Yu Yuanzhen's words tore open the scar Tang Zhen was most unwilling to face.
Perhaps the less one has something, the more they desire it.
Tang Zhen, who had always been crushed by various Geniuses in the past, dreamed of trampling those Geniuses who looked down on him under his feet.
But if you can't do it, you simply can't.
After relying on the resources provided by his father Tang Chen to raise his Soul Power Rank to Rank 94, Tang Zhen thought he was finally capable.
So, he went to challenge people like Yu Yuanzhen, who had just reached the level of Titled Douluo at that time.
Originally, Tang Zhen thought he could win a round and wash away his past humiliation.
After all, he was already at Rank 94, a higher Rank than those Geniuses who used to look down on him.
But as it turned out, every one of those Geniuses was able to defeat him despite his higher Rank.
From then on, Tang Zhen understood that he would never be a match for those people.
But he was unwilling to accept it.
Clearly, he was the son of the continent's strongest Douluo, Clear Sky Douluo Tang Chen; clearly, his Soul Power Rank had easily reached Titled Douluo, and it wasn't even low among Titled Douluos.
But why couldn't he beat anyone?
Why did everyone look down on him?
Inferiority gnawed at Tang Zhen's heart, but the glory of the Clear Sky Sect hypnotized him over and over, making him competitive and desperate to reclaim that glory from these people.
"It seems you are unwilling to do as we say."
"School Master Ning, you said before that you had persuaded Sect Master Yu, but it seems it didn't have any effect at all."
Tang Zhen looked at Ning Qianxing beside him.
Hearing this, Ning Qianxing stepped forward and stared at Yu Yuanzhen's face.
"Sect Master Yu, do you really not intend to turn back?"
"There is still time. As long as you accept the Clear Sky Sect's conditions, everything can return to how it was before. Once a fight truly breaks out, the price your Sect will have to pay to settle the conflict won't be as easy as it is now."
"You should really think more about your Sect and the situation of the continent. Don't be so obstinate."
Hearing this, Yu Yuanzhen laughed.
"It's impossible for us to accept the conditions. But then again, School Master Ning, why are you so certain that the winner this time must be the Clear Sky Sect?"
"The one beside you can be considered a disgrace to Titled Douluos."
"Besides him, the Clear Sky Sect only has one elderly Titled Douluo left and a group of Spirit Douluos."
"Whatever the Clear Sky Sect has, our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect has as well, and we are even a cut above."
"Could it be that, even though the Clear Sky Douluo has been missing for so long, you still can't forget his prestige, and don't even have the heart to offer a bit of a challenge?"
As Yu Yuanzhen's voice fell, the scene became silent.
Not just Ning Qianxing, but also the people watching from further away fell into silence because of Yu Yuanzhen's words.
For instance, Qian Xunji stared at Yu Yuanzhen's back, her fists clenched tightly.
If one were to say who felt the most emotion from Yu Yuanzhen's words, it was undoubtedly Qian Xunji.
He had no relation to the Clear Sky Douluo, but he had a father named Qian Daoliu.
Every time Qian Xunji wanted to Cultivate and become stronger, he would think of his father, Qian Daoliu.
From childhood to adulthood, his father Qian Daoliu had been the symbol of invincibility deep within Qian Xunji's heart.
Even if Qian Xunji had thought about the strongest level she could reach in the future, he didn't dare to imagine that he could surpass his father.
But Qian Xunji didn't want to remain obscure either.
So, he began to think of ways to take Spirit Hall to the next level, wanting to build a career in another dimension.
In other words, Qian Xunji had completely given up on surpassing her father in terms of personal strength.
Qian Xunji believed that anyone who had lived through the era of his father and Clear Sky Douluo Tang Chen would have similar thoughts.
Those two were like two insurmountable high mountains.
Just looking up at them was enough to make one's heart turn cold; who would dare to speak lightly of surpassing them?
But today, Qian Xunji discovered that Yu Yuanzhen, whom she had once looked down upon—the same Yu Yuanzhen he had evaluated as having acceptable talent but being somewhat mediocre—actually had such an overconfident thought.
Yet, his strength had now received the recognition of his father.
Those who could be praised like this by his father could be counted on one hand in the entire Douluo Continent.
Even Qian Xunji himself had not been able to gain her father's recognition.
Qian Xunji wasn't surprised by this; when she decided to achieve success through a different path, he had already lost the possibility of being recognized by his father.
In another corner stood two men dressed in snow-white robes, their silver hair neatly combed, their eyes indifferent, appearing like two sharp swords.
Upon hearing Yu Yuanzhen's words, the older of the two suddenly burst forth with a sharp light in his eyes.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect that in today's Douluo Continent, there would still be experts unwilling to crawl at the feet of those two."
"Truly worth celebrating, worth celebrating indeed!"
The older Spirit Master was named Chen Jianjun, a Rank 96 Titled Douluo with the title of Sword; he was considered one of the top experts in the world.
After laughing, Chen Jianjun turned to look at the man beside him, his son Chen Xin.
"Xin'er, you must remember, whether you can win or not isn't important, but you must never lose the heart to surpass those two."
"Our Chen Family's Spirit, the Seven Kill Sword, besides cultivating Rank and Killing Intent, tempering your heart is also a very important part."
"If you ever lose that unstoppable heart, no matter how high your talent or how fierce your Killing Intent, you will no longer be strong, because your sword will have been covered in a layer of dust!"
Chen Xin, who was already a Titled Douluo but still felt small in front of his father, nodded very seriously upon hearing this.
"I have noted it, Father."
Situations like that of the father and son Chen Jianjun were rare; after all, Titled Douluos were still a minority.
But even if it were just a Spirit Saint, their heart would be quite shocked at this moment.
One must know, that was Clear Sky Douluo Tang Chen, Rank 99, the limit of humanity.
To surpass him, there was only one way: Rank 100 Becoming a god.
So, Yu Yuanzhen's statement about challenging the Clear Sky Douluo was no different from him publicly declaring his goal to become a god.
"Hahahaha, just with you, you still want to challenge my father?"
"It's truly a pipe dream!"
"How could a piece of trash like you covet the heights my father has reached?"
"It seems our Clear Sky Sect came to the right place this time, just to let you clearly recognize your own position!"
Tang Zhen's gaze turned cold, and the gazes of the Clear Sky Sect members were equally chilling.
Tang Chen was the faith of everyone in the Clear Sky Sect, yet now someone actually wanted to challenge their faith?
Yu Yuanzhen, you are on the path to ones own death!