Front courtyard.
"Die!" Lord Mo tossed Su Yuntao high into the air, bent his knees slightly, and shot straight upward like a cannonball. "Fourth Soul Skill, Giant Lizard Fall!"
Just as Blind Douluo was about to meet his glorious end, a pitch-black figure flashed past. Four of the eight spider legs pointed at Lord Mo's limbs. In a single exchange, Lord Mo spat out a mouthful of blood and fell from the sky like a kite with its strings cut.
His eyes trembled as he stared at the seven Soul Rings on the figure.
A Soul Saint!
The tiny Notting City Martial Soul Hall actually had a Soul Saint!
Su Yuntao breathed a sigh of relief. His Martial Soul had already reached its limit, and Bibi Dong held him in her arms as she slowly descended to the ground.
"Leave the rest to us." Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes brimmed with fury. Anyone who damaged Spirit Hall's reputation would be shown no mercy!
Outside the hut, the enforcers also rushed in. Bule and the others offered no resistance and were all arrested.
It wasn't that they didn't want to fight back. They simply didn't dare.
A Seven-Ring Soul Sage was terrifying indeed.
In a single exchange, he had gravely wounded Lord Mo, the strongest person here. Arresting the rest would take only a few minutes.
Just then, a Black-Robed Elder leaped out of the rear courtyard. His sinister eyes fixed on Bibi Dong. "Spirit Hall's Saintess, Bibi Dong."
"Someone here actually recognizes me." Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes slightly and waved the enforcers back. "All of you, stand down. I'll deal with him."
The Black-Robed Elder extended a hand as withered as a dead branch. "I'd like to see just how strong Spirit Hall's Saintess really is."
Then he lunged forward, seven Soul Rings appearing around him as a scarlet hook materialized in his hand.
Bibi Dong charged straight at him, bringing all eight spider legs together to meet the hook.
Clang!
Sparks flashed in the air.
The Black-Robed Elder landed lightly on the roof. The seventh, black Soul Ring around him glimmered. "Spirit Hall's Saintess is nothing special! Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, Blood-Draining Hook!"
He landed behind one of his own men and plunged the hook into his back.
The hook seemed alive. It devoured the man completely, leaving only his skin to drop to the ground.
"Evil Soul Master!" Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes narrowed, and her red lips parted. "Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, Death Spider Emperor, Annihilation!"
In an instant, the sky changed color, as if the underworld had descended. A deathly chill filled the air.
"Second Soul Skill, Soul Call."
Two Death Poison Spiders leaped onto the roof, baring their fangs at the Black-Robed Elder.
"I didn't expect an Evil Soul Master to be causing trouble here." Bibi Dong fully manifested the Death Spider Emperor and pointed at the Black-Robed Elder. "In the name of Spirit Hall, I'll execute you here!"
The Black-Robed Elder gave a sinister laugh and stepped forward, charging at Bibi Dong.
The two collided in an instant. The hook pierced Bibi Dong's scales and carved a bloody gash, swallowing a drop of her blood.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Death Hundred-Split Slash!"
In the blink of an eye, Bibi Dong unleashed hundreds of slashes.
The Black-Robed Elder's pupils shrank. His hook couldn't withstand this thunderous attack. The white of his right eye suddenly turned black, his dark pupil grew crimson, and blood vessels spread around his eye socket.
Cyan spikes suddenly thrust out from below both shoulders, taking the full force of the Death Hundred-Split Slash.
"To make me use this, you're not bad for Spirit Hall's Saintess." The Black-Robed Elder spoke in a quiet, eerie voice. "Behold my Second Martial Soul, Cyan-Purple Armor Shell."
"Twin Martial Souls? No." Bibi Dong quickly retreated, keeping her eyes fixed on the Black-Robed Elder. "A Twin Martial Soul formed after birth."
The Black-Robed Elder took off his robe. Two thick Cyan-Purple Armor Shells extended from his skeletal frame, each bearing seven Soul Rings. He laughed darkly. "Saintess, this is only the beginning."
With that, he charged forward, his Cyan-Purple Armor Shells cutting toward Bibi Dong like two blades.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Death Thousand-Strike Shield!"
The shield shattered almost instantly.
