"What?" Leng Yaozhu's expression shifted slightly, and a trace of coldness entered her gaze as she looked at Qiangu Zhangting.
Qiangu Zhangting's expression changed, and he hurriedly protested, "You're lying! It was clearly you who-"
"What did we do?" Tang Wulin interrupted him, looking at him with an innocent expression.
"We were just hunting soul beasts there, minding our own business, when you suddenly lured over two ten-thousand-year soul beasts and nearly got us all killed. We barely managed to escape, but you went and provoked a beast nest yourselves. Then, after the soul beasts ganged up on you, you blamed us?"
He spoke with complete conviction, even sounding a little aggrieved, as though they were the victims and Qiangu Zhangting's group had gotten exactly what they deserved.
Qiangu Zhangting trembled with rage and jabbed a finger at Tang Wulin's nose. "You! You're talking nonsense!"
"What nonsense?" Tang Wulin looked at him with an innocent face. "Do you dare deny that you lured over those two beasts, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and the Tyrant Dragon?"
Qiangu Zhangting opened his mouth, only to realize that he had no way to refute him. He had indeed lured those two soul beasts over. He had meant to screw Tang Wulin's group over, only for them to turn his scheme to their own advantage.
As soon as Tang Wulin said that, Gu Yue, Na'er, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui gathered around and chimed in, talking over one another.
"That's right. They lured the soul beasts over to harm us first," Gu Yue said evenly, her calm tone carrying an unquestionable certainty.
"We were nearly killed by those two ten-thousand-year soul beasts," Ye Xinglan added. "If we hadn't reacted quickly, we would have been kicked out of the Spirit Ascension Platform long ago."
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