Lu Ming, the Mysterious Group Leader! Bibi Dong Is Shocked!

Hotel, rear kitchen.

In the corner, Xiao Wu remained crouched, but her body trembled uncontrollably.

Her pink Rabbit Ears drooped limply, and her large, watery eyes were filled with fear and confusion.

Her jade-white calves were drawn taut, the white stockings wrapped around them outlining a tight curve full of youthful allure.

But at this moment, the owner of that beauty was trapped in immense pain.

[Bunny is the Cutest: He actually... actually deceived such a kind soul beast?]

She felt that Ah Yin was not worth it. Her heart ached for her.

As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast herself, she understood all too well Ah Yin's innocence—having only just taken human form, she had been full of curiosity and goodwill toward the human world.

Yet that innocence had been exploited by Tang Hao to the fullest.

She thought of herself, and of Tang San.

A thought that made even her tremble rose uncontrollably from the depths of her heart.

"Third Brother... he wouldn't want me to sacrifice myself too, would he?!"

No!

Xiao Wu violently shook her head, as if trying to fling the terrifying thought from her mind.

No way!

Third Brother isn't that kind of person!

Everything he's done for me has been sincere!

To protect me, he'd even give up his life!

He would never be like his father!

Absolutely not!

Though she kept telling herself that, the seed of doubt had ultimately been planted.

Spirit City, Pontiff's Palace.

Bibi Dong watched Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu's words in the group and slowly closed her eyes.

When she opened them again, the shock in her gaze had become an understanding that saw through everything, along with a trace of... sorrow.

[Pontiff: I was wondering why Tang Hao became so powerful the moment he broke through.]

[Pontiff: Before Ah Yin sacrificed herself, he couldn't even flee before Qian Xun Ji. Yet after her sacrifice, he was immediately able to counterkill him, severely wound Qian Xun Ji, and injure the two Douluo, Chrysanthemum and Ghost.]

Her words enlightened everyone.

That was right. A Titled Douluo who had only just broken through could not possibly have become that powerful, even with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

The only explanation was that he had planned all of this long ago.

He had long since made every preparation to absorb Ah Yin's soul ring and Spirit Bone, allowing him to unleash his greatest power the instant he broke through.

Bibi Dong leaned against the Chair Back, the Corner of the mouth curling into a mocking smile.

Qian Xun Ji...

That so-called Teacher of hers, the man who had ruined her entire life.

She had always thought he was the hunter and Ah Yin was the prey.

But now, it seemed that he had merely been a chess piece on Tang Hao's board.

A tool used to force Ah Yin into sacrificing herself, then to be conveniently killed by Tang Hao in "revenge."

While the mantis stalked the cicada, the oriole waited behind.

What a Tang Hao, what a Clear Sky Douluo!

He had not only Deceived Ah Yin, Deceived Spirit Hall, and Deceived Clear Sky Sect—he had Deceived the entire world!

Bibi Dong reclined against the cold throne, her fingertips lightly tapping the armrest as that mocking smile spread across her exquisite face.

This realization gave her an absurd sense of pleasure, along with an indescribable desolation.

So everything she had hated, everything she had fought against, had merely been phantoms on someone else's chessboard.

And the true player moving the pieces had always been praised by the world as a victim.

Just then, a message in the Chat Group shattered the suffocating silence.

Outside Heaven Dou City, deep within a dark, damp cave.

No daylight reached this place. Only the sound of water droplets seeping from the stone walls echoed through the empty cavern.

A massive Blue Silver Grass was quietly rooted in the center of the cave. A soft blue glow flowed across its leaves, radiating the brilliance of life and soul.

Yet at this moment, that glow trembled violently, like a candle flickering in the wind.

Ah Yin's consciousness churned. Every word Lu Ming had spoken was like a red-hot brand, searing deep into her soul.

"Tang Hao, did you really deceive me?!"

An illusory female figure emerged from the Blue Silver Grass's main body. She knelt on the ground, covering her face with both hands, her body shaking with violent sobs.

She did not want to believe it.

But the "coincidences" she had deliberately ignored now became chains that bound her tightly, leaving her unable to break free.

Why had she, so soon after arriving in the human world, so "coincidentally" encountered Clear Sky Sect's most outstanding genius?

Why had Tang Hao felt no qualms whatsoever about her soul beast identity, and instead loved her so deeply?

Why, at the crucial moment when she was about to reach level seventy and completely transform into human form, had Tang Hao taken her body and made her pregnant?

Why, the moment she became pregnant, had Spirit Hall so "coincidentally" come knocking?

Why, when faced with pursuit, had Tang Hao seemed so powerless, placing all his hopes on her?

In love, she had attributed it all to fate, believing it was heaven's test of their love.

Now that she thought about it, it had not been a test.

It had been a scheme.

Her love, her child, her everything—it had all been a meticulously staged play from beginning to end.

And she was merely the foolish sacrifice who had willingly offered everything.

"Waaah—"

The suppressed wail burst from her throat, becoming a line of shattered text in the Chat Group.

[My Son is Not a Bastard: Sob... Tang Hao really is a hypocrite.]

[I Have No Mother: Tang Hao definitely has no mother either, or how could he do something so vicious?]

A trace of sorrow born of shared misery appeared in Qian Renxue's golden eyes.

[Gentle Fire Dragon: You truly can't judge a person by their appearance! Tang Hao, I despise him!]

Inside the dean's office of Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong trembled with rage and smashed her fist into the table. Cracks like a spiderweb instantly spread across the sturdy solid-wood tabletop.

What she hated most were men who toyed with people's feelings!

[Pontiff: I admit I was wrong.]

When Bibi Dong sent this message, there was an unusual calmness in her tone.

[Pontiff: I thought this was a love story before, but I never expected it to be a ghost story. From beginning to end, Tang Hao was deceiving Ah Yin.]

[Fox is Most Pure: Ah Yin is so pitiful...]

Within the Saintess Hall of Spirit City, Hu Liena's Eye Sockets reddened, her heart full of sympathy for Ah Yin and hatred for Tang Hao.

For a time, public outrage boiled over, and everyone cursed Tang Hao's shamelessness and ruthlessness.

Yet amid the condemnations, Pontiff Bibi Dong sent another message, steering the subject toward something even more thought-provoking.

[Pontiff: However, what shocks me most is not Tang Hao's hypocrisy.]

[Pontiff: It is the Group Leader.]

[Pontiff: The truth of this matter was known by almost no one aside from Spirit Hall's higher-ups who took part in the pursuit back then, and Clear Sky Sect's Older Generation. It is even more impossible for anyone to know so many details.]

[Pontiff: The Group Leader is clearly not from either side. Then how do you know?]