The First Punishment

[Douluo I Period]

Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

"Beast! You absolute beast!!!"

A roar of extreme fury exploded from the mouth of Dai Mubai!

His pair of evil eyes turned crimson in an instant, and his golden hair whipped about without a breeze.

The innate dominance and majesty belonging to the Star Luo Imperial Family erupted with a boom!

"Dai Hao! You unfilial descendant!"

Dai Mubai pointed at the figure on the Sky Screen, trembling with rage.

He could tolerate his descendants fighting for power and profit; that was the law of survival carved into the bones of the Star Luo Imperial Family.

He could even tolerate his descendants being cold-blooded and ruthless, abandoning their wives and children, because he himself was not a perfect man.

However, he absolutely could not tolerate that his own blood descendant, a scion of the Dai clan flowing with the blood of the White Tiger, would actually bow and scrape to outsiders, wagging his tail for pity!

"You actually—you actually dared to collude with foreign enemies and sell out the foundation of our ancestors!"

"What face do you have left to carry the surname Dai?!"

"What qualification do you have to possess the White Tiger martial soul?!"

"My Dai lineage stands tall between heaven and earth; we would rather die standing than live on our knees!"

"You have disgraced the face of the Star Luo Imperial Family and the faces of all our Dai ancestors!"

He slammed his fist heavily into the ground!

"I, Dai Mubai, do not have a descendant like you! You are not worthy of the surname Dai at all!"

Amidst the fury and condemnation of the entire continent, the image on the Sky Screen froze on Dai Hao's face, which was twisted in fear.

Cold, golden characters slowly emerged, beginning to deliver the final verdict on his life.

[Top Ten Hypocrites List, Eighth Place, Dai Hao, all deeds exposed.]

[Now proceeding to final judgment and settlement of rewards and punishments.]

It was coming!

Everyone's heart jumped into their throats once again.

For such a shameless villain who deceived the world and sought glory through treason, what kind of judgment would the Sky Screen deliver?

Under the gaze of the masses, four lines of poetry, filled with irony and contempt, were slowly branded onto the Sky Screen.

[Commentary:]

[Beneath iron armor hides selfish desire, among piles of white bones a false name is forged.]

[Pity the thousands of loyal souls, worth less than a monarch's light word.]

The four short lines of poetry were like four resounding slaps, striking hard across Dai Hao's face and the hearts of all the people of Star Luo!

"Pity the thousands of loyal souls—worth less than a monarch's light word—"

Inside the Western Border Barracks.

The one-eared veteran who had been the first to stand up and defend Dai Hao muttered the poem.

Cloudy, aged tears rolled down uncontrollably once more.

He seemed to see his brothers who had died in vain; their loyal souls and their sacrifices had all been treated as dust beneath the feet of the Genji they once revered most.

Beneath the poem, a title slowly took shape.

[Title Granted: Traitor to Family and Country!]

To his family, he was a thief who abandoned his wife and children.

To his country, he was a bandit who colluded with the enemy and betrayed the nation.

From this day forward, when people mentioned Dai Hao, they would no longer think of the Duke White Tiger, nor the invincible god of war.

They would only think of—Traitor to Family and Country!

[Douluo II Period]

Inside the Star Luo Imperial Palace, Emperor Xu Jiawei felt the pent-up frustration in his chest ease slightly upon seeing these four words.

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He watched the Sky Screen coldly, waiting for the final punishment for this traitor.

Meanwhile, in the White Tiger Barracks, which had already fallen into chaos.

When those angry soldiers saw the four lines of poetry, countless iron-blooded men shed tears in that moment!

They thought of the comrades who had died in battle, and they thought of those young, fearless faces beneath Blackwater City.

Their sacrifices, in the eyes of Dai Hao, were merely stepping stones to trade for power!

"Kill him! Kill him!"

Endless grief and indignation transformed into the most surging killing intent.

At this moment, Dai Hao, who had already fled to the entrance of the secret passage in the commander's tent, had his final line of psychological defense completely shattered by these four lines of poetry and the four-character title.

"No—I am not—I didn't—"

He muttered incoherently, his eyes unfocused, appearing as if he had gone mad.

The judgment of the Sky Screen continued.

