Chapter 189: Evil Thoughts

The absorption process of the Titan Ape's soul ring by Bibi Dong proceeded smoothly, without any mishaps.

Her talent and foundation far surpassed ordinary people, so absorbing a hundred-thousand-year soul ring wouldn't pose much strain on her body.

After successfully ascending to the rank of Title Douluo, the hundred-thousand-year soul bone was quickly absorbed into her body.

Once everything was ready, both of them instinctively turned their gaze to another hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

Then, Bibi Dong hesitated slightly and turned to Su Cheng, seeking his opinion.

Although she was extremely eager, Bibi Dong knew that there were risks in absorbing a soul ring for her second martial soul, especially considering that this powerful soul beast's death would likely yield a stronger hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems," Su Cheng said calmly.

The cultivation of the Second Volume of the Innate Technique was not achieved easily.

Not to mention just absorbing a hundred-thousand-year soul ring now, even absorbing a few more wouldn't be a problem.

After attaching five soul rings to her second martial soul, she could consider slowing down a bit and nurturing her body, which would be completely manageable.

Su Cheng had no intention of letting Bibi Dong fight this Heavenly Azure Bull Python alone again.

There was no need for it anymore.

From their previous battle, he had already seen a lot.

In terms of combat proficiency, Bibi Dong was already outstanding.

And now that she had absorbed the ninth hundred-thousand-year soul ring and ascended to the rank of Title Douluo, her strength would not be inferior to the Heavenly Azure Bull Python.

With him watching by her side, this soul beast probably wouldn't fight at full strength, so there was little point in continuing to struggle.

Under Su Cheng's suppression, Bibi Dong easily killed this hundred-thousand-year soul beast, which was even stronger than the Titan Ape, and obtained another pair of hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone.

"Absorb it with peace of mind, I'll protect you."

Seeing that he had said so, Bibi Dong no longer hesitated and immediately summoned her second martial soul, the Devouring Soul Spider Emperor, and began to absorb the hundred-thousand-year soul ring of the Heavenly Azure Bull Python.

Unlike the Death Spider Emperor martial soul, the Devouring Soul Spider Emperor was dark green in color, with a slender and sharp appearance, and its spider legs were even sharper, giving it a fierce look.

As the crimson soul ring was absorbed into the martial soul, the aura of this second martial soul also rapidly increased.

Seeing this Devouring Soul Spider Emperor manifested behind Bibi Dong, Su Cheng's brows furrowed imperceptibly.

"This martial soul..."

Both of Bibi Dong's martial souls were demonic spiders, and they were both at the Emperor level among demonic spiders.

For an ordinary soul master, obtaining just one of them would already be considered heaven's favor, and diligently cultivating it would almost certainly lead to becoming a Title Douluo. Yet she possessed both, which could be described as having heaven's blessings.

However, compared to the Death Spider Emperor, her Devouring Soul Spider Emperor was much more special.

In terms of quality alone, there wasn't much difference between the two; otherwise, they wouldn't have formed twin martial souls.

But in terms of characteristics, the Death Spider Emperor was incomparable.

The toxicity of the Death Spider Emperor was indeed formidable, belonging to the top-tier among martial soul poisons. Even the Titan Ape, who was much stronger than Bibi Dong, couldn't last long after being invaded by the potent toxin.

But this Devouring Soul Spider Emperor, it could actually affect and even erode the soul!

Previously, Su Cheng hadn't really felt this.

Before Bibi Dong began cultivating her second martial soul, the characteristics of the Devouring Soul Spider Emperor had not truly manifested, and since the other party seemed to dislike his spider martial soul, she didn't often display it. He didn't insist on it and only roughly understood it.

During their usual exchanges, the focus was always on Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor, discussing various soul skills and development directions.

As for the Devouring Soul Spider Emperor, he had intended to wait until she became a Title Douluo before taking a closer look.

But as Bibi Dong absorbed the hundred-thousand-year soul ring for her second martial soul at this moment, the terrifying ability that affected the soul finally began to reveal its fangs bit by bit.

Layers of dark green halos began to spread out spontaneously from Bibi Dong's center, emanating from the innate domain of her Devouring Soul Spider Emperor.

As this domain unfolded, the death energy within its range fluctuated, and faint soul auras began to respond.

