Night,
inside the commander's tent,
"Yao Heng was injured and passed out?!"
Hearing the report from his subordinate,
even Dai Hao, usually so composed, was taken aback.
What did they mean, Shrek Inner Court had nearly been wiped out by a Five-Ring Soul King?
A Five-Ring Soul King?!
His own son, Dai Yao Heng, was a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, with few rivals among Soul Masters of the same rank.
And he knew Ma Xiaotao was a Soul Emperor too!
Two Soul Emperors and five Soul Kings had nearly been wiped out by a Soul King?!
They had only set out that afternoon, and now, that very evening, he was being told his son had been taken away?
Dai Hao couldn't accept the sudden turn of events. He urgently wanted to know just how serious his son's injuries were.
He didn't want to hear a simple report that his son had hurt his leg.
"I want to see Wang Yan."
"Now!"
Soon,
after seeing Ma Xiaotao and the others settled in, Wang Yan came to see Dai Hao at once.
"Duke..."
After giving a detailed account of Dai Yao Heng's injuries,
he said,
"Though Yao Heng was hurt, his injuries aren't life-threatening. He's already been sent back to the academy for treatment. The academy has Elder Zhuang, a healing Titled Douluo, as well as a number of teachers who are experts in poisons..."
His face filled with shame.
"I have no right to tell the Duke not to worry, nor can I promise that Yao Heng won't suffer any lasting effects. This was a failure on my part as their teacher..."
"If I hadn't been so incapable, Yao Heng and the others wouldn't have been hurt..."
Dai Hao's expression was grave.
Looking at Wang Yan, disheveled and worn,
he had plenty