Bibi Dong, "Why can Liu Erlong marry Xiao Gang cleanly, while I can only glare?"

"Wait, why do these soul beasts seem to be trapped in some kind of mental illusion?"

Chen Fan, who was dodging, also noticed the state of the rampaging soul beasts, and alarm bells rang in his heart. A masterpiece by a spirit-type soul master?

But...

When had he ever crossed paths with a spirit-type soul master?

He had spent the first eighteen years of his life holed up in the Seven Kill Sect as an unparalleled shut-in, only leaving with Chen Jianjun three days ago.

Chen Fan asked himself, he had never offended any spirit-type soul masters, so why would he draw such retaliation?

However.

In that moment of distraction, Chen Fan was careless, and an Iron-Back Dragon Rhino slammed into his mount.

In an instant.

The horse let out a miserable shriek, its front hooves rearing high, and Chen Fan was thrown from its back.

"Ah—!"

Chen Fan let out a muffled groan as he hit the ground hard, finally snapping back to reality.

Immediately after, two more soul beasts lunged at him.

Fortunately, these two ten-thousand-year-level rhinoceros-type soul beasts had glazed, hazy eyes and moved as if they were drunk, which allowed Chen Fan to roll on the ground and narrowly dodge the attack.

But the next moment!

Chen Fan felt a chill run down his back, and a sharp pain instantly surged into his brain. His entire body stiffened uncontrollably, and he collapsed helplessly to the ground. His consciousness plunged into darkness, and he was swallowed by the chaotic beast tide.

At this time.

More and more soul beasts began to gather, and the scene became exceptionally chaotic.

The roars of soul beasts and the angry shouts of the elders were everywhere. Dust filled the air, blurring vision, and no one noticed the fallen Chen Fan.

Even though.

Many elders were firing at full power, in the face of such a massive, beast-tide-like situation, it still took them a full two and a half minutes to slightly stabilize the scene.

"Report to the Elder, the dowry brought by the bride is completely intact and undamaged."

"Elder, the bride's sedan chair did not suffer any trouble."

"Elder, the soul beasts here have been cleared!"

The Third Elder, who was leading the team, had a forehead covered in hot sweat. He gasped for air, his face slightly pale.

He had been the main force in the cleanup just now; after all, among the entire wedding procession, his soul power level was the highest.

Hearing the reports from the Seven Kill Sect disciples, he breathed a sigh of relief, but Elder Shan, standing beside him, seemed to think of something and exclaimed, "Wait, where is the Sect Master!?"

Hm?

As soon as these words were spoken, the many elders who had just relaxed, along with the Seven Kill Sect disciples who had been reporting, were all stunned. They instinctively looked ahead, only to see a horse draped in festive red, covered in wounds, leaning against a tree and on the verge of death...

In an instant!

The faces of several elders turned deathly pale.

"Impossible! How could the Sect Master vanish into thin air?!"

"It's over, this was aimed at the Sect Master!"

Several elite Seven Kill Sect disciples turned pale, nearly losing their footing.

"What are you standing there for!?"

Fortunately, however.

The Third Elder, who was leading the team, quickly regained his composure. His face was livid. "Except for the necessary personnel, everyone, right now, immediately, find him for me!"

"Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you must find him!"

"Seven Kill Sect Vanguard Unit One, search to the east with me!"

"Unit Two, follow me!"

Elder Shan also quickly snapped out of it and shouted sternly, "I want to see him alive, or see his corpse!"

"Yes!"

The elders responded in unison and immediately began a carpet search.

"Third Elder, this..."

An elder responsible for guarding the sedan chair hesitated and asked, "Should we send a message by carrier pigeon to inform the Supreme Sect Master?"

"Inform him of what?"

Before he could finish, he was scolded by the Third Elder. "That beast tide just now was clearly orchestrated by someone on purpose."

"They didn't dare to clash with us head-on, which proves their strength is inferior to ours, which is why they used such underhanded tactics!"

"We just need to find the person!"

After a pause, the Third Elder said in a deep voice, "You guard the sedan chair and the dowry procession; I am going to search as well."

"Something's wrong, fire the signal flare immediately!"

"Yes!"

About three kilometers away from that spot, a purple figure, resembling a thousand-armed Guanyin, was carrying a silhouette and speeding off into the distance.

The Sect Master of the Seven Kill Sect... Heh, you and Qian Xunji are cut from the same cloth!

You aren't a good person either!

But it doesn't matter, as long as you can tarnish Liu Erlong as well...

After these low, muttered words, the figure vanished rapidly.

Judging by the direction, it was heading straight for the small wooden cabin where Flender and the others were!

At this moment, the cabin was decorated with plenty of festive red paper, looking exceptionally joyous.

However, Liu Erlong, who was lying inside the cabin, felt her left eyelid twitching uncontrollably for some reason. She felt incredibly uneasy, and that sense of foreboding grew deeper and deeper.

What on earth is going on...

Is it just because I'm getting married tomorrow and I'm not used to it...

Liu Erlong was in a room by herself, and since she had never really had any friends, there was no one she could ask.

Just like that, she didn't sleep a wink all night.

Soon, the next evening arrived.

According to the arrangements the three of them had made, the wedding was to take place at night.

