Exposing the Top Ten Beauties: Top 10, Hu Liena! Spirit Hall's Golden Generation!

[Tang Hao: Sky Screen! What exactly are you trying to do?!]

[You wanted to judge me—you already did! You wanted to ruin me—you already did that too! What does dragging her out now mean? Making her see just how pathetic and miserable I am all over again?!]

The Sky Screen did not answer his questioning. It merely enlarged the image within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well once more.

Ah Yin's phantom slowly raised her hand, as if she wanted to touch something, but her hand passed through empty air. Her gaze fell upon her translucent fingertips, and she repeated herself.

"Where is he?"

[Qian Daoliu: She was sealed away for twenty years. Her divine consciousness remained at the moment before the sacrifice. She does not know what happened.]

[Bibi Dong: Doesn't know? Heh, that's precisely the cruelest part. She still thinks the man she loves is waiting for her.]

At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong sat upon the Pope's throne, her fingertips lightly tapping the armrest of her scepter. As she watched the gentle woman in the image, there was not the slightest trace of sympathy in her eyes—only bone-chilling mockery.

"Send the order." Her voice was quiet, yet it spread throughout Pope Hall. "Capture Tang Hao alive. I want him kneeling at my feet, explaining to the entire continent exactly how he 'loved' his wife."

"Yes!"

Crimson-gold points of light accelerated across the continental map like red-hot branding irons, searing straight toward Sunset Forest.

[Da Ming: Sister Ah Yin, don't ask anymore.]

[Er Ming: We'll take you home.]

Above the Star Dou Great Forest, the phantoms of the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape churned amid the clouds. Two pillars of Soul Power that seemed to reach from heaven to earth shot into the sky, as though they wished to rip open the Sky Screen and drag that figure out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

But they could not do it.

No one could shake the light of the Sky Screen.

Within the cave, Tang San finally broke down.

He rushed before his father, eyes reddened as he grabbed his arm.

"Dad! Say something! Why won't you answer?! Mom is waiting for you! She waited for you for twenty years!!"

"What do you know?!"

Tang Hao finally roared. He violently shoved Tang San away, his eyes bloodshot and veined. Like a beast trapped in a cage, he howled and bellowed, yet could find no way out.

"How do you think I lived through these twenty years?! I thought about her every single day! Every drop of wine I drank was for her!"

[Playback: Sampling of Tang Hao's drinking records over the past twenty years.]

The Sky Screen replayed that rapid-cut sequence.

[Conclusion: The sacrificial soul ring conflicted with the Body Martial Soul, causing his hidden injuries to worsen year by year. Drinking was a means of suppressing the rejection. There is no record supporting the claim that he drank to drown his sorrows over his deceased wife.]

Tang San watched the blood his father spat out, then looked at the Sky Screen's conclusion. His entire body went numb.

The beliefs that had sustained him through sixteen years of life were ground to dust on this day.

Just as everyone thought this farce would end with Tang Hao's self-destruction or capture by Spirit Hall, the Sky Screen's light changed.

[The True Villains Ranking review has concluded.]

[A new ranking shall now begin—the "Douluo Continent Top Ten Beauties Ranking."]

A line of gilded words appeared in the center of the Sky Screen, even the font far more delicate than before.

The entire continent: "..."

[???]

[Am I seeing this right? A beauties ranking? At a time like this?]

[The Sky Screen sure knows how to ease the mood. We just watched a human tragedy, and now it's serving up beauties for the eyes?]

[That twist nearly threw out my back...]

Within the cave, Tang San was still clutching Tang Hao's arm. Father and son both froze.

At Spirit Hall, Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, who had been preparing to depart, stopped in their tracks and stared at each other.

At the Clear Sky Sect, the Seventh Elder had just pushed himself up against the table, only to plop right back down.

What was this? An intermission?

[This ranking is assessed comprehensively based on appearance, temperament, bearing, and charm. Soul Power, status, and allegiance are irrelevant.]

[Now announcing the tenth place on the Douluo Continent Top Ten Beauties Ranking.]

Within the Sky Screen's pinkish-purple glow, a figure gradually took shape.

