"Tang San, die first! First Soul Skill, Slash!"
Xie Yue raised his moon blade, preparing to behead Tang San.
Xiao Wu instantly flashed in, "Don't hurt my brother! Fifth Soul Skill, Soft Bone Lock!"
Her long, beautiful legs were astonishingly powerful. When she hooked Xie Yue's neck, he found himself unable to move, even his martial soul was locked down.
"Third Soul Skill, Blue Silver Strangling!" Seeing this, Tang San prepared to counterattack.
But it wasn't just Xie Yue here. A powerful blaze instantly incinerated all the Blue Silver Grass.
"Hmph, just Blue Silver Grass, such a useless martial soul!" Yan sneered, "Sixth Soul Skill, Flame Bomb!"
A huge fireball fell toward Tang San. With their attributes opposing, Tang San couldn't resist. His Clear Sky Hammer had no additional soul rings, and he couldn't match the fire-attribute top martial soul.
Xiao Wu panicked, wanting to save Tang San, but if she released Xie Yue, his moon blade would surely strike down.
In the end, her worry for Tang San overwhelmed everything. Xiao Wu let go of Xie Yue, instantaneously appeared in front of Tang San, and activated her Invincible Golden Body, making her immune to all attacks for three seconds.
But three seconds was too short. As soon as time was up, Xie Yue's moon blade struck Xiao Wu's shoulder. If he hadn't known he couldn't kill her, he might've taken her head with that blow.
"Xiao Wu!" Seeing his beloved hurt, Tang San was furious, but he was simply too weak. His anger couldn't become strength, and he could do nothing.
After the recent events, the twenty Soul Sages had completely surrounded the two. There really was no way out for them now.
To save time, the Spirit Hall group attacked together. In just one round, the two were badly injured. Tang San should have died several times, but each time, Spirit Hall clearly intended to kill him.
Luckily, Xiao Wu realized they wanted her captured alive, not dead. She used instant movement to block fatal attacks for Tang San, forcing the Spirit Hall group to stop their strikes, and letting him survive a bit longer.
But now, both she and Tang San were at their limits.
"Xiao Tian, should we make a move?" In the shadows, Yu Tianheng quietly asked Tianlin.
Tianlin shook his head, "Wait a little longer. This scene is so similar to when Qian Xunji surrounded Tang Hao and A Yin all those years ago. Looks like that little rabbit is about to be desperate!"
"Phantom Divine Light!" At this moment, Hu Liena suddenly attacked. She had waited for both sides to be severely injured and mentally exhausted to strike, aiming to catch them off guard and knock them both out.
Tang San, lacking a head soul bone and with weaker spirit power, was instantly knocked out by the Phantom Divine Light. Xiao Wu was wobbly, even pinching her own thigh in pain to stay awake.
"Why persist? Continuing like this is meaningless. Surrender and you'll suffer less pain," Hu Liena said.
Xiao Wu sneered, resolved, "Surrender? I'll never become a tool for Spirit Hall. Everything I am belongs to my brother!"
"Not good, is the Soft Bone Rabbit planning—?" Yue Guan and Gui Mei had seen this expression and heard these words before. Back when the Blue Silver Empress sacrificed herself for Tang Hao, she said the same thing.
"Stop her! She's going to sacrifice herself!" The two shouted anxiously.
All the Spirit Hall members rushed forward to stop her, but it was too late. With a red barrier spreading outward, the sacrifice had already begun.
The sacrifice of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast—no one can stop it.
Moreover, the method Xiao Wu used was even more domineering than the one A Yin used back then. Given Tang San's current level, he couldn't withstand a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
This kind of sacrifice gave up not only her life but her soul as well. To ensure Tang San could absorb the soul ring, she merged her soul into it, giving herself wholly to Tang San.
Back then, Tianlin forced the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear to use this method. No soul or body would remain—a truly domineering approach.
With this sacrifice, no matter Tang San's strength or level, the hundred-thousand-year soul ring would fuse successfully. Once he reached the required level, he could continue to improve.
Xiao Wu, however, would never reincarnate, unlike A Yin, who could recover if she cultivated back to a hundred-thousand years.
In the original, Xiao Wu had hope of revival because of the Yearning Heartbroken Red, but now that immortal herb is in Qian Renxue's hands. With this sacrifice, Xiao Wu would be truly lost.
Watching, Tianlin murmured, "Tang San, I don't agree with your double standards, labeling all your enemies as evil, nor your pride in always thinking you're right. But the willingness between you and Xiao Wu to sacrifice for each other—I respect that."
"Unfortunately, we're destined to be enemies. Today, I'll save Xiao Wu's life and let her, like your mother, regrow. But you'll have to say goodbye to her forever. It's time for Oslo to take revenge himself."
"Oslo, go!" Tianlin called. Oslo, masked and robed in black, leaped into the field.
Tianlin and the others acted at once. Since Di Tian didn't appear, clearly not caring about Xiao Wu, they had no reason to be polite.
Yu Tianheng and the others blocked the Spirit Hall crowd, while Tianlin and Oslo hovered directly above the sacrificial array.
Their sudden appearance caught Spirit Hall off guard.
"First Soul Skill, Frozen Snow!"
"Shu Mountain Sword Art, Heavenly Cycle of Yin and Yang!"
Tianlin used the true damage of his Demon Sword to forcibly break a corner of the sacrificial array and sent Oslo inside.
Then, using the Shu Mountain Sword Art, Heavenly Cycle of Yin and Yang, he redirected the target of Xiao Wu's sacrifice.
Sacrifice can't be interrupted or stopped, but redirecting it from Tang San to Oslo was easy for Tianlin.
Heavenly Cycle of Yin and Yang is a technique for changing the target.
At this point, Xiao Wu could not speak, stunned that even her final sacrifice could be interfered with and redirected to someone else.
"Brother, I'm sorry. I can't even do this last thing for you. In the end, I still belong to someone else," Xiao Wu despaired. Since she was sacrificing even her soul, didn't that mean her soul would have to follow someone else forever?
Tianlin, seeing this, used his Demon Sword to absorb Xiao Wu's soul. The sword could absorb souls, so as long as her soul remained, this sacrifice would be like A Yin's—her body and soul would remain, only her cultivation lost. When she cultivated back to a hundred-thousand years, she would fully revive.
However, her soul wasn't as strong as A Yin's, so she would probably forget everything and need thousands of years to regain her intelligence.
As for Oslo, with Tianlin's Holy Spirit Domain and four soul bones, he didn't need such a domineering sacrifice.