Bibi Dong had stayed in the lake for so long because she had discovered Gold of Life at the bottom.
Otherwise, with Bibi Dong's strength, even if she had taken Chrysanthemum Douluo's Ninth Soul Skill at full power, she couldn't have remained submerged for so long.
And besides, the attack she'd taken had been weakened by thirty percent by the Angel Domain.
Bibi Dong hovered above the Lake of Life, half woman and half spider, holding an irregular piece of Gold of Life in one hand.
The lake beneath her feet had turned dark purple beneath her spider legs.
The poison from the Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul had seeped into the lake, leaving the Lake of Life lifeless.
Clutching the Gold of Life, Bibi Dong gazed at Qian Renxue across the lake, her expression complicated.
Her voice carried a note of sorrow.
"Xiao Xue, you shouldn't have come here!"
Qian Renxue's eyes instantly turned cold.
She turned and looked at Bibi Dong, who hovered above the Lake of Life.
As Qian Renxue looked at Bibi Dong, Bibi Dong regarded her just as calmly.
Their eyes met across the distance.
After a long moment, Bibi Dong spoke first, her voice flat and indifferent.
"Xiao Xue, you used to be very obedient. You never did anything to upset me.
Whenever you saw me, you'd find ways to please me."
Bibi Dong meant nothing more than to persuade Qian Renxue to give up on this relationship and leave.
She had already decided to kill Chu Feng today. It wouldn't matter who showed up.
At her words, Qian Renxue fell silent for a moment.
Then she calmly replied,
"People change. When you keep giving and never get anything in return, disappointment builds up. Eventually, you stop hoping.
"I used to desperately want your approval. I wanted you to love your child like other mothers do.
"But now that I have someone I love, I don't need you anymore."
Qian Renxue stared at Bibi Dong.
Her voice gradually lost its composure.
"Why are you here? Why did you attack people from Spirit Hall?"
Qian Renxue knew that Bibi Dong had privately appointed Yu Xiaogang an Honorary Elder of Spirit Hall, but she still didn't know the reason.
At first, she'd thought it was because of her.
But now she no longer believed that.
If Bibi Dong had wanted to hurt her by targeting the man she loved, she could have done so without traveling all the way to Star Dou Forest to hunt down Chu Feng.
Bibi Dong didn't answer Qian Renxue's questions.
Her gaze passed over Qian Renxue and settled on Chu Feng behind her.
The Spirit Ring Chu Feng was absorbing still hadn't changed at all. He wouldn't finish absorbing it anytime soon.
Bibi Dong gave a slight shake of her head.
"Xiao Xue, you're no match for me. Move aside now, and I'll pretend you were never here!
"You can hate me or resent me all you want, but he has to die!
"If you won't listen and insist on standing against me, I'll knock you out and take you back!"
Qian Renxue clenched her fists.
Anger blazed in her eyes.
"You won't know whether I'm your match until we fight. I'm here today, and I'll never let you hurt Chu Feng!
"If you want to hurt him, you'll have to step over my dead body!
"I want to see if you really are that heartless!"
With a cold snort, golden light flared in Qian Renxue's eyes. A sacred power surged from her beautiful body, and the energy phantom of a Six-Winged Angel appeared behind her.
Qian Renxue lightly beat her four angel wings and lifted off, slowly rising into the sky.
At the same time, the golden light within the Angel Domain blazed brighter. One by one, radiant golden orbs appeared within the vast domain.
The orbs transformed into angel clones, lining up beside Qian Renxue in the sky to form a sacred Angel Legion.
Qian Renxue slowly raised her slender hand. Seven Spirit Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, and black—appeared around her.
"Mother, though you've never allowed me to call you that, this will be the last time. After today, you will no longer be my mother!"
Qian Renxue closed her eyes.
She took a deep breath.
Then she demanded sharply,
"Mother, there's something I've never understood.
"I'm your daughter, so why do you hate me so much?
"If you hate me that much, why did you give birth to me?
"If you hadn't brought me into this world, I wouldn't have had to suffer through this painful life."
When she finished, Qian Renxue's gaze sharpened, and Angel Spirit Power surged from within her toward her fists.
Her First Spirit Ring lit up, bathing her fists in brilliant golden light.
A scorching heat radiated from her fists, as if it could melt everything.
The light around her fists absorbed the sacred energy nearby, which formed a shield-shaped barrier around them.
"First Soul Skill: Angel Assault!"
Qian Renxue shouted as the angel wings behind her absorbed the sun's energy from the sky.
Golden light blazed around her until she shone like a golden sun. She shot straight down from the sky, carrying terrifying power as she charged at Bibi Dong above the Lake of Life.
Qian Renxue's strike carried all her resentment and all the injustice Bibi Dong had inflicted on her. It crashed toward Bibi Dong with overwhelming force.
Qian Renxue knew how powerful Bibi Dong was. Bibi Dong was far stronger than her.
So Qian Renxue held nothing back.
By absorbing the sun's energy within the Angel Spirit Domain, she unleashed Angel Assault at two hundred percent power.
Hearing Qian Renxue's anguished questions, Bibi Dong's expression grew complicated, and her heart grew heavy.
No mother could fail to love the child she had carried for ten months and suffered to bring into the world.
Bibi Dong loved Qian Renxue too.
But she couldn't face her.
Every time she saw Qian Renxue, she remembered the terrible events in that secret chamber.
That man had taken her brutally. She had cried and begged him, but he hadn't let her go.
Her tears hadn't made him stop; instead, they had only made him more vicious.
He hadn't liked her lying there like a dead fish, so he had used Yu Xiaogang to threaten her into acting seductive.
"Young Master, we're here to help!"
Seeing what was happening, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo knew Qian Renxue was no match for Bibi Dong. As soon as Qian Renxue launched 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 formed in an instant, and the Polar Static Domain activated.
Time stopped wherever the domain spread.
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Polar Static Domain, had originally been prepared for hunting the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
Bibi Dong knew it all too well.
Knowing that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were watching her from nearby, how could she have left herself unprepared?
The instant the two activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Polar Static Domain, Bibi Dong used her Fourth Soul Skill, Thorn Spider Armor, to defend herself.
"Fourth Soul Skill: Thorn Spider Armor!"
A glint flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes. Purple-black Soul Power burst out, and a layer of purple-black spiked armor rapidly covered her skin.
At the same time, her Third Spirit Ring lit up.
"Third Soul Skill: Death Spider Web Bind!"
The spider body's rear half abruptly spewed out a deep-purple, highly poisonous web with immense binding power.
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