[Comprehensive evaluation complete, beginning to determine rewards and punishments.]

[Upon judgment, the actions of Dai Hao—fooling the loyal, colluding with the enemy and betraying the country, shaking the foundation of the nation—are heinous crimes!]

[His crimes deserve death!]

[Decided to grant him—]

[Punishment!]

Golden light flared brilliantly above the Sky Screen, displaying a real-time image of Dai Hao.

[Sky Screen punishment, synchronized live broadcast across dual timelines—]

[First item of punishment: Martial Soul degradation!]

Martial Soul degradation again!

Everyone remembered the comical Grass Chicken of Yan Shaozhe, and expressions of anticipation mixed with cruelty involuntarily appeared on their faces.

So, what would Dai Hao's White Tiger Martial Soul, which symbolized dominance, power, and slaughter, degenerate into?

[Punishment begins!]

A gray, decaying light, filled with an aura of rot and decline, descended from the sky like maggots on rotting bones, precisely enveloping the fleeing Dai Hao!

"Roar—!!!"

A shrill tiger's roar, filled with pain and unwillingness, erupted from within Dai Hao's body!

Visible behind him, his majestic Avatar of Martial Soul, the White Tiger standing several meters tall, emerged uncontrollably!

However, at this moment, under the illumination of the gray light, it let out a painful wail!

Its sturdy and mighty body was shrinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Those tiger claws, sharp as blades, retracted inch by inch, becoming rounded and powerless.

The fangs that could crush steel were also constantly shortening and falling out—

The noble and majestic "King" character on its forehead began to blur and distort, eventually turning into a few chaotic, messy stripes.

The fur, white as satin and symbolizing royal blood, also began to turn withered, yellow, messy, and filled with a sickly appearance.

"No—no! My power! My Martial Soul!!"

Feeling the power rapidly draining from his body, Dai Hao let out a desperate roar.

Everything he took pride in, the foundation of his name as the "God of War," was being ruthlessly stripped away and destroyed under this gray light!

Finally, when the gray light dissipated.

The Evil-Eyed White Tiger that once looked down upon the world and struck fear into the hearts of enemies had vanished.

Replacing it was a—

Small-bodied, messy-furred, trembling, and filled with fear and cowardice in its eyes—

Sick Cat!

"Meow—woo—"

That Sick Cat Martial Soul cowered behind Dai Hao, letting out a pitiful, mosquito-like cry.

The entire world seemed to fall silent at this moment.

Immediately following, there was a thunderous, uncontrollable roar of laughter!

"Hahahaha! A Sick Cat! It really is a Sick Cat!"

"From the fiercest tiger to the most cowardly Sick Cat!"

"Killing the person and shaming the heart! This is truly killing the heart! Doesn't Dai Hao value his bloodline and Martial Soul the most?"

"Well, now the White Tiger has become a Sick Cat; he will never be able to hold his head high again in his life!"

Countless jeers, like the sharpest knives, stabbed fiercely into Dai Hao's heart.

He stared blankly at the Sick Cat Martial Soul behind him that wobbled even while walking, unable to withstand this massive blow any longer.

"Pfft—"

A mouthful of blood sprayed out wildly, and Dai Hao rolled his eyes back, fainting straight away.

[Douluo I Period]

"Good! Good! Very good!"

Dai Mubai watched this scene, and far from feeling even a shred of sympathy, he instead burst into hearty, unrestrained laughter.

"A coward like this only deserves such a cowardly martial soul! The punishment from the Sky Screen is exactly what I wanted!"

[Douluo II Period]

Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao watched the Sky Screen quietly, observing the miserable end of the man he had once loathed with every fiber of his being.

In his heart, there was no thrill of revenge, nor was there the slightest trace of pity.

There was only a cold, icy indifference.

And just at this moment, golden light surged once more upon the Sky Screen.

The cold text signaled that this public execution was far from over.

[The second punishment is about to be announced!]

(The reason for Dai Hao previously has been changed; the third point is now: Colluding with the enemy and betraying the country, forgetting one's ancestors and heritage.)

(Many thanks to all the leaders for your suggestions.)

(Note: The next chapter is high-intensity, please proceed with caution!)