Bibi Dong's attacks were fierce, and the Soul Power between her palms was sinister.
Her black-purple Soul Power was vicious enough to kill an ordinary Spirit Master on contact.
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo both turned pale.
By the time they reacted, Bibi Dong's deadly attack was already right in front of them.
Her killing blow came straight for their chests.
Bibi Dong was aiming to kill them both in a single strike.
Once those two nuisances were dealt with, no one would be left to stop her from killing Chu Feng.
"Not good!"
Seeing the fierce attack about to hit him, Ghost Douluo's expression changed dramatically. His heart filled with dread as he thought, This is bad!
Daring not to delay for an instant, he hurriedly activated his Martial Soul's special ability to evade the attack.
In that split second, at that perilous, hairbreadth moment, Ghost Douluo activated his Martial Soul's special ability in time and entered an ethereal state.
In this state, Ghost Douluo could directly nullify all attacks except those with holy or light attributes.
Bibi Dong's attack passed right through Ghost Douluo's ethereal form.
It did him no meaningful harm.
Ghost Douluo had evaded Bibi Dong's attack, but Chrysanthemum Douluo wasn't so lucky.
He didn't have a Martial Soul like Ghost Douluo's, nor did he have Ghost Douluo's ability to become ethereal and evade attacks.
Though his reactions were quick, and he promptly activated his Martial Soul to defend himself,
Bibi Dong's attack still caught him, and the Death Spider Emperor's poison seeped into his body.
Bibi Dong's Soul Power Level was higher than Chrysanthemum Douluo's. Her Martial Soul's poison immediately ravaged his body, leaving him unable to fight.
"Your... Your Holiness the Pope!" Chrysanthemum Douluo's lips quickly turned purplish-black.
Feeling the potency of the Martial Soul poison inside him, Chrysanthemum Douluo was shaken.
S-so powerful!
Aside from Poison Douluo, there was actually another Titled Douluo on the continent with such terrifying poison.
A name came to Chrysanthemum Douluo's mind, but he immediately thought it impossible.
Why would His Holiness the Pope attack him?
In the next instant, Chrysanthemum Douluo saw Bibi Dong and froze.
His expression went blank.
For a moment, he wondered if he was seeing things. Why was His Holiness the Pope standing before him?
It was His Holiness the Pope, all right.
But why had she attacked him and poisoned him with such a potent Martial Soul toxin?
What was His Holiness the Pope planning?
Was she trying to kill him?
When Chrysanthemum Douluo realized Bibi Dong wanted to kill him, his heart sank.
He couldn't understand why Bibi Dong would want him dead.
He and Ghost Douluo were Bibi Dong's right-hand men, and they had been the first from the Elder Hall to come to her aid.
"Your Holiness the Pope!" Ghost Douluo saw who stood before him and was just as shocked.
He had the same question as Chrysanthemum Douluo.
Why was His Holiness the Pope here? Why was she attacking them?
Bibi Dong's attack had been meant to take their lives outright.
If not for his unusual Martial Soul, he would now be just like Chrysanthemum Douluo, unable to fight.
Ghost Douluo didn't understand why His Holiness the Pope was here, much less why she was attacking them.
As far as he could tell, they hadn't done anything wrong, much less betrayed her.
They had been utterly loyal to her. Why was she treating them this way?
Ghost Douluo wanted to demand an explanation from Bibi Dong.
But Bibi Dong gave him no chance to speak.
Seeing that Ghost Douluo had reacted quickly and used his Martial Soul's special ability to evade her attack, Bibi Dong showed no surprise.
As her right-hand men, Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo's Martial Souls were naturally familiar to her.
She immediately struck again, sending an even fiercer attack at him.
Ghost Douluo's ethereal state could indeed nullify most attacks. Almost nothing could hurt him except attacks with holy or light attributes.
But if his opponent's strength far surpassed his own, his ethereal state was useless.
There was no absolute defense on Douluo Continent; there was only a lack of sufficient attack power.
Xiao Wu's Invincible Golden Body was said to grant physical immunity, but even so, a god-level attack could still kill her.
"Your Holiness the Pope, what did Chrysanthemum Douluo and I do wrong for you to attack us like this?"
Seeing Bibi Dong strike at him again with even greater ferocity, Ghost Douluo's expression changed. He hurriedly used his Martial Soul to defend himself with all his strength as he demanded an explanation.
Even if he was going to die, he wanted to die knowing why.
He and Chrysanthemum Douluo had been utterly loyal to Bibi Dong, with no disloyal thoughts. Why was she treating them this way?
Even if she planned to discard them after using them, they deserved to know why.
Otherwise, they would die with regrets.
Of course, he was also trying to buy time and give himself a chance to survive.
Chu Feng was absorbing his Ninth Spirit Ring. Once he finished, they might have a chance to live.
They had witnessed Chu Feng's terrifying strength.
He had killed the Forest Emperor, Sky Azure Bull Python, with a single thrust of his spear.
His Holiness the Pope was powerful too, but they both knew she couldn't kill the Sky Azure Bull Python in one blow.
So Ghost Douluo did everything he could to stall for time, giving Chu Feng more time to absorb his Spirit Ring.
At the same time, he prayed that Chu Feng would finish absorbing it soon.
The Pope was too powerful. They truly couldn't hold out for long.
If Chrysanthemum Douluo hadn't been ambushed and incapacitated, the two of them could have used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to hold her off for a few seconds.
But after the ambush, Chrysanthemum Douluo had lost all ability to fight.
Now Ghost Douluo was the only one left who could fight.
Bibi Dong wasn't a fool, of course. She knew Ghost Douluo was deliberately stalling for time.
She knew how strong Chu Feng was.
Naturally, she wasn't going to let Ghost Douluo successfully stall.
"Don't think you can stall for time. I won't give you that chance.
"As for why I'm killing you? The dead don't need to know so much!"
With that, Bibi Dong's palm, brimming with killing intent, slammed down on Ghost Douluo.
Yet, just like her previous strike, it passed straight through Ghost Douluo's chest.
This strike was different from the last, though.
It clearly hurt Ghost Douluo.
Though he remained in his ethereal state after taking her blow, his aura grew somewhat chaotic.
"Still not enough?" Bibi Dong murmured, looking down as her attack passed through his chest without doing much damage.
Ghost Douluo's ethereal ability really was troublesome.
If her Soul Power hadn't far surpassed his, she truly would have had no way to deal with him in the short term.
Bibi Dong's thoughts shifted, and even more violent Soul Power erupted from her body.
This strike was far more terrifying. It forced Ghost Douluo out of his ethereal state and left him severely wounded and unable to fight.
With both Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo incapacitated, Bibi Dong paid them no further attention and walked straight toward Chu Feng.
She stopped in front of him and looked down at him as he absorbed his Spirit Ring.
Without hesitation, Bibi Dong activated her Second Martial Soul, the Soul Eater Spider Emperor, to devour his Martial Soul and Soul Power.
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