Dual Purple Soul Grandmaster

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Death Spider Emperor!

Bibi Dong's breathing quickened.

What did this mean to her? It meant a perfectly matched Ninth Spirit Ring, and a top-tier Soul Bone guaranteed to drop from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

She was now an eighty-fifth-level Soul Douluo, only three to five years away from becoming a Titled Douluo—perhaps not even that long.

As long as she could hunt this Hundred-Thousand-Year Death Spider Emperor, her Ninth Spirit Ring would have the finest possible configuration. Her chances of challenging the Limit Douluo realm in the future would increase by at least thirty percent, and even the foundation of her Rakshasa God inheritance would become far more stable.

This was a tremendous opportunity that countless soul masters dreamed of.

She subconsciously clenched her fists, a scorching gleam flashing through her eyes. As a soul master, no one could refuse the temptation of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

But that burning desire lasted only a few seconds before slowly fading.

Her gaze involuntarily returned to the boy sitting cross-legged inside the barrier.

Ah Xu.

This child also possessed the Death Spider Emperor martial soul, and his was One-Soul Two-Forms. His talent surpassed hers, and the road ahead of him stretched farther still.

To her, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Death Spider Emperor was an opportunity. To Bibi Xu, it was an extraordinary fortune that could lay the foundation for his entire life.

If his Ninth Spirit Ring were a hundred thousand years old, his foundation would be incomparably solid. In the future, he might even have a chance to challenge that legendary divine throne.

Even if her own Ninth Spirit Ring was not a hundred thousand years old, finding one eighty or ninety thousand years old would be enough. But Ah Xu was different. He was her son, and she wanted to give him the very best this world had to offer.

As the thought passed through her mind, Bibi Dong had already made her decision.

She would save this Hundred-Thousand-Year Death Spider Emperor for her son.

She was only level eighty-five now, not yet a match for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Such beasts possessed immense intelligence. Even if they could not win, they could escape. Once alerted, it would be difficult to find it again.

Once she broke through to Super Douluo, reaching at least level ninety-five and gaining absolute confidence, she would return to cripple it and keep it captive. Then, when Ah Xu broke through to Titled Douluo in the future, he could absorb it himself.

As for her own Ninth Spirit Ring... she would deal with that later. Her son's future mattered more than her own advancement.

Bibi Dong took a deep look in the direction of Death Grand Canyon, firmly memorizing its location and the surrounding terrain.

Still uneasy, she silently placed several concealed Soul Power markers along the canyon's edge to ensure that she could find the exact location later.

Only after confirming that no other soul masters had discovered traces of this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast did she quietly retreat.

Returning to the edge of the pool, she first reinforced Bibi Xu's barrier with two more layers of concealment arrays. Only after ensuring that it could not be sensed from outside did she resume her position as his guardian.

But her mood was no longer the same as before.

Not only had her son obtained the perfect Second Spirit Ring, but they had also unexpectedly discovered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to serve as a future trump card. This trip had yielded far more than she had expected.

More than an hour later, the rising sun finally leaped over the horizon. Golden sunlight filtered through gaps in the forest and fell across Bibi Xu's smiling face.

Two deep-purple Spirit Rings slowly rose from beneath his feet, rhythmically moving up and down.

The rings gleamed with a smooth luster, their aura steady as they fused perfectly with his martial soul, without the slightest hint of resistance or rejection.

The Second Spirit Ring had been successfully absorbed.

Three thousand five hundred years—the unprecedented second ring of a Soul Grandmaster.

Bibi Xu slowly opened his eyes. Purple-black light flashed through them before clarity returned.

He clenched his fists, feeling the surging Soul Power within him and the strength filling his meridians. The corners of his lips could not help but rise.

He had jumped three levels in a row, directly reaching the peak of level twenty-three Soul Grandmaster. His meridians had widened again, and his body had become tougher after repeated tempering by poison. His future limit for bearing Spirit Rings had risen by another great margin.

"Mom, I did it!" He stood and quickly walked over to Bibi Dong, his eyes shining with youthful excitement.

"Good. Well done." Bibi Dong smiled as she ruffled his hair, unable to hide the pride in her eyes.

"A three-thousand-five-hundred-year Second Spirit Ring... my little Xu may have already set a record for Douluo Continent. How do you feel? Any discomfort? Are your meridians injured?"

"Not at all." Bibi Xu moved his arms and legs, brimming with energy. "The Life Azure Lotus has been repairing me the whole time. My meridians are wider and tougher than before. Mom, let me show you my new spirit skill."

As he spoke, he took two steps back and focused on activating his martial soul.

The Death Spider Emperor form activated. A pitch-black phantom of the Spider Sovereign appeared behind him, and his Second Spirit Ring suddenly lit up beneath his feet.

"Second Spirit Skill—Poison Death Armor."

With a low shout, black Soul Power surged from his body and rapidly condensed into a light yet resilient suit of black armor over his skin.

The armor covered all his vital areas. Faint blue poisonous light shimmered across its surface, and its patterns were identical to the shell of the Death Spider Emperor.

The instant the armor formed, Bibi Xu's aura abruptly sank. His defensive power soared, and even the air around him seemed to grow heavier.

"This armor increases my defense by twenty percent. The potency of every poison I use doubles, and it can also enhance death attributes, giving it extra restraining effects against soul masters with light attributes." Bibi Xu explained as he tested it with a few punches. The armor fit perfectly and did not hinder his movements at all.

"When used together with my First Spirit Skill, Crescent Moon's power can increase by another thirty percent, and it makes the poison more penetrating too."

"An excellent balance of offense and defense." Bibi Dong nodded approvingly. "Much more practical than a purely defensive spirit skill. What about the Soul-Eating Form?"

With a thought, Bibi Xu seamlessly switched his martial soul into the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor form. A dark-green glow flowed around him as his Second Spirit Ring lit up once again.

This time, there was no earthshaking display. Only several nearly transparent spider threads, as fine as hairs, drifted silently from his fingertips.

The threads flashed through the air and vanished almost instantly, nearly impossible to catch with the naked eye. They landed directly on a gray-brown boulder not far away.

"Second Spirit Skill—Soul Devouring Threads."

As his words fell, Bibi Xu lightly curled his fingers.

The surface of that hard rock visibly turned gray and brittle, as if all its energy and substance had been drained away. Within seconds, it became as fragile as chalk. At the slightest touch, it crumbled into powder, leaving behind not even a fragment of stone.

"These threads leave no trace and are extremely difficult to detect. Once they entangle an opponent, they can continuously devour their Soul Power and spiritual power, converting it into my strength." Bibi Xu's eyes lit up.

"On top of that, the threads carry a neurotoxic poison. While devouring them, they can poison and paralyze the opponent at the same time. They're impossible to guard against. Even if the opponent's Soul Power is higher than mine, as long as they're caught, they'll only grow weaker the longer they fight."

Control, energy absorption, and poison—three effects in one.

The practicality of this Second Spirit Skill surpassed even the Sixth Spirit Skills of some control-type Soul Sages.

"Good. What incredible Soul Devouring Threads." Bibi Dong could not help clapping in praise. "Invisible and impossible to defend against. Among those of the same rank, once someone is caught by you, they will have almost no chance of turning things around. Even a soul master an entire major realm above you would suffer badly if they let their guard down."

One Spirit Ring, two skills, and every one of them was exceptional.

Bibi Dong looked at her son, the pride in her heart nearly overflowing. Her little Xu had been born to stand at the very top.