Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 402 The Golden Crocodile's Choice
Xingluo City, in the southwestern suburbs.

There are a series of beautiful and spiritually rich mountain ranges, which were once the headquarters of the White Tiger Sect, the national guardian sect of the Star Luo Empire.

Of course, this auspicious place is now in the hands of the Spirit Hall.

The buildings on the mountain were built on the original foundation of the White Tiger Sect. A group of Soul Masters skilled in architecture used the Spirit City as a blueprint to replicate and modify the buildings, which is how the Spirit City is today.

While it is not as grand and magnificent as before, the general layout of the new Wuhun City is almost 90% similar to that of the original Wuhun City.

At the summit of the mountain, the sanctuary still stands at the highest point, while the newly built papal palace is located below it, just as before.

The entire Qian family line died out, leaving the position of Pope of the Spirit Hall vacant to this day.

Luo Minghua, the inheritor of the Space Technique, has been with the Spirit Hall for a year. His outstanding talent has led Jin E to consider temporarily entrusting the position of Pope to him.

On this day, Jin E summoned Luo Minghua, intending to first give him the position of Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, and then temporarily hand over the position of Pope to him once he advanced to the Title Douluo level.

Once a young, talented Soul Master qualified to inherit the Angel Godhood is found on the mainland, the position of Pope of the Spirit Hall will be returned to the Angel lineage.

However, just as Luo Minghua arrived at the main hall of the temple, before he could even ask the Second Temple Master what he wanted, Bibi Dong's ascension to godhood as a Rakshasa God interrupted their conversation.

Of the two, Jin E was the first to sense it, instantly disappearing from the main hall and reappearing above the offering hall, gazing into the distance with an uncertain expression.

In the darkness, he saw the phantom of the blue-faced, fanged woman in the divine phenomenon thousands of miles away.

"This person is... Bibi Dong?"

The golden crocodile was stunned for a long time before he could vaguely make out Bibi Dong's features from that ferocious and terrifying blue face.

He had never seen what Bibi Dong looked like after she possessed her spirit, so he didn't recognize her immediately.

Bibi Dong's appearance after being possessed by her martial spirit is six or seven parts similar to the female phantom in the Godhood Phenomenon. If one had seen the former, one would be able to recognize the phantom woman as Bibi Dong herself at a glance.

"That's fine."

After confirming that the female phantom in the divine vision was indeed Bibi Dong, Jin E let out a long sigh as if resigned to his fate.

"That woman was, after all, the young master's mother. The young master died tragically in the Heavenly Battle, and the Hall of Offerings and her became enemies."

"If she is reasonable, she should join forces with me to kill that one from the Heavenly Dou Sect. As for how we fight afterward, that is an internal matter between our Spirit Hall."

Luo Minghua belatedly followed. He did not have the powerful perception of a god, but because he possessed all the senses inherited from the spatial godhood, he knew that a person with the divine power of a demon had achieved the position of a god.

"Another person has become a god?" Luo Minghua asked, his expression one of pure surprise.

"Second Grand Master, do you know who this is?"

He knew that the person who could become a god during this period could not possibly be a young soul master who had received the divine throne inheritance, but could only be an older generation who was already a high-level titled Douluo before receiving the divine throne inheritance.

Given the one-year difference in their ascension to godhood, the other party was most likely an elder of the same generation as Jin'e. In addition, he noticed that the expression on Jin'e's face had not completely faded, so he knew that there was a high probability that Jin'e knew the other party.

"Pope Bibidon."

Golden Crocodile answered casually, though a little relieved inside.

Fortunately, the phenomenon of Bibi Dong becoming a god appeared in time, preventing him from revealing his previous thoughts. Now that Bibi Dong had become a god, there could be no other candidate for the position of Pope of the Spirit Hall.

Two gods against one god, Golden Crocodile never considered the possibility of losing.

The Douluo Continent will inevitably belong to the Spirit Hall in the future. After dealing with the one from the Heavenly Dou Sect, they will inevitably have to compete for power with Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong has three great divine inheritors from the Golden Generation, while he now only has Luo Minghua as his sole heir. To prevent this only heir from turning against him, their relationship cannot tolerate any misunderstandings, until he is completely bound to the Hall of Worship lineage.

"Pope Bibidon? Isn't she the former pope?"

Luo Minghua muttered to himself, but quickly realized what was going on.

Before becoming a god, Bibi Dong could only be the former Pope of the Spirit Hall in front of the god-like Jin E. However, Bibi Dong, who had already become a god, was equal to Jin E in terms of strength and status, so the vacant position of Pope naturally belonged to her.

"Minghua, I've called you here today because I have a few things for you."

In order to completely bind Luo Minghua to the lineage of worshippers, Jin E began to employ the "all-or-nothing" strategy.

"Currently, the cultivation levels of most of the inheritors of the gods on the mainland are at the Soul Saint level, which is still too slow."

"I have found two soul bones with spatial attributes in the collection of the offering hall. Both are over 50,000 years old, and they are located in the same positions as the ones you have not yet absorbed."

As he spoke, Jin E turned around, intending to take Luo Minghua to the Soul Bone Collection Room in the Offering Hall to retrieve the Soul Bone.

This story was made up on the spot. He didn't actually have the two spatial soul bones he mentioned with him; they were sealed away in a lead box in the collection room.

Upon hearing this, a hint of joy flashed in Luo Minghua's eyes. He turned around and followed, but before he had taken a few steps, he bumped into the golden crocodile that had stopped in front of him.

The golden crocodile slowly turned around, gazing solemnly at the northern horizon.

He sensed two powerful auras rapidly approaching him.

Although the two auras differed in intensity, the difference was not significant, and both could be considered to have reached the divine level.

"The God of Light, Yu Yuan, and who is the other one?" The Golden Crocodile sensed two auras, one familiar and one unfamiliar, and wondered to himself:
"Moreover, there are only three instances of deification on the mainland, including Bibi Dong's. How could a fourth deity appear?"

He didn't understand, but that unfamiliar aura did indeed contain divine power—an unfamiliar divine power, a divine power beyond the three gods of war, light, and rakshasa.

But Golden Crocodile also knew that now was not the time to think about these things.

Yu Yuan and that strange god made no attempt to conceal their arrival; it was obvious what they were there for.

Just to deal with Yu Yuan alone, Jin E would need to rely on the War God's ability to grow stronger with each battle to ensure he wouldn't be defeated. If it were two against one, he would be no match for the two of them.

"No, if I stay here, I will only die. The only way out is to take the initiative to find Bibi Dong and join her. Only then can I have a chance to survive."

"As for the third brother and the others, as long as I live, the other side will absolutely not dare to kill them all."

In the blink of an eye, the Golden Crocodile had made his decision. He transformed into a golden light and streaked across the sky, disappearing into the northern horizon, leaving behind a bewildered and helpless Luo Minghua standing there, his expression awkward and stiff.

(End of this chapter)