Bibi Dong was sitting inside the Papal Hall when a terrifying pressure suddenly descended from the sky. She sprang to her feet, her expression changing drastically.
"When did another Peerless Douluo appear on the continent?"
Before Bibi Dong could think further, that voice had already exploded like thunder over Spirit City: "Bibi Dong, get out here!"
Bibi Dong's face instantly turned ashen.
As the Pope of Spirit Hall, when had she ever suffered such public abuse?
"You've gone too far!"
Bibi Dong shoved open the hall doors and shot into the sky as a streak of purple-black light, catching sight of Du Busi high above, his imposing might surging to the heavens.
"Who are you? How dare you run wild in my Spirit City!"
Du Busi looked at her and suddenly smiled, undisguised mockery in his expression.
"Bibi Dong, you still dare ask who I am?"
Du Busi wasted no words. He raised his hand, and an enormous dark-green palm took shape, pressing down toward Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong's pupils contracted, and she instinctively released her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul to resist.
Purple-black light surged around her.
The next instant.
A protective barrier expanded, but the descending dark-green palm did not slow in the slightest. It pressed straight down like the collapsing heavens.
Crack-
Before the dark-green palm, the purple-black barrier was like flimsy paper, crushed in an instant!
Bibi Dong felt an irresistible force and plummeted, slamming heavily into the square before the Papal Hall.
"Trash."
Du Busi spoke coldly. "All that Soul Power and those high-age Soul Rings, yet nothing to show for them."
Bibi Dong lay at the bottom of the crater, utterly bedraggled.
"This again... You're from the Body Sect! You must be the Body Sect's master!"
Bibi Dong struggled to rise, but the dark-green palm remained pressed down on her, as immovable as Mount Tai.
"My heavens!"
"Her Holiness the Pope has actually been pinned down!"
"The Pope being suppressed in public-this must be a first for Spirit Hall, right?"
The surrounding streets were packed with people who had rushed over at the noise. Looking at Bibi Dong pinned beneath a single hand before the Papal Hall, they began murmuring among themselves.
How dare they gossip about me, the Pope! These wretched peasants!
Bibi Dong's nails gouged several deep grooves in the ground, humiliation and fury mingling.
She had never been in such a sorry state before so many watching eyes.
Seven figures shot into the sky from the direction of the Worship Hall.
Qian Daoliu rose first, with six enshrined following close behind. All seven released their auras simultaneously, pushing back Du Busi's pressure.
Qian Daoliu glanced down at the pinned Bibi Dong, then looked up at Du Busi.
"Are you the master of the Body Sect?"
Du Busi looked at Qian Daoliu. "I am Du Busi, indeed the master of the Body Sect."
"Qian Daoliu, Great Enshrined of Spirit Hall."
A trace of gravity entered Qian Daoliu's gaze. "To act like this on your first appearance is rather overbearing."
"Overbearing?"
Du Busi looked at him, his voice neither loud nor soft. "While I was in seclusion, Bibi Dong led people to attack my Body Sect's gates. I merely came to settle that debt with her today."
Qian Daoliu did not immediately respond. He turned toward Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other five enshrined.
"Go reassure the people in the city."
"Yes."
The six enshrined exchanged glances. Without asking further questions, they dispersed, descending into different parts of the city.
At this sight,
Du Busi raised an eyebrow.
Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others were not weak. If Qian Daoliu had ordered them to join him, with seven attacking him alone, Du Busi acknowledged that it would have been a little troublesome.
But Qian Daoliu had not done so, choosing instead to face him alone.
Qian Daoliu looked back at Du Busi and spoke frankly. "Bibi Dong was indeed in the wrong when she went to trouble the Body Sect."
"But I have already punished her. If that is all you came for, you can leave."
Qian Daoliu's meaning was clear.
He did not want Du Busi to attack Bibi Dong again. After all, she was still Spirit Hall's Pope, and Spirit Hall's reputation was at stake.
