Chapter 303: The Wicked Bibi Dong
At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, more than half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
In the oval pool, the milky-white and vermilion springs were sharply divided, each never intruding upon the other.
At the center of the springs, billowing steam rose continuously.
Looking closely, a pinhole-sized vortex lay at the very center of the water, showing that Dugu Feng beneath the surface was absorbing the energy within.
Underwater, Dugu Feng had no need to conceal anything.
Anyone who saw his current state would be utterly shocked.
Dugu Feng lay naked in the water, like a swimmer.
His arms were spread, and on the outer sides of both arms, the Scorpion Claws external spirit bone extended three meters in length.
Behind him, eight spider legs bent and stabbed downward into the water.
At his tailbone, the fox tail arced upward, its tip propping against the exact center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a mere three inches below the surface.
At the same time, his entire upper torso was covered in a blood-red gemlike armor, with a palm-sized circular heart-guard at the chest.
In addition, his right leg, right arm, and head all shimmered with a faint light, continuously linking to the armor of his upper body.
These three parts were precisely where his spirit bones resided: the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, the Greenwood Emerald Dragon Right Arm Bone, and the Spirit-Condensing Wisdom Skull, all of them actively resonating.
Seen in this form, one might mistake him for a massive scorpion rather than a human.
But this was the form in which Dugu Feng felt most comfortable, with the various energies within him most active and at ease.
Every part of his body was fusing.
His original skeleton, the external spirit bones, and the spirit bones were, under the dual nourishment of the well's ice and fire energies, becoming higher in quality and toughness.
The greatest changes were in the three external spirit bones.
Among the three, the Eight Spider Lances had been obtained later than the Scorpion Claws, yet they had now surpassed them, their quality exceeding that of the Scorpion Claws.
Moreover, the Eight Spider Lances were located on Dugu Feng's back and chest, the most advantageous positions. They connected with the Scorpion Claws and the fox tail, while internally linking with the One-Horned Eel trunk bone, receiving the strongest support from the body.
With two rounds of devouring, plus the Man-Faced Demon Spider Dugu Feng absorbed as his fifth spirit ring, their essence had become exceedingly powerful.
Now, the ribs supporting the Eight Spider Lances—both dorsal and thoracic—had turned golden.
Golden patterns covered the branches of the Eight Spider Lances.
Their quality had definitely reached a demi-god level.
Aside from the Eight Spider Lances, the Scorpion Claws looked even more ferocious. They were likewise in two segments: the rear a thick limb, the front a fearsome pincer for attack.
As they evolved, the rear segment shortened, while the front segment grew longer.
The pincer portion was lined with dense, razor-sharp serrations.
Dugu Feng suspected that even weapons refined to the utmost would be snapped under these pincers.
Though the Scorpion Claws had not yet reached demi-god class, they were not far from it.
The only one lagging behind was the fox tail, though its true strength lay in agility. In battle it could expand or contract at will. It could grow into a massive fox tail like a sky-shading fan, reaching more than ten times Dugu Feng's height—nearly twenty meters long.
It could be soft or hard, like a fox's tail or transformed into a wolf-tooth club.
In Dugu Feng's view, it was a good thing he did not favor hot-blooded, head-on fighting. Otherwise, the fox tail would be his true love.
Each of the three external spirit bones had its forte. Over this half year, after absorbing the vast energy of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the gains were immense.
Besides that, there was his spirit power.
Its rise exceeded his expectations, having increased by at least a level and a half. From sixty-seven, he was now approaching sixty-nine.
Dugu Feng gradually retracted the external spirit bones into his body. It was time to come out.
By now, the Soul Master Tournament had long ended. Unsurprisingly, Shrek Academy had taken the championship. The Heaven Dou Empire was riding high, with academies from Heaven Dou winning the title two times in a row.
Adding Qian Renxue's iron-blooded reforms, the entire Heaven Dou Empire was flourishing.
Among both the citizenry and the soul master world, a powerful surge of confidence had arisen.
Calls to send troops against Star Luo and unify the continent were unceasing.
It was as if the Heaven Dou Empire had already become the number one great nation under the stars.
This was thanks in no small part to Qian Renxue's guidance.
Dugu Feng felt that the greatest change he had brought to the Douluo Continent since arriving was the manipulation of public opinion.
Shock-bait and little essays began popping up in droves.
One had to admit, all major powers learned quickly.
Before launching war, Qian Renxue first steered public opinion, proclaiming Star Luo's long years of bullying Heaven Dou and the Heaven Dou royal house's years of bearing humiliation.
Now, Heaven Dou would rise!
With the expedition imminent, Dugu Feng had to take the field.
There was another reason: Bibi Dong. Before entering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate, Dugu Feng had dispatched an Emerald Dragon-Serpent to monitor Bibi Dong and the movements in Death Canyon.
In that time, a major discovery had been made.
Bibi Dong had truly gone mad!
Her wickedness surpassed even Dugu Feng's imagination.
In Death Canyon, Bibi Dong was actually feeding soul beasts with soul masters and humans as food.
At first, it was some evil soul masters captured by Spirit Hall, wolf bandits, and various malefactors, all sent to Death Canyon to be eaten by high-aged soul beasts.
Though cruel, these were still villains being dealt with.
But then Dugu Feng's Emerald Dragon-Serpent discovered that those sent were not only such prisoners.
There were also many innocent soul masters taken captive, and even civilians seized in village and town massacres.
At the same time, rumors across the continent about evil soul masters and wolf bandits began to proliferate again.
In truth, a large part of these atrocities were Bibi Dong's own doing.
Dugu Feng had truly not expected Bibi Dong to be so wicked in pursuit of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.
No wonder she was the most fanatical woman in Douluo, with evil in her very bones, and after inheriting the Rakshasa Godhood, becoming the very embodiment of evil!
Dugu Feng did not yet have the power to stop Bibi Dong's actions.
Even if he exposed her crimes, she would not admit them and would only become wary of hidden enemies.
For now, Dugu Feng did not want Bibi Dong's attention diverted.
And should a hundred-thousand-year soul beast appear again, Dugu Feng would not let it go.
Dugu Feng gave a cold smile.
After pulling the external spirit bones back into his body, he leapt from the spring of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
In midair, he drew a gray robe from his soul tool and draped it over himself.
He had sensed that someone else had come to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Dugu Yan had arrived.
She stood beside Dugu Bo, eyes bloodshot, her expression grief-stricken, as if she had been crying.
Dugu Bo patted her shoulder, trying to comfort her.
"Grandpa, who hurt you so badly!"
Dugu Yan spoke viciously, gritting her teeth, as if she wished to tear the culprit limb from limb!
(END CHAPTER)
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