The blood-red light faded, and Void Space darkened once more.
Xiao Wu gripped her sword. The moment Bibi Dong fell, it was as if the last of her strength had been drained away.
The longsword slipped from her hand and struck the shattered rocks with an exceedingly soft clang.
Xiao Wu did not pick it up.
She merely lowered her head and stared at the lifeless corpse, her eyes red-rimmed and her lips trembling.
"Brother..."
Then, she slowly turned around, threw herself into Su Mo's arms, and burst into loud sobs.
Her crying was so loud, louder than anyone would have expected from her.
The blood-soaked hatred she had carried for over a decade finally burst open at that moment.
Xiao Wu sobbed so hard she could barely catch her breath, her fingers clutching Su Mo's lapels tightly.
Su Mo said nothing, only gently patting her back again and again.
Xiao Wu cried for a long time, until her voice had become hoarse. She raised her head, her face covered in tears, yet she was still smiling. "Mom, I did it... I avenged you..."
Su Mo wiped the tears from her face and led her to Bibi Dong's corpse.
Before long, light began to shine from Bibi Dong's body.
One Soul Bone after another floated out of the corpse, like stars rising from the darkness.
A skull bone, a torso bone, both arm bones, both leg bones, and even an External Soul Bone—seven complete top-grade Soul Bones in all, each radiating powerful Soul Power fluctuations.
Among them was a left leg bone, crimson throughout like jade, with pink patterns rippling across its surface.
"It's Mom's Soul Bone!"
Xiao Wu recognized it at a glance, and tears once again spilled from her eyes.
Su Mo reached out, removed the hundred-thousand-year Soft