"Fine."
Du Busi chuckled.
"Qian Daoliu, you are an honorable man. I can give you that much face."
"How about this? I have only just come out of seclusion and have yet to fight anyone on my level. Let us have a match. If you win, I will turn around and leave. If you lose-"
Du Busi paused. "You must agree to one condition of mine."
Qian Daoliu fell silent for a moment.
Du Busi's aura did indeed suggest a recent breakthrough, its sharpness fully exposed.
He, however, had become a Peerless Douluo decades ago. With the enhancement of the Eight Angel Examinations, the quality of his Soul Rings far exceeded the norm. Against an opponent who had only just reached rank 99, there was no reason he would lose.
"Very well."
Qian Daoliu nodded. "I agree."
As his words fell, the phantom of a Six-Winged Angel fully solidified. Golden light enveloped his entire body, and nine Soul Rings rose in succession-
Black, black, black, black, black, black, black, black, red!
"Eight blacks and one red. Is this the inheritance of a deity?"
Watching him, Du Busi slowly released his own Full-Body Body Martial Soul.
A humanoid phantom shrouded in golden radiance solidified behind him, and nine Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet-yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, red, red, red!
"Three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings!"
Qian Daoliu's pupils contracted, and he exclaimed, "How is that possible?"
Qian Daoliu's eight blacks and one red were already a configuration ordinary people could scarcely hope to attain, yet the nine Soul Rings beneath Du Busi's feet were even more outrageous.
More importantly, Du Busi bore not the slightest divine aura. He clearly had never undergone a Divine Examination!
Did that make any sense?
Before Qian Daoliu could think further, Du Busi had already moved.
"Come, fight!"
Du Busi threw a punch, his fist wrapped in dark-green poisonous mist and spatial vibration power.
Qian Daoliu raised his sword to block and was driven back several dozen feet.
Du Busi did not pause. Fists, palms, elbows, and knees attacked in succession, each blow carrying spatial vibration and poison power erosion in a ferocious onslaught.
So strong!
Qian Daoliu's arms went numb from the impacts. In strength, he was completely outmatched.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Divine Sword of Judgment!"
Qian Daoliu swept his sword horizontally.
Du Busi neither dodged nor evaded, throwing a punch. "Combat technique, Mountain-Crushing Fist!"
His fist collided with the golden sword light and shattered it. Qian Daoliu swung his sword to block, only to be sent flying backward again with a muffled grunt.
Du Busi stepped upon empty air. "Eighth Soul Skill, Heavenly Poison Hand!"
An enormous dark-green palm descended from the sky, wrapped in poison-attribute Soul Power as it pressed down on Qian Daoliu.
"Eighth Soul Skill, Angel Void Realm!"
Qian Daoliu waved a hand, spreading a barrier of golden holy light. The enormous dark-green palm slammed into it, making the curtain of light shudder violently as cracks spread.
Under the pressure, Qian Daoliu was driven back several hundred feet.
In just a few exchanges, the difference was already plain to see.
Yin-yang complementary dual soul cores, the foundational amplification of a gold-level Martial Soul second awakening, three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, the Body Sect's secret arts...
These allowed Du Busi to suppress Qian Daoliu, a long-established Peerless Douluo, despite having only just reached rank 99!
Du Busi did not pursue. His voice was calm. "Qian Daoliu, without drawing on Angel Divine Power, you are no match for me."
Qian Daoliu looked at Du Busi and admitted frankly, "In a fair fight, I am inferior to you."
After a pause,
Qian Daoliu continued, "But I can still draw on Angel Divine Power. If you concede now, this battle will count as a draw."
"Concede?"
Du Busi looked at him and suddenly smiled, undisguised excitement in his expression.
"I have only just come out of seclusion. I haven't had my fill of fighting yet."
"Qian Daoliu, come at me with everything you have! I am still far from using my full strength!"
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