Spirit Hall arrests Su Chen!

Martial Soul City, Pope Palace.

In the center of the grand hall, a man with a feminine air, dressed in ornate robes, knelt on one knee.

He was none other than Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, an elder of Martial Soul Hall.

High upon the majestic Pope throne, a breathtaking figure reclined with effortless grace.

She gripped a Scepter of Power inlaid with precious gems, a purple-gold crown resting upon her head, her exquisite face bearing a cold, aloof expression that looked down upon all living beings.

She was the Pope of Martial Soul Hall, Bibi Dong.

At this moment, Yue Guan did not even dare to breathe loudly, his forehead covered in a fine sheen of cold sweat.

He was reporting everything that had transpired within the Listening Rain Pavilion in the Heavenly Dou Imperial City, word for word.

"What did you say?"

Listening to Yue Guan's report, Bibi Dong's long, narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, her voice devoid of any discernible emotion.

"The Human Emperor of the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm can wipe out my Martial Soul City with a single finger?"

"And that Little One, after having his Supreme Bone gouged out, not only survived but possesses the strength of a hundred thousand catties in a single arm?"

Hearing these words, which sounded like a tall tale, the corners of Bibi Dong's mouth curled into an undisguised sneer.

"Absurd."

"It is merely a storyteller seeking attention, daring to spout nonsense about my Martial Soul Hall."

"The nobles of the Tiandou Empire have truly regressed with age, to be fooled by such a story riddled with holes."

However, Yue Guan, kneeling below, trembled as he braced himself to continue his report:

"Your Holiness, at first, this subordinate also thought that Su Chen was merely bluffing."

"But later, he spoke of the so-called Shrouding the Heavens Universe."

Following this, Yue Guan detailed the various heaven-defying physiques, such as the Ancient Sacred Body, the Divine King Body, and even the Innate Dao Fetus.

"That Su Chen claimed that the Ancient Sacred Body is immune to all evil, and that its golden blood, being extremely rigid and yang, could purify all dark, evil, and poisonous things in the world with just a single drop."

"That old poison-user Dugu Bo refused to accept it on the spot and wanted to test it with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison."

"The result..."

At this point, Yue Guan swallowed hard, his voice laced with unconcealable horror:

"The result was that Su Chen did not release any martial soul or spirit rings at all."

"He simply stood where he was, and a surge of golden blood erupted from his body."

"With just a wave of his sleeve, he shattered Dugu Bo's pillar of poison into dust!"

"Then, he reached across the void with one hand and slammed the Poison Douluo, who had unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, into the ground like a dead dog, knocking him unconscious on the spot!"

As these words fell, the jade hand Bibi Dong used to grip the Scepter of Power tightened abruptly.

Killing a Title Douluo with one hand?

Without even using spirit power?

At this thought, the sneer on Bibi Dong's face froze instantly.

Others might not know the true weight of a Title Douluo, but as the Pope of Martial Soul Hall and a peerless powerhouse standing at the pinnacle of the continent, how could she not know?

Even if she were to strike personally, it would be absolutely impossible to kill Dugu Bo with physical strength alone without using a single shred of spirit power!

"Are you certain he did not use spirit power?" Bibi Dong's voice turned chillingly cold, and an extremely heavy pressure instantly enveloped the entire hall.

"This subordinate would stake his life on it!"

Yue Guan was so terrified he pressed his entire body against the floor: "The spies present saw it clearly; there was absolutely no spirit power fluctuation on Su Chen, only that tangible, golden blood!"

Hearing this, Bibi Dong took a deep breath.

She then slowly stood up, looking down from her height at the empty hall.

"Dugu Bo is nothing but a piece of trash reliant on poison, with a weak and pathetic physical body."

"It is understandable that he would be vulnerable when caught off guard by a brute proficient in some ancient secret technique of body refinement."

Bibi Dong quickly attributed Su Chen's strength to some lost form of physical combat.

In her view, there was no such thing as an Ancient Sacred Body in this world.

That Su Chen must have obtained some extremely domineering inheritance of body refinement, which was why he dared to be so arrogant in the Heavenly Dou Imperial City.

At this thought, a flash of greed crossed Bibi Dong's eyes.

If Martial Soul Hall could obtain this secret technique of body refinement, the weakness of her spirit masters in close-quarters combat would be completely rectified!

However, before Bibi Dong could issue an order, Yue Guan's trembling voice rose once more.

"Your Holiness, that is not all..."

"That Su Chen later spoke of a woman known as the Ruthless Empress."

"He said that the woman was originally just a mortal without even the qualifications to cultivate, yet she created an incredibly domineering technique, named..."

"Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art!"

"This technique can forcibly devour the special constitutions and origins within others, transforming them into nourishment for oneself!"

"That Ruthless Empress relied on this Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art to devour countless prodigies along the way, eventually proving her path to become an Empress as a mere mortal and reigning supreme over the world!"

The moment those four words, Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art, fell into the ears of Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong's pupils constricted to the extreme, and even her breathing came to a complete standstill at that instant.

Devouring the origins of others to transform into one's own nourishment?

In this world, such a technique actually exists?!

Bibi Dong stared fixedly at Yue Guan below, her chest heaving violently.

No one knew what kind of dark past she had endured back then.

And no one knew that her pride and joy, the Twin Martial Souls, as well as her current unfathomable cultivation, were in part obtained by devouring the flesh, blood, and soul of the previous Pope, Qian Xunji!

She had once thought that the devouring ability of her Death Spider Emperor was already the most sinister and domineering method in this world.

But now, this Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art mentioned by the storyteller could actually directly devour the constitutional origins of others!

If this were true...

If she could obtain this so-called Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art!

Then would she still need to painstakingly search for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to fill the slots of her second martial soul?

She could directly go and devour those geniuses on this continent who possessed top-tier martial souls!

Devour the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon! Devour the Seven Kill Sword! Devour the Clear Sky Hammer!

If she could fuse all the top-tier martial soul origins in this world into herself, wouldn't she, Bibi Dong, be able to directly break the shackles of this world and achieve that supreme realm of the gods?

At the mere thought of this, the ambition in the depths of Bibi Dong's eyes erupted like a physical force.

"What a magnificent Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art..."

Not only that, but the Ancient Sacred Body that Yue Guan had just mentioned also surfaced in Bibi Dong's mind.

"Golden blood and qi that is extremely rigid and yang; a single drop of blood can purify all dark and evil poisons in the world."

Her Rakshasa God Trial was plagued year-round by the backlash of dark and evil resentment, causing her excruciating pain and even affecting her sanity.

If that Su Chen truly possessed that golden blood and qi that could remain immune to all evil.

As long as she drained his blood...

Not only would she resolve the hidden dangers of the Rakshasa God Trial, but she could also force him to reveal the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art and his body-refining secret techniques!

This Su Chen was simply a peerless treasure vault gifted to her by the heavens!

Following this, Bibi Dong swung her Scepter of Power violently.

"Yue Guan!"

"This subordinate is here!" Yue Guan shuddered, hurriedly kowtowing heavily.

"Convey this Seat's decree!"

"You are to summon Gui Mei immediately!"

"The two of you shall depart at once and head personally to Heavenly Dou Imperial City!"

"No matter what methods you use, even if you have to raze the Listening Rain Pavilion to the ground, you must bring that man named Su Chen back to Martial Soul City alive!"