On the Floating Continent.
Inside Heavenly Devil University's base.
True Lord Wuchang, the school team's coach, looked at Kuang Tianqing and said, "What exactly happened? With your strength, Zhang Yu shouldn't have been able to keep you there." Kuang Tianqing sighed. "I've already uploaded the battle footage."
"Just as I said, after Zhang Yu transformed into a Living Pile, his body's strength reached an inconceivable level. After analyzing how long it would take to crush him, I chose the final strategy."
"I don't think there was anything wrong with my decision at the time. The biggest problem was an error in our intelligence. Didn't anyone know that the Living Pile Technology of Ten Thousand Laws University's Civil Engineering Department had improved so drastically?"
True Lord Wuchang frowned. "According to our investigation, Ten Thousand Laws University's Civil Engineering Department hasn't made such great progress in this area..."
Kuang Tianqing said, "But that is the reality."
True Lord Wuchang said, "Fine. I'll report this upward. Before the next match, we'll provide countermeasures and Dharma Treasures."
"But in the next match, such a major defeat absolutely cannot happen again."
"You should understand what impact this defeat has had on the school, on you, and on me."
Kuang Tianqing's heart sank at those words. Without realizing it, he recalled the reports he had seen.
Things like, "Kuang Tianqing escaped the enemy encirclement but could not hide his decline; Zhang Yu died on the field, displaying his grace," and, "Kuang Tianqing was left speechless when faced with reporters' questions..." Of course Kuang Tianqing understood how much attention Zhang Yu had siphoned off him this time, and how much he had lost because of it.
Only an absolute victory could redeem all of this.
For the following days, Kuang Tianqing threw himself wholeheartedly into new cultivation.