"Xiaogang."
Seeing Yu Xiaogang step forward, Bibi Dong's expression changed, and memories of the two of them from the past surfaced bit by bit in her mind.
Remembering the past, Bibi Dong shut her eyes in pain.
Seeing Bibi Dong sink into reminiscence, Yu Xiaogang, outwardly brave but inwardly terrified, was overjoyed.
As expected, Dong'er still loves me!
Today, no more worries!
But just then, Bibi Dong opened her eyes again. Resoluteness flashed within.
"Sixth soul skill, Bloodsucking Spider Spines!"
Her sixth soul ring lit up. As soul power surged, dense purple-black spider spines of soul power condensed behind her. With a point of her finger, the dense black-purple spines burst out like rain.
"Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft—"
Staring at the blossoms of blood blooming across his chest, pain crashing in and his life force draining fast, Yu Xiaogang was stunned.
Could it be Dong'er no longer loves me?
As the thought flickered, Yu Xiaogang's consciousness sank into endless darkness. His bleeding corpse collapsed to the ground.
"Teacher!"
"Xiaogang!"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang lying in a pool of blood, Tang San was shocked. Liu Erlong was shocked. Flender was shocked. Even the ten Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall who had come with Bibi Dong were shocked.
They had all heard rumors of the special relationship between their Pope and Master Yu Xiaogang.
Especially Yue Guan and Gui Mei. The two never expected that this time their Pope would truly do it.
They had thought Bibi Dong came to Shrek Academy only to kill Tang San and would most likely spare her first love Yu Xiaogang once more.
Unexpectedly, Bibi Dong killed Yu Xiaogang without a word. Was this still the Pope they knew?
In truth, Yue Guan and Gui Mei were not wrong. If Bibi Dong had not "been reborn," she definitely would have been unwilling to strike Yu Xiaogang. But the current Bibi Dong had "returned reborn" from the future.
To change her daughter Qian Renxue's fate, Bibi Dong had to kill Tang San.
But Bibi Dong knew that if she killed Tang San, then Yu Xiaogang, who treated Tang San like his own son, would drown in grief and hate her for life.
A lifetime of hatred from her "white moonlight" was not what Bibi Dong wanted. What she wanted was for that white moonlight to remember her goodness forever.
If she did not kill Tang San, she could not change Qian Renxue's fate of a shattered god seat. If she did kill him, Yu Xiaogang would hate her.
The two clashed. Reconcile?
Kill Xiaogang first, then execute Tang San!
If Yu Xiaogang died before Tang San, then he would not know she had killed Tang San and would not fall into grief.
Chu Chengzhou: The first blade upon coming ashore cuts down the one you love first!
"A sinner as steeped in guilt as I am should fall forever into Avici Hell."
Looking at Yu Xiaogang lying in the blood below, recalling how before her "rebirth" she had grown sick of Qian Renxue yet ultimately shattered her own god seat to save her, Bibi Dong closed her eyes in pain.
In that moment, Bibi Dong suddenly felt she was even less human than that beast Qian Xunji!
That night, Heaven Dou City was anything but calm.
Bibi Dong had yet to become the Rakshasa, yet was as fearsome as one. After Yu Xiaogang, Tang San also died.
A mere six-ring Soul Emperor, even with the Killing God Domain, even with a hundred-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider sixth ring, even with two hundred-thousand-year spirit bones, Tang San still died at the hands of the Spirit Hall elders, and his bones were ground to ash.
After all, in Bibi Dong's understanding, Tang San had been resurrected once. Naturally she did not leave him a complete corpse.
Then, under Bibi Dong's lead, the ten Titled Elders of Spirit Hall delivered a godlike performance and bathed the Heaven Dou imperial palace in blood.
Dugu Bo fell. Ning Fengzhi fell. Chen Xin fell. Gu Rong fell. Emperor Xue Ye fell. Even Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng, who had just had a heaven-sent windfall, were stone cold.
The next day, in the deep mountains three hundred li east of Heaven Dou City, the hidden refuge of the Clear Sky Sect was reduced to ruins. Including Sect Master Tang Xiao, six Titled Douluo and hundreds of Clear Sky Sect disciples all perished.
Five days later, in the Star Luo Empire, the imperial palace of Star Luo was bathed in blood.
In this battle, Bibi Dong cut down foes unmatched. She beheaded the Titled-grade Hell White Tiger and more than a dozen Titled Douluo. At the end, facing encirclement by armies, she relied on the Death Spider Emperor's poisonous innate domain, the Death Domain, to slaughter tens of thousands of Star Luo troops and withdrew with the ten Spirit Hall elders unscathed.
By this point, the three great sects of the continent were wiped out. Aside from Tang Hao, whereabouts unknown, only a handful of small fry escaped.
As for the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, their royal houses were annihilated. More than half of their high-ranked soul masters were lost. Leaderless, they fell into chaos.
While the remaining non–Spirit Hall powers on the continent were in fear and turmoil, Bibi Dong had already returned to Spirit City.
Side hall of the Pope's Palace. Inside the kitchen.
Staring at the charred unknown in the pot, Bibi Dong fell silent.
It's just stir-frying a dish. How is it this hard?
At that moment, footsteps sounded outside the kitchen.
Turning, Bibi Dong saw Hu Liena walk in.
"Teacher, you are..."
Pointing at the charred unknown in the pot, Hu Liena asked with a strange look.
Eye-opening. Truly eye-opening. Hu Liena never imagined her teacher would actually cook.
Of course, cooking was not the point. The point was she seemed to have burnt... no, turned it into charcoal.
"Nana, can you cook?"
Bibi Dong ignored Hu Liena's strange look and asked in all seriousness.
"Huh? Cook? I can, sort of."
"Good. Teach your teacher then."
Hu Liena: "..."
Is this really my teacher?
A little over an hour later, near noon, under Hu Liena's guidance, Bibi Dong finally managed to produce four simple dishes and a soup.
Then Bibi Dong summoned a maid and took the prepared food to the Douluo Hall.
"We pay respects to Your Holiness!"
Seeing Bibi Dong arrive, the hall-guarding knights outside the Douluo Hall bowed and saluted.
"At ease."
Bibi Dong waved a hand and then waited quietly outside the Douluo Hall.
The Douluo Hall was no ordinary place. Only deceased Titled Douluo could be interred there. Aside from a few special individuals and exceptions granted by the Grand Worship Qian Daoliu, even the Pope of Spirit Hall had no right to enter it while alive.
Moreover, since Bibi Dong intended to leave a good impression on Qian Renxue, even knowing Qian Renxue was inside, she did not force her way in.
Meanwhile, inside the Douluo Hall, hearing the salute from outside and sensing Bibi Dong's arrival, Qian Renxue, kneeling before the Angel God's statue and about to begin the Angel God Trial, could not help but frown.
What is that bad woman Bibi Dong doing here?
Hmph~, never mind. That bad woman must be here to disrupt my focus, unwilling to see me begin the Angel God Trial.