What a Tang San!
What a master of twisting concepts and shifting the focus!
With just a few words, he had defined Yu Xiaogang's disgraceful deeds as "things of the past."
He had blurred Hu Liena's and Bibi Dong's histories of blood and tears into a question of "whether they were true," trying to drag everyone's attention back to Ning Lin's trial.
As long as he could kill Ning Lin, what did that little loss of face for his teacher matter?
"..."
Among the crowd, quite a few people fell for his verbal sleight of hand and began whispering again.
True, whatever else had happened, Ning Lin had forced himself on a female Soul Master, and the victim herself had testified against him...
However, Tang San's carefully laid scheme was doomed to fall apart.
"Heh."
A soft chuckle came from the Pope's throne.
Bibi Dong slowly rose, looking down at Tang San from above. Her purple eyes were filled with mockery and disdain.
"Tang San, are you in a hurry?"
Tang San's heart tightened, and he said gravely, "Your Holiness, what is the problem? I am merely discussing the matter at hand."
"Discussing the matter at hand?"
Bibi Dong repeated his words, the smile on her lips deepening.
"Very well."
"Since you wish to discuss the matter at hand, I shall discuss it thoroughly with you."
Before her words had faded,
two eerie points of purple light flashed deep within Bibi Dong's eyes and vanished.
An invisible wave of mental energy instantly crossed dozens of meters and enveloped the female Soul Master serving as the "witness."
The woman's body shuddered violently. Her eyes, once filled with fear and panic, instantly turned vacant and dull, like a puppet that had lost its soul.
"You!"
Tang San's expression changed drastically.
He had never imagined that Bibi Dong's Spiritual Power had already grown this strong!
Before so many people, she had silently placed a Soul King under mental control!
Bibi Dong ignored him completely. She merely addressed the female Soul Master slowly, in a languid yet commanding tone.
"Raise your head and look at me."
At her words, the female Soul Master stiffly raised her head.
"Now, tell everyone."
"What exactly happened three days ago?"
Bibi Dong's voice carried a peculiar magic, guiding the minds of everyone present.
Here it comes!
Everyone held their breath, their hearts rising into their throats.
The truth was about to be revealed!
Had Ning Lin given free rein to his bestial urges and assaulted her in the street?
Or... was there more to the story?
Tang San's face had darkened until it looked ready to drip water.
Beneath his sleeves, his hands clenched tightly. He pushed his Purple Demon Eye to its utmost limit and stared fixedly at the female Soul Master, attempting to interfere with her using his own Spiritual Power.
But it was useless.
Before Bibi Dong's Spiritual Power, vast as the sea, his meager mental assault was like a stream flowing into a great river, unable to raise even a single splash.
I cannot let her say it!
Absolutely not!
The vacant-eyed female Soul Master's lips began to move faintly.
"I... my name is..."
"It... it was Lord Tang San who approached me..."
"He gave me a large sum of money, along with a bottle of Breakthrough Pills that could increase my soul power, and told me to..."
At the very instant she was about to reveal the crucial details!
"How dare you!"
Tang San suddenly unleashed a thunderous roar!
His voice contained all his soul power and Spiritual Power. It exploded like a thunderclap, making the entire Square reverberate!
At the same time!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several overwhelmingly powerful auras suddenly shot skyward from across Heaven Dou City, descending around the Judgment Platform at a terrifying speed!
The man at their head had a cold, stern face and killing intent that pierced the heavens. He was none other than Tai Tan, chief of the Strength Clan!
At his side stood an old man, Bai He, chief of the Speed Clan!
On the other side, a figure shrouded entirely in emerald-green poisonous mist let out a sinister cackle. It was Dugu Bo, whose title was "Poison"!
Farther away stood Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan and Niu Gao of the Defense Clan!
The Tang Sect's powerful fighters had all appeared!
Terrifying waves of pressure belonging to Soul Douluos intertwined, crashing down upon the center of the Judgment Platform like an invisible mountain!
They were going to... use force!
This was a naked threat!
Anyone who dared utter another word would become an enemy of the entire Tang Sect!
Faced with this sudden turn of events, Bibi Dong did not even lift an eyelid.
She merely waved her hand lightly.
A far more immense, far more profound surge of the Pope's divine power, carrying supreme majesty, instantly spread outward.
Like a warm yet impassable barrier, it effortlessly dissolved every wave of pressure from those Soul Douluos while firmly sheltering the frightened female Soul Master within.
"Continue."
Bibi Dong's voice remained calm.
"I am here. Let us see who dares touch you."
Those words undoubtedly dealt Tang San the most resounding slap across the face.
Under the protection of Bibi Dong's divine power, the female Soul Master returned to her hypnotized state. Ignoring the atmosphere of drawn swords and taut bows around her, she continued speaking in a voice devoid of emotion.
"Lord Tang San... told me to frame Lord Ning Lin..."
"Once it was done, I thought I could take the money and leave..."
"But... they forcibly sent me somewhere..."
The female Soul Master's body began trembling violently and uncontrollably.
Even under hypnosis, that fear, buried deep in her bones, still governed her instincts.
"They... they sent me to Ma Hongjun's home at Shrek Academy..."
Ma Hongjun?
That Evil Fire Phoenix?
Everyone froze.
The female Soul Master's voice grew increasingly anguished and desperate.
"Ma Hongjun... he was no longer a man... his temperament had become utterly twisted, utterly perverse..."
"Every day, every night... he used all kinds of... all kinds of Soul Tools I could not even name to torture me, to humiliate me..."
"He liked hearing my agonized screams, liked watching me bleed..."
"During the day, I still had to force a smile and pretend nothing had happened, because the people from the Tang Sect told me that if I dared breathe even half a word, my entire family would die without a place to be buried..."
"Please... kill me... I truly cannot take it anymore..."
The female Soul Master's final, anguished plea of despair lingered above Heaven Dou Square like the most vicious curse, refusing to fade.
Across the Square, the oppressive atmosphere brought on by the appearance of the Tang Sect's Titled Douluos was instantly replaced by an even more nauseating emotion.
Dead silence.
After that brief dead silence came an uproar like mountains roaring and seas surging!
"I... did I hear that right? That Ma Hongjun..."
"He is no longer a man? And he tortures women with Soul Tools?!"
"Beast! Is this something a fucking human being would do?!"
"The Shrek Seven Devils? Pah! More like the Shrek Seven Beasts!"
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