Seeing Ghost's brows furrowing tighter and tighter, the ominous premonition in Bibi Dong's heart became increasingly intense.
"Elder Gui..."
"How... how is Su Chen doing exactly?"
When she said this, Bibi Dong's hands were trembling slightly.
Beside her, Liu Erlong also subconsciously held her breath.
If Su Chen hadn't forcibly interrupted the Martial Soul Fusion Skill just now, Bibi Dong would have definitely been severely injured, and she herself wouldn't have fared any better.
In her view, everything before her eyes was caused by her.
Thinking of this, Liu Erlong's nails were already deeply dug into her palms.
Facing the anxious gazes of the two women, Ghost remained silent for a moment before finally speaking slowly.
"The situation is very bad."
As soon as these four short words were uttered, the faces of both Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong paled slightly.
Ghost lowered his head to look at Su Chen, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes tightly shut, his voice low.
"He forcibly severed the Soul Power circuit just as the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was operating at full capacity."
"At that instant, the violent power after the Fusion surged directly back into his body."
"Now, the Soul Power within him is chaotic, impacting his limbs, bones, and internal organs."
"If it were an ordinary Soul Master, they would likely have already died on the spot."
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong's eyes instantly turned red.
"Elder Gui, you must have a way, right? You are a Titled Douluo!"
Hearing this, Ghost's brows furrowed even tighter.
"If it were an ordinary Soul Master, I would naturally have a way."
"As long as I use Soul Power to probe into their body, guide their original Soul Power to circulate again, and supplement it with a healing Soul Master, there would be a great chance to save them."
"But Su Chen is different."
"The system he Cultivations is different; according to him, what he Cultivations is Natural Soul Power."
"So if I were to act rashly, it would only cause the already chaotic Natural Soul Power within him to completely spiral out of control."
"By then..."
Outside the Heavenly Screen.
Seeing this scene, Yu Xiaogang was stunned for a moment, and then, the smile on his face could no longer be suppressed.
He had hoped for so long, waited for so long, and finally waited for the moment when Su Chen was about to die.
"Good!"
"Very good!"
"Aren't you arrogant? Aren't you capable?"
"Daring to forcibly sever Soul Power while the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was operating, you truly deserve it!"
Yu Xiaogang cheered repeatedly in his heart.
Compared to Yu Xiaogang's delight, the hearts of many more viewers were raised in anxiety.
Most people admired Su Chen; after all, his ability to make it this far, and the talent and capability he displayed, had already conquered many viewers.
Within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi sighed softly.
"Such a prodigy, if he truly falls, it would be a terrible pity."
In Shrek Academy, Tang San's brows were furrowed even tighter.
He still wanted to learn from Su Chen's Cultivation method!
Meanwhile, a highly conspicuous bullet comments suddenly appeared on the Heavenly Screen.
[Di Tian]: Stupid!
[Di Tian]: For the sake of a woman, you actually disregarded your own life and death.
In Di Tian's view, so-called romantic love was merely fleeting clouds; only becoming stronger was the truth.
As soon as these bullet comments appeared, female Soul Masters couldn't help but retort.
[Dugu Yan]: In that situation, no one could just stand by and watch Bibi Dong be severely injured, right?
[Ning Rongrong]: If Su Chen really did nothing, that would be called cold-blooded!
[Huo Wu]: I previously thought that Su Chen was a scumbag who used Bibi Dong's feelings and only knew how to Cultivation.
[Huo Wu]: But looking at it now, that doesn't seem to be the case.
[Huo Wu]: At the very least, that subconscious action just now shows that he still cares about Bibi Dong in his heart.
Seeing these bullet comments, in the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong's heart couldn't help but tremble.
Su Chen in the Heavenly Screen could even disregard his own safety for her sake.
If it were Yu Xiaogang.
At this moment, memories of the past couldn't help but surface in her mind. In those memories, every time Yu Xiaogang faced Qian Xunji, he seemed timid and submissive, and even when he was finally driven out of Spirit City, he didn't dare to say a single word.
At this moment, a trace of wavering arose in Bibi Dong's heart.
"Xiaogang, is it really worth me holding onto these memories?"
However, this trace of wavering was quickly drowned out by the Rakshasa evil thoughts.
Meanwhile, the scene on the Heavenly Screen continued.
[After listening to Ghost's words, the expressions of both Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong changed almost simultaneously.]
[Bibi Dong's eyes turned even redder.]
[She was truly afraid.]
[She was afraid that Su Chen would die right in front of her like this.]
[If not for her insisting on testing the combat power of the Golden Sacred Dragon.]
[If not for her being momentarily impulsive, forcing Liu Erlong to also get fired up.]
[Su Chen would never have ended up like this.]
["It's all my fault..."]
[Bibi Dong bit her lip tightly, her voice hoarse.]
["If it weren't for me, things would never have turned out like this."]
[Hearing this, Liu Erlong, who was beside her, also felt a lump in her throat.]
[She wanted to say something, but when the words reached her lips, she couldn't say a single one.]
[Seeing this, Ghost also knew that now was not the time to let the two women continue to blame themselves, so he immediately spoke in a deep voice.]
["I will go find a healing Soul Master."]
["Before I return, you two must guard him well."]
["You must not let anyone disturb him."]
[Hearing this, both Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong nodded heavily.]
["Okay!"]
[Seeing the two women agree, Ghost did not delay any further and instantly vanished from the spot.]
[At this moment, Su Chen had completely cut off everything from the outside world.]
[All of his focus had sunk into his body.]
[Inside him, the Natural Soul Power that had originally been circulating continuously according to the Soul-Shattering Foundation Establishment Method was now completely out of control, rampaging wildly within his meridians.]
[Every collision felt like knives scraping fiercely through his flesh and blood.]
[If it were anyone else, they would likely have suffered a mental breakdown by now.]
[But Su Chen did not.]
[The closer he got to the line between life and death, the more focused his Martial Soul became.]
[Unknowingly, Su Chen felt as if he had reached a peculiar state.]
[His entire consciousness felt as if it had suddenly stood at a higher position, beginning to look down upon his own body.]
[At this moment, Su Chen felt that his mastery over his body was clearer than ever before.]
[Skin and flesh, bones, meridians, internal organs, Qi and blood, Soul Power.]
[Everything was under control.]
[He could even clearly see where those wisps of chaotic Natural Soul Power within his body were colliding, where they were accumulating, and where they were imbalanced.]
[At this moment, he understood where his long-standing bottleneck truly lay: it was the instability of the Natural Soul Power.]
[This caused him to be quite superficial, whether simulating a Martial Soul or releasing a Soul Skill, and his combat power could only rely on stacking countless Martial Soul Abilities.]
[And how to change the current situation?]
[Su Chen had already obtained the answer from the Spirit Power Fusion just now.]
During the previous Spirit Power Fusion, Su Chen discovered that so-called Spirit Power Fusion was merely the compression and complementation of two types of Soul Power, thereby allowing the Soul Power to exhibit a more stable state.
Thinking of this, Su Chen already had a way to resolve the disorder of the Soul Power in his body, and could even go a step further.
