The Frenzied Spirit Hall! Hunting a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

Spirit City, Pope Palace.

Deep within the secret chamber, the light was dim.

Bibi Dong held a stack of papers filled with handwriting; the content upon them was none other than the "Basic Method of Spirit Mastery" that Cuihua had transcribed from memory.

After Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Cuihua back, Bibi Dong did not waste words, directly promising her the treatment of a Spirit Hall Saintess, accompanied by a few threats laced with murderous intent.

Cuihua was a clever person. Having struggled to survive in the Swallowed Star world for a year, she had long since learned how to protect her life, and she immediately handed over the complete method.

"Spirit telepathy..."

Bibi Dong looked at the incantations on the paper and muttered to herself.

As the possessor of twin spirits, she had to spend her time year-round suppressing the conflict between the two vastly different soul powers within her body.

In terms of the sheer magnitude of spiritual power, she believed she could rank in the top three across the entire Douluo Continent.

Following the method on the paper, Bibi Dong closed her eyes and began to attempt to mobilize that formless spiritual power within her mind.

It was somewhat awkward at first.

After all, in the traditional cultivation system of the Douluo Continent, spiritual power was mostly used to perceive the surrounding environment or to resist certain illusion-based soul skills; very few people developed it as a tangible weapon.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, she suddenly felt a warmth at the center of her brow.

The sensation was marvelous, as if countless invisible fingers had appeared in her mind. She tried to extend this power outward.

"Rise."

Bibi Dong focused her intent.

A celadon teacup resting on the wooden table in front of her actually wobbled, then slowly lifted off the surface, hovering in mid-air.

Bibi Dong opened her eyes and looked at the floating teacup, a flash of irrepressible ecstasy crossing her gaze.

It really worked!

Without needing to release her spirit, without consuming a single shred of soul power, she could control objects from a distance using only this intent!

She abruptly increased the output of her spiritual power.

The celadon teacup turned into a blur with a "whoosh," slamming heavily into the stone wall in the distance and instantly shattering into powder.

If this were replaced by a flying dagger forged from refined steel, launched unexpectedly on the battlefield, even a powerhouse at the level of a Soul Saint would likely be unable to defend against such a silent assassination!

However, before the smile on Bibi Dong's lips could fully bloom, her brows knitted tightly together.

"Hiss..."

A sharp pain struck.

Bibi Dong supported her forehead with one hand, feeling a needle-like stabbing pain deep within her brain. At the same time, an indescribable sense of exhaustion washed over her body.

This fatigue was not from soul power depletion, but a pure, physical soreness.

"How can this be?"

Bibi Dong walked over to a nearby chair and sat down, steadying her breathing.

She recalled what that instructor named Jiang Nian had said to Cuihua in the Sky Screen: "If you want to awaken spirit telepathy, your physical body must be able to withstand the load when the spiritual power erupts..."

Those people from the other world followed the Martial Path, using physical training as their foundation, and they even possessed potions to strengthen their bodies.

Their physical strength had long since reached a terrifying level.

The body was like a container; only if the container was sturdy enough could it hold vast and violent spiritual power.

However, the soul masters of the Douluo Continent had physical strength far inferior to those from the other world. Although a soul master's body was stronger than an ordinary person's, most of it was nourished by soul power.

If one set aside soul power and looked only at the pure strength and resilience of the flesh, the gap was actually quite vast.

Forcibly cultivating spirit telepathy was like using a thin glass bottle to hold boiling water—it would shatter sooner or later.

To verify her hypothesis, Bibi Dong immediately summoned a Soul King.

She handed him the basic method and told him to attempt to cultivate it.

The Soul King was initially very excited. He had seen this cultivation method from the other world on the Sky Screen, and every one of them was incredibly powerful. Now, Pope Bibi Dong herself was giving it to him.

Was this not a tremendous opportunity?!

But when he finally managed to mobilize a sliver of spiritual power and attempted to lift an iron sword nearby, a sudden change occurred.

"Ah!"

The Soul King let out a miserable scream, clutching his head with both hands as he fell to the ground, rolling back and forth.

Bibi Dong watched with cold eyes.

She saw blood beginning to seep from the corners of the Soul King's eyes and nostrils. His skin turned bright red, and several blood vessels even burst directly, splattering blood all over the floor.

Had Bibi Dong not intervened to stop it, the Soul King would likely have died on the spot from physical collapse.

"So that's how it is."

Having found the bottleneck, she had to find a way to solve it.

Bibi Dong fell into deep thought.

On the Douluo Continent, there were no high-tech Gene Serums like those in the Swallowed Star world. So, how could one rapidly increase physical strength to match violent mental power?

Since there are no Gene Serums, I will create them myself.

The Douluo Continent had its own specialty—Soul Beasts.

The physical bodies of high-level Soul Beasts were extremely formidable; with pure physical strength alone, they could crush a Soul Master of the same rank into a pulp. Their blood likewise contained violent energy.

As for the experimental process of creating Gene Serums, every researcher within Spirit City had seen it clearly on the Sky Screen!

It was just a pity that they hadn't managed to snatch Dai Mubai, the test subject.

That very night, a top-secret Papal decree was issued silently from Spirit City.

The content of the order was simple: mobilize all available Soul Douluos and Soul Saints under the command of Spirit Hall to secretly infiltrate the Star Dou Great Forest. They were not required to obtain Soul Rings; they only needed to hunt high-level Soul Beasts over ten thousand years old, drain their essence blood, and bring it back to Spirit City!

Bibi Dong intended to use the essence blood of these Soul Beasts, combined with the pharmacological knowledge accumulated by Spirit Hall over the years, to have the researchers in Spirit City forcibly refine an Enhancement Potion that could replace the Gene Serum, following the steps used to experiment on Dai Mubai on the Sky Screen.

Once the shortcoming of physical strength was resolved, Spirit Hall could mass-produce a "Spirit Master Legion" capable of telekinesis.

When that time came, unifying the continent would be as easy as turning over one's hand!

As for whether those who injected the serum would end up in the miserable state Dai Mubai was in on the Sky Screen, Bibi Dong did not care in the slightest.

She would never use external objects to increase her own power.

These Gene Serums were all for the Spirit Master Legion she was about to cultivate!

Over the next half month, the Star Dou Great Forest experienced the darkest period in its history.

Squads of high-level Soul Masters dressed in black with masked faces shuttled through the depths of the forest like locusts.

They had a clear division of labor and worked in perfect coordination. Whenever they encountered a Soul Beast over ten thousand years old, they would swarm it, restrain it with various control Soul Skills, and then cruelly drain its blood.

For a time, the Star Dou Great Forest became a river of blood.

The stench of blood permeating the air was so strong that even low-level Soul Beasts on the periphery could smell it clearly.

This reckless and frantic slaughter finally, on a certain day, completely enraged the overlords of the forest.