From Beginning to End, They Were All Clones

The reason Bibi Dong stayed in the lake for so long was that she had discovered the Gold of Life at the bottom.

Otherwise, given Bibi Dong's strength, even if she had been struck by Chrysanthemum Douluo's peak Ninth Spirit Ring, it would have been impossible for her to remain in the lake for such a long time.

Furthermore, the attack she endured had already been weakened by thirty percent due to the Angel Domain.

Bibi Dong hovered over the Lake of Life in her half-human, half-spider form, clutching a piece of irregular Gold of Life in one of her hands.

The lake water beneath her feet was stained dark purple by her spider claws.

The poison from her Death Spider Emperor spirit seeped into the lake, turning the Lake of Life into a lifeless, stagnant pool.

Bibi Dong held the Gold of Life, her gaze falling upon Qian Renxue on the other side of the lake with a complex expression.

Her voice carried a hint of sorrow.

"Xiaoxue, you shouldn't have come here!"

Qian Renxue's eyes turned cold in an instant.

She turned around to look at Bibi Dong, who was standing in the air above the Lake of Life.

As Qian Renxue looked at Bibi Dong, Bibi Dong gazed back at her with an equally calm expression.

The two locked eyes across the distance.

After a long while, Bibi Dong was the first to speak, her voice sounding neither cold nor warm.

"Xiaoxue, you used to be so obedient; you never did anything to displease me.

Whenever you saw us, you would try every possible way to win my favor."

Bibi Dong had no ulterior motive; she simply wanted to persuade Qian Renxue to give up this relationship and leave.

She was determined to kill Chu Feng today, and it wouldn't matter who came to stop her.

Hearing this, Qian Renxue fell into a momentary silence.

Then, she spoke calmly.

"People change. When you give everything and receive no response in return, disappointment accumulates, and naturally, you stop holding onto hope."

"I used to crave your approval, wanting you to love your child just like any other mother.

But now that I have someone I love, I no longer need you."

Qian Renxue stared at Bibi Dong.

Her voice gradually lost its composure.

"Why are you here, and why would you attack the people of Spirit Hall!"

Qian Renxue knew that Bibi Dong had privately appointed Yu Xiaogang as an Honorary Elder of Spirit Hall, but she did not yet know the specific reason why.

At first, she thought it was because of her.

But now, she no longer believed that.

If it were just to suppress the boy she loved and make her suffer, Bibi Dong would not have needed to travel thousands of miles to the Star Dou Forest to hunt down Chu Feng.

Bibi Dong did not answer Qian Renxue's confusion.

Her gaze drifted past her to look at Chu Feng behind her.

The Spirit Ring Chu Feng was absorbing showed no signs of change; he would not finish absorbing it anytime soon.

Bibi Dong shook her head gently.

"Xiaoxue, you are no match for me. Move aside now, and I can pretend you were never here!"

"Whether you hate me or resent me, he must die!"

"If you refuse to listen to me and insist on becoming my enemy, I will knock you unconscious and take you back!"

Qian Renxue clenched her fists tightly.

Anger ignited in her eyes.

"Whether I am a match for you or not, we will only know after we fight. As long as I am here today, it is absolutely impossible for you to harm Chu Feng!"

"If you want to hurt Chu Feng, you will have to step over my dead body!"

"I want to see if you are truly that heartless!"

With a soft snort, a brilliant golden light lit up in Qian Renxue's eyes. An extremely divine power surged from her beautiful body, and a phantom of a Six-Winged Angel appeared behind her.

Qian Renxue flapped her four angel wings gently, lifted her feet from the ground, and slowly rose into the sky.

At the same time, the golden light within the Angel Domain became even more dazzling, and golden energy orbs emerged from the domain.

The orbs transformed into individual angel clones, forming a line in the sky alongside Qian Renxue, creating a divine Angel Legion.

Qian Renxue slowly raised her slender hand, and seven Spirit Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black—appeared around her.

"Mother, although you have never allowed me to call you that, this will be the last time I address you this way. After today, you will no longer be my mother!"

Qian Renxue closed her eyes.

She took a deep breath.

Then, she questioned her sharply.

"Mother, I have never been able to understand."

"I am clearly your daughter, so why do you hate me so much?"

"Since you hate me so much, why did you give birth to me in the first place?"

"If you hadn't brought me into this world, I wouldn't have had to endure this painful journey through life."

Having finished, Qian Renxue's eyes turned fierce, and the Angel spirit power within her surged toward her fists.

As her first Spirit Ring flashed, a brilliant golden light ignited upon Qian Renxue's fists.

A scorching heat radiated from her fists, as if it could melt everything in its path.

The light glowing on her fists absorbed the surrounding holy energy, which formed a shield-shaped aura around them.

"First Spirit Ability: Angel Assault!"

Qian Renxue shouted, her Angel wings absorbing the solar energy from the sky.

Qian Renxue shone with a golden radiance, becoming as bright as a golden sun, as she dove straight down from the sky with terrifying power, charging toward Bibi Dong at the Lake of Life.

This strike from Qian Renxue carried all of her resentment and the injustice she had suffered at the hands of Bibi Dong, slamming toward her with aggressive momentum.

Qian Renxue knew Bibi Dong's strength; it was far superior to her own.

Therefore, in this strike, Qian Renxue held nothing back.

By absorbing the solar energy within the Angel Spirit Domain, she unleashed 200% of the damage of Angel Assault.

Listening to Qian Renxue's heart-wrenching interrogation, Bibi Dong's expression was complex, her heart heavy.

There is no mother in the world who does not love the child she carried for ten months and labored to bring into the world.

Bibi Dong loved Qian Renxue, too.

But she also could not face her.

Because every time she saw Qian Renxue, it reminded her of that unbearable past in the secret chamber.

That man had taken her ruthlessly; she had cried and begged him, but he would not let her go.

Her tears did not make him stop or release her; instead, they only made him intensify his actions, taking her even more violently.

He did not like her acting like a dead fish, so he used Yu Xiaogang to threaten her into being seductive.

"Young Mistress, we are here to assist you!"

Seeing this, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo knew well that Qian Renxue was no match for Bibi Dong. After Qian Renxue launched her Angel Assault, the two decisively activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Polar Static Domain.

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Polar Static Domain!"

The Martial Soul Fusion Skill was completed in an instant, and the Polar Static Domain was activated.

Wherever the domain passed, time stood still.

The Martial Soul Fusion Skill of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, Polar Static Domain, was originally prepared by Bibi Dong for hunting the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

Bibi Dong was all too familiar with them.

Knowing that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were lurking nearby, how could she possibly be caught off guard?

Almost the instant the two activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Polar Static Domain, Bibi Dong triggered her fourth spirit ability: Thorn Spider Armor for defense.

"Fourth Spirit Ability: Thorn Spider Armor!"

A glint moved through Bibi Dong's eyes as purple-black spirit power erupted, and a layer of purple-black spiked armor rapidly covered the surface of her skin.

At the same time, her third Spirit Ring lit up.

"Third Spirit Ability: Death Spider Web Bind!"

From the tail of the spider body on her lower half, Bibi Dong suddenly spewed out a deep purple, highly toxic spider web with immense binding power.