[As Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong revealed their spirit rings, the entire scene fell into a dead silence.]
[Bibi Dong's spirit rings were fine for the first three.]
[A yellow First Soul Ring and Second Soul Ring, a purple Third Soul Ring—the optimal spirit ring ratio.]
[But the problem was, her fourth spirit ring was a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.]
[This was completely beyond everyone's expectations.]
[Nothing like this had ever been heard of on the Douluo Continent.]
[Yet even Bibi Dong paled in comparison at this moment.]
[Because beside her stood Yu Xiaogang, whose spirit ring configuration was even more absurd.]
[Just the First Soul Ring alone made the audience below unable to resist rubbing their eyes.]
[Because the color of that First Soul Ring was actually purple, something others only started seeing from their Third Soul Ring onwards.]
[The Second Soul Ring was also purple, and by the Third Soul Ring, it was already a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.]
[Purple, purple, black, black.]
[This was Yu Xiaogang's spirit ring configuration; how could the audience members, who had received no information about Yu Xiaogang, have ever seen such a thing?]
[And so they sat blankly in their chairs, stunned for a long time, not knowing what to say.]
["Although I knew long ago that Sect Master Yu's son was extraordinary, seeing it with my own eyes still leaves me inevitably shaken."]
[Xue Xuanjun sighed with emotion.]
[This group of people, of course, had known about Yu Xiaogang's spirit ring configuration for a long time; some of them had even paid a price to obtain the secret medicine for enhancing spirit ring configurations from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.]
[But unfortunately, even if the various factions obtained the secret medicine, they lacked the courage to replicate Yu Xiaogang's feat of a Thousand-Year First Soul Ring.]
[The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect could not provide much secret medicine, and those who could use it had to be Geniuses of great importance within their respective factions.]
[With such Geniuses, who would dare let them easily take the risk of losing their lives at any moment?]
[Even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, when providing the secret medicine, specifically evaluated the condition of the Geniuses taking it and gave a maximum absorbable spirit ring age limit.]
[Furthermore, they repeatedly declared that if this age limit was exceeded and any problems occurred, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect would not be held responsible.]
[To convince these factions, Yu Yuanzhen even specifically told everyone about the injuries Yu Xiaogang sustained when he absorbed his First Soul Ring back then.]
[Once the various factions received this information, they realized just how much risk Yu Xiaogang, the man who achieved a Thousand-Year First Soul Ring, had taken back then.]
[Everyone couldn't help but be startled by Yu Xiaogang's determination.]
[However, it was understandable when they thought about it.]
[His father was a Titled Douluo, yet he himself was in such a situation. If he didn't risk it all, his future would only be spent living amidst ridicule.]
[Putting themselves in his shoes, they figured they would probably have to risk it too.]
[Thus, under the repeated declarations of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the various factions that had obtained the secret medicine abandoned any thoughts of ignoring the warnings.]
["Sigh, it was also his bad luck that his Spirit underwent such a terrible mutation."]
["To be honest, I advised him back then that if it really didn't work out, he should give up the path of a Spirit Master and live peacefully as an ordinary person. With my ability, ensuring he lived a wealthy life for the rest of his days would have been no problem."]
["But he was unwilling. He said he didn't want to make me lose face, and he didn't want to see a dignified Titled Douluo like me being ridiculed because of him."]
["So when it came to choosing his First Soul Ring, I couldn't stop him no matter what."]
["Fortunately, he succeeded."]
[Yu Yuanzhen said with a face full of emotion.]
[These words were indeed heartfelt.]
[Reflecting on everything that had happened over the years, Yu Yuanzhen felt that his son truly deserved everything he had now.]
[The people around them didn't say anything after hearing Yu Yuanzhen's heartfelt words.]
[Even they felt immense admiration for Yu Xiaogang's courage.]
[While those on the rostrum listened to Yu Yuanzhen's reflections, the audience in the stands finally came back to their senses.]
["I... I'm not seeing things, am I?"]
["A Thousand-Year First Soul Ring? A Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring? How is this possible?"]
["Impossible, absolutely impossible. I must be dreaming!"]
["This is too absurd. Could the gap between people really reach such a Major Achievement?"]
["How exactly did he do it? Can we do the same thing?"]
["Wake up. How could ordinary people like us even think about such things?"]
["...That's true. To let a Spirit Master absorb a thousand-year spirit ring as their First Soul Ring, it's probably a Spirit Bone or some treasure comparable in value to a Spirit Bone."]
["This is so ridiculous. But then again, the Tianxing Academy Team is definitely going to lose."]
["Forget Tianxing Academy; I don't believe any team in this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament can compete with this Spirit Hall Academy Second Team."]
["True. With such an absurd configuration, I wouldn't be surprised at all if he could fight a Spirit King."]
["Doesn't that mean what we're watching right now is a match featuring the champion team of this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament?"]
[The audience discussed fervently, while waiting for the reaction of the Tianxing Academy members.]
[They didn't think there was any need for this battle to continue. Just looking at that spirit ring configuration, who would have the courage to fight?]
[Even the referee was waiting for the Tianxing Academy members to take the initiative to admit defeat.]
[On the Tianxing Academy Team's side, the members' faces were pale.]
["How can we fight this?"]
["We can't win."]
["Should we just admit defeat?"]
[The members discussed in low voices. Hearing his teammates' words, the captain of the Tianxing Team clenched his fists.]
["Everyone, although I know our strength is inferior to theirs, if we don't even dare to fight, it would be too embarrassing."]
["Let's fight them. Even if we lose, at least we can say we tried."]
[The Tianxing Captain's words echoed in the members' ears, but unfortunately, the members had already completely lost their Battle Intent.]
["...Since you are unwilling, then I will fight alone!"]
[As his voice fell, the Tianxing Captain gritted his teeth and charged toward Yu Xiaogang and the others.]
[Yu Xiaogang see this, did not show a mocking expression, but merely gave a light smile.]
[Daring to fight and struggle in the face of difficulty—this already surpassed many people.]
[The rules of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament were clearly written: during the competition, injury and disability should be avoided as much as possible, and casualties were absolutely not allowed; otherwise, one would be immediately expelled.]
[In other words, this was an excellent stage to temper oneself.]
[Under these circumstances, even if there was a huge gap between the two sides, there was nothing to lose by fighting a match.]
[Besides that, as had been mentioned before, the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was a stage for the high-level officials of various factions to select talent.]
[On this stage, it was much better to have tried and failed than to have done nothing at all.]
[For instance, the fact that the Tianxing Team captain did not immediately give up despite knowing the strength of the Spirit Hall Academy Second Team piqued the interest of some powerful observers.]
[A few factions had already planned to send people to investigate the situation of this Tianxing Team captain.]
[If his talent was acceptable, with such a personality, they could try to recruit him.]
[As for those Tianxing Team Members who chose to admit defeat, even the audience no longer cast any extra glances their way.]
[While their strength was lacking, they didn't even have the courage to show themselves.]
[For such people, no matter how strong you might be, who would ever know?]}
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