A woman wiped away her tears. "We all know you did everything you could, Elder. But the enemy was simply too strong. There was nothing anyone could do."
"If I could, I'd trade my own life to bring my child back..." Someone wept as they sank to their knees.
Meanwhile, Silver Dust had alerted Li Tianming to the tragedy.
He had reached the scene no later than anyone else.
Li Tianming looked at the surviving children, still frozen in shock, at their grief-stricken, furious parents, and at the guilt-ridden Divine Treasury Clan teacher.
All of it left his face frighteningly cold.
The entire incident had lasted only a short while. Though Li Tianming had rushed over the moment he received word, he had still arrived too late.
Silver Dust had recorded what happened on an image orb ahead of time.
Li Tianming took out the orb and watched it from beginning to end, his face utterly cold and expressionless.
"No sign of anyone else appearing. Just a dao plant that sprang up out of nowhere." Li Tianming's gaze grew grave.
He frowned and walked to the trench the Divine Treasury Clan teacher had cut back into the ground, examining the floor of the schoolhouse.
"Almost no trace left behind..." Li Tianming's expression did not change.
Aurora stood beside him, her face cold. "Judging by its appearance, that was an Earthdemon Bloodvine, a heavenly-sovereign-class dao plant. It can devour an Eonic God's body and absorb their origin. It's vicious."
"But knowing that won't be enough to find the culprit. Neither dao plants nor dao beasts belong exclusively to any one person in this universe," Li Tianming said coldly.
He was still considering whether there might be some other clue to investigate.
When the Divine Treasury Clan members present saw Li Tianming,