Extracting Twin Martial Souls!

Seeing Bibi Dong pinned to the wall,

the entire scene fell into dead silence.

The Soul Masters present forgot how to breathe. Their hearts seemed to stop, and their minds went completely blank.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's orchid-pointing fingers froze in midair. The color drained from his feminine face.

Ghost Douluo Gui Mei staggered violently, nearly losing his balance and falling to the ground.

At last, someone reacted and screamed, "His Holiness the Pope has been attacked!"

A cry of alarm came even sooner.

"Hidden Weapon!" A Soul Saint pointed at the pitch-black throwing knife embedded in the center of Bibi Dong's brow, his voice breaking. "Tang San's hidden weapon! That's Tang San's hidden weapon!"

Almost no one from Spirit Hall present failed to recognize hidden weapons.

After all, Tang San had used them more than once in the recently concluded Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament.

Although those hidden weapons weren't exactly the same shape as the pitch-black throwing knife before them, that uncanny method of attack and terrifying, impossible-to-defend-against power could be found nowhere else on the continent but in Tang San's hands.

As for how this pitch-black throwing knife could have wounded Bibi Dong, quick-witted people offered an explanation.

"Clear Sky Douluo made a move for his son!" someone rasped. "It had to be Tang Hao! Only a Titled Douluo could launch a hidden weapon with that kind of power!"

"Tang San pretended to leave, then had his father secretly launch a hidden weapon to ambush His Holiness the Pope. Those father and son are a pair of treacherous wolves!"

As soon as those words were spoken, Soul Masters all around them chimed in, breaking into a storm of curses.

Only Golden Crocodile Douluo furrowed his brow. He felt there was more to this than met the eye.

Just now, he had sensed a power in that black throwing knife that came from the same source as the power within the Titan Giant Ape.

Could the knife have been launched from Star Dou Forest?

But Golden Crocodile Douluo said nothing. Even he felt that the theory sounded somewhat ridiculous.

If someone could strike from Star Dou Forest and nearly kill Bibi Dong, then Spirit Hall had no reason to exist.

Just as Golden Crocodile Douluo was about to speak and calm the crowd, an aged yet imposing voice rang out from the depths of the Worship Hall.

It was Qian Daoliu's voice.

It was old and weighty, every word carrying unquestionable authority. The entire Spirit City fell silent beneath it.

"Tang San and Tang Hao."

"Effective immediately, they are added to Spirit Hall's Must-Kill List."

"Ranked number one!"

Star Dou Forest.

Inside the small courtyard.

Jiang Li watched the scene projected on the tortoise shell and frowned slightly.

In the image, Bibi Dong was being supported by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. The wound in the center of her brow was healing.

Her face was deathly pale, blood trickled from her mouth, and her aura had weakened to the extreme, but she was undeniably still alive.

"She didn't die?"

A trace of surprise colored Jiang Li's voice.

Though he had only tossed the throwing knife casually, its power after piercing through space should have been enough to kill an ordinary Titled Douluo.

Bibi Dong was merely a newly enthroned Pope. Though she ranked among the continent's top experts, she still shouldn't have survived his knife.

"How lucky she is."

Jiang Li flipped his wrist, and a second throwing knife appeared in his palm.

This one was even blacker than the last, so black that even light seemed to be swallowed as it neared the blade.

A faint layer of golden patterns flowed across its surface, slowly winding along the blade like a sleeping dragon.

This time, he put in thirty percent more strength.

But just as he raised his wrist, a small hand reached over and clutched his sleeve tightly.

Xiao Wu's eyes were red from crying, and tear tracks still glistened on her face. She shook her head desperately at her father.

"Dad, I want to kill her with my own hands!"

In Xiao Wu's tear-reddened eyes burned a fierce flame of hatred. It was the fire that had been smoldering in her heart ever since the day her mother died, never once going out, day or night.

She had dreamed of killing Bibi Dong with her own hands.

When she saw that woman standing in radiant glory before the Pope's throne on the high platform in Spirit City, she had wanted to leap at her and bite through her throat.

She knew her father could end Bibi Dong's life in the blink of an eye.

She had just watched that throwing knife cross the endless void, pierce through space, and pin Bibi Dong between the brows.

For Dad, killing Bibi Dong would be easier than crushing an ant.

But that wouldn't mean she had killed her with her own hands.

The memory of her mother's final glance before she died—the image of those gentle eyes slowly losing their light—was the deepest nightmare of her life.

If someone else ended this vengeance for her, even if that person was her father, she would feel she had failed her mother's spirit in heaven.

"Dad, I want to do it myself."

"I want her to know the price she'll pay for killing my mother!"

As Jiang Li pondered, the system's crisp notification rang in his mind.

The system displayed two messages in succession.

"Detected that the host's children have escaped danger and successfully reunited with the host. Congratulations on achieving the hidden achievement 'Father-Daughter Reunion.' Reward: Extract the host's children's Twin Martial Souls. Please select the target."

"Additionally—new stage quest unlocked: [Vengeance Passed Down Through Generations].

Quest objective: Have the host's daughter, Xiao Wu, attack Spirit Hall to obtain a reward.

Next-tier reward: The host selects a Martial Soul, raising its level by one."

Jiang Li narrowed his eyes.

He hadn't expected the next stage of the child-rearing quest to require Xiao Wu to attack Spirit Hall herself.

It fit Xiao Wu's wish, and came with the added benefit of raising a Martial Soul's level.

It was a pretty good deal.

"All right." Jiang Li put away the throwing knife, rested his large hand on Xiao Wu's head, and spoke in the gentle voice he'd used before.

"But after you kill Bibi Dong, remember to take your mother's Soul Bone back. And I'll bring Xiao Rou back to life."

"B-bring her back to life?"

Mom could come back to life?

Xiao Wu stared at Jiang Li, stunned, wondering if she'd heard him correctly.

"My mom... can still come back to life?"

Jiang Li said nothing more.

He simply took out a Soul Bone and snapped his fingers softly.

Flesh and blood grew over the Soul Bone, and it became a living Soul Beast once more.

Xiao Wu covered her mouth, her eyes welling with tears of astonishment.

Er Ming's massive body swayed, disbelief filling his bell-like eyes.

Golden Light Eagle pulled his head right out from beneath his wing and stared with wide golden eyes, his beak gaping enough to fit a fist inside.

A big shot was a big shot.

The pent-up anger in Xiao Wu's chest vanished, and her whole being brightened with joy.

From now on, she could be Xiao Wu, with both her parents by her side!

Jiang Li grinned. Seeing the happiness in Xiao Wu's heart, he ruffled her little head.

"System, extract Xiao Wu's Twin Martial Souls for me."