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Chapter 18: Utterly Disgraced
2023-04-04 Author: Fu Hejun
[Correct Answer: Option One.]
Upon seeing the answer announced in the Live Broadcast Room, it wasn't just the onlookers who were dumbfounded. Even Tang Hao himself, the man in question, was stunned.
"Impossible! How could it be Option 1?!"
Tang Hao refused to believe it. His drunken demeanor vanished, replaced by a mad frenzy. The aura that erupted from him was so powerful it cracked the walls of the surrounding houses.
"Impossible! How could it be Option 1?!"
"I refuse to believe it!"
Also crying out in disbelief was Tang Yuehua, who had just been stripped of her Innate Domain Noble Ring. She ignored the headache from having her domain forcibly stripped away, shouting without any of her usual grace or etiquette.
This correct answer was simply too infuriating.
Originally, Tang Yuehua could have accepted any of options two, three, or four. But somehow, the correct answer turned out to be the most outrageous one. How could her second brother be such a scoundrel—one who bullied the weak, only to have his limbs severed by the victim's parent?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Emotionally, Tang Yuehua refused to believe it.
Rationally, she also refused to believe it!
[Detected strong disbelief from the participant. Playing the full story directly!]
The Live Broadcast Room responded to Tang Yuehua's doubt.
However, this response instantly sobered her. She quickly tried to stop it. "No need! I believe it! Don't play it! Please, absolutely not!" Her expression was terrified, and she was so anxious her voice cracked.
However, the Live Broadcast Room paid her no heed and began to play the video.
"It's over..."
Tang Yuehua collapsed to the ground, as if all strength had been drained from her body. She knew that once the full story of this matter was played, her second brother's reputation would be completely ruined.
Bullying the weak, only to have your limbs severed by your victim's parent, was hardly a glorious affair. On the contrary, it was profoundly disgraceful.
If she had been more rational, she never would have questioned the impartiality of the Live Broadcast Room, nor would she have demanded that the details of the incident be played.
Without the video, the matter might have eventually faded. After all, words alone were not proof. Even if everyone knew the answer was true, they hadn't seen it for themselves, so it wouldn't feel entirely real. The impact wouldn't have been too great.
But now, once the video played, people all over the world would witness the entire process of Haotian Douluo bullying the weak and subsequently having his limbs severed.
This was complete and utter disgrace!
It would even drag down the reclusive Clear Sky Sect, destroying their last shred of dignity as well.
The kind that could never be recovered.
Soon, the video in the Live Broadcast Room blurred for a moment, then gradually sharpened.
The first scene was a long shot of a tall city wall bearing the words "Soto City." The view then shifted to a cluster of immense buildings, each nearly a hundred meters tall.
Many people in the Live Broadcast Room recognized these buildings.
[Eh, isn't that the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena?]
[What does Haotian Douluo having his limbs severed have to do with this place?]
[I can't figure it out...]
[Whatever, let's just keep watching.]
In the video, the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena was elliptical in shape, one hundred and twenty meters tall, and internally divided into a Main Soul Fighting Arena and twenty-four Sub-Soul Fighting Arenas. It could simultaneously accommodate sixty thousand spectators.
Soon, the scene shifted again.
It moved to a Spirit Dueling Stage.
At this moment, the host on the stage was announcing the Soul Master matchups: "...Soul Venerate two-on-two, eighth match, Glazed Cat Duo versus the Three-Five Combo! Now, let's welcome both teams to the stage!"
As the host's voice fell, the Soul Masters from the two opposing sides walked onto the stage.
The team on the left consisted of a male and a female.
The male had short black hair and an unremarkable appearance. The female was charmingly beautiful and playfully cute, with a long scorpion-tail braid, and was dressed in pink. The Live Broadcast Room thoughtfully provided subtitles for them: Three-Five Combo.
The team on the right consisted of two girls.
One girl was tall and stunningly beautiful. Her smooth black hair draped casually over her shoulders, her skin was fair, and her figure was not only tall but also exceptionally curvaceous. In stark contrast, however, her expression held a deep, innate coldness.
