Bamboozling

Su Yu let out a soft sigh, then pulled a miserable face and ran back.

Before long, Su Yu arrived at the place where he had awakened.

By now, all the surrounding trees had vanished, leaving behind only a deep, enormous crater.

At the bottom of the crater, Bibi Dong lay there with lifeless eyes, her entire body radiating an air of dejection.

She had thought that, at level ninety-nine, she was already invincible beneath the heavens. She had never expected someone to be even fiercer than her!

He had subdued her with ease and even sealed her Soul Power!

Su Yu slid straight down to the bottom of the crater, came to Bibi Dong's side, and stared at her eye to eye.

After a while, Su Yu was the first to break the awkward silence. "Tsk, tsk. I thought you really didn't care whether Sister Xue lived or died. Who would've thought you'd run all the way here in the middle of the night just to secretly catch a glimpse of her?"

"How touching~"

Hearing Su Yu's punchable tone, Bibi Dong sat up at once and glared at him.

"You little brat, don't get too smug. Do you really think you can keep me under your thumb?"

After saying that, Bibi Dong froze. Her expression then turned even uglier. "That girl even told you this?"

Su Yu smiled without saying a word.

Of course, Qian Renxue could not possibly have told Su Yu about her relationship with Bibi Dong. But Su Yu also knew Bibi Dong would never go to Qian Renxue to verify whether he had learned it from her.

Bibi Dong suppressed the anger in her heart, and her expression returned to calm.

"You're overthinking it. I came to Heaven Dou City only to find out why she returned early. There was no other reason."

"Oh, oh, oh~ No other reason..."

"Bastard! Brat, do you really think there's nothing I can do to you?"

Bibi Dong rose from the ground. "Even with my Soul Power sealed, I can still hang up a mere Soul Grandmaster and whip him with my physical strength alone!"

Su Yu curled his lips, then summoned his martial soul.

"Come on. Repeat what you just said."

Looking at the two Soul Rings rhythmically pulsing beneath Su Yu's feet, Bibi Dong sneered. "Even with my Soul Power sealed, I can still hang up a mere Soul Grandmaster and whip him with my physical strength alone!"

"Not that sentence. The one before it."

Bibi Dong was first stunned, then flew into a rage.

You expect me to say it just because you told me to? Does the Pope not have any dignity?!

Bibi Dong immediately swung her arm wide and struck out with her palm, attempting to deal Su Yu a double blow to both body and mind.

Su Yu's figure flashed, and he vanished from where he stood.

"Hey, hey, hey, you have no martial virtue."

Su Yu had already appeared outside the crater. Looking down at Bibi Dong from above, he asked, "Do you dare say you've never cared about Sister Xue?"

"Of course!"

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Three lashes turned the battle-damaged black robe straight into beggar's rags.

They exposed Bibi Dong's fair, tender skin.

"Damn~ According to Elder Pufferfish, this should be strong enough to split the skin and tear the flesh of a Soul Elder."

"Yet when it hit you, it only left a red mark..."

Ignoring Bibi Dong's rampage in the crater, Su Yu muttered, "I think I should tell Sister Xue this good news. Let her know that someone has always been standing in the shadows, quietly caring for her and protecting her..."

"Shut up! I told you, I don't!"

Crack! Crack! Crack!

"Still stubborn."

Su Yu teased, "To tell you the truth, my martial soul is called the Lie Detector Book. Once I activate its soul skill, anyone who lies gets whipped!"

Bibi Dong's expression stiffened. Then she stubbornly replied, "Heh. How could there be such a martial soul in this world? You're nothing but a brat full of lies."

Su Yu smiled. "Whether you believe it or not doesn't matter. Sister Xue believes it, anyway."

With that, Su Yu left the edge of the crater, pretending he was about to leave.

"Wait!"

"Come back!"

Seeing that Bibi Dong had entered a state where communication was possible, Su Yu returned to the edge of the crater.

"That thing just now... what exactly was it?"

Su Yu was somewhat surprised. He clearly had not expected Bibi Dong to suddenly switch to this topic.

"Senior Di Tian is the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King with eight hundred thousand years of cultivation. He once served as the captain of the Dragon God's Guard. There's no shame in losing to him."

Bibi Dong murmured, "Dragon God's Guard..."

Then Bibi Dong's gaze sharpened. "Then why can you command him?"

Su Yu raised an eyebrow. "You don't even understand the gap in our strength, yet you dare question me..."

Bibi Dong clenched her fists and snorted coldly, saying nothing further.

After skipping over that question, Su Yu began his bamboozling in earnest.

"Compared to that, I'm more curious. How far has your Rakshasa God Trial progressed?"

The moment those words came out, Bibi Dong's pupils contracted sharply!

"How do you know?"

Aside from Qian Daoliu, who might have had some guesses about her condition, no one else could possibly know about this!

Much less directly speak the name Rakshasa!

Su Yu shrugged. "Didn't I say it? Senior Di Tian was once the captain of the Dragon God's Guard."

"I learned quite a few interesting things about the God Realm from him."

Hearing this, Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes. "Such as?"

Su Yu rubbed his chin. "Let me think..."

"For example, the truth behind gods searching for successors..."

Bibi Dong's expression changed slightly. "What truth?"

"As the Pope, who would you pass your position on to?"

Without hesitation, Bibi Dong said, "Naturally, Nana!"

Su Yu put on a confused expression and asked in puzzlement, "Who's Nana?"

"Nana is my disciple."

"Oh, oh. You wouldn't consider passing it on to me?"

Bibi Dong was so angered that she laughed. This brat was truly shameless!

"You see, my talent may not be unprecedented and unmatched by future generations, but it can still be called unrivaled in all of history."

"If you passed the position of Pope to me, I would definitely lead Spirit Hall to greater glory."

Bibi Dong said nothing and merely stared at Su Yu.

Su Yu smiled and continued, "Maybe you don't trust me. Then you can give me some tests, right? Nine trials... how about it?"

Seeing the playful expression on Su Yu's face, Bibi Dong fell silent.

"The position of Pope is also a good thing... but compared with Godhood... heh."

"Would you give a treasure to a stranger you'd never even met?"

"Just because he was talented? Just because he passed a few tests you left behind?"

Bibi Dong's eyes flickered with uncertainty, but she still did not speak.

"The Angel God's Godhood is inherited only within the Qian Clan. That's easy to understand. Good things should be left to one's own descendants, to bless future generations."

"But what about the other gods?"

"The gods are actually all so selfless! How admirable!"

"Once big sister Pope becomes a god, she'll surely be a selfless, exemplary god too!"

Bibi Dong could no longer hold it in and snapped viciously, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Su Yu became serious. "Either Godhood isn't a good thing at all, which is why they discard it like worn-out shoes."

"That possibility is unlikely. After all, the Angel God's Godhood has always been inherited within the Qian Clan. If it truly weren't a good thing, why not toss it to outsiders?"

"Besides, if they wanted to get rid of their Godhood as quickly as possible, the trials would certainly be as easy as possible, so someone could conveniently take this burden off their hands."

"Therefore, that guess doesn't hold up."

"Then we come to the second possibility: Godhood really is a good thing."

"Would you give something good to a stranger?"

"You wouldn't..."

"Then how can you be sure the gods are truly looking for successors?"

"They set trials for you and watch as you rack your brains and pour your heart and soul into completing them."

"After you complete every trial, they tell you that they never intended to pass down their Godhood in the first place."

"As for why they set up all those trials..."

Su Yu said, enunciating every word, "Of course, because it's fun~"