With the support of the others, Tang Long returned to the Clear Sky Academy competitors' area.
Tang Hu, who had previously perished together with several Shrek Academy members and left the match early, had already recovered from most of his injuries with the help of a healing Soul Master.
Seeing Tang Long in such a miserable state, Tang Hu could not help but sneer. "Tang Long, I never expected you to be defeated by someone who isn't even a four-ring Soul Ancestor."
"But I should have won this match, right?"
"After all, although we were both eliminated, I defeated four more opponents than you did."
Tang Long lowered his eyes and remained silent.
As the foremost among the third-generation disciples, Tang Long had rarely suffered setbacks in the Clear Sky Sect before.
Now that he had such an opportunity to strike at Tang Long, Tang Hu naturally had no intention of letting it pass.
"Tang Hu, enough."
Just as Tang Hu wanted to press his advantage and continue mocking him, an aged voice stopped him.
Knowing who had spoken, Tang Hu no longer dared to ridicule Tang Long.
Instead, he lowered his head and answered obediently, "Yes, Seventh Elder."
That was right. The speaker was the Seventh Elder, one of the Clear Sky Sect's Title Douluo elders.
Previously, the Seventh Elder had confronted Tang Hao head-on at Clear Sky Academy. His actions and words, showing no fear of death, Tang Hao, or Spirit Hall—
had practically made him a symbol of the Clear Sky Sect after it emerged from seclusion. Within the Heaven Dou Empire, his reputation was even greater than Tang Xiao's, the Clear Sky Sect's sect master.
For various reasons, the Clear Sky Sect had chosen the currently most prominent Seventh Elder to lead their first display of