Soul Land: Legend of Saint Seiya

Chapter 199: The 100,000-Year Soul Ring

"Farewell, Brother San!"

With her sacrifice underway, Xiao Wu took one last look at Tang San, her gaze filled with endless affection. Then, she turned her scornful eyes toward Xiao Yu, who was immobilized by the power of her 100,000-year soul beast sacrifice.

"Xiao Yu, even if I die, I will never let my soul ring and bone fall into the hands of a despicable person like you."

In the next moment, the enormous energy unleashed from the sacrifice caused Xiao Wu's clothes to disintegrate, leaving her body radiant and translucent like a gemstone. A blood-red pillar of light shot into the sky, dyeing the heavens a deep crimson.

The crimson flames of blood began to burn on Xiao Wu's body. However, it wasn't her physical body that burned but her cultivation, her life, and even her very soul.

"Brother San, I love you!"

Tears streamed down Xiao Wu's face, expressing her endless love as the blood-red light rushed toward the place where Tang San had stood.

But at that moment, the surrounding scenery rapidly rewound, and the spot where the red light landed was no longer occupied by Tang San but by Xiao Yu, the man she hated to her very core. Bathing in the sacrificial light, Xiao Yu smirked.

"Little Rabbit, thank you. I'll gladly accept your 100,000 years of cultivation."

"No! This cannot be!"

Xiao Wu's face turned pale as she began to struggle violently. Yet once a sacrifice began, not even she could stop it. No matter how fiercely she resisted, she could only watch helplessly as her cultivation flowed into Xiao Yu's body.

Gradually, Xiao Wu lost the strength to even struggle. Her entire body began to shrink, her limbs regressed, and she returned to her rabbit form.

"Goodbye, Little Rabbit. I'll be sure to send Tang San down to join you soon."

As the sacrifice neared its conclusion, a white light burst from Xiao Yu's forehead—the skill of his 100,000-year head soul bone, Death Gaze—instantly shattering Xiao Wu's soul into fragments.

Unlike the original story, where Xiao Wu's soul was preserved through her domineering sacrifice, Xiao Yu had no need for her soul. All he wanted was her 100,000 years of cultivation.

"Thud!"

A thousand miles away, under a waterfall, Tang San was practicing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique when he suddenly faltered. As if sensing something, his mind went blank, and he stumbled, falling headfirst into the water.

"Little San, what's wrong?"

The speaker was a burly middle-aged man over two meters tall with a broad chest and imposing demeanor. His stern face radiated strength—it was Tang Xiao, the current Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect.

Why was Tang Xiao here?

That was thanks to Tai Tan.

When Shaka declared that Tang Hao was doomed, Tai Tan had been present and heard everything. Fleeing back to Heaven Dou City in a panic, he sought out Tang Yuehua, who was also in the city. Like Tang Hao, Tang Yuehua had been raised under Tai Tan's watchful eye, so he knew her true identity well.

Upon hearing Tai Tan recount the events, Tang Yuehua, who deeply loved her brother, was so terrified that she left Heaven Dou City immediately to find Tang Hao. Tang Hao had previously informed Tang Yuehua of his location while temporarily residing at Yuexuan to treat Tang San's internal injuries.

When Tang Yuehua arrived at the waterfall Tang Hao had mentioned, she found only his cold tombstone—and a distraught Tang San practicing his hammer technique like a madman.

The aunt and nephew embraced each other, crying bitterly. After cursing Xiao Yu and vowing to annihilate the Nine Star Hall countless times, a calmer Tang Yuehua noticed Tang San diligently following Tang Hao's training plan for the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique. She immediately thought of her other brother, Tang Xiao.

After all, having a Titled Douluo guide him would be far better than Tang San fumbling through training alone.

Tang Yuehua returned to the Clear Sky Sect and told Tang Xiao everything in detail.

Upon learning of Tang Hao's death, Tang Xiao was consumed by rage and nearly charged into the Nine Star Hall for revenge. It was only through Tang Yuehua's logical reasoning and analysis that he managed to suppress his anger.

Tang Yuehua then requested Tang Xiao to personally guide Tang San in practicing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique.

Tang San, as the son of Tang Hao and Ah Yin, was dear to Tang Xiao. With his dual loyalty to his brother and reverence for Ah Yin, Tang Xiao immediately agreed to Tang Yuehua's request and became Tang San's personal trainer.

"Uncle, I'm fine!"

Tang San emerged from the water, shook his head at Tang Xiao, and climbed back onto the rocks. Under the crashing waterfall, he resumed his practice of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique. Yet deep down, an inexplicable unease gnawed at him, as if something crucial was slipping away from him forever.

...

A blood-red soul ring pulsated rhythmically around Xiao Yu's body.

The 100,000-year seventh soul ring—achieved!

As for Xiao Wu, without the Yearning Heartbroken Red to sustain her, she had sacrificed everything and reverted to her original form. Her hind legs twitched weakly a few times before she died completely.

"Ding! The system has detected that the host absorbed a 100,000-year soul ring with external assistance. Black-level task completed. The host is rewarded with one black-level summon card and 500 diamonds."

"Ding! The host successfully absorbed Xiao Wu's soul ring and intercepted Tang San's critical opportunity. The system evaluation rates this as a red-level achievement. The host is rewarded with one red-level summon card and 5,000 diamonds."

"Seriously? She's supposed to be the number one heroine in Douluo, but the reward is only half of what Tang Hao's was. The title of 'weakest heroine' as a glorified accessory certainly lives up to its name," Xiao Yu muttered inwardly while collecting Xiao Wu's remaining soul bone.

Because Xiao Yu had already absorbed a right arm soul bone, Xiao Wu's sacrifice yielded a left arm soul bone instead of the original. However, Xiao Yu speculated that the soul skills would likely remain Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body.

While these skills were practical, Xiao Yu had no intention of altering his meticulously planned soul bone set. He stored Xiao Wu's soul bone in the Nine Star Hall's treasury, alongside the soul bone of her devoted second brother, the Titan Giant Ape.

The commotion caused by Xiao Wu's sacrifice was impossible to conceal, especially from the nearby Heaven Dou City. At dawn the next day, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe visited the Nine Star Hall under the orders of Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.

However, if they knew that their trusted envoy Xue Qinghe had been fully aware that the red light came from a 100,000-year soul beast sacrificing itself to Xiao Yu, the two men—both over fifty years old—might have spat blood in fury.

"Congratulations!"

In her true form, Qian Renxue stood before Xiao Yu, her face graced with a warm smile. Beneath that smile, however, was an unmistakable hint of envy. A few months ago, the two of them had been at the same starting point. Now, Xiao Yu had advanced to the Soul Sage level in great strides, while her own soul power remained stuck between level 67 and 68. Even she had no idea when she would finally break through to Soul Sage.

(End of Chapter)

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