Tiger's entire back had been beaten into a bloody mess after twenty strokes.
Of course, Yuwen Chengdu had thoughtfully dragged him onto the main hall's platform, saving him the trouble of walking.
Xiao Tianyang stepped out of the hall, walked up to Tiger, and asked, "Don't rush to admit your mistakes. Tell me first what happened."
"As for the punishment, it won't be too late to discuss that after we're done with the important matters."
Although Tiger had been beaten until he was barely alive, he would not actually die from it.
In Xiao Tianyang's view, the Merman Clan had only three shortcomings.
First, they were ugly.
Second, they were not suited for land combat.
Third, they were far too stubborn by nature.
Other than that, they were practically flawless.
Their growth potential, vitality, and Combat Techniques were all strengths.
Tiger's talent for vitality was especially outstanding.
He had suffered dozens of severe injuries in the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, and had been beaten to the brink of death more than ten times.
Yet after only a few days, Tiger would recover completely on the spot, charge back into battle, and fight drenched in blood.
At present, he was mainly mentally dispirited and had suffered a certain blow to his confidence. Physically, he was not seriously hurt.
"The Atonement Legion developed very quickly during its early days in the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils..."
There was not much substance to the first half of Tiger's account. It was basically what Xiao Tianyang had already guessed.
However, when he reached the part where the Atonement Legion had been captured, Tiger revealed a rather important secret.
There was an extremely strange region within the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, known as the Forgotten Land.
Any living creature that entered it found