Chapter 257 Severing Ties: Wang Dong'er, Huo Yuhao, and Titan Niu Tian Cut Ties.
In the city squares of the underworld, everyone's eyes were fixed on the sky.
At that moment, the crowd in the square erupted in a long commotion.
"Look at the expressions on those two old geezers' faces!" a Soul Master shouted, pointing at the pale faces of Niu Tian and Titan in the screen.
"Where did that arrogant attitude go when you were drinking at the table? Why aren't you laughing now? Why aren't you continuing to talk about how you sold Huo Yuhao out as a pawn?"
"Serves him right." Another Soul Master sneered, his face full of mockery.
"This kind of scum doesn't even deserve to be called elders. Look at them now, I can smell their guilty conscience even through the screen. This is what you call retribution."
"They thought they had a perfect plan and that Huo Yuhao was a fool, but look what happened! Now they've become like this themselves."
"I'm quite curious what's going on in their minds right now," an older Soul Master said coldly, arms crossed.
"Those are Niu Tian and Titan. Normally, these two are high and mighty figures in the underworld. Now that Bai Yuhao has cornered them in the house, I'd like to see what excuse they can come up with. Anyway, no one will believe them no matter what they say."
Amidst the crowd, various jeers and jeers rose and fell.
In the underworld, fraud and betrayal are commonplace, but those who preach morality and righteousness in public but betray their own family behind the scenes are still despised by most Soul Masters.
This behavior touched the last shred of their moral bottom line.
"Titan and Niu Tian have really lost this time."
"This is the price they deserve. Even if they kneel down right now, it won't change the fact that they betrayed Huo Yuhao, let alone apologize."
The Soul Masters in the square all stared wide-eyed, some even bringing stools from home to sit in front of the screen, afraid of missing any detail.
Their only wish now is to see Niu Tian and Titan struggle in despair, and to see them pay the price for their actions.
[In the scene depicting the sky.]
The air in the villa suddenly became heavy and deathly still.
Niu Tian tried to take a step forward, but as soon as one foot touched the ground, he saw Bai Xuanzi standing behind Huo Yuhao, coldly watching him.
That gaze was devoid of any warmth, as if he were looking at an inanimate object.
Niu Tian's foot, which he had taken a step with, froze in mid-air.
"Um..." Niu Tian coughed, his usually composed face now covered in cold sweat. "Yuhao, Dong'er, let me explain. This...this is a misunderstanding. We're sitting here because...we're enduring humiliation."
"Yes, Yuhao, Dong'er," Titan chimed in, his voice sounding somewhat dry. "You know our situation. We're trapped here. If we don't pretend to surrender, how can we gather more important information from the enemy? We're doing all this to help you!"
As Titan spoke, he tried to reach out and grab Wang Dong'er's arm. "You have to trust us. We watched you grow up. How could we possibly harm you?"
Wang Dong'er stood still, without moving.
He looked at the hand Titan had reached out to him, the hand that had once held his hand as a child, leading him through every corner of the Clear Sky Sect, the hand that had once shielded him in crucial moments.
But at that moment, Wang Dong'er felt that the hand was so dirty that he couldn't bear to look at it.
He slightly turned his body, avoiding Titan's hand.
"A misunderstanding?" Huo Yuhao looked at Titan, his voice soft yet eerily calm. "Uncle Titan, were you drinking and celebrating just now also trying to extract information?"
"Or was that glass of red wine, meant to celebrate my impending 'death,' for some other, greater purpose?"
Every word Huo Yuhao uttered was like a heavy hammer blow to Niu Tian and Titan's faces.
Their explanations seemed utterly powerless at that moment.
Titan froze. The憨厚 smile on his face faded little by little as Huo Yuhao questioned him, leaving only a face contorted with panic.
"Yuhao, Dong'er, you... listen to me..." Niu Tian was still trying to speak, "We're dealing with them, there are some things we have to say, otherwise they won't believe us..."
"Stop talking."
This time, it was Wang Dong'er who spoke.
She looked at the two men before her. Once, she had regarded them as father figures, her strongest support in the world. But now, she felt that these two men were the most repulsive things she had ever seen.
"We heard everything." Wang Dong'er's voice was steady, without any tremor or anger, only a profound and piercing disappointment. "We don't need any explanation. Because no matter what you say, it won't change the fact that you just treated us like shackles."
"From this moment on," Wang Dong'er looked up, staring directly at Niu Tian, "we have nothing to do with you anymore."
Looking into Wang Dong'er's emotionless eyes, Niu Tian felt a surge of fear.
He knew that the boy who had once obeyed him completely was gone.
"What are you trying to do?" Niu Tian tried to straighten his back. "We're your elders! Are you really going to lay a hand on us over something so trivial?"
["elder?"]
Huo Yuhao let out a short, cold laugh.
He turned his head and bowed slightly to Bai Xuanzi.
"Teacher, please take us away."
Bai Xuanzi nodded.
He turned to look at Niu Tian and Titan. His gaze was as if he were looking at two piles of garbage.
"Stay here."
[Bai Xuanzi flicked his finger. ]
A crisp sound rang out in the air.
That wasn't a complicated attack.
Two visible shockwaves struck Niu Tian and Titan directly in the chest.
Before the two could even scream, their bodies were sent flying like leaves caught in a whirlwind, crashing heavily into the villa's hard wall.
[Brick and stone chips crumbled.]
The two were trapped deep within the wall, gushing blood from their mouths, and instantly incapacitated.
After completing all this, Bai Xuanzi, along with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, vanished into the spatial portal in a flash.
Inside the villa, only the heavily injured Niu Tian and Titan lay on the ground, along with a pile of shattered wine glasses.
(End of chapter)