Both sides, friend and foe alike, watched.
On one side was Xiao Wu's shame and pain; on the other, Bibi Dong and the others' pursuit.
A mere Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had indeed caused quite a stir at a time like this.
At the same time, the Sharp Critique on the Light Screen showed no sign of letting up.
On the Light Screen.
It paid no heed to Xiao Wu's distress, only continuing its relentless barrage.
[And after that? Heh, the classic sacrifice spectacle played right on schedule, as if they'd planned it all in shifts.]
[Xiao Wu, a brainless attention-seeker, jumped out of her own accord. Naturally, Tang San had to play the devoted protector. The two clowns were chased by Spirit Hall like stray dogs, reduced to a pathetic, ragged mess.]
[They fled all the way to a dead end, and finally couldn't keep up the act. To save her precious sweetheart, Xiao Wu magnanimously sacrificed herself, obediently turning into a Soul Ring and Soul Bone for Tang San, like an offering laid on an altar.]
[Put yourself in Tang San and Xiao Wu's shoes: wow, so moving, so tear-jerking, right?]
[Oh, the man nearly died for the woman. How noble! It's enough to make your nose bubble with tears.]
[The woman, in turn, erased herself for the man. How selfless! She selflessly threw her brains away, too.]
[Good grief, they really were a match made in heaven: two hapless fools, moved to tears by each other, stupid as a pair.]
[But what if you put yourself in Xiao Wu's mother's shoes?]
[Her mother would be so furious she'd leap out of her grave, then get so mad she'd blow up all over again. Even the coffin lid couldn't hold her down!]
[How did she give birth to a daughter with a brain as smooth as glass and an IQ running on empty?]
[Back then, her mother traded her own life for hers, just to give the little one a chance to live. She went to her death in a sacrifice of staggering courage.]
[And what did the precious child she'd protected with her life do? She kept saying she'd avenge her mother's murder, then turned around and treated her own life like scrap paper, handing it to a human as a supplement. What the hell kind of revenge is that? She practically rushed to offer up her own head!]
[Get this through your head: your mother died at human hands. There's your blood-soaked lesson, right in front of you.]
[Humans and Soul Beasts have a blood feud carved into their bones. The two races are locked in a primal struggle to the death, a hundred times more vicious than any national or family grudge. They're natural enemies, eater and eaten!]
[Your mother's bones hadn't even grown cold. You were shouting about revenge, yet in the end you became nourishment for humankind. If your mother were alive, she'd be the first to beat you to death, you ungrateful wretch!]
[Besides, you could've stayed safely in the heart of Star Dou Forest and survived. Instead, you practically begged to go out and get yourself killed. You were so stupid your brain must've been kicked by a donkey.]
[If your mother knew what you'd done from beyond the grave, she'd regret it until her guts turned green. She should've just tossed you to the humans as food and stayed alive herself. At least that would've indulged your death wish and spared everyone the embarrassment.]
[Now put yourself in Da Ming and Er Ming's shoes. They'd be so furious they'd have brain clots; their blood pressure would shoot through the ceiling.]
[Those two treated you like royalty and devoted themselves to you. They wouldn't even blink before standing up to human Titled Douluo on your behalf, loyally playing your lapdogs.]
[Then you turned around and sacrificed yourself to a human. They both became clowns, all their efforts wasted, played for fools like a pair of idiots.]
[And from Tang San's perspective, if you hadn't shown yourself, he might not have exposed his identity or nearly died. You were nothing but a damn nuisance.]
[You thought you were clever, that your sacrifice was so heroic? You were just congratulating yourself, getting worked up over your own imagined nobility.]
[You let your mother down, your brothers down, your beloved down, and even yourself. You screwed over everyone on all four sides. Your sacrifice dragged them all into this mess.]
[You caused maximum damage. Only a pig-brained idiot like you could pull that off. Even a dog would've had more sense!]
[That's why this scene might look so touching at first glance, but anyone who thinks about it for even a moment will just find Xiao Wu's character so disgusting they want to puke.]
[Stupid beyond belief, stupid beyond the heavens, stupid enough to shake the world.]
[Thank goodness Tang San had the protagonist halo. Because Xiao Wu had Lovesick Heartbreak Red, it preserved a wisp of her soul; otherwise, she would've been reduced to ash.]
[Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python then eagerly ran around gathering the materials to resurrect her. A stock fantasy-novel trope, a mass-produced process—they were like errand boys.]
[But along the way, Xiao Wu's little remnant of a soul, lodged in her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, kept showing off and using her Void skill to take hits for Tang San.]
[Every time she used it, another piece of her soul was shaved away, like flesh being cut from her body.]
[You're supposed to be a peerless genius, too. People are risking their lives to save you, and you're busy squandering your own soul. What if they can't save you?]
[Is there something wrong with your brain?]
[If you two didn't have those male and female lead nameplates hanging around your necks, you'd have turned to ash long ago, with grass three meters tall over your graves.]
[Later on, Da Ming and Er Ming were nearly hunted down, too. In the end, because of you, they trusted Tang San and sacrificed themselves for him as well.]
[Xiao Wu, oh, Xiao Wu, you really are a "lucky star"!]
[You got your mother killed when you were young, got your two younger brothers killed along the way, and later got Tang San killed, too!]
[But in all those scenes, even the slightest bit of thought on your part could've helped avoid the worst. Sigh...]
[In the end, Tang San used his protagonist cheat to bring you back to life, but he needed new Soul Rings.]
[Tang San thumped his chest and promised to hunt only "evil Soul Beasts," looking so righteous you'd think he was a saint.]
[Xiao Wu was so moved she could barely think straight. She thought Tang San was so considerate, and wept buckets of tears.]
[Good heavens, at a time like this, had a dog chewed your brain, or had a door slammed on it?]
[Evil Soul Beasts? Who gave Tang San the right to define evil? Who does he think he is?]
[So eating meat and drinking blood makes you evil? Humans eat chicken, duck, and fish, too. Should every human go to hell?]
[Blue Silver Grass is a Soul Beast, too. How much Blue Silver Grass have you Soft Bone Rabbits chewed up? That makes you evil Soul Beasts as well! What a slick double standard!]
[You were moved to tears by that load of crap? You're beyond saving, woman. Your IQ has been disconnected for nonpayment, and your train of thought runs straight into the sewer.]
[Later, after all that back-and-forth, they finally took down the BOSS and were about to become gods.]
[But everyone else got proper divine positions, out in the open. What did Xiao Wu end up with?]
[That's right, a shared divine position. She became the scabbard for the Asura God Sword, without even a proper appointment.]
[Wow, so after all that, she was just an accessory, huh? Like a keychain.]
[A scabbard counts as a divine position? That's laughable. What a ridiculous joke.]
[And besides, a scabbard... Think about it. What's a scabbard for?]
[A scabbard holds a long sword. It passively takes whatever comes, with no agency of its own.]
[Whose scabbard was Xiao Wu? The Asura God's scabbard.]
[And who was the Asura God? Tang San himself.]
[You get the idea, right?]
[A scabbard is something that holds... ahem... holds a... long sword...]
[There's no need to spell out the innuendo, but everyone knows what it means. Isn't it disgusting?]
[No need to say more. We all get the point, right?]
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