Sacrifice or a Desperate Ruse

Countless red flowers beneath Xiao Wu's feet slowly rose from the ground and drifted through the air.

At last, they gathered in Tang San's direction, forming a road paved with red flowers.

"Tang San isn't Tang Hao from back then. He doesn't have strength close to that of a Title Douluo. There's no way he can absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring on his own!"

Hu Liena clenched her fists tightly. Her body trembled slightly, her face full of worry.

"Then... what about Xiao Wu?"

"Her fate will be to never be reincarnated for all eternity!"

Those words struck everyone's ears like a thunderclap.

On one side, Xiao Wu stepped onto the road of red flowers and walked toward Tang San, one step at a time.

On the other was the sight of Spirit Hall's people failing their mission and retreating in disgrace.

The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape watched Xiao Wu slowly approach Tang San. Their voices were full of sorrow as they asked heavily,

"Xiao Wu, is it really worth it?"

Xiao Wu turned back and gave them a firm nod, her tone unwavering.

"It is."

Then she quickened her pace, eventually breaking into a run.

Reaching the end of the red flowers, Xiao Wu leaped into the air and threw herself toward Tang San.

"Brother, you're so foolish. So, so foolish."

Xiao Wu's voice was thick with tears.

"If you die, how could I possibly go on living alone? I don't want you to die. I want you to live!"

"I really wished we could live together, just like before."

"But we can't anymore."

"After I'm gone, you have to take good care of yourself. Otherwise, I'll be sad."

As Xiao Wu spoke, she carefully pulled the fragments of the Eight Spider Lances from Tang San's body.

Her hand lightly touched Tang San's body, and a gentle stream of Soul Power slowly flowed into him.

His shattered right leg actually began to recover under the nourishment of that Soul Power.

Xiao Wu's body began to turn into pink and golden light.

At last, her entire body shone brilliantly, like a burning flame.

Centered around Xiao Wu, a red Spirit Ring slowly formed around her.

Dense red light shot into the heavens, dyeing the entire sky blood-red.

"For him, she could burn her own life and sacrifice her Spirit Ring."

"For her, he could offer up his own life and kill himself for a Spirit Bone."

"No wonder. So he already had this perfect lover in his heart."

Hu Liena stood there in a daze, looking exactly like someone whose soul had been ripped away by heartbreak.

Her brother, Xie Yue, looked helpless. He could only forcibly pull her away from the scene at a quick pace.

"Farewell, my beloved."

In the end, only a wisp of Xiao Wu's remaining soul was left, gazing at Tang San with deep reluctance.

Using the last of her strength, she softly called out, "Brother."

As her voice fell, Xiao Wu lunged fiercely toward Tang San.

Her soft lips lightly touched Tang San's. The next instant, her figure turned into specks of purple energy and slowly merged into Tang San's body.

At that very moment, a dazzling Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring took shape.

Tang San not only obtained the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone he had dreamed of, but even all the severe injuries he had sustained were completely healed.

His Soul Power even rose five levels in a row, bringing him directly to level sixty-five Soul Emperor.

Watching scene after scene unfold on the Sky Screen, Xiao Wu beside Tang San had already cried herself into a mess.

She had never imagined that Tang San would make such a tragic sacrifice for her.

Only a man like this was worthy of her sacrificing everything for him.

Tang San's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart was filled with shock.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

The Tang San on the Sky Screen looked barely twenty years old, yet he already possessed so many heaven-defying opportunities.

At that moment, the entire continent was left dumbfounded, erupting into an uproar.

On Douluo Continent, countless people spent their entire lives seeking even a single Spirit Bone, only to fail in the end.

Even lofty Title Douluos did not all possess Spirit Bones.

But Tang San?

After Xiao Wu's sacrifice, he possessed two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, an External Soul Bone, and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring that everyone dreamed of.

In particular, the tragic and resolute love between Tang San and Xiao Wu deeply moved the hearts of countless people across Douluo Continent.

Perhaps the most romantic thing in love was risking everything and sacrificing oneself for the other.

Spirit Hall's Pope, Bibi Dong, stared coldly at the ending of Tang San and Xiao Wu on the Sky Screen, her eyes filled with scarlet light.

At a glance, she could tell that the Divine Slaughter's Domain on Tang San's body had to be something he had gained through training in Slaughter City, just like her.

Legends of deities had always circulated within Slaughter City.

Like her, Tang San possessed the rare Twin Martial Souls.

Moreover, he had become a six-ring Soul Emperor at an even younger age than she had back then.

