Chapter 249
A Scathing Rebuke
Chapter 249 A Scathing Rebuke
"boom!"
The thought of Haotian Sect in its current state filled Tang Chen with rage. He smashed the stone table in the council hall with a single palm strike, his eyes, red with anger, coldly sweeping over the unfilial descendants before him.
Tang Xiao, Tang San, and several elders immediately knelt on the ground. They knew full well how many wrong things they had done, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to speak.
Tang Chen clenched his fist and finally fixed his gaze on Tang San.
This person, whom he thought was an exceptionally talented future heir of the Haotian Sect, turned out to be the root cause of the sect's current predicament.
Because of his jealousy, he repeatedly tried to kill the classmate who spared his life, and in the end, he even tried to use love to trick a transformed soul beast into a sacrifice. He was worse than an animal.
"No wonder Lu Mingfei said that our Haotian Sect is full of filthy, despicable and shameless people. Now it seems that even if I'm slapped in the face, I can't refute him." Tang Chen laughed angrily.
He stood up, walked to the crowd kneeling on the ground, and first pointed at Tang Xiao.
"You, as the leader of a sect, are led by the nose by your own brothers. You have no opinions of your own, cannot distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, and are mediocre and incompetent."
Tang Xiao could only bury his head even lower, not daring to utter a single word in rebuttal.
Then, he turned to Tang San: "At such a young age, you are already so narrow-minded, weak, and despicable. For a 100,000-year spirit ring, you actually deceived the feelings of someone you trusted. You are utterly despicable and shameless!"
Tang San blushed deeply upon hearing this scathing rebuke. He had clearly done nothing wrong, but what he couldn't accept was that his great-grandfather had accused him of deceiving Xiao Wu's feelings. He absolutely could not accept this statement; his feelings for Xiao Wu were as clear as day!
As his uncontrollable rage surged, the Killing God Domain once again surfaced uncontrollably.
"I didn't, I didn't deceive Xiao Wu's feelings. This was all the sect's doing. I was risking my life to save Xiao Wu!" Tang San's eyes were bloodshot, and he gripped the ground tightly with his hands. Even though his fingers were covered in blood, he did not loosen his grip at all.
"presumptuous!"
Tang Chen snorted coldly, and the superior suppression of the Asura Domain instantly shattered Tang San's Killing God Domain.
Tang San felt his body stiffen instantly, as if he had fallen into an ice cave that had stood for millennia. All his anger was extinguished in an instant, leaving only endless despair.
"It seems you're not only weak, but so hypocritical that you even deceive yourself. You clearly knew it was your uncle and his group who did it, so why didn't you commit suicide to blackmail them? Even if you had committed suicide back then, I would have respected you more. But you're clearly deceiving yourself! And you're still so stubbornly unrepentant!"
Tang Chen's words were like a sharp blade, instantly piercing through the fragile exterior of Tang San's heart, which was filled with madness for love.
"No, I didn't think that, I didn't!" Tang San roared in rebuttal, but the next moment, a mouthful of blood spurted from his mouth, and he lay directly on his side on the ground.
Seeing Tang San cough up blood and collapse because of a single accusation, Tang Chen was utterly disappointed by his fragile state of mind.
He wasn't disappointed that Tang San used scheming tricks, but rather that he was disappointed that Tang San had clearly done bad things but refused to admit it to the death. He couldn't be a good person, nor could he be a thoroughly bad person. How could someone with such a personality achieve great things?
"Xiao San, Xiao San." Tang Xiao immediately hugged Tang San and checked her condition. Fortunately, he was relieved to find that it was not a physical injury.
"Uncle is right. If it weren't for this brat, how could our Haotian Sect have come to this? It's all his fault, that wicked beast, and that wretched father of his. They are the ones who have ruined everyone in our Haotian Sect."
Seventh Elder Lieyang immediately jumped out to beat the dog when it was down. He had long hated Tang Hao and his son Tang San to the bone, and Tang Chen's words had hit the nail on the head.
"Enough, shut up! What kind of good people do you think you are?" Tang Chen glared at the elders. "Hao'er is indeed outrageous, but aren't you all just as cowardly and afraid of death? If you had supported Hao'er back then, how could he have ended up like this? In the end, you're the ones who bully the weak and fear the strong, and the idea of deceiving that transformed soul beast for its soul ring was yours, wasn't it?"
Tang Chen's words left everyone utterly humiliated and speechless.
"My Tang Chen has a lifetime of illustrious reputation, yet I have nephews and nieces like you. It is truly a misfortune for my family. At least Qian Daoliu has a granddaughter who can afford to lose. Unlike you, a bunch of good-for-nothings, you are not even as responsible as Yuehua alone."
Tang Chen cursed a few more times to vent his anger before sitting back down and closing his eyes to rest.
Everyone else knelt obediently for a full hour until Tang San slowly woke up, and Tang Chen opened his eyes.
"I know what you're thinking. You think you can rest easy now that I'm back, right?" Tang Chen said in an extremely calm tone.
"But I can tell you directly that I have at most ten years left to live. If I experience another great war, my lifespan will be even shorter. At that time, whether the Haotian Sect lives or dies will depend entirely on your own fate."
Tang Chen's words were like a bolt from the blue, stunning everyone.
"How could this be? Grandpa, you are a peerless Douluo with a long lifespan, and you have already found a way to break through to a higher realm, so how come you only have ten years left?" Tang Xiao asked anxiously.
Whether it's the oppression from the Spirit Hall or the threat from Lu Mingfei, the Clear Sky Sect is doomed to perish.
They had finally waited for Tang Chen's return, but instead received this terrible news. How could they accept it?
Tang Chen couldn't help but sigh. He wasn't saddened by death, but rather by his inability to reach higher realms and fulfill his promise to Poseidon. Now, even his sect was in danger of being preserved, which made him feel incredibly sorrowful.
"In the end, the sect's situation is also my responsibility. Back then, I left the sect in order to seek the path to godhood. Later, in the City of Slaughter, I obtained the inheritance of the Asura God. However, during the test of the divine inheritance, I was corrupted by the evil thoughts of another evil god and parasitized by the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King, becoming the King of Slaughter, where I sank for more than 20 years."
"It wasn't until a few days ago, thanks to the mercy of the Asura God, that I finally regained consciousness. But this also means that I am no longer destined to continue the divine examination. Although I possess the strength of a demigod with the help of a divine artifact, my body and soul are already riddled with holes. A thousand years is an optimistic estimate."
"And I can tell you with certainty that I lost the battle in the Star Dou Great Forest the night before last. If the bloody battle had continued, I would have been the one who died."
"I can't deal with Lu Mingfei. In a few years, when he becomes a Soul Douluo or Title Douluo, he will probably have the ability to fight me head-on. At that time, even I may not be able to protect the Haotian Sect."