Chapter 364: Chapter 364: Bibi Dong’s Realization

Under these circumstances, Spirit Hall had come to regard Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan as precious treasures.

After Hu Liena broke through to Soul Saint, Spirit Hall directly captured the corresponding Spirit Beasts from the Soul Hunting Forest to guard against the lurking Evil Soul Master.

Absorbing Spirit Rings on Pope Mountain ensured that the Evil Soul Master absolutely could not interfere.

The Soul Skill born from the Seventh Soul Ring was always the Martial Soul Avatar, which required a specific age limit from the Spirit Beast rather than a particular type.

Therefore, Hu Liena was still given the Three-Eyed Magic Fox, with the intention clear: they hoped Hu Liena would once again obtain an External Soul Bone. After all, Tang San had consecutively manifested the Eight Spider Lances three times.

The higher-ups of Spirit Hall also wanted to learn from this example.

Hu Liena shared this expectation, hoping to obtain another External Soul Bone.

She stepped forward, released a burst of Soul Power, and ended the life of the severely wounded, dying Three-Eyed Magic Fox.

A purplish-black Spirit Ring energy instantly rose.

Confidently sitting cross-legged, Hu Liena summoned the Spirit Ring energy.

This time, absorbing the Spirit Ring exceeded a certain age limit. Normally, a Soul Saint could at most absorb a Spirit Ring under fifty thousand years, but she was determined to challenge this limit.

Hu Liena glanced in the direction of the Pope Palace. "Teacher, I will not disappoint you. I will surpass Tang Hao, surpass Tang Xiao, and avenge you!"

Steadying her mind, Hu Liena devoted herself wholeheartedly to absorbing the Spirit Ring.

Clenching her teeth, she integrated the Three-Eyed Magic Fox’s energy into her body, only to find it not as difficult as expected.

Even though she had absorbed this Spirit Ring beyond her level, the fusion proceeded quickly.

Around her body, the shadow of the seventh Spirit Ring gradually rose, while the other six Spirit Rings also shone brilliantly, emitting a powerful aura.

Xie Yue and Yan watched Hu Liena with envy. Had she already become a Soul Saint?

The two could only secretly resolve to train harder and catch up.

The Spirit Ring absorption proceeded smoothly, and soon the black Spirit Ring solidified.

Everyone began to anticipate.

They were all waiting for something!

Hu Liena was also waiting, intently sensing every bone in her body.

Hoping for a miracle to appear.

Time passed minute by minute, and everyone’s hearts sank.

Hu Liena reluctantly stood up.

"By absorbing a Spirit Ring beyond my level, my Soul Power Level is now close to seventy-two," she said, forcing herself to sound excited.

But the feeling of disappointment was uncontrollable.

Hu Liena felt furious inside. Why could Tang San do it, but she couldn’t?

Why couldn’t she, when she had absorbed the same Martial Soul twice?

No one could answer.

What she didn’t know was that in the Pope Palace, Bibi Dong, with a pale face, was also observing Hu Liena’s Spirit Ring absorption.

Bibi Dong stood at the entrance of the Pope Palace. The entire plaza was empty, with only her standing there alone.

Her spiritual power was tightly focused on Hu Liena.

After Hu Liena failed to manifest an External Soul Bone, Bibi Dong’s face grew even paler.

In truth, Bibi Dong wanted to conduct an experiment. If Hu Liena absorbed the Three-Eyed Magic Fox again and obtained an External Soul Bone,

then with the examples of Tang San and Hu Liena, it would prove that the appearance of External Soul Bones had a certain determinacy.

She would then hunt a high-aged Purple Wing Spider Emperor to once again obtain the Six-Winged Purple Light Wings External Soul Bone.

Unfortunately, Hu Liena’s experiment had failed.

This proved that Tang San was an exception.

Every time Tang San absorbed a Man-faced Demon Spider, he would obtain an External Soul Bone. Perhaps Tang San possessed some unique trait?

