"What?"
Yu Xiaogang was startled. He didn't bother pretending to be calm anymore and rushed straight toward Tang San. Tang San was his only disciple. Nothing could be allowed to happen to him.
His hurried steps caught Teacher Qin's attention.
Teacher Qin had been standing at the entrance passage the whole time. He was just about to see what the commotion was when he saw his disciples walking toward him, one by one. His face showed no anger. Instead, he had a faint smile. In his opinion, this loss might actually be a very good thing.
"I'm sorry, Teacher Qin. We lost." Yu Tianheng stopped in front of his teacher, bowing his usually proud head.
Teacher Qin didn't speak. He just watched him quietly. Yu Tianheng was his most prized disciple, his pride.
Yu Tianheng continued, "The responsibility for this defeat is all mine. I failed to command everyone properly. I advanced alone and fell right into their ambush. I was also arrogant and careless. I completely underestimated the other team's strength. If you're going to punish someone, please punish me."
Teacher Qin was not a gentle man. On the contrary, he was extremely strict when he taught his disciples, and his punishments were often severe. That was why Yu Tianheng was offering to take the punishment himself.
"No, Captain, you can't be blamed for this!" the Black Panther Spirit Master, Oslo, quickly said. "Who could have imagined their captain would be that strong?"
Yu Tianheng sighed and shook his head. "A loss is a loss. We lost even though our spirit power and spirit rings were better than theirs. This just proves that we made too many mistakes in this fight."
At this moment, Dugu Yan couldn't hold back anymore.
"Tianheng, even if there was a mistake, it wasn't yours! It's mine. I'm the control system Spirit Master, the soul of the team. I'm the commander on the stage, and I failed to lead everyone."
Dugu Yan rarely cried. Her entire twenty years of life had been smooth. She had a rare poison-type Spirit with crowd control, a powerful family, and high spirit power for her age. She was always at the top. Today's defeat was a bigger blow to her than to anyone else. Tears of humiliation started to flow from her eyes.
The two Black Tortoise Turtle Spirit Masters stayed silent. Yu Feng was about to speak, but Teacher Qin raised his hand to stop him.
"This defeat is a good thing for you," Teacher Qin said with a smile. His tone wasn't severe at all, which is what the team had been expecting.
Yu Tianheng looked stunned for a moment, but as he looked at his teacher, he seemed to understand.
Oslo, however, couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Qin, we lost so badly. How is this a good thing?"
Teacher Qin smiled. "Because, until now, everything in your lives has been too easy. You finally hit a setback, but this setback didn't cause any permanent harm to any of you. If you hit a setback like this in the future, you might have to pay with your lives to learn this lesson."
He continued, "Failure isn't terrible. What's terrible is not being able to learn from it. I'm sure you've all realized some of your own mistakes. The next time you face an opponent like this, you'll be even stronger. The Shrek Team defeated you, but they also woke you up."
"Every one of you has an exceptional gift. I'll give you only one piece of advice." He paused, looking at each member of the Royal Fight Team. "Grow in failure."
"Grow in failure." The team members nodded, repeating their teacher's words.
Just then, Teacher Qin waved his hand. "All of you, go back and rest. Recover as soon as you can. I still have a few people I need to see."
After speaking, he turned and walked away.
On the Shrek Team's side, the mood was much better. Flender was praising them nonstop.
"Very good! You won! You didn't just defeat your opponents; you defeated yourselves. Today's team fight was the exam for the second stage of your training. And all of you passed my test with excellent results."
As he said this, Flender glanced over in the direction of Yu Xiaogang and Tang San. That "excellent result," of course, did not include Tang San.
Even now, Flender still regretted it. If he could choose again, he would never have agreed to let Tang San join Shrek Academy. That kid truly lowered the standards of the whole academy. This time in the Spirit Arena was the same. If it weren't for him, Shrek Academy's record would have been perfect. Their win rate was almost over ninety percent. But as soon as Tang San was included, that rate dropped significantly.
Just then, Oscar chuckled. "Dean, after we get back, shouldn't we get a holiday?"
Flender frowned when he heard this. "Don't get too carried away, you little rascals. Can't you see how lucky you were to win today? In a real test of strength, you aren't the Royal Fight Team's opponents."
The Shrek Group knew what he meant. He was saying that Huo Feng was the only reason they won the team fight.
Oscar just pouted. "But Dean, I remember you once taught us that luck is also a part of strength. Have you forgotten that?"
Having a teammate as strong as Huo Feng was definitely lucky. But it was also part of their team's strength. Why didn't the Royal Fight Team have a teammate like that?
"Uh... you little rascal." Flender chuckled, annoyed. Even though he was scolding Oscar, he was just as excited as the students were.
Zhao Wuji smiled from beside him. "Alright, Flender, there's no need to be so harsh. The kids have worked hard. How about we let them rest for a while when we get back?"
Just then, Yu Xiaogang carried Tang San down from the stage. Because the... "destruction"... this time wasn't as bad, the smell didn't make him overly nauseous. Yu Xiaogang had simply wrapped Tang San in his own clothes and carried him down.
At this moment, his expression was panicked. His steps were hurried, as if he didn't want to stay there for even a second. The reason was simple: Yu Xiaogang had quickly checked Tang San, and his condition was not optimistic.
But Flender, feeling concerned for one of his Shrek Academy students, called out to him.
"How is Tang San doing?"
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