Chapter 8 Ah Yin Collapses, Tang Hao Plots Sacrifice?!
[Lu Tiandi (Group Owner): What would a top-tier Soul Douluo, aged thirty-five and already mentally mature, be thinking when faced with such an unsuspecting and priceless 'treasure'?]
"..."
This time, even Ah Yin fell silent.
Because what Lu Ming said is true!
It's the biggest secret about soul beasts transforming into human form!
Shrek Academy, dormitory.
Xiao Wu's face turned deathly pale in an instant.
Her small hands gripped the bed sheet tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force.
The group admin is absolutely right!
She herself was a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form, and she knew better than anyone what level 60 was like—a watershed moment.
[The cutest bunny: What the group admin said... seems... to be correct.]
Xiao Wu typed these words with trembling hands.
[The cutest bunny: I...I'm actually starting to believe it.]
Xiao Wu's message became the final straw that broke the camel's back.
Everyone in the group knows how much "Rabbit is the cutest" longed for and was moved by this love story.
Even she began to waver, and even started to believe...
The truth is almost self-evident.
[His Holiness the Pope: Ha... What a fine Haotian Douluo! What a fine Tang Hao!]
[Your Holiness: So it was all an act from beginning to end. Nine years of meticulous planning, deceiving a woman into giving him everything, including her life and soul… Could it be that Tang Hao truly had been plotting this for a long time?]
Bibi Dong's voice carried a hint of pleasure, and a deeper sense of sarcasm.
She thought of herself, and she thought of Qian Xunji.
It turns out that all men in the world are equally hypocritical and disgusting!
[Little Witch: Ugh... That's disgusting! I actually cried for someone like that! Are my tears worthless?!]
[The Fox's Purest Feeling: So... the most affectionate confession can also be... the most vicious lie?]
Deep inside a hidden cave outside Tiandou City.
A blue silver grass, its entire body a crystal blue, was moving swiftly without any wind, each leaf swaying violently as if enduring the most violent storm in the world.
Ah Yin's consciousness was screaming silently.
She didn't want to believe it.
She couldn't believe it.
Those heartwarming scenes flashed through her mind one after another.
Tang Hao's clumsy yet gentle movements as he combed her long hair.
The two nestled together on the mountaintop, watching the sunrise and sunset, and the clouds drift by.
He shielded her behind him, standing against the tyranny and deep affection of the entire world.
Those days were the happiest time of her life after she took human form.
How could it be fake?
Between them lies the purest love and the deepest bond.
They have another child!
A miracle born from the union of a soul beast and a human: their son, Tang San!
How could all of this be a meticulously planned conspiracy!
[My son is not a bastard: Even if we know it's a soul beast, that doesn't prove anything!]
Ah Yin used all her strength to send out her rebuttal in the chat group.
[My son is not a bastard: Knowing his identity as a soul beast, yet still loving him—doesn't this prove that Tang Hao's love transcends race?]
Blue Tyrant Academy, training room.
As Lu Ming looked at the somewhat weak defense on the screen, the smile on his lips grew even wider.
True love?
What a ridiculous word.
Instead of rushing to refute, he slowly and methodically revealed a deeper secret about the transformation of soul beasts.
[Lu Tiandi (Group Owner): A 100,000-year-old soul beast transforming into a human, although it can leave its infancy at level 61 and enter a transitional period, making it impossible for even a Title Douluo to see through its true form.]
[Lu Tiandi (Group Owner): However, at this point, you are still essentially a soul beast.]
[Lu Tiandi (Group Owner): Only when one's soul power breaks through level 70 and reaches level 71 can one be considered a true human and enter the 'mature stage'.]
[Lu Tiandi (Group Owner): The reason Ah Yin was able to sacrifice herself is because she was still a soul beast.]
Wuhun City, Papal Palace.
Bibi Dong's pupils contracted slightly.
As the highest authority in the Spirit Hall, she had come into contact with far more secrets than ordinary people, but this was the first time she had ever heard of such a detailed division of stages in the transformation of spirit beasts.
Those below level 60 are in their infancy and can be seen through.
Levels 61 to 70 are a transitional period; they cannot be seen through, but can still be sacrificed.
Level 71 and above: Mature stage, fully adult.
Tian Dou City, East Palace.
Qian Renxue's breath caught in her throat for a moment.
She instantly grasped the most crucial and fatal point in that passage.
[I Don't Have a Mother: You mean Tang Hao deliberately made Ah Yin sacrifice herself when she was still a soul beast?]
Her question went straight to the heart of the matter, sending a chill down the spines of all the girls watching on the screen.
If that's the case, then this person can no longer be described as merely cunning.
That's the devil!
Blue Tyrant Academy, Dean's Office.
Liu Erlong's eyes widened.
She felt that her worldview was being shattered and reshaped little by little.
[Gentle Fire Dragon: I've learned something new. So this is how difficult it is for a soul beast to transform into a human.]
She murmured a sigh.
This was beyond her understanding of soul beasts.
...
Shrek Academy, girls' dormitory.
Xiao Wu's body began to tremble uncontrollably.
She knew better than anyone that every word the group admin said was true!
These are secrets passed down from generation to generation among ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.
The path to human form is fraught with difficulties.
Level 71 is the ultimate goal that all transformed soul beasts dream of, but it is also an insurmountable barrier.
Once you cross that threshold, the world opens up before you, and you truly experience human life.
If you can't overcome this obstacle, you'll forever bear the original sin of being a soul beast.
[The cutest bunny: The group admin is right... indeed... you need to reach level 71 to truly become an adult.]
[Bunnies are the cutest: Moreover, during the transition period, soul beasts must live with humans for a long time, using human emotions and the atmosphere of daily life to complete their final transformation.]
Xiao Wu's confirmation shattered the last glimmer of hope in the group.
Meanwhile, Ah Yin, inside the cave, was completely lost in thought.
Level 71...
Level 71...
This number was like a series of poisoned daggers, piercing deep into her soul.
Because she remembers it clearly.
On the day when Qian Xunji and his men besieged them and they had no way out, they chose to sacrifice themselves.
Her soul power was exactly—
Level 69!
She was just one step away from completely shedding her identity as a soul beast and becoming a real human!
But just at this crucial juncture, the pursuers arrived.
Everything led to that "only" ending.
coincide?
Are there really such coincidences in the world?
At this moment, Ah Yin's consciousness seemed to be completely torn apart.
On one side are the loving memories of nine years of mutual support, and on the other side are countless cold facts pointing to a conspiracy.
(End of chapter)