Chapter 123: Tang Hao, the Sewer Rat
The black Clear Sky Hammer in Tang Hao's hand erupted with a strong light, expanding rapidly until it was over ten meters long. In terms of size alone, Qin Xuan was incredibly tiny in front of him.
"Yuehua, let's go. It will be very dangerous here," Tang Xiao said, taking her hand.
However, Tang Yuehua was frozen in place, her pupils wide with disbelief.
The next second, Tang Hao's booming voice—"Clear Sky Hammer…"—was cut short. A streak of golden light flashed, piercing through his chest the instant he had activated his avatar and raised his hammer.
A splash of blood bloomed on his chest. The Clear Sky Avatar flew from his hand, its light dimming as it returned to its original size.
"How… how could this be…" Tang Hao spat out a large mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, leaving a long trail of red in the air.
Looking at Qin Xuan again, the Changming Sword was back in his hand. What he had used was the Sword Control Technique.
The entire venue was dead silent. "Did Tang Hao just lose like that?" someone finally uttered, and the arena instantly erupted. No one had expected that after unleashing his avatar, he would lose even faster and more miserably.
"Brother Hao…" Tang Yuehua cried out, running towards him. Tang Xiao had already caught him and, finding no vital organs were hit, turned to glare at Qin Xuan. "Despicable!"
"Despicable?" Qin Xuan was amused. "Attacking from the shadows, isn't that despicable?" Tang Xiao snorted.
"You Tang Clan people are all the same," Qin Xuan sneered. "It's one thing to be bad losers, but you always manage to find grand excuses. According to you, if your brother uses his avatar, I must also use mine and take the blow head-on? I can't abandon my speed advantage and compete with him in strength? Why should I stand idly by and watch him use his ultimate technique? I'm not a strength-type Spirit Master. Why don't you compete in speed with agility-types, or defense with defense-types?"
"Or perhaps, for you Tang Clan people, only fighting methods that benefit you are considered righteous? Your so-called genius only blindly pursues power. His fighting style is full of flaws. Could it be that once others don't accommodate you, your Clear Sky Clan becomes so utterly useless?"
"You…" Tang Xiao's face darkened, but he was speechless.
"Alright, Tang Xiao," Qin Xuan said. "You're still the son of my old friend, Clan Master Tang. I won't stoop to your level. And you, Tang Hao, don't pretend to be dead. Hurry up and call me uncle. If you go back on your word, you won't be able to stay in the Spirit Master's world anymore. Don't even call yourself Tang Hao; just change your name to 'Rat.' A rat in a stinking sewer. It suits you."
"Oh, by the way," he added, "when you become Clan Master, you can go ahead and change the Clear Sky Clan to the Rat Clan."
Tang Hao was furious. Supported by his siblings, he struggled to get up. "Bastard," he coughed weakly. "You are not allowed to insult my Clear Sky Clan."
"Then why don't you call me uncle?" Qin Xuan's single sentence left him speechless.
"Call him, Tang Hao! If you don't, you'll be a rat from now on!" a group of Spirit Masters, led by Hu Yanzhen, began to jeer.
Finally, in utter helplessness, Tang Hao, filled with rage and murderous intent, shouted, "Uncle."
In the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's resting area, Gu Rong quietly asked Ning Fengzhi, "Clan Master, do you think this Tang Hao is really as useless as Qin Xuan says?"
"How could that be?" Ning Fengzhi gave a wry smile, then looked gravely at Qin Xuan, who had returned to the VIP seats. "Tang Hao's talent is beyond doubt. Uncle Gu, let me ask you: if you were in Qin Xuan's place, facing Tang Hao's Clear Sky Avatar, could you interrupt him before he unleashed his ultimate technique?"
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