Douluo: My Clone Is Groudon

A few days later.

The Spirit Hall received the paper on schedule, along with a Human-Faced Demon Spider Mega Evolution device sent alongside it.

Gu La had included a small joke.

In the first paper, he only discussed some theories and the effects of the Mega Evolution device.

As for the specific principles of its creation or the source of the Mega Evolution energy, he hadn't touched on them at all.

Thus, after the Spirit Newspaper editors found a soul master with a spider martial soul to test the Mega Evolution device, they experienced the frustration of a cliffhanger for the first time.

"Who writes like this?! Stopping at the crucial part—what's next? How do you extract life force, form Aura, and activate the soul bone genes!?"

Deputy Editor Lü Hongwen clutched his head in exasperation, completely losing his composure.

Fortunately, as a "powerful" deputy editor, he was used to dealing with uncooperative authors. After calming down, he informed the Cardinal Editor Chief and then took the paper to the Pope's Hall.

Due to the importance of Oak's paper, Lü Hongwen had been granted permission to meet the Pope directly without prior announcement.

Accompanying him were two students from the Spirit Academy, one with a bird-catching spider martial soul and the other with a wolf spider martial soul.

(T/N: 'Bird-catching spider' seems to be the 'Goliath birdeater' from South America)

Upon arriving at the Pope's Hall, Lü Hongwen dared not raise his head. After presenting the paper, he quickly summarized his understanding of it to help Bibi Dong grasp the details.

The two spider martial soul users successively tested the Mega Evolution device, undergoing similar martial soul evolutions, confirming that the Mega Evolution device was genuine.

Bibi Dong gazed at the ferocious Human-Faced Demon Spider martial soul, her expression unchanged, but her slender fingers tightened around the Pope's scepter.

"Did Oak use the Human-Faced Demon Spider soul bone intentionally, or was it by accident?"

Bibi Dong couldn't fathom it. Through the paper alone, she couldn't grasp the depth of Oak's knowledge.

By now, no matter how stubbornly deluded she might be, she had to admit that "he", in her heart, could not compare to Oak in terms of scholarship—the gap between them was like an unbridgeable chasm.

"Leave the soul-guide tool and retreat. Send Yue Guan and Gui Mei to see me."

Lü Hongwen bowed in acknowledgment, leaving the Mega Evolution device behind and departing with the two others.

Bibi Dong raised her hand, and her soul power transformed into a purple giant hand, grasping the Mega Evolution device and bringing it to her palm.

After a moment of hesitation, she placed it on her wrist and waited. She detected no danger.

Her delicate fingers moved slightly, pressing the button on the device.

After an awkward transformation announcement sound that made Bibi Dong feel somewhat embarrassed, she sensed a subtle change in her Death Spider Emperor martial soul.

"Even a top-tier martial soul like the Death Spider Emperor can gain a half-step improvement. Is this the power of genes?"

Bibi Dong's expression turned distant. She could feel the Death Spider Emperor rejecting the influence of the Human-Faced Demon Spider, as if looking down on it.

However, Bibi Dong's strength was astonishing, allowing her to control her martial soul's instincts and maintain the Mega Evolution state.

"A single fragment of a five-thousand-year-old soul bone produces such an enhancement. If I find a suitable hundred-thousand-year spirit beast and cut off a section that won't affect fusion, creating an evolution device…"

Bibi Dong's pursuit of power had reached a fanatical level. She loathed the Angel Family and wished to exterminate everyone with an Angel martial soul.

Yet, Qian Daoliu suppressed everything. Bibi Dong needed strength to support her ambitions.

Now, seeing the Mega Evolution device, she saw new hope.

After all, the Rakshasa God's trials were excruciating, almost designed to torture the inheritor to death.

If not for the hatred fueling her determination, she would never have subjected herself to such torment.

What mattered most was that passing the trial only granted affinity with Rakshasa God power—no other rewards!

Of course, Bibi Dong didn't realize there was anything wrong with this. She assumed all God trials were like this.

She pondered deeply before deactivating the Mega Evolution.

Her red lips parted slightly: "Six Purple Light Wings."

While Bibi Dong didn't possess high-year spider spirit beast soul bones, her external soul bone originated from a hundred-thousand-year Purple Wing Demon Spider Emperor—a rare spatial-attribute top-tier spirit beast.

"External soul bones can slowly recover if damaged. Could a fused external soul bone be used to create a Mega Evolution device?"

Even wise men make mistakes, while fools occasionally stumble upon brilliance.

Bibi Dong had thought of a good idea. Now, all she lacked was the method to create the Mega Evolution device.

The colorful stained-glass windows atop the Pope's Hall refracted sunlight into eerie spots of light. Bibi Dong sat regally on her gilded throne, unconsciously tracing the spiderweb patterns on the surface of the soul-guided tool with her fingertips.

Soon, Yue Guan and Gui Mei arrived together at the Pope's Hall.

"We greet Your Holiness, the Pope."

"No need for formalities. I've summoned you here to assign you both a task."

Bibi Dong remained seated on the Pope's throne, maintaining her majestic demeanor: "At all costs, find Oak and bring him back to the Spirit Hall."

Yue Guan hesitated, glancing at the manuscript beside Bibi Dong. He thought: "Oak has sent another paper. Could the content be that important?"

Guessing inwardly, Yue Guan revealed a troubled expression: "Your Majesty, Oak is cunning as a fox and has already threatened us with his papers beforehand. It will be difficult to locate him. Please reconsider."

Yue Guan mustered the courage to dissuade her. If he didn't, and they failed to find Oak, he would suffer the consequences. It was better to prevent the mission entirely and avoid unnecessary suffering.

Gui Mei also wanted to say something, but beneath his black hood, his misty face opened its mouth yet couldn't find the words. Helpless, he closed it again.

Bibi Dong's eyebrows furrowed in anger. "Will the Spirit Hall allow itself to be threatened by a wandering scholar!"

Yue Guan lowered his head in silence. If they disregarded Oak's theoretical research, they indeed wouldn't be threatened. But judging by the Pope's expression, it was clear she cared deeply.

Bibi Dong knew she was being unreasonable, but she had always been successful in life, except for her setbacks with Qian Xunji.

She caressed the Mega Evolution device.

This device resonated with her Death Spider Emperor through her soul power circulation system. She could clearly sense tiny ripples deep within the essence of her martial soul—like someone had thrown a stone into a still, silent pond.

"Gene chain recombination." She lowered her gaze to study the hastily scribbled handwriting on the paper. Some characters had bled ink onto the page, as if written in a state of extreme excitement.

It reminded her of twenty years ago when Yu Xiaogang had repeatedly approached her with what he believed to be solutions to martial soul problems, driven by obsession.

Bibi Dong's expression turned cold, and she spoke frostily:

"Gui Mei, send out all your soul masters to gather intelligence on Oak. Leave no clue unexplored."

"Yue Guan, assist Gui Mei. Once you locate Oak, bring him back at all costs."

This was an order, not a negotiation.

Yue Guan could only accept. Fortunately, Bibi Dong had compromised slightly—they would only search for Oak based on clues. At least this way, they wouldn't provoke him, allowing their relationship to remain intact for continued transactions.

The two withdrew, and the doors of the Pope's Hall closed.

Descending the steps of the Pope's Hall, Yue Guan sighed with a troubled expression: "Old Ghost, I'm counting on you. Make sure your subordinates work hard."

"Naturally."

Gui Mei, the Spirit Hall's intelligence chief, was confident in his ability to gather information and agreed readily.

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