manynovel Chapter 34 Nan Feng: I can't carry him!
Chapter 34 Nan Feng: I can't carry him!
Chapter 34 Nan Feng: I can't carry him!
Faced with Nan Feng's series of questions and his logically sound "fallacies," Bibi Dong neither refuted them nor debated the morality and right and wrong of his arguments.
She simply stood there quietly, her gaze calm, and then repeated her question: "What if I refuse?"
His tone was calm and even, yet it conveyed an unshakeable resolve.
She knew very well that she couldn't win an argument with this old spider.
This guy has no human emotions, no moral bottom line. In his eyes, everything is tradable, and everything is a calculation of profit.
His logic is absolutely rational and purely profit-driven; in his worldview, this is indeed a perfect equivalent exchange.
But there's no room for discussion on this.
—
The sea of the spirit fell into a deathly silence.
a long time.
"call----"
Nan Feng let out a long breath. The feeling was like a teacher looking at a student who had been teaching for a long time but was still going in circles. He was filled with extreme speechlessness and anger.
"Bibi Dong! Are you out of your mind?! Huh?!"
"Last night I wasted so much breath, tearing away your pretense and showing you your foolish self, making you understand what reality and power are!"
"I thought you were awake! I thought you'd finally understood!"
"And the result?!"
"And here you are again, pulling this stunt on me?!"
Nan Feng paced back and forth in his sea of consciousness, furious, pointing at Bibi Dong and yelling, "Why?! Why are humans always so stupid?!"
"The right path is right under your feet, the shortcut is right in front of you! Why do you insist on taking a detour and going down a dead end for the sake of that ridiculous persistence, for that self-righteous bottom line!"
"Do you know how much trouble we'll face if you reject this card?"
"Those old fogies in the Elders' Hall will continue to outwardly comply while inwardly resisting! This war will be exceptionally difficult! Your prestige will suffer a huge blow!"
"We might even lose! We might suffer a crushing defeat!"
"Just to avoid using Qian Xunji's seed? Just to keep that little girl out of it?"
"Is it worth it?!"
Nan Feng stared intently at Bibi Dong, his eyes flashing intensely with purple light, showing that his anger had reached its peak.
"People are so foolish, always making the same mistake again and again!"
"Back then, you ruined yourself because of your so-called love, unable to see the bigger picture; now, you're ruining our future again because of your so-called desire to avoid implicating innocent people!"
"Do you really have to wait until you've ruined yourself, until you're completely out of options, before you'll admit you've made another stupid decision?!"
Bibi Dong remained silent.
She looked at the furious Nan Feng, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.
She knew Nan Feng was right.
From the perspective of interests, from the perspective of power struggles, and even from the perspective of revenge, Nan Feng's plan was perfect and flawless.
But she just couldn't get over that mental hurdle.
That child—those red, swollen eyes—those desperate cries of "Mommy!"—
That was flesh of her own flesh, her only blood connection in this world. Although she hated Qian Xunji, although she had wanted to strangle that child countless times.
But when it came to actually using that child to gain benefits, she found that she couldn't do it.
"Say what you want."
Bibi Dong closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said in a soft but firm voice, "I am the Pope, and this body is mine."
"When I say no, that means no."
"No matter how difficult this road is, no matter how much I have to pay the price, I'll accept it."
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"This is my choice."
"you-!!"
Nan Feng was so angry he almost fainted on the spot.
Looking at this stubborn woman, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness welling up inside him.
It can't be carried.
It's really too much to handle.
This is like playing a game where the support has already fed the ADC, but the ADC insists on smashing the bowl and saying, "I don't eat food offered with contempt."
"Fine, fine! You're awesome! You're amazing! Do it your way! I'm really impressed!" Nan Feng turned around and lay back down, not wanting to say anything more.
Bibi Dong was taken aback. "You're giving in already? I thought you were going to threaten me by taking my body back?"
"A threat is only a threat when it works; when it doesn't, it's just a bunch of nonsense!" Nan Feng said irritably.
"If I really piss you off, what if you quit being Pope and take me straight to the Rakshasa Realm for our honeymoon?"
"You don't want to live, but I don't want to die either!"
three days later.
Outside Wuhun City, the army set off.
Banners obscured the sun, and a chilling atmosphere permeated the space between heaven and earth.
Bibi Dong, clad in gleaming purple-gold papal armor and holding a scepter, stood atop the tallest main chariot.
Behind her stood Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, both pale-faced and possessing powerful yet clearly weak auras.
Although these two narrowly escaped death in the last battle to ambush Tang Hao, their injuries were extremely severe, especially the backlash from the forced breaking of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which damaged their very essence.
In such a short time, it's impossible to fully recover. Right now, he's barely holding on and can only exert about 60-70% of his peak strength at most.
They can bully ordinary Soul Douluos, but if they face Tang Xiao or the elders of the Clear Sky Sect, they'll be lucky if they can even maintain their famous Soul Fusion Skill, "Bipolar Stillness Domain".
