At the same time, Elder Ma felt a wave of lingering fear.
After all, none of these three were ordinary people.
The Hongchen siblings were the Hall Master's grandson and granddaughter. Their talent was rarely seen even in a century, and as his beloved grandchildren, their standing in the Hall Master's heart was unmatched.
Ye Luochen was Mingde Hall's rising genius, bearing a massive investment of the Hall Master's resources and expectations.
If any one of these three had been injured or met with an accident while under his leadership—
Then he probably would not need to return to the country at all.
Fortunately, all three of them had returned safe and sound.
After letting out a slight breath of relief, anger flared in Elder Ma's chest once more.
He did not doubt their claim that the attacker had come from Shrek in the slightest, because none of them were the sort to falsely accuse someone without cause.
If they said so, they must have had their reasons.
With that in mind, Elder Ma hurriedly asked,
"Evidence. Did you obtain any physical evidence that can prove their identity?"
As long as he had even the tiniest scrap of proof that the attacker came from Shrek, then within half a day, he could make this headline—
"Shocking! During the tournament, Shrek actually attacked members of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's reserve team!"
—spread across the entire land.
He would let the whole continent see Shrek for what it truly was!
For Shrek, which valued its reputation above all else, it would be a devastating blow!
However, Xiao Hongchen's answer dashed his hopes.
"Evidence... there really isn't any concrete evidence."
Xiao Hongchen spoke slowly.
"At the auction, we had some minor friction with Shrek. Aside from them, no other faction