Tang Ya: The Sky Had Fallen!

"How come that Man Faced Spider Emperor still hasn't caught up?"

Golden Body Douluo slowed down and looked back, but he couldn't see a thing.

Heaven Dou City remained peaceful. There were people of every sort, but no sign of the Man Faced Spider Emperor.

Could he have flown so fast that the Man Faced Spider Emperor had lost track of him?

Golden Body Douluo furrowed his brow, but quickly dismissed the thought as soon as it surfaced.

He had seen the Man Faced Spider Emperor's speed with his own eyes. There was no way it couldn't keep up.

Something must have happened to stop it from following him!

Could that beast be wreaking havoc in Heaven Dou City?

But he couldn't sense any intense fluctuations in Soul Power!

Sensing something was wrong, Golden Body Douluo came to a complete stop, hovering dozens of meters above the city.

The trap had already been laid, but the prey hadn't followed him.

Just as he was about to return to the Tang Sect, a sudden chill ran through his body.

"Could it be..."

Golden Body Douluo hadn't finished speaking when—

Tang San suddenly leaped out from nowhere, driving a sharp spider leg straight at his most vulnerable spot: his throat.

"Not good!"

Golden Body Douluo reacted quickly, twisting his body with difficulty to evade the fatal blow.

Tang San saw his attack miss and immediately swung another spider leg at Golden Body Douluo.

There was no dodging it!

Golden Body Douluo was smashed into the ground. The earth instantly cracked apart, and dust billowed everywhere.

The pedestrians and street vendors who witnessed the scene scattered in terror.

Tang San gave a cold laugh, blended into his surroundings once more, and vanished from sight.

Golden Body Douluo sprang to his feet, only to find Tang San had disappeared again.

"How is this possible? Even my Super Douluo-level spiritual power can't detect the precise location of this Hundred-Thousand-Year Man Faced Spider Emperor!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Golden Body Douluo warily scanned his surroundings, trying to find Tang San's position. (PS: The power scaling isn't broken; the Man Faced Spider Emperor really did perform like this in the original.)

Tang San was hidden in the shadows, but he didn't rush to attack again.

He had discovered that the Man Faced Spider Emperor's innate Soul Skill was incredibly useful. It could even keep a Super Douluo from finding his exact position.

From this moment on, this unknown Titled Douluo was Tang San's prey.

Golden Body Douluo seemed to realize something, too. Still on guard, he decided against facing his opponent head-on and immediately flew toward the outskirts of the city at full speed.

Fighting here would tie his hands. Once it came down to it, victory could go either way.

Once they reached the outskirts, that beast would be theirs for the taking.

Tang San naturally wasn't about to let him get away. He concealed himself again and chased after him.

On a street in Heaven Dou City.

Tang Ya took a bite of the grilled fish in her hand and smiled happily. "It's so delicious—one hundred times better than Mom's cooking."

"It's a shame this is the last one. Otherwise, I'd have brought some home for Dad to try..."

She had bought the grilled fish from a famous little stall in Heaven Dou City. Whenever her parents took her out, she would pester them to buy some for her to snack on.

It was still early, and Tang Ya had no intention of going home. She'd gone to all the trouble of sneaking out; how could she go back before she'd had enough fun?

Suddenly, a commotion broke out in the distance. It sounded like people were arguing.

"Something's wrong! The soldiers on the city wall say a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast has entered the city!"

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? What kind of joke is that?"

"Believe it or not, I'm running for my life!"

"Damn it! I pay so much in taxes every year. Are those city guards good for nothing?"

A legendary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

Tang Ya was intrigued, too. She was a Soul Master, though her talent was so poor that she was only a Level 13 One-Ring Soul Master.

Her Martial Soul was an ordinary Blue Silver Grass, and her Soul Ring was only a hundred years old.

Suddenly, a booming voice called out to Tang Ya, who had been about to go join the crowd. "Are you that little Ya from the Tang Sect?"

Tang Ya stopped and turned around. An old man was pushing a barbecue cart.

"Oh, it's you, boss. What is it? Why'd you call me over?"

The old man owned the barbecue stall Tang Ya often visited, so she knew him fairly well.

The old man sighed and fell silent for a while, as though he didn't know how to begin.

Tang Ya rubbed the back of her head, looking confused. "Boss, if there's nothing else, I'm going to go see what's happening."

After a long pause, the old man spoke again. "Xiao Ya, you should hurry home. Your parents are gone."

Tang Ya froze mid-step, confusion in her eyes. "What do you mean, boss? My parents are grown-ups. How could they be gone?"

With that, she continued walking, planning to go watch the commotion.

The old man fell silent again.

Just moments ago, his son, who served in the city guard, had rushed over and told him that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had broken into Heaven Dou City and that he should run for his life.

Curious, he had pressed his son for details, and the boy had told him everything he knew... The Tang Sect had been wiped out by that Soul Beast.

But what troubled the old man most was how to tell the little girl in front of him, who still didn't understand a thing.

"Xiao Ya, just listen to me... Your parents are gone."

Tang Ya stopped again and looked at the old man. "Where did my parents go? Why didn't they take me with them?"

"They couldn't take you with them, Xiao Ya. They went to a very faraway place..."

"If I wake up tomorrow, will they come back and make me breakfast?"

Grilled Fish Old Man: ...

The old man was at a loss for words. He'd tried to make it as clear as possible. How could this little girl be so silly and still not understand what he meant?

He had no choice but to change his tone.

"Your dad is dead!"

"Your mom is dead, too!"

"Your Tang Sect is gone, too!

"Your whole family is gone! You've lost everything!"

"You have no father or mother, and your Tang Sect has lost its home, too. You have no relatives or friends to help you. You're all alone in the world—aren't you scared?"

Tang Ya's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly. There was a hint of impatience in her sweet voice. "Boss, what are you talking about? Don't keep me from going to see what's happening!"

"You... Why don't you... understand?!"

After a long while.

"I'm never being nice again. The old man almost worked himself to death..."

Panting for breath, the old man had painstakingly explained the whole thing. He'd never imagined that, even in his old age, he'd have to go through something like this.

"Dad... Mom... The Tang Sect..." Tang Ya ran toward the Tang Sect, crying with red-rimmed eyes.

It had only been one morning. How had her family been torn apart?

Impossible!

The boss had to be lying. She needed to go back and see for herself...

Before long, Tang Ya returned to the Tang Sect. She smelled a strong scent of blood before she'd even entered the gate.

Sensing that something was terribly wrong, she immediately threw caution to the wind, used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track with all her might, and rushed toward the Council Hall...

Council Hall.

Tang Ya looked at the two battered corpses on the ground and choked out:

"Dad... Mom..."

"Please don't lie to Xiao Ya... Xiao Ya will get angry..."

Just as Tang Ya wept bitterly, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the Council Hall.