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"Xu Ran, what kind of game are you playing?"
"If you have the guts, just kill me. A warrior can be killed but not humiliated. Today I've fallen into your hands and that's just my bad luck, but don't you dare think you can do anything to me. I, Bi Bidong, am not that kind of person."
With a cold stare, Bi Bidong looked at Xu Ran, feeling somewhat panicked by his gaze.
This villainous Xu Ran, so shameless and brazen, what good could possibly come from falling into his clutches?
The thought of her once brilliant life, becoming the Continent's first Female Pope and a powerful being with Twin Martial Souls, only to end up like this, filled her with a sense of despair. Perhaps this was destiny.
But she would rather die than submit!
"Why do you keep staring at me like that? Am I really that scary? I don't eat people." Xu Ran's brow furrowed slightly. Was this how he appeared in Bi Bidong's mind?
"Hmph, you are the most shameless and lecherous of them all. Who doesn't know that? Not killing you today, an evil demon like you, is my mistake. But even in death, I won't let you off," Bi Bidong said as she stepped back, her hands cautiously placed over her chest as she eyed Xu Ran warily.
Her objective this time was to kill Xu Ran, not just for Brock but also for her own ambition of unifying the Continent. But now, with such a powerful Divine being by Xu Ran's side, striking him down was clearly unrealistic.
"Die?"
"Sure. But if you die, I will destroy the Martial Soul Hall."
"Let it be destroyed, what does the Martial Soul Hall's fate have to do with me?" Bi Bidong said spitefully. The Martial Soul Hall was originally the Qian Family's, and taking over the Martial Soul Hall was only to destroy it for her revenge.
Even though she grew up in the Martial Soul Hall, she felt no affection for it, only hatred, deep hatred.
"And what about Qian Renxue? She's in Tiandou City right now. If you die, what do you think will happen to Qian Renxue?" Xu Ran asked with a smirk, hands clasped behind his head as he watched Bi Bidong with interest.
Qian Renxue was his wife, and naturally, he wouldn't do anything to her except cherish her.
However, Bi Bidong was unaware of Qian Renxue's relationship with him.
"Xue'er, do you know her identity?" Bi Bidong's expression changed drastically, turning pale instantly. Information about Qian Renxue was a secret within the Martial Soul Hall. How could Xu Ran know?
"Tiandou Empire's Crown Prince Xue Qinghe is none other than Qian Renxue. I'm not wrong, am I?" Xu Ran said calmly as he looked at Bi Bidong, neither hurried nor slow. He was determined to systematically dismantle all of Bi Bidong's pride and confidence.
"You, what have you done to Xue'er?" Bi Bidong trembled, the image of Qian Renxue flickering in her mind, somewhat dazed. No matter what, Qian Renxue was the only family she had left in this world. No matter how much she hated the Martial Soul Hall, Xue'er was innocent.
Before, she always struggled with how to face Qian Renxue, which was why she sent her to the Tiandou Empire. But over the years, the pain of missing her daughter made her want to call Qian Renxue back countless times, but with her pride, she could never rescind her own orders.
She had made many mistakes in the past, but Qian Renxue still remained the person closest to her.
She absolutely couldn't tolerate Xu Ran laying a finger on Qian Renxue. According to the intelligence of the Martial Soul Hall, Xu Ran had at least intimate relationships with more than a dozen women. Such a despicable and shameless man, she could never trust around her daughter.
"What could I possibly do to Xue'er?"
"With Xue'er so beautiful, and the Young Master of the Martial Soul Hall, what do you think I would do to her?"
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"By the way, there's Brock. If you die, guess what will happen to Brock?"
"The Great Elder of the Martial Soul Hall has wanted to kill Brock for a long time, but they barely tolerate his existence to avoid internal strife within the Martial Soul Hall. If you were to die, Brock would probably suffer the most brutal torture in the entire world."
"And I'll go find Brock and give him a good beating too. Honestly, hitting Brock feels really good. Punch after solid punch." Xu Ran said confidently. Seeing Bi Bidong so foolishly concerned about Brock, he genuinely didn't know what to say to her.
What a foolish woman.
Beauty but no brains—it seems this isn't just an empty saying.
Xu Ran couldn't help but glance at Bi Bidong's chest, full and high, probably between a D and an E cup.
"Xu Ran, what on earth do you want?" Bi Bidong felt somewhat panicked by Xu Ran's words, and for Xue'er and Brock's sake, she really couldn't afford any mishaps. Once something happened to her, Xue'er would likely fall into Xu Ran's hands and suffer untold misery. As for Brock, he would be directly executed by the elders of the Martial Soul Hall in Spirit City.
Those elders have long been dissatisfied with Brock, but only because she had been protecting him all along could Brock stay unharmed.
Now she had truly panicked. Initially she had resolved to die, but now she realized she absolutely couldn't die. Especially for Xue'er—if she died, this bastard who already knew Xue'er's identity would undoubtedly turn his fury on her.
She felt she had already wronged Xue'er enough; she definitely couldn't allow Xue'er to be endangered because of her.
"What do I want to do?"
"You came to assassinate me in the dead of night, and you're asking me what I want to do?" Xu Ran's lips curled up, it seemed Bi Bidong wasn't as heartless and ruthless towards Qian Renxue as the rumors suggested, only that over the years, many emotional knots and barriers had formed between them, deepening with time until they became an insurmountable divide.
In the original work, Bi Bidong and Qian Renxue only resolved their issues when Bi Bidong was on her deathbed.
Bi Bidong truly was a pitiful person, hurt repeatedly since childhood within the Martial Soul Hall, and in the original story, she was even driven to evil by Brock and Tang San step by step, becoming a Rakshasa God beyond redemption.
Perhaps Bi Bidong had already sensed something amiss about Brock, but she just didn't want to trust her own eyes. Many people know they're wrong, yet they resolutely continue on their path, unless they really reach a dead end.
If Brock was bad, her many years of perseverance and decades of dedication would have been meaningless. Even more, if she knew Brock's true nature back then, she would not have chosen to barely survive but would have chosen to take her own life.
Just like Liu Erlong previously, their love for Brock had dissipated over the countless years, but that obsession still affected them. And Bi Bidong was evidently more stubborn, with her pride, she would never doubt Brock's character unless she saw it with her own eyes, or perhaps doubted her own choices.
"Xu Ran, why are you looking at me like that?"
"I, Bi Bidong, would never need your pity. I am the Pope of the Martial Soul Hall."
Bi Bidong glared at Xu Ran with a mix of anger and humiliation; Xu Ran's gaze was like a thorn that deeply pierced her heart. She, Bi Bidong, held the highest position in the entire continent, and she certainly did not need anyone's pity.
"Strength and weakness, who can really tell?" Xu Ran sighed and, shifting his eyes, looked over to Bi Bidong. If Brock could spin Bi Bidong around so easily, wouldn't that make him, Xu Ran, the strongest?
Beautiful, powerful, with a great figure and yet so single-minded. It seems... having a wife who isn't too clever might be better, otherwise he might not be able to handle her.
But for now, Bi Bidong...