Chapter 198: Sigh, Hearts Have Scattered, the Team Is Hard to Lead
Chapter 198: Sigh, Hearts Have Scattered, the Team Is Hard to Lead
Early the next morning, the sky was bright.
On the training field of Shrek Academy, everyone had gathered.
But the atmosphere on the field was even more oppressive and deathly silent than the day before.
Their faces were pale, and the dark circles under their eyes were as heavy as if they had been stained with ink.
Their eyes were vacant, and their spirits were listless.
Everyone looked as if they hadn’t slept all night, radiating a low-pressure aura that warned others not to approach.
Tang San stood in a corner of the training field, his head hanging low, exuding an inseparable air of gloom.
Last night’s Illusion had been too real.
Tang Hao’s deeply disappointed gaze had been echoing repeatedly in his mind, impossible to shake off.
He raised his gaze, landing it on Yu Xiaogang not far away.
His eyes were filled with a thick, inseparable doubt, along with a trace of imperceptible dissatisfaction.
In the dream, it was because he followed Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation and believed in that so-called perfect theory that his father had been so disappointed in him.
Yu Xiaogang happened to look up, and his gaze collided with Tang San’s.
That cold, questioning, and gloomy gaze was exactly the same as the gaze Tang San had when he stabbed through his heart in the Illusion last night.
!!!
Yu Xiaogang trembled all over.
It was like having a bucket of ice water poured from his head to his toes; his soul shuddered.
He subconsciously took half a step back and quickly looked away, not daring to meet Tang San’s eyes again.
Cold sweat instantly soaked his back, and the heart in his chest began to pound wildly again, almost leaping out of his throat.
Why is Little San... looking at me like that?
Could it be that he...
Dai Mubai and Oscar also walked over side by side at this time.
Their complexions were unsightly to the extreme.
The way they looked at Tang San was filled with undisguised hostility and a faint, flickering killing intent.
At this moment, they both hated Tang San so much that their teeth itched, wishing they could fight him to the death right then and there.
Ma Hongjun huddled on the other side of the training field, his eyes hollow, his whole being spacing out.
He was still muttering softly under his breath, "Burned to death... I’ll really be burned to death..."
In his dream, the scene of being burned to ashes by the out-of-control Evil Fire Phoenix was still vivid in his mind.
He couldn’t help but think, "The stronger I get, the stronger the Evil Fire becomes?"
His fingertips were trembling uncontrollably.
If that were really the case, wouldn’t it mean that the path of a Spirit Master was also his path to death?
The current outbreaks of Evil Fire were already painful enough for him.
If the Evil Fire continued to grow stronger...
At the thought of this, he shuddered all over.
Looking down at his palms, that strong conviction to become stronger suddenly vanished.
After all, he was just an ordinary person.
If he could just graduate smoothly from Shrek Academy, become a junior teacher there, and take care of the Dean in his old age, that would be enough.
At least he wouldn’t end up without even a corpse left.
Flender stood at the very front of the training field, his gaze sweeping over the despondent students below; his heart felt as if it were weighed down by a thousand-pound boulder.
He thought everyone was disheartened by yesterday’s loss to the Royal Fighting Team and the departure of Lin Qingmo and the others.
The atmosphere on the field was so oppressive it felt like it was about to drip with moisture.
Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the fear and panic brought by last night’s Illusion.
He waved his hand to the crowd. "Today, everyone will practice on your own first to adjust your state."
No matter what.
He felt a bit intimidated when facing Tang San now.
Yu Xiaogang felt he needed to take a proper breather.
"Flender, come with me for a moment. I have something to tell you."
After saying that, he turned and walked toward the office, his steps somewhat hurried, as if he were escaping something.
Flender was stunned for a moment and then quickly followed.
...
The office door was shut heavily, isolating the commotion outside.
Flender looked at Yu Xiaogang standing by the window, his face full of weariness and anxiety.
"Xiaogang, what exactly is your plan? Look at the children now; what have they become?"
"If this continues, forget the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament; it’s not even certain if we can hold on until the tournament begins."
He was truly at his wit’s end now.
In their current state, the Shrek Seven Devils couldn’t even beat an ordinary team, let alone fight Lin Qingmo.
A spot in the Continental Tournament had become nothing more than a mirage.
Yu Xiaogang turned around, a hint of desperate ruthlessness in his eyes, along with a nearly crazed certainty.
"Flender, our only option now is to find Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng."
Flender was stunned on the spot, his face written with disbelief.
"Find them?"
"Qin Ming is now a core teacher at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yu Tianheng is from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the captain of the Royal Fighting Team!"
"Yesterday, Lin Qingmo just beat their entire team into the ground. Yu Tianheng is still lying in bed unconscious. What are we going to find them for?"
He wondered if Yu Xiaogang had been driven to confusion by the stress.
The Royal Fighting Team and they could be said to have a grudge now; how could they possibly help?
Moreover, the tournament spots were decided by the Heaven Dou Royal Academy; what right did the Royal Fighting Team have?
"So what if they were beaten into the ground?"
Yu Xiaogang sneered, his tone carrying a hint of desperate madness.
"Yu Tianheng is my own nephew, and Qin Ming is a Personal Disciple raised by your Shrek Academy."
"We might be able to reorganize the team and obtain the qualification to participate in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament."
A nearly obsessive light flickered in Yu Xiaogang’s eyes, as if he were grasping at the last straw.
"You saw the strength of the Royal Fighting Team with your own eyes. Every one of them is a Spirit MasterGenius with extraordinary talent. Combined with our remaining people, we can definitely form a top-tier team in the entire continent!"
He had no way back.
Only by reorganizing the team could they win the tournament championship.
Flender looked at the madness in Yu Xiaogang’s eyes and opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
For example, that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had long since severed ties with him, and Yu Tianheng might not even recognize him as an uncle.
For example, that Qin Ming now held an important position at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and might not give up a bright future to gamble with them.
But the words reached his lips, and he finally fell silent.
The current situation was indeed desperate, and there was no other way.
"Sigh..."
He sighed heavily and nodded to Yu Xiaogang, his tone carrying a hint of helpless determination.
"Fine, we’ll do as you say. I’ll accompany you to Heaven Dou City to find Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng."
...
Meanwhile.
Inside an inn in Suotuo City.
Shi Nian was standing before Lin Qingmo with a hunched back.
His face was greenish, his lips purple, and his whole body was trembling uncontrollably.
The Snake VenomDugu Bo had placed in his body was bit by bit eroding his Meridians.
Every time his spirit power circulated, it felt as if countless venomous snakes were gnawing at his internal organs.
That kind of pain was worse than death.
He forced his body to bow to Lin Qingmo, his voice raspy:
"Lord Lin, everything you instructed has been completed."
"The Shrek group, including Yu Xiaogang, have all fallen into the Illusion I set up. They haven’t slept all night and are mentally shattered."
There was a deep expectation in his eyes, along with a trace of imperceptible fear.
His only thought now was to get the Antidote from Lin Qingmo’s hand and escape this torture that was worse than death.
In his heart, however, he was secretly swearing that once he got the Antidote, he would never provoke this Fiend again.
Who could have imagined that this young man could actually make the Poison DouluoDugu Bo do things for him.
He had really suffered a crushing defeat this time.
(End of Chapter)
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