[Douluo I Period]
Outside Shrek Academy.
Liu Erlong supported Yu Xiaogang as he slowly came to, her eyes filled with pain and confusion.
"Xiaogang, are you all right?"
Yu Xiaogang's face was as pale as paper. His lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a word.
Across from them, the Cardinal from Spirit Hall looked at Yu Xiaogang's state, the mockery on his face growing even stronger.
He bent down, picked up the Pope's Order from the ground, weighed it in his hand, then let out a cold laugh.
"How ironic."
"A good-for-nothing who relied on his family's protection, yet resented them."
"A heartless ingrate who enjoyed his father's love, yet thought it was all an act."
"Yu Xiaogang, someone like you thinks you deserve to be called Grandmaster?"
Just then, the scene on the Sky Screen changed.
[Next, the second reason] [Reaping the benefits without lifting a finger, yet thinking oneself exceptional!]
The scene shifted, revealing a desolate road before everyone's eyes.
Eighteen-year-old Yu Xiaogang was walking alone along the road.
His face carried the relief of someone who had broken free of his shackles, along with hope for the future.
His inner monologue rang out.
[I'm free! I'm finally free!] [From now on, I'll use my own wisdom to create a legend of my own!] [I, Yu Xiaogang, no longer need anyone's charity! I'll prove to the whole world that I'm not a good-for-nothing!]
After leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Xiaogang began traveling across the continent.
He wore an air of innate superiority, as if he were an emperor traveling incognito.
But reality soon dealt him a stinging slap.
In a tavern in a remote little town, he glanced one time too many at