Evil God Pearl

Qian Daoliu had assumed that Bibi Dong intended to hunt this soul beast herself, but when he heard Ling Jing speak and saw Bibi Dong halt her movements, although he felt somewhat puzzled, he still stepped forward. The terrifying aura of a Peerless Douluo suddenly poured forth.

The Seraphim Martial Soul possessed him at once, and nine Soul Rings—eight black and one red—slowly rose from beneath his feet.

Though he did not understand why Bibi Dong had chosen to ask him to suppress this soul beast, Qian Daoliu still went all out and directly unleashed his Martial Soul.

Noticing the nine Soul Rings slowly rising beneath Qian Daoliu's feet, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's pupils abruptly contracted. Its movement to pounce forward also stalled slightly.

At this moment, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger clearly had thoughts of retreating.

But Qian Daoliu had obviously seen through its intentions. The sacred, radiant aura of the Six-Winged Angel suddenly spread out, directly pinning the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's body firmly in place. No matter how it struggled, it could not move again.

A soul beast like the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which possessed an evil attribute and was vastly weaker than Qian Daoliu, had no room to resist before a God-Level Martial Soul like the Six-Winged Angel. It was utterly suppressed, without even a chance to activate its special spatial arena.

After struggling in vain, a trace of unwillingness and resentment immediately appeared in the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's eyes.

Qian Daoliu's expression remained calm and unchanged. After suppressing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, he merely glanced at Golden Crocodile Douluo beside him.

With just that glance, an embarrassed look appeared on Golden Crocodile Douluo's face.

Had he not been too overconfident that day and captured that transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast immediately, he might not have ended up in such an awkward predicament afterward.

Now that Qian Daoliu had given him that glance, Golden Crocodile Douluo lowered his head in shame.

However, Qian Daoliu did not reprimand him further. He merely turned to Bibi Dong. "Dong'er, kill this soul beast and absorb its Soul Ring."

Upon hearing this, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger seemed to struggle even more fiercely. It began trying to raise the enormous hook on its tail, but it was ultimately futile.

Bibi Dong stepped forward. The Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul instantly possessed her, releasing a frigid aura of venom and death.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, Bibi Dong appeared directly before the completely suppressed Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. She brought the fingers of her right hand together like a venom-coated blade and stabbed them straight into the tiger's skull.

"Pfft—"

Accompanied by a dull piercing sound, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's enormous body suddenly stiffened. The tiger eyes filled with unwillingness and resentment instantly lost all light. It could not even let out one final roar before its life was completely extinguished.

At the instant the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's life force fully dissipated, an inky-black Soul Ring slowly rose from its corpse.

Then, as that Soul Ring rose, a strange jet-black pearl also slowly floated out. Though the pearl itself was entirely black, it emitted both azure and blue light.

Before Bibi Dong could react, the surrounding space seemed to tear apart as a black hole suddenly appeared.

A strange suction force emerged from the black hole. It did not affect the people nearby, but instead tugged that strange pearl toward itself.

Ling Jing, who had been prepared all along, immediately shouted, "Grandpa Qian!"

Qian Daoliu's gaze sharpened slightly. With swift hands, just before the pearl was swallowed by the black hole, he grabbed it directly.

Even after being caught in Qian Daoliu's hand, the pearl continued to flicker with a faint glow as if it were struggling.

But Qian Daoliu merely exerted a little force, and the pearl gradually fell still. Its glow slowly faded, until it looked like an utterly ordinary little bead.

"This pearl... Little Jing, do you know what it is?"

Qian Daoliu instinctively turned toward Ling Jing, who had just spoken, but Ling Jing only put on an innocent expression. "No, I just saw this pearl rise from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse, and then it tried to tear open space and escape, so I called out without thinking."

"I think... it should be something like the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's source energy, right?"

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's source?

Qian Daoliu nodded thoughtfully. Even though the pearl had completely fallen still, he could still sense the terrifying energy contained within it.

Little Jing's guess was probably right.

But... after a soul beast died, the source energy of its cultivation condensed into a Soul Ring, which became part of a soul master after being absorbed. Yet now, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had condensed both a Soul Ring and such a source pearl.

If the two were combined, would some wondrous change occur?

"Dong'er, try holding this pearl."

A thought stirred in Qian Daoliu's mind, and he handed the Evil God Pearl to Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong nodded gently, then sat down cross-legged. Holding the Evil God Pearl, she guided the Soul Ring formed by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger onto herself.

At the sight, anticipation immediately appeared in Ling Jing's eyes.

In the original story, Tang San had failed to keep this pearl and allowed it to pass through space, where it became Zhou Weiqing's Natal Pearl and ultimately helped Zhou Weiqing attain Godhood. So... Ling Jing was not actually sure what would happen if this pearl remained behind.

He could only make a rough guess at what might happen after obtaining the pearl based on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's origins.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger possessed the Evil God's power, and the Evil God was the Evil God King of the God Realm. In the original story, the Evil God King and the Kindness God King passed their Godhood on to Ji Dong and Lie Yan. Coincidentally, Ji Dong and Lie Yan arrived in the God Realm at roughly the same time as Tang San.

So... at this point in time, the Evil God King should not yet have chosen an inheritor for his Godhood.

After absorbing the Evil God Pearl, Bibi Dong had a high chance of gaining the Evil God King's attention.

Probably...

Ling Jing suddenly thought again of the purple glint that had flashed through Bibi Dong's eyes earlier.

He could not be certain whether that purple glint had been the Rakshasa God's doing, but Bibi Dong had not yet gone to Slaughter City, so she should not have truly gained the Rakshasa God's attention yet.

No one in their right mind would want the Rakshasa God's Godhood.

Not to mention that its divine trials offered no rewards such as increases to Soul Ring age limits or God-Given Soul Rings, it even suppressed Bibi Dong's own strength. If her strength had not been suppressed, Tang Hao could never have taken Tang San away during the Soul Master Elite Tournament.

So... the Rakshasa God really was utter trash.