: Did they risk their lives in a competition?

Chapter 70: Did they risk their lives in a competition?

Seeing the timed soul-guided bombs flashing red light on the Star Luo students, Ma Rulong's eyes flashed with fear, and he shouted:

"Mika! Lin Xi! Activate all your soul power for defense!"

A look of seriousness flashed in their eyes, and they cursed under their breath, "It's just a competition, is it really that big of a deal?!"

A huge explosion rang out, and the entire arena was instantly engulfed in flames. The vast arena fell silent in an instant, and Xu Jiawei on the stage was filled with deep sorrow.

Xuanzi narrowed his eyes, couldn't resist picking up the wine jug and taking a big gulp to suppress his guilt. Wang Yan suddenly turned his head, looked at the indifferent Xuanzi, and cursed inwardly:

Damn it! Master Xuan has gone mad, and Xu Jiawei is insane too! Have they all gone completely insane? Is it really worth going to such lengths for a single match?!

But how could he say that this matter was related to Elder Xuan in front of so many students? Suppressing the shock in his heart, he gently covered Xiao Xiao's eyes and remained silent for a long time.

In the rest area, the teacher leading the group from Xingluo City Advanced Academy looked distressed. This was His Majesty's decree, and he was strictly forbidden from publicizing it. What power did a teacher have to resist the national trend?

He had watched those trainees grow up step by step, from childhood to where they are now. Sending them to be human bombs—what kind of beast came up with that idea?! They're all under twenty years old!

Suppressing his grief, he rushed straight to the arena, wanting to check on the condition of the other trainees.

Jing Hongchen and the others stared blankly. Lin Dong, as if recalling some unpleasant memory, turned to Jing Hongchen and shouted, "Go up and save them, Dean!"

Jing Hongchen snapped out of her shock and instantly leaped onto the stage, rushing directly into the flames. The referee didn't even dare to utter a sound to stop her.

With a grim expression, Jing Hongchen carried out the three people. Looking at Chen An, Li Yan, and Xiao Xiafeng, who were temporarily unconscious in his arms, Jing Hongchen's anger reached its peak. After entrusting the two of them to Lin Dong and the others,

He snatched the megaphone from the referee and said in an icy tone:

"Emperor of Xingluo, if you do not give me an explanation today, I cannot guarantee that the level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs produced by Mingdetang will not fall on Xingluo's capital at some point."

You can take this as a threat, but my Sun Moon disciples cannot be injured in such an ambiguous way.

Seeing that he dared to speak like that in front of so many people, Xu Jiawei glanced at the calm Xuanzi and knew that the blame would have to be placed on him for the time being. He then looked at Jing Hongchen and said:

"Dean Hongchen, please calm down. This was a spontaneous fight by the students of Xingluo City Advanced Academy. I'm afraid it can't be blamed on me, can it?"

Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen immediately understood that without evidence, the other party would certainly not admit it. He could only snort coldly and step down from the stage to check on the students' condition.

Fortunately, according to Lin Dong's description, with the help of the invincible shield, the three of them were not seriously injured. They were just unconscious due to exhaustion of their soul power and inhalation of too much smoke.

Of course, this "not heavy" only applies to students of the Star Luo Academy.

At least these three will probably not be able to compete in this match. Chen Fei was only slightly affected because he had already flown away from the enemy's encirclement before the explosion.

Ma Rulong survived the explosion thanks to his formidable strength, but in order to share some of the damage with Li Yan and the other two, he eventually exhausted his soul power.

With Lin Dong's help, Mika had already upgraded his armor to the upper-middle level of level six, and Lin Xi himself was a defensive soul master.

They and Ma Rulong shielded Li Yan and the other two from some of the impact, and they themselves were not seriously injured.

Jing Hongchen's expression improved slightly. If a student's life was in danger, he would naturally not let it go. Then, he looked at Lin Dong with lingering fear.

Fortunately, he didn't persuade Lin Dong to go on stage with Ma Rulong and the others. He didn't even want to think about the consequences if Lin Dong got hurt because of the explosion.

As for Xingluo, the situation was much worse. The invincible shields they wore were mostly used to defend against the first attack from the sun and moon.

The captain, with the strongest cultivation level, also focused his attention on gathering everyone together.

He didn't have the extra energy to share the damage with his teammates. Even his own arm was blown off in that horrific explosion. Even if it could be reattached, his future potential would inevitably be affected.

Apart from him, the other members of the Star Luo team were mostly seriously injured, one of whom was even blown open.

After all, their cultivation level was not as high as that of the Sun and Moon Clan, and they did not have advanced defensive soul tools.

The healer, who had been prepared in advance, appeared in front of the Star Luo group after seeing Xu Jiawei's gaze and immediately began treatment.

Looking at the suddenly appearing Healer Douluo, Jing Hongchen became even more certain that this was a conspiracy prepared in advance by Xingluo, but they had no evidence at all, not to mention...

Why is that? Are their talents so easy to cultivate? If they're thinking of mutual destruction, can this still be considered a serious competition?

As his heart was filled with doubt and anger, Xu Jiawei forced a warm smile and spoke softly:

"Dean Hongchen, although Xingluo City Advanced Academy is eager to win, they are indeed too impulsive. I will ask the Immortal Physician Douluo to personally treat the injured students later."

Furthermore, for the sake of friendship between our two countries, and given the truly remarkable strength of your students, I will discuss with the organizing committee the possibility of your school skipping the round-robin stage and advancing directly to the top 16. I hope Dean Hongchen will not refuse.

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Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen let out a cold smile, and couldn't help but think to himself:

His arrangement not only prevented us from retaliating against other Star Luo teams, but also shortened the time our students had to recover from their injuries. This dog emperor really has a good plan!

But he knew now was not the time to break ties, so he immediately said in a cold tone, "Then I appreciate your understanding."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The ministers on the city wall were the first to kneel down, respectfully addressing Xu Jiawei. These four words then spread throughout the audience. Jing Hongchen watched this scene with a complex expression, inwardly sighing:

This is, after all, someone else's country. Let's leave today's events for now and settle this score five years from now when it's our home turf!

Lin Dong looked at Lin Xi, who was grimacing, and breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't help but kick Lin Xi in the butt.

"Let's see if you dare to be careless again. If the captain hadn't reminded you to use all your soul power for defense, would you still be standing here?"

Lin Xi cried out in pain, "How could I have imagined this? I thought that if we got a team fight, we'd crush them. Who would have thought they'd play so recklessly!"

Mika added weakly, "This has never happened before. We agreed not to go too far, but who would have thought they would resort to human bombs? That's too ruthless."

"That's pretty ruthless."

Lin Dong patted Mika on the shoulder, a bright smile suddenly appearing on his face. Meng Hongchen, standing to the side, glanced at him and instantly understood that this guy was genuinely angry.

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