Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 1141: Chapter 1140: A Disastrous Defeat in the Battle of the Heavens

Su Yang glanced at Yuan Tiangang, and with that look, he could fully confirm that Huo Yuanzhen had indeed claimed Xiao Huang as her own. Otherwise, Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang would not be hiding in the dark, watching without making any moves.

”But I also have witnesses on my side who can prove that Huo Yuanzhen snatched Xiao Huang from your group!” Su Yang said directly, ”And what’s more, I have plenty of witnesses!”

”Hehe...” Lü Donglin chuckled in the distance, there was no doubt they were the witnesses Su Yang referred to.

Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang were completely speechless, and after a long while, Wu Daozi said helplessly, ”Liars, they are all a bunch of liars!”

No one paid any attention to the two of them, these two old lamps, they were the true great deceivers.

Su Yang left with Hu Xiexie, and the crowd at the scene dispersed. Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang looked at each other, speechless to the extreme.

”Nowadays, there’s really no basic trust left!” Wu Daozi sighed.

”Forget it,” Yuan Tiangang waved his hand dismissively, ”This Su Yang is just too cunning. Trying to deceive him is virtually impossible.”

”Ah, how did we end up dealing with such a character!” Wu Daozi sighed in frustration.

Just then, a faint voice reached their ears: ”Meeting.”

The two men looked at each other, put away their unserious expressions, and quietly entered the teachers’ building behind them.

Inside the teachers’ building, several people had already arrived. The others, seeing Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang, showed no extra emotion and simply walked silently deeper into the building.

Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang followed the others, turning left and right, quickly arriving at the last room.

The room was not spacious and was already filled with a dozen people. Everyone exchanged glances as the leading instructor pressed something on the wall, which immediately retracted to reveal a door.

One by one, the people filed into the doorway. As the last person entered, the wall closed slowly and everything returned to normal.

Behind this wall was a spacious stone corridor that led downward. The group followed the corridor and after about three minutes, they arrived at a spacious stone chamber.

The chamber was lit with a soft glow, emanating from a luminous orb hanging above.

It was not a Luminous Pearl, slightly smaller than a soccer ball, looking more like a round lightbulb. But in fact, there was not a bit of electricity inside.

What was most astonishing was that the orb was suspended in midair, without any support or tether, just hanging there, which was extremely odd.

There were already dozens of people in the stone chamber, many looking dejected and as if they had suffered serious injuries.

There were also three coffins on the ground, which were undoubtedly the remains of those who had died in battle.

Upon seeing the three coffins, everyone who entered sighed, and their faces turned somber.

The head instructor walked up to a gaunt old man and bowed, ”Everyone has arrived.”

The old man turned his head, his eyes sweeping over the crowd before he slowly nodded and said in a low voice, ”Gentlemen, the battle in the heavens is now over. The outcome of this battle, as you have all seen, has cost us dearly. We lost three colleagues in battle; this is an unprecedented defeat for us!”

The crowd sighed. In all the previous battles in heaven, it would have been considered many for Qinghe Academy to lose one person. Now, that there were three lost at once, the defeat was indeed unprecedented.

”The reasons for our defeat are clear to you all,” the old man continued softly, ”The Ten Great Sects were unwilling to take action. Although some zealous individuals came to help, it made little difference. Had it not been for his intervention at the critical moment, we would have been fully annihilated in this battle and would have been unable to defend Heaven’s Gate.”

”However, that was just this one battle. In the next, the enemy will come with even more forces, and we will have even fewer left. If the Ten Great Sects do not act next time, it’s really hard to say whether we’ll be able to defend again!”

”What exactly do the Ten Great Sects mean?” one teacher couldn’t help asking, ”Every year, we select talents to send to the Ten Great Sects. But their aid to us has been diminishing, and this time, they didn’t send anyone at all. Does our original agreement mean nothing to them?”

The old man sighed and shook his head, ”In recent years, too few of the people we sent to the Ten Great Sects have succeeded. And every battle in the heavens results in many casualties, requiring sacrifices from the Ten Great Sects. They feel that it is a loss-making endeavor, which is why they are considering ending their cooperation with us.”

”Under a collapsing nest, how can there be any whole eggs!” the head instructor said sternly, ”Don’t they understand that?”

An injured man shook his head, ”Don’t forget, the Ten Great Sects are forbidden grounds. For many years, they have gotten used to a life where no one dares to provoke them, their arrogance and hubris have blinded them!”

Everyone’s expression turned ugly as the arrogance of the Ten Great Sects was indeed well known.

”I heard the competition for the advanced class is about to end?” the leading old man suddenly asked.

”That’s exactly what I was going to mention,” the head instructor sighed, recounting the events that had transpired at Qinghe Academy and concluded in a low voice, ”The Ten Great Sects have always felt dissatisfied with the talents we select, which is why they’ve used it as an excuse not to help us in the battles. This time, the competition at Qinghe Academy ended prematurely, and the top ten candidates from the advanced class were taken away without any selection process. Doesn’t this make the talents we’ve selected this time even less suitable for the Ten Great Sects’ standards?”

The elder fell into a slight silence, then said softly, ”Is that why you consulted with the eight Heroic Spirits?”

The head instructor bowed, ”I really couldn’t make this decision on my own, so I had to consult with the eight Heroic Spirits.”

The old man nodded, then turned to look at Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang, ”The rubbings, one is missing?”

Wu Daozi hurriedly said, ”Xiao Huang dug it out, and then Su Yang took it.”

The old man was silent, still quietly observing the two.

”How could the rubbings possibly be dug out by Xiao Huang?” a teacher couldn’t help but ask, ”You two deliberately led Xiao Huang there, didn’t you?”

Everyone turned their gaze upon the two of them; even the head instructor couldn’t help but say, ”You two have really made a mess of things, how could you do this? Don’t you realize how important the rubbing is?”

Wu Daozi was silent for a while, then said in a low voice, ”But Su Yang can understand the content on the rubbing!”

”What!?”

As these words came out, the entire room was shocked, everyone exclaimed. Even the old man, who had remained very composed, widened his eyes, startled, looking at Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang.