Back in the depths of the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong brought Xuan Ming back to her own bedroom.
Before long, Xuan Ming's aura finally stabilized.
"How could this happen..." Bibi Dong looked at the unconscious Xuan Ming with a complicated expression.
How could she do such a thing to Xuan Ming...?
" Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox..." Bibi Dong took out the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus that she always carried with her.
Did you do this?
The pinkish-gold halo trembled slightly, the illusory mist surged, and the black resentment gathered again, transforming into a nine-tailed fox with a jet-black body and red light flashing in its eyes.
It moved nimbly, hovering in the air, looking at Bibi Dong with mockery in its eyes, "I did it? Isn't this what you wanted?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Bibi Dong's eyes narrowed, and she subconsciously activated her Mental Immunity Skull Bone.
"Nonsense?" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox floated in the air, its black mist-like body climbing onto Xuan Ming's body.
"You are Level 99 Peerless Douluo, and a successor of a god. I am but a remnant soul. How could I possibly have the ability to forcibly invade your mind?"
"I merely amplified your impulses; I absolutely did not over-guide you."
"Enlarged?" Bibi Dong frowned, completely disbelieving.
"Isn't that so?" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox stretched out its claws and gently slid them across Xuan Ming's face.
"You like this child because you see your younger self in him—stubborn and silly—and you both suffered at the hands of the Angel Clan, which is why you were willing to help him back then."
"Of course, liking someone is one thing, but before you simply saw him as a child, an unlucky child. But your precious apprentice likes him, and you don't want your precious apprentice to repeat your life, loving someone you can't have. You want to help her have this child."
"But a few days ago, he gave you a gift." The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox swayed, transformed into black mist, and landed on Bibi Dong's shoulder, tapping the Eight-Winged Purple Light Wings on her back.
"You're quite moved by this piece of Soul Bone, aren't you?"
"There are actually people in this world who would do something like this, and for you no less?"
"Shut up!" Bibi Dong snapped.
The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox acted as if it hadn't heard, landing back on Xuan Ming's body and clinging to his chest as if he were its talisman. "You don't believe anyone would do this, not even anyone else, but it was him, it was this child you can't doubt."
"Who told him to be so brainless? Just like you were back then, even more stubborn than you."
"You've changed. You're no longer the fool you used to be, but he hasn't changed. He's still that same foolish child."
"You're angry. You think he's unreasonable, just like you used to be."
"But you're even angrier. Why did he have to do this? Why not your old flame?"
"I told you to shut up!" Bibi Dong's face turned completely cold. A strange, dark purple energy flickered and flowed in her eyes, and her Eight-Winged Purple Light Wings transformed once again into Eight Spider Lances.
"Are you enraged?" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox transformed into black threads and wrapped around Xuan Ming's chest.
"Don't rush, I haven't finished yet."
"You're angry, but you're also having fantasies: if it had been him, would things be different?"
"You really think I can't do anything to you!" Bibi Dong's eyes flashed with a ghostly green light, and the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor slowly possessed her.
"But this child is the one your precious disciple likes." The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox smiled even more broadly.
How could you have come up with such an idea?
"You shouldn't have done this, but you couldn't help it."
You treat him like someone else, but you can't completely see him as that person, because you know that person wouldn't go to that lengths for you.
"But you don't dare to treat him as yourself, otherwise you won't be able to face your precious apprentice."
"All you see and hold in your hands is him, but you tell yourself you're just seeing him as that person."
Is self-deception fun?
Bibi Dong gritted her teeth, then grabbed the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus from beside the bed, "Destroy this, and you'll be completely dead, won't you?"
"No, I'm just a remnant soul. A remnant soul can be divided into many parts." Another Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox emerged from Bibi Dong's body.
"By the way, your precious apprentice also has it~"
"You!" Bibi Dong's expression froze.
"Just imagine if she knew that her respected teacher actually tried to steal her man, and even almost succeeded." The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox let out a wanton laugh.
What will she think of you?
Chapter 136 A Choice
"What exactly do you want!" Bibi Dong forced back her anger.
The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox narrowed her crimson eyes slightly, looking at Bibi Dong with a half-smile. "I don't want anything, I just found this show too interesting and couldn't help but add fuel to the fire."
"Unfortunately, you don't dare to face yourself."
Bibi Dong glared angrily, her Soul Power surging in her hands, as if she wanted to completely annihilate this annoying Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox. "Face yourself? That's just your trick. How could I be fooled by you?"
The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox remained fearless, its figure hovering in mid-air, emitting a sharp laugh. "Bewitching? I merely helped you remove that veil of pretense. Dare you say that for a moment just now, you weren't even slightly tempted?"
When you touched him, did you really treat him like a different person?
Bibi Dong's face turned deathly pale instantly. She turned around abruptly, unwilling to face those harsh words any longer, but the voice lingered in her mind like a shadow.
"No, that's not true, I was just... just confused for a moment."
"A moment of confusion?" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox transformed into black mist and instantly appeared in front of Bibi Dong, its scarlet eyes meeting hers.
"If it was truly a moment of confusion, why did you repeatedly and willingly immerse yourself in the illusion of the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus?"
"Once is an accident, twice is an accident, but what about three or four times?"
"How many times have you fantasized about this these past few days? You can hardly tell the difference between dreams and reality anymore. Do you need me to count for you?"
Bibi Dong's body trembled slightly as she recalled the past, the pain, humiliation, and resentment surging into her heart like a tide.
"I... I didn't..."
"Still deceiving yourself." The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox stretched out a paw and gently stroked Bibi Dong's face. "Look at you, so tough on the outside, yet so fragile inside."
"You're certainly no longer naive, but you still can't bring yourself to be ruthless. Otherwise, why has your God's Trial been so slow?"
