Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends.

Just as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was quickly assessing the situation, a dark purple figure hidden behind layers of spatial folds in the distant void was taking in every detail of the battlefield.

Bibi Dong hovered several miles away behind a cloud fold, her body shrouded in an extremely dark purple halo that blended into the twilight, like a drop of ink merging into the sea, silent and imperceptible.

Her gaze, like a poisoned needle, precisely locked onto the three opposing figures in the center of the battlefield.

Then she saw Qian Renxue.

She stood in front of Eva, her golden wings unfurling in the twilight, the longsword in her hand burning with holy flames blocking the Deep Sea Whale King's fist.

Bibi Dong's face tensed up slightly for a moment.

Her fingertips tightened suddenly inside her sleeve, her nails almost digging into her palms.

You idiot.

She gritted her teeth, silently cursing in her heart, her gaze fixed on Qian Renxue.

She came to find an opportunity to strike while Eva was weak, or to take control of both gods afterward.

As a result, that idiot Qian Renxue ran over to shield Eva from the knife.

Bibi Dong took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging anger, and turned her gaze back to the center of the battlefield. She had to wait, wait for the right opportunity.

In the center of the battlefield, the Deep Sea Whale King finally moved.

His figure suddenly blurred in mid-air, like an elongated dark blue dotted line, rapidly moving to the side and rear.

The direction did not point directly to the villa in the east of the city, but rather extended a distance into the airspace far from the battlefield, and then subtly deflected in a slight arc.

The Deep Sea Whale King's intentions are clear.

He needed to create a sufficiently large gap before the two women could react, and then pass through that gap at top speed to reach the location of the Sea God's successor.

Qian Renxue reacted extremely quickly. Golden holy flames suddenly rose from the sword, and her figure, like a ignited arrow, intercepted the Deep Sea Demon Whale King in the direction it had deflected.

At the same time, Eva's silver aura unfolded, like a net being pulled open, blocking the Deep Sea Whale King's escape route from the flank.

Just before the silver halo touched him, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King suddenly twisted his body, raised his left arm high, and condensed dark blue divine power in his palm into a long energy spear, which he fiercely threw towards Qian Renxue.

The moment the energy spear left his palm, it transformed into a dark blue streak that tore through the sky, carrying a terrifying penetrating force capable of piercing a small mountain, and shot towards Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue did not dodge to the side.

The golden longsword in her hand drew a complete arc in front of her, and the holy flames on the sword suddenly rose up the moment the arc passed, condensing into a semi-transparent golden shield in front of her.

The dark blue energy spear and the golden shield collided violently in mid-air.

The two divine forces exploded at the point of contact, creating a visible shockwave. Dark blue and golden light intertwined, clashed, and annihilated each other in mid-air.

Several fine cracks appeared on Qian Renxue's sword shield where it was struck by the energy spear. She used the recoil to drift back several feet, maintaining her balance and keeping in a supportive position with Eva.

The instant Eva blocked the energy spear, she had already completed her next move.

A silver halo surged from her body, transforming into countless tiny silver mirrors that silently floated in the void beside the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, like a piece of fine stardust scattered in the air.

The Deep Sea Whale King's peripheral vision swept over the mirrors that were taking shape. He could feel his senses being refracted, dispersed, and distorted by those mirrors, and his once clear sense of direction was being replaced by layers of overlapping images.

He could no longer discern the true source of the sea god's aura.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's figure suddenly stopped in mid-air. He realized that if he continued to be led by the nose like this, he would never be able to break through the defenses under the combined attack of the two gods.

He whirled around, and a burst of dark blue divine power exploded around him, creating a violent shockwave that forced the approaching silver mirrors to retreat, causing fine cracks to appear at their edges.

Then he stopped trying to beat around the bush.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's figure was like a dark blue meteor compressed to its extreme, carrying all his anger and will, rushing straight towards the villa in the east of the city.

He was gambling.

I'm betting that Qian Renxue's interception will be momentarily delayed, that Eva's mirror won't be able to completely block his path in such a short time, that the Sea God's successor is currently unable to move, and that he can break through the last line of defense before the two women completely surround him.

Qian Renxue's reaction was indeed extremely fast.

At the same moment the Deep Sea Demon Whale King launched its charge, her golden wings suddenly unfurled, and her figure, like a ignited golden arrow, accelerated from the flank to intercept the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's charge.

