Yu Tianheng: Zhou Tao, you just snatched Yanyan, and now you're snatching the captain?

There was no emotion at all in Zhou Tao's eyes as he looked at Yu Tianheng.

No pride.

No mockery.

No showing off.

Not even relief.

It was as if he had expected this victory all along.

His heart was utterly unruffled.

As if the fight just now had been nothing more than casually swatting an ant to death, without the slightest challenge.

As if he had simply completed an easy task.

Relaxing.

Simple.

No difficulty whatsoever.

Feeling Zhou Tao's cold gaze, Yu Tianheng felt something inside him snap.

"You... don't... get cocky..."

Yu Tianheng's face flushed the color of a pig's liver.

He still wanted to salvage something.

But the pain wracking his body made even speaking difficult.

As for challenging Zhou Tao again?

That was impossible.

And so, Yu Tianheng could only sit there on the ground, humiliated and wretched.

As the heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the ace soul master of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a young man who had stood at the top of the pyramid from the moment he was born, Yu Tianheng had always gotten whatever he wanted, throwing his weight around without restraint.

Yet now, some wild soul master who had appeared from who knew where had punched him into a cripple right in front of the goddess.

It utterly shattered his defenses.

And worse, the goddess had even become someone else's simp.

He had worked so hard simping for her for years and still never won her over.

In the end, this brat had only been here a few days and had taken her down so easily?

Maybe

Dugu Yan had already been pinned down and pounded by Zhou Tao.

The more Yu Tianheng thought about it, the more he felt like a useless, impotently raging cuck.

Endless humiliation surged into his heart.

That humiliation drove him even crazier than his injuries.

"Zhou Tao."

"I don't care where you come from."

"My Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect will remember you."

"I, Yu Tianheng, will regard you as my lifelong enemy."

"Once my injuries heal, I will definitely challenge you."

Yu Tianheng said through gritted teeth.

Every word he spoke was squeezed out from between his teeth.

Zhou Tao looked at him and smiled contemptuously.

The smile was faint, carrying an air of indifference, as if he did not take Yu Tianheng seriously at all.

That attitude could not help but make Yu Tianheng's heart tremble.

"As long as you pay enough gold soul coins, I'm happy to accept your challenge."

Zhou Tao said calmly.

Since the other party was willing to deliver gold soul coins to him, he naturally could not ask for more.

He had already started seeing Yu Tianheng as a boy who brought him wealth.

It would save him the trouble of having to work hard to earn gold soul coins in the future.

"Still, that said."

"Your taste is decent."

"Yanyan is very good..."

"It's just that you're not worthy of her."

Zhou Tao's gaze fell on Yu Tianheng's face as he said those words.

Yu Tianheng's eyes instantly turned red.

How dare he look down on him like this?

That stifled sense of humiliation surged back into his chest.

His dignity had been trampled into the dirt once again.

Although he might not necessarily have loved Dugu Yan that deeply.

He truly could not save face!

"Zhou Tao, I challenge you..."

Yu Tianheng struggled, trying to stand, his soul power surging wildly inside him.

But he was already badly injured. Forcing himself to rise only made him spit out a mouthful of blood.

"You should focus on recovering. Don't try to show off."

Zhou Tao lightly patted Yu Tianheng on the head, wearing the victorious posture of someone soothing a loser.

At the sight of this scene.

Meng Shenji took the initiative to speak.

"All right. This selection for the Imperial Fighting Team is over. Zhou Tao wins."

"Considering Tianheng is injured and needs rest, while Zhou Tao's strength and potential are both outstanding."

"I have decided that Zhou Tao will temporarily take the position of captain of the Imperial Fighting Team."

"I agree."

"It is my honor to lead this team."

Hearing this, Zhou Tao did not hesitate and agreed directly.

Becoming captain of the Imperial Fighting Team meant he was the boss.

Not only would there be generous pay, he could also take the opportunity to carry out real combat training and rapidly increase his combat strength.

As for Yu Tianheng.

He was merely a defeated opponent.

They couldn't possibly let this defeated opponent be his boss.

Though for now he was only acting captain.

Zhou Tao was very confident that this was only a transition.

He would soon become the official captain.

As for Yu Tianheng.

If he refused to accept it, then Zhou Tao would just teach him another lesson.

After a few more times, Yu Tianheng would get used to it eventually.

But when Yu Tianheng heard this news, he nearly broke down.

"How can this be... I..."

He wanted to object at once.

He was used to being captain, always used to being the boss.

To suddenly become a lackey—how could he endure that?

He was a direct disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, a noble's son, long accustomed to throwing his weight around.

However.

Meng Shenji said on the spot:

"Tianheng, you should focus on recovering."

"As for the team's affairs, let Zhou Tao handle them."

The Three Education Committee Members had already fully placed their bet on Zhou Tao.

Whether it was His Highness Xue Qinghe's recognition, Dugu Bo backing him up, or Zhou Tao's terrifying potential, all of it made them feel the same.

Zhou Tao was the one who could make the Imperial Fighting Team soar.

All along.

The Imperial Fighting Team's weakness had left the imperial family deeply dissatisfied.

After all.

The Imperial Fighting Team represented the face of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Now.

With Zhou Tao carrying the entire team.

They felt they could finally give the imperial family an explanation.

Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

Yu Tianheng was carried in by the attendants.

The wound on his chest had been roughly bandaged, but blood still dyed the gauze red.

Yu Tianheng's face was frighteningly pale.

Seeing his own grandson injured to this state, Yu Yuanzhen instantly flew into a rage.

He slammed one large hand down, shattering the wooden table beside him in an instant.

What bastard had the nerve to lay hands on his heir?

"Who did this?"

"This old man will settle the score with him."

With that, Yu Yuanzhen rose from his chair, his powerful body releasing a terrifying pressure.

"Your grandson was useless... That guy really is stronger than me, and he's younger than me too."

"That's why His Highness Xue, Poison Douluo, and the Three Education Committee Members all think highly of him."

"Yanyan is with Zhou Tao now too."

Yu Tianheng lowered his head and said through sobs.

Yu Yuanzhen's brows drew together.

Dugu Bo, Xue Qinghe, and the Three Education Committee Members were no ordinary people.

Especially Dugu Bo.

He was precisely the person Yu Yuanzhen wanted to win over.

Now that Dugu Bo was backing that brat Zhou Tao, he truly could not do anything to Zhou Tao so easily.

Let alone when there was also His Highness Xue Qinghe.

"This Zhou Tao—how many years younger than you is he?"

Yu Yuanzhen looked at Yu Tianheng and asked.

"Seven years."

"Zhou Tao is only seven years old, and he defeated you?"

Yu Yuanzhen's face was full of shock, as if he had seen an unparalleled monster.

"What level is he?"

"Level twenty-nine."

"You're even one level higher than him?"

"Such a monster has actually appeared on Douluo Continent?"

Yu Yuanzhen shuddered, hardly daring to think any further.

Seven years old and level twenty-nine?

If Zhou Tao was allowed to grow up, how terrifying would that be?

Thinking of this, Yu Yuanzhen could not help feeling that the matter had become rather troublesome.

"Grandpa, you have to avenge me."

Yu Tianheng sobbed.

This time, his defeat had been far too stifling.

Yu Yuanzhen's brows were tightly locked as he pondered carefully.

"This old man will not stand by and do nothing."

"But I cannot make a move myself."

"Isn't that Zhou Tao going to be the captain? Then have your underlings create a little trouble for him."