He did as he thought.
Without a hint of hesitation.
Su Chen directly controlled his Mental Power and pressed it toward the streams of chaotic Soul Power within his body.
Since Spirit Power Fusion could make power stronger and more stable, what he had to do was to completely compress all this scattered Natural Soul Power within his body together.
With a movement of Su Chen's will, the Natural Soul Power that had been rampaging wildly throughout his body was suddenly forcibly drawn and gathered toward his Dantian.
This process was extremely dangerous.
The Natural Soul Power was already out of control.
Now that it was being forcibly pulled, it instantly became even more violent.
His meridians were vibrating.
His internal organs were trembling.
Every wisp of Soul Power pressed over felt like thousands of tiny, sharp nails scraping through Su Chen's blood vessels.
In the eyes of Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, Su Chen's forehead was bulging with veins, and blood was seeping from the corners of his mouth.
Yet Su Chen's Mental Power remained unaffected.
More and more Natural Soul Power was forcefully pressed into his Dantian.
Soon, the Soul Power in Su Chen's Dantian transformed from its original scattered and disordered state into a constantly rotating pale golden vortex.
But this was not enough.
Su Chen did not stop.
His Mental Power continued to press down.
The vortex spun faster and faster.
The Soul Power within was pressed tighter and tighter.
It went from airy to solid, and from solid to viscous.
Then, the Soul Power vortex in his Dantian began to contract continuously.
The originally vast Soul Power was pressed down bit by bit, and was actually forced from a Soul Power vortex into a mass of liquid pale golden Soul Power.
Feeling the changes in his Soul Power, Su Chen couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.
The direction was correct.
Immediately, Su Chen continued to fiercely mobilize all his Mental Power, pressing it toward the very center of that liquid Soul Power mass.
Boom!
In an instant, Su Chen's body shuddered violently.
Blood overflowed from his mouth and nose once again.
His already injured internal organs suffered tearing pain once more under this recoil.
But it was at this very moment that a tiny, tiny speck of golden light finally appeared in the center of that liquid Soul Power mass.
That golden light was only the size of a grain of rice, yet it was condensed to the extreme.
As soon as it appeared, it emitted an aura far heavier and more overbearing than ordinary Soul Power.
Gang Qi Seed.
It was done.
In the next instant, Su Chen did not hesitate and immediately guided the newly formed Gang Qi Seed to slowly circulate along the internal energy pathways he had already opened.
Wherever it passed, the originally violent and chaotic Natural Soul Power seemed to suddenly find its backbone and quickly quieted down.
The moment it touched the Gang Qi Seed, it was directly crushed, absorbed, and assimilated.
At this moment, the injuries within Su Chen's body, which had been on the verge of collapse, finally began to truly stabilize.
In this process of continuously absorbing Soul Power, compressing it, absorbing more, and compressing again, two days flashed by.
During these two days, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong barely closed their eyes.
The two of them just stayed one on the left and one on the right, guarding by Su Chen's side.
Bibi Dong's eyes were already bloodshot.
That originally bright and stunningly beautiful face was also full of unconcealable haggardness.
She wanted to reach out and touch Su Chen several times, but every time she extended her hand, she stopped halfway.
She was afraid.
She was afraid that if she were careless, she would disturb Su Chen.
Just then, several shadows appeared in the sky.
In the next instant, Ghost appeared before them.
And behind him, a middle-aged man and a young girl were following.
The middle-aged man had a slender build and gentle brows, while the young girl wore a light green dress and had a delicate appearance.
Outside the Heavenly Screen, in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ye Lingling watched the man and woman appear on the Heavenly Screen.
Her face, which had always been calm, finally rippled with emotion.
It was only because she recognized both of them.
The middle-aged man was the previous Sect Master of the Undying Sect, her grandfather, Ye Zhanming.
And the young girl was her mother, Ye Shu.
Her grandfather had passed away before she had her Martial Soul Awakening.
She never expected that she would see him again under such circumstances.
For a moment, Ye Lingling's hand couldn't help but clench slightly.
And the scene on the Heavenly Screen continued.
Seeing Ghost return, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong hurriedly stood up.
"Elder Gui..."
Ghost raised his hand to stop them from speaking and turned to look at the middle-aged man beside him.
"Sect Master Ye, please take a look at Su Chen's condition first."
Hearing this, Ye Zhanming did not decline; he walked quickly to Su Chen and slowly crouched down.
In the next instant, a gentle Soul Power surged from his palm and slowly probed into Su Chen's body.
A moment later, Ye Zhanming couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Strange..."
Hearing these two words, both Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong's hearts sank abruptly.
Ghost also immediately asked, "What is it?"
Ye Zhanming did not answer immediately, but continued to feel the flow of Soul Power within Su Chen's body.
After a few more seconds, he spoke slowly.
"I have never seen this youth's method of circulating Soul Power before."
Seeing this, Ghost did not hide it any longer and simply explained the matter of Su Chen's Broken Spirit and his subsequent creation of an entirely new cultivation system.
After listening, both Ye Zhanming and his daughter Ye Shu had their expressions change drastically.
"Broken Spirit?"
Ye Shu couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.
She looked at Su Chen, who was sitting cross-legged, her eyes filled with shock and curiosity.
But Ye Zhanming's heart skipped a beat.
A Broken Spirit, an entirely new cultivation system—no matter how one looked at it, this was a secret of Spirit Hall, yet Ghost had told them now.
Thinking of this, Ye Zhanming couldn't help but show a bitter smile, thinking to himself, "Sigh! It seems I have no choice but to join Spirit Hall now!"
But now was clearly not the time to think about these things.
Ye Zhanming immediately collected his thoughts and focused all his attention back onto Su Chen's body.
This time, he probed more carefully.
The more he probed, the thicker the astonishment in his eyes became.
In the end, even his voice changed a little.
"Incredible..."
"Truly incredible."
Ghost asked in a deep voice, "What exactly is it?"
Ye Zhanming slowly withdrew his hand and turned to look at the others.
"His life is not in danger."
As soon as these words were spoken, Ghost, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong all breathed a visible sigh of relief.
But before they could completely set their minds at ease...
Ye Zhanming continued, "Not only is there no danger to his life, but the Soul Power within his body at this moment is astonishingly thick."
"If we speak only of Soul Power intensity, it has even exceeded that of an average Soul Emperor, approaching the level of a Soul Saint."
"The most crucial part is that there seems to be a force inside his body guiding his Soul Power. That feeling doesn't resemble a Martial Soul, and as for what it is, I can't quite say."
"However, what I can confirm is that he is not in any life-threatening danger; it's just that his internal organs have sustained some damage."
"This kind of injury can be healed once I use my Soul Skill."
Hearing these words, Bibi Dong's Martial Soul, which had been tightly wound for two whole days, finally relaxed.
Liu Erlong also let out a long sigh of relief.
But immediately after, Bibi Dong couldn't help but look at Su Chen again.
"Then why hasn't he woken up yet?"
Ye Zhanming said.
"If I haven't guessed wrong."
