Bibi Dong and Ah Rou

After the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python left, several days passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, the weather was clear and cloudless for miles.

After leaving their home, Shi Hao, as usual, went out with Xiao Wu and Ah Rou to enjoy the spring scenery, gathering some wild vegetables and mushrooms along the way.

As they walked through the lush, peaceful forest,

just as Shi Hao was out enjoying the spring scenery with Xiao Wu and Ah Rou,

a group of uninvited guests quietly arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area.

"We should be in the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area by now, right?"

After entering the Star Dou Great Forest and traveling for several days, they had repeatedly encountered Soul Beasts with tens of thousands of years of cultivation along the way. This basically indicated that they had entered the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area.

While they paused to rest, Bibi Dong held the Pope's Staff and gazed into the distance before suddenly asking the people beside her.

"Reporting to Your Holiness, we should have entered the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area!"

An experienced Red-Clothed Archbishop replied respectfully.

"We're already here..."

Bibi Dong tightened her grip on the Pope's Staff, her heart suddenly filled with mixed emotions.

Once upon a time, when she had been hunting Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area, she had encountered danger by accident and was ultimately saved by a kind Soul Beast capable of taking human form.

She still remembered her name: Ah Rou.

But this time, she had come to kill her.

This should count as repaying kindness with enmity without any disguise at all!

Bibi Dong fell silent inside.

If it had been before, she would never have done such a thing.

But now... none of it mattered anymore!

Ever since that incident, she had stopped caring about anything. The only thing supporting her through the rest of her life was the desire to destroy Spirit Hall, the place that had ruined a lifetime of her happiness!

To achieve that goal, she was willing to give everything, even become a devil, even sacrifice herself!

And since she had already become like this,

what did repaying kindness with enmity even matter?

With that thought, Bibi Dong's heart turned completely cold. After resting sufficiently, she led her Soul Masters deeper into the core area.

Evening arrived quickly.

Before they knew it, the sun was setting, and the dim yellow twilight dyed the horizon.

After their outing, Ah Rou carried a bamboo basket full of wild vegetables and mushrooms, while Shi Hao and Xiao Wu chased and played with each other all the way back home.

But not long after they returned,

while Ah Rou was washing vegetables by the pond, a huge flock of birds suddenly took flight from the distant forest.

"What's going on?"

Ah Rou immediately sprang to her feet and looked toward the source of the disturbance. Her delicate brows knitted tightly on her gentle, tranquil face, and her eyes were full of uncertainty and alarm.

As a fierce beast capable of taking human form, with more than two hundred thousand years of cultivation, Ah Rou controlled an enormous territory within the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area.

There were basically no powerful carnivorous Soul Beasts in her territory. Instead, it was inhabited by mild-tempered herbivorous Soul Beasts.

Under such circumstances, there should have been nothing capable of startling such a vast flock of birds into flight.

What was happening?

Just as Ah Rou was preparing to investigate,

figures suddenly rushed out from the nearby forest one after another, landing around the wooden house and tightly surrounding it.

The moment she saw their appearance, Ah Rou recognized who they were.

"Spirit Hall! You're from Spirit Hall!"

Looking at the Red-Clothed Archbishops and Black-Clothed Archbishops tightly encircling the area, Ah Rou's expression changed drastically, and her heart instantly sank.

She had never expected Spirit Hall to come looking for her while Da Ming and Er Ming were away!

This was precisely when their side was at its weakest!

This truly was terrible timing!

While Spirit Hall's Red-Clothed Archbishops and Black-Clothed Bishops rapidly sealed off the surroundings, Bibi Dong, holding the Pope's Staff, also approached with graceful, elegant steps, followed by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

The moment Ah Rou saw Bibi Dong, she recognized her, her face full of disbelief.

"It's you!"

Ah Rou recognized Bibi Dong as the human girl she had once saved.

But what was going on now?

That human girl had brought so many Spirit Hall Soul Masters to surround her. No matter how she looked at it, they had not come to repay a kindness. Rather, they clearly harbored ill intent!

"It's me."

After a moment of silence, Bibi Dong replied flatly.

"You brought so many people here. What do you want? This doesn't look like you came to repay a kindness!"

Ah Rou took a deep breath, her beautiful eyes fixed tightly on Bibi Dong. Her jade-like hands clenched into fists as she asked in a low voice, her tone laced with mockery.

"Repay a kindness? You're thinking too much. Of course I brought so many people to kill you. Don't tell me you don't know how tempting your Soul Ring and Soul Bone are to us Soul Masters!"

