Dugu Bo, Instantly Defeated

"How did you know?" Bibi Dong blurted out, only to hear an answer that left her embarrassed and annoyed the next second.

"The last time you came running over so excitedly, wasn't it to tell me this?"

Bibi Dong shot Qian Mochen a furious glare. "Hurry up!"

Qian Mochen grabbed Bibi Dong's arm. "No rush. I still haven't negotiated with your Soul Ring."

"??"

A question mark seemed to pop up over Bibi Dong's head. Why did she recognize every word he said, yet fail to understand them when they were put together?

Didn't one simply kill a soul beast to obtain a Soul Ring? What, did the Soul Rings in his family become spirits?

Filled with confusion, Bibi Dong followed behind Qian Mochen and watched as he led her over to the pet he had just captured.

"Nether Demon Spider, I know you possess great intelligence. I have a deal for you. It depends on whether you want to accept it."

The Nether Demon Spider looked at Qian Mochen, who had captured it with ease, then at the woman behind him. It roughly guessed what was happening and slowly lowered itself until its gaze was level with Qian Mochen's.

Seeing the Nether Demon Spider's reaction, Qian Mochen understood its choice and began explaining.

"With your talent, even with good fortune, you can at most barely reach the threshold of one hundred thousand years of cultivation. Beyond that, restricted by your species, you simply cannot go any further."

"Moreover, Douluo Continent simply does not permit soul beasts to become gods. If you wish to take human form, you must abandon all your cultivation and start over, while also hiding from human experts above the rank of Soul Douluo."

The Nether Demon Spider silently nodded. Indeed, this was the limitation imposed upon their soul beast race.

"However, I have a method that can help you bypass those difficulties."

"Bibi Dong, show it your Martial Souls!"

As the Nether Demon Spider looked at the two spider-type Martial Souls on Bibi Dong's body, all eight of its eyes widened.

"You see her talent now, right?"

Qian Mochen pressed his advantage.

"There are Godhood inheritances in many places throughout Douluo Continent. Bibi Dong is only seventeen this year, yet she already possesses the cultivation of a Soul Sage. She also has Twin Martial Souls. Obtaining a Godhood inheritance would be no problem at all!"

"As long as you are willing to sacrifice yourself to her, once Bibi Dong becomes a god in the future, she can bring you with her when she ascends to the God Realm and revive you."

"I'm only willing to reveal this to you because you are exceptionally gifted. If it were any other soul beast, I would have simply killed it with one slash."

The Nether Demon Spider's compound eyes flickered. A moment later, flames ignited across its body—the sign of a soul beast initiating a sacrifice.

Qian Mochen was extremely satisfied with the Nether Demon Spider's choice. His time spent on it had not been wasted.

Bibi Dong felt warm flames enveloping her. There was none of the difficulty she had experienced while absorbing Soul Rings before. Before she even realized it, her seventh Soul Ring had already quietly condensed.

The Nether Demon Spider held nothing back, converting its excess cultivation into Soul Power and driving Bibi Dong's cultivation steadily upward.

A quarter of an hour later, Bibi Dong opened her eyes. After briefly sensing her body, a hint of delight flashed through her eyes.

The Nether Demon Spider's sacrifice had allowed her Soul Power to break through level seventy and rise all the way to level seventy-three. It had also provided her with a left arm bone more than forty thousand years old.

"Qian Mochen, thank you!" Bibi Dong looked at Qian Mochen seriously and decided that she would not hold his past offenses of angering her against him anymore.

"Sigh, I didn't want to either."

"Who told my maid to be so weak? Taking you out would only make me lose face."

The more Bibi Dong listened, the angrier she became.

Qian Mochen, I've written down everything you owe me in my little notebook!

She had endured enough. There was no need to endure any longer.

"You bastard!"

Bibi Dong suddenly punched Qian Mochen in the stomach. Still not satisfied, she stomped on his foot and ground down hard several times before storming away in fury.

Qian Mochen rubbed his stomach and stared at Bibi Dong's retreating figure in utter confusion. He muttered to himself, "I only told the truth. Why did she get angry?"

After returning to her tent, Bibi Dong punched her pillow again and again, constantly cursing a certain bastard who had infuriated her.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She should have given Qian Mochen a few more punches just now.

Before long, Bibi Dong came up with an idea.

Bibi Dong rushed into Qian Mochen's tent and said expressionlessly, "Your Highness, you've had a tiring day on the road. Let me give you a massage."

Qian Mochen swallowed. Looking at Bibi Dong like this, he somehow felt that his life was in danger. He coughed and cautiously said, "How about we forget it today? It's already so late."

"No."

Bibi Dong rejected him outright. She pulled Qian Mochen down to sit cross-legged, then stood behind him, her eyes gleaming brightly.

Qian Mochen, this is all your fault!

Accept my revenge!

Bibi Dong viciously pinched the flesh at his waist. Qian Mochen let out a scream and instinctively jumped up, but Bibi Dong immediately forced him back down.

"Your Highness, this humble woman's massage has only just begun. The pain is only temporary. It is all for Your Highness's health, so please endure it."

"You... you actually sealed my Soul Power! You have no martial virtue!" Qian Mochen pointed at Bibi Dong with a trembling finger.

Bibi Dong tucked a lock of hair behind her ear and chuckled. "Your Highness, I am a weak woman. I only speak of virtue."

She applied more force, and the words Qian Mochen had been about to say turned directly into a scream. The corners of Bibi Dong's lips visibly rose before she forcibly suppressed them again.

Outside the tent, Yue Guan and Gui Mei exchanged a glance and tacitly set up a barrier, cutting off the sounds coming from His Highness's tent.

The next morning, Qian Mochen announced the team's mission: find a valley filled with miasma.

More than a dozen soul masters, each with cultivation of at least Soul Emperor rank, spread out. In less than two hours, someone found the valley.

Just as Qian Mochen led the team into the valley, a long howl rang out from within.

"This is the territory of my Dugu Clan. Intruders, leave now, and I may spare your lives!"

"Old Ghost, that sounds like Old Poison's voice. I'll go meet him!" Yue Guan laughed upon hearing an old acquaintance's voice.

They had both been Soul Douluos before, and neither had been able to do anything to the other. But Yue Guan's cultivation had now advanced another step.

"Elder Gui Mei, please go with him. Just capture Dugu Bo."

Gui Mei silently followed Yue Guan's footsteps. "Yue Guan, His Highness wants us to take down Old Poison immediately."

"Fine, then let Old Poison witness our Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei pressed their hands together, releasing all nine Soul Rings at once. A massive golden-black vortex appeared in the air.

Dugu Bo within the valley sensed danger and immediately unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar. A Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor with a body hundreds of meters long emerged from the valley.

The instant its cold snake eyes recognized Yue Guan and Gui Mei, its expression changed drastically. The snake immediately turned around and attempted to flee.

However, it was already too late. Yue Guan and Gui Mei shouted together, "Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Yin-Yang Stasis Domain!"

With the two of them at its center, the space within a two-hundred-meter radius solidified. The fleeing Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor froze in midair, with only its snake eyes filled with unease.