84: Chapter 84 So heartless! Absolutely heartless!
Rumble!
Accompanied by a dull roar, that massive azure vortex seemed unable to bear the burden anymore and suddenly spat out a violent current of spatial air!
Immediately after, figures tumbled out one by one like thrown sandbags, staggering as they fell.
One, two, three...
Dozens of people fell onto the deck of the Void Ship with a series of thuds, like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
A cloud of dust was kicked up.
The voices of the crowd, who had been excitedly discussing and full of anticipation, instantly fell silent.
The entire scene fell into an eerie, dead silence.
Everyone stared wide-eyed, looking at the scene before them in disbelief.
This... these were the top geniuses they had been waiting for?
These were the influential figures of the Transcendent Academy who were usually high and mighty, and incredibly arrogant?
Why did every single one of them look like...
They had just escaped from a refugee camp?
It was one thing to be in tattered clothes and have bruised faces, but the key was those soot-covered, grief-stricken expressions—where was there even a hint of a genius's grace?
What was even more shocking was that their signature treasures' glow and divine charms had completely vanished without a trace!
It was as if... they had been thoroughly ransacked!
“What... what is going on?”
The hot-tempered Dean Ren Wanlong was the first who couldn't hold back.
He took a step forward, arriving in front of a human student who seemed somewhat lucid, and asked in a heavy voice:
“Speak! What exactly happened inside? How did you end up in such a state? Did you encounter some irresistible danger within the ruin?”
In his view, for this group of proud young brats to be reduced to such a miserable state, there was no other possibility besides the sheer terror of the ruin itself.
Hearing the question, the student’s eyes, which were originally a bit dull, were instantly flooded with an uncontrollable surge of grief and indignation!
He let out a loud wail and started crying; it was so pitiful that anyone who saw or heard him would be moved to tears.
“Dean! You have to seek justice for us!”
“We... we were robbed by black-hearted people!”
“So black! It was truly too black!”
“That god-forsaken ‘Xing Dao Trio’! They are simply not human!”
“Not only did they snatch our treasures, but they also knocked us unconscious and threw us into a small grove to feed the mosquitoes! I don't even know how long I was asleep in there!”
As soon as these words were spoken.
The entire place went into an uproar!
Everyone stared in disbelief, doubting if there was something wrong with their ears.
Rob... robbed?
In an Ancient Ruin filled with experts and hidden dangers?
Robbing this group of top geniuses who represented the strongest combat power of the Great Xia Martial Academy?
This, this, this...
Which madman did this?!
This courage is simply too immense!
However.
Before everyone could recover from their shock.
More accusations erupted like a tide!
“That's right! It was them!”
“A black-faced kid, a golden-haired birdman, and an enchantress from the Hundred Flower Clan!”
“They are too shameless! Not only did they launch sneak attacks, but they also engaged in ‘righteous’ gang fights!”
“My seven star dragon jade! I risked my life to get that! It was knocked away by that black-faced kid with a single strike of his staff!”
“And me! My Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng was also snatched!”
“I almost couldn't even keep my underpants!”
Each of the geniuses had now transformed into a resentful person, tearfully denouncing the 'atrocities' of that mysterious organization.
The scene was simply more boisterous than a vegetable market.
Everyone's gaze subconsciously turned toward the few top-tier figures in the crowd.
Yu Wangji, Zhao Tieshan, Ye Miaomiao...
They were the true leaders of this ruin expedition!
Could it be that even they...
When the crowd's gaze fell upon Yu Wangji, the last shred of hope in their hearts was completely shattered.
This number one genius of the Winged Clan, who was usually as cold and arrogant as an immortal and claimed to be invincible among his peers, was barely managing to remain standing. His pale face, disheveled hair, and his tightly closed left eye, which was still faintly seeping blood, all indicated that he too had suffered inhumane treatment!
Zhao Tieshan was even more full of anger and resentment; on his incredibly powerful physical body, there were actually several clearly visible footprints remaining!
Especially the one on his face—it was simply a mark of shame!
“That damned black-faced kid! His physical body... is actually stronger than mine!”
He growled through gritted teeth, and in his eyes, besides anger, there was actually a hint of hard-to-conceal admiration.
