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Tang Hao's angry outburst on stage, along with his posture of "I look down upon your previous fighting style," left the audience watching the match at a loss for words.
Although, from Tang Hao's perspective, the process Yu Xiaogang used to defeat him was indeed insidious.
Those of them watching the match, having seen Yu Xiaogang defeat Tang Hao so easily during the individual competition, subconsciously placed Yu Xiaogang on equal footing with Tang Hao, ignoring his Rank.
But after Yu Xiaogang's words, the audience also came to their senses.
"That's right, you aren't even people of the same Rank."
Yu Xiaogang's strength and age are so far behind yours; it is perfectly reasonable for him to use some unconventional methods.
No one would criticize a child who is still young and has such a large gap in Rank.
When facing a powerhouse, what other options does a child like Yu Xiaogang have?
On the contrary, Tang Hao is not only arrogant himself, but he also refuses to admit defeat after being beaten by a child.
Now, not only does he not feel ashamed, but he actually puts on an air of "Yu Xiaogang's methods are base, and I am ashamed to associate with him."
This made many audience members who originally supported Tang Hao feel somewhat dissatisfied.
Even those who firmly stood on Tang Hao's side had nothing to say at this moment.
"What can one say?"
Support the idea that when a powerhouse like Tang Hao faces a weakling, the weakling must only engage in a head-on collision and is not allowed to use any clever ideas or small tricks in their fighting style?
Then how are they supposed to fight if they encounter a powerhouse in the future?
If those supporting Tang Hao felt this way, the audience members who were originally just there to watch the excitement had already turned against him.
It was only because their strength was insufficient and they couldn't afford to offend the Clear Sky Sect; otherwise, they would probably be mocking him right about now.
In short, Tang Hao's actions brought a lot of negativity to his original image as the number one Genius of the Douluo Continent.
Even the reputation of the Clear Sky Sect inevitably declined once again.
This reputation directly affected the Clear Sky Sect's public standing on the continent in the future.
And after being passed around, these negative reviews became increasingly darker.
This led many of the younger generation of Spirit Masters in the future to have a first impression of the Clear Sky Sect as:
"The Clear Sky Sect? Isn't that the Sect that looks down on the weak, feels that the weak don't deserve to live, and that living is just a waste of resources?"
Of course, these are stories for another time.
At least for the moment, neither Tang Hao nor Tang Xiao and the others from the Clear Sky Sect felt that there was any problem with Tang Hao's current attitude.
So, under the gaze of everyone, Yu Xiaogang and the rest of the Spirit Hall Academy Second Team stepped onto the arena together.
"The next event will be the final stage of the team competition of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament Finals."
"It will be between the individual competition champion, the Spirit Hall Academy Second Team, and the winner of the second and third place team match, the Tiehuo Advanced Spirit Master Academy team."
"This match will determine the ultimate champion."
"The battle will continue until one side loses all combat capability, or until one side concedes."
"During the battle, both sides should try their best to avoid causing injury or disability, and no deaths are allowed. Once a death occurs, the academy of the killer will immediately be disqualified and must compensate for the opponent's losses."
"It is not permitted to use food or medicine not created by food system or healing-type Spirit Masters, and weapons outside of one's Spirit are not allowed."
"Do both sides understand?"
The referee announced the match rules as usual, but when mentioning the rule prohibiting causing injury or death to opponents, he emphasized his tone and kept his gaze fixed on Tang Hao.
It was as if he wanted to shout directly into Tang Hao's ear that he was not allowed to kill.
He was genuinely afraid that because of what happened just now, Tang Hao would be blinded by anger and lose control of his strikes.
Tang Hao, being stared at by the referee, snorted coldly but still nodded.
The referee was finally satisfied after receiving a response, and with a cry of "Match begin," he retreated, but his gaze remained fixed on both Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao.
"This time, let's see what other underhanded tricks you have!"
Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, and six spirit rings circled around his body.
"Sigh, actually, I wanted to have a proper fight before, but who told you to have that attitude?"
"So I could only teach you a lesson, so you don't keep acting like you're the best in the world."
"Look how much better things are now."
Yu Xiaogang sighed, his tone sounding as if he had been doing it all for Tang Hao's own good.
"So you mean I should thank you?"
Tang Hao stared coldly at Yu Xiaogang.
"If you're willing, I wouldn't be unable to accept it."
Yu Xiaogang shrugged. He might not care for thanks from others, but he felt that Tang Hao's thanks were very necessary.
At the very least, if he hadn't defeated him, who knows how long that arrogant attitude of his would have lasted.
"Hehe..."
Tang Hao laughed lowly. For the first time in his life, he realized that when a person is angry to the extreme, they really can laugh.
So, he was no longer prepared to continue a war of words with Yu Xiaogang; he wanted to use his Clear Sky Hammer to crush everything about Yu Xiaogang.
The next second, the Third Soul Ring around Tang Hao's body shone with light.
Then, a stream of light flashed over Tang Hao's body, and his complexion began to turn red.
Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang summoned the Little Dragon.
Tang Hao's Spirit Ability was not a secret.
His Third Soul Skill was a strength-enhancing Spirit Ability.
His other Spirit Abilities were also purely strength-based Spirit Abilities, including single-target attacks, area-of-effect attacks, burst Moves, and sustained combat Moves.
Simply put, Tang Hao's set of Spirit Abilities, while retaining pure power, also added diverse combat methods for himself.
It's no wonder many people have been defeated by Tang Hao; his area-of-effect attacks alone are something no one below a Spirit King could hope to withstand.
After summoning the Little Dragon, Yu Xiaogang thought to himself, and the Little Dragon turned into a stream of light, merging into Yu Xiaogang's body.
Accompanied by a burst of black mist, Yu Xiaogang took on the Incarnation of a Dragon-man with the Dark Attribute.
Then, Yu Xiaogang unleashed his Third Soul Skill, and a pitch-black Domain centered on Yu Xiaogang spread outwards until it covered the entire arena.
Tang Hao, covered by the Domain, instantly felt his own attributes being weakened.
"It's actually a Domain skill!"
Tang Xiao, seated in the Clear Sky Sect's area below the stage, exclaimed in shock.
A Domain-type Spirit Ability, which is incredibly precious to Spirit Masters, had actually appeared on Yu Xiaogang's Third Soul Ring.
What kind of Heaven-Defying Spirit Beast did he hunt for his Third Soul Ring?
Or could it be that this was a benefit brought to him by a ten-thousand-year Third Soul Ring?
Other audience members were also whispering among themselves.
Those who didn't know about Domain-type Spirit Abilities asked those around them, while those who knew looked at Yu Xiaogang with expressions of envy, jealousy, and hatred.
Having a powerful background is one thing, but how is his luck so good too?
How is it that all the good things in the world have been taken by you, Yu Xiaogang, alone?