It was A Qi's turn to describe their individual experiences. He was a man who cared deeply about saving face, and the thought of recounting his humiliating ordeal in front of everyone made him extremely reluctant. But he had no choice. Gritting his teeth, he stammered through the story of how he'd made a fool of himself.
He still held a few things back, deliberately glossing over the most embarrassing details.
Even so, everyone got the gist. He, too, had been ambushed—and by more than one person.
All he could remember was that, in the end, he'd been struck out of nowhere by a bolt of lightning. Fortunately, he didn't have Blood Food System bloodline, which made him less susceptible to lightning than those who did. Otherwise, that one surprise bolt would have reduced him to a charred corpse.
Even so, the lightning had badly hurt him. Luckily, he could burrow underground. He'd plunged deep beneath the earth and only barely managed to escape using the Ground Traveling Technique.
"Lord Yin Qiao is right. I need to reflect on my own mistakes, too. We were too arrogant and underestimated the enemy. We thought we were here to accomplish something big, not to serve as bodyguards and escorts, so we were resistant from the start. Now I see how wrong we were. We underestimated our opponents, misjudged the situation, and fell into the bad habit of arrogance and carelessness."
His confession was also a way to save face.
His words gave the others something to think about, and their nerves tightened despite themselves. It seemed today's situation really was different from what they'd expected.
Grand Scholar Tong Ye nodded. "Now that everyone understands how serious this is, I won't waste time assigning blame. From this moment on, you must remember that