Of course, she had no idea that this was the Spider God’s method of selecting a successor—bestowing an External Soul Bone upon exceptionally talented candidates.

However, even if Bibi Dong absorbed another spider-type Martial Soul, she would no longer receive such a gift from the Spider God. Previously, before she had been chosen as the successor of the Rakshasa God, the Spider God had granted her an External Soul Bone when she absorbed a spider-type Martial Soul.

Now that she had been designated as the Rakshasa God’s successor, the Spider God would not dare compete with the Rakshasa God for her.

Although Bibi Dong was unaware of this, through Hu Liena’s experiment, she had already given up on choosing the Purple Wing Spider Emperor.

Feeling the emptiness where her six ribs should have been and the fragility of her remaining bones, she harbored intense hatred toward this Evil Soul Master.

In her heart, this Evil Soul Master now surpassed even Qian Xunji in terms of the hatred she felt toward him.

She had gained another motivation to become a god: to capture this Evil Soul Master and subject him to cruel torment.

Bibi Dong fantasized countless times in her mind about torturing this Evil Soul Master before reluctantly returning to the Pope Palace to cultivate and recover from her injuries. This time, her injuries were more severe than she had anticipated.

It also made her realize the terror of having her External Soul Bone devoured.

Moreover, her Divine Power had been completely depleted in that battle, and it would take a long time to accumulate it again.

Why "again"? Because she had experienced a complete loss of Divine Power once before.

Bibi Dong suddenly shivered.

In her Sea of Spirit, she recalled the previous battle outside Slaughter City.

If the slaughter in the Star Dou Great Forest this time was instigated by that Evil Soul Master...

Then what about last time?

Last time, during the fight against Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and the two elders of the Clear Sky Sect, her Divine Power had also been completely depleted, leaving her severely injured and delaying her cultivation for nearly a year.

How strikingly similar were the two situations?

Soon after, the memory of the two 100,000-Year Soul Beasts being snatched away in Death Canyon flashed through her mind.

Bibi Dong was now certain that she had been targeted by this Evil Soul Master.

She felt as though this Evil Soul Master was always by her side, observing her every move, with nothing escaping his attention.

Her spiritual power fluctuated continuously as she scanned the entire Spirit City but found nothing unusual.

"What exactly is his goal?"

"The God Test!"

Bibi Dong’s face grew even paler.

She began to feel the same way Tang Hao once had—that whenever she made significant progress in strength, she would be targeted and plotted against.

In the end, she would suffer severe injuries and a substantial loss of power.

"If he knows me so well, he must be aware that I am undergoing a God Test. Could his actions be aimed at slowing down my progress?

Slowing down my path to godhood!

He must also be undergoing a God Test. He wants to become a god before I do!"

Bibi Dong, who had just sat down, abruptly stood up again.

Her heart pounded wildly.

Her entire body trembled with agitation.

Bibi Dong felt she had uncovered the truth.

"It must be. He must be undergoing a God Test. Even a level 99 Titled Douluo would not be able to lurk around me undetected.

It must be the God Test that has granted him special abilities!"

After a moment of shifting emotions, Bibi Dong suddenly laughed.

"Haha, your actions only prove that you fear I will become a god first!

This shows you are still far from achieving godhood!

I have already reached the eighth test. How can you stop me now? Once I become a god, you will have nowhere to hide!"

At that moment, Bibi Dong made up her mind. Things like 100,000-Year Soul Beasts were mere illusions.

Recovering from injuries and swiftly ascending to godhood is the most crucial task.

Before that, I must become a Double Ring Title Douluo.

"Since you don’t want me to possess a 100,000-Year Soul Beast, then I won’t. What does it matter if it’s eighty thousand or ninety thousand years old!

Once I become a god, you won’t escape death!"

Bibi Dong made up her mind, her gaze deep and distant as she looked toward Spirit City, lost in thought.

(End of Chapter)