Chapter 92: Bibi Dong

In the Spirit Hall, seated on the main throne of the Pope's Palace, was Bibi Dong, the current Pope of Spirit Hall. She was tall and gracefully slender, with a waist as delicate as a willow branch and elegant, flowing leg lines. Every movement exuded nobility.

The magnificent purple, gold-embroidered robes she wore further accentuated her majesty and dignity. Her facial features were exquisitely drawn, with deep-set eyes and purple pupils.

Coupled with her fair, snow-white skin, she exuded both the alluring charm of a mature woman and a detached aura that kept others at a distance, inspiring awe.

At this moment, she held the golden Papal Scepter, radiating immense authority. Even Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, a Level 95 Titled Douluo and a famous powerhouse on the Douluo Continent, felt a sense of pressure in her presence.

"Oh? Have you had someone test it?" Bibi Dong raised her elegant eyebrows slightly, a glimmer of interest flashing in her eyes.

As the Pope of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong was no stranger to soul tools. Most of the existing soul tools on the Douluo Continent originated from ancient ruins, with storage soul tools being the most common.

As for offensive and defensive soul tools, they were as rare as phoenix feathers. Over the years, the Douluo Continent had never managed to research a systematic method for crafting soul tools.

Even the three renowned Divine Craftsmen on the continent were completely clueless when it came to creating complex soul tools. Ancient ruins only contained finished soul tool products, but no clues about their manufacturing methods could be found.

This newly appeared soul tool must have been found by someone from an ancient ruin and then deliberately disseminated. But what was the motive of the person behind this? However, no matter what schemes lay hidden behind this, Bibi Dong and her Spirit Hall feared nothing.

Spirit Hall boasted the largest Soul Master force on the Douluo Continent, and the number of Titled Douluo they possessed far exceeded other powers' imaginations. The outside world generally believed that Spirit Hall had no more than ten Titled Douluo, and that the Upper Three Sects combined could contend with Spirit Hall.

But in reality, Spirit Hall had over twenty Titled Douluo, more than half of whom were Peak Douluo above Level 95, and even included a Level 99 Limit Douluo—Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu—presiding over them.

Because of this, Bibi Dong didn't bother to worry about any potential schemes behind this soul tool. What truly interested her was the actual effectiveness of this soul tool.

"Your Holiness, although this soul tool creates only a virtual world, within it, our true power can be perfectly replicated. Furthermore, once we defeat enemies in that world, we can obtain various rewards." When Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan spoke of this, his face couldn't hide his excitement. Recalling the test results, his heart was still deeply shocked.

"What rewards?" Seeing Chrysanthemum Douluo's demeanor, Bibi Dong grew even more curious. She elegantly crossed her jade-like legs and pursued with great interest.

"Reporting to Your Holiness, after we arranged for different Soul Masters to conduct tests, we discovered that the enemies they encountered in the virtual world varied. If they were defeated, they would lose a portion of their mental power, but fortunately, it would not damage their foundation; they would recover after a period of rest."

Chrysanthemum Douluo paused, took a deep breath, and continued, "But if they defeat the enemy, they can obtain different rewards. Some Soul Masters had their mental power increased, some had their physical strength enhanced, and some even had their soul power level advance.

There was even a two-ring Great Soul Master whose originally ten-year first soul ring was actually upgraded to a hundred-year one." Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan grew more excited as he spoke, his voice unconsciously rising a few octaves.

"Hmm!?" Hearing that soul ring years could be increased, Bibi Dong's expression instantly turned serious.

As the inheritor of the Rakshasa God, she knew all too well what this meant. On the Douluo Continent, methods for increasing soul ring years were extremely rare, and each one was fraught with difficulty, requiring immense cost, something very few forces could achieve.

Apart from those difficult methods, only through completing a divine trial and receiving the baptism of divine power was it possible to increase soul ring years. Therefore, as soon as she heard the words "soul ring years increase," Bibi Dong's mind instantly connected it to a divine position inheritance trial.

"Could this be a divine position trial passed down by a certain deity? But for such a large-scale trial, which deity would have such astonishing power?" Bibi Dong pondered inwardly, filled with questions.

According to Spirit Hall's intelligence, the number of these suddenly appearing soul tools was quite considerable, and many forces had already acquired them.

Such widespread dissemination, even allowing a two-ring Great Soul Master to increase their soul ring years, how much divine power would that consume? Compared to the unknown deity behind this soul tool, the Rakshasa God behind her was practically too stingy.

Not just the Rakshasa God; in her knowledge, the divine position inheritances of the Angelic Temple and Sea God Island were not so luxurious either.

"How are these rewards determined? Can anyone just casually receive the reward of soul ring year increase?" Bibi Dong was somewhat suspicious. Choosing a divine position inheritor would certainly not be done in such a random manner. Even if it were a wide net, it shouldn't be so haphazard! For a Great Soul Master with only one white and one yellow soul ring configuration to receive such a rare reward was truly unbelievable!

"Your Holiness, based on the information we currently have, it seems that the stronger the enemy defeated, the better the reward obtained." Chrysanthemum Douluo then reported their detailed test results one by one to Bibi Dong.

It turned out that in the virtual world, if one only defeated enemies of their own level, they would generally not receive any substantial rewards. If they could defeat opponents several levels higher than themselves, they would receive a certain degree of improvement in aspects such as physical body, mental power, and soul power.

And if one could defeat an opponent one major rank higher than themselves, for example, a Great Soul Master defeating a Soul Elder, then they would have a chance to obtain the generous reward of increased soul ring years.

That lucky two-ring Great Soul Master had, in the virtual world, even used his second soul skill, a suicidal one, to barely manage to kill a three-ring Soul Elder in his dying moments, thus receiving the reward of increased soul ring years.

After hearing Chrysanthemum Douluo's detailed description, Bibi Dong slowly nodded. This was more reasonable.

Selecting talented Soul Masters who could fight above their level, and giving them corresponding rewards based on their performance—the better the performance, the richer the reward. This was the normal process for selecting a divine position inheritor.

However, what puzzled Bibi Dong was how incredibly extravagant this mysterious deity was. Was his divine power truly inexhaustible? Not only did he expend immense divine power to construct such a vast virtual world, but he also generously distributed various rich rewards.

Moreover, the only consequence for failures was merely mental power damage. Compared to the heavy price of failing traditional divine position trials, this was practically charity.

Thinking of the hardships and dangers she endured during her own Rakshasa God divine position trial, Bibi Dong couldn't help but feel a pang of toothache (a figurative expression for irritation).

If the Rakshasa God could also be so generous and benevolent, she would have long since flattened the Angelic Temple, annihilated the Angelic Clan, and subsequently unified the Douluo Continent.

Since this soul tool had been tested and confirmed to be safe, and could bring such enticing rewards, Bibi Dong couldn't help but feel tempted. She wanted to see what kind of rewards she could obtain by using this soul tool with her own strength.