Chapter 1590: The Strong-Armed Titan Academy
The Titan Academy was truly not joking this time. Their ultimatum was not meant to scare the Five Elements Academy. It had been unanimously approved by several Purple Gold Ribbon Grand Scholars.
The losses in the Surface World operation had been so great that someone had to take the blame, right? Since they could not let their own people take the blame, the Five Elements Academy was naturally the best scapegoat.
Having one of their own take the blame would not mean much. After all, the operation had practically ended in total annihilation. If they pursued responsibility further, Multi-pupil would have to bear the blame as a Purple Gold Ribbon Grand Scholar.
Getting rid of Multi-pupil would be like destroying their own Great Wall. It would only make their already meager foundation even worse. The Titan Academy was not that foolish.
But if the Five Elements Academy took the blame, things would be different. Most importantly, they could not only recover their enormous losses, but also extort a substantial sum on top of that. They did not even need to annex the Five Elements Academy. As long as they took a bite out of it, they would be swimming in riches—enough to make up for their tremendous losses this time.
Thus, from Chief Grand Scholar Jiang Ling down to Jade Cauldron Grand Scholar, Multi-pupil Grand Scholar, and Asura Grand Scholar, the positions of these four Purple Gold Ribbon Grand Scholars were astonishingly united.
They had to recover their losses from the Five Elements Academy. They had to wage war against the Five Elements Academy to reclaim what they had lost—and collect interest on top of it.
Therefore, when Multi-pupil once again left the Titan Academy and set out for the Five Elements Academy's territory