Reincarnated as the Death Spider Queen, sacrificing Bibi Dong at the start

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Faced with Poseidon's soul-searching analysis and questioning, Nan Feng fell completely silent.

He truly hadn't expected that on this remote island far from the mainland, this high priest, who had been almost completely detached from worldly affairs for the past century, could deduce so much from just a day or two of contact and some fragmented intelligence.

"The High Priest..."

After a long silence, Nan Feng finally spoke, "I don't understand. How did you notice that?"

"I believe that over the years, I have played the role of a ruthless, insane, and unscrupulous villain flawlessly. So many intelligent people in the Spirit Hall and the two great empires firmly believe this, so how... how could you see through it?"

Poseidon's expression remained calm, but his tone carried a deeper, more profound compassion.

"The extreme arrogance, haughtiness, and seemingly self-serving attitude you displayed, which made you appear willing to sacrifice everything to achieve your goals, were indeed very deceptive and could easily lead people to make wrong judgments."

Poseidon tapped his scepter lightly on the floor: “But, Nanfeng, I never judge a person by their outward appearance.”

"Just like when Qian Daoliu descended upon Seagod Island, he appeared to be invincible and represented the strongest power on the continent. But I only glanced at him and saw the cowardice and anxiety in his bones beneath his glamorous six-winged angel appearance."

"The same applies to you now."

“I can tell that you are not as selfish and crazy as you try so hard to appear.”

"A person whose behavior is truly extreme, completely consumed by madness and greed, will inevitably resort to violent and reckless destruction when faced with obstacles. But you..."

Poseidon shook his head firmly: "Although your methods seem ruthless and reckless, upon closer examination, you always leave a glimmer of hope in every aspect."

"This is not normal!"

“If you were truly as crazy and selfish as you claim, you would never have been so restrained and lenient when faced with my and Poseidon Island’s obstruction.”

“Unless…” Poseidon looked into Nanfeng’s eyes.

"This madness and selfishness is all a facade!"

"You are just imitating, or rather, you are just like a sophisticated machine, ruthlessly executing the 'optimal solution' calculated in your brain."

"You're calculating... what means you need to use to achieve a certain goal, what image you need to project to others, and how you need to package yourself as a monster that everyone is against!"

"To put it bluntly, you've been acting the whole time! You've been doing your best to portray all the extreme conditions required to accomplish this!"

Poseidon looked at the stunned Nan Feng and said, "You are just following the 'standard answer,' but the true nature of your soul... is not that selfish 'standard answer' at all!"

Nan Feng looked at Poseidon and suddenly chuckled softly.

The laughter was initially very faint, but then grew louder and louder, echoing throughout the vast and deep Sea God Temple. His heterochromatic eyes gleamed with an unprecedented and strange light—the thrill of meeting a worthy opponent, and the excitement of having his carefully crafted script unexpectedly torn apart.

“Interesting… High Priest, you are truly fascinating.”

Nan Feng shook his head, his eyes revealing undisguised admiration: "I originally thought that a high priest like you, who has been isolated from the world for many years and is high above others, would be as easy to fool as those ignorant children who only know how to recite from books, or old relics who only know how to cultivate in seclusion and whose minds are rigid."

"I never expected you to be this clever. It's truly surprising."

Poseidon's expression remained unchanged in the face of Nan Feng's words, which were neither praise nor fear.

She is a level 99 peerless Douluo, a demigod powerhouse infinitely close to the divine realm, but before that, she was the high priest of this vast sea god island.

She has been silently observing the island's daily operations, the countless lives and reproductions of its inhabitants, the cruel laws of survival, and even the darker side of human nature exposed in the trials of the sacred pillars... for the past hundred years.

In the decades she has served as High Priestess, she has witnessed countless joys and sorrows, and the myriad aspects of human life. Although she lives on a remote island overseas, this does not mean that she is ignorant of the ways of the world or human nature.

"It seems I was indeed too careless." Nan Feng suppressed his smile and sighed frankly, "I underestimated the High Priest."

