NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 92: Chapter 92: Bibi Dong
In the Hall of the Pope at Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong, the current Pope of Spirit Hall, sat upright upon the main seat.
She was tall and graceful, her figure lithe as a willow, with slender waist and elegant, flowing legs. Every gesture exuded an air of nobility.
Her luxurious purple and gold-embroidered attire accentuated her authority and dignity to the utmost.
Her facial features were exquisitely beautiful, her brows and eyes deep, purple eyes paired with skin as pale as snow. She radiated the charm of a mature woman, yet also gave off a sense of distance that kept others at bay, making people feel both admiration and awe.
At this moment, she held the golden Papal scepter, her aura imposing. Even Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, a level 95 Title Douluo renowned across the continent, felt a certain pressure in her presence.
"Oh? You've already had people test it?" Bibi Dong raised her elegant brows, a hint of interest flashing in her eyes.
As the Pope of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong was no stranger to soul tools.
Most of the soul tools currently existing on the Douluo Continent originated from ancient ruins, with storage-type soul tools being the most common.
As for offensive and defensive soul tools, those were as rare as phoenix feathers.
All these years, the Douluo Continent had never managed to develop a systematic method for crafting soul tools.
Even the three divine craftsmen famed across the continent were at a loss when it came to making complex soul tools.
Ancient ruins only contained finished soul tools, but no clues to their methods of manufacture.
This newly appeared soul tool must have been found in an ancient ruin and then deliberately spread.
But what is the goal of the person behind this?
Whatever schemes might be hidden behind these soul tools, Bibi Dong and her Spirit Hall had nothing to fear.
Spirit Hall boasted the largest force of soul masters on the continent; the number of Title Douluos it commanded far exceeded what other powers could imagine.
The outside world generally believed Spirit Hall had fewer than ten Title Douluos, and that the alliance of the three upper sects could stand against it.
But in truth, Spirit Hall had more than twenty Title Douluos, over half of them above level 95, and even a level 99 Ultimate Douluo—Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu—holding the fort.
Because of this, Bibi Dong paid little mind to any plots behind these soul tools. What truly interested her was the actual effect of the soul tool.
"Your Holiness, although the soul tool merely creates a virtual world, inside it, our powers are perfectly reproduced. Moreover, if you defeat the enemies within, you can win all sorts of rewards." Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan could hardly hide his excitement, recalling the test results that had left him deeply shocked.
"What kind of rewards?" Seeing Yue Guan's expression, Bibi Dong became even more curious. She elegantly crossed her snow-white legs and pressed for details.
"Reporting to Your Holiness, after arranging for different soul masters to test it, we found that the enemies encountered in the virtual world varied. If defeated, one's spiritual power is somewhat depleted, but thankfully, it causes no lasting harm and recovers after some rest."
Yue Guan paused, took a deep breath, and continued, "But if victorious, you can win various rewards. Some had their spiritual power enhanced, some gained stronger bodies, and others improved their soul power rank. One even, a two-ringed Soul Master, saw his first ten-year soul ring become a hundred-year ring." Yue Guan grew more animated as he spoke, his voice rising unconsciously.
"Hmm!?" Hearing that soul ring years could be increased, Bibi Dong's expression turned grave.
As the inheritor of the Rakshasa God, she knew all too well what that meant. On the Douluo Continent, methods to increase soul ring years were extremely rare, each requiring heavy costs—few factions could manage it.
Other than those difficult methods, only through divine trials and receiving divine power could one increase spirit ring years.
So upon hearing those words, Bibi Dong immediately thought of divine inheritance trials.
"Could this be a god's inheritance trial? But what god could organize such a large-scale trial?" Bibi Dong wondered, full of doubts.
According to Spirit Hall's intelligence, quite a number of these suddenly-appeared soul tools existed, with many factions already obtaining them.
Such large-scale distribution—even two-ringed Soul Masters could upgrade their rings—how much divine power would that require?
Compared to the unknown god behind this soul tool, her Rakshasa God seemed downright stingy.
Not only Rakshasa God; in her knowledge, neither the Angel God Temple nor Sea God Island were so generous.
"How are these rewards determined? Could just anyone get the soul ring upgrade?" Bibi Dong was skeptical. Picking divine inheritors would never be so random.
Even casting a wide net shouldn't be this disorderly!
A Soul Master with just a white and a yellow ring getting such a rare reward—utterly unbelievable!
"Your Holiness, according to what we know, the stronger the enemy defeated, the better the reward." Yue Guan then reported their detailed test results to Bibi Dong.
In the virtual world, defeating an enemy of equal rank brought little reward. Beating someone several levels higher granted proportional improvements in body, spirit, or soul power.
If one could defeat an opponent an entire tier above—like a two-ringed Soul Master defeating a three-ringed Soul Elder—there was a chance for a soul ring upgrade.
That lucky Soul Master resorted to a mutual-destruction technique in the virtual world to barely kill a three-ringed Soul Elder, thus earning the upgrade.
Hearing Yue Guan's description, Bibi Dong nodded slowly.
That made sense: selecting talented Soul Masters capable of surpassing their own level, and rewarding them according to performance. The better the performance, the richer the reward—this was the proper way to pick a divine inheritor.
What puzzled Bibi Dong was just how extravagant this mysterious god was—did he have endless divine power?
Not only did he expend huge amounts to build the virtual world, but also lavishly handed out rewards, and even failures only suffered spiritual depletion, nothing like the heavy costs of failing a traditional divine trial. It was practically charity.
Remembering the hardships of her own Rakshasa God's trial, Bibi Dong couldn't help but grind her teeth.
If only Rakshasa God were so generous, she'd have flattened the Angel Temple and united the continent long ago.
Since the soul tool was tested and proven safe, with such tempting rewards, Bibi Dong was moved—she wanted to see what rewards she could win with her own strength.
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