Tang Hao is Crippled

Qian Renxue flicked her fingertips, and a blazing longbow appeared in her hand.

She raised her arm to draw the string, condensing her soul power, spiritual power, and blood essence onto the bowstring to form a golden-red arrow, its tip pointed directly at Tang Hao's brow.

Tang Hao was a Title Douluo after all; if he were to fight to the death, close-quarters combat would inevitably lead to injury, making a ranged attack the safest choice.

"Father!"

"Brother Hao!"

Tang San and Tang Xiao exclaimed in unison, rushing forward with faces full of anxiety.

"Get back!" Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo instantly blocked their path. Snake Lance held his weapon horizontally, while Pufferfish's martial soul swelled like a ball, his sharp spikes bristling.

Tang Xiao gripped his Clear Sky Hammer, his soul power surging as violent air currents swirled around the hammer head, clearly ready to strike.

"Young Miss, stop! Please show mercy!" Li Taibai suddenly rushed over, blocking the space between Tang Hao and Qian Renxue with an urgent tone.

Qian Renxue glanced at him, her bowstring still taut, and said coldly, "You had better give me a reasonable explanation."

"Young Miss, revenge doesn't necessarily mean taking his life." Li Taibai turned around, a strange smile spreading across his face.

"Killing him would only be a moment of satisfaction; that's letting him off too easily."

"Tang Hao caused the death of the previous Pope; this is an irreconcilable blood feud. We should make him wish he were dead—let him live day after day in fear and regret, strip away everything he values, and destroy his closest kin and loved ones."

"Let him taste every pain in this world while lacking the strength to even retaliate. That is the most satisfying revenge, isn't it?"

Qian Renxue's gaze flickered, and her fingers slowly relaxed their grip on the bowstring.

The condensed arrow dissolved into light, merging back into her body, and the longbow was stored away into her Space Ring.

She looked at Li Taibai and asked, "Then what good plan do you have?"

"Young Miss, just watch me; I guarantee you will be satisfied." Li Taibai turned to look at Qian Daoliu and shouted, "Master, Tang Hao has broken the agreement; please help me seal his soul power!"

Qian Daoliu hesitated for a moment, but ultimately condensed a strand of golden soul power at his fingertip and flicked it, sending the golden light shooting into Tang Hao's body.

Tang Hao felt his dantian stagnate as his remaining soul power was instantly locked away by a sacred force, rendering him unable to mobilize even a sliver.

He collapsed to the ground, a deep sense of despair welling up in his heart—he no longer even had the strength to resist.

Li Taibai's lips curled into a sinister smile as he formed a sword gesture with his right hand and pointed at Tang Hao: "Green Lotus Sword, go!"

The Green Lotus Sword at his waist suddenly unsheathed, transforming into a cyan rainbow. The blade pivoted in mid-air, its tip pointed straight at Tang Hao.

Tang Hao watched the blade draw nearer and helplessly closed his eyes.

With his body injured and his soul power sealed, he didn't even have the strength to dodge.

Perhaps his death could secure the safety of Tang San and his elder brother; it would be a death well-earned.

A breath passed, but the expected excruciating pain did not come. Tang Hao opened his eyes in confusion.

"Young Miss, look, are you satisfied with my masterpiece?" Li Taibai turned around, seeking credit.

Qian Renxue instinctively stepped back twice, her brows furrowed, her eyes filled with undisguised disgust: "Don't get too close to me."

Li Taibai's mouth twitched as he secretly checked his system interface—Qian Renxue's favorability had originally risen to thirteen, but now it had fallen back to ten.

He sighed inwardly, yet could not hide the excitement in his heart—the system had long since prompted that once a bound target died, they could be rebound, and before this, he had already bound Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao to the three slots of the Resentment System.

At this moment, the data on the interface made his heart leap: Tang San, favorability -80, check-in yields 3200 points; Tang Xiao, favorability -30, check-in yields 90 points; Tang Hao, favorability -50, check-in yields 600 points.

Seeing these figures, Li Taibai knew that he and the Tang family were now locked in a struggle to the death.

Since that was the case, he might as well let the hatred burn more fiercely; maximizing his gains was the only true path.

Tang Hao felt several strange gazes upon him and instinctively lowered his head to look at his blood-soaked crotch.

An indescribable, agonizing pain instantly surged through his entire body, as if his internal organs were being torn apart.

"Ah—!"

He clutched his crotch with both hands and collapsed violently to the ground, curling into a ball and letting out a scream like a slaughtered pig, the sound so shrill it made one's scalp tingle.

"Father!"

"Brother Hao!"

Tang San and Tang Xiao could no longer be held back and rushed over like madmen.

This time, Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo did not stop them—even they felt that Li Taibai's methods were too vicious, and Tang Hao was truly pathetic.

"Brother Hao, hold on!" Tang Xiao pressed down on Tang Hao's violently trembling body, hurriedly channeling soul power to try and alleviate his pain, but the wound was too tricky, and his soul power could not suppress the agony at all.

Tang San knelt beside his father, his hands clenched into fists, his nails digging deep into his palms as blood dripped through his fingers.

He slowly raised his head, his gaze like a poisoned blade, staring fixedly at Qian Renxue and the others, especially Li Taibai. The hatred in his eyes was almost tangible, enough to burn everything to ash.

"Kid, that look of yours is very annoying." Li Taibai met his gaze, not only unafraid but laughing instead, his smile exceptionally bright. "Do you want to have your eyes gouged out?"

He looked at the jumping data on the system interface, his heart blooming with joy—Tang San's favorability had dropped to -120, a single check-in could earn 4800 points; Tang Hao at -100, 1200 points; Tang Xiao at -100, 300 points.

Adding it all up, he could get 6300 points every day; these Tang family father and sons were simply walking treasure troves of points!

"Hate me, hate me to your heart's content." Li Taibai sneered in his heart. "I, Li Taibai, will accept all of your hatred!"

Qian Renxue watched Tang Hao screaming incessantly on the ground, then looked at Li Taibai's smug, villainous expression. Her brows furrowed even tighter, but in the end, she said nothing.

Perhaps such revenge was indeed more satisfying than simply killing him.

Qian Daoliu sighed softly.

"Young Miss, how should we deal with them?" Li Taibai rubbed his hands together, his eyes darting over Tang San and the others as if appraising three pieces of merchandise waiting to be sold.

Qian Renxue cast a faint glance at the wailing Tang Hao on the ground, her tone calm and unruffled: "Do as you see fit; I leave this matter to you."

Li Taibai's eyes lit up. He stepped forward, looking down at Tang San and his companions with undisguised malice: "Remember this: my name is Li Taibai, and from this day forward, I shall be your nightmare."

"Don't even think about retaliating against anyone else in Martial Soul Hall—if a single person from Martial Soul Hall dies because of you, I will make the Clear Sky Sect pay with ten lives!"

"Do not doubt me; I am the disciple of the Grand Elder, and I have at least that much authority."

He paused, grinding a pebble under his foot with a harsh, grating sound: "Get lost now. Pray that you never see me again in this lifetime, or else I shall represent Martial Soul Hall and take Tang Hao apart piece by piece until nothing but a husk remains."

Li Taibai was not afraid of offending Tang San in the slightest. So what if the other party had the potential to become a god?

With the system in his grasp, as long as he had enough points, he could kill even a god.

The confidence granted by the system filled him with immense courage at this moment.