1013 Loss (2/2)

From another perspective, while all three children were trapped in the same lethal impasse, Cheng and Lu had fought their hardest before suffering such severe injuries due to their incapability; the wounds were fatal, but there was sufficient time for Yun Yang who had been waiting by the side to sneak over and help them. It had happened in a blink of an eye, but the kids had been saved. As for the plump child, he panicked and lost his courage; it was not within Yun Yang or Guo Nuanyang's guess. On a certain level, his death was justified. Even with Yun Yang's ability, he could only sigh in vain.

”There's a cave in front. Go over and wait for me there. We'll return to the Residence of Nine Supremes together when I come back.”

”Yes, master.”

”Watch your state while you wait. Your injuries didn't damage your core but your state of mind is affected. Calm yourself down and stabilize your psychology, then think about your cultivation base, forms, and styles…” Yun Yang listed out faintly, ”And what the martial world is… Tell me when we return to the sect!”

”Yes, master!”

…

Like a ray of light in the dark, Yun Yang sped towards another location.

…

Dong Qitian was now with Shi Wuchen. The combat atmosphere at Shi Wuchen's side was far more brutal than Guo Nuanyang's. Despite his best effort to take care of the disciples, there were two who had been killed.

The death toll was already the result after Dong Qitian had helped in the dark. If he had not assisted the team, only two out of the ten disciples who came with Shi Wuchen would be left, even though Shi Wuchen could annihilate the human trafficking organization.

When the battle ended, Dong Qitian left without showing himself like Yun Yang nor did he take anyone with him.

'So these fellows are so irresponsible when leading the children…' Dong Qitian felt his heart ache now. Any internal disciple of the Residence of Nine Supremes was extremely gifted. Such casualties were a waste of prodigies. He had better rush to another spot!

…

Three days later, Yun Yang stood at the field entrance inside the Residence of Nine Supremes' mountain gate with an ominous expression.

Eleven children stood in a row behind him. Other than Yun Yang's four disciples, the other seven disciples were from three other men. These pupils were members announced dead in the teams that went out for the mission.

A total of ninety-nine disciples under the nine peaks had gone for the Residence of Nine Supremes' first mission and only seventy-five people, including the eleven whom Yun Yang had rescued in secret, ultimately made it back.

In other words, there were twenty-four pupils who had died outside!

The last team that Dong Qitian and Yun Yang saved, especially, suffered incredible casualties. Seven of Shi Bujia's students had died in the mission, making his loss the most devastating one.

Team after team returned, assembling inside the mountain gate. Almost every member was wounded, injuries littered all over them.

Many of the children who saw Cheng Jiajia, Lu Changman and other children standing in the sect could not help crying out in delighted surprise. However, when their eyes shifted to Yun Yang's dark face, no one dared speak.

Those who came back first dared not make a sound. They stood quietly, waiting for the other teams to come back.

All survivors of the ten teams had arrived at the Residence of Nine Supremes by noon.

”There were ninety-nine people when you headed out. I've brought back eleven heavily injured members while none of the sixty-four kids you brought home was left unscathed. There are twenty-four more who are dead outside, never to come back again.”

The higher-level management of the Residence of Nine Supremes stood together, looking grim.

Yun Yang looked at Shi Wuchen, Luo Dajiang, and others, his tone unprecedentedly serious.