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Rejected again, Qian Renxue said nothing more. After giving Tang San a deep look, she turned and walked towards the parents of the children.
"I'm sorry I couldn't save your child, but I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."
To be honest, Qian Renxue felt really guilty. She had given these parents hope again, but now she had pushed them into an even deeper abyss of despair, which made her feel very bad.
The only thing we can do now is to seek justice for these children, put their parents at ease, and let the children of the Canghui Team rest in peace.
"Your Highness, there is no need to blame yourself. You have already done more than enough. Now, we beg Your Highness to seek justice for our child and ensure that those evildoers receive the punishment they deserve."
The parents were all in tears, their hearts filled with even greater despair. However, they managed to suppress their heartache and looked at Tang San and his companions with hatred.
"Bishop Salas, I beg you, please don't let those children suffer too much."
Nodding, Qian Renxue looked at Salas with an extremely cold expression, clearly genuinely angry.
Ning Fengzhi and Tang San Flender exchanged a glance and secretly communicated through their Soul Power, preparing to deal with the matter using their planned second strategy.
The battle between the Shrek Team and the Canghui Team took place half a month ago. After understanding Salas's attitude at that time, they knew that the matter would not be resolved so easily, so they had already made the worst-case scenario plan.
Things have unfolded exactly as they predicted, so despite their reluctance, they have no choice but to proceed with the plan.
Ning Fengzhi immediately used his Soul Power to secretly transmit a few words to one of his trusted subordinates behind him, and then that subordinate quickly left.
Qian Renxue and the others also noticed Ning Fengzhi's subtle actions, but they ignored them.
They wanted to see what other tricks these people could pull!
"Little Sa, where are those children you mentioned?"
Just then, an old man walked briskly over. Upon seeing the old man, Salas immediately bowed in greeting.
"Your Majesty, those five children are in the ward behind me!"
Upon hearing the title "Your Majesty, "Ning Fengzhi and the others were startled, because in the Douluo Continent, only powerhouses at the Titled Douluo level could be addressed with such an honorific title.
In other words, this white-haired old man is a Titled Douluo!
"Bring me the celestial-grade medicine. If you have the right celestial-grade medicine, I'm ninety percent confident I can cure those children."
The white-haired old man was very excited, partly because he was able to save five lives, and partly because he was able to witness a rare and precious medicine.
It was worth it that he immediately had Ghost Douluo teleport him over after hearing Salas's report through the Spirit Hall's internal communication network.
However, after these words were spoken, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
"Your Majesty, the young man's name is Tang San. He possesses many celestial-grade medicinal herbs, but according to him, the few he possessed have already been used."
Salas replied awkwardly, emphasizing the phrase "according to him," clearly indicating his disbelief in Tang San's words.
"Your name is Tang San? That Tang San from the Shrek Academy?"
The white-haired old man turned to look at Tang San, his brows furrowing involuntarily.
He was the Old Whitehead who had gone to the Shrek Academy to treat Jiang Zhu other three last time. Because the Grandmaster valued Jiang Zhu and the other three, he also knew about the Grandmaster's academic exchange trip to the Shrek Academy last time.
I've certainly heard of Tang San Tang San, but I never expected that it would be him causing trouble again this time.
What a troublemaker!
"Your Majesty, this junior is indeed Tang San!"
Facing the old white-haired man, a titled Douluo, Tang San was not intimidated and replied with neither arrogance nor servility.
"You really don't have any rare and precious medicines that can repair soul damage?"
Old Whitehead looked intently at Tang San, staring directly into his eyes as if trying to see right through him.
"This junior truly has no more rare and precious medicinal herbs left."
Tang San's response remained firm and resolute; he would never hand over his life-saving trump card so easily.
Moreover, the Canghui Team brought this upon themselves; they did nothing wrong in this matter, so there's even less reason to waste precious elixirs on these people.
"What do you plan to do now? Without the corresponding celestial medicine, even if I try my best, I can only barely repair the damage to my brain and mind."
I apologize that I am powerless to help with damage to the soul!
Seeing Tang San's resolute attitude, Old Whitehead didn't bother to pay any more attention to him and turned his gaze to Salas, his expression solemn.
This time, he genuinely lacked the ability to help; it wasn't that he refused to save someone in distress.
He had seen Salas's report on the condition of the seven members of the Canghui Team to Spirit City half a month ago. After realizing that the real troublesome injury of those seven juniors was to their souls, he did not come over.
After all, if the damage to their souls cannot be repaired, even if he came in person, it would be of no use; at most, he could only prolong their lives for a few more days.
This is pointless and will only cause more pain to the children's families.
But now that we've come all this way, we can't just go back like this. We should do something for those children!
"These are the parents of the five injured children from the Canghui Team. The parents of the remaining two are currently away arranging funerals for the two deceased children."
But they all applied to our Spirit Hall, requesting that we extract fragments of the children's memories to reconstruct the truth of the battle and seek justice for those seven children."
Salas didn't hide anything and told the truth, which made the Old Whitehead frown.
"Have you explained the consequences of doing this to them?"
As a healing-type Soul Master, Old Whitehead knew very well the consequences of forcibly extracting memories under those physical conditions; it was almost tantamount to murder.
Firstly, they genuinely had no way to treat the children; secondly, it was the parents of those children who had personally requested it; and thirdly, the Spirit Hall served as the arbitrator for the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament, so they couldn't refuse.
