Chapter 242: Xiao Wu's Sacrifice, Titan Giant Ape Slain
Qian Xunji smiled calmly. "Oh? Then whom were you just protecting? Did you not hear what the Titan Giant Ape shouted? The battle up there seems rather intense."
Tang Xiao and Tang Hao's expressions froze, full of inner conflict. Without the Titan Giant Ape, they could still use Ah Yin as an excuse to protect Xiao Wu. But now that the Titan Giant Ape had arrived, their position was indefensible. Especially since Ah Yin was currently assisting Spirit Hall in attacking the beast. Her allegiance was clear.
Would they really hand over Xiao Wu and cut ties to protect themselves? It seemed... maybe... like the only choice.
Just as the two hesitated, Xiao Wu stepped forward to make the choice for them.
She lifted her head, eyes full of resolve, and stepped forward.
"Xiao Wu!"
Tang San's heart clenched. He instantly reached out to grab her soft arm. In this life, he had sworn to protect Xiao Wu even at the cost of his own life. Was it happening again? In the Star Dou Forest, she had sacrificed herself to revive him. Now she was about to sacrifice herself again—for him, for his father, for his uncle.
"Brother…"
Tears fell from Xiao Wu's beautiful eyes. She gently pried Tang San's hand away and stepped past Tang Xiao and Tang Hao toward Qian Xunji. Her gaze, once full of tenderness, turned to bitter hatred.
"I will no longer run. I have no ties to the Clear Sky Sect. If you must act, do it to me alone!"
Qian Xunji's tone remained indifferent. "And how do you propose to prove that? If I remember correctly, Tang Hao's 100,000-year soul ring came from your mother, did it not? And yet you remain with Tang San, calling Tang Hao 'father-in-law.'"
"If you were using Tang San to destroy the Clear Sky Sect from within, I might believe you. But you've stepped forward to protect them. How can I believe a rabbit so devoid of loyalty and virtue?"
Xiao Wu trembled with rage but said nothing. She had to protect her brother—no matter what. She couldn't expose that she had been reborn. If Qian Xunji knew, he might really kill Tang San.
"What must I do to make you believe me?"
"It's simple. Spirit Hall is the sacred land of soul masters—mortal enemies to soul beasts. Sacrifice yourself to my son. Let him gain your power as his sixth ring. If you do, I'll believe you. I'll spare the Clear Sky Sect."
Tang Xiao, Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo were about to grind their teeth to dust. Never had they seen someone so shameless. If Xiao Wu really did this, it would create a genius with a 100,000-year sixth soul ring—Spirit Hall would be invincible for a generation.
Tang Hao wanted to vomit blood. Tang San had already lost his body tempering from Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his head soul bone, his external soul bone, his Blue Silver Emperor, and his Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone. Now he'd lose his future eighth ring. Could he still become a god and destroy Spirit Hall like in his past life?
Qian Renxue was stunned. A 100,000-year sixth soul ring…
Tang San's expression froze.
"Brother San, I will always love you. I believe you'll become a god. Revive me. Then we'll be together again."
"XIAO WU, NO—!"
She turned, eyes bloodshot with longing, and looked at Tang San one last time. Then she screamed.
"Ahhhh—!"
A piercing cry burst from her mouth. A crimson light flared from her brow, rippling out in a wave. Everything bathed in red light froze.
Her body turned red and crystalline, her clothes vaporized, revealing a flawless, gem-like figure. The Pope's Plaza was engulfed by the magnetic field of her sacrifice.
Everyone was thrown back—except Qian Xunji, Qian Renxue, and Tang San. Xiao Wu didn't want to harm Tang San, and Qian Xunji, the predator in this arrangement, was immune.
Outside Spirit City...
The Titan Giant Ape saw the crimson light atop the mountain and roared.
"No! Sister Xiao Wu—!"
Enraged, it charged for Pope's Hill, only to be stopped by Chrysanthemum and Qian Renxue.
An opening…
Qian Renxue's fourth ring lit up. Angel Descent activated—speed up 150%, power up 50%. She dashed in, landing a divine sword strike to the ape's face.
"AHHH—!"
The ape howled in agony. Its eyes burned with sacred flames. It staggered, holding its face.
"Ninth soul skill—Falling Chrysanthemums, Shattering Bones, Love Ends in Bloom!"
"Ninth soul skill—Hell's Netherworld!"
The ape's grip exposed its chest. Chrysanthemum unleashed a storm of petal-shaped golden blades. Ghost Douluo summoned skeletal hands to claw the beast's heart.
Ah Yin, alarmed, sent her eighth ring's golden light to the Titan Giant Ape—not to help Qian Renxue, but to keep the ape alive. She didn't want her daughter's eighth ring to vanish.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The Titan Giant Ape collapsed. Its granite-like flesh was torn open, its chest a bloody crater. A mangled, still-beating heart was visible.
"Young Mistress, finish it!"
Qian Renxue nodded and hurled her divine sword into the heart. It exploded in golden flames.
The Titan Giant Ape spasmed, black blood gushing from its ruined eyes. Then it collapsed.
A crimson soul ring appeared—ten meters in diameter.
A 100,000-year soul ring.
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