Chapter 302: Bibi Dong Is Stunned!
Dugu Bo was shocked once more. He could clearly see that this dan bead was different from his.
First, the color—though also green, it was a lighter hue.
Second, only a small portion at the bottom contained energy, and very little at that. His own bead was extremely dense and brimming with power.
Dugu Feng had a dan bead as well. What kind of monster was he?
Simply unfathomable.
Dugu Bo was stunned into numbness, and a trace of fear toward Dugu Feng arose in his heart. The opponent's methods were too many.
He didn't seem like a young man at all, more like a deep and scheming conspirator.
With a bitter look, Dugu Bo picked up the dan bead and swallowed it.
Helplessly he thought, The world is changing too quickly. Even I, a Titled Douluo, can't keep up.
After he swallowed Dugu Feng's dan bead, the rainbow-hued Tyrant Poison left his body abruptly, returning to an egg-sized mass—clearly larger than before.
It had obviously absorbed part of Dugu Bo's life force and soul power and was developing further.
Once the Tyrant Poison withdrew, the dan bead entered Dugu Bo's body.
With no choice, Dugu Bo quickly sat cross-legged to cultivate. In his current condition, even a peak Soul Douluo could defeat him.
His injuries were grievous.
This further convinced him that Dugu Feng truly meant to kill him.
If not for his quick reaction in proving his value to the Dugu clan, he might already have been reduced to pure energy.
He glanced again at Dugu Feng. This grandnephew of his was truly ruthless!
A rainbow-colored scale flashed at Dugu Feng's brow as the Tyrant Poison returned to his body.
"Hurry and recover your injuries. In the coming war against the Star Luo Empire, you'll be needed to handle the Star Luo Emperor. Follow my instructions in all things," Dugu Feng said coldly.
Dugu Bo's mouth twitched. Are you really treating your Second Grandfather like a subordinate to order around?
But this time he did not dare refute a single word.
No other reason than this: he feared death, nothing more!
After speaking, Dugu Feng no longer bothered with Dugu Bo. He approached the spring of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
With a splash, Dugu Feng leapt straight in.
He had come to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to train in earnest. Before the war, he had to raise his level again.
He was now level sixty-seven, already not far from becoming a Soul Sage. Dugu Feng would cultivate with all his strength.
This behavior left Dugu Bo stunned yet again. Then, quietly, he found a place to cultivate. Too monstrous—far beyond ordinary understanding.
While the Soul Master Tournament blazed on and Qian Renxue sharpened her forces and prepared for war—
Bibi Dong was also watching the tournament and Qian Renxue's movements.
The Shrek Team gave Bibi Dong a flash of amazement, and Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect returned to her vision as well.
She did not have to wait long. Porcupinefish Douluo returned with the latest news.
Tang San had successfully absorbed his sixth spirit ring, hunted a Man-Faced Demon Spider beyond its usual age limit, and once again obtained an external spirit bone.
Listening to Porcupinefish Douluo's report, Bibi Dong was stunned.
"So is Tang San the spider martial soul, or am I the spider martial soul?"
Bibi Dong's face darkened.
She had two spider martial souls and had absorbed no small number of spider-type soul beasts, including the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
But forget external bones—she hadn't even obtained ordinary spirit bones from them.
Tang San, on the other hand—every time he absorbed one, an external spirit bone appeared.
"Tang San has obtained an external spirit bone every time he absorbed a Man-Faced Demon Spider. The Young Lord suspects there must be something special involved and asks Your Holiness to look into it!"
In the Pope's Hall, Porcupinefish Douluo knelt on one knee and reported to Bibi Dong.
"Could he have received a Divine Trial?"
Bibi Dong's thoughts churned.
For others, such a strange matter could only be chalked up to luck or some unknown cause.
But for Bibi Dong, who was currently undergoing a Divine Trial, the only thing she could think of was the help of a god.
Aside from divine power, who could make an external spirit bone appear every time Tang San absorbed a spirit ring?
Yu Xiaogang?
Impossible. Though Xiaogang's understanding of martial souls ran deep, even he could not control the appearance of spirit bones.
Thinking this, a sense of urgency rose in Bibi Dong's heart.
All along, she believed that on the entire continent only she stood closest to godhood.
Once she ascended, she would crush all beneath her.
But compared to Tang San, she no longer seemed the most exceptional one.
"I understand regarding Tang San.
Also, I did not expect she intended to dispatch troops against the Star Luo Empire so soon.
Since she is confident she can rally Heaven Dou's soul master forces to oppose me, I want to see how capable she truly is.
Openly, none of Spirit Hall's forces will aid her attack on Star Luo."
Bibi Dong spoke faintly.
In Bibi Dong's eyes, Heaven Dou's soul masters and Star Luo's soul masters were both enemies to be eliminated.
Since that was the case, let Qian Renxue and the Star Luo Empire wear each other down.
In the end, it would be time for her to clean up the mess.
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
Porcupinefish Douluo felt nothing unusual. Before coming, he and Snake Lance Douluo had already discussed this with Qian Renxue.
Bibi Dong would certainly not help her. Not tripping her up in secret was already the best outcome.
Qian Renxue did not intend to lean on Spirit Hall's strength either.
With her pride, since she had chosen to build her own foundation, she would rely on her own power to fight her way back to Spirit Hall, reclaim her father's legacy, and depose Bibi Dong. That was what Qian Renxue ought to do.
Of course, Qian Renxue was also guarding against Bibi Dong. This time, apart from meeting Bibi Dong, Porcupinefish Douluo also brought a letter from Qian Renxue to Qian Daoliu.
It was to have Qian Daoliu keep watch on Bibi Dong's moves and not allow her to sabotage things in the shadows.
Porcupinefish Douluo soon departed.
Only a somewhat irritable Bibi Dong remained in the Pope's Hall.
A year had passed since she absorbed her fifth spirit ring.
That hundred-thousand-year soul beast that escaped, and the human aura that had appeared in Death Canyon—there had been not the slightest trace.
Bibi Dong had been furious for a long time.
In her anger, she had pressed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to continue seeking hundred-thousand-year soul beasts for her while also intensifying the cultivation of those over ninety thousand years old in Death Canyon.
But another year passed with no confirmed information on hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, and those being nurtured were always just a little short of evolving.
Bibi Dong's patience was wearing thin.
She still had four spirit rings left to absorb!
Gritting her teeth, Bibi Dong firmed her resolve. "I must not be hasty. The coming Divine Trials will be even more brutal. Without absolute strength, I could die at any moment.
I refuse to believe I cannot find a hundred-thousand-year soul beast!
Those over ninety thousand years cannot evolve? Then it's just a matter of insufficient blood and flesh. However much they need, I will provide.
I must absorb a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring!"
Bibi Dong's thoughts were cold and ruthless.
Her desire for hundred-thousand-year soul beasts stemmed mainly from the Divine Trials.
She had already passed five of the Rakshasa Nine Trials, and the sixth was about to be cleared.
Each had been passed only through bitter struggle.
Though she did not yet know the content of the seventh, Bibi Dong could foresee it would surely be another brush with life and death.
She had to absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul beast to raise her strength and ensure success.
(END CHAPTER)
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