Gravel crashed to the ground and hurriedly raised his tower shield in front of him, nearly covering his entire body.
But the expected swing never landed on the shield.
Instead, he heard another song:
"Why don't you just admit defeat? Do you really have to lie on the ground and act like an iron tortoise?"
Tang Qi had no way to break through Gravel's tower shield.
As long as he stayed on the ground and maintained a defensive stance, there was no way Tang Qi could force him out of the designated area.
There was no need to waste his effort and leave himself open.
He simply backed away and kept singing, hurling insults without pause:
"Thank your mother for giving you your height. Hiding behind a tower shield like a cowardly hermaphrodite!"
"I don't think you even qualify as a warrior. Fighting you doesn't inspire me in the slightest."
"What does it feel like to lose to a bard? You look so furious that you're practically crying for your parents!"
An overwhelming sense of humiliation surged through him.
He knew perfectly well that his opponent was deliberately provoking him, but as those bizarre insults battered his mind until it reeled, veins still bulged on Gravel's forehead.
"Shut your filthy mouth!"
He moved his shield aside, flipped to his feet, and slammed the edge of the shield into the ground.
"[Earthshaker]!"
Oh no!
He'd driven him mad!
Tang Qi had never seen this combat technique before, but every inch of his body prickled with warning, and for an instant, all he wanted was to flee.
But with a thunderous rumble, the ground beneath their feet seemed ready to collapse. Tang Qi realized there was nowhere to dodge—an area-wide attack that affected the entire battlefield couldn't miss because of [Verbal Abuse]!