The other girl had coffee-colored long hair and wore a magnificent dress. Her fair, delicate face held a faint, gentle smile. Such an elegant and composed demeanor immediately marked her as a young lady from a prestigious family.
The members of the two dueling teams all looked quite young.
[Am I seeing this right? This is a Soul Venerate-level duel? Such young Soul Venerates?!]
[Maybe they just look young?]
[Right. Even if there are a few rare geniuses, it's too much of a coincidence for four of them to be on the same Spirit Dueling Stage at once.]
[Let's keep watching. I'm sure the answer will be revealed soon...]
[...]
Bullet comments flew across the Live Broadcast Room.
In reality, however, many people were far from calm when they saw the two teams appear on the screen.
Especially the very people involved in the video.
"That's me, and Xiao Wu!" Tang San, who had just finished forging his hidden weapons, stared at the live broadcast. He was startled to see the two teams about to fight on the Spirit Dueling Stage in the video from the future.
Suddenly, he thought of Haotian Douluo Tang Hao from the previous question!
He had assumed it was just someone with the same name, but now that his own image appeared in the video, it was clearly not that simple.
Could his father be that Haotian Douluo, Tang Hao?!
"That's me, and Third Brother?" Xiao Wu was also watching the video, but with her mind full of romance, she didn't think too deeply. She hadn't yet connected Tang San with Haotian Douluo and was just wondering why she was in a video from the future. Otherwise, if she realized that her Third Brother was the son of Haotian Douluo, a Titled Douluo, it would be hard for her not to make certain connections. For instance, that the father and son had long plotted to keep her, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, around just to kill her and take her soul ring...
"Is this my future self?!" Zhu Zhuqing was also watching. She could see that the "her" on screen was much more mature than she was now. She wondered what point in the future this video was from.
"Who is the other person partnering with me? It looks like we have a good relationship," Zhu Zhuqing thought, looking curiously at Ning Rongrong standing beside her in the video.
"This young lady has also made her appearance." Ning Rongrong was also a little surprised that she had become a protagonist in the video, and she watched on with great interest.
(end of chapter)
2023-04-04 Author: Fu Hejun
[Correct Answer: Option One.]
Upon seeing the answer announced in the Live Broadcast Room, it wasn't just the onlookers who were dumbfounded. Even Tang Hao himself, the man in question, was stunned.
"Impossible! How could it be Option 1?!"
Tang Hao refused to believe it. His drunken demeanor vanished, replaced by a mad frenzy. The aura that erupted from him was so powerful it cracked the walls of the surrounding houses.
"Impossible! How could it be Option 1?!"
"I refuse to believe it!"
Also crying out in disbelief was Tang Yuehua, who had just been stripped of her Innate Domain Noble Ring. She ignored the headache from having her domain forcibly stripped away, shouting without any of her usual grace or etiquette.
This correct answer was simply too infuriating.
Originally, Tang Yuehua could have accepted any of options two, three, or four. But somehow, the correct answer turned out to be the most outrageous one. How could her second brother be such a scoundrel—one who bullied the weak, only to have his limbs severed by the victim's parent?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Emotionally, Tang Yuehua refused to believe it.
Rationally, she also refused to believe it!
[Detected strong disbelief from the participant. Playing the full story directly!]
The Live Broadcast Room responded to Tang Yuehua's doubt.
However, this response instantly sobered her. She quickly tried to stop it. "No need! I believe it! Don't play it! Please, absolutely not!" Her expression was terrified, and she was so anxious her voice cracked.
However, the Live Broadcast Room paid her no heed and began to play the video.
"It's over..."
Tang Yuehua collapsed to the ground, as if all strength had been drained from her body. She knew that once the full story of this matter was played, her second brother's reputation would be completely ruined.
Bullying the weak, only to have your limbs severed by your victim's parent, was hardly a glorious affair. On the contrary, it was profoundly disgraceful.
If she had been more rational, she never would have questioned the impartiality of the Live Broadcast Room, nor would she have demanded that the details of the incident be played.
