Chapter 15: Tianmeng Ice Silkworm Answers First, But Gets It Wrong!
A randomly awarded soul bone over 100,000 years old?
A randomly obtained ability compatible with one's own body?
When the rewards for this round of live Q&A appeared, both the human side and the soul beast side couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised and excited.
There was no need to say much about the human side.
A 100,000-year soul bone, regardless of its type—
A soul bone of that level is roughly equivalent to two 100,000-year soul skills.
That would be enough for a Soul Saint with equivalent spirit rings to defeat a Spirit Douluo across realms!
As for the soul beasts, a compatible ability—
Given the power previously displayed by the live stream, it definitely wouldn't be just any ordinary ability.
It could very well transform their strength completely!
However… who exactly was the culprit that caused Tang Hao's wife, Ah Yin, to sacrifice herself?
Everyone frowned deeply as they pondered the question from this round of the live Q&A.
From what had just been shown in the live stream, it was always the Spirit Hall that had been pursuing Tang Hao and his wife.
So in everyone's eyes, the first and most obvious answer would naturally be the Spirit Hall.
But could the answer really be that simple?
Thinking back to the first Q&A session during the live broadcast, everyone hesitated and dared not say the answer aloud too quickly.
After all, if the answer was wrong, there would be punishment!
Still, although many people held back due to fear of the punishment, hoping someone else would step up first and take the risk—
There are always people who think differently.
[Huyan Zhen: Haha! I really didn't expect it. The legendary Clear Sky Douluo's wife turned out to be a 100,000-year soul beast in human form! Since this Q&A is about Clear Sky Douluo, I'm sure he knows better than anyone who the real culprit is. Why hasn't he answered yet?]
Terrified of punishment from earlier, Huyan Zhen didn't dare to answer this unfamiliar question. Instead, he gave up and directed the question toward Tang Hao on the illusionary screen.
To him, since the question was about Tang Hao—
He must be the one with the most say in the matter.
But the fact that Tang Hao still hadn't responded was strange.
Upon seeing Huyan Zhen's message on the public screen, Tang Hao, standing beneath the waterfall at the back of Holy Soul Village, looked heavy-hearted.
[Ah Yin: Hao-ge, why don't I answer this one?]
Because Tang Hao hadn't replied yet, Ah Yin suddenly spoke up in the live stream.
To her, the answer was obvious.
They had always been hunted by the Spirit Hall—of course the culprit had to be them.
She really didn't get why everyone was hesitating. Wasn't the right answer clear as day?
[Tang Hao: Ah Yin, wait!]
But seeing that Ah Yin was about to speak, Tang Hao suddenly became anxious and hurried to stop her.
However, just as Ah Yin was about to reply, a new message appeared on the screen even faster.
[Tianmeng: Hehe! The culprit is the Spirit Hall, right?]
Deep beneath the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, in a cavern—
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, who had been secretly watching, immediately jumped in and answered the question after seeing the exchange between Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
Trapped underground by Di Tian and constantly drained of soul power by powerful beasts, Tianmeng was in unbearable agony.
Compared to the others, he had far less fear of the punishments from the live stream.
His current life was already worse than death—so what if he lost some cultivation or lifespan?
Maybe it would even be a release!
But if he could just get this answer right—
If luck was really on his side, and he won an ability that could help him escape his seal, he might finally break free from Di Tian and the others!
[Ah Yin: YOU!!!]
Seeing someone else steal the answer from her, Ah Yin was furious.
If she had answered correctly, she might've obtained an ability—
Even if her cultivation hadn't recovered, she could've taken human form again and reunited with her husband Tang Hao and son Tang San.
But now, it was all gone!
Someone had already answered?
Elsewhere, after Tianmeng Ice Silkworm gave his answer—
The others in the live stream, such as Ning Fengzhi, Bibi Dong, Yu Yuanzhen, Emperor Xue Ye, and Dai Tianfeng all held their breath.
They were eager to know whether Tianmeng's answer was correct.
In fact, many of them had mixed feelings about Tianmeng being the one to answer.
On one hand, they hoped he got it right. On the other, they hoped he didn't.
If he answered correctly, then at least it wasn't a human competitor gaining the reward.
As a soul beast, even if he got the prize, it wouldn't affect the human world too much.
But if one of their human rivals got a 100,000-year soul bone, their power would skyrocket.
That would definitely be bad news for everyone else.
And if Tianmeng got the answer wrong, well, that was easy to understand—
Then everyone would get another shot at the reward, and Tianmeng would've already triggered the "trap" answer about Spirit Hall.
As everyone watched in anticipation, the live stream finally responded.
[Hint: Tianmeng's answer — "The culprit is the Spirit Hall" — is incorrect!]
[Punishment: Tianmeng loses 10,000 years of cultivation!]
As the bloody red text appeared before everyone, a cold voice echoed in their ears.
Wrong? I got it wrong?
Deep underground in the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, the sealed Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was completely stunned to discover his answer had been wrong.
That shouldn't be possible! He had basically stolen the answer from the couple involved themselves—
They were the direct witnesses to the event. How could they be wrong?
No matter how shocked he was—
The punishment had already begun.
As the live stream's punishment activated—
Deep underground in a cavern full of multicolored crystals—
A mysterious force descended.
A pale blue energy orb was violently stripped from the sealed Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and vanished into the air.
Below the cavern, Di Tian and the other fierce beasts looked especially grim.
This damned weak little worm was still trying to resist and escape death.
Looks like they needed to teach him a proper lesson!
Otherwise, if he kept messing around like this—
Before they even finished absorbing his soul power, the live stream's punishments might strip it all away!
At that moment, Di Tian suddenly stood up, eyes icy cold as he glared at the sealed Tianmeng Ice Silkworm at the top of the cavern.
Not long after, a wave of mental agony reverberated throughout the entire cave.
(END CHAPTER)
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