"Very well. I agree."
"When the time comes, Pope, whenever you need us, our Worship Hall will spare no effort."
Hearing this, Bibi Dong nodded in satisfaction.
"Good."
On this outing, Bibi Dong had originally followed the records in Spirit Hall's ancient texts and traveled to the icy sea beyond the Far North Ice Plains.
The Mermaid Clan gathered in those waters.
According to legend, these Soul Beasts were among the very best when it came to mental power.
Furthermore, Bibi Dong had discovered that the vast Mermaid Clan actually contained quite a few Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts!
This discovery had left her overjoyed!
Although, because she already had a full set of Soul Bones, the Soul Bones dropped by Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts she killed would no longer form for a specific position, but would instead be completely random.
That did not matter either. She could simply win through sheer numbers!
What Bibi Dong did not know, however, was that once mermaids, Soul Beasts renowned for their mental power, reached an age of over a hundred thousand years, their chances of dropping a Head Soul Bone increased dramatically compared with other parts.
As a result, after she unleashed her full strength and killed a hundred-thousand-year mermaid,
what it dropped was actually an exceptionally high-quality mental-type Head Soul Bone!
Moreover, immediately afterward, an immensely powerful fluctuation of mental power from deep within the sea instantly locked onto her.
From that single encounter, Bibi Dong understood that even if she could kill it, there were still countless mermaids of varying ages, and escaping afterward would likely be extremely difficult.
Thus, after collecting that hundred-thousand-year mermaid right arm bone, Bibi Dong chose to avoid the brunt of the enemy's strength for the moment and return to Spirit City to call in reinforcements.
As those words fell, the Soul Power that had been pressing down on Qian Renxue disappeared.
She struggled up from the ground, staring hatefully at the purple figure in papal robes in the sky.
Hurt, helplessness, resentment...
Countless complicated emotions suddenly swept into Qian Renxue's heart.
Why?
What right did this woman have to treat me like this for that brat named Jiang Huai?
I'm Bibi Dong's daughter!
First Hu Liena, and now Jiang Huai. Do I really count for nothing in this woman's eyes?
Then she glanced at the smug Jiang Huai beside her, and the hurt in her heart only deepened!
Fine, fine, fine!
This evil brat!
So you're that pleased with yourself?
She, Qian Renxue, would destroy this evil fellow from the Star Luo Empire at any cost!
"Bibi Dong, you'll regret treating me like this for this evil brat!"
Angelic wings appeared behind Qian Renxue once more, lifting her slowly into the air until she was at eye level with Bibi Dong.
"Regret?"
"Qian Renxue, don't forget, you were the one who begged to take on that mission back then."
"What do you think you're doing, suddenly returning to Spirit City now?"
"If your sudden return causes that mission to fail just short of success, you won't even be able to face your dead beast of a father."
"And who gave you the courage to speak to me in that tone? You even dare to address me by name?"
"Qian Renxue, don't forget, I am the Pope!"
Hum-
An immense pressure unconsciously radiated from Bibi Dong. Although Golden Crocodile Douluo stepped forward in time to block part of it for Qian Renxue, she still felt the blood within her surge.
Finding herself bullied again, and in front of so many people at that, Qian Renxue could no longer hold herself together.
Helpless tears instantly filled her eyes. Then, with a flutter of her angelic wings, Qian Renxue flew off toward the Worship Hall, crying.
"All right, everyone, disperse."
"Xiao Huai, Nana, your cultivation is progressing very well. You must keep it up."
After returning to the secluded chamber where she usually cultivated in seclusion, Bibi Dong contacted the divine consciousness within Rakshasa Space for the first time in a long while.
"Rakshasa God, although my Soul Power has been suppressed to rank ninety-eight because of the divine trial, with my own foundations, unleashing rank ninety-nine combat strength should not be much of a problem."
"But why did that last mermaid I encountered in the icy sea give me such an overwhelming sense of pressure?"
"Logically speaking, a Soul Beast specializing in mental abilities shouldn't possess such might, should it?"
Without a doubt, Bibi Dong's sudden questions greatly surprised the Rakshasa God.
But then, the Rakshasa God understood.
In this era, Great Enshrined serving gods, such as Qian Daoliu or Bo Saixi, naturally knew about the existence of Ferocious Beasts.
However, these Great Enshrined had all tacitly concealed their existence from the world.
At once, the Rakshasa God told Bibi Dong everything about Ferocious Beasts, omitting matters concerning the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian, remnants of the former Dragon God's faction.
"What? Above Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, there are actually Ferocious Beasts?"
The Rakshasa God slowly nodded.
"Furthermore, that Sea Princess you encountered last was as old as six hundred thousand years."
Hearing this, Bibi Dong's breathing instantly quickened!
She had to obtain the Soul Ring of such a Soul Beast!
And it seemed that she could not let her beloved disciple absorb the hundred-thousand-year mermaid bone in her possession just yet.
What if a six-hundred-thousand-year one dropped later?
But doing this would be a little unfair to her eldest disciple.
She really should not have let Hu Liena absorb that roughly sixty-thousand-year Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull so early.
"What? Surely you aren't thinking of having your precious second disciple absorb a six-hundred-thousand-year skull?"
"Bibi Dong, since you care about him so much, why don't I show some great mercy and find him one or two divine inheritances as well?"
At those words, Bibi Dong's gaze instantly turned utterly cold.
Jiang Huai's talent surpassed even his own, like indigo surpassing the blue from which it was drawn, and he would presumably have his own fated opportunities in the future.
Furthermore, through her conversations with the Rakshasa God over the years, she had gained a rough understanding of the various ranks of gods in the Divine Realm.
From everything the Rakshasa God had done to her over the years alone, it was not difficult for her to guess that this was an extremely evil god. How well-liked could such a god be in the Divine Realm?
It did not matter if she suffered some torment for the Rakshasa God Trial, but if the god dared to set sights on Jiang Huai...
"Rakshasa, this is the first time, and I hope it will also be the last."
"Otherwise, even if you are a lofty First-Level God, my Eternal Wound may yet prove sharp enough!"