Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? - Chapter 886: Beat the Young, the Old Arrives

Chapter 886: Beat the Young, the Old Arrives

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“Master, you want a World Ring? Don’t worry, once the award ceremony is over, your disciple will immediately go get you the best World Ring possible!”

It was rare to hear her master make any requests of her.

Now that there was finally a place where she could help her master, she felt a little secret joy in her heart~

Actually, Li Qingran secretly hoped her master wouldn’t be too much stronger than her. When her master faced difficulties that left her feeling helpless and unable to assist, that feeling was too frustrating.

The feeling of watching someone you love deeply in danger while you could only stand by and watch was too defeating.

This was exactly how she used to feel facing Chen Huaian.

Now that her master was weakened, shouldn’t she make up for it properly?

On the award podium.

Two pieces of radiant, colorful World Bones, like two perfect works of art, were presented before Li Qingran.

One was a left arm bone, completely crystalline, with faint sounds of wind and thunder; the other was a right leg bone, crimson like fire, emitting an explosive aura.

Li Qingran accepted the World Bones, a flicker of secret delight flashing in her eyes.

She didn’t care how much these two bones could boost her own strength.

What she cared about was—her master was currently in a growth phase. These two bones, boiled into soup, should be quite nourishing, right?

“Congratulations, Li Qingran. This competition was truly spectacular!”

Bixixi looked at Li Qingran with a gratified expression, even though she still hadn’t figured out what exactly was going on with that so-called husband of Li Qingran’s, the white-clothed swordsman Battle Soul.

But that didn’t affect her view that Li Qingran was exceptional.

An existence like Li Qingran was perfectly suited to be the backbone of the Battle Soul Hall. Once fully grown, she’d be the perfect enforcer.

She must be nurtured carefully.

One wonders what she would think if she knew Li Qingran planned to take the World Bones back to make soup.

Chen Huaian stared at those two World Bones, a strange feeling arising in his heart.

He currently had no physical body. Perhaps he could obtain a new body through these so-called World Bones?

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“Second place, Slime Team, come up to receive your awards!”

Bixixi glanced at the dejected Slime Team, her voice devoid of emotion.

However, just as Tang Er led his team past Bixixi’s side.

*Crack.*

An extremely faint, crisp sound, insignificant amidst the chaotic cheers.

But for Bixixi, standing at the pinnacle of the power pyramid, it was like a thunderclap.

It came from a crystal necklace worn around the neck of the girl with the Meat and Bone Rabbit Battle Soul behind Tang Er.

Earlier on the arena, Chen Huaian’s terrifying Sword Intent, though it hadn’t directly struck her,

That pervasive Sword Qi had ultimately left a fatal crack on the necklace used to conceal her aura.

Now, the crack split open.

An aura completely different from a human’s instantly emanated from the girl.

Ordinary people couldn’t sense this aura, but for Bixixi, already a Legendary Battle Master, it was as obvious as a bright moon in the night sky.

Her indifferent eyes suddenly solidified, locking onto that girl.

That gaze was no longer looking at a person, nor at a junior.

It was looking at a walking piece of World Bone, a red World Ring waving at her.

“Halt.”

Two words, spoken lightly, yet they instantly froze the air across the entire square.

Tang Er’s body stiffened violently.

*This is bad*, he thought to himself.

He instinctively took a step forward, shielding the trembling girl behind him.

His hands were trembling, the knuckles gripping his Fire Poker Battle Soul turning white from the force.

What was coming, had finally come.

“Your Holiness…”

The bespectacled dean of Slime Academy tried to step forward with an appeasing smile.

*Boom!*

Bixixi didn’t even lift a hand, just swept her gaze over him.

That dean, also a Battle Saint powerhouse, was struck as if by lightning. An invisible, immense force sent him flying dozens of meters, slamming heavily into a stone pillar, blood spurting from his mouth.

The entire venue fell deathly silent.

Bixixi did not announce the dismissal.

She merely waved her scepter lightly.

*Swish, swish, swish!*

Dozens of figures clad in black instantly shot out from every corner of the award podium.

They were the Battle Soul Hall’s most elite Deacon Corps, each one a peak Battle Master-level existence.

Expressionless, moving in perfect unison, they formed an impenetrable encirclement in the blink of an eye, trapping Tang Er and the girl in the center.

“Your Holiness, what is the meaning of this?”

Tang Er gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot.

“Meaning?”

Bixixi smiled.

She looked down condescendingly at this pair of star-crossed lovers, the greed in her eyes masked by a radiance named “justice.”