"The reason he hasn't woken up yet is not because he is in a coma from severe injuries."
"But because he is continuing to stabilize the Soul Power within his body."
"Once this step is completed..."
Before Ye Zhanming could finish his sentence.
He saw that Su Chen, who had been sitting cross-legged and still, suddenly saw his aura surge violently.
Boom!
A wave of Soul Power, far heavier and more condensed than before, erupted from within his body.
Even the ground, with Su Chen as the center, cracked into fine fissures.
Seeing this, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong both changed expressions and instinctively wanted to step forward.
But the next moment, they both stopped in their tracks.
Because at this moment, a faint layer of golden airflow had suddenly appeared around Su Chen's body.
That airflow was like a real, thin layer of armor, clinging tightly to the surface of Su Chen's body.
Seeing this scene, Ye Zhanming's pupils suddenly constricted.
"This is..."
"To think he could condense Soul Power to the point of being nearly tangible?"
Ghost was also shocked.
He could clearly feel just how astonishing the power contained within that layer of golden airflow on Su Chen's body was.
This kind of solidified Soul Power was almost catching up to him, a Titled Douluo!
Meanwhile, inside Su Chen's body.
That grain-sized Gang Qi Seed had already completely stabilized after circulating through his meridians time and time again.
The originally scattered Natural Soul Power, after being compressed, also began to transform bit by bit into a more condensed form.
At this moment, Su Chen finally broke through his shackles.
Transforming Qi into Protective aura.
Su Chen's eyes slowly opened.
The imposing manner radiating from his body also gradually subsided.
Seeing this scene.
Tears welled up in Bibi Dong's eyes, and she immediately rushed forward to hug Su Chen.
"Su Chen!"
Liu Erlong was both surprised and happy.
"You're finally awake!"
Feeling a soft, warm body holding him tightly, Su Chen felt a hint of something unusual for the first time, as if something in his heart had been touched for a fleeting moment.
Looking down, he saw that Bibi Dong's originally bright and beautiful face was now full of exhaustion.
Her eye sockets were red.
The corners of her eyes still bore undried tear stains.
Seeing this, a complex mix of emotions welled up in Su Chen's heart.
But this feeling was quickly suppressed by absolute rationality.
A moment later, Bibi Dong let go of Su Chen, but her hands still tightly gripped his arms, fearing that something might happen to him the next moment.
"Su Chen, I'm sorry."
Bibi Dong bit her lip, her voice trembling slightly.
"It's all my fault."
"If I hadn't insisted on sparring with Erlong, this wouldn't have nearly happened, and you wouldn't have almost lost your life trying to save me."
Liu Erlong, who was on the side, also lowered her head in agreement.
"And me."
"If I hadn't gotten carried away and forgotten my limits, things wouldn't have spiraled out of control."
"It's nothing."
"I also wanted to see just what level of power Spirit Power Fusion could reach at the time."
"Besides, in that situation, I would have stepped in no matter who it was."
Su Chen's tone remained calm as he smiled and spoke.
Thinking back to the situation at that time, he didn't know why he had instinctively wanted to intervene.
Thinking about it carefully now, Su Chen simply attributed everything to Bibi Dong's identity.
Spirit Hall Saintess.
Owner of Twin Martial Souls.
No matter which point it was, Bibi Dong could not be allowed to have an accident.
As for other possibilities, Su Chen selectively discarded them all.
Hearing these words, the emotion in Bibi Dong's eyes became even more intense.
In her view, the reason Su Chen said this was clearly because he didn't want her to continue blaming herself.
At this moment, the look Bibi Dong gave Su Chen was filled with affection that could no longer be concealed.
The next moment.
She suddenly closed her eyes and leaned toward Su Chen's cheek.
Seeing this, Liu Erlong's eyes widened immediately.
Ye Shu, who had been watching the scene, also had eyes full of curiosity and excitement; she never expected to see such a scene while coming out with her father.
Su Chen's gaze also slightly tightened, and for a moment, he was somewhat at a loss.
However, the moment Bibi Dong was about to make contact.
A low voice suddenly rang out.
"Ahem! Your Highness Saintess, some things are better done slowly when you go back."
"Right now, it is more important to let Sect Master Ye heal Su Chen's injuries first."
Once these words were spoken, Bibi Dong froze on the spot.
She suddenly realized that there was more than just her and Su Chen here.
Her fair little face turned red to the ears in an instant.
"I..."
Bibi Dong opened her mouth, but for a moment, she couldn't even say a complete sentence.
Seeing this, Ghost did not continue to tease her.
Instead, he looked at Su Chen and said in a deep voice.
"Let Sect Master Ye treat your injuries."
Su Chen nodded slightly.
Ye Zhanming did not delay, releasing his Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul and using his Soul Skill for area-of-effect group healing.
A gentle healing light immediately spread from him as the center, covering everyone.
For a moment, everyone felt a warm current surge into their bodies.
The exhaustion Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong had felt over the past two days was almost instantly swept away by more than half.
And the injuries within Su Chen's body that had not yet fully recovered were also rapidly healing under this power.
Only a short dozen breaths passed.
Su Chen could clearly feel that the injuries in his body were already more than half healed.
A moment later.
Ye Zhanming slowly retracted his Martial Soul.
"Alright."
"Your injuries are no longer serious."
"For the rest, you just need to recuperate for another day or two, and there won't be any lingering problems."
Hearing this, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong finally set their minds at ease completely.
Su Chen also stood up and cupped his hands toward Ye Zhanming.
"Many thanks to Sect Master Ye for your help in saving me."
Ye Zhanming waved his hand.
At this, Su Chen suddenly clenched his fist slightly.
Feeling the power within his body, which was far more profound and solidified than before.
Su Chen did not hesitate and looked up at Ghost, who was on the side.
"Elder Gui."
"I would like to ask you for a favor."
"Now that I have just had a breakthrough, I want to feel just what level my combat strength has reached."
"So, I would like to ask you to take action and test me."
Hearing this, Bibi Dong spoke almost subconsciously.
"No!"
She immediately stepped forward, placing herself directly in front of Su Chen.
Her beautiful eyes were filled with undisguised worry.
"Your injuries have just healed, yet you are already rushing to fight."
"What if something goes wrong again?"
Bibi Dong spoke very quickly.
Clearly, she was genuinely panicked.
She had finally watched Su Chen return from the gates of hell, so naturally, she did not want him to take risks again right after waking up.
Facing Bibi Dong's obstruction, Su Chen remained calm.
"It is fine."
"I know my own body best."
Ye Zhanming, who was on the side, saw this and chimed in.
"Your Highness, Holy Maiden, there is no need to worry too much."
"Young friend Su Chen's physical condition has already completely improved."
Hearing that even Ye Zhanming said so, Bibi Dong bit her red lips lightly and slowly stepped back.
Seeing this, Ghost spoke in a low voice.
"Very well."
"Since you want to try, this old man will spar with you."
Su Chen said.
"Elder Gui, for this spar, I will only use one move, and I will use my full strength for this move."
"I want to test just how much my full-strength strike can achieve now."
"Good."
