is 78.

After obtaining her seventh spirit ring, which lasted for 400,000 years, she also unexpectedly acquired a domain. Just like the Angel Domain that comes with the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, she also possessed a Martial Soul Companion Domain—the Lotus Heart Domain.

Although the soul power suppression is only 30%, all kinds of attributes or amplification will drop by 60%.

As long as it is within the domain, anything can be parasitized by the lotus, absorbing the host's soul power, life force, and spiritual power. The more it absorbs, the deeper the lotus's golden-red color will become, and the more brilliantly it will bloom. In the end, the parasitized person will be completely transformed into the lotus's nutrients, and the lotus, having absorbed all of the host's nutrients, will turn blood red.

In addition, if a Soul Master parasitized by the lotus has a lower Soul Power and Spiritual Power than Qian Yuelong, there is a chance that they will be directly controlled and turned into a puppet, like a Gu person, fighting until they die or have their last bit of life energy drained by the parasite on their body.

Unfortunately, Qian Yuelong's Lotus Heart Domain was completely unable to parasitize Qian Daoliu. Like wheat, it was cut in half by the sickle in two quick strokes.

In terms of suppression effect, due to the difference in cultivation level, her domain was weaker than Qian Daoliu's Angel Domain, and the suppression effect was completely canceled out.

But...

Sensing the increasing concentration of spiritual energy in the air, a burst of misty golden light suddenly erupted from Qian Yuelong's light purple eyes.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Star-Shattering Jade!"

Qian Daoliu, who was staring at his target, wavered slightly for two seconds. Qian Yuelong's fifth black soul ring flashed, and the blood-red light spots in the air, which had turned into vein-like light threads, spread out and connected to every part of the hall, forming layer upon layer of dense, airtight blood-red light nets, like thick silkworm silk, which quickly wrapped around Qian Daoliu, this "silkworm," covering up the rich golden light and preventing even a trace from escaping, thus temporarily depriving him of his means of attack.

"burst!"

The crimson, thread-like patterns originating from the Bloodwing Dragon's power rippled on the surface of the blood cocoon. With a sharp shout from Qian Yuelong, it exploded with a bang, and the rising black smoke also swallowed up another powerful attack from Qian Daoliu, plunging the hall into darkness.