“Tang Er, as a Soul Master, not only do you lack ambition, you willingly debase yourself, consorting with World Beasts.”

Her scepter pointed directly at the girl, her voice cold as a blade:

“Humans and beasts are different paths. Those not of our kind, their hearts are surely different.”

“What you’re hiding behind you is not a human, but a shapeshifted World Beast!”

“Hand her over. This Venerable One, considering your youth and ignorance, might perhaps… let bygones be bygones.”

As her words fell, the entire venue erupted in an uproar.

A World Beast?!

That delicate-looking little girl was actually a shapeshifted World Beast?!

Countless greedy, astonished, fanatical gazes instantly focused on the girl.

In the Canglan Realm, what did a shapeshifted World Beast mean?

It meant a red-quality World Ring!

It meant guaranteed drop of top-tier World Bones!

It was a peerless treasure that could drive any Soul Master mad with desire.

And… due to the drawbacks of shapeshifting, her strength was far weaker than before her transformation.

How was this different from a walking treasure chest?

The girl was trembling.

She clutched the hem of Tang Er’s clothes, her face deathly pale. Those once lively large eyes were now filled with terror.

But she didn’t beg for mercy. She just bit her lip stubbornly, glaring defiantly at Bixixi, like a small beast facing a butcher’s knife.

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On the outskirts of the crowd.

Li Qingran and Chen Huaian also watched this scene.

“A World Beast?”

Chen Huaian’s voice sounded within Li Qingran’s Battle Soul space, carrying a trace of confusion.

Though his strength was sealed, his Divine Soul perception remained.

The girl indeed had an aura that was not human, but in his view, this aura was pure and natural, without a trace of evil intent.

“Does this world have rules forbidding love between World Beasts and humans?”

“Not exactly.”

Li Qingran shook her head. “The law doesn’t govern matters of the heart, but… power does.”

“For a World Beast to take human form requires at least a hundred thousand years of cultivation. And a World Beast of that level, in the eyes of Soul Masters, is a walking treasury.”

“Kill her, and you obtain the top-tier red World Ring, plus the guaranteed drop of World Bones.”

Li Qingran glanced at Bixixi, a flash of understanding in her eyes.

“All this talk of different paths and degenerates… it’s just an excuse.”

“What she wants are the ‘parts’ from that World Beast’s body, enough to let her advance another step.”

Hearing this, Chen Huaian narrowed his eyes.

He looked at the girl, trapped in the center, isolated and helpless, then at the surrounding Soul Masters with their fanatical eyes.

A chill couldn’t help but rise in his heart.

This world… was sick.

In the Cangyun Realm, while there was also killing demons for their cores, the Demon Race also had great powers, sacred lands. There was still balance between humans and demons.

But here.

The sole purpose of World Beasts’ existence seemed to be to be hunted by Soul Masters, becoming stepping stones for their advancement.

The law of the jungle, pushed to its extreme, had become a perverse rule.

“Master, should we intervene?”

Though Li Qingran asked this, her hand didn’t reach for her sword.

She sympathized with the girl, and felt Tang Er was pitiable.

But she was the captain of the Battle Soul Hall team. Bixixi was her direct superior.

To oppose the entire Battle Soul Hall for two strangers, even putting her master, who had just narrowly escaped death, back into danger…

Such foolishness, she wouldn’t commit.

She was Li Qingran, not a saint.

Her tenderness was reserved for only one person.

“Unnecessary.”

Chen Huaian said calmly.

He understood Li Qingran’s choice and wouldn’t force her to be some moral paragon.

The world was like this—each sweeps the snow from their own doorstep.

Moreover, he could see the Destiny Energy on Tang Er and the girl. These two definitely wouldn’t be captured so easily.

Sure enough.

Just as Bixixi lost patience, raised her scepter high, and prepared to order a forceful assault.

Chen Huaian’s Divine Soul suddenly jolted.

Through Li Qingran’s Battle Soul space, he looked beyond the square, toward that overcast, cloud-filled sky.

There.

An extremely domineering, extremely savage aura was tearing through the cloud layers at an astonishing speed, crashing toward this place.

That aura was filled with rage, filled with killing intent, and even more filled with a… fierce, protective instinct.

“Interesting.”

Chen Huaian narrowed his eyes, a slight curve at the corner of his mouth.

“These two youngsters might not be as pitiable as you think.”

Similar to the tradition in the Cangyun Realm.

“Beat the young…

And the old, will come!”

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