"For the future of the continent?" Bibidong burst into laughter, tears of laughter streaming down her face like rain on pear blossoms. "How ridiculous. Bo Saixi, I have never seen someone as shameless as you."
"It has been twenty thousand years since the Sea God became a god. What has your Sea God Island ever done for the Douluo Continent?"
"Have you ever helped even a few soul masters awaken their martial souls? Have you ever maintained the stability of the continent even once, eliminating some deranged evil soul masters? Have you?"
"All you do is propagate so-called faith—faith in Sea God Island, faith in the Sea God—while suppressing land-based soul masters. You are not even worth one-thousandth of what Spirit Hall has done."
"Bibidong, shut your mouth! You are not allowed to insult Sea God Island, and even less allowed to insult the Sea God!"
Ocean aura enveloped Bo Saixi. Ripples of water appeared on the Sea God Trident in her hand.
"Sea God Thirteen Forms—Thousand Years Empty Leisure!"
Water rapidly gathered, forming massive waves.
In an instant, terrifying energy poured down, as if it would completely submerge everyone from Spirit Hall below.
"Struck a nerve, did I?" Bibidong coldly laughed. "Bo Saixi, you are nothing but thieves crowing like roosters and stealing like dogs."
Possessing demi-god level strength, Bibidong's sixth ten-thousand-year soul ring rapidly lit up as she released her skill. Several elders also attacked at the same time.
After slightly blocking the might of the seawater, the Titled Douluo quickly soared into the air.
The raging seawater spread through the forest. Giant trees dozens of meters tall made "sizzle sizzle sizzle" sounds as they were scoured.
"You're injured!" The slightly superfluous movement Bo Saixi made when attacking allowed Bibidong to notice. The Sea God Thirteen Forms were strong, but clearly had not reached the quasi-god stage.
Especially after using the move, the fleeting paleness on Bo Saixi's face showed that she was far from her peak condition.
"The intelligence I received was true."
Bibidong's face was cold as she spoke to the elders beside her and to Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who could barely fight.
"Fight while retreating. Seize the chance to kill one or two of them. I want to see just how long they can hold out."
The advantage lay with the enemy. Continuing to fight held no benefit.
The Star Dou Great Forest most likely would not help, so they could only strategically withdraw for now.
"Yes, Your Holiness the Pope."
The elders all responded.
Two Limit Douluo, plus the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape—they truly held no advantage.
If they kept fighting, they might end up buried here.
"Bibidong, do you think you can escape?" Tang Chen was also in a difficult position. Just now, when Bo Saixi attacked Bibidong, Tang Chen had secretly discovered that the other side had also reached the demi-god realm.
Although he and Bo Saixi both possessed divine weapons.
But damn it, not long ago they had fought Ning Rongrong and were still gravely injured and unhealed. Then, for the sake of his great-grandson, they forcibly killed two 100,000-year soul beasts from the ice sea.
This past month, their injuries had barely improved at all—in fact, they had worsened.
Otherwise, they would not have secretly followed Tang San, trying to find a way to make the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape sacrifice themselves for Tang San.
Actually, having Xiao Wu sacrifice herself would also work.
But Tang San was unwilling!
Something about "my beloved" and a whole bunch of nonsense.
The Star Dou Great Forest was extremely dangerous.
In their current condition, they did not want to fight at all—they only wanted to leave.
Yet they could not possibly leave the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape here; that would turn them into soul rings.
That would be genuinely arming the enemy.
It was all because of these two beasts. No matter how nicely they asked, they just refused to sacrifice.
Now look—someone else snatched them away!
Thus, neither side really wanted to fight, and whether it was Bibidong's side or Tang Chen and Bo Saixi, all of them were paying attention to the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, even glancing at the Sky Azure Bull Python.
Why wasn't this thing injured more heavily?
"We acted too early just now."
This big monkey should still be able to withstand one more blow without dying.
What a miscalculation!
"Humans, although I don't know who you are, the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Da Ming spat out a mouthful of turbid air. "Let us join forces and kill those Spirit Hall scum!"
"Well said." Er Ming struggled to stand up. "Since you helped me, you are friends of me and my big brother. Since Spirit Hall is the enemy, then we beat them hard!"
Er Ming, whose brain was not the sharpest, knew that Tang Chen and Bo Saixi were friends, and seeing that the advantage was on their side, he did not need to think—just charge.
"Sky Azure Bull Python, Titan Giant Ape, we are Tang San's elders, but we suffered considerable injuries earlier. Human physiques are relatively weak, so leave the frontal assault to you." Bo Saixi had no good feelings toward land soul beasts whatsoever. As the High Priest of Sea God Island, she could still sense that the inheritor of the Sea God, Tang San, was heading this way.
The proper thing was to try to kill the Titan Giant Ape, best to leave it with only one breath remaining.
"Alright!" Er Ming roared loudly. "Leave the front to me and big brother, but you must kill them!"
"I am the Titan Giant Ape—I am never weaker than anyone in my life!"
"Roar—"
Er Ming pounded his chest and stepped forward.
Compared to the empty-headed Er Ming, Da Ming always felt something was off.
However, even after living so long and spending tens of thousands of years with the Titan Giant Ape, his intelligence had been dragged down to roughly the same level. For a moment, he could not figure out the twists and turns within.
"Kill the enemies first, think about the rest later."
Since he could not figure it out, he simply stopped thinking.
Da Ming twisted his massive, sturdy body and stood up, taking the center position, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Titan Giant Ape.
"Eighth soul skill—"
Bibidong's body was shrouded in dark poisonous mist, her voice sinking into a strange, incomprehensible tone.
In an instant, a layer of poisonous fog spread around them, expanding outward like ice.
"Retreat!"
After releasing the skill, Bibidong and the others shot toward the outside of the forest with a "whoosh."
However,
Tang Chen made his move, turning into a streak of red light at extreme speed.
He blocked the path of Bibidong and the others.
Their target was the two 100,000-year soul beasts, Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, and they also feared the Beast God of the Star Dou Great Forest.
But Bibidong was his great-grandson's enemy. If he could kill her, nothing could be better.
"Asura God Sword—Slash!"
Blood-red sword qi descended with a sound.
The spreading blood color covered the sky with a thick layer of red mist. The blood-red mist rapidly surged toward Bibidong's direction.
From behind, Bo Saixi also cleared away the poisonous barriers along the way and quickly caught up.
The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape were even faster, already almost catching up.
Wolves ahead, tigers behind—they had no choice but to fight!
"Seventh soul skill—Martial Soul True Body!"
Several enormous phantoms appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Terrifying eighth and ninth soul skills began to release, blocking Tang Chen's attack.
Aside from Bibidong's hair being slightly disheveled, the condition of the other elders was not good.
Especially Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who had already been heavily injured earlier, vomited several more mouthfuls of blood. Their faces were pale as if they had just recovered from a serious illness.
"Damn it, is this the power of a quasi-god wielding divine weapons?"
Even injured, it was not something she could handle.
What to do?
What exactly should she do?
Tang Chen slowly descended from the sky, his gaze cold and severe. He lightly waved his right hand, and blood sha gathered at the Asura God Sword. The entire blade of the Asura God Sword turned an enchanting blood-red.
A trace of blood overflowed from the corner of Tang Chen's mouth, but he remained completely unaware.
"Spirit Hall Pope Bibidong, your journey of sin ends here."
"Asura God Sword—Asura Judgment!"