As the former leader of the Shrek Seven Devils, Dai Mubai's deep-seated brotherhood led him to try to preserve a last shred of dignity for Tang San, even amidst the turmoil of the situation.
However, at this moment, Kong Xuan let out a sudden and playful chuckle, instantly drawing Dai Mubai and the gods' attention back to himself.
" God of War!"
Kong Xuan's gaze fell on Huo Yuhao beside him, then turned to Dai Mubai and said, "You probably don't know who this person beside me is, do you?"
This question caused Dai Mubai's signature heterochromatic eyes to suddenly turn towards Huo Yuhao, his sharp gaze sweeping over him.
He frowned, wondering if this person had any connection to him.
"His name is Huo Yuhao." Kong Xuan spoke again before Dai Mubai could think further, "However, his original surname was Dai, and he comes from the lineage of the White Tiger Duke of the Star Luo Empire in the lower realm, so he is considered to be of your Dai Family bloodline!"
"What?!"
Dai Mubai shuddered, his heterochromatic eyes flashing with a sharp light as he stared at Huo Yuhao in disbelief.
Star Luo Dai Family?
White Tiger bloodline?
But the other person doesn't have the most prominent evil eye feature inherited from the Dai Family!
But the other party dared to make such a claim in front of the gods, so it was by no means unfounded. A little investigation will reveal the truth!
But if this is true, then Huo Yun'er, whom Tang San secretly brought to the Divine Realm and imprisoned by his side... wouldn't she be his daughter-in-law from the Dai Family?!
And yet, Dai Mubai was just now defending his brother who had imprisoned his daughter-in-law's soul, causing her and her son to be separated?!
Some things, unless you experience them firsthand and feel the pain yourself, you can always find reasons to comfort yourself or turn a blind eye.
But once that cold blade actually cuts into your body, the feeling is completely different.
Dai Mubai was in that situation at that moment.
He looked at Tang San again, his gaze no longer holding any room for reconciliation, only a chilling feeling remained.
When Tang San attacked Huo Yun'er, he must have been aware of her connection with the Star Luo Dai Family, yet he still chose to capture and imprison her soul, and from beginning to end, he never informed or explained anything to Tang San, the Dai Family's ancestor and brother of ten thousand years!
What does this mean?
This means that in Tang San's mind, the so-called brotherhood can be trampled on, exploited, or concealed at will when it comes to achieving his goals!
At this point, Dai Mubai was no longer able to say anything like he had just used to comfort Ma Hongjun.
He simply stood there silently, looking at Tang San with anger and disappointment surging in his heterochromatic eyes.
Tang San's gaze slowly swept over Ma Hongjun, whose expression was complex and pained, over Dai Mubai, whose eyes were cold and heartless, over Xiao Wu, who was still weeping and whose eyes were empty and desperate, and then over Zhu Zhuqing's silent profile, Oscar's furrowed brows, and Ning Rongrong's evasive eyes in the distance...
These were the people who had fought alongside him, whom he regarded as his closest partners and brothers, but now their faces were filled with alienation, doubt, and even pain.
His carefully cultivated image and network of relationships are crumbling before his very eyes.
"Snort..."
A very soft, yet chillingly cold laugh escaped from Tang San's throat without warning.
The laughter was devoid of warmth, containing only an absurdity and self-mockery born from the collapse of everything.
Then, the laughter suddenly rose in volume, becoming unrestrained, manic, and even tinged with hysteria.
Hahaha... Hahahahahaha!!!
Tang San threw his head back to the sky and burst into wild laughter!
The laughter shook the misty clouds of the Divine Realm, yet it was filled with endless sorrow and madness.
His shoulders trembled as he laughed, but there was no joy in his laughter, only a chilling coldness.
What is he laughing at?
Laugh at this cruel twist of fate?
Laugh at this betrayal and abandonment by everyone?
Laughing at himself for scheming and plotting, only to end up in such a predicament?
Are you laughing at the gods present, whom you once revered and looked up to, now despise and scorn?
That laughter was the sound of his perfect mask, which he had maintained for ten thousand years, shattering completely, and also the lament of his inner pretense collapsing entirely.
He finally experienced firsthand what it meant to be abandoned by everyone!
The maniacal laughter echoed through the Divine Realm, making the surrounding silence all the more palpable.
The gods had different expressions, but the last trace of sympathy or hesitation that might have remained in their eyes when they looked at Tang San vanished in the midst of this maniacal laughter.
Under Kong Xuan's meticulously planned scheme, Tang San's perfect mask, which he had worn for millennia, was finally shattered, revealing his cold and selfish true nature.
In this revelation of the truth, those who were most emotionally shocked and found it hardest to accept were perhaps not the gods who supported Tang San, but the Goddess of Life had always tried to maintain balance!
She... was once deeply deceived by Tang San's sweet words.
Although she did not explicitly take sides to support Tang San in this conflict, she chose to remain neutral and harbored doubts about her husband, the God of Destruction.
These considerations and choices, which originally seemed to be made for the greater good of the Divine Realm, have now become an absurd and pathetic joke in the face of the bloody truth!
Even the Goddess of Life, known for her gentleness and tolerance in the Divine Realm, had her once beautiful face drained of color, revealing an unprecedented embarrassment, rage, and deep shame.
She trembled slightly with anger, and her emerald green Life Divine Power uncontrollably dissipated from her body, turning into specks of light and dust, revealing the intense turmoil within her heart.
" Tang San!!!"
A sharp shout, brimming with utter disappointment and rage, burst forth from the mouth of the Goddess of Life!
Under the astonished gaze of the gods, she was the first to lose control and strike in anger!
It didn't have any earth-shattering power; it was just a seemingly light and effortless palm strike forward.
What burst forth from her palm was a condensed, emerald-green beam of light!
"Bang!!!"
The beam of light slammed squarely into Tang San's chest, who was still laughing maniacally!
"Ugh!"
Tang San's laughter stopped abruptly, turning into a muffled groan.
His figure, like a kite with a broken string, was propelled backward by the emerald divine light, flying in a disheveled manner across the vast sky of the Divine Realm.
He was thrown more than a thousand meters before Tang San barely managed to steady himself in the void far away from the Destruction Castle, his divine robes disheveled and his aura churning.
Compared to the Goddess of Life's utter shame, indignation, and rage, the God of Destruction felt an unparalleled sense of satisfaction!
What troubled him most was never Tang San's strength, but rather the opponent's ability to bewitch people.
Now, unexpectedly, with Kong Xuan's arrival, this biggest problem has been solved!
He watched his wife unleash her furious attack upon hearing the truth, and saw the utter disillusionment in her eyes as she looked at Tang San. The long-standing estrangement in his heart caused by their differing beliefs vanished in that moment.
Without Tang San's lies and manipulations, the couple might truly be able to return to the beautiful time when they trusted each other.