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Until Tang San's anxious cry rang out: "Teacher! Get out of the way!"
He suddenly came back to his senses.
But it's too late.
Yu Xiaogang had neither Tang San's agility nor Dai Mubai's defense, and could only watch helplessly as several bone-piercing nails shot towards his chest and thighs.
With a few muffled "puff" sounds, the hidden weapon hit the target accurately, and the sharp nail tip penetrated the clothes and pierced deeply into the flesh.
"ah--!"
The piercing pain instantly swept through the whole body. What was even more terrible was that the poison on the hidden weapon spread rapidly, and the cold and numb feeling spread through the wound to every part of the body.
Yu Xiaogang was twitching with pain all over his body. His legs went limp and he fell to the ground, rolling around holding his wounds. His shrill screams echoed throughout the exit of the fighting arena.
"teacher!"
Tang San's face turned pale, and without thinking too much, he immediately rushed to Yu Xiaogang, reaching out with trembling hands to pull out the hidden weapon.
But as soon as his fingertip touched the bone-piercing nail, Yu Xiaogang pushed it away in pain:
"Don't touch me! It hurts...it hurts so much!"
The crowd was completely boiling with excitement. Looking at Yu Xiaogang rolling on the ground, the discussion became more and more harsh:
"Is this the retribution for stealing other people's work?"
"I'm incompetent, yet I taught my apprentice to sneak attack. Now I'm being injured by his hidden weapon. I really deserve it!"
Xue Tianxing stood not far away, watching the scene coldly. His voice was not loud but clearly heard by everyone:
"Tang San, this is what you deserve."
His eyes swept over the panicked Tang San with undisguised contempt:
"If you have the guts, fight me squarely. If you don't, you'll just stab me in the back. You're just like your 'master,' a coward who only knows how to use dirty tricks."
After saying this, Xue Tianxing did not stop and waved to Shui Binger and the others:
"Let's go. Getting entangled with people like this will only dirty our hands."
Several people turned and left, leaving Tang San alone holding Yu Xiaogang and trying to rescue him in a panic. Flanders scolded Tang San angrily, and there were also discussions from the onlookers.
The tweezers were pulled out of the flesh for the last time, carrying a bloody bone-piercing nail with them and falling into the copper plate with a crisp "ding" sound.
Tang San slumped on the ground, the blood on his fingertips had already solidified into dark red, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat. It took him half an hour, almost exhausting his mind, to remove all the dozen hidden weapons embedded in Yu Xiaogang's body.
But looking at Yu Xiaogang lying unconscious on the ground with a weak breath, he did not relax at all. Instead, his heart sank like a stone soaked in water, and his brows were twisted into a tight knot.
"Xiao San, what's going on?"
Flanders stepped forward quickly, his eyes anxiously scanning Yu Xiaogang's pale face, and said to Tang San in a tone full of urgency:
"Has your teacher's poison been cured? Is his life in danger?"
He had just settled Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing when he hurried over, fearing that something might have happened to his old friend.
Tang San slowly shook his head, his voice hoarse as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper:
"The hidden weapons have been removed, and the toxins on the body have been suppressed with antidote powder. For now...for now, there is no danger to life."
"Then what's wrong with you?"
Flender was even more puzzled. Seeing Tang San's face as pale as paper and his eyes avoiding him, he felt a sudden pang in his heart, and then he quickly asked:
"Is there anything else you haven't said?"
The air around seemed to freeze.
Tang San's Adam's apple rolled a few times, and finally, as if he had made up his mind, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and said to Flender:
"Dean, a bone-piercing nail coated with 'Rotten Heart Powder'... hit the teacher right in the crotch."
"What?!"
Flanders' voice suddenly rose, and he subconsciously looked at Yu Xiaogang's lower body, only to see that the clothes there had already been soaked with blood. Even through the cloth, he could imagine the hideousness of the wound.
Flanders staggered back a step, holding onto the pillar next to him to steady himself, his face full of disbelief.
"How could it...how could it hit right there?"
"I don't know... I really don't know..."
Tang San's voice was filled with tears, his hands tightly grasping his hair, regret flooding him like a tide, and then he continued:
"I just wanted to sneak up on Xue Tianxing, but I didn't expect the hidden weapon to bounce back, and I certainly didn't expect it to accidentally injure the teacher... The poison there spread too quickly. I used my soul power to force it out several times, but it was impossible to force it out. Now... now the teacher has completely lost her fertility."
"Is there no other way?"
Flanders' voice trembled. He and Yu Xiaogang had known each other for decades, and he knew too well the regrets in his old friend's heart - when he was young, he had been busy studying the theory of soul masters for half his life, first he experienced the entanglement with Bibi Dong, and later he married his cousin.
It has already suffered a series of blows.
Now that we have suffered this unexpected misfortune, the blow is simply devastating.
Tang San shook his head vigorously, tears finally rolling down his cheeks: "There's no other way.
"Rotten Heart Powder dissolves instantly upon contact with blood and has completely eroded the gland. Unless... unless the infected area is removed immediately, the toxin will spread through the blood vessels to the heart, and then the teacher will be truly beyond help."
"resection?"
Flender took a deep breath and instantly understood what Tang San meant - this was a complete castration! He looked at Yu Xiaogang, who was unconscious with a frown on his face, and then looked at Tang San, whose face was full of despair, with mixed feelings in his heart.
A surge of anger almost rushed up: If Tang San had not acted impulsively and insisted on launching a sneak attack on Xue Tianxing, how could such a disaster have occurred?
But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he swallowed them back - Tang San's father was Tang Hao, the Titled Douluo who even dared to challenge the Spirit Hall. If he took his anger out on Shrek, the entire academy would suffer.
After a long time, Flanders sighed heavily, his voice full of fatigue and helplessness.
He squatted down and gently stroked Yu Xiaogang's cold cheek, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes, and finally stood up and said to Tang San in a deep voice:
"Never mind. Staying alive is the most important thing. Let's do as you say. Save his life first. Everything else... we can deal with it after he wakes up."
After saying that, he bent down and picked up the unconscious Yu Xiaogang, his staggering steps concealing an unspeakable heaviness.
"Come with me. I have an unused pharmacy on West Street in Soto City. I have sterilized liquor and scalpels there. You can start there. Move quickly to prevent the toxin from spreading."
Tang San nodded silently and followed behind Flender, every step felt like walking on the edge of a knife.
The sunlight shone through the archway of the fighting arena, illuminating the tear marks on his face, but it could not dispel the haze in his heart.
When the door of the grocery store was pushed open, the creaking sound was particularly harsh in the quiet street. Tang San looked at the cold scalpel on the chopping board, his hands shaking uncontrollably - he could never have imagined that his most respected teacher would have to endure such humiliation and pain because of his impulsiveness.