But Bibi Dong had no choice.
In the entire Elder Hall, there are currently only two Title Douluos who are willing to work for her and dare not disobey her orders.
Because they were Qian Xunji's right and left hands, and Qian Xunji died, if these two hadn't risked their lives to bring Qian Xunji back to the Elder Hall, and if everyone hadn't seen their miserable state, they probably would have been sent by Qian Daoliu to be buried with Qian Xunji under the pretext of failing in their duty of protection.
As for the Elders' Hall, Yue Guan and Gui Mei have already been blacklisted by Qian Daoliu and Jin E, so they can't be relied on. If they want to have a foothold in the Spirit Hall, their only option now is to come and challenge Bibi Dong.
"Set off!"
With a wave of her scepter, Bibi Dong led her army into battle.
This time, in order to carry out the so-called "blitzkrieg", the Spirit Hall divided its forces into four groups.
Demon Bear Douluo is in charge of the offensive clan, Ghost Leopard Douluo is in charge of the defensive clan, and Serpent Spear Douluo and Porcupine Douluo are in charge of the breaking clan.
Bibi Dong personally led the main force to attack the Min clan!
On the city wall.
Golden Crocodile Douluo stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze deep as he watched the dust and smoke of the departing army gradually disappear into the distance.
Standing beside the Golden Crocodile were the four elders: Demon Bear, Ghost Leopard, Serpent Spear, and Porcupine, who had not yet set off.
Although they were all ready to go as planned, there was no tension on their faces as they were about to head to the battlefield; instead, they seemed more like they were watching the spectacle.
"Second Elder, are we just going to watch like this?" Serpent Spear Douluo asked.
"Watching?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo turned around, his gaze sweeping over the four elders, his voice deep and authoritative: "How can we just stand by and watch? His Holiness the Pope has ordered us to surround the enemy and attack their reinforcements, to clip their wings, and we will naturally obey orders."
"but----"
Golden Crocodile Douluo changed the subject: "The Pope is young after all, and doesn't know her own limitations. Does she think she can manipulate us old bones with just a few harsh words?"
"She's too naive."
During these three days, Qian Renxue cried and made a fuss in the offering hall, and even started to go on a hunger strike, which made Qian Daoliu feel as if he had aged ten years.
Qian Daoliu repeatedly sent him to find Bibi Dong, hoping that she could coax the child, even if it was just to make a show of it.
But what about Bibi Dong?
Each time, he would use excuses such as "being busy with military affairs" or "being in seclusion to prepare for war" to avoid meeting him, and would have the Templar Knights block him from entering.
This is not just disrespectful; it is a blatant challenge to the authority of the Hall of Worship!
Since she won't listen to reason and will have to suffer the consequences, then he shouldn't blame him for being ruthless.
Demon Bear Douluo glanced at the departing papal army and asked, "Second Elder, just tell me straight, what does the First Elder mean?"
He couldn't swallow the insult of having his shortcomings exposed in public by a woman, a junior, who even poked his nose and cursed him.
Listen carefully.
Golden Crocodile Douluo's expression turned solemn. He lowered his voice and conveyed his final instructions to the four: "In this expedition, the four of you are responsible for encircling and annihilating the Power, Defense, and Destruction clans."
"But remember, the strategy is to surround but not attack."
"Make a big show of force and shout louder battle cries, but try not to actually fight, and don't really drive those three races to the brink of destruction."
"If the Haotian Sect really sends people to support these three places—"
"Then retreat immediately! The reason is to preserve our strength and avoid being defeated one by one."
"Then—what if the Haotian Sect goes to support the Min clan?" Serpent Spear Douluo asked.
"If Tang Xiao leads the elders to besiege Bibi Dong—" Golden Crocodile Douluo narrowed his eyes slightly.
"You, remain still."
"No rescue needed, no need to return to defense."
"Stay where you are, or just come back."
The four elders' hearts skipped a beat.
Is this a scheme to use someone else to do the dirty work?!
"Second Elder, isn't this... a bit too risky?" The Porcupine Douluo hesitated. "After all, she's the Pope. If something really happens to her, what will become of the Spirit Hall's reputation—"
"Don't worry, she won't die," Golden Crocodile Douluo said calmly. "Putting aside the fact that the Clear Sky Sect would never dare to kill the Pope again, with her 100,000-year soul ring, her level 97 cultivation, and the fusion skill of Chrysanthemum and Ghost, even if she can't win, she can always escape."
"What we want is not for her to die."
"What we want is for her to lose!"
"It was a crushing defeat!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo turned around and looked at the majestic Papal Palace: "This woman is too stubborn and too wild."
"If we don't let her stumble and fall hard outside, if we don't let her know that she's nothing without the support of the temple, she'll never learn the meaning of obedience."
"This time, we will utterly crush her pride and her prestige!"
"When she was besieged by the Clear Sky Sect, trapped in a desperate situation, and fled back to Spirit City in a sorry state—"
"She'll naturally understand how to be a pope!"