A Double Standard Moment: The Throne Could Wait, but His Aunt Couldn't Be Beheaded

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, rear mountain guest quarters.

The heavy scent of medicinal herbs mingled with an indelible stench of blood, permeating the entire oppressive room.

On the wooden bed by the window, Yu Xiaogang slowly opened his eyes.

But intense pain instantly swept through his entire body!

He instinctively tried to sit up.

Only to find that below his right leg was completely empty.

"Xiao Gang, you're awake! Xiao Gang!"

Liu Erlong, who had been keeping watch beside the bed, had bloodshot eyes and disheveled hair.

Seeing this, she hurriedly lunged forward and tightly grasped Yu Xiaogang's cold hand, tears pouring down uncontrollably.

Yu Xiaogang's face was pale as paper. "My leg... my... Ah!"

The despair of losing a leg made him let out a desperate whimper like a dying beast, while two streams of bloody tears trickled helplessly from his sunken eye sockets.

His right leg was gone!

His manhood was gone!

Oscar's Great Recovery Sausage had saved his worthless life.

But it could never regrow a severed limb, nor could it restore a man's dignity.

"Xiao Gang, don't think about it. It's enough that you're alive! You're alive, that's what matters! Sob..." Liu Erlong held Yu Xiaogang's head and wept heartbreakingly.

The Golden Iron Triangle, once renowned throughout the continent.

Now Flender had died a gruesome death, his head severed;

Yu Xiaogang had become a crippled eunuch;

Only Liu Erlong remained, barely clinging to life!

In the corridor outside.

The Shrek Seven Monsters had gathered together, and the atmosphere was heavy and suffocating.

Ma Hongjun huddled in a corner, absentmindedly stroking Flender's accessory as silent tears soaked his clothes.

Dai Mubai leaned against the wall, his fists clenched tightly.

Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head, confusion filling her beautiful eyes.

Headmaster Flender was dead, and Teacher Zhao Wuji was dead too.

The pillars of Shrek Academy had collapsed!

They had once been favored geniuses of heaven.

They were the miracle of Shrek, champions of the Soul Master Tournament, adored by countless people.

Yet before Qian Sha Yu's absolute violence, they were like a pack of homeless dogs.

At the center of the group, Tang San's expression was so dark it seemed ready to drip water.

He gritted his teeth, vengeance burning in his eyes like flames ready to devour someone!

"Qian Renxue, if I don't avenge this grudge, I, Tang San, swear I won't be human!"

Tang San roared hysterically in his heart.

At the same time,

a powerful sense of loneliness and vulnerability surged into his heart,

making him miss Xiao Wu, far away in the Star Dou Great Forest, more than ever.

"Xiao Wu, if only you were by my side..."

"Boom!!"

The rear courtyard gates were suddenly shoved open with brute force!

Heaven Dou's prince, Xue Beng, rushed in while rolling and scrambling, covered in blood and with his clothes in disarray.

His face was filled with extreme terror from the depths of his soul.

"Teacher! This is bad! Something terrible has happened!"

Xue Beng crawled and stumbled to Tang San's feet.

He clutched Tang San's trouser leg tightly and shrieked through tears.

"Spirit Hall... Spirit Hall just issued an announcement in Heaven Dou City."

"That demon Qian Renxue announced that at noon tomorrow, she would publicly execute my father, Xue Ye the Great, in Heaven Dou City's central square! And my younger sister, Xue Ke!"

"They're going to behead them before the public and leave their corpses exposed for three days!"

"What?!!"

The moment those words came out.

Ma Hongjun's jaw dropped.

Oscar sucked in a sharp breath.

Publicly beheading the Emperor of Heaven Dou?

Qian Renxue had actually taken things this far!

She intended to grind the Heaven Dou Empire's thousand years of dignity into the mud and tear it apart before the entire continent!

"Teacher! Please! Please save my father and my imperial sister!"

Xue Beng frantically kowtowed to Tang San, smashing his forehead against the stone floor until blood streamed down his face.

"As long as you can save Father, once we retake Heaven Dou, this student is willing to offer half of the Heaven Dou Empire with both hands!"

"Teacher! Please!!!"

Yet as Tang San listened to Xue Beng's pleas, his gaze flickered uncertainly.