Ghost replied.
Soon, everyone retreated, clearing a large open space for the two.
Su Chen and Ghost stood facing each other.
Hum!
In an instant, a tyrannical Protective Qi erupted from Su Chen's body.
Pale golden currents of air swirled wildly around Su Chen, his robes flapping loudly.
Seeing this, everyone present was shocked.
They could clearly feel that what Su Chen was releasing at this moment was a type of Qi that was far more tyrannical, profound, and sacred than Soul Power.
Seeing this, the look of appreciation for Su Chen in Ghost's eyes intensified.
Because he clearly felt that this power erupting from Su Chen's body actually held a faint suppression over him.
This was a feeling he had previously only felt from two people.
One, the High Priest, Qian Daoliu.
The other, the Pope, Qian Xunji.
That was the natural suppression of a dark-attribute Soul Master by a light-attribute Soul Master.
But the problem was, the difference in cultivation between Su Chen and him was nearly thirty levels, and this was comparing him to a Titled Douluo.
You must know that an ordinary Spirit Douluo is no different from an ordinary person in front of a Titled Douluo; one can imagine just how vast the gap between Su Chen and Ghost really was.
Yet in such a situation, Su Chen was actually still able to make him feel suppressed.
Just as Ghost's mind was shaken.
Su Chen, in the field, finally moved.
He saw him slowly raise his right hand.
His five fingers came together, pointing straight at the firmament.
Instantly, the surging pale golden Protective Qi around his body seemed to be drawn by some kind of pull, frantically gathering upwards.
Hum! Hum! Hum!
The air trembled continuously.
Visible streaks of golden Qi rose from all directions.
In just a few short breaths.
Above Su Chen's head, an extremely dazzling golden ball of light had already appeared.
The ball of light grew larger and larger.
And brighter and brighter.
In the end, it was almost like a small sun hanging in mid-air.
The blinding golden light made everyone around subconsciously squint their eyes.
The next instant.
That ball of light began to change.
It transformed into a giant sword, floating in the air.
The sword body was entirely golden-white.
At the edges, however, flowed a nearly incandescent, white sharpness.
There were no fancy patterns on it.
All it had was the purest, most tyrannical, and most extremely rigid and yang Qi.
At this moment, Su Chen stood beneath that huge sword of light, his robes fluttering, his expression calm.
Powerful.
Dazzling.
It made people unable to look away at all.
Bibi Dong felt her heart start to race uncontrollably, and Liu Erlong's favorability was also rising rapidly.
The next moment.
As Su Chen's voice fell.
"Holy Radiance Judgment Sword."
That huge sword of light suspended high in the sky slashed down fiercely towards Ghost.
The moment this sword slashed out, the Void seemed to be torn apart.
The piercing sound of breaking through the air resounded throughout the entire area.
The golden-white sword light fell like heavenly light.
The speed was fast to the extreme.
Seeing this, Ghost's pupils suddenly constricted.
Without the slightest hesitation, he directly activated his Martial Soul Avatar.
At the same time, he mobilized all his Soul Power, wanting to take this sword strike head-on.
But just at the moment when that huge sword of light was about to truly land on his head.
Ghost's expression changed abruptly.
Because at this very moment, he keenly sensed a dangerous aura.
Immediately, Ghost, with almost no hesitation, gave up on resisting head-on.
With a flash of his feet, he retreated explosively.
Almost leaving an afterimage in place, he had already appeared dozens of meters away.
And the next instant after he withdrew.
That huge sword of light slashed completely onto the ground in front.
Boom!!!
A deafening roar exploded.
The violent air wave, carrying gravel and dust, swept wildly in all directions.
The surrounding trees were shaken to and fro on the spot.
A long sword mark tore forward from the point of impact.
The sword mark extended for dozens of zhang.
The central position had even turned into a deep gully.
And on both sides of the gully remained charred blackness and molten marks from being scorched by high temperatures.
Seeing this scene, everyone present was almost stunned.
Ghost felt a faint chill down his back.
Su Chen's strike was simply too shocking; if he hadn't chosen to dodge just now, but instead relied on his Titled Douluo cultivation to take it head-on.
The result would likely not have been pleasant, and injury would have been unavoidable.
Thinking of this, when Ghost looked at Su Chen again, his eyes were completely different.
There was no longer any intention of treating the other party as an ordinary Junior.
Because Su Chen at this moment truly possessed the qualifications to make him look at him seriously.
Meanwhile.
Outside the Heavenly Screen, countless viewers were also collectively stunned at this moment.
Everyone was almost deeply shocked by the sword strike Su Chen had just performed.
A moment later, the entire Heavenly Screen completely exploded.
[Oscar]: This is too strong!
[Dugu Bo]: Hahahaha, good, a good Su Chen!
[Qian Daoliu]: This Su Chen can truly be called a peerless monstrous talent; to be able to comprehend a Cultivation method between life and death.
[Qian Daoliu]: And that condensed Protective Qi, the extremely rigid and yang Qi contained within it, is actually fully comparable to the Six-Winged Angel Soul Power of our Angel Clan; truly, the younger generation is to be feared!
With Qian Daoliu's comment, the bullet comments section became even livelier for a time.
On the continent, perhaps some people do not know Qian Daoliu, nor have they seen the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, but everyone has heard the legend of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.
This is hailed as the strongest light-attribute Martial Soul!
And Su Chen, by relying on the Protective Qi he condensed himself, was actually able to match the strongest light-attribute Martial Soul; how could that not shock people?
In Heaven Dou City, inside the Crown Prince's Mansion.
On Qian Renxue's originally calm face, it was already filled with shock.
She stared fixedly at Su Chen in the Heavenly Screen, not looking away for a long time.
She felt it deeply; the power of that sword strike from Su Chen was already comparable to the power of a Soul Saint, or even a Spirit Douluo.
At least in her view, she absolutely could not withstand it.
At this moment, the arrogance in Qian Renxue's heart had completely disappeared.
In the past, she only felt that with her Innate Soul Power of level twenty, her talent was unrivaled.
However, Su Chen's appearance truly and clearly told her what a real Genius was.
Su Chen had Cultivated for less than eight years in total, yet he had already surpassed her sixteen years of Cultivation.
Not only that, but just as Qian Daoliu said in the bullet comments, Qian Renxue could feel that the Protective Qi released by Su Chen was not inferior to the bright and sacred attributes of her Six-Winged Angel Soul Power.
You have to know that she is hailed as the owner of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul with the purest Angel bloodline and the closest to the Angel God in hundreds of years.
So it is no exaggeration to say that at this moment, Su Chen's Protective Qi has already surpassed all Soul Masters with light attributes.
However, Qian Renxue soon calmed her complicated mood and began to think deeply.
After Su Chen's Broken Spirit, he can rely on continuously compressing his Soul Power to refine it into even purer power.
But that doesn't mean that having a Martial Soul makes it impossible to compress and refine Soul Power.
As soon as this thought appeared, Qian Renxue's breathing couldn't help but quicken a little.
If this were really possible, her strength would definitely increase greatly, and even the chance of passing the Angel Gods Trial in the future would increase by several points.