Without the video, the matter might have eventually faded. After all, words alone were not proof. Even if everyone knew the answer was true, they hadn't seen it for themselves, so it wouldn't feel entirely real. The impact wouldn't have been too great.
But now, once the video played, people all over the world would witness the entire process of Haotian Douluo bullying the weak and subsequently having his limbs severed.
This was complete and utter disgrace!
It would even drag down the reclusive Clear Sky Sect, destroying their last shred of dignity as well.
The kind that could never be recovered.
Soon, the video in the Live Broadcast Room blurred for a moment, then gradually sharpened.
The first scene was a long shot of a tall city wall bearing the words "Soto City." The view then shifted to a cluster of immense buildings, each nearly a hundred meters tall.
Many people in the Live Broadcast Room recognized these buildings.
[Eh, isn't that the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena?]
[What does Haotian Douluo having his limbs severed have to do with this place?]
[I can't figure it out...]
[Whatever, let's just keep watching.]
In the video, the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena was elliptical in shape, one hundred and twenty meters tall, and internally divided into a Main Soul Fighting Arena and twenty-four Sub-Soul Fighting Arenas. It could simultaneously accommodate sixty thousand spectators.
Soon, the scene shifted again.
It moved to a Spirit Dueling Stage.
At this moment, the host on the stage was announcing the Soul Master matchups: "...Soul Venerate two-on-two, eighth match, Glazed Cat Duo versus the Three-Five Combo! Now, let's welcome both teams to the stage!"
As the host's voice fell, the Soul Masters from the two opposing sides walked onto the stage.
The team on the left consisted of a male and a female.
The male had short black hair and an unremarkable appearance. The female was charmingly beautiful and playfully cute, with a long scorpion-tail braid, and was dressed in pink. The Live Broadcast Room thoughtfully provided subtitles for them: Three-Five Combo.
The team on the right consisted of two girls.
One girl was tall and stunningly beautiful. Her smooth black hair draped casually over her shoulders, her skin was fair, and her figure was not only tall but also exceptionally curvaceous. In stark contrast, however, her expression held a deep, innate coldness.
The other girl had coffee-colored long hair and wore a magnificent dress. Her fair, delicate face held a faint, gentle smile. Such an elegant and composed demeanor immediately marked her as a young lady from a prestigious family.
The members of the two dueling teams all looked quite young.
[Am I seeing this right? This is a Soul Venerate-level duel? Such young Soul Venerates?!]
[Maybe they just look young?]
[Right. Even if there are a few rare geniuses, it's too much of a coincidence for four of them to be on the same Spirit Dueling Stage at once.]
[Let's keep watching. I'm sure the answer will be revealed soon...]
[...]
Bullet comments flew across the Live Broadcast Room.
In reality, however, many people were far from calm when they saw the two teams appear on the screen.
Especially the very people involved in the video.
"That's me, and Xiao Wu!" Tang San, who had just finished forging his hidden weapons, stared at the live broadcast. He was startled to see the two teams about to fight on the Spirit Dueling Stage in the video from the future.
Suddenly, he thought of Haotian Douluo Tang Hao from the previous question!
He had assumed it was just someone with the same name, but now that his own image appeared in the video, it was clearly not that simple.
Could his father be that Haotian Douluo, Tang Hao?!
"That's me, and Third Brother?" Xiao Wu was also watching the video, but with her mind full of romance, she didn't think too deeply. She hadn't yet connected Tang San with Haotian Douluo and was just wondering why she was in a video from the future. Otherwise, if she realized that her Third Brother was the son of Haotian Douluo, a Titled Douluo, it would be hard for her not to make certain connections. For instance, that the father and son had long plotted to keep her, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, around just to kill her and take her soul ring...
"Is this my future self?!" Zhu Zhuqing was also watching. She could see that the "her" on screen was much more mature than she was now. She wondered what point in the future this video was from.
"Who is the other person partnering with me? It looks like we have a good relationship," Zhu Zhuqing thought, looking curiously at Ning Rongrong standing beside her in the video.
"This young lady has also made her appearance." Ning Rongrong was also a little surprised that she had become a protagonist in the video, and she watched on with great interest.
(end of chapter)