Su Cheng squinted his eyes and looked around, noticing faint and elusive soul auras appearing in his field of vision.

In this vast soul beast forest of the Star Dou Great Forest, countless soul beasts died at all times, and the souls of those who had just lost their lives would not completely dissipate for a short time.

At this moment, the souls immediately reacted to the stimulation of this Devouring Soul domain, transforming into wisps of threads that merged into the dark green halo.

However, the powerful soul beasts were not affected for now; it was mainly the smaller insects and beasts whose souls were being drawn out.

As for the Titan Ape and the Heavenly Azure Bull Python, as hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, their soul power had long since merged into their soul rings and wouldn't undergo any further changes.

Seeing this scene, Su Cheng couldn't help but fall silent.

Such an extremely evil ability...

He turned his head back to gaze deeply at Bibi Dong's exquisite face, his thoughts churning.

The saying "power knows no good or evil, it depends on who wields it" is actually very one-sided.

Power indeed has a distinction between good and evil, and it can influence the user's temperament.

Possessing a sharp weapon can awaken murderous intent.

Excessive and highly-tiered evil power will inevitably affect the user's mental will.

Of course, this situation is not absolute. If the user's nature is resilient and can control evil thoughts, then there won't be much of a problem.

But undoubtedly, soul masters who use evil powers are much more prone to corruption than ordinary people.

Su Cheng even secretly doubted whether, even if the incident with Qian Xunji hadn't happened, Bibi Dong's opening of the Rakshasa God's Trial would only be a matter of time.

He had witnessed Bibi Dong's appearance after becoming the Rakshasa God.

During the first simulation of the final battle, it was the Archangel Qian Renxue fighting against the Rakshasa God Bibi Dong.

At this moment, her aura was naturally far inferior to her godly state, but there was a certain similarity in nature.

Even the slightest resemblance was extraordinary.

One was a god, the other was human.

Even Qian Renxue, who possessed the Six-Winged Archangel martial soul, did not have a high degree of similarity in aura.

It must be noted that Bibi Dong currently had no connection to the Rakshasa God and had never touched that god's trial.

Fortunately, she had been reading extensively over the years, using it to enrich her mind and soul, which should have had quite an effect.

Of course, Su Cheng himself didn't care about this distinction between good and evil. What he was worried about was that this kind of power would corrupt Bibi Dong's nature.

Moreover, power that is too easily obtained is not a good thing in the long run. If the soul is not strong enough, being backlashed by power is only a matter of time.

An hour later, Bibi Dong finally completely absorbed the hundred-thousand-year soul ring from the Heavenly Azure Bull Python.

As the crimson first soul ring stabilized completely, she slowly opened her eyes.

Then, she silently felt the changes in her second martial soul, the Devouring Soul Spider Emperor, which she had just begun to cultivate.

The six sharp illusory spider spears behind her silently spread out, and her two arms also transformed into spear-like shapes.

At this moment, she naturally didn't have the skill of the martial soul's true body, which required her to attach the seventh soul ring to use.

However, the beast martial soul had the ability to possess from the early stages, so she was currently in a state of martial soul possession.

Different from the slightly ugly appearance of the Death Spider Emperor, the power of the Devouring Soul Spider Emperor lay not in spider silk and poison, but in its eight spider legs.

Bibi Dong raised her head, and a momentary look of confusion flashed across her expression. Then, the pupils of her eyes lit up with a bright green light, staring firmly at Su Cheng, who was sitting not far away.

In the next moment, all eight green long spears, including her arms, rose simultaneously. Then, the spearheads simultaneously thrust downward, and in an instant, they struck in front of Su Cheng.

Su Cheng's brows furrowed tightly beneath his mask.

Bibi Dong's state was not right.

Was it an instinctive desire to devour?

At this moment, Su Cheng suddenly felt a movement in his heart and stopped his previous actions.

With his strength, he could naturally easily prevent her next attack.

Moreover, with his control over the soul level, he could suppress Bibi Dong's nature and alleviate the evil thoughts in her heart at this moment.

However—

"Never mind..." Su Cheng sighed inwardly, looking at the occasional confusion and pain in her eyes, and in an instant, he gave up this idea, "Regardless of whether this world is real or fake, I won't stay too long anyway, so I might as well help you."