Bibi Dong closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to calm herself down. "Even so, so what? I can't let Hu Liena down; she's my most beloved disciple."
The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox let out a mocking laugh. "Your most beloved disciple? Have you ever considered how much pain she would feel if she knew what you were thinking? And how would you face her?"
"Don't you know this feeling best?"
Bibi Dong stiffened. "I... I'll handle it."
"Handled it up? How can you say such nonsense?" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox shook its head.
"Once feelings arise, they are like wildfire that cannot be extinguished, they will spring back to life with the spring breeze, unless..."
The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox paused for a moment, a sly glint in its eyes.
Bibi Dong frowned. "Unless what?"
"Unless you kill Xuan Ming and completely sever this thought!" the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox said coldly.
"You!" Bibi Dong's expression froze.
"What, can't bring yourself to do it?" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox laughed even more unrestrainedly.
"You might not be able to do it, but he might not."
Bibi Dong frowned deeply. "What do you mean?"
"He has no idea how many complicated things are going on in your head. All he knows is that you treated him like another man and even tried to do that to him. Don't you know how strong his pride is?" the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox said with a hint of schadenfreude.
"You know very well that he has feelings for you and doesn't resist you, otherwise he would have fought you the moment he woke up."
"But he didn't. He only exploded after you mentioned another man's name. Don't you understand why?"
"..."
"Because you're insulting him!" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox leaned close to Bibi Dong's face.
"He has feelings for you, so he can't bring himself to lay a hand on you, but your old flame is a different story."
"If you don't kill him today, he'll kill your old flame tomorrow, and then you'll have to kill him to avenge your old flame. In the end, your precious apprentice... Heh, just thinking about it is interesting."
Bibi Dong's pupils suddenly contracted, her Soul Power surged uncontrollably, and the spikes on her Eight-Winged Purple Light Wings stood up. "You dare threaten me!"
The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox transformed into black mist and swirled around her, emitting a sharp, piercing laugh, "This isn't a threat, it's a prophecy~"
The black mist suddenly coalesced into countless images: the Xuan Ming Blood Spear pointed directly at Yu Xiaogang's throat, Bibi Dong's Soul Power erupted, blasting Xuan Ming away, and Hu Liena, crying, stood between the two, only to be overturned by the aftershocks of the Soul Power...
"Shut up!" Bibi Dong slapped the illusion with her palm, but her purplish-black Soul Power pierced through the black mist and struck the ground.
She staggered back two steps, her back hitting the jade bed, Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus rolled out of her arms, making a crisp sound on the ground.
"Are you scared?" The voice of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox came from all directions.
"You're afraid Xuan Ming will really kill Yu Xiaogang, you're afraid you'll have to kill Xuan Ming yourself, and you're even more afraid of what will happen when Hu Liena finds out..."
The black mist suddenly condensed into Hu Liena's tearful face, her lips opening and closing but unable to utter a sound, and her desperate eyes made Bibi Dong's heart ache.
"Shut up! Shut up!" Bibi Dong roared, covering her ears.
The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox laughed even more arrogantly, black mist condensing into Xuan Ming's face, his eyes cold and resolute, "Don't you want all of this to become a reality?"
"Then you only have one choice now."
Kill him!
"If we kill him, everything will be over!"
"Shut up! You mad fox!"
A surging cold wave erupted from behind Xuan Ming, instantly turning the entire palace into a Ice Seal snowfield.
The Ice Dragon King finally couldn't hold back any longer.
She never imagined that this vixen could go to such lengths!
This isn't just about having fun; this mad fox wants to destroy Xuan Ming!
"Oh? Isn't this the Dragon King? What brings you out here?" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox showed no fear whatsoever, still smiling broadly.
"Could it be that you'd like to join in the fun too?"
"Oh, right. You want to use him to return to the God Realm, so naturally you can't just watch him die here."
"How about this, you two fight! Whoever wins gets to do with the child!"
The Ice Dragon King was enraged, and icy mist surged wildly, but this power had no effect on a remnant soul.
The remnant soul of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox resides in its resentment, and Bibi Dong can now be considered its largest warm nest!
Originally, the remnant soul could only eke out a living within the Nine-Tailed Fox Heart Lotus, but now it has grown to this extent by taking advantage of Bibi Dong's resentment!
"What exactly do you want to do?" the Ice Dragon King asked coldly.
"What are you doing? Don't you know?" the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox asked, puzzled.
"Of course, it's because I feel sorry for him and want to help him get out of this predicament."
"Anyway, life is tiring for him. He's always on edge, being treated like a beast of burden. And now he has to be your pimp every now and then. Look at him, how many good days has he had in his life?"
"What a pitiful child." The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox floated down onto Xuan Ming and gently stroked his face.
"Since I'm just going to be used by you all anyway, I might as well get out of this sooner, at least I won't have to suffer so much..."
"You madman!" The Ice Dragon King glared at Bibi Dong.
"Don't just stand there, use your Divine Slaughter's Domain!"
The Divine Power of the Asura God is the nemesis of these evil thoughts, and the Divine Slaughter's Domain, as a lower-level domain of the Asura God, has a similar effect.
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong came to her senses. Her purple-black Soul Power surged, and she instantly released her Divine Slaughter's Domain. Her chilling killing intent spread outwards as if it were a tangible thing. Wherever it passed, the black mist was forcibly dispelled, and the figure of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox became somewhat illusory.
"Will killing me solve the problem?" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox lay on Xuan Ming's chest, her voice weak yet filled with madness, seemingly about to vanish at any moment, yet her eyes still held a defiant glint.
"Besides, you can't kill me now, Rakshasa God's successor. Unless you reach the God Realm, I will always be by your side."
"You!" Bibi Dong's expression froze.