Entering Tianshan Blood Pool

Losing to you isn't embarrassing, is it?

The Dou Huang who looked to be in his thirties gave a bitter smile.

He did not fly into a rage, did not overestimate himself and try to turn hostile and launch a sneak attack under the watchful eyes of four Dou Zuns, nor did he lose all hope and decide to end it all with death. Yet anyone could understand the bitterness in his smile.

He opened his mouth several times, but did not know what to say.

Though he was not the first Dou Huang in history to be defeated by a Dou Wang, he had been a genius in his youth as well. He had his own pride. Being defeated by a younger junior was a blow that words simply could not describe.

Of course.

He was not the only one who had been a genius in his youth.

Every Dou Huang present—and even those absent—had been a renowned genius in their younger days.

After all, without some talent, it was impossible to cultivate to the Dou Huang realm through hard work alone. Even reaching the Dou Wang realm would be unlikely.

Fortuitous opportunities were naturally another matter.

Some opportunities could alter a person's cultivation talent.

Thus, this only referred to normal circumstances.

It was like the Dragon Emperor Origin Fruit Zi Yan ate in the original story. Before eating it, with Zi Yan's talent, she would have reached no higher than a Nine Star Dou Sheng in this lifetime. After eating it, she could grow all the way to a level comparable to a Heavenly Sovereign.

Some opportunities truly could change a person.

But genius or not.

As the old wave, being slapped to death on the beach by the new wave was still exceedingly humiliating.

It was not