In the medical room backstage, the healing had just ended.
Yu Xiaogang stared at the unconscious Tang San on the hospital bed, his face ashen.
The medical Soul Master spoke heavily. "Master Yu, I'm sorry. Huo Wu's flames were too overbearing. Half of Tang San's... lower abdominal organ has been burned and necrotized. We could only remove it, otherwise it would lead to further complications."
"What?" Yu Xiaogang swayed, nearly collapsing.
Looking at Tang San's pale face, he felt both heartache and anger at his failure to live up to expectations.
Tang San lay unconscious, his brows tightly furrowed, as though he were still enduring the agony of being consumed by flames.
He would never know that this disastrous defeat brought on by his arrogance had not only made him famous in a single battle at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, but also left him with an eternal infamy.
And the part he had lost would become a scar in his heart that could never be erased.
Outside the arena, the sun was setting as the members of the Shrek team dragged their battered bodies silently toward the lodging area.
There was no joy in this victory, only a heavy, oppressive gloom.
Inside a medical hall in Heaven Dou Imperial City, the scent of medicine filled the air.
Tang San lay on a soft hospital bed, his eyelashes trembling lightly. After remaining unconscious for an entire day, he finally slowly opened his eyes.
"Little San! You're awake?"
Meng Yiran, who had been keeping watch beside the bed, had dark circles beneath her eyes, and her once delicate face was visibly haggard.
Though Tang San could not compare to Xuan Ye in Meng Yiran's heart, he was indeed the boyfriend she had personally acknowledged.
Seeing him so severely injured,