"Did you all see that?"
Ning Rongrong lifted her chin and said smugly,
"My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect isn't the tail end of the Upper Three Sects. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is!"
With the facts laid bare, Yu Xiaogang and Flender felt as though they had been slapped across the face.
Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists and protested defiantly,
"Don't get cocky! The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect only ranked above them because of those two outsider Title Douluo!"
Unable to save face, Flender immediately echoed in a deep voice,
"Exactly. In the end, aren't they just relying on outsiders? How are they like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, which relies on its own clan members?"
Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others nodded repeatedly in agreement.
Only Zhu Zhuqing remained silent. She was growing increasingly disappointed in Yu Xiaogang, this so-called "Grandmaster," and even more disappointed in this academy.
A sect was not a single clan; it was precisely a place where many forces gathered. What was wrong with recruiting powerful outsiders?
Ning Rongrong was infuriated by their twisted logic, but she quickly came up with an idea and sneered,
"Yu Xiaogang, don't forget that you're a worthless fool who can't even break through level thirty. You can only put on airs with theories copied from who knows where. Without those theories, you're nothing!"
The words "worthless fool" and "copied" struck Yu Xiaogang's heart like thunderbolts.
"Pfft—"
Having his most painful scar exposed before everyone, Yu Xiaogang was so furious that he spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.
"Teacher!"
Tang San hurried forward to support him, then glared furiously at Ning Rongrong.
She actually dared to humiliate and slander his teacher like this. She had earned herself a death sentence!
"Tch~"
Ning Rongrong could not be bothered with him. Turning her gaze to Flender, she snorted,
"Flender, you haven't forgotten our bet, have you? A bet is a bet. Get on your knees and kowtow to apologize to me!"
Flender's face flushed red. How could he possibly really do that?
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun exchanged a glance, then hurried forward to smooth things over.
"Ning Rongrong, that's enough. Leave some room for others so it'll be easier to get along in the future."
"Yeah, yeah. Setting the facts aside, do you really think you're completely blameless?"
Ning Rongrong felt deeply indignant. Pointing at Flender, she said,
"He was the one who looked down on my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect first! He agreed to the bet and lost, so why won't he honor it?!"
"Enough!" Flender finally could not endure it any longer and roared, "If you're unhappy, then get out of Shrek Academy!"
Ning Rongrong had been spoiled like a princess since childhood. No one had ever spoken so harshly to her.
Overwhelmed by grievance, she finally burst into tears with a wail and ran toward the dormitories.
Seeing this, Oscar, who coveted her beauty, immediately asked in a low voice,
"Dean, what if she drops out?"
Naturally, Flender did not want to let such a big catch slip away, so he gave Oscar a meaningful look.
It roughly meant that Oscar should go comfort her for show and make sure she stayed.
Oscar immediately understood and chased after Ning Rongrong with a lecherous grin.
Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing was dissatisfied with Flender going back on his word and became even more disappointed in the academy.
Coming to this academy had been a mistake! But if she left, where else could she go?
At this moment, Flender turned to the others and said in a deep voice,
"Alright, keep watching. I want to see exactly what force can surpass the Upper Three Sects!"
Hearing this, everyone raised their heads and looked curiously toward the Sky Screen.
Yu Xiaogang in particular looked utterly unconvinced, still believing this was nothing more than some pretentious, unofficial ranking.
If the forces ranked by the Sky Screen afterward could not convince him, then he would never acknowledge it!
Zhu Zhuqing also looked up at the Sky Screen, a trace of anticipation in her eyes.
If she truly could not stay here any longer, she could wait for the rankings to be revealed one by one and join a force that suited her.
Dai Mubai seemed to see through her thoughts and sneered inwardly.
Zhu Zhuqing, a peerless beauty like you can only belong to me, Dai Mubai. Don't even think about escaping my control!
Heaven Dou Empire, inside a tavern in some remote small town.
Tang Hao, dressed in a tattered black cloak and looking disheveled, was drinking himself into a stupor.
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan are both ranked near the bottom? What kind of trash unofficial ranking is this?!"
Tang Hao was dissatisfied with the Sky Screen outside the window, yet he was also drawn to the rewards listed on it.
That battle years ago had left severe hidden injuries in his body, preventing his cultivation from advancing any further.
His grandfather, Tang Chen, was still missing, making him the Clear Sky Sect's strongest combatant now.
If the Clear Sky Sect made the list, there was a high chance he would be listed as the sect's strongest combatant representative.
"Once my strength improves, I'll settle the score with you Spirit Hall bastards for what happened back then! Hahahahaha!"
At the thought of increasing his strength without any effort, Tang Hao excitedly raised his cup and drank deeply.
Clear Sky Sect.
Tang Xiao and the elders were once again shocked by the Sky Screen ranking.
Second Elder stroked his grizzled beard and said in amazement,
"I truly never expected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to have already surpassed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
The other elders nodded and echoed,
"Indeed. According to the intelligence Yuehua has always sent back, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had not changed much at all."
"Now it seems the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been concealing its strength. Yuehua's intelligence can no longer be fully trusted. Other forces may also be hiding their strength!"
Tang Xiao's confidence was shaken once more. Frowning tightly, he said,
"Elders, now that the other two sects among the Upper Three Sects have already made the list, could we of the Clear Sky Sect be next—"
Before he could finish, the elders erupted into dissatisfied rebukes.
"Tang Xiao! Why are you talking so pessimistically again? The five of us, plus you, make six Title Douluo in total!"
"Can those two trash sects compare to such foundations? We will definitely enter the top three! There's no way we'll rank among the bottom three!"
The instant their words fell,
The Sky Screen high above suddenly emitted another deep hum.
Golden light burst forth as the old words rearranged themselves, transforming into lines of new text:
[Power Ranking, Thirteenth Place: Clear Sky Sect] [Ruler Representative: Tang Xiao] [Strongest Combatant Representative: Tang Xiao] [Evaluation: The foremost of the Upper Three Sects among Douluo Continent's seven great sects. It possesses hundreds of clan soul masters and disciples, along with five Title Douluo elders. The sect inherits the top-tier assault-type tool martial soul, the 'Clear Sky Hammer.' The martial soul itself may not count as top-tier, but when paired with the Clear Sky Sect's exclusive Five Great Secret Techniques—Ring Detonation, Nine Absolute Arts of Clear Sky, Great Sumeru Hammer, Sky-Surpassing Strike, and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer—its upper limit is raised without limit. The greater the wielder's talent, the more powerful it becomes! A peerless battle soul hammer, a towering Clear Sky Sect—the name Clear Sky shakes all directions!] [Low-Tier Reward: The Soul Power Level of the two representatives will each increase by one level, and all soul rings will gain two thousand years of cultivation. If the representatives overlap, the duplicate reward will be replaced with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone perfectly compatible with the martial soul!]
The entire continent erupted the instant the Clear Sky Sect appeared on the list!
"What? The Clear Sky Sect, foremost of the Upper Three Sects, which was badly crippled and forced into seclusion back then, actually improved rather than declined!"
"Counting Sect Master Tang Xiao, they have six Title Douluo in total! But why are they only thirteenth?"
"If the Upper Three Sects can only rank among the bottom three, just what kind of heaven-defying existences are the twelve ranked above them?!"
Quite a few sharp-eyed people also noticed that Tang Chen, who had once shaken the world, had not appeared as a sect representative!
Everyone had always believed that he was still alive, merely missing. Could they now conclude that he was dead?
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