But the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was even faster than she had expected. All his divine power was compressed to the extreme at that moment, like a fully drawn bowstring.

Qian Renxue could feel the distance between herself and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King being shortened at a speed that exceeded her expectations. Although her interception path was precise, she was no longer able to completely block the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's path of advance before he arrived at the villa.

However, Eva's silver mirror was finally finished at this moment.

The entire area in front of the villa in the east of the city was covered by a silvery halo.

Countless mirrors emerged from the void, each different in size, angle, and arrangement, like a silver petal scattered in space.

The moment the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's body collided with the silver light screen, it bounced back as if it had hit a layer of water-soaked silk.

He roared and punched the mirror with all his might. Dark blue divine power exploded on his fist, cracking the silver mirror at the front.

However, under the dual blockade of Qian Renxue's golden holy flames and Eva's silver aura, his advancing speed was forcibly slowed down.

The Deep Sea Whale King's charge was finally completely halted.

He hovered between the two women, his chest heaving violently, having already consumed more than 30% of his divine power.

His golden eyes churned with extremely complex emotions: anxiety, resentment, and a cold, resolute determination after being repeatedly thwarted.

He was preparing to retreat.

If he doesn't leave now, he might really have to stay here. With the two gods working together to seal him off, he has no chance of breaking through.

Staying here and continuing to expend energy will only put him in an even more passive situation.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King glanced deeply in the direction of the villa in the east of the city, sensing the rising aura of the sea god, and then his figure suddenly rushed backward.

His retreat route was chosen with extreme decisiveness, heading straight for a place far from the battlefield and far from Brightmoon City, a road leading to the sea.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King retreated extremely quickly, so quickly that his dark blue divine power left a thin trail in the twilight, like a lit fuse rapidly extending into the distance.

Qian Renxue slightly raised the golden longsword in her hand, and holy flames rose around her.

Just as Qian Renxue was about to pursue the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, a dark purple light, like a venomous snake that had been lying in wait, accurately pierced out from the void and aimed straight for Eva's back.

The time that Bibi Dong had been waiting for had finally arrived.

The moment the Deep Sea Whale King was repelled, Eva's attention would inevitably be distracted for a moment, even if only for a breath, that would be enough for her to complete the attack.

Dark purple divine power condensed into a slender energy blade, its edges wreathed with black patterns that surged like resentment. Silently slicing through the air, it pierced straight toward Eva's back at a speed beyond the limits of mortal perception.

Qian Renxue caught a glimpse of the dark purple light out of the corner of her eye the instant it appeared.

Her pupils contracted sharply, and the indifference covered by the golden divine power shattered like a piece of glass broken by a heavy hammer, revealing the astonishment of a human beneath.

"careful!"

Her voice pierced through the twilight and the wind, carrying a urgency and panic rarely seen in her voice.

Qian Renxue's figure had already turned around the moment she finished speaking.

She abandoned her pursuit of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and instead headed in the opposite direction to intercept Bibi Dong's sneak attack.

However, just as the dark purple energy blade was about to pierce Eva's back, a very faint smile slowly curved the corners of Eva's lips.

Chapter 599 Encirclement

Just before the dark purple energy blade touched her back, Eva's figure shattered silently, like a reflection in water scattered by the wind.

Instead, a silver halo suddenly spread out.

The silver halo resembled a giant silver flower blooming in the twilight, with fine luster flowing along the edges of its petals, rapidly spreading in all directions.

The light was not dazzling, but it had a cool, moonlit quality that began to permeate, soak in, and cover every corner the moment it touched the surrounding space.

The moment Bibi Dong's figure touched that silver halo, she sensed something was amiss.

The dark purple energy blade she thrust out was still suspended in mid-air, only three inches from where Eva had disappeared, but the force that was pushing forward seemed to have hit an invisible, thick wall, and silently stopped in the void.

Immediately afterwards, a bone-chilling cold swept in from all directions at once.

The chill was completely different from the usual low temperature.

It seemed to seep out from the underlying structure of space, carrying a chilling force that acted directly on the soul, as if an invisible hand was slowly freezing the surrounding air layer by layer.

Bibi Dong felt her movements being slowed down by the chill.