However, the risks involved must be clearly explained to the children's parents; this is a matter of principle and cannot be overlooked in the slightest.
"Your Majesty, Bishop Salas has explained all the risks to us, but we still wish to ask you to seek justice for our child."
A middle-aged man stepped out, his bloodshot eyes glaring hatefully at Tang San and the others, before looking earnestly at the Old Whitehead.
The parents behind him all had the same expression, clearly indicating that they had made up their minds.
"Very well, I can only do my best to ensure your children don't suffer too much pain."
With a sigh, the Old Whitehead walked towards the ward. As soon as he entered, he frowned slightly and saw a female nurse changing a boy's diaper.
The Old Whitehead, who had practiced medicine for many years, knew what was going on, and his heart sank.
This is a manifestation of a patient completely losing control of their body; loss of control over urination and defecation is also a rather dangerous sign.
Soul Master, as cultivators, are inherently far stronger than ordinary people in terms of physique, and these young men and women even possess the cultivation level of Soul Elder.
Logically speaking, there should be absolutely no way this could happen to these people, even if they had lost consciousness and fallen into a coma.
Unless they are truly at their last gasp, meaning these five teenagers won't last much longer.
"Well!"
With another sigh, Old Whitehead instructed the nurses guarding him to arrange the five beds in a fan shape, with their heads all facing him.
Then, Old Whitehead summoned his own Martial Soul and released Soul Skill that enveloped the heads of the five teenagers, repairing their brain and mental injuries.
Although this method cannot awaken or even cure the five people, it allows them to withstand the upcoming memory extraction process to the greatest extent possible. Perhaps some of them will be able to pull through!
Let's begin!
After barely managing to repair and stabilize the damaged brains and minds of the five people, Old Whitehead nodded to a Soul Master skilled in mind manipulation who was following behind Salas, indicating that the other party could begin extracting the five people's memories.
The memory extraction process was simple and smooth. Soon, the Soul Master took out a specially made crystal Soul Tool from his Storage Soul Tool and sealed the memory images extracted through his Soul Skill into it.
Driven by Soul Power, the crystal Soul Tool emitted a dazzling mystical light, then Projection a slightly blurry Projection.
Although somewhat blurry, everyone could tell that it was a scene from the battle between the Canghui Team and the Shrek Team.
Upon seeing this, Tang San and the others felt a chill in their hearts, realizing that things were heading in the worst possible direction, and it seemed they had no choice but to use that move.
As time passed, the Projection quickly progressed to the scene where the Canghui Team unleashed the Seven Asura Illusion Realm.
In the Seven Asura Illusion Realm, the Canghui Team and the Shrek Team stood facing each other, and the captain of the Canghui Team spoke with a cold laugh.
" Shrek Team, I have to admit you are very strong. Even the one with the lowest cultivation level is one level higher than me. But our Canghui Team has come this far not by doing nothing."
I'm not afraid to tell you, our move is called Seven Asura Illusion Realm, it's Fusion Skill of seven elements, and it's specifically designed to target mental power.
Before reaching the Soul Shengxiu, few people can even touch upon spiritual power. Once we truly make our move, you will suffer severe spiritual damage.
He will not recover without six months of rest and will definitely miss the upcoming Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament.
Although we had a disagreement on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest back then, we have no real enmity. I don't want things to escalate too much, so if you know what's good for you, it would be best to admit defeat as soon as possible."
The captain of the Canghui Team spoke with a hint of bravado but was actually quite timid, clearly wary of something.
Unlike the original trajectory of their destinies, where Shrek Academy Wuming even after merging with the Blue Tyrant Academy, and given the past conflicts between the two schools, as well as the lack of a leading teacher Shi Nian, the situation was different.
Most importantly, they were unaware of the background of the Shrek Team and others, and therefore believed they had nothing to fear in the face of retaliation.
The Canghui Team was so ruthless and decisive just now, trying to cripple the Shrek Team and others through their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
But things are different now. Shrek Academy now has an incredibly powerful background, with the support of the Upper Three Sects and numerous other forces sending their juniors into the academy.
It can be said that it is a top-tier academy that is fully qualified to stand on equal footing with the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy of the Great Emperor, and is much stronger than the Five Elements Academy.
The backgrounds of the Shrek Team members are even more frightening. Even the reserve members come from the Upper Three Sects. Among them, Tang San, the main combat member, is the young master of the Clear Sky Sect, Dai Mubai is the prince of the Star Luo Empire.
Ning Rongrong is the only daughter of Ning Fengzhi, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Even if Canghui Academy had a hundred times the courage, they wouldn't dare to actually attack such a terrifying lineup.
Otherwise, even if they win this competition, they will definitely be wiped out by those powerful forces. Anyone with a normal brain knows what choice to make.
In fact, if their Canghui Team hadn't lost a few matches before, putting their ranking in danger, another loss would have meant missing out on the Second Tier of the qualifying tournament.
Furthermore, the Shrek Team was too strong, leaving them no choice but to unleash their ultimate move prepared specifically for the finals— the Seven Asura Illusion Realm, Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
But at most, they can only use it as a threat to force the Shrek Team to concede defeat.
If Tang San and the others stubbornly persisted, they would ultimately have no choice but to give up.
After all, their opponents' backgrounds were too terrifying. They weren't so obsessed with winning the competition that they would make a blood feud with those powerful forces. Otherwise, they could have just slit their own throats.