The Face-Changing Storm in the Pope Palace, Bibi Dong's Budding Desire to Retreat

The Pope Palace, filled with Title Douluo elders, was deathly quiet at this moment.

Due to his frantic escape, Gui Mei had barely recovered from his injuries, only able to maintain basic movement. As time passed, his recovery could no longer keep pace with his consumption. Before even reaching Spirit City, Gui Mei was already on the verge of collapse.

In the end, it was sheer willpower that carried him to the Pope Palace. Unfortunately, before he could speak a word, he had reached his limit and lost consciousness. The injuries on his body could no longer be contained; blood flowed directly from his facial orifices, and beads of blood seeped from the surface of his skin.

Seeing Gui Mei in such a miserable state, everyone present fell silent.

Bibi Dong's original intention was to lead a group to ambush and kill Tang Hao. She had instructed several elders in the shadows to take the lead and rally the others to join the siege. But the louder they had clamored before, the more silent they were now.

Earlier, when they heard Bibi Dong say that Yue Guan and three Title Douluo had died in some remote area, they hadn't believed it. They thought Bibi Dong was bluffing to test their loyalty. But now, they were silent.

After all, Yue Guan was a Level 95 Title Douluo, and Gui Mei was also a Level 95 Title Douluo. If Title Douluo of that caliber ended up with one dead and one severely wounded, then what chance did they, Title Douluo below Level 94, have against Tang Hao? Wouldn't that be suicide?

For a moment, they all lost their nerve. On the other hand, the elders who had previously opposed the siege on Tang Hao were now moved. In their view, Tang Hao's strength had become a threat to Spirit Hall. If not dealt with promptly, he might bring another crisis to Spirit Hall in the future.

Seated on the Pope's throne, Bibi Dong looked at the silent crowd and spoke: "The matter of ambushing Tang Hao is suspended for now. Let's first hear what Gui Mei has to say. Someone, I want Gui Mei awake in the shortest possible time."

As Bibi Dong's words fell, a healing-type Spirit Douluo soon arrived at the Pope Palace. The newcomer was a woman. Without any preamble, she directly released her martial soul, unleashing several spirit skills in succession, even using her seventh spirit skill, Martial Soul True Body.

Half an hour later, Gui Mei awakened from his deep coma. His injuries had recovered by about seventy or eighty percent, but the cost was that this Spirit Douluo's spirit power was nearly depleted. Treating a severely wounded Title Douluo consumed an enormous amount of spirit power.

Bibi Dong waved her hand, signaling for the healer to be taken away. She then coldly stared at Gui Mei and asked: "Tell me exactly what happened. Why were the other three elders killed in an instant, while you..."

Bibi Dong didn't finish her sentence, and Gui Mei naturally understood what she meant. He had no intention of hiding anything, so his face showed complete sincerity.

Instead, the surrounding elders were filled with shock, because Bibi Dong hadn't mentioned before that the three fallen Title Douluo had been killed in an instant.

They found it hard to believe. Over the years, they hadn't expected Tang Hao's strength to have risen to such a level. For a moment, each of their expressions turned grim! After all, the ability to instantly kill three Title Douluo was simply too excessive.

However, what Gui Mei said next made all of them excited, without exception. Even Bibi Dong's expression lit up with excitement!

Gui Mei directly knelt on the ground, lowering his head as he said: "Your Holiness the Pope, I and the other three elders went directly to Nuoding City. Originally, we planned to use our spiritual power to check if there was anything unusual in that place. That's when we discovered a human who was a reincarnated hundred-thousand-year spirit beast, and that person was a child."

At this point, everyone present showed eager looks. What did a human reincarnated from a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast mean? It meant a living hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and spirit bone. Although none of them could use it themselves, their juniors could. For a moment, all sorts of thoughts stirred within them.

But Gui Mei's next words poured cold water on their heads, plunging their hearts into an ice cave. Bibi Dong's face also darkened.

"Just as we were about to capture that person, a silver-haired woman suddenly appeared behind us. That woman's strength was terrifying. I and the other three elders couldn't see through her cultivation at all. And it was she who, in an instant, killed the three elders besides me."

"Moreover, if it weren't for that woman having orders not to kill me, I would have been instantly killed along with them! At that moment, I saw it clearly—on that woman's body, there were four blood-red hundred-thousand-year spirit rings!"

Everyone present first shuddered, their scalps tingling, then showed expressions of disbelief. After all, even a single hundred-thousand-year spirit ring was rare, let alone one person possessing four.

Even Bibi Dong looked at Gui Mei with some doubt. She wondered if Gui Mei had fabricated the story. Having a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring herself, she naturally knew how difficult it was to fuse one. Fusing a single one was already extremely hard, let alone four.

But based on her understanding of Gui Mei, he didn't seem like the type to make up stories out of fear of punishment. However, Gui Mei continued speaking.

"In that instant, the silver-haired woman wielded a giant silver sword and instantly killed the three elders. I was only struck by the residual shockwave of the attack, and I was immediately severely injured, unable to move. In the end, I understood why the silver-haired woman didn't kill me. She brought me before a young man."

"And that young man was the one mentioned in the letter from the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch—the freak with twin martial souls and innate spirit power of at least Level 16, the young master of the God Nine Sect, Xiao Feng!"

As Gui Mei said this, everyone present was instantly shocked. Most were stunned by the twin martial souls and innate spirit power of at least Level 16, but only a few noticed the last part of Gui Mei's words—"the young master of the God Nine Sect."

Bibi Dong felt some confusion in her heart. "God Nine Sect? I've never heard of such a force on the continent?"

Golden Crocodile, who had been silent the entire time, also turned his gaze toward Qian Jun and Jiang Mo beside him. Qian Jun and Jiang Mo looked back at Golden Crocodile, and the confusion in each other's eyes was evident.

Their general meaning was probably: "What kind of sect is the God Nine Sect?"

Finally, Gui Mei raised his head and looked at Bibi Dong, saying: "Your Holiness the Pope, Xiao Feng also asked me to bring you a message."

Bibi Dong frowned upon hearing this and said: "Speak."

"Xiao Feng said that if you continue to set your sights on him or the people around him, then his God Nine Sect wouldn't mind destroying our Spirit Hall. He said it wouldn't matter even if Qian Daoliu came, and also said that the world is vast, and beneath the God Realm, all are ants. He told you to weigh whether Spirit Hall has the power to oppose the God Realm."

After Gui Mei finished speaking, he directly prostrated himself on the ground, afraid that Bibi Dong would kill him the next second.

However, what Gui Mei didn't see was that everyone present had unsettled expressions.

The Title Douluo elders who lacked knowledge looked at each other in bewilderment. They simply didn't understand, so they didn't know who Qian Daoliu was, let alone the God Realm.

As for Golden Crocodile, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo, their faces were gloomy. Others might not know Qian Daoliu, but they did. They believed most of what Gui Mei said. After all, having the audacity to claim they could destroy Spirit Hall and say that even Qian Daoliu's arrival wouldn't help—such people were definitely not simple!

As for the God Realm, they had hardly heard of it. On the other hand, Bibi Dong's expression was extremely dark. Others might not know about the God Realm, but she did! After all, she had already come into contact with things like the Rakshasa God divine position, so she had some understanding of the God Realm.

And now, Gui Mei's words made her realize that this God Nine Sect was probably not a force from the continent. If so, then the silver-haired woman with four hundred-thousand-year spirit rings made sense.

Because Bibi Dong knew that there was something called a God-granted spirit ring!

For a moment, she began to back down!