"What? You're saying that the one who fought us from beginning to end was just one of her Spider Emperor Avatars?"
Qian Renxue had managed to catch her breath.
At Chu Feng's words, her heart began pounding again.
She drew in a sharp, shuddering breath.
Who could have imagined that the one who had fought them for so long, who was so powerful she had left Qian Renxue, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo utterly helpless, was only one of that woman's Spider Emperor Avatars?
A single Spider Emperor Avatar was already this formidable. Bibi Dong had a seemingly endless array of powerful abilities.
Every one of them made their scalps tingle.
Space-Rending Abyss Slash, which wielded the power of space, ignored distance, and could track its target while being impossible to defend against.
Eternal Wound, which could wear down an opponent without end.
Thousand Peaks and Myriad Shields, which combined offense and defense.
And now, this Spider Emperor Avatar.
At that moment, Qian Renxue felt the full extent of her mother's strength. The difference between them was like a chasm dividing heaven and earth.
With only a clone, Bibi Dong had toyed with Qian Renxue, who had fought with all her might, leaving her unable to fight back.
And that was with Bibi Dong holding no desire to kill her.
If Qian Renxue weren't her biological daughter, she couldn't even imagine what would have happened if she had faced a Bibi Dong who wanted her dead.
For a moment, Qian Renxue didn't know whether to be glad that she was Bibi Dong's biological daughter or wish she weren't.
If she hadn't been Bibi Dong's daughter, they would all be corpses by now.
Qian Renxue's heart grew complicated.
At the same time, she finally understood just how far away the goal she had been striving toward really was.
All this time, Qian Renxue had thought that once she took over the Heaven Dou Empire, she would be able to stand on equal footing with that woman.
Only now did she realize how naive she had been.
Then again, if that woman weren't formidable, how could she have secured her position as Pope of Spirit Hall?
How could she have stood against the Worship Hall, turning Spirit Hall, once dominated by the Worship Hall alone, into a place with two opposing voices?
After turning these thoughts over in her mind, Qian Renxue looked up at Chu Feng, her younger brother.
Even though Bibi Dong was that powerful, Chu Feng had taken her down with just a few spear thrusts.
Chu Feng was the truly terrifying one.
It also gave Qian Renxue a profound lesson, making her understand one thing deeply.
The world was fundamentally unfair: the strong preyed on the weak, and might made right.
She had been wrong all along.
She should have listened to Chu Feng back then. She shouldn't have stubbornly gone undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire, wasting her cultivation talent for nothing.
In terms of Martial Souls and cultivation talent, she and Chu Feng were evenly matched.
She had the god-level Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and innate full Soul Power at level twenty.
If she hadn't gone undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire and had devoted herself entirely to cultivation instead,
she would have at least become a Titled Douluo by now.
If she had the cultivation of a Titled Douluo, she might still have been no match for that woman, but she wouldn't have been beaten around like a child by one of her clones.
Qian Renxue regretted it.
But there was no medicine for regret in this world.
Come to think of it, it was all her grandfather's fault.
If her grandfather hadn't suggested that she go undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire to temper her character and seize the empire for Spirit Hall without losing a single soldier, she wouldn't have gone.
"This is only her Spider Emperor Avatar. What do we do now?" After turning it over in her mind, Qian Renxue grew worried again. She traced little circles on Chu Feng's chest with her small hand and asked him anxiously.
By now, Qian Renxue had recovered some Soul Power. She no longer needed to lean against Chu Feng; she could fly on her own.
But she liked leaning against him like this.
She could breathe in his scent, and his muscles made her feel safe. Qian Renxue couldn't bear to pull away.
Besides, it had been far too long since she had been this close to Chu Feng.
After their brief reunion today, she would have to return to the Heaven Dou Empire and resume her undercover mission.
She would continue carrying out her Nation-Stealing Plan.
Qian Renxue lifted her eyes and gazed up at Chu Feng.
Chu Feng was a head taller than Qian Renxue.
Although Qian Renxue was tall too, beside Chu Feng, who was taller still, she looked like a little girl.
Leaning against him, she had to tilt her head back to see his eyes.
At that moment, Chu Feng was looking straight ahead, seemingly searching for someone. His gaze was deep, and he seemed to be thinking about something as well.
Chu Feng really was searching for Bibi Dong, and he was also thinking things over.
When Fang Gang's spear severed one of Bibi Dong's arms, Chu Feng had felt puzzled.
Why hadn't a Spirit Bone dropped?
Bibi Dong didn't have a full set of Spirit Bones, but Chu Feng knew she had one in each arm.
The Spirit Bones in Bibi Dong's arms were special. Both had come from the same Spirit Beast—the Death Spider Emperor.
The Death Spider Emperor was the only Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had ever produced two different Spirit Bones at once.
Now Chu Feng understood why no Spirit Bone had dropped when Bibi Dong's arm was severed!
The reason was that the Bibi Dong in front of him was only a clone. How could a clone have Spirit Bones?
Bibi Dong's Spider Emperor Avatar was formed from Soul Power and had no consciousness of its own. Bibi Dong had to control it with her mental power, so her real body had to be nearby.
Chu Feng released his mental power to search.
But just as Chu Feng released his mental power to search everywhere for Bibi Dong, her icy voice came from behind him.
"Rakshasa's Eyes burn across the heavens; in a breath, they slaughter three thousand worlds!"
"Hundred-Thousand-Year Torso Soul Bone Skill!"
As Bibi Dong's voice rang out, the world shook. Streams of dark purple Soul Power filled the sky and earth.
The ground split apart, and beams of blood-red light shot upward before converging in the sky.
A figure appeared behind Chu Feng.
The figure wore a purple papal robe and held the Pope Scepter. Six purple wings, thin as cicada wings, spread from her back.
The wings beat, allowing the woman in purple to fly.
Bibi Dong raised the Pope Scepter high and activated her Hundred-Thousand-Year Torso Soul Bone Skill.
In an instant, countless strands of deathly Soul Power surged toward Bibi Dong and flowed into her body. Her six wings folded inward, and a gigantic purple phantom rose behind her.
The purple figure behind Bibi Dong spread its arms. A distinctive crystal in the center of its chest lit up.
"Whoosh!"
A beam brimming with the power of death and destruction shot from the four-sided diamond-shaped crystal, hurtling toward Chu Feng with irresistible force.
By this point, they were locked in a fight to the death.
If Chu Feng didn't die, her beloved Xiao Gang would die in the future.
Bibi Dong would not allow that to happen.
So even if it meant sacrificing her daughter, Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong would do it without hesitation.
"I look back on this fleeting life, and all is but a dream; all creation returns to dust and fades into nothing."
"Fourth Soul Skill: Myriad Void Manifestation!"
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