Way of Seeking Death No Matter What? Completely Insane!

Stumbling into the Heavenly Family!

This time, he had truly stumbled into the Heavenly Family!

Salas felt as though he had discovered some incredible secret.

That kid named Lin Nuo definitely, certainly, one hundred percent had some unknown connection to Her Holiness the Pope!

The same hair color, features that looked as though they had been carved from the same mold, even the same spider-type martial soul...

Wait!

Salas's heart abruptly skipped a beat. He grabbed the detailed report on Lin Nuo's martial soul from Nuoding City and shoved it before his eyes for a careful comparison:

[Purple-black martial soul phantom... terrifyingly venomous spider legs...]

[During Martial Soul Possession, the host's body would also be covered in a layer of hard, metal-like armor...]

"Damn!"

Unable to hold it in, Salas blurted out a curse on the spot, fury surging straight to his head.

Death Demon Spider?

Were those country bumpkins at the Nuoding City Martial Soul Branch Hall all good-for-nothings?!

How the hell was this some ordinary Death Demon Spider? This was clearly Her Holiness the Pope's matching top-tier martial soul—the Death Spider Emperor!

Cold sweat slid down Salas's forehead.

"No, this is a hot potato. No matter how I handle it, I'll be wrong."

"I should wait for that person to make the decision..."

At that moment, Salas felt something called "World-Shocking Wisdom" madly elbowing his brain.

A fatal question slowly unfolded before his eyes.

If Lin Nuo really was Her Holiness the Pope's illegitimate son, then throwing him into a backwater like Nuoding City clearly meant she did not want even the slightest bit of news to leak out.

If he went over and eagerly fawned on the boy, exposing the Pope's secret in the process...

Then without a doubt, he would be walking the Way of Seeking Death.

If he played blind and ignored everything, then once this "young master" acknowledged his ancestry in the future and remembered that Salas had stood idly by while he suffered in Nuoding City...

Then future Salas would also be walking the Way of Seeking Death.

Even taking ten thousand steps back, even if Lin Nuo had absolutely nothing to do with Her Holiness the Pope, merely possessing the same Death Spider Emperor martial soul as the Pope meant that if Salas's hesitation caused such an unparalleled genius to fail to join Spirit Hall...

He would still be walking the Way of Seeking Death!

"So no matter what I do, I'm walking the Way of Seeking Death?"

No! This question was far beyond his level. He, Salas, a mere Platinum Bishop, truly could not answer it!

Wiping the cold sweat from his brow, Salas slumped into his chair like a deflated balloon.

Only when the night outside had deepened did he seem to make up his mind. Under the cover of darkness, he silently slipped into the secret passage leading to the Eastern Palace of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Heaven Dou Empire, Eastern Palace of the Crown Prince.

A barely perceptible ripple spread through the void, and Snake Lance Douluo's figure quietly emerged.

He bowed slightly and respectfully addressed the man seated above him.

"Young Master, that is the situation.

The urgent confidential letter sent by the Nuoding City branch has already been intercepted by the Platinum Temple.

Salas does not dare make a fuss. He is waiting until night has fully fallen before taking the secret passage here to report to you in person.

Judging by the time, he is already on the way."

Within Spirit Hall, the open and covert struggle between the Worship Hall and Pope Palace had long been an unspoken understanding.

Though Salas was one of Bibi Dong's diehard loyalists, he was also highly skilled at placing bets on both sides.

By the usual practice, he would secretly give the Eastern Palace a heads-up about any top-secret intelligence submitted from below. This time was naturally no exception.

Crack—

After hearing the report, the normally refined and gentle Crown Prince crushed the ornament in his hand. His back teeth ground together with an audible creak.

Similar looks? A Death Spider Emperor martial soul?!

That crazy woman...

That damned woman had actually been so shameless!

She had somehow gone and given her a little half-brother out of nowhere?!

This was utterly outrageous!

"Uncle Snake Lance, have you investigated that kid's background?"

The Crown Prince took a deep breath, her voice sounding as if it had been squeezed from an ice cave. "Could it be that woman really cheated on my father with another man back then?!"

With her emotions out of control, the swan's disguise could no longer be maintained.

Amid a burst of brilliant, holy golden light, the shell of "Xue Qinghe" shattered apart.

What emerged was an incomparably beautiful woman with waist-length golden hair.

However, her flawless face was now filled with rage and absurdity.

Stimulated by extreme fury, Qian Renxue's mind began racing. That thing called "World-Shocking Wisdom" instantly seized the high ground.

She understood! Everything connected!

Why had that woman looked at her like garbage ever since she was little, treating her with every possible disdain!

Why had she been ruthlessly kicked into the Heaven Dou Empire at just nine years old to carry out this damned undercover mission!

This was no training. It was clearly a scheme to lure the tiger from the mountain and replace the bird in the cage!

She had deliberately sent away her, the legitimate heir of the Qian Family, so she could pave the way for the illegitimate son she had borne outside with some wild man!

Seeing that smoke practically seemed ready to rise from her young master's head, Snake Lance Douluo broke out in cold sweat. Even his speech became somewhat stuttered.

"Y-Young Master, please calm your anger.

This matter... your subordinate is still urgently verifying it...

Besides, based solely on that kid's martial soul and appearance, we cannot conclusively say he has that kind of relationship with Her Holiness the Pope.

Douluo Continent is so vast, and martial souls come in all kinds. Coincidences...

Perhaps it really is just a coincidence?"

It would have been better if he had said nothing. The moment Qian Renxue heard that, she was so angry that she laughed.

She abruptly turned around, stared fixedly at Snake Lance Douluo, and sneered repeatedly.

"A coincidence? Uncle Snake Lance, you are a well-traveled Title Douluo too. Come on, give me a name right now."

"Across this vast Douluo Continent, among all the known possessors of the 'Death Spider Emperor' martial soul, besides that woman, find me one more!"

Snake Lance Douluo opened his mouth, instantly becoming mute.

Find one? Where was he supposed to find one? That was the Death Spider Emperor!

It was not roadside Blue Silver Grass. Could it be mass-produced?

It was a unique, top-tier mutated martial soul in the entire continent. If there was no connection involved, not even a dog would believe it.

But how could he dare say that in front of Qian Renxue?

Seeing that his young master's anger was about to hit its limit, Snake Lance Douluo hurriedly stepped forward two paces with a placating smile.

"Young Master! Please calm down first."

Snake Lance Douluo wiped at the cold sweat pouring from his forehead.

"Even taking ten thousand steps back, even if that kid really has...

Really has some connection to Her Holiness the Pope, getting angry from afar here will not solve anything, will it?"

Seeing Qian Renxue's expression grow slightly colder and harder, yet without her immediately lashing out, he quickly struck while the iron was hot and steered the topic back. Las is already in the secret passage; he should arrive in about the time it takes to burn an incense stick."

"Once we have thoroughly sorted out the whole story, it will not be too late to decide what to do!"