The 'grace' of that kick was something he probably wouldn't be able to forget for the rest of his life!
Ye Miaomiao was grinding her two cute little tiger teeth, her large, expressive eyes constantly scanning the crowd as if searching for the figure that made her itch with hatred.
“Don't let me catch you guys! Otherwise, this lady will definitely tear you into eight pieces!”
She, the dignified third-ranked of the Transcendent Academy, was actually thrown into a grove like a piece of trash!
This was simply a great humiliation!
Yu Wangji's face was terrifyingly gloomy.
He reached out to touch his left pupil, which had fallen silent again and even suffered damage to its origin; the killing intent in his heart was churning like boiling lava!
That was his greatest opportunity!
For the sake of this eye, he had paid a great price, even going so far as to awaken that terrifying Young Dragon!
But what was the result?
Not only was his eye beaten blind, but even the True Dragon origin he had just absorbed inside was forcibly drawn out by someone!
This was the grudge of obstructing one's path!
A blood feud that would only end in death!
Buzz!
From his intact right pupil, a brilliant Divine Light of Reincarnation suddenly shot out!
He wanted to use this eye to see through all illusions and find the true identities of those three bastards!
No matter where they hid, no matter what they disguised themselves as, as long as they were still here at the scene, they would absolutely not escape his Eye of Reincarnation!
Just then.
A cold and familiar voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.
“Dean Jiang, Dean Ren, I have information to report.”
Everyone looked toward the source of the voice.
They saw Ling Wanhe, dressed in a white dress with an ethereal temperament, slowly walking out from the crowd.
Her face was somewhat pale, and a trace of undried blood still hung at the corner of her mouth, making her look quite poignantly beautiful and pitiable.
“Ling Wanhe? Even Goddess Ling...”
Everyone's hearts tightened, having a bad premonition.
Ling Wanhe bowed to the two deans and then, in a calm tone that made one's heart ache, slowly recounted her “miserable encounter.”
“I also encountered those three robbers who called themselves the ‘Xing Dao Trio’.”
“They... are very strong, and their methods are extremely despicable.”
“Especially that leading black-faced youth; his physical strength is simply inconceivable. Even my Natal Vision was smashed to pieces by a single punch from him.”
“If I hadn't fought my way out at the last moment, I'm afraid...”
At this point, she lowered her head slightly, seemingly unwilling to recall that “painful” experience.
“I suspect they aren't students of our academy at all, but outsiders who snuck in!”
“Or perhaps some ill-intentioned individuals used special disguise methods to act recklessly in the ruin!”
“I implore the two deans to strictly investigate this matter! Seek justice for us!”
Her words were spoken with true sincerity, every word dripping with blood.
Hearing this, the surrounding “victims” all felt the same way and began to echo her sentiments one after another.
“Right! It must be strictly investigated!”
“This kind of black sheep must be rooted out!”
“The Goddess is right! They are definitely not good people!”
Everyone was completely shocked by these words!
Even a goddess of Ling Wanhe's level was robbed?
And she was even heavily injured?
What exactly was the background of this “Xing Dao Trio”?
This was simply too lawless!
The faces of the two deans also became incredibly unsightly.
If it were normal competition, they naturally wouldn't care.
But this kind of malicious, organized, and targeted ransacking—and possibly even involving an intrusion by outsiders—the nature of the situation had completely changed!
This was a provocation to the majesty of the Great Xia Martial Academy!
Only Ning Yuan and Jiang Mingyue, standing at the back of the crowd, were desperately keeping their heads down and biting their lips hard, for fear that they might accidentally laugh out loud.
In his heart, Ning Yuan gave Ling Wanhe a big thumbs up.
“Impressive! Truly impressive!”
“This acting is simply at the level of a Best Actress!”
“Not only did she clear herself completely, but she also conveniently muddied the waters, shifting everyone's attention to ‘outsiders’.”
“The Second’s trick of ‘thief shouting catch the thief’ is played really smoothly!”
Jiang Mingyue was also secretly admiring her in her heart.
It seemed that this goddess of the ling clan wasn't as honest as she appeared on the surface.
If you cut her open, she might be black inside too!
But...
Why did this feeling feel so good?