Outside Heaven Dou City.
Tang Hao led Tang San and Xiao Wu all the way back to an abandoned valley.
More than half of the Clear Sky Sect Remnants had been killed or wounded.
The survivors no longer wore the fierce expressions they had arrived with. Only uncontrollable fear remained.
They had originally thought that with the Clear Sky Douluo acting in person and Tang San returning from Slaughter City, taking Xiao Wu away would not be difficult.
And they had indeed taken her away.
But everyone understood.
This was not their victory.
Di Yao had let them go.
That feeling was even more unbearable than losing outright.
Tang San leaned against a rock wall, his face pale, the bloodstains from his seven orifices not yet dry.
Divine Slaughter's Domain churned endlessly within him like a beast gone out of control.
One moment, it was bone-chillingly cold.
The next, it felt as though he were being scorched by the sun.
He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails nearly pierced his palms.
"Why..."
"Why did this happen..."
Tang San muttered under his breath.
He had clearly returned from Slaughter City.
He had clearly obtained Divine Slaughter's Domain.
He had clearly grown stronger.
Yet before Di Yao, it was as if he had still been seen through.
It was not that his techniques had been seen through.
It was that his entire being had been seen through.
He found that even harder to accept than defeat.
Xiao Wu stood some distance away, looking at Tang San, her eyes terribly red.
She wanted to step forward.
But after taking one step, she stopped again.
The killing intent around Tang San was too heavy right now.
That aura made her heart ache, but it also frightened her.
Seeing this, Tang Hao's expression