Thinking of this, a sharp light flashed in Qian Renxue's eyes.
"No, after the Heavenly Screen ends, I must try it immediately."
There are far more people with this kind of thought than just Qian Renxue; at this moment, anyone on the Douluo Continent with a little brain is already impatient to have the Heavenly Screen end quickly.
However, the Heavenly Screen continues to play.
[After withdrawing his move, Su Chen looked at the destruction he had caused in front of him and couldn't help but show a smile.]
[This time, although the Protective Qi in his body was drained again, he could clearly feel that it was different from the past; the Protective Qi was replenished almost instantly, not causing him to even struggle with normal movement.]
[The most critical point is that this breakthrough, unlike the past, was as if he had broken through shackles and achieved a qualitative leap.]
[Both his physical body and his Mental Power were more than twice as strong as before.]
[Only at this moment did Su Chen dare to say that he had already broken away from the original Soul Master's cultivation system and moved into a more powerful cultivation system with a higher ceiling.]
[After this incident, everything returned to its original state.]
[Su Chen and Bibi Dong continued to Cultivation every day, in addition to training in various towns.]
[Only this time, in addition to the two of them, there were also Liu Erlong and Ye Shu.]
[Liu Erlong was originally wandering alone in the Soul Master world, traveling everywhere. Now that she finally had like-minded friends, and could perform Spirit Power Fusion with Su Chen, she naturally didn't want to leave.]
[As for Ye Shu, after seeing Su Chen's strength with her own eyes, she already had a plan in her mind; perhaps by following Su Chen, she would have a chance to break the Martial Soul defect that their Clan had always had.]
[Thus, from then on, the four of them traveled together and began to train in various places on the Douluo Continent.]
[Along the way, they encountered many bullies, or Fallen Soul Masters who kidnapped and killed people.]
[Whenever they encountered such things, Su Chen, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong would take action directly.]
[Those who deserved to die were killed directly.]
[Those who should be kept were left with a breath and brought back for further research.]
[At first, Ye Shu was a little unaccustomed to it.]
[After all, she had grown up in the Undying Sect since she was a child. Although she had seen Soul Masters fighting, she had never seen the dirtiest side of this world like she did now following Su Chen.]
[But after seeing more, she gradually fell silent.]
[Because she discovered that what Su Chen said was not an exaggeration at all.]
[In this world, there are really many people who deserve to die.]
[In the process of getting along gradually, Ye Shu became more and more admiring of Su Chen, and finally one day she made up her mind.]
[At night, inside a cave on a desolate mountain.]
[Su Chen sat cross-legged with several kinds of medicinal liquids in front of him.]
[Ye Shu stood quietly in front of him, her face a little pale, and her breathing was much faster than usual.]
[Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong stood aside.]
[Neither of them spoke at this moment.]
[Because they both knew what today meant for Ye Shu.]
[After a moment of silence, Su Chen spoke slowly.]
["Once you start, there is no turning back."]
["The pain of a Broken Spirit is not something ordinary people can bear."]
["If you can't hold on halfway, at best your Foundation will be destroyed, at worst you will die on the spot."]
["Even if you survive, you have only obtained the qualification to walk this path."]
["How to Cultivation subsequently, how to perceive Natural Soul Power, and how to let your body adapt, all depend on yourself."]
[After speaking, Su Chen raised his eyes to look at Ye Shu.]
["Now, do you still want to continue?"]
[Although Ye Shu's face was pale, the expression in her eyes did not waver in the slightest.]
[She took a deep breath and suddenly knelt down towards Su Chen.]
["disciple Ye Shu, no regrets."]
["I only ask Master to teach me the way forward."]
[Seeing this, Su Chen did not hesitate any longer and took action to break Ye Shu's Martial Soul.]
[From this day on, Ye Shu became the first person other than Su Chen to truly embark on the path of Broken Spirit cultivation.]
[In the following days, the four of them continued to walk across the continent.]
[In the year that followed, in order to study Spirit Power Fusion, Su Chen would often experiment with Liu Erlong.]
[So in this process, the relationship between Su Chen and Liu Erlong inevitably became extremely good; after all, to achieve perfect Spirit Power Fusion, the two must be as like-minded as possible.]
[In constant experiments, Su Chen gained a lot and developed many new Martial Soul Abilities.]
[Moreover, Su Chen unexpectedly discovered that the reason he could perform Spirit Power Fusion with Liu Erlong, in addition to the similarity in the Origin of their Soul Power, was because of the connection in their bloodline.]
[This also means that the two of them are very likely to be relatives with extremely close blood relations.]
[Regarding this, Su Chen did not pay attention to it, after all, this did not affect cultivation and experiments.]
[However, he did not know that in the process of constant Spirit Power Fusion, Liu Erlong's mentality had already undergone a transformation.]
[From the beginning, she just had a pure good impression of Su Chen.]
[To later admiration.]
[And then later, adoration.]
[Up to now, that admiration has turned into deep affection.]
[It was just because she had a good sister like Bibi Dong, she had never spoken of this affection.]
[Because she knew from the beginning that Bibi Dong liked Su Chen, and they were the ones who knew each other first.]
[Plus traveling together and fighting side by side, Liu Erlong had long regarded Bibi Dong as almost a sister.]
[Precisely because of this, she didn't want to fight, and didn't want to hurt Bibi Dong.]
[But some things, no matter how deeply suppressed, will eventually leave traces.]
[Bibi Dong had already discovered it long ago.]
[She just pretended not to know.]
[In this year, she had seen Liu Erlong secretly looking at Su Chen more than once when he turned around.]
[She had also seen the flash of joy in her eyes more than once when Liu Erlong heard Su Chen's praise.]
[Especially when Su Chen and Liu Erlong performed Spirit Power Fusion again and again, that indescribable tacit understanding made her feel piercingly painful just by looking at it.]
[However, Bibi Dong didn't say anything in the end.]
[Because she couldn't forget the last time she was overwhelmed by jealousy and insisted on competing with Liu Erlong, which almost killed Su Chen.]
[So, whenever she saw Liu Erlong and Su Chen getting close, her chest would feel tight, as if something was blocking her heart.]
[But when it really came to her acting out, she couldn't do it.]
[After all, between Su Chen and Liu Erlong, until now, there really hadn't been any crossing-the-line actions.]
[So she could only endure.]
[During the day, she pretended to be fine.]
[Laughing when she should laugh.]
[Talking when she should talk.]
[But whenever it was quiet at night, those thoughts she had forcibly suppressed would pop up one after another.]
[Late one night.]
[The bonfire had long since gone out.]
[Ye Shu was sitting cross-legged on the other side, cultivating.]
[Liu Erlong was also leaning against a tree trunk, closing her eyes to rest.]
[Only Bibi Dong was not asleep.]
[She sat quietly not far away, looking at Su Chen, who was deducing the Cultivation Technique alone under the moonlight, her eyes filled with extremely complicated emotions.]
[After watching for a long time, she suddenly bit her lip, and a thought that even she felt was absurd and dangerous popped into her heart.]
