Chapter 262: Bibi Dong's Gut-Wrenching Regret
Above the wetlands.
Douluo Ju and Douluo Gui stood dumbfounded.
"Chrysanthemum Guan, where's the Unicorneel?" Douluo Gui's body was misty and translucent, only his glowing eyes wide open.
"The aura just now—it must have evolved into a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Could it have noticed our arrangements after evolving and escaped on its own?" Douluo Ju's mind felt blank, as if in a dream.
"What are you waiting for, Chrysanthemum Guan? Hurry and search! If that Unicorneel escapes, we're dead!" Douluo Gui shouted angrily.
His spiritual power spread outward, sweeping rapidly over the surrounding wetlands.
Douluo Ju also began issuing sharp mental signals to notify the Martial Soul Hall soul masters stationed nearby.
Then he himself landed and started inspecting the Unicorneel's original cave carefully.
His spiritual sense missed not a trace.
Finally, he found a patch of soil on the ground slightly different from its surroundings.
"Could it have burrowed underground?"
Immediately, Douluo Ju extended his spiritual power downward, and indeed discovered loosened soil beneath.
Dugu Feng had left in haste and hadn't erased his traces.
That only made Douluo Ju more certain—the Unicorneel escaped underground!
He hadn't even considered that another soul master might have taken it.
After all, it was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Even Bibi Dong herself couldn't kill such a creature instantly.
And from the moment they sensed the Unicorneel's evolutionary energy to arriving here, only a few breaths had passed.
Who could capture it that quickly?
Douluo Ju scoured deeper with spiritual probes but found no further sign.
In the sky above, Bibi Dong had arrived.
She had absorbed a hundred-thousand-year beast before—she couldn't possibly mistake that aura.
That Unicorneel must have evolved successfully.
"Your Holiness, there are signs underground that the Unicorneel disappeared—it must have evolved, sensed us, and fled!" Douluo Ju quickly reported.
A black light flashed—Douluo Gui returned, saying helplessly, "Your Holiness, I have searched the whole Death Valley and found nothing unusual!"
Bibi Dong's face was like still water.
"Run? After I nurtured you for so long? You think you can get away that easily?"
Her body trembled slightly as green web-like patterns emerged on her forehead.
The Soul-Eating Spider Emperor possessed her.
Her third soul ring shone, and she unleashed the Soul Spider Summon skill again.
A ripple of emerald light spread and transformed into a swarm of ghostly venomous spiders.
These spiders had a special ability—to track any unfamiliar scent.
Once they appeared, they spread throughout the wetland.
Then began dispersing through all of Death Valley.
"There's a human presence!" Bibi Dong gritted her teeth, anger erupting like fire.
The worst possibility had happened.
Someone had interfered.
"Who has the strength to seize a hundred-thousand-year soul beast instantly?" Douluo Ju said in disbelief.
Bibi Dong was equally stunned, but the Soul-Eating Spider's detection couldn't be wrong.
It could tell the difference between souls of humans and beasts.
"Are you doubting my soul ability?"
Bibi Dong finally snapped.
Her icy eyes locked onto Douluo Ju.
Terrified, both he and Douluo Gui dropped to their knees.
Neither had ever seen Bibi Dong this enraged.
"Find it!"
Bibi Dong roared.
Douluo Ju and Douluo Gui immediately took flight; neither dared provoke her further.
After they left, Bibi Dong sat cross-legged and infused her mental power into the Soul-Eating Spiders, frantically sensing.
Time passed. Despite exhausting her mental strength, she found nothing.
She rose swiftly and flew toward the boundary of Death Valley, her terrifying spiritual power combined with the spiders to expand her search radius.
Minutes passed.
Bibi Dong's expression turned bleak.
Nothing. She found nothing!
The Soul-Eating Spiders were formed from death energy and her soul power—wherever death lingered, they could travel swiftly.
They were even faster than titled Douluos.
In this short time, they had spread for dozens of kilometers beyond Death Valley.
Still, there was no trace.
Expressionless, Bibi Dong flew back over the rift where the subterranean demon spider was killed.
She looked down at the shining black soul ring below her.
She felt no joy at all.
The ninety-thousand-year soul ring had lost all appeal.
Why hadn't she waited a bit longer? Why didn't she check the Unicorneel first after arriving?
Bibi Dong's regret turned her stomach.
A few minutes more—soon an hour would pass.
The newly formed soul ring below would fade away; she had to give up searching.
The hundred-thousand-year soul beast was gone, and if this ninety-thousand-year one vanished as well, she'd have no place to vent her frustration.
Bibi Dong took a deep breath and angrily extended her hand, summoning the destined soul ring. She could only absorb this one now.
Star Dou Great Forest.
Dugu Feng landed atop a massive tree.
Death Valley lay south of Martial Soul City—not far from the forest.
After escaping, Dugu Feng traveled swiftly like a gale and reached the Star Dou Great Forest.
Here, he was safe.
He didn't worry about Douluo Ju or Douluo Gui pursuing.
The Emerald Dragon Snakes were already alert nearby.
Dugu Feng's eyes shone with excitement as he tapped the cloth bag at his waist.
On the tree's branch appeared a block of ice several meters wide.
Inside was the frozen Unicorneel.
"Die!"
Tyrant Poison unleashed its final force.
Within the ice, the Unicorneel lost all life.
The poor creature had just become a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, yet before experiencing its new strength, Dugu Feng ended it.
Red energy began to gather.
Bright as blood, it condensed into a crimson cloud above the frozen creature.
Without hesitation, Dugu Feng released his summoning force.
The red energy descended, enveloping him completely.
Boom!
Dugu Feng's spirit jolted violently, almost tearing from his body like an out-of-body soul.
The energy of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring exceeded all his imagination.
Its intensity was monstrous—
Like mighty rivers crashing through his body.
"You are the river—and I am the stone!"
Dugu Feng's will was forged in iron.
He trusted his body to withstand the torrent.
It was also a trial of his limits.
Soul ring energy and spiritual shock struck him relentlessly, but Dugu Feng's tempered body and spiritual sea resisted it with determination.
In the past, the toughest part of absorbing soul rings was merging toxins—but now his Tyrant Poison was fully formed. The Unicorneel's poison would simply merge into it, creating an even stronger force.
To Dugu Feng, there was no real difficulty left.
As long as his body endured, success was within reach.
(END CHAPTER)
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