Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 382: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

After completing this final task, Bibi Dong felt as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. She sighed and stepped outside the Pope's Hall, ordering the temple knights to deal with Yu Xiaogang and the internal issues. Upon receiving the Pope's orders, the knights immediately entered the hall to erase all traces of Yu Xiaogang.

After drawing lots, a few unlucky knights were assigned the task of throwing Yu Xiaogang out of Spirit City.

Just as Bibi Dong, in her silence, thought of visiting Hu Liena—whom she viewed almost like her own daughter—to ease her mood, she noticed a lone figure standing on the distant road.

With just one glance, a look of disgust instantly appeared on Bibi Dong's face. Her eyes brimmed with unhidden malice.

"What brings the Grand Worship here today?" Bibi Dong didn't even bother with a forced smile for Qian Daoliu. Instead, she asked coldly, her tone sharp as ice.

Since the last beast tide, Qian Daoliu had been unusually active.

At first, Bibi Dong thought Qian Daoliu had stepped in out of concern for the beast tide and would eventually return to the Worship Hall after things calmed down. Based on her impression of Qian Daoliu, she assumed his usual passive nature would prevail, especially after receiving subtle hints from her subordinates.

But what happened next?

Qian Daoliu's actions were completely out of character. Initially, he displayed a trace of his old rigid demeanor, but soon after, he began acting more aggressively than anyone else.

He distributed soul bones publicly in Spirit City, suppressed some high-ranking Soul Masters, and even met with the leaders of the Seven Great Sects. Then, he began building his prestige within the Spirit Hall. Despite her attempts to hint at him multiple times, Qian Daoliu blatantly ignored them.

When Bibi Dong personally visited him to demand he return to the Worship Hall, she didn't even get the chance to see him. Instead, she was blocked at the door by Jiang Jun and Jiang Mo, the two brother worshippers.

Somehow, those two had advanced to level 96. Their combined aura posed a considerable threat to Bibi Dong, forcing her to retreat back to the Pope's Hall.

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Since then, rumors spread throughout the Spirit Hall that the former Pope and current Grand Worship, Qian Daoliu, was dissatisfied with the current Pope, Bibi Dong, and intended to depose her to reclaim leadership of the Spirit Hall.

Over the years, Bibi Dong had painstakingly built her faction, but now 70% of it had shifted allegiance to Qian Daoliu. Of the remaining 30%, 20% were too scared to defect because Bibi Dong held leverage over them, and the last 10% were undecided, which, in Bibi Dong's eyes, made them potential spies.

Yes, this referred to Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. Bibi Dong was convinced those two had issues with her but had never openly expressed them. After all, she was well aware of how stingy she was when it came to rewarding others.

Although the Worship Hall hadn't outright deposed her, Bibi Dong knew she had been completely sidelined. Whether or not she could continue as Pope—and for how long—depended entirely on Qian Daoliu's whims.

For Bibi Dong, who hated Qian Xunji and thus harbored extra hatred for the Spirit Hall, this was utterly unacceptable.

Why hadn't this old man been this assertive decades ago? Why now?

Why couldn't he have been this decisive and ruthless when dealing with that dog Qian Xunji? Why wait until she was on the brink of completing her revenge to jump out and obstruct her path?

It had become common knowledge within the Spirit Hall: wherever the Pope was, the Worship Hall members wouldn't appear, and wherever the Worship Hall members were, the Pope would stay away. The cold war between the two had become a public topic.

Since the last soul bone distribution, this was the first time Bibi Dong had seen Qian Daoliu seek her out.

Bibi Dong was even prepared for the two of them to clash.

Though she knew she would likely die, Bibi Dong didn't mind self-destructing to take Qian Daoliu down with her!

As her killing intent surged and her soul power began to stir, Qian Daoliu, who still appeared youthful, sighed. It seemed as though he was reminiscing about the first time he met Bibi Dong. Back then, she had been a sweet, innocent, and slightly introverted young girl, a far cry from the hatred-filled woman standing before him now.

Truthfully, although Qian Xunji was his son, and the dead deserved respect, Qian Daoliu couldn't help but feel the urge to dig up his son's grave and whip his corpse.

A warm and sacred aura of spirit power flickered, but it didn't originate from Qian Daoliu himself. Instead, it seemed to emanate from every corner of the world, as if the entire Spirit Hall was responding to Qian Daoliu's will and offering its strength.

Light, holiness, and fire.

The gentle energy of the world was imbued with faith, accumulating power that was simultaneously warm and overbearing. Though it caused no harm to anything or anyone, it sent explosive tremors through Bibi Dong's spiritual sea, even affecting her connection to the Rakshasa God's divine trial.

Involuntarily, the divine power of the Rakshasa God hidden within Bibi Dong's spiritual sea was drawn out, enveloping her body to resist the impact of Qian Daoliu's will.

At this moment, Bibi Dong's originally beautiful appearance became grotesque due to her first martial soul, the Death Spider Emperor, possessing her.

When possessed, her upper body was covered in purple-black armor, including a carapace covering her face. Below her eyes, four additional small eyes appeared. Her legs vanished, and from her abdomen down, she transformed into a massive spherical body. Eight thick, hairy legs sprouted from this sphere, propelling her lithe movements. These legs were covered in green bristles and oozed nauseating mucus that sizzled and corroded the ground wherever it dripped. She resembled a giant venomous spider.

Though a beast martial soul's quality is often judged by how many beast-like traits it imparts during possession, Bibi Dong despised her current monstrous appearance.

As such, Bibi Dong viewed her martial soul possession as a source of shame and rarely used it after regaining control over her powers.

Now, forced into using her martial soul and invoking part of the Rakshasa God's power, Bibi Dong's emotions flared. Soul power surged around her, and a broken Rakshasa Scythe appeared in her hands. Her gaze toward Qian Daoliu was filled with deep malice.

"Qian Daoliu, are you truly planning to commit such an act of annihilation?"

Initially, Bibi Dong thought she could self-destruct and drag Qian Daoliu down with her. However, after witnessing his power, she realized she might not even have the chance to self-destruct.

Though she had reached the eighth trial and her second martial soul was fully equipped with soul rings, Qian Daoliu's strength was already infinitely close to that of a god. Unless she completed the ninth trial, she stood no chance.

The gap between experts may seem small, but in reality, it could span the strength of multiple Title Douluos.