"Ha ha ha! It's my second brother, Tang Hao!"
"Good!!!"
When Tang Xiao saw the name, he froze for a moment before bursting into laughter, his eyes filled with excitement and pride.
Several elders also revealed delighted expressions.
"Though he has been expelled from the sect, he is still of Clear Sky Sect blood!"
"The name Clear Sky Douluo shook the continent! His place on this ranking is well deserved!"
"Look! The Golden Ranking is about to show His Excellency Tang Hao's greatest moment! It must be that battle where he fought Spirit Hall's three Titled Douluo!"
"..."
The entire Clear Sky Sect was immersed in wild joy and glory.
However, when the image on the Sky Screen became clear, every smile froze on their faces.
The scene was not some heroic spectacle of fighting countless powerful foes.
Instead, it was a sacred and magnificent Blue Gold Forest they had never seen before.
A figure they all knew incomparably well was bound tightly by countless vines, unable to move.
Then, golden blades of grass filled the sky and turned into long whips, raining down upon that figure like a storm.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
The crisp sounds of lashing traveled through the Sky Screen, clearly echoing into every corner of the continent.
Whose face was twisted by pain and humiliation, if not that of Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao?!
The Clear Sky Sect instantly fell silent.
Everyone seemed to have been immobilized, staring blankly at the sky as the Clear Sky Douluo they took such pride in was brutally abused as though he were livestock.
A line of golden narration slowly appeared beside the image.
[Great Highlight: Endured half an hour under the Blue Silver God King's full pressure!]
Across the continent, countless Spirit Masters were dumbfounded by the sight.
"This... this is a great highlight?"
"Endured half an hour? Does that mean... he was whipped alive for half an hour?!"
"Who is that man in white? The Blue Silver God King? My heavens, Clear Sky Douluo couldn't even fight back before him!"
"This isn't revealing glory at all. This is plainly a public execution! It's too humiliating!"
Within Sunset Forest.
Tang Hao naturally saw the scene on the Sky Screen as well.
He felt the searing pain throughout his body, heard the lashes resounding through heaven and earth, and watched his humiliated appearance being exposed to the entire world.
A surge of blood rushed to his head, and he nearly fainted from rage on the spot.
Social death!
This was the ultimate social death, even more unbearable than dying!
The prestige he had built throughout his life had, at this moment, completely turned into a joke!
Yet even in such dire straits and humiliation, a final thread of hope still ignited deep in Tang Hao's heart.
He had made the ranking!
No matter the process, he had still made the ranking!
According to the Golden Ranking's rules, he would receive his reward soon!
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring! A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!
And an unknown Divine Artifact!
As long as he obtained the rewards, his injuries would instantly recover and his strength would soar!
Then...
Tang Hao stared fixedly at Gu Nian, his bloodshot eyes filled with resentment and madness.
Then, he would turn the tables against the odds!
He would repay this man a thousandfold, a hundredfold, for the humiliation he suffered today!
At the same time, at Shrek Academy.
When the Golden Ranking in the sky displayed the words "Tang Hao," Tang San's tightly clenched fists suddenly relaxed, and pride and excitement appeared on his face.
"It's Father!"
Great! Father really made the ranking!
At that moment, he stood perfectly straight, as though that glory had fallen upon him as well.
It was certain.
If his father, the Clear Sky Douluo, could rank eighth, then he, who possessed Twin Martial Souls and bore both the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Emperor, would surely occupy an even higher position on the ranking in the future!
However, before the smile at the corner of his lips could fully bloom, it froze on his face.
The image on the Sky Screen shifted.
That sacred Blue Gold Forest, that figure bound by vines and covered by golden whipping shadows, that face distorted by pain and humiliation...
Tang San's eye twitched violently.
His father's "great highlight" was actually being beaten so mercilessly by someone?
This...
It was rather embarrassing!
He instinctively glanced at the people around him. Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others all wore utterly stunned expressions, clearly shaken by this scene that overturned everything they knew.
"Xiaogang..."
Flender swallowed with difficulty and looked toward Yu Xiaogang, whose expression was solemn.
"Just who is this Blue Silver God King? His Excellency Tang Hao... before him, actually..."
Yu Xiaogang did not answer. His mind had already been completely seized by the scene on the Sky Screen.
Stormy waves surged in his heart.
That man in white was actually this powerful!
Even Tang Hao, the youngest Titled Douluo on the continent, had been pinned down and rubbed into the ground by him, utterly unable to resist.
What made his heart tremble even more was that line of golden narration.
[Endured half an hour under the Blue Silver God King's full pressure!]
This sentence appeared to be evaluating Tang Hao, but in truth, it was highlighting the terror of the "Blue Silver God King"!
It meant that Tang Hao's countless battles throughout his life, including his glorious battle record of fighting Spirit Hall's three Titled Douluo, were, in the Golden Ranking's judgment, worth less than "enduring half an hour" under the Blue Silver God King?
This was no longer merely absurd.
This was a myth!
Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath. He suddenly felt that his previous speculation regarding Xue Ke's Martial Soul Evolution might have been wildly wrong.
Borrowing the power of a Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor?
No.
This man's own power might have already surpassed the world's imagination.
In the distant Clear Sky Sect.
After that brief burst of ecstasy, deathly silence descended upon the sect.
Every elder, including Sect Master Tang Xiao, stared at the sky with ashen faces, watching the public execution unfold.
Glory?
What glory was this?!
This was throwing the Clear Sky Sect's pride onto the ground and letting everyone on the continent trample over it!
"Cough..."
Unable to endure the oppressive atmosphere any longer, one elder awkwardly tugged at the corner of his mouth and spoke stiffly.
"Actually... if we look on the bright side, Tang Hao did make the ranking."
"That is... still a good thing."
Even he lacked confidence in his own words.
Another elder immediately chimed in, as though he had grasped a lifeline.
"That's right! Never mind the process—making the ranking means receiving rewards!"
"Look at Xue Ke. Her rewards were incredibly generous! A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and two Divine Artifacts!"
"Tang Hao ranked one place higher than her, so his rewards will only be greater!"
"..."
At those words, the hopes in everyone's hearts, which had sunk to rock bottom, began to burn once more.
That was right!
There were still rewards!
Perhaps that reward could transform Tang Hao, greatly increase his strength, and even... allow him to break through to level ninety-five or above in one stroke!
Tang Xiao's clenched fists slowly loosened, and a glimmer of light rekindled in his eyes.
"Let's wait and see the rewards first."
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