Her arms, her fingertips, and the dark purple divine power flowing through her meridians all seemed to have been infused with a viscous slowing agent, requiring several times more effort than usual to activate each one.

Then, she saw snow.

Tiny ice crystals fell silently from the sky, like stardust scattered by the wind, each piece gleaming with a faint blue light in the twilight.

The ice crystals did not fall from the clouds, but condensed directly in the air, as if the temperature of the entire space had been lowered to below freezing at the same moment.

Bibi Dong's pupils suddenly contracted.

She saw the figure slowly walking out of the void.

The Snow Queen wore a long, ice-blue dress that trailed in the air like a frozen waterfall, and she was surrounded by an extremely thick ice-blue halo.

The halo radiated outwards from her center in concentric circles, overlapping and merging with Eva's silver halo at the edges, bathing the entire space in a cool hue between white and ice blue.

Her face was as exquisite as an ice sculpture sculpted by extreme cold. Her azure eyes were calm and still, yet they carried a heavy feeling as if the entire ice and snow of the far north were slowly tilting behind her.

Her gaze swept over Bibi Dong's face, which was slightly tense with surprise, and then landed on the space behind her that was being covered by a silver halo.

Bibi Dong gritted her teeth, and dark purple divine power surged wildly within her body.

She was trapped.

The moment her senses were enveloped by the silver halo, she discovered that she could no longer perceive any space outside of Brightmoon City.

Those boundaries that once existed in her perception, those retreat routes that she could always pinpoint, have all been blocked by an invisible barrier.

The silhouette of the nine-colored deer silently emerged from the other side of the twilight.

Today she has taken human form, wearing a plain white dress that shimmers with nine-colored light, her face gentle yet carrying a sense of weightiness like the earth itself.

The nine-colored aura surrounding her resembled a rainbow compressed to its extreme, slowly swirling behind her.

Her appearance came without any warning, as if she had always been standing there, but had never been noticed.

Three deities, three directions.

Eva is in the west, the Ice Queen is in the north, the Nine-Colored Deer is in the south, and the east side is the Bright Moon City itself, an area covered by layers of rules of beauty.

Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong were trapped in the space where silver and ice-blue halos alternated, like moths caught in a spider web.

Qian Renxue stood at the edge of the area covered by silver light, her golden wings slightly folded behind her. Her hand holding the sword did not loosen, but the holy flame on the sword was dimming at a visible speed.

Her gaze was fixed on Eva, her golden eyes swirling with extremely complex emotions, like a layer of ice slowly cracking, with cracks spreading inward from the edges.

"Eva...you were all prepared?"

Her voice was a few decibels lower than usual, with a subtle tremor that could not be completely suppressed even after being repeatedly pressed.

It's obvious.

Eva stood in the very center of the silver halo, her emerald eyes calmly looking back at Qian Renxue without avoiding her gaze.

“I knew she was there all along. Bright Moon City is my territory, and no god who sets foot in this land can escape my senses.”

Qian Renxue's fingers tightened slightly on the sword hilt, her knuckles turning white, before slowly relaxing.

Looking at Eva's calm, almost indifferent face, and at the unwavering light in her blue eyes, she suddenly felt as if someone had gently pushed her from behind, making her see things she had always chosen not to look at.

"So my appearance was also part of your plan?"

"Yes," Eva replied without hesitation.

“I need a reason for Bibi Dong to see an opportunity. She won’t make a move while I’m fighting the Deep Sea Whale King, because she knows that would expose herself. She needs to wait for the right moment, when she thinks I’ve let my guard down and that she can strike from behind.”

Qian Renxue's eyelids drooped slightly. She didn't ask any further questions. She already knew the answer.

In a space where silver and ice-blue halos alternated, Bibi Dong finally moved.

A dark purple light suddenly burst forth from her body, like a dark flame that had been ignited, attempting to dispel the slowly seeping silver halo and icy blue chill from her skin.

The silver aura that coiled around her meridians trembled slightly under the impact of the dark purple divine power, but it did not shatter or dissipate as she wished.

Bibi Dong's brows furrowed tightly.

Her gaze swept over Eva, landed on the Ice Queen, and then swept over the Nine-Colored Deer's gentle yet undeniable face.

Then she smiled.

The smile was cold, like a blade drawn from icy water, its edges gleaming with a chilling luster.