The gradually spreading impact
After a long silence, the Passionate Douluo gently closed his eyes and said, "Establishing military bases in other countries, assisting their development, and even providing advanced military support—this is betrayal, aiding the enemy."
"Moreover, the Holy Spirit Cult and Evil Spirit Master are now involved. Shrek Academy bears an unshirkable responsibility and cannot escape its guilt."
In any case, the fact that Shrek and Star Luo Empire Academy are cooperating cannot be kept secret, and as a former member of the military, he would not lie and say that Shrek is innocent.
Upon hearing this, Pan Wen nodded inwardly.
Without avoiding the topic or directly shirking responsibility, it seems that the Passionate Douluo has not forgotten his time in the military.
With this in mind, Pan Wen subtly shifted his stance and asked, "Then, Your Excellency Duoqing, what punishment do you believe Shrek Academy should receive?"
The Passionate Douluo said indifferently, "Shouldn't this matter be discussed by the Federation Parliament? I can't make that decision."
The Douluo Federation and Star Luo Empire have dealings not only with the Shrek Academy, after all, the ancestors of the Star Luo Empire were once part of the Douluo Continent, and some families in the Star Luo Empire also have intricate connections with families within the Douluo Federation. This can be seen from the presence of a branch of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect here.
Some things just can't be discussed openly, but once they are, the Federation has to give an explanation!
The Passionate Douluo was well aware of the unspoken rules; he knew he couldn't escape the Federation's punishment. However, the relationship between the Shrek Academy and the Federation was currently too tense, and he couldn't predict to what extent the Federation would act given a reason to provoke them.
The Passionate Douluo sighed inwardly.
Although Shrek Academy's influence within the Federation is quite deep-rooted, the truth cannot be hidden forever; once the conflict erupts, it will only escalate.
Pan Wen was fairly satisfied with the Passionate Douluo's answer.
At least the Passionate Douluo acknowledged Shrek's mistakes. Whether he wanted to ease tensions or had other intentions, as long as he wasn't firmly opposed to the Federation's decision, there was a possibility of winning him over.
However, when faced with such a major issue of right and wrong, there probably aren't many stubborn fools like the Light and Dark Douluo in Shrek —right?
Thinking about this, Pan Wen suddenly felt less confident.
If possible, he would certainly prefer to resolve Shrek Academy, this Ten Thousand Years problem facing the Federation, through relatively peaceful means. After all, if a full-blown war were to break out, the Federation would suffer considerable losses.
But his intuition told him that when the time truly came to consign Shrek Academy to the dustbin of history, there would likely be no shortage of opponents, even if the Federation had a perfectly legitimate reason this time.
Shaking his head inwardly, Pan Wen stopped thinking about it. "Since Your Excellency Duoqing has no other objections, I will report the whole story as it is."
The Passionate Douluo nodded silently.
With the Dawn Society's issues "resolved," the Douluo delegation's most important task in the Star Luo Empire was to conduct various visits and learn about the Star Luo Empire's strength.
The Star Luo Tournament is also a channel for understanding the strength of the new Star Luo Federation.
Of course, the same applies to the Star Luo Federation; they also want to see through this competition what the differences are between the Douluo Federation and themselves.
The result, however, left the Star Luo Empire people in the audience with rather unpleasant expressions.
"Xie Xie won another game, now he's on a ten-game winning streak. He's only fourteen years old—am we really that far behind Douluo among our peers?"
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"More than that, didn't you notice the strength and age of those children from the Douluo Federation? They're mostly under fifteen, and all around the Soul Ancestor level."
"Moreover, they also have Battle Armor. That guy named Tang Wulin even defeated one of our One-Word Battle Armor Master."
"Soul Ancestor can wear a full set of Battle Armor... I wonder what's wrong with his body, he's really freakish."
Some viewers of the Star Luo Empire felt increasingly embarrassed as the discussion continued.
A Soul King around 2,000 years old can't even beat Soul Ancestor, let alone be defeated while wearing Battle Armor. What's the point of this competition?
"I think we should just stop this competition. Didn't we hear that the Douluo Federation still has a fourteen-year-old Soul Emperor and Two-Word Battle Armor Master who hasn't even had a chance to compete? Even if someone beats these kids, what does that prove?"
An elderly man from the Star Luo Empire sighed.
They bought tickets to watch the match because they wanted to see the younger generation of the Star Luo Empire crush the Douluo Federation, not to see how inferior they were to the Douluo Federation!
***, refund my money!
Listening to the murmurs from the audience, Ye Xinglan, sitting in the lounge, curled her lip in disdain.
Facing a group of people around fifteen years old, Star Luo Empire actually sent out Battle Armor Master around twenty years old, and they expect us to give them face?
Hmph, dream on!
"However—at this point, the game is really getting boring."
After all, losing to someone much older than yourself is not something any normal person would feel frustrated about.
Since Star Luo Empire members of the same age group don't fight them, the competition has now become merely a place for them to "show off their power," Tenten humiliating Star Luo Empire and provoking the "public anger" of the Star Luo Empire people, who are all getting tired of it.
This is quite different from what they initially envisioned: relying on themselves to maintain the Federation's prestige in other countries and showcase the spirit of the Federation's younger generation.
"And the most important reason----"
Ye Xinglan's gaze lingered on Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao for a moment.
Naturally, it was these two. Even though Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena didn't participate, the attention focused on them didn't diminish.
With these two as the pillars of Sea God and the focus of everyone's discussion, they felt no pressure, but they also lost much of their sense of honor in upholding the Federation's reputation.
As Ye Xinglan's thoughts wandered, a beeping sound came from her Soul Tool Communicator. She raised an eyebrow and took out the Soul Tool Communicator.
I glanced at it; it was a faculty member.
Connected.
"Teacher Shen Yi, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Xinglan —Is anyone giving you trouble over in the Star Luo Empire?"
Ye Xinglan felt a little strange upon hearing this, "No, teacher, you don't need to worry about our safety. We Senior Duoqing with us."
"Hehe----"
A dry laugh came from the other side, Shen Yi's voice a little hoarse. "It's my memory that's bad, but we can't be careless just because someone is looking after us. You and your companions must listen carefully to the delegation's arrangements and not participate in any dangerous activities."
"By the way, this mission is a good opportunity for you to befriend Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena. They are the future leaders of the Spirit Pagoda —befriending them will be beneficial to you."
Words that Ye Xinglan didn't think Shen Yi would say kept coming from the other end of the Soul Tool Communicator, leaving her very confused.
"Has the impact already begun to spread?" Huo Yuhao noticed the commotion on Ye Xinglan's side and wondered to himself.
Therefore, it won't be long before they leave the Star Luo Continent.
After all, given the magnitude of the matter, Pan Wen's report alone is insufficient. Without physical evidence and witness testimony, many culpability cases cannot be definitively concluded, and some people will not give up.
Therefore, he is not worried about not being in the Douluo Federation at the most crucial moment.
The only thing that concerned him was the Holy Spirit Cult's actions in the Douluo Continent.