As it happened, the starlight in the night sky was exceptionally bright tonight. The vast expanse of stars looked as if someone had scattered crushed diamonds, densely covering the entire firmament and illuminating the earth as if it were daylight.

In front of the wooden cabin, a few red silk ribbons were hung; although it was shabby, it barely managed to convey a sense of festivity.

Flender personally officiated the wedding for Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.

He stood in the clearing in front of the cabin, wearing a washed-out cyan robe, his hair combed meticulously.

"First bow to heaven and earth."

His voice was a bit hoarse, but he tried his best to raise the volume.

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong stood side by side and bowed deeply toward the star-filled sky.

"Second bow to the high hall."

The two bowed again toward the empty seats.

"Husband and wife bow to each other."

They faced each other and bowed deeply.

"Ceremony complete—"

After Flender finished the last word, his eyes turned slightly red, but he quickly suppressed it.

After the ceremony, the three of them drank together.

Flender brought out a jar of wine from the house and poured a bowl for each person. "Come, today is your big day, let the three of us have a drink."

Yu Xiaogang took the wine bowl, looked at Flender, and hesitated to speak. "Boss Flender, I..."

"No need to say anything."

Flender interrupted him and raised his wine bowl. "After drinking this bowl of wine, you are still my brother, and Erlong is still my sister."

"Cheers!"

The three of them tilted their heads back and drained their bowls in one gulp.

Liu Erlong drank too quickly and choked.

Yu Xiaogang, who was beside her, hurriedly patted her back. "Drink slowly."

Liu Erlong blushed and whispered, "I'm fine."

Flender watched this scene, smiled, poured himself another bowl, and downed it in one go.

"Ceremony complete, send them to the bridal chamber!"

Having said that, Flender paused for a moment and pointed to the inner room. "Alright, you two go in."

"Don't miss the auspicious hour."

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong exchanged a glance. Liu Erlong's face turned even redder. With her head lowered, she let Yu Xiaogang lead her by the hand into the inner room.

After the words were spoken, Flender walked unsteadily outside the cabin, sat on a rock, and began to drown his sorrows in wine all by himself.

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

He stared blankly at the sky, suddenly raising the wine jar in his hand and downing the entire contents in one go.

As if intentional, he made no effort to use his spirit power to sober up, staring blankly at the night sky as the happy times the Golden Iron Triangle had shared over the past year and a half echoed uncontrollably in his mind...

Even at this very moment.

The wine flowed down the corner of his mouth, soaking his lapels, yet he remained completely oblivious.

"Glug, glug—"

The jar of wine was soon empty.

What Flender did not notice was a figure, resembling a spider, silently slipping into the wooden cabin.

Inside the cabin, the two people who should have been in the bridal chamber were now lying on the sides, their faces purple and twitching.

"Heh..."

The figure raised her head, the starlight shining through the window revealing her face.

It was none other than the Spirit Hall Saintess, Bibi Dong!

At this moment, she had unleashed her spirit avatar, the spider legs behind her unfolding like a thousand-armed Guanyin.

Clinging to these spider legs was Chen Fan, still dressed in his wedding attire.

However, Chen Fan's red-and-gold-patterned robes were now covered in dirt and grass, and his face was flushed an unnatural shade of red.

He was completely unconscious, his breathing rapid and shallow.

"It's a good thing the Seven Kill Sect was so blindly confident and didn't dispatch any Titled Douluo, otherwise, this would have been truly difficult..."

Bibi Dong murmured, glancing at the unconscious Chen Fan before tossing him onto the bed.

Indeed.

The masterpiece that had attacked the wedding procession yesterday at noon was the work of Bibi Dong herself!

As mentioned before, Bibi Dong had reached level eighty spirit power only after absorbing her second [Red God-Bestowed Spirit Ring] and a spirit bone.

The spirit bone she had absorbed was a mental-type skull spirit bone.

At the same time, after her second spirit, the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor, absorbed that [Red God-Bestowed Spirit Ring], it seemed to undergo a qualitative change; the spider venom it carried now possessed certain hallucinogenic effects.

It was those spirit beasts that had absorbed her venom, and under her control, they had launched the attack on the wedding procession.

Meanwhile, she had taken advantage of the chaos to strike, ambushing Chen Fan and spiriting him away.

Now that Bibi Dong had reached level eighty, combined with two hundred-thousand-year spirit rings and the blessing of her twin spirits, her actual combat strength could be considered unrivaled beneath the level of a Titled Douluo.

Looking back at the Golden Iron Triangle at this time:

Yu Xiaogang remained stuck at level twenty-nine, Liu Erlong was a level fifty-something Spirit King, and Flender was a level sixty-something Spirit Emperor.

This lineup, let alone arm-wrestling with Bibi Dong, couldn't even hope to detect her when she was intentionally hiding.

Thus, Flender outside the door, though not poisoned by the spider venom, had no idea that Bibi Dong had snuck in.

"Liu Erlong, heh..."

Exhaling a breath of stale air, Bibi Dong casually used a spider leg to neutralize the poison in Yu Xiaogang.

He would not wake up immediately after the detoxification, which was why Bibi Dong dared to do it so openly.

Having finished this, her gaze turned toward Liu Erlong, her eyes filled with gloom. "Why is it that Liu Erlong can marry Xiaogang with a clean slate, while I... can only watch helplessly?"