"No, Xiaogang, Slaughter City isn't suitable for you. You can't stay here any longer. If you stay, you'll never be able to leave! Don't you still want to make a name for yourself on the continent?! How can you do that if you don't leave?"
Hearing Bibi Dong's words, Yu Xiaogang sneered.
"Hmph, make a name for myself? Bibi Dong, are you pretending not to know? My reputation as a waste is already well-known across the continent. Who doesn't know that I, Yu Xiaogang, am a waste, a piece of trash?!"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang's self-abandonment, Bibi Dong spoke with a tone of self-reproach.
"No, Xiaogang, listen to me. You're not a waste, you're not trash. You're the renowned Grandmaster Yu. How could you be a waste? Please, I beg you, come back with me."
At this moment, Bibi Dong deeply regretted allowing Xiaogang to come to Slaughter City.
Her original intention was for him to improve his strength here.
But instead, Xiaogang had been seduced by the decadence of this place, ready to abandon his past and sink into this depravity.
This was not what Bibi Dong wanted to see.
She wanted to see the confident Yu Xiaogang.
Not this Yu Xiaogang who had chosen to sink into depravity!
In response to Bibi Dong's pleas, Yu Xiaogang angrily retorted.
"Enough, Bibi Dong! Stop deceiving me! Talking about making a name for myself? I think you just want to stabilize your position as Pope, which is why you're trying to take me back!!"
At this point, Yu Xiaogang no longer wanted to pretend and decided to lay his cards on the table.
However, Yu Xiaogang's words left Bibi Dong stunned.
What did he mean by saying she wanted to take him back to stabilize her position as Pope?
What was he talking about?
Why didn't she understand?
She had only wanted to take him away for his own good.
Then, Yu Xiaogang continued.
"Hmph, making a name for myself? Sounds nice, Bibi Dong. Don't think I don't see through you. You made me a Red-Robed Bishop and had me teach the Golden Generation, all just to extract the knowledge in my head. You're no different from the others! You're not the Bibi Dong I once knew. You've become a Bibi Dong who only cares about the development of the Spirit Hall, no matter the cost!!"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Bibi Dong's face turned pale.
She hadn't expected that her Xiaogang saw her this way.
"No, it's not like that, Xiaogang. I don't think that way. I'm still the Dong'er you knew. In front of you, I'm still that Dong'er, not the Pope!!"
Bibi Dong, her face filled with pain, helplessness, and a hint of bitterness, clutched her increasingly aching chest and spoke with a tone of grievance.
"You're lying! You're still lying to me! If you were the Dong'er from back then, why wouldn't you let me hold your hand?! Why?!
Why did you resist me every time I tried to get close to you?! Why?! The Dong'er from back then, even though she was closely guarded by Qian Ji Xun, wouldn't have resisted me like this!"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's roar, Bibi Dong's heart ached even more, her expression growing more conflicted and pained. After all, her resistance to men's touch was something she herself didn't know how to explain clearly. To explain it, she would have to dig up the painful memories buried deep in her heart, lay them out, and explain them. And to do that, even she, Pope Bibi Dong, found it hard to accept.
Seeing Bibi Dong fall silent, Yu Xiaogang became even more convinced that his thoughts were correct.
Thus, he roared even more angrily.
"Bibi Dong, from today onward, you and I have no more relationship. Leave. I don't want to see you anymore. I'm doing well in Slaughter City! Our relationship ends here. From now on, we owe each other nothing. You go your way, and I'll go mine."
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's resolute words, Bibi Dong, who had been enduring immense grievance, could no longer hold back and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"End it?! Owe each other nothing? Hah, Xiaogang, you make it sound so simple... For you, I allowed Tang San, the son of Tang Hao who killed the former Pope Qian Ji Xun, to join the Spirit Hall.
For you, I withstood the protests of 90% of the elders in the Worship Hall and the Elder Hall to give you the position of Red-Robed Bishop, granting you absolute power second only to me.
For you, I faced the pressure of all the spirit masters on the continent to establish the Evil Spirit Master Capture Team, all so you could evolve your martial soul!
For you, the number of people in the Spirit Hall who still remain loyal to me is pitifully few! As Pope, I am practically alone in the Pope Hall! Aside from official matters, almost no one heeds my call!
For you, the Spirit Hall's reputation on the continent has reached the point where everyone wants to drive us out. The Evil Spirit Master Capture Team has gone from being heroes to an evil organization that people fear to even mention! Now, countless people are petitioning to replace me as Pope and have the Holy Maiden take over!
For you, I've sacrificed so much, and now you're telling me you want to break up?! End it?! Owe each other nothing?! Xiaogang, don't you think that's utterly ridiculous?! Do you really think you can ever repay what you owe me?"
Hearing the harsh truths spoken in Bibi Dong's hoarse voice, even the iron-faced Yu Xiaogang felt a blush of shame and guilt.
But soon, Yu Xiaogang found an excuse. Looking at the utterly dejected Bibi Dong, he sneered.
"Hmph, what does any of that have to do with me? Aside from the first point, which we discussed, everything else was your own decision, wasn't it?! Did I force you to do any of that? No.
Did I force you to offend all the spirit masters on the continent? Did I force you to go against the entire Spirit Hall?! No, I didn't. That was pressure you put on yourself. It has nothing to do with me. Don't try to pin everything on me. I'm not that powerful!
Besides, back then, Xiao Yu's strength was formidable. The reason you agreed to let my disciple temporarily join the Spirit Hall team wasn't just because of me, was it? Weren't you also considering that with my disciple's Soul King strength, your team's chances of winning would increase? Can you honestly say that thought never crossed your mind?"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's completely irresponsible words, even the love-struck Bibi Dong looked up at him in disbelief.
How could Xiaogang say such irresponsible things?!
Who had benefited from everything she had done? Wasn't it you, Yu Xiaogang?!
But now?! You've taken all the benefits, consumed them all, and when it's time to take responsibility, you don't want to shoulder any of it?!