"Silver-tongued!"
With a cold shout, Salas flicked his sleeve, interrupting Tang San's words directly, not giving him a chance to continue defending himself. He then quickly began to weave accusations, saying:
"No matter how eloquent you are, you cannot hide the facts! The seven students of Canghui Academy are currently on the verge of death, their Soul Power exhausted; this was witnessed by everyone and personally verified by this bishop! You possess strange abilities, your cultivation progress is illogical, and you are suspected of devouring lives!"
He didn't mention evidence at all, directly using his authority to pressure them, his voice suddenly rising.
"Tang San! You are suspected of harming participating Soul Masters, severely violating the competition rules, and breaking the iron laws of the Spirit Master's world! This bishop suspects you of being a degenerate and an Evil Soul Master. To uphold the fairness of the competition and the peace of the continent, I am now legally arresting you and taking you back to Spirit Hall for detailed interrogation!"
At this point, Salas didn't give anyone time to react, and with a fierce wave of his hand, he commanded!
"Come, take him down!"
"Clang!"
A series of metallic armor clangs suddenly rang out!
Hearing this, the more than ten Spirit Hall Temple Knights, clad in shining silver armor and exuding a fierce aura, who had been waiting around the Douhun Stage, instantly erupted with powerful Soul Power. Like an iron barrel, they surged onto the Douhun Stage from all directions, instantly surrounding the lone Tang San!
This sudden turn of events instantly stunned everyone present!
No one expected Salas to be so overbearing.
Completely disregarding the competition process and Tang San's defense, he was directly going to use force to arrest him!
Just then, Flender's expression also changed. His figure flashed, appearing on the Douhun Stage as if by Teleportation, blocking between Tang San and the Temple Knights. He angrily said:
"Your Excellency, Platinum Bishop! What exactly do you mean by openly targeting my Shrek Academy?! There is no conclusion yet as to why the people of Canghui Academy became like this, so what right do you have to arrest him?! If you dare to harm even a single hair on my Shrek Academy's students..."
In his haste, he even brought out what he thought was his last reliance—Master.
"I... I will immediately set off with Xiaogang to Spirit City to meet Supreme Pontiff and ask her to preside over justice for us!"
However, upon hearing this, Salas's mouth curled into an undisguised sneer of disdain. He didn't even bother to look at Flender directly, saying in an extremely contemptuous tone:
"Oh? Go see Supreme Pontiff? Fine, you can set off now."
It was clear that he had no idea that the Xiaogang Flender spoke of was Master.
Instead, he felt that Flender was bluffing and no longer paid attention to Flender. He turned to the Temple Knights and ordered again:
"Take him down..."
However, his subsequent words were not fully spoken.
"Whoosh—!"
An extremely sharp and piercing sonic boom suddenly erupted.
The next second, a brilliant golden stream of light appeared.
It was like lightning tearing through space, shooting out from a certain direction in the spectator stands at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, directly targeting Salas on the Douhun Stage!
This sudden attack made Salas's face change dramatically!
"What is it?!" In a mix of shock and anger, out of instinct, his Soul Power instantly surged. His right hand shot out like lightning, fingers forming a claw, carrying the powerful Soul Power of a Spirit Douluo, and accurately grabbed at the golden light!
"Bang!"
A muffled thud.
The golden light was firmly caught in Salas's palm, and the impact made his arm tingle slightly.
"This is...?"
Salas's heart tightened, and he fixed his gaze on the object in his hand.
When he opened his palm and saw the true appearance of the object, the anger on his face instantly froze, replaced by extreme shock and horror!
It wasn't some Hidden Weapons, but a token!
"What? This is... Supreme Pontiff's Decree?!"
Looking at the token in his hand, Salas's pupils suddenly constricted, and a thin layer of cold sweat instantly seeped from his forehead. The hand holding the token couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Whoever holds this decree is as if Supreme Pontiff herself is present! Seeing the decree is like seeing Supreme Pontiff herself!
Immediately after, he suddenly looked up, his gaze scanning the direction from which the token had shot, filled with doubt and surprise.
Just then, a low, clearly displeased voice slowly sounded:
"Bishop, you have quite an official air about you, don't you?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Master, who had left the Shrek spectator stands at some point, striding towards the center of the Douhun Stage.
Salas was first startled when he saw Master approaching, then his gaze fell on the heavy Supreme Pontiff's Decree in his hand. He instantly understood something, and the color drained even further from his face.
Although he vaguely knew about some ambiguous relationship between Master and Supreme Pontiff, he never expected that the latter would actually possess a Supreme Pontiff's Decree. One must know that there were only three Supreme Pontiff's Decrees circulating outside of Spirit Hall.
They were separately bestowed upon the upper three of the Seven Great Sects.
Even Ning Fengzhi, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, would not casually wear this token symbolizing Supreme Pontiff's authority. How could he have imagined that Master would possess this item?
Fragments of memories surfaced in his mind, and Salas's heart immediately sank. He knew that he might not be able to gain favor here today.
Unless, the people from Canghui Academy could now get up from the ground and point out Tang San!
Seeing this familiar figure appear before him, holding the Supreme Pontiff's Decree and intimidating Salas, Tang San was first surprised, then an uncontrollable surge of ecstasy welled up in his heart!
"Teacher!"
"You... you're back?!"
Tang San never expected that Master, who had been on the verge of death when Tang Hao took him away, and whose chances of survival he had considered slim, would actually appear here completely unharmed.
And... he even possessed the Supreme Pontiff's Decree, which even a Spirit Hall Platinum Bishop had to bow to!
"It seems that after Teacher went to Spirit City, Bibi Dong not only saved him but also gave him extremely high courtesy and trust, even entrusting him with the Supreme Pontiff's Decree!" This thought flashed through Tang San's mind instantly. Immediately after, he was so excited he almost trembled, muttering to himself.
"He must have already obtained the correct method to resolve the cultivation difficulties of twin spirits from Bibi Dong! My Clear Sky Hammer is saved!"
As soon as he thought that he would soon be able to escape the disgusting state of his Clear Sky Hammer and embark on the truly powerful path of twin spirits Cultivation, trampling Tang Chuan and everyone who looked down on him underfoot.
Tang San immediately felt a rush of warmth spread throughout his body, temporarily forgetting the sense of crisis from being surrounded by the Temple Knights and his current physical weakness.
"El... Elder, you... you must be joking. It was my oversight, I didn't know the Elder was here. This... this item, please take it back."
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