Chapter 99: Another Slap in the Face!

Chapter 99: Another Slap in the Face!

Everyone stared in shock at the disgusting-looking man kneeling on the ground, begging for mercy. They couldn't reconcile this pitiful figure with the once-arrogant and aloof Master Liu from the auction house.

How could this be?!

Is this really Master Liu?!

But when Luo Qingtong spoke, the crowd instinctively took a closer look at the man's remaining intact features. As revolting as he appeared, the resemblance to Master Liu was undeniable.

Could it really be him?

As disbelief spread, the new students from the Holy Academy immediately retorted angrily.

"You're talking nonsense! Master Liu is an Earth-level alchemist! How could he end up like this?!" one of them shouted.

"This so-called 'Evil Doctor' is disgusting! How dare you use such cruel words to humiliate someone!"

"You're just afraid we'll go find Master Liu! This is nothing but a dirty trick to deceive us—"

Before the student could finish, a voice from the crowd cut in sharply.

"Wait! Look at his clothes! That's the apothecary uniform of an Earth-level alchemist! And the badge on his chest—it's Master Liu's!"

A wave of realization swept through the crowd. Because the rotting corpse was so horrifying, no one had initially paid attention to the bloodstained clothing. But now, as they looked closer, the unmistakable symbol of an Earth-level alchemist gleamed in the dim light.

It really is Master Liu!

Gasps of disbelief echoed through the air. The new students who had just been criticizing Luo Qingtong looked as if they had swallowed a fly—faces turning pale, then green, then white with embarrassment.

Just then, Master Liu's trembling voice rang out.

"Master! I was wrong! I won't tamper with your medicine again! It was my greed! I deserve to die! Please spare me! Have mercy!"

The crowd shuddered.

To rot away slowly like this—what a horrifying fate!

Master Liu, once a proud and dignified Earth-level alchemist, had been reduced to this groveling, pitiful state. What was dignity compared to life itself?

At his desperate cries, the faces of the Holy Academy's new students darkened further. Just moments ago, they had condemned Luo Qingtong's actions as too cruel. But now, Master Liu himself had confessed—this was all his own doing!

He had tampered with Luo Qingtong's medicine.

The realization hit them like a hammer. Luo Qingtong hadn't laid a hand on him—he had brought this upon himself!

"Th-Then… you still shouldn't use such a cruel poison!" one of the new students stammered, trying to salvage their argument.

But the crowd immediately turned on them.

"Are you students of the Holy Academy really this unreasonable?" someone scoffed.

"The Evil Doctor put the poison on her own medicine bottle! If Master Liu hadn't been greedy, nothing would have happened to him! No matter how deadly the poison, it wouldn't have touched him if he had just kept his hands clean!"

"Exactly!" another person chimed in angrily. "You're acting like we shouldn't punish a thief just because he got caught stealing! What kind of ridiculous logic is that? Are you all playing Holy Saints now? Spare us your hypocrisy!"

The new students had chosen the wrong argument at the worst possible place.

This was a battlefield, filled with warriors who valued strength and revenge over naive ideals.

To them, Luo Qingtong's actions were completely justified.

But these so-called righteous students? They were just being pretentious!

If they were so kind-hearted, then let them stand there and do nothing while their enemies tried to kill them!

Preaching morality but acting differently—that was true hypocrisy.

The disdain in the crowd's eyes was obvious.

The Holy Academy's new students flushed red with embarrassment, their arrogance crumbling under the scornful gazes.

Yu Wenmo's face was especially grim.

Not because of the humiliation, but because he now realized something terrifying—

Luo Qingtong's medical skills were far more powerful than he had imagined.

Even an Earth-level alchemist like Master Liu had fallen victim to her abilities.

He had seriously miscalculated.

"Let's go!" he ordered coldly.

But just as he turned, Luo Qingtong's voice rang out.

"Wait!"