The image began with a pair of long, straight legs wrapped in Spirit Hall's standard fitted trousers. Every step she took swayed with grace. The camera moved upward, revealing a slender waist, a full chest, and a fair, elegant neck.

At last, the image settled upon her face.

Her fox-like eyes tilted slightly upward, naturally alluring with every shifting glance. She had a high nose bridge, full lips, and a waterfall of purplish-red hair. She did not smile; merely standing there was enough to make the hearts of ninety percent of the continent's men race.

[Douluo Continent Top Ten Beauties Ranking · Top 10]

[Hu Liena]

[Identity: Spirit Hall Holy Maiden, core member of the Golden Generation.]

[Heaven's Will's verdict: Born with seductive bones, capable of bewitching all living beings.]

In the image, Hu Liena stood before Spirit Hall's army. She clearly had not expected to appear on the Sky Screen in such a manner, and a flicker of surprise crossed her face.

But she quickly regained her composure. She even lightly swept back her long hair toward the Sky Screen.

[Wow!!!]

[It's Her Highness the Holy Maiden! Her Highness made the list!]

[The tenth place is already this gorgeous? How beautiful must the higher ranks be?]

[This is what the Sky Screen should be doing! What's so interesting about all that fighting and killing? Isn't looking at beauties better?]

The comment section instantly shifted from its previous heavy oppression to vibrant excitement. Countless praises and drooling remarks flooded toward Hu Liena.

Within Spirit Hall's army, Yan's face had turned red, his fists clenched tightly. Half of it was pride, and half was jealousy.

"Nana... she really is the most beautiful woman on the entire continent!"

Beside him, Xie Yue, Hu Liena's brother, wore a proud smile as well. He lightly patted Yan's shoulder. "Relax. This is a good thing."

Within Pope Hall, Bibi Dong watched her disciple with a complicated expression.

Of course, she knew how beautiful Hu Liena was. That beauty was a weapon she had personally cultivated. But she also knew that beauty was sometimes a curse.

[Hu Liena's obsession: She cannot forget a certain man.]

Another line of words suddenly appeared on the Sky Screen.

The comment section exploded.

[What?! Her Highness the Holy Maiden has someone she likes?!]

[Who?! What man could possibly win the Holy Maiden's favor?! I refuse to accept this!]

[Sky Screen, hurry up and tell us! Blade in hand, follow me—kill the scumbag and save the Holy Maiden!]

Hu Liena's expression changed instantly.

She abruptly looked up at the Sky Screen, panic appearing in her eyes for the first time.

Bibi Dong's brows furrowed as well.

The Sky Screen did not keep anyone in suspense. The scene changed.

It was a blood-red world—grim, terrifying, filled with slaughter and depravity.

Killing Capital.

In the image, Hu Liena was covered in wounds, leaning against a man's chest. The man wore a mask, his face impossible to see, but the cold and pristine aura surrounding him was utterly out of place in all of Killing Capital.

The man supported her and softly said something into her ear.

Hu Liena lifted her head and gazed at him in a daze. The seductiveness had vanished from her fox-like eyes, leaving only pure, unreserved attachment and trust.

[Hell Road was walked by two people together.]

[His name was Tang Yin.]

The image ended there.

But the two words "Tang Yin" were already enough.

[Tang Yin? That name sounds familiar...]

[I remember now! Back then, besides Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden and Holy Son, there was another mysterious person who came out of Killing Capital alive. His name was Tang Yin!]

[Wait, Tang Hao's son is named Tang San... San... Yin...]

Everyone's gaze instinctively turned toward the point of light on the map located in Sunset Forest.

Within the cave.

Tang San stared at the masked "Tang Yin" on the Sky Screen, then at Hu Liena nestled against his chest. His mind went blank once more.

That was him.

That was his past in Killing Capital.

He had never imagined that this experience would be exposed to the public in such a way.

What made it even harder for him to breathe was the Sky Screen's next line.

[Hu Liena's greatest mistake in life was falling in love with someone she should not have loved.]

[A man who used her, deceived her, personally eliminated her in the Soul Master Tournament, and regarded her as an enemy for life.]

Within Spirit Hall's military formation, Hu Liena's body swayed. Her face instantly turned as pale as paper.