Bargaining

The vice principal had spoken. What else could they say? With the vice principal's guarantee, there were only a handful of people in Southern Cloud Kingdom who still dared to oppose him head-on. This matter seemed to have been settled beyond dispute; it would be difficult to change.

This time, they had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to bait it. The descendants of several great Lineages exchanged glances, their eyes full of unwillingness and anger. Who could have known that Huo Hai would be so forceful, or that his strength would be so terrifying? A single mental attack had enveloped so many people. Such a powerful mental attack was likely something only a Spirit General Realm expert specializing in mental power could achieve.

Who knew where he had obtained such horrifying insects? And for some reason, the vice principal had returned at precisely this time. Hadn't they said the research would take at least ten days or so to succeed?

At this point, several of them thought of the person who had previously given them intelligence. They even began to suspect that this was a trap set by certain people in the upper ranks, who had used them as guns for some unknown purpose.

Just then, the vice principal suddenly said, "You claim that student Huo Hai is colluding with Demon Spirit Masters, but I find that basically impossible. When the Demon Spirit Masters were exterminated, student Huo Hai alone wiped out more than a hundred thousand Demonfolk. The Demonfolk killed in all the other battles across the country combined may not even equal that number." No one spoke.

The vice principal's words had evidence behind them. Besides, many people here knew the situation. No one dared to refute him.

The vice principal continued,