"You're awake. Are you all right?"
Tang Baochao was the first to notice Xu Yue had regained consciousness. He hurried over, helped him up, and asked.
"Whew... I'm fine. Nothing serious."
Xu Yue shook his head, declined Tang Baochao's support, and got to his feet on his own.
"Hmph! If you aren't strong enough, don't meddle in a battle at our level. Not only did you nearly lose your life, you also disgraced Beiyang."
The officer who had agreed to Tang Baochao's proposal earlier but failed to cooperate spoke coldly.
With a few casual words, he shifted all the blame onto Xu Yue.
It was as if none of them had done anything wrong. Xu Yue alone had made a mistake by overestimating himself and forcing his way into a battle beyond his level, which had led to him being attacked and injured. Just like that, the subject was diverted.
Tang Baochao glared at him angrily. "Ding Mouchun, we clearly laid out a plan this time, but you didn't follow it at all! That was the real reason Xu Yue was injured!"
"He was simply too weak. I didn't expect him to lose so easily, so there was naturally no need for me to act."
Ding Mouchun replied coldly.
Because of what Tang Baochao had said before, coupled with the tone Ding Mouchun had set, many of the Beiyang people now stood on Ding Mouchun's side and saw nothing improper about it.
Fortunately, Chen Shaokuan descended from the sky again and landed on the deck.
His godlike stand against Utsunomiya Taro earlier, along with their earth-shattering clash, had left a deep impression on every Reincarnator.
Even now, fierce sword aura lingered in the air. The dark clouds that covered the sky had been torn open by a massive gap the