At this point, if he intervened to suppress the evil thoughts in Bibi Dong's heart, it would only have a temporary effect.

He couldn't help her forever.

Moreover, if he ceased to exist in the future, it might even cause Bibi Dong to be more easily consumed by evil thoughts.

"Chi—"

All eight green long spears pierced into his body simultaneously.

Not a drop of blood splattered. At the same time, Su Cheng's qi, blood, soul power, and even his soul essence began to rapidly deplete, being swiftly devoured by the terrifying Devouring Soul Spider Emperor.

However, he remained seated, silently watching Bibi Dong's eyes flickering with green light.

He didn't lack this amount of power.

Su Cheng knew where his bottom line lay.

"Bibi Dong, I hope you won't disappoint me..."

No wonder.

No wonder, in the real world, Bibi Dong resorted to devouring Qian Xunji's soul and body for revenge.

It's important to note that she wasn't a Dark Soul Master; she was a legitimate soul master from the Martial Soul Hall. It was unreasonable for her to commit such an act.

Furthermore, at that time, she hadn't truly opened the Rakshasa God's Trial yet.

She gained the divine trial only after devouring Qian Xunji.

So, this devouring ability was actually her instinct!

The inherent evil instinct of the Devouring Soul Spider Emperor!

And as she progressed through the divine trial steps until the end, she didn't need a divine guardian to sacrifice for her, which was completely different from other divine seat inheritors.

Spiders, as creatures, mostly have the instinct to consume their own kind.

But humans are not spiders, and humans don't act based on instinct, and martial souls don't represent souls.

Moreover, even if it's the soul, it has the possibility of change.

If it were the past Bibi Dong, perhaps it would be difficult for her to control herself, but Su Cheng believed that she was different now.

As time passed by second by second, Su Cheng's skin began to become rough and withered, the rapid loss of blood making his complexion appear grayish-white and dull.

But these effects were not significant; the most terrifying aspect was his soul power rapidly depleting, causing even his thoughts to gradually slow down.

Su Cheng remained still, his gaze fixed on Bibi Dong.

Watching the struggling figure before him, his expression was somewhat absent-minded.

Until now, he hadn't completely perfected the third volume of his innate skill, because it was difficult to find the balance point for the integration of power.

He could only rely on accumulated knowledge to gradually condense different powers within his body.

But now, he suddenly had some insights.

The resonance of mental wills might be able to harmonize soul power with physical power.

And as long as soul power and physical power could be integrated, spiritual power would naturally follow.

The mutual feedback between soul and body was actually deeply profound.

"...Bibi Dong, are you okay yet?"

Su Cheng opened his lips and asked softly.

As he spoke, his voice was extremely rough and hoarse, like the sound of fingertips rubbing against sandpaper, extremely unpleasant to hear.

But upon hearing this voice, Bibi Dong suddenly trembled violently all over her body, the green light in her eyes flickering unpredictably.

Su Cheng simply watched her calmly.

After a few breaths, the six green long spears suddenly shattered, leaving only two, which turned into fair and slender arms.

The dark green Devouring Soul Spider Emperor behind Bibi Dong also disappeared at this moment.

Tears streaked down her fair and delicate face.

"I'm sorry, Cheng Xue, I'm so sorry..."

She raised her arms to cover her face, tears flowing through her fingers. Her whole body trembled uncontrollably, and her speech was somewhat slurred.

Seeing her so emotionally distraught now, Su Cheng didn't say much more, just sat silently by her side, waiting for her to calm down on her own.

The reason why this situation occurred today might be related to Bibi Dong absorbing the hundred-thousand-year soul ring directly before familiarizing herself with the Devouring Soul Spider Emperor's characteristics. Although her body could withstand it, the uncontrollable devouring instinct of her second martial soul started to go out of control.

If she had started absorbing from a thousand-year soul ring, perhaps she could have easily suppressed this instinct, and then continued to absorb soul rings and upgrade gradually.

But this hurdle had to be crossed eventually.

When she truly began to rely on her second martial soul to break through her limits, she would inevitably face such backlash.

In the real world, she devoured Qian Xunji.

But here, Bibi Dong overcame her instincts.

It can be affirmed that after crossing this threshold today, her character would greatly improve.

The threat of the evil power in the Devouring Soul Spider Emperor had also been greatly weakened.

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