Chapter 111: Squeezing Tang Hao Dry of All His Value, Making Him Wish He Were Dead
Qi Tian looked at the captured Tang Hao and spoke with a half-smile.
"Tang Hao, I should really thank you."
"After Xiao Wu saw your Clear Sky Hammer, she willingly sacrificed her spirit ring to me. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to absorb this spirit ring!"
"When a 100,000-year soul beast sacrifices itself, the enormous energy nearly freezes the surrounding space-time. In a way, you saved me!"
"Your Clear Sky Hammer made Xiao Wu recognise you as her mother's killer—that's why she decisively sacrificed herself!"
"So Xiao Wu is the daughter of that soul beast… No wonder. I should have realised sooner," Tang Hao murmured.
Tang Hao was dazed. After failing to hunt Ah Yin twelve years ago, his sect had faced a crisis and been besieged by Bibi Dong, then acting Pope of Spirit Hall.
He had realised his strength was insufficient to withstand Spirit Hall's army of Soul Masters, so he had gone to Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts and raise his cultivation.
By sheer coincidence he had found a 100,000-year Soft Bone Rabbit in human form and taken its spirit ring and spirit bone.
He had never imagined that, in his haste to return and help the sect, he had failed to notice Xiao Wu watching from the side.
And all of this had led to today's outcome.
Tang Hao looked dejected and said nothing more.
Qi Tian used Blue Silver Grass to bind Tang Hao's remaining left hand and right leg, then forcefully tore them off.
Tang Hao gritted his teeth in pain, forehead and nose covered in cold sweat, but he did not utter a sound.
He activated the sect's secret technique once more to strip away his spirit bones. His soul power dropped to level 50.
Without hands or legs, he could no longer wield the Clear Sky Hammer.
"His aura… that's the Blue Silver Emperor?"
Tang Hao finally understood why Qi Tian harboured such hostility toward him.
So he was connected to Ah Yin—the one he had chased twelve years ago. Everything stemmed from his own greed.
Tang Hao, now reduced to a human stick, could no longer stay conscious and fainted amid regret and pain.
Qi Tian put away Tang Hao's spirit bones, then glanced at Tang Hao's scalp and chest, where two more spirit bones remained.
"Forget it. We'll split them when we meet. It would be too greedy to take his skull and torso spirit bones as well," Qi Tian thought.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei watched the ruthless Qi Tian with a chill in their hearts, thinking he truly carried some of the Pope's demeanour.
They had naturally seen the spirit bones Qi Tian took. As Titled Douluo, the two of them together only possessed one spirit bone from Gui Mei.
Though they coveted the two bones, they said nothing.
They remembered that Qi Tian was not only someone they could not afford to offend, but also their saviour.
From any angle, they would not stoop to stealing Qi Tian's spirit bones; at most they would report his actions to Bibi Dong.
"Your Excellency Qi Tian, what should we do with Tang Hao?" Yue Guan asked.
Qi Tian disliked his effeminate elegance but did not criticise him.
For some reason they had come to ask an outsider like him how to handle Tang Hao.
"Please wait a moment, Elders. Let me ask Her Holiness the Pope and see what she says!" Qi Tian said.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei exchanged a glance. They had only asked casually, but they hadn't expected to discover the relationship between Qi Tian and the Pope.
He could actually contact Her Holiness privately—wasn't that a little too intimate?
Qi Tian closed his eyes and used his split soul to ask Bibi Dong and Ah Yin how to deal with Tang Hao.
At the same time he tried to communicate with Xiao Wu's spirit imprint to see if she could awaken early.
Bibi Dong was still fighting the King of Slaughter.
The level 99 Limit Douluo King of Slaughter was actually unable to defeat Bibi Dong, whose soul power was restricted to level 98.
He did not know Tang Chen's self-created skills; he could only rely on his spirit skills and the divine weapon Asura Sword.
Bibi Dong, however, had cultivated both spirits to an extreme level and could switch between them seamlessly.
Many of her spirit skills were from 100,000-year spirit rings; the power of her spirit skills made up for the soul-power gap.
If Bibi Dong's soul power had not been restricted, the King of Slaughter would probably have already been killed.
Even if Tang Chen himself intervened, let alone the King of Slaughter, he would be powerless against Bibi Dong.
For a moment the King of Slaughter was already considering retreat.
"That God of Slaughter fled with his son, so Tang Chen's will shouldn't cause trouble again, right?"
With that thought, the King of Slaughter fought while retreating. His soul power was higher than Bibi Dong's, and he wielded a divine weapon—it would not be easy for Bibi Dong to keep him.
At this moment Qi Tian was using his split soul to ask Bibi Dong how to handle Tang Hao—whether to kill him directly to avoid future trouble, or something else.
"What do you think we should do?" Bibi Dong asked while pursuing the King of Slaughter.
Qi Tian thought for a moment and said, "Wouldn't killing him be letting him off too easily? I think we should make him wish he were dead!"
"How can we make him live a fate worse than death?" Bibi Dong asked.
The two souls had spent a long time together before, so they communicated without reservation.
Qi Tian wouldn't care about his image and wouldn't dare to be too cruel.
"How about cutting off his limbs, sealing his soul power, then imprisoning him and slowly interrogating him about the secrets of the Clear Sky Sect?"
Tang Hao knows many unique skills; you can try asking him about the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky and the Great Sumeru Hammer.
Spirit Hall might recruit some Clear Sky Sect Soul Masters in the future, and these secret techniques will be useful.
Even if we don't recruit Clear Sky Sect Soul Masters, we can still reference them for other hammer-type spirits, or even use them directly.
For example, the ring-explosion technique.
"Alright, I'll listen to you—but you have to make him wish he were dead!" Bibi Dong said.
Qi Tian said, "That's simple. How about we lock him up with some perverted, strong male prisoners? What do you think?"
"Given his past status and pride, he certainly couldn't endure such humiliation."
"Fine!"
Even though Bibi Dong was a pervert herself, she still thought Qi Tian was the real pervert.
However, she believed her teacher Qian Xunji would agree if he were alive.
Qi Tian then asked Ah Yin's opinion. Ah Yin expressed support for Qi Tian's idea.
He also asked if she wanted to come and see Tang Hao's fate, but Ah Yin refused, saying she didn't want to cause trouble for Qi Tian.
In the end, the group decided to spare Tang Hao's life but squeeze every last drop of value from him and make him suffer a fate worse than death.
Yue Guan took the unconscious Tang Hao away, while Qi Tian used his original spirit to try to track Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
With his spirit's enhancement, Qi Tian's sense of smell became extremely keen; he could distinguish two scents among many.
"The scent here is younger—it must be Tang San!"
Qi Tian confirmed the direction, informed Bibi Dong, and chased after the trail.
He was unaware that Tang Hao had swapped the auras of Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
Qi Tian wasn't chasing Tang San at all—but rather the master, Yu Xiaogang.
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