[If...]
[If she were to completely abolish all of Su Chen's Soul Power.]
[And then lock him forever in a Secret Room that no one could find.]
[Then, would he belong to her alone forever?]
Outside the Heavenly Screen.Seeing that Su Chen was now surrounded by three beautiful girls—Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, and Ye Shu—countless male Soul Masters turned green with envy.Especially since the three girls each possessed distinct temperaments, yet all were rare, peerless beauties.[Ma Hongjun]: Damn! I am truly envious.[Soul Master A]: Envy is one thing, but if it were really up to me, I wouldn't know who to choose![Yan]: Nonsense! Of course it's the Pope. Not only does the Pope possess Twin Martial Souls, but she has also known Su Chen the longest.[Bu Le]: I actually think Liu Erlong is better; that fiery temper of hers is truly...[Oscar]: Ye Shu seems pretty good too, gentle and soft, and she's a disciple. Doesn't that identity just make it even more exciting?[Ma Hongjun]: You really know how to pick 'em, kid![Ye Lingling]: Shut up![Dugu Yan]: Can't you men think of anything normal for once?[Huo Wu]: Heh, aren't all men like this?In an instant, the bullet comments section descended into an argument.Just as the argument in the bullet comments was heating up, Ning Rongrong suddenly spoke.[Ning Rongrong]: I just discovered a blind spot.[Ning Rongrong]: Since there is a blood relationship between Liu Erlong and Su Chen in the Heavenly Screen.[Ning Rongrong]: And Su Chen is twin brothers with Yu Xiaogang.[Ning Rongrong]: Then is it possible that in our world, Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang... are actually blood relatives too?[Huo Wu]: It actually seems possible![Huo Wu]: No wonder that Liu Erlong is always speaking up for Yu Xiaogang; so there was this connection all along?[Ning Rongrong]: No, that's not all.[Ning Rongrong]: Think about it carefully; earlier in the Heavenly Screen, Liu Erlong clearly met Yu Xiaogang first.[Ning Rongrong]: It was because she met Su Chen later that she separated from Yu Xiaogang.[Ning Rongrong]: But there is no Su Chen in our world.[Ning Rongrong]: Doesn't that mean it's highly likely that Liu Erlong has been staying with Yu Xiaogang all along?[Ning Rongrong]: If that's true, then it wouldn't be impossible for some kind of feelings to have developed between them during that time.After these words were spoken.The bullet comments section of the Heavenly Screen fell into instant silence.And almost the instant Ning Rongrong's last sentence was sent, a roar of extreme rage suddenly erupted."Shut up!!"Ning Rongrong turned her head to look and saw that Yu Xiaogang's eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on his forehead were bulging.He was staring fixedly at her, with a hint of killing intent faintly visible in his eyes.Seeing Yu Xiaogang's reaction.Ning Rongrong, who had only been making a wild guess, could now confirm that she was absolutely right.At the same time, the rest of the Shrek group thought the same as Ning Rongrong and couldn't help but look at Yu Xiaogang with strange expressions.Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun couldn't help but exclaim in their hearts."I didn't expect this Grandmaster to look so upright, but he plays so dirty behind our backs."Beside them, Tang San couldn't help but sigh, thinking to himself."Teacher is confused..."Having lived under feudal rituals in his past life, Tang San placed great importance on ethics and norms, and naturally, he could not accept such a thing at all.At this moment, because of Ning Rongrong's words, the bullet comments section had completely exploded.[Shui Yue'er]: No way... If this is true, it's too disgusting.[Huo Wu]: First he swindles and deceives, then he messes with ethics; this kind of person is truly disgusting![Hu Liena]: Where are the people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect? Why aren't you saying anything? Could it be that it's actually true?...This time.It practically drew out half of the entire continent, as gossiping is human nature.Besides those bashing Yu Xiaogang, others began questioning the people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.Inside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.The expressions of the Elders and disciples were incredibly ugly.Those who knew about this matter felt it was a massive disgrace to the Sect.Those who didn't know were shocked into silence.Just then.Liu Erlong finally couldn't hold back anymore.[Liu Erlong]: Enough![Liu Erlong]: Xiaogang and I are truly in love, it's not some dirty relationship like you all say![Liu Erlong]: Even if there is a blood relation, that's not something we can control, so how can you blame us?[Liu Erlong]: What's wrong with us just wanting to pursue our own love?Once these words were spoken.There was silence outside the Heavenly Screen once more.Immediately after, even more people joined the discussion.Because Liu Erlong's words were practically an admission of the unspeakable relationship between her and Yu Xiaogang.A moment later, the entire bullet comments section had almost completely turned into a zone for denouncing Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.Most people even ignored the scenes on the Heavenly Screen.Meanwhile, the scene in the Heavenly Screen shifted.[The night grew deeper.][Inside the inn, it was quiet.][Because of the matter between Su Chen and Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong felt a bit stifled in her heart.][Although she didn't show anything during the day, when night fell, the secret sourness and jealousy could no longer be suppressed.][So after nightfall, she did not rest immediately.][Instead, she gently pushed open the door, preparing to go to the inn's roof to get some air and calm herself down.][But the moment she stepped out of the room.][Her footsteps suddenly faltered.][Because she saw that another door not far away was also being pushed open from the inside at that moment.][A familiar figure slowly walked out.][It was Su Chen.][Bibi Dong was slightly stunned.]["It's so late, what is he going out for?"][According to her understanding of Su Chen, he always Cultivated in his room at night, with basically no exceptions.][Seeing Su Chen leaving his room in the middle of the night now, for some reason, a sense of unease suddenly arose in her heart.][Subconsciously, she restrained her aura, flashed her figure, and retreated into the shadows.][Su Chen seemed not to notice and walked calmly toward the back of the inn.][Bibi Dong bit her lip.][After hesitating for a moment, she still followed silently.][Along the way, she passed through the alley.][And crossed an open space.][Finally, she arrived in a secluded forest.][The moonlight shone down through the branches and leaves.][The tree shadows were mottled.][The night wind was slightly cold.][And there, a tall figure was already waiting, as if she had been there for a long time.][Fiery red long hair.][Slender, straight legs.][A bright and flamboyant face.][It was Liu Erlong.][Seeing this scene.][Bibi Dong, hidden in the shadows, clenched her hands almost instantly.][Her teeth bit hard into her red lips, and a trace of blood flowed from them.]["Why?"][At this moment, Bibi Dong was already on the verge of losing control.][However, she still tried hard to calm her emotions, constantly comforting herself in her heart.]["Maybe, maybe they just came here to Cultivation?"]["Erlong is my good sister; I should trust her!"]["Hoo! Calm down, Bibi Dong, calm down."]
[In the woods.]
[Su Chen stopped and looked at Liu Erlong ahead of him, asking straightforwardly.]
["What is it that you needed to see me for so late at night?"]
[Liu Erlong's body stiffened slightly upon hearing this.]
[She had already thought of many things to say along the way.]
[But when she actually stood before Su Chen, those words seemed to suddenly get stuck in her throat.]
[For the first time, her usually straightforward personality showed a hint of struggle and hesitation.]