His Spirit Bones and Spirit Rings were even more powerful and heaven-defying than hers.

A Tang San like this would certainly gain the inheritance of a deity in the future, perhaps even the ability to resurrect others.

His future was destined to make him a god of his generation.

And Spirit Hall and Tang San shared the irreconcilable enmity of his mother's murder.

If her Spirit Hall Empire wished to expand its territory in the future, it would certainly be obstructed by Tang San.

Bibi Dong's gaze could not help but fall upon Hu Liena beside her.

Her original plan for Hu Liena had been to send her into Slaughter City for training.

Perhaps Hu Liena and Tang San had met at that time.

Tang San had changed his appearance, and he was so outstanding that it was only natural for a young girl to fall for him.

It could only be said that Hu Liena could not be blamed for the final failure.

If anyone was to blame, it was Tang San for being too cunning and deceitful!

"He has the Blue Silver Domain and my Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. How is that possible?"

"When Tang San was fleeing, Blue Silver Grass covered the ground all around him. How could he possibly have failed to notice that ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider?"

"Tang San, why? Why would he do this?"

At that moment, inside an utterly pitch-black cave, a Blue Silver Grass plant half the height of a person trembled violently.

This Blue Silver Grass was none other than Tang San's mother—Ah Yin.

From the moment the Sky Screen appeared, her consciousness had returned, allowing her to clearly see everything upon it.

As the Blue Silver Emperor, she understood the power of the Blue Silver Domain better than anyone.

Once the Blue Silver Domain was unleashed, the surrounding Blue Silver Grass would continuously transmit information to its user.

For a notorious Soul Beast like the Man Faced Demon Spider, it brought Blue Silver Grass a terror that seeped into its very bones.

As long as such a powerful Soul Beast existed within a thousand li, that fear would spread throughout the entire area.

Tang San clearly knew that region was fraught with danger, yet he still insisted on running in that direction.

Moreover, Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin had another enormous doubt in her heart.

Tang San had not fled very far at the time.

That place was even close at hand to the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Forest.

So close to the territory of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, the other ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts should have long since fled without a trace.

Yet that ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider had actually lain in wait there. It was simply inconceivable.

Man Faced Demon Spiders were known as evil slaughterers and were terrifying nightmares to low-level Soul Beasts.

They were exceedingly cunning by nature, only devouring Soul Beasts weaker than themselves and never easily provoking powerful beings.

For that Man Faced Demon Spider to appear near the Lake of Life was truly unreasonable.

"Phew..."

After watching the entire process of Xiao Wu's sacrifice, Castorice let out a long breath of stale air.

Mimi looked at Castorice, her eyes carrying a trace of understanding.

She knew Castorice's past. As the Daughter of the Styx, who knew how many lives had perished at her hands.

Perhaps this sort of selfless sacrifice had stirred something within her as well.

"Little Butterfly, don't be sad."

Mimi comforted her softly.

But Castorice merely placed a hand over her chest. Her gaze settled on Stelle, and her voice was gentle yet carried a trace of coldness.

"Their story is filled with sickening schemes at every turn. I cannot feel even the slightest warmth from it."

"Little Butterfly, saying that..."

Mimi froze for a moment. Thinking carefully about what had just happened on the Sky Screen, she could not help but fall into thought.

"I feel like something is off too. It feels like Tang San was deliberately seeking death..."

Stelle put her hands on her hips. Looking completely justified, she bluntly pointed out the heart of the matter.

"Simply put, he's weak but loves to show off!"

"If it were me, I'd have smashed everyone who surrounded me to death with one swing!"

"What you say is indeed true. Tang San simply does not respect death."

Castorice frowned. "Out of all the choices available, he deliberately chose to confront Spirit Hall with his weakest point."

"It really does look touching..."

"But he's someone skilled at throwing Hidden Weapons from behind people's backs."

"He could think of ambushing others, yet he failed to realize that in that situation, fighting was not the only way to save Xiao Wu."

"If it were me, I would first rush toward Xiao Wu."

"Once Xiao Wu sensed my presence, she would deliberately let herself be captured by me."

"Xiao Wu is a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. As long as I held a blade to her neck, Spirit Hall's people would fear damaging the prize and certainly would not dare act rashly!"

"I also wouldn't use up all my Hidden Weapons at once. In that situation, having a few more or fewer Soul Saints would not make much difference to us."

"That was rather wasteful."

"Once I had Xiao Wu in my hands, whoever came forward, I would kill them instantly. Then I would take out fakes to scare them and stall for time."