Bibi Dong used the opening to retreat.
The Bone Elder laughed maniacally as he chased after her, slashing. "Saintess, what's wrong? Weren't you going to execute me? Why aren't you attacking?"
Bibi Dong seized her chance and cut off one of his Cyan-Purple Armor Shells, sending it tumbling to the ground. The Bone Elder didn't even grimace in pain. Almost immediately, a new one grew back, nearly piercing her scales.
Any living creature would feel pain when attacked, or fear, or show some weakness. But the Bone Elder before her felt none of those things.
Bibi Dong could only keep retreating, not daring to rush in recklessly.
"Master, that's Ukaku. It's strong in close combat, but cumbersome and slow. Attack him from a distance!" Su Yan had spotted his master struggling and hurried from the rear courtyard to the front.
"Xiaoyan, this Ukaku can regenerate. The Death Spider Web can't hold him." Bibi Dong dodged with ease.
Su Yan thought for a moment, then shouted, "Master, he regenerates through the Shell Core inside his body. It won't recover that quickly in the short term!"
Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow, an idea coming to her. "First Soul Skill, Death Venom!"
A glob of black liquid shot out.
The Bone Elder flipped aside to dodge. "Saintess, you call that an attack?"
But the next second, two more globs of venom suddenly sprayed from either side, landing on the Bone Elder's left and right Cyan-Purple Armor Shells.
The two Death Poison Spiders that had been watching from the sidelines finally came in handy.
The venom steadily corroded the Cyan-Purple Armor Shells. The Shell Core cells in the Bone Elder's body kept dividing, but they couldn't replenish them as fast as the venom ate them away.
"Master, his Ukaku is pinned down! Attack now!"
Bibi Dong flashed in front of the Bone Elder. "Fifth Soul Skill, Death Hundred-Split Slash!"
Hundreds of slashes struck the Bone Elder without missing, leaving him completely unable to fight.
"Third Soul Skill, Death Spider Web!"
A pitch-black Death Spider Web pinned the Bone Elder firmly to the ground. Its venom continued to hold him down; he was already at the end of his strength.
"Tell me, who sent you here?" Bibi Dong landed and demanded coldly.
"I won't tell you." The Bone Elder clenched his teeth.
"Then I'll make you talk!" Bibi Dong said in a low voice. "Annihilation!"
At once, countless traces of death surged toward the Bone Elder, slowly devouring the life force within him, starting with his limbs.
The Bone Elder could clearly feel parts of his body slowly dying.
His feet had already stopped obeying him.
Then his lower legs, thighs, waist, chest, arms, neck...
He began to struggle, but it was already too late.
The deathly aura crept slowly upward.
"I'll talk! I'll talk!" the Bone Elder wept, begging for mercy.
Bibi Dong then withdrew her Soul Skill.
But in the next instant, the Bone Elder suddenly shouted, "Long live my emperor!"
Boom!
With a deafening blast, the Bone Elder's head exploded into a cloud of blood mist. It seeped through the gaps in the web and surged toward Lord Mo.
"Not good!" Bibi Dong quickly retreated and, just before the blood mist could take Lord Mo's life, slapped it apart with one hand.
Lord Mo's face went deathly pale with fright, and his pants were soaked.
"Take them back for questioning!" Bibi Dong ordered.
The enforcers sprang into action, taking everyone still alive back to Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong withdrew her Martial Soul and let out a long breath.
Su Yan hurried over too. "Master!"
"Xiaoyan, we have you to thank for this." Bibi Dong was still shaken. "His Martial Soul was so strange. If you hadn't known something about it, I might not have beaten him anytime soon."
"I was just lucky enough to know a little. I'm glad you're all right, Master." Su Yan pulled Yin Fang forward. "Master, this is Yin Fang. He's also planning to join our team!"
"That's great. Let's head back to Spirit Hall first." Bibi Dong said this and led the way out.
Su Yan glanced back at where the Bone Elder had died. A piece of flesh remained.
He cautiously went over for a closer look. His eyes widened, and he murmured, "It's a Shell Core!"
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Su Yan wrapped the Shell Core in a piece of cloth and slipped it into his belt. Then, as if nothing had happened, he headed toward Spirit Hall.
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