[Her mind was in a mess.]
[On one hand, because of her relationship with Bibi Dong, she didn't want to create a rift between herself and the sister she had finally bonded with.]
[On the other hand, there was an affection she couldn't suppress no matter what.]
[After a long time.]
[Liu Erlong finally raised her head and looked at Su Chen.]
["Su Chen."]
["I know Sister Dong'er likes you."]
["I also know that saying this now is very unfair to her."]
["During this period, I've been enduring, constantly telling myself not to cross the line, not to do anything to betray her."]
["But I found that I can't do it."]
["I like you."]
[Hearing this, Su Chen couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.]
[He clearly hadn't expected that Liu Erlong's invitation to meet in the woods at midnight was to confess her feelings.]
[But whether it was because his personality never cared for matters between men and women, or because they were very likely blood relatives, it was impossible for Su Chen to agree to Liu Erlong.]
[Therefore, Su Chen did not hesitate and was about to speak and refuse.]
[But just then.]
[Su Chen's gaze suddenly turned cold.]
["Who's there!"]
[Almost the instant the voice fell.]
[Swoosh!]
[A stream of purple-black venom suddenly shot out from the woods to the side.]
[Su Chen reacted extremely fast.]
[A layer of pale golden Protective Qi instantly covered his palm.]
[Immediately after, he flicked his five fingers.]
[A ball of blazing fire shot out violently.]
[Boom!]
[The fire and the purple-black venom collided in mid-air.]
[In just an instant.]
[A large cloud of purple-black poison mist was directly vaporized by the flames.]
[Almost simultaneously, a figure shot out from the darkness.]
[The speed was alarmingly fast.]
[In nearly the blink of an eye, she appeared beside Liu Erlong.]
[The moonlight fell.]
[Revealing a face that was breathtakingly beautiful yet also terrifyingly cold.]
[It was Bibi Dong.]
[Only at this moment, her eyes were blood-red, filled with rage, jealousy, and a near-demonic paranoia.]
[The sharp Spider Spears belonging to her Martial Soul suddenly extended.]
[Without the slightest mercy.]
[They pierced straight toward Liu Erlong's throat!]
[Seeing this, Liu Erlong's hair stood on end.]
[At this moment, she clearly sensed a thick killing intent from Bibi Dong.]
[Bibi Dong.]
[She really intended to kill her!]
[At this critical juncture.]
[Su Chen's figure suddenly flashed.]
[His hands wrapped in pale golden Protective Qi, he then reached out and firmly grasped the Spider Spears that were stabbing toward Liu Erlong.]
[However, the powerful impact forced him back several steps, and the ground beneath his feet cracked instantly.]
[It was clear that Bibi Dong had put her heart into this strike, intending to kill with one blow.]
[Looking at Su Chen standing in front of Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong was stunned for a moment.]
[Then her eyes were filled with an expression of disbelief, mixed with a despair and anger at being betrayed.]
[She nearly roared as she questioned Su Chen.]
["You're going to stop me?"]
[Accompanying this roar, Liu Erlong finally came back to her senses.]
[Looking at the killing intent emanating from Bibi Dong before her, her eyes were full of disbelief; after all, the Bibi Dong she had seen before was always a gentle and kind older sister.]
[However, she quickly realized that Bibi Dong must have misunderstood.]
[She had only wanted to inform Su Chen of her feelings earlier; she had never thought of taking Su Chen away from Bibi Dong.]
[With this thought, she was about to explain.]
["Sister Dong'er..."]
["You are worthy of calling me that?!"]
[As soon as Liu Erlong's words left her mouth, Bibi Dong shouted harshly.]
["Liu Erlong, you clearly knew I liked Su Chen!"]
["Yet you still called him out behind my back in the middle of the night!"]
["And you even dared to confess?!"]
["Someone like you isn't worthy of saying my name!"]
[Liu Erlong's face turned pale, and she hurriedly tried to speak.]
[But how could Bibi Dong listen now?]
[At this moment, the bitterness, jealousy, and possessiveness she had been accumulating reached their peak.]
[Then, Bibi Dong turned to look at Su Chen, her eyes holding only a sliver of expectation.]
["Su Chen, as long as you step aside now and let me kill her."]
["I will act as if this never happened."]
["We can go back to how we were, how about it!"]
[Hearing this, Su Chen frowned slightly; he didn't understand why Bibi Dong would suddenly become like this.]
[But as Liu Erlong was the only person who could perform a Spirit Power Fusion with him, Su Chen would absolutely not let anything happen to her.]
[With this thought, Su Chen did not hesitate and decisively refused.]
["No!"]
[Bibi Dong froze.]
[After a brief daze, tears uncontrollably slid down from the corners of her eyes.]
[In her view, Su Chen's unwillingness to let her kill Liu Erlong was because he had been bewitched by her and wanted to betray her.]
[At the thought of this, Bibi Dong couldn't help her breathing becoming heavy.]
[She truly couldn't imagine what she would become if Su Chen left her!]
[Finally, Bibi Dong came back to her senses, looked at Su Chen, and took a deep breath.]
["Good."]
["Very good."]
[The next instant, Bibi Dong suddenly released her Soul Power.]
[In the blink of an eye, Bibi Dong broke free from Su Chen's restraint and pulled away from the two of them.]
[She stood before an ancient tree.]
[The night wind blew her long hair.]
[On that exquisite face, the tear stains were not yet dry.]
[But her gaze had completely changed.]
[It was no longer just anger.]
[But a kind of madness after truly making a decision.]
[At this moment, she had completely abandoned reason; only two things remained in her mind.]
[Kill Liu Erlong!]
[Cripple Su Chen's Soul Power and lock him in the Secret Room, so he can only stay by her side for all eternity.]
[Immediately, Bibi Dong released her Martial Soul without any hesitation.]
[Death Spider Emperor, possession!]
[Six Spirit Rings rose one after another from beneath her feet.]
[Yellow! Yellow! Purple! Purple! Black! Black!]
Such a scene caused the previously lively bullet comment area to fall silent once again.
Following that, those who had previously spoken up about choosing Bibi Dong only felt a chill crawl up their spines.
They had to admit that Bibi Dong was indeed peerlessly beautiful.
But with this personality, it was likely that few people could bear it.
[Liu Erlong]: Heh! Is this the Pope of Spirit Hall? If she can't have him, she won't allow anyone else to have him either. How laughable!
Meanwhile, inside the Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong couldn't stand watching the images on the Heavenly Screen anymore.
Simply because she felt a deep sense of crisis from the film; if in reality, Bibi Dong also acted like she did in the film, directly attacking her without any sense of honor, wouldn't she be in trouble?
Thinking of this, Liu Erlong decisively sent out a bullet comment, specifically wanting to provoke Bibi Dong and make her confront her directly.
This way, the entire continent would know of the grudge between Bibi Dong and herself.
As the Pope of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong would likely care about her reputation and wouldn't move against her.
And just as Liu Erlong expected, Bibi Dong finally couldn't help but send out a bullet comment
[Bibi Dong]: Ridiculous. At least in the world of the Heavenly Screen, Su Chen cared about the me over there.
