With support from Yu Xiaogang, Xu Xiaoxing and the others headed to the Great Spirit Arena to place bets on the Spirit Hall Academy Second Team winning the championship.
It is worth mentioning that to prevent the odds from fluctuating due to their own bets, Xu Xiaoxing and her group used disguises and hired others. In short, by the time they had placed all their money, no one knew that anyone had bet on the Spirit Hall Academy Second Team.
After placing their bets, everyone fought even more seriously in the subsequent qualifying matches.
This time, it was no longer a victory that could be taken or left; it was a matter of whether they could have a good life after the tournament ended.
With pressure came motivation.
Consequently, the members of the Second Team set aside the time they usually spent on relaxation and entertainment to meditate and master new techniques.
Just like that, as the matches continued, their strength advanced by leaps and bounds.
This scene left Bibi Dong dumbfounded.
"Have their potentials been unearthed?"
She couldn't understand how that group of slackers, who used to just drift along, had turned into such desperate fighters now.
"Heh heh, it's just because they were too comfortable."
"With us two around, plus the mindset that losing wouldn't have any consequences, of course they were just drifting along."
"People are often lazy."
"In order to be lazy, humans can even invent a whole bunch of unimaginable things."
"So, to prevent people from being lazy, generally speaking, they either need the self-awareness to become strong, or a crisis chasing them from behind."
"The gold coins they bet have now become the crisis chasing them."
"Success is certainly good, but if they fail, they will be saddled with a huge debt, so naturally they will abandon their laziness and become diligent."
Yu Xiaogang crossed his arms and said with a scoff.
He knew all too well what a person would do to be able to slack off.
Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang glanced at Bibi Dong.
"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean by looking at me with that gaze? I am not lazy!"
Bibi Dong noticed Yu Xiaogang's gaze and immediately said somewhat excitedly.
"Heh heh, I didn't say anything, why are you so worked up?"
Yu Xiaogang revealed a teasing smile.
Staring at this smile of Yu Xiaogang's, Bibi Dong was furious.
However, although she was angry, she felt a bit guilty.
Because she knew very well that she had once been a person who often slacked off.
Back then, avoiding Cultivate and spending her days wandering around Spirit City playing—that was proof of her laziness.
It was just that later, in order to catch up with Yu Xiaogang, she restrained her lazy thoughts a lot.
After all, even if she Cultivate with all her might, she might not catch up to Yu Xiaogang, let alone slacking off?
That would be the same as admitting defeat directly.
While the members of the Second Team were working hard because of the pressure, on the other side, in the Star Luo Empire's Star Luo competition zone.
"Advancing with a perfect record, huh? Hmph, he hasn't disgraced his father's reputation."
Tang Hao listened to the intelligence about Yu Xiaogang brought by his subordinate and gave a disdainful snort.
"Young Sect Master, I think we shouldn't underestimate this Yu Xiaogang."
"His spirit ring configuration is too outrageous. Two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings—the boost that absorbing these spirit rings alone brings him is already extremely Heaven-Defying."
"I think this Yu Xiaogang might possess the ability to fight against a Spirit Emperor."
"Added to that are the characteristics of his Spirit, and that Bibi Dong with twin spirits from Spirit Hall; their strength is absolutely not to be underestimated."
The Clear Sky Sect member who helped Tang Hao collect intelligence said with some worry.
He knew very well the strength of his Young Sect Master, but watching Yu Xiaogang's battles these days, the other party's composed manner always made him feel uneasy.
"Hmph, what is there to be afraid of?"
"Mere two Spirit Ancestor, even if one of them possesses combat power at the Spirit Emperor level and the other at the Spirit King level, I can still easily defeat them."
Tang Hao leaned back in his chair, his face full of confidence.
From birth until now, Tang Hao had never encountered any hardships.
No Spirit Master of the same age was his opponent, and people much older than him couldn't defeat him either.
The few who could make him taste defeat were those much older than him, people entirely from his father's generation, or even his grandfather's generation.
Isn't it normal to be defeated by such people?
And more importantly, Tang Hao was confident that he would defeat those who had defeated him in the future.
Under these circumstances, what reason did Tang Hao have not to be confident in himself?
"Besides that, the intelligence on the Spirit Ability of those two, Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong, has also been collected."
"Look at this intelligence. Yu Xiaogang, among his four Spirit Ability, the First Spirit Skill assists him in creating and controlling those constructs of the Light Attribute."
"The Second Spirit Skill is a mental-type attack. The Third Soul Skill and Fourth Spirit Ability are currently unclear, but according to the intelligence, Yu Xiaogang's Spirit can switch between Light and Dark attributes."
"That is to say, among the Third Soul Skill and Fourth Spirit Ability, there must be one that is a skill to switch attributes."
"Hahahaha, tell me, seeing such a Spirit Ability combination, don't you want to laugh?"
"A First Spirit Skill with low attack power, a mental-type Second Spirit Skill, an attribute-switching skill, and another unknown skill."
"What is he trying to do? Juggling?"
Tang Hao glanced disdainfully at the intelligence on Yu Xiaogang's Spirit Ability.
Focusing on the Light Attribute, yet the Spirit Ability are mental-type and functional attribute-switching ones.
What kind of combat power could this have?
"And that Bibi Dong, she is currently still in the period of Cultivate her first Spirit, and her Spirit Ability are all auxiliary skills for herself."
"If I couldn't even defeat people like this, I might as well cripple my own cultivation."
"As for the rest of them, they are vulnerable!"
After saying all this, Tang Hao criticized everyone in the Spirit Hall Academy Second Team.
The person responsible for delivering the intelligence listened to Tang Hao's articulate criticism, couldn't help but follow Tang Hao's line of thought, and then felt that his Young Sect Master was indeed wise.
Yes, he had only been focused on the Heaven-Defying configuration of Yu Xiaogang, but had neglected that under this configuration lay a completely mismatched combat system.
Such a person, even if their own strength is high, would be held back because the combat system is not established.
Such people are not uncommon in Douluo Continent; for instance, with a bow-and-arrow Spirit, the most suitable Spirit Ability would certainly be long-range attacks, and melee Spirit Ability would inevitably fail to integrate into one's own combat system.
Forcing a Fusion is just lowering one's own combat power.
Thinking of this, the Clear Sky Sect member felt relieved.
As expected of the Young Sect Master, his insight is much more thorough than his own.
In this way, there is no suspense about the championship this time.
And the Clear Sky Sect can also take this opportunity to recover some of the reputation it lost previously.
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