An extremely subtle trace of hesitation and indifference appeared on Tang San's face.

Save Xue Ye?

Shrek's morale had already fallen to rock bottom.

The Four Single-Attribute Clans had suffered heavy losses.

Even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had withdrawn its defenses.

Going to Heaven Dou City to save Xue Ye now—wouldn't that mean using his own life to face Spirit Hall's edge head-on?

A Xue Ye the Great who was about to die from illness simply wasn't worth Tang San risking his life to save.

The wiser choice was to preserve himself and wait for his father to return.

Thinking this, Tang San righteously patted Xue Beng's shoulder and advised in a deep voice, "Xue Beng, calm down!"

"Right now, our forces are insufficient, morale is low, and Spirit Hall is at the height of its power. Facing them head-on at this time would be unwise.

"We must conserve our strength and make long-term plans..."

Xue Beng heard the evasion and coldness in Tang San's words, and his heart instantly went cold.

If something happened to his father, how could he possibly reclaim Heaven Dou's throne?

To make Tang San act, Xue Beng gritted his teeth and revealed his final trump card, shouting hysterically:

"Teacher, the execution list doesn't just include my father and sister. It also includes Lord Tang Yuehua, master of Moon Pavilion!"

"Spirit Hall has charged Lord Yuehua with being the younger sister of the wanted criminal Tang Hao and conspiring from within and without to harm Heaven Dou."

"At noon tomorrow, she'll be beheaded alongside my father!"

Boom!!!

The mask of calm composure on Tang San's face shattered.

"What?!" His pupils contracted violently.

He grabbed Xue Beng by the collar and forcibly lifted him from the ground, scarlet fury exploding from his eyes like a beast ready to devour its prey.

"What did you say?"

"My aunt, Tang Yuehua, was captured too? She's going to be beheaded as well?"

"Y-Yes." Xue Beng trembled in fear at Tang San's savage appearance. "The wanted notices have already been posted throughout Heaven Dou City..."

"Bastard!"

"Qian Renxue, you've gone too far!"

Tang San threw back his head and roared furiously. The Death God Domain raged out of control!

If it involved the Heaven Dou Royal Family,

he could condescendingly advise Xue Beng to "calm down and conserve strength."

But once his own aunt was involved,

that double-standard rage instantly overwhelmed his reason!

"Come on! You're coming with me to see Sect Master Ning!!"

Tang San flung Xue Beng to the ground, his face brimming with murderous intent as he strode toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's main hall!

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, council hall.

The atmosphere was oppressive to the extreme.

Ning Fengzhi sat at the head of the hall, rubbing his aching temples.

Looking at the intelligence leaflet in his hand, he let out a long sigh.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin held his sword in his arms, his eyes slightly closed as sharp sword energy radiated around him.

Bone Douluo Gu Rong, meanwhile, paced back and forth in fury. With one stomp, he crushed a nearby granite pillar into pieces.

"Damn it! This is utterly unforgivable!"

Bone Douluo roared violently, "That damned Qian Renxue not only pinned every unsolved murder case in Heaven Dou City and every accusation of colluding with fallen soul masters onto us and Tang Hao, she also seized control of all public opinion!"

"Now the people of Heaven Dou City actually believe that Xue Ye colluded with fallen soul masters and that our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is a band of traitors!"

Ning Fengzhi gave a bitter smile. "That is where Qian Renxue is formidable."

"She didn't just purge Heaven Dou through force. She also used thunderous methods to seize the high ground of righteousness and public opinion."

"We've now been pushed completely onto the defensive."

Sword Douluo Chen Xin opened his eyes. "Fengzhi, there's no use talking about such empty matters now."

"Qian Renxue is publicly preparing to execute Xue Ye, and the execution will take place at noon tomorrow. How should we break this deadlock?"

Ning Fengzhi closed his eyes and pressed a hand against the corner of the table. "I'm afraid Xue Ye the Great cannot be saved."

"But no matter what, the Prince Xue Beng card in our hands absolutely cannot be allowed to fall!"

"Without Xue Beng, we'll completely lose both the legitimacy and the righteous cause to resist Spirit Hall."

"By then, the entire world will regard us as the true traitorous rebels."