The Spirit Hall, the residence of Demon Bear Douluo.
The atmosphere was terribly oppressive.
The burly Contra man, his body wrapped in bandages, was lying on a stretcher, reporting to an even more imposing old man in front of him in a hoarse voice.
This old man was none other than Demon Bear Douluo himself, a powerful figure at the Title Douluo level, who held a revered position in the Spirit Hall.
"My lord... this subordinate... this subordinate is incompetent!" The burly man endured the excruciating pain, his face filled with fear and lingering dread. "That young man... he was terrifying! He concealed his strength at first, looking like an ordinary person... but suddenly he unleashed his power, his soul power was at least at the peak of the Soul King level, or even stronger! Most importantly, it was his martial soul!"
The Demon Bear Douluo's voice was deep and rumbling like thunder: "Explain yourself! What martial soul?"
"Light! Incomparably pure and sacred light! And it contains unimaginable life force!" A look of shock flashed in the burly man's eyes. "His spirit rings... are three black! The last one... the last one is even gold! A gold spirit ring I've never seen before!"
"A golden spirit ring?" Demon Bear Douluo frowned, this was completely beyond his comprehension.
"Wait a minute! Three black ones? The first spirit ring is ten thousand years old?!" Demon Bear Douluo realized, somewhat shocked.
This is unheard of! Absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring at level ten? Aren't they afraid their body will explode? This is too unbelievable! "You must be seeing things!"
"Yes! Three black ones! And one gold one! I swear I'm absolutely not mistaken! And the pressure of that martial spirit is terrifying! I activated my martial spirit true form, but I couldn't even withstand one of his punches! That power... that holy aura, completely suppresses my Demon Bear martial spirit! He... he may possess the ultimate light attribute, or even... a god-level martial spirit!" The burly man's voice trembled.
"Ultimate light? Life force? Young genius?" Demon Bear Douluo caught the keywords and suddenly remembered the strange order that His Holiness the Pope had secretly issued not long ago.
Search all suspicious persons, especially those who may be associated with light or life attributes and whose whereabouts are mysterious.
Could this be... the person the Pope is looking for?
He dared not delay and immediately led his seriously injured subordinates to the Papal Palace to report.
The atmosphere inside the Papal Palace remained cold.
Bibi Dong sat high on the papal throne, listening to the report from Demon Bear Douluo. Especially when she heard descriptions such as "ultimate light," "sacred life force," "young genius," and "severely injuring a Soul Douluo with one punch," her hands, hidden under her wide sleeves, clenched tightly, her nails almost digging into her flesh!
It's him!
It must be him!
She could never be wrong about that unique, sacred life force!
It was that man from that night! He really didn't die, and he's become this powerful?
A Soul King-level being able to severely injure a Soul Douluo who has awakened their Martial Soul True Form with a single punch? What kind of heaven-defying talent and Martial Soul is this?!
Anger, murderous intent, humiliation, and a strange stirring she herself was unwilling to admit surged into her heart once again.
Especially when she felt the life force in her lower abdomen, which shared the same origin as hers, seemed to have become more active, her feelings became extremely complicated.
"Do you know his name? Where did he go?" Bibi Dong's voice was unreadable, but those who knew her well could sense the terrifying storm beneath the calm.
"Your subordinate... Your subordinate didn't know... He attacked too quickly, we..." The burly Soul Douluo lowered his head in shame.
"Useless trash!" Bibi Dong coldly rebuked, startling even the Demon Bear Douluo.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she opened them again, only a cold resolve remained in her eyes: "Pass down the order! Increase manpower and expand the search area! Focus on young Soul Masters with Light and Life attribute Martial Souls, especially those whose strength has recently surged and whose whereabouts are suspicious! Remember—"
Her voice suddenly turned incredibly cold: "I want him alive! Anyone who dares to harm him, I will exterminate their entire family!"
"Yes, Your Majesty the Pope!" Although Demon Bear Douluo was puzzled as to why he had to be captured alive, he dared not ask any further questions and quickly accepted the order and withdrew.
Soon, the Pope's orders were conveyed in an even more severe manner.
The massive machine of the Spirit Hall was once again running efficiently, with more patrol teams being dispatched and the search efforts unprecedented.
Although the order was issued in secret, the news that "a young genius with the ultimate luminous life spirit severely injured a Soul Douluo under the command of Demon Bear Douluo" still quietly spread among the middle level of the Spirit Hall and some affiliated forces, causing quite a stir.
Various speculations and rumors began to emerge.
"Have you heard? A super genius beat up one of the Demon Bear Douluo's men!"
"It's more than just beating him up; I heard he crippled a Soul Douluo with a single punch!"
"Really? So young? Who's he?"
"I don't know. It's said that martial souls are incredibly powerful and sacred, like a god of light descending to earth!"
"Could he be a holy son secretly cultivated by our Spirit Hall?"
"Shh... watch your mouth! But... it's actually quite possible. I've heard that aura made even the Demon Bear Martial Soul tremble..."
The rumors about the "holy son" began to circulate unintentionally in some small circles.
After all, Ling Ye's Holy Spirit Puni Martial Soul aura was too sacred and extraordinary, easily reminding people of the fact that the Spirit Hall had always been vacant in the position of "Holy Son," which symbolized holiness and light.
Qian Renxue, who was far away in the Heaven Dou Empire, also received this urgent intelligence very quickly.
Looking at the descriptions in the intelligence report about "Holy Light Life Martial Soul," "young," "powerful," and "being captured alive by the Pope's strict order," a sharp glint flashed deep within her seemingly gentle eyes.
"The ultimate light attribute? Why is Bibi Dong so attentive to it, even wanting to capture it alive?" Qian Renxue tapped her fingertips lightly on the table. "It seems my 'mother' is indeed hiding a considerable secret. This suddenly appearing genius... could she be one of her people? Or... some other variable?"
In fact, Qian Renxue is not Bibi Dong's daughter, but the daughter of the Grand Elder. However, she recognized Bibi Dong as her godmother when she was young, so in name, Bibi Dong is Qian Renxue's mother.
In reality, Bibi Dong has always been innocent, though she is no longer so.
She hesitated for a moment, then a cold smile curved her lips: "No matter who you are, since you've caused such a stir, I... have to get involved. Send word to our people to keep an eye out for this 'Holy Son' and find him before the Papal Palace does!"
In an instant, because Ling Ye no longer concealed his actions, the eyes of the two major powers on the continent quietly focused on this mysterious "genius of light".
At this moment, Ling Ye was leisurely walking into a bustling city with Zhu Zhuqing, ready to sample the local delicacies, completely unaware that he had become the center of a storm.
He just felt that the Spirit Hall's patrol teams seemed to have increased in number.
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