Poseidon tightened her grip on her scepter slightly, staring directly at him: "Now that we've laid everything bare, and I've stripped away your facade of madness and selfishness, can you now tell me the truth?"

"What exactly are you thinking, with all this crazy deduction and calculation going on in your head?"

However, to Poseidon's surprise, Nan Feng decisively shook his head.

"Precisely because the truth has been laid out, I can't say anything more."

“I admit that I made a serious misjudgment in this matter, and I underestimated your insight. Now that you have seen through my most basic logic, things are going to get complicated from here on out…”

Poseidon frowned, puzzled, and asked, "Why would it be troublesome? Isn't it better to be honest and cooperative, and achieve mutual benefit? Earning trust through sincerity—isn't that the survival principle you preached to the pirates and sea people on Purple Pearl Island?"

"High Priest, do you really think such a thing... is possible?"

Nan Feng countered, "Be completely honest with me? I'll show you all my cards, but how can I guarantee that you'll be equally honest with me?"

"Trust is such a luxury in this world. I can't afford to lose, not even a single step. So, I dare not trust. Whether it's Bibi Dong, who is bound to me by life and death, or you, who are standing in front of me now and seem to understand everything, I absolutely dare not trust either of them."

After saying that, Nan Feng turned around without any hesitation and started walking towards the outside of the Sea God Temple.

Poseidon is too dangerous. Her clarity and intelligence far exceeded Nan Feng's initial expectations of the "perfect script" he had constructed in his mind.

As someone accustomed to anticipating all variables, he would never deal with such an extremely dangerous and uncontrollable intelligent person, because it is very easy to play with fire and get burned.

"stop!"

Just as Nan Feng turned around, Poseidon suddenly took a step forward, and his immense demigod aura instantly sealed off the exit of the hall, forcefully blocking his path.

Poseidon stared intently at his retreating figure, a hint of anger in her voice: "You crave the trust of others, even going so far as to act to test their limits, but in the end, you're so stingy that you refuse to give even the slightest bit of your own trust!"

Faced with Poseidon's obstruction, Nan Feng stopped in his tracks. He didn't turn around, but simply tilted his head slightly, looking at the shadow cast by the dome of the main hall.

“High Priest, I know very well what kind of person I am. I am used to planning everything out in detail. I will calculate every step precisely to ensure that the final result will not embarrass anyone, and may even maximize the benefits.”

"However, not everyone in this world is as logical and contract-abiding as I am. People's hearts can change; they are full of greed and base instincts."

"In this messed-up world I've seen and experienced, there's only one ironclad rule—whoever takes things seriously first is the clown. Whoever recklessly reveals their hand will ultimately lose everything!"

Nan Feng slowly turned around, his heterochromatic eyes filled with an unyielding obsession: "The reason I go to such lengths to hold absolute control is not to harm or scheme against anyone."

"Just for safety."

“Once I lose the initiative, once the situation deviates from my predictions, my sense of security will collapse instantly.”

"If you hadn't made those points so clear just now, and hadn't seen through me completely, I might still have been able to deceive myself into thinking that I still held the initiative in this negotiation firmly in my hands."

“But now, High Priest, your intelligence makes me feel an unprecedented danger.”

Nan Feng looked directly at Poseidon, "I can't trust you, and I can't be completely honest with you. Because I have no way of predicting what might happen if, one day in the future, some small step in my plan crosses your line or provokes your opposition..."

"But you, just like today, watched my performance without saying a word, and then at the most crucial and fatal moment, suddenly made a move to overturn my chessboard."

“I only have one life, and I will never gamble on something so uncertain that is based on so-called ‘humanity and trust’.”

"If you can't control it, you can't trust it."

Chapter 184 Nan Feng Imprisoned

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Faced with Nan Feng's extreme obsession and determination, Poseidon did not back down.

She took a step forward and swung her golden scepter sharply.

"Om-!"

In an instant, the dazzling light of the sea god cascaded down like an inverted waterfall, completely sealing off the exit of the entire sea god's temple and transforming it into an indestructible blue light wall.

Nan Feng stopped and turned around, raising an eyebrow slightly: "High Priest, what does this mean? Are you angry and trying to forcibly trap me here?"

