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"I was originally wondering how to lure her out of the city, but I didn't expect her to deliver herself right to my doorstep."
Bibi Dong wanting to hunt for a spirit ring meant she would definitely leave the city tomorrow and head toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
Once she was out of the city, everything would be easy to handle!
The Star Dou Great Forest was vast and scarcely populated, making it the absolute prime geomantic treasure land for killing people, looting treasures, and resolving personal grudges.
As long as she wasn't in Spirit Hall, then Bibi Dong would be within his grasp!
"Tomorrow, the Star Dou Great Forest. Bibi Dong, your time of death has arrived."
Luo Nan did not continue deeper into the Supreme Pontiff Palace; instead, he retraced his steps and silently withdrew from Spirit City.
He sat cross-legged in a concealed mountain forest outside the city, quietly awaiting the arrival of dawn.
Early the next morning.
When the first ray of morning light tore through the night curtain and spilled onto the towering city walls of Spirit City, a side gate of Spirit City slowly opened.
There was no fanfare-filled entourage, nor were there earth-shattering sounds of horns.
A team that looked streamlined but actually contained terrifying combat power quietly drove out of Spirit City.
At the very front of the team were two Titled Douluos riding tall, sturdy horses: Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei.
Closely following behind them was a pitch-black luxury carriage pulled by four Nightmare horses carrying Spirit Beast Bloodlines.
Around the carriage, six elders wearing Spirit Hall attire accompanied it on horseback in a guarding formation.
The auras of these six individuals were steady; shockingly, they were all Spirit Douluo powerhouses above level eighty!
Two Titled Douluos, six Spirit Douluos, plus the unfathomable Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong sitting inside the carriage.
Such a lineup was enough to walk sideways across the Douluo Continent.
Inside the carriage, Bibi Dong sat upright on the soft velvet seat.
"Rakshasa God Trial…"
Bibi Dong closed her eyes slightly, feeling that violent and chilling Divine Power within her body.
Just a few days ago, she had finally and painstakingly completed the third trial of the Rakshasa God Trial.
The completion of the God Trial not only allowed her Soul Power to achieve a qualitative leap, but also allowed her sensory capabilities to reach an extremely terrifying Realm.
This was also the reason why she suddenly changed her mind and urgently needed a high-quality spirit ring to bear the surging power within her body.
After the team left the city, they galloped all the way south along the wide official road, heading straight in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Meanwhile, several miles behind the team.
Luo Nan followed far behind.
Although it was daytime and the sunlight had dispersed most of the darkness, greatly diminishing the stealth effect of Luo Nan's Ultimate Darkness,
Luo Nan's movement technique was very good, and he controlled the distance with exquisite precision, ensuring he neither lost them nor exposed himself.
One mile, two miles, three miles…
The team was moving at a very fast pace.
However, just as the team walked about five miles out of Spirit City and entered a relatively dense forest section, Bibi Dong, who was sitting in the carriage resting her eyes, suddenly opened them abruptly.
At that instant, her pupils turned into an eerie purple-black, and a chilling aura instantly filled the entire carriage.
"Stop!"
"Whoa—"
Hearing the Supreme Pontiff's command, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo immediately reined in their horses, and the six Spirit Douluos behind them also stopped in unison.
In an extremely short time, the entire team transitioned from extreme movement to extreme stillness, displaying exceptionally high military literacy.
"Your Holiness the Supreme Pontiff, what is the matter? Is there something amiss?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan spurred his horse forward, came to the side of the carriage window, and asked respectfully.
Both he and Gui Mei had just scanned the surroundings with their Mental Energy and had not found any abnormalities.
The carriage door was slowly pushed open.
Bibi Dong stepped down from the carriage, ignoring Yue Guan's inquiry.
Instead, she slowly turned around, her pair of eyes flashing with purple-black light staring fixedly at a dense forest several hundred meters behind.
Just at that very instant, she keenly captured a trace of extremely faint darkness aura in the shadows of the trees behind, one that completely clashed with the surrounding environment.
That kind of darkness was pure to the extreme, causing even the Rakshasa Divine Power within her body to produce an inexplicable palpitation.
"Discovered?"
Luo Nan, hiding in the tree shadows, felt his heart skip a beat the moment Bibi Dong's gaze swept over.
He could clearly feel that Bibi Dong's gaze was like a materialized sharp sword, directly piercing through layers of leaves and locking onto his body.
"How did this woman's perception become so terrifying? Even my Ultimate Stealth can be seen through?"
Luo Nan instantly felt that something was amiss, feeling inwardly shocked.
Sure enough.
"What rat from where dares to trail this seat all the way? Get out here!"
Accompanied by Bibi Dong's cold shout, a terrifying purple-black Soul Power erupted from her body like a tsunami, instantly sweeping across the forest several hundred meters behind.
Large swathes of trees violently shook under this terrifying Soul Power, and leaves withered and fell one after another.
Upon hearing this, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the six Spirit Douluos were all greatly alarmed.
Someone was actually tracking them? And they hadn't noticed at all?!
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
The eight powerhouses instantly underwent Spirit Possession, looking towards the direction of Bibi Dong's gaze as if facing a formidable enemy.
Since he had already been discovered, continuing to hide was of no significance and would instead make him appear inferior.
Luo Nan took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart.
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"
A crisp, slow sound of applause abruptly rang out in this hair-trigger forest.
Following closely after, amidst the shocked gazes of Bibi Dong and the others,
a slender and upright figure slowly walked out from those dense tree shadows.
"Bibi Dong, you really have it. You've got some tricks."
Luo Nan stopped his footsteps, standing at a distance of a hundred meters from Bibi Dong as they confronted each other from afar.
His gaze uninhibitedly sized up Bibi Dong, carrying a hint of undisguised mockery in his tone:
"After all, it's daytime. This little trick of mine hidden in the tree shadows could fool these two dogs by your side, but it couldn't fool you."
"It seems that during this period of time, your strength has advanced quite a lot."
"Audacious! How dare you show disrespect to Your Holiness the Supreme Pontiff!" Yue Guan said angrily.
However, Bibi Dong ignored Yue Guan's anger.
When she clearly saw the face walking out from the tree shadows, on Bibi Dong's peerless, iceberg-like face of ten thousand years, an extremely rare expression of utter panic appeared for the very first time.
Her pair of purple-black eyes contracted violently, as if she had seen the most incredible thing in this World.
She even involuntarily took a small step forward, her knuckles turning pale from excessive force as she gripped the Supreme Pontiff scepter.
"You… Luo Nan?!"
Bibi Dong's voice became somewhat shrill due to extreme shock.
"This is impossible!"
"Back then, you were clearly forced into the deep-sea vortex by me. Weren't you dead in the sea?!"
"How could you still be alive?!"
Back during that pursuit, Bibi Dong had watched with her own eyes as Luo Nan fell into the sea heavily injured.
She was very clear in her heart about the degree of danger the ocean held.
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