[Bibi Dong]: Unlike you.
[Bibi Dong]: From beginning to end, you've only been treated as an experimental tool by Su Chen.
As soon as these words were spoken.
Liu Erlong's face immediately darkened.
Although she didn't care whether Su Chen liked the version of her in that world, hearing Bibi Dong say it made her feel incredibly displeased.
Without any hesitation, Liu Erlong shot back a retort.
For a time, the entire bullet comments section was filled with nothing but the two of them bickering.
Meanwhile, the images on the Heavenly Screen continued to play.
[At this moment, Su Chen couldn't help but frown deeply as he looked at Bibi Dong, who was filled with nothing but rage, jealousy, and a near-manic paranoia.]
[He knew that the current Bibi Dong was completely incapable of listening to any persuasion.]
[In this state, explaining further was meaningless; he could only temporarily suppress Bibi Dong.]
[Thinking of this, Su Chen couldn't help but let out a soft sigh in his heart.]
[The next instant.]
[The Protective Qi within his body suddenly surged.]
[A pale golden light rose from all around him.]
[In the air, it transformed into several pale golden blades of light.]
[Seeing that Su Chen was actually going to move against her, Bibi Dong could no longer restrain herself, and a Spirit Ring beneath her feet suddenly lit up.]
[Purple-black Soul Power immediately surged forth.]
[Almost at the same time.]
[Su Chen's eyes narrowed.]
[The light blades in the air trembled slightly, about to shoot through the sky.]
[However, just as the battle was about to break out.]
[Shua!]
[A dark shadow suddenly flashed through the night.]
[In an instant, it appeared behind Bibi Dong.]
[Then, a hand-knife strike fell silently.]
[Thump.]
[The blow wasn't heavy.]
[But the point of impact was precise to the extreme.]
[Bibi Dong, who was about to rush forward, suddenly stiffened.]
[Immediately after, her entire body went limp and she collapsed.]
[Su Chen moved his feet, stepping forward several paces to steadily catch the falling Bibi Dong.]
[The person who had suddenly appeared was none other than Ghost, who had been hiding in the shadows all along.]
[It was indeed Ghost.]
[Seeing Bibi Dong caught by Su Chen, his expression was somewhat somber.]
[He first glanced at Su Chen.]
[Then he glanced at Liu Erlong nearby.]
[In the end, he said nothing.]
[Only his frown deepened a bit more.]
[In the forest, it was momentarily quiet to a terrifying degree.]
[Only then did Liu Erlong finally recover from the tense atmosphere.]
[Subsequently, she walked to Su Chen's side, looking at the unconscious Bibi Dong with emotions in her eyes that were complex to the extreme.]
[There was apology.]
[And also a hint of fear and anger.]
[The apology was because she knew that it was indeed her possible wrongdoings that had led to the current situation.]
[The anger was because Bibi Dong's actions and words were truly aimed at taking her life.]
[If Su Chen hadn't intervened.]
[She would likely be a cold corpse by now.]
[After a moment of silence, Ghost finally looked at Su Chen and spoke.]
["What do we do next?"]
[Hearing this, Su Chen also felt a bit of a headache for a moment.]
[He had never been interested in matters of the heart, and this was his first time encountering such a scene, so he was inevitably a bit at a loss.]
[However, what he could be certain of was that Bibi Dong would likely never be able to get along with Liu Erlong amicably again.]
[And since he still needed to study Spirit Power Fusion, he definitely couldn't do without Liu Erlong, nor could he let anything happen to her.]
[Thinking of this, Su Chen finally spoke slowly.]
["I'll have to trouble you, Elder Gui, to take Dong'er back to Spirit City!"]
[As soon as these words were spoken.]
[Ghost's eyes narrowed slightly.]
[He didn't agree immediately.]
[Because he knew very well.]
[The reason His Holiness the Pope allowed Bibi Dong to go out with Su Chen was to foster feelings between Su Chen and Bibi Dong through day-and-night companionship, firmly locking Su Chen into the Spirit Hall faction.]
[If he took Bibi Dong back to Spirit City now.]
[It would be hard to say whether Su Chen would still be wholeheartedly devoted to Spirit Hall in the future.]
[Furthermore, after seeing Su Chen's excellence, Ghost fully understood Su Chen's importance; such a Genius absolutely could not be left to his own devices.]
[Thinking of this, Ghost even had the thought of directly obliterating Liu Erlong.]
[Su Chen looked at Ghost's expression; as intelligent as he was, he naturally saw through Ghost's thoughts.]
[He didn't say much.]
[He just suddenly raised his hand.]
[The next moment.]
[Buzz!]
[A fluctuation of Protective Qi, even more condensed than before, suddenly rose from within his body.]
[Then, under the astonished gazes of Liu Erlong and Ghost.]
[A speck of pale golden light suddenly emerged from the center of Su Chen's chest.]
[The light was only the size of a bean at first.]
[But in just a few breaths, it slowly solidified, turning into a thumb-sized golden light seed.]
[This was the Gang Qi Seed that Su Chen had refined.]
[Su Chen understood the thoughts of a great power leader like Qian Xunji all too well.]
[Qian Xunji would absolutely not allow himself to escape the control of Spirit Hall.]
[But in the future, he would inevitably have to leave Spirit Hall's sphere of influence.]
[Therefore, Su Chen had thought of a solution for this a year ago.]
[And the core of it was this Gang Qi Seed.]
[Su Chen reached out, holding the Gang Qi Seed in his palm, and looked at Ghost, explaining.]
["This Gang Qi Seed is something I specially refined; it is connected to the Origin Qi within my body."]
["If it remains intact, I am still under your control."]
["If it is destroyed, the Origin in my body will become unbalanced, and I will immediately become a useless person."]
["Take it back to Spirit City and give it to His Holiness the Pope."]
["That way, His Holiness won't blame you for anything!"]
[After hearing Su Chen's words.]
[Ghost fell silent, and at the same time, the look of admiration in his eyes as he looked at Su Chen grew even stronger.]
[He truly hadn't expected.]
[That Su Chen would have thought of even this step so early on.]
[He had even made preparations in advance.]
[This Mental state, this shrewdness, and this judgment of the situation.]
[All far exceeded the scope of what someone his age should possess.]
[Ghost stared at Su Chen for several breaths.]
[In the end, he slowly reached out his hand.]
["You are indeed even more outstanding than I imagined."]
[He said in a low voice.]
[Then, he took the Gang Qi Seed.]
[The moment it entered his hand.]
[Ghost could even more clearly perceive that unique fluctuation connected to Su Chen's body.]
[This thing could not be faked.]
[Since that was the case.]
[He no longer hesitated.]
[A surge of black Soul Power emerged.]
[Gently lifting the unconscious Bibi Dong.]
["I will take the Saintess back to Spirit City."]
["As for what follows, it will require His Holiness the Pope's decision."]
[With that finished.]
[Ghost gave Su Chen one last deep look, and with a flash of his figure, he vanished into the night with Bibi Dong.]