“I have this idea,” Poseidon admitted without hesitation. “You are too paranoid. Someone with your extraordinary wisdom, yet who sees everyone as an imaginary enemy because of his extreme insecurity, is too dangerous.”

"Even if I can disregard the Heart of the Sea God you speak of, and the key that unlocks the path to godhood, I cannot... Bibi Dong."

"As the Pope of the Spirit Hall, that woman has already touched upon the legacy of the Rakshasa God. She is naturally on the opposite side of all living beings. For the survival of Seagod Island and for the peace of this ocean, I will have no choice but to confront that woman head-on in the future."

"And now, if you leave without any scruples, I have no idea what new crazy plans you will devise for the Spirit Hall in order to satisfy your 'sense of security' after you hide in the shadows."

Poseidon looked at Nan Feng and frankly admitted his shortcomings: "I can see your heart, which is full of holes right now, but I can't see through the unfathomable schemes in your mind."

“I must admit, Nan Feng, you are a very terrifying person. Even with my demigod cultivation, if it weren’t for your initial contempt for me and the numerous flaws you revealed in your words, I would never have been able to see through your perfect disguise.”

"If we were to let you go back with your guard fully extended and no longer letting your guard down... I simply cannot imagine what kind of terrifying, deadly trap you would create for the Spirit Hall!"

Poseidon raised his scepter high, his expression becoming extremely solemn and murderous: "Therefore, for the sake of Poseidon Island, I must control you here!"

The moment the words fell, the energy emanating from Poseidon was no longer the pure blue soul power, but a dazzling blue-gold light filled with supreme majesty!

This is no longer just her unparalleled soul power at the peak of level ninety-nine, but also the divine power of the Sea God that has been accumulating within the Sea God Temple for ten thousand years!

Just as Qian Daoliu could draw upon the power of the angels in the Angel Temple of Wuhun City, Poseidon could similarly mobilize the power of the Sea God without reservation in this Sea God Temple.

Poseidon knew very well that Nan Feng's abilities and methods were far too bizarre.

If she relied solely on her own strength, she had no absolute certainty that she could trap this slippery fellow.

However, if the suppression is carried out directly with the power of the Sea God, then there will be no more surprises!

"boom--!"

The vast blue-gold divine power instantly transformed into an absolute spatial cage, completely enveloping Nan Feng within it.

The moment he was locked in by the power of the Sea God, Nan Feng did not hesitate at all. He instinctively wanted to sever the mental connection and forcibly detonate this false clone constructed of energy!

For him, the destruction of this clone was nothing more than enduring the pain of a backlash from his soul, plus the inability to reassemble the clone for a period of time. It was better than being used as a bargaining chip and imprisoned here alive.

However, the next second, Nan Feng's expression completely changed.

Under the absolute suppression of this power that truly belonged to the gods, the soul power within his body seemed to be completely frozen, and he was even unable to perform the most basic "self-destruction"!

How is this going?

Back when he was trapped by Qian Daoliu's angelic power, wasn't he still able to detonate his clones?

Why doesn't it work now?

Could it be because the two divine powers are of different natures?

No, that's not right. Back then, Qian Daoliu didn't expect him to self-destruct. He only suppressed his soul power, making him unable to resist.

But now, Poseidon directly used the Light of the Sea God to completely freeze his soul power!

"High Priest..." Nan Feng tried to struggle, but found that he couldn't even move his little finger. He sighed helplessly, "You even used your divine power to deal with a fragile puppet like me... Was it really necessary?"

"Quite so."

Poseidon, holding his scepter, slowly walked up to the imprisoned Nanfeng. "Your body is extremely peculiar. Even under the light of the sea god, I still cannot see its true nature."

"However, that's no longer important."

“Since it is a fragment of your soul that controls this clone, and you yourself just admitted that your original soul is currently safely residing within Bibi Dong’s body.”

"The distance between Wuhun City and Seagod Island is more than ten thousand miles. Despite such a vast distance, you can still control this clone to communicate with me precisely, without even the slightest awkwardness or strangeness, and even mobilize your soul power..."