Bibi Dong's red lips curved slightly, her mouth lifting into a mocking smile as she spoke.

"Bibi Dong, I saved you back then. Don't you humans always talk about repaying kindness? I never expected you to repay me, but now you're repaying kindness with enmity. Are you even human?"

Faced with Bibi Dong's mockery, Ah Rou grew furious.

"Don't bring up what happened back then!"

As if a sore spot had been struck, Bibi Dong's expression changed. She fiercely slammed the butt of the Pope's Staff against the ground, instantly flying into a rage.

"Repaying kindness is something you do for people. You're nothing but a Soul Beast. Why should we care about such things with Soul Beasts? You are merely prey!"

After speaking with utter coldness, Bibi Dong directly raised her staff and pointed it at Ah Rou.

"Attack together! Don't let her escape!"

Following Bibi Dong's order, the Red-Clothed Archbishops and Black-Clothed Bishops of Spirit Hall immediately answered in unison. Amid loud shouts, they instantly summoned their respective Martial Souls.

Bursts of multicolored light erupted continuously as all manner of Beast Martial Souls and Item Martial Souls rapidly appeared.

As Soul Rings rose around them, every Spirit Hall Soul Master instantly entered battle stance. Some charged directly at Ah Rou, while others unleashed Soul Skills toward her.

"Mom!!"

At that moment, Xiao Wu and Shi Hao, who had been playing in the nearby woods, also heard the commotion and hurried over.

When she saw Ah Rou surrounded by a group of powerful human Soul Masters, Xiao Wu immediately cried out anxiously.

"Xiao Wu, hide quickly. I'll go help her. As long as I'm here, I'll definitely bring Sister Ah Rou out safely!"

Shi Hao had never expected Spirit Hall to come at a time like this, and he hurriedly spoke.

I clearly have the memories of my main body, so why do I still act like a child all the time?

Liking beast milk is one thing, but I can even play around with children and enjoy it. This virtual personality created by the template is really screwing me over!

Thinking about how he had just been playing with Xiao Wu like a child,

the little milk-drinking baby was deeply frustrated with himself, feeling guilty yet helpless.

After all, compared to the memories of his main body, the personality brought by the template was what truly belonged to him.

"Who's there?!"

Xiao Wu's shout naturally alerted the Spirit Hall Soul Masters who were attacking Ah Rou.

"Xiao Wu! Run! Leave here with Xiao Hao!"

When she discovered that Xiao Wu and Shi Hao had actually come over, Ah Rou dodged the incoming attacks while fighting the Spirit Hall Soul Masters, crying out anxiously.

Although she knew Shi Hao was powerful, even stronger than her adopted son Er Ming, the Titan Giant Ape,

Spirit Hall had brought far too many Soul Masters. They were all Soul Saints and Soul Douluos, with three Titled Douluos waiting nearby, ready to strike at any moment.

There were so many powerful Soul Masters, of every type: Defense System Soul Masters, Strong Attack System Soul Masters, Agile Attack System Soul Masters, Control System Soul Masters, Support System Soul Masters...

There were so many kinds of Soul Masters, and all of them were at least Soul Saints. They could form several perfect Soul Hunting Groups!

The difference between individual Soul Masters and a perfect Soul Hunting Group was absolutely not as simple as adding the former together to get the latter, like one plus one plus one.

It was more like multiplication—a multiple-fold increase in power.

No matter how powerful Shi Hao was, facing so many Soul Masters, he would definitely be worn to death here!

That was why Ah Rou was so anxious and worried. She shouted, wanting Shi Hao and Xiao Wu to leave immediately.

But unfortunately, Shi Hao clearly had no intention of leaving just like that.

Because the task his main body had given him was to stop Spirit Hall from killing Xiao Wu and her mother!

"Xiao Wu, hide first. I'll go check the situation. If things go wrong, run immediately!"

Seeing that the Spirit Hall Soul Masters had already noticed them—and that several Red-Clothed Archbishops and Black-Clothed Bishops were even following the sound toward them—Shi Hao hurriedly pushed Xiao Wu behind a dense thicket before turning and charging out.

"A child?!"

Seeing a little boy who looked only four or five years old, dressed in red animal-hide clothes and resembling a white porcelain doll, suddenly rush out from the bushes, raising his tender little hand into a fist as he charged over with a childish shout,

several Red-Clothed Archbishops and Black-Clothed Bishops of Spirit Hall froze in astonishment.

Where had this child come from?!