Although Tang San didn't suffer any external injuries, he didn't have the face to face Yu Xiaogang, who had placed his hopes on him.
Returning to everyone's side, Tang San didn't hear Yu Xiaogang's voice.
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It wasn't until he looked up in the silence that he saw Yu Xiaogang's pale, bloodless face, and those completely lost pupils.
Tang San's eyes were red, and he clenched his fists in pain, trembling as he said:
"I'm sorry, Teacher, I've disappointed you."
The duel with Lin Meng was an obvious mismatch.
Being defeated by a player stronger than himself was a normal occurrence.
But the problem was that Tang San was defeated almost without resistance.
They originally thought that Tang San could use his external soul bone and Purple Demon Eyes to narrow the gap in strength with Lin Meng.
But they never expected that Lin Meng hadn't been serious from beginning to end. Not only did they not narrow the gap, but now they realized that the real difference was even greater.
The huge difference from their expectations shattered their confidence in that instant, causing them to fall into self-doubt.
"Can I really train Tang San to this extent?
No, Tang San is a gifted twin martial soul, and his future definitely holds unlimited hope.
But, this is only because of Tang San's own talent, not because of my teaching."
Yu Xiaogang didn't doubt Tang San's future, but he deeply questioned his own abilities.
More than the current gap in strength, or victory or defeat, he valued the advanced training methods displayed by the Blazing Academy.
Yu Xiaogang, who had always accumulated countless martial soul knowledge and was proud of his own wisdom, couldn't imagine how the Blazing Academy had cultivated so many excellent students.
Moreover, this was only Lin Meng, who was ranked fourth in strength. The top three, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Quan Yi, were completely on another level of abnormality.
Even if Tang San was a little younger than them, it wouldn't be by much. Even if they were the same age, and Tang San further developed his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer.
Yu Xiaogang didn't think Tang San would have a significant advantage.
Being completely surpassed by the Blazing Academy in the cultivation and nurturing that he was most confident in, the impact on Yu Xiaogang was obviously greater than that on Tang San.
Being ostracized in the family, being ostracized in the mainstream soul master world, the only remaining pride left to Yu Xiaogang was shattered.
At this moment, facing Tang San's apology, Yu Xiaogang didn't hear it at all.
He just stood there, pale as death.
Liu Erlong, worried about him, walked to Yu Xiaogang's side and only then noticed that something was wrong with Yu Xiaogang.
Seeing her lover fall into despair, Liu Erlong tightly grasped Yu Xiaogang's cold, stiff hands and cried, "Xiaogang, what's wrong? Don't scare me, Xiaogang!"
Liu Erlong's voice made everyone notice Yu Xiaogang.
As the team's instructor, Yu Xiaogang was the general in the army. The general is the backbone of the army, and the collapse of the backbone would directly affect the morale of the army.
At this time, the staff on the sidelines hurried over to urge Shrek Academy to send out the next member as soon as possible.
Blazing Academy had already sent Wang Xing as the second player to take the stage.
However, Yu Xiaogang couldn't hear the referee's voice at this time, completely immersed in endless self-doubt, unable to extricate himself, let alone calmly send out the next member.
At this moment, as Yu Xiaogang's friend, Flender pulled Yu Xiaogang over, grabbed his collar, and roared loudly, "Yu Xiaogang, cheer up! The students are still waiting for your command, and the competition isn't over yet. Are you going to give up the competition?"
Saying that, Flender raised his fist and heavily punched Yu Xiaogang in the face, the force of which directly caused Yu Xiaogang to fall to the ground.
Blood was dripping onto the ground from Yu Xiaogang's mouth and nose.
Flender's actions were too sudden, so fast that even Liu Erlong, who was also a Soul Saint, couldn't react.
When she reacted, she hurriedly squatted down to check on Yu Xiaogang's condition. When she saw Yu Xiaogang bleeding, her whole body's aura surged, and she turned her head and glared angrily, "Flender, are you courting death?"
Liu Erlong had already mobilized the internal soul power, and was about to rush up and punch Flender hard in the next moment.
Yu Xiaogang, who had difficulty standing up, regained a glimmer of light in his eyes. He grabbed Liu Erlong and looked at Flender and said:
"Sorry, I was a little distracted just now. Thanks to your punch, I woke up."
Although Yu Xiaogang still had a lot to say, the referee was still urging him, and he couldn't let others make fun of their Shrek Academy anymore.
He turned to look at a student and instructed, "Tailong, you will take the stage in the next match."
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang's tone returned to the calm attitude he usually had when commanding everyone.
Hearing this familiar instruction, Tailong subconsciously stood up straight and replied loudly, "Yes!"
Immediately afterwards, he walked towards the center of the arena.
Supported by Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang walked to Tang San's side, grabbed his shoulders tightly, and apologized with guilt, "Xiaosan, you didn't disappoint me. It's me who doesn't have the ability to unleash all of your talent. It's me who disappointed you."
Tang San felt the trembling in Yu Xiaogang's hands, and could feel how unwilling and painful Yu Xiaogang was when he said these words.
The tears in his eyes could no longer be held back, and flowed down his cheeks. He retorted, "No, this is my failure, and it has nothing to do with Teacher."
But Yu Xiaogang shouted angrily, "Xiaosan, a loss is a loss. Don't make excuses for me.
I've been used to failure all my life, but so what."
Yu Xiaogang's mind suddenly flashed back to years ago, when he picked up a Martial Soul Palace certificate with information about a Blue Silver Grass with innate full soul power at Notting Academy on the border.
It was this certificate that brought Yu Xiaogang, who was at the time, unlimited hope, and was the only light that shone into his dark world.
At this moment, in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, Tang San's childhood appearance overlapped with Tang San's current appearance.
Looking at the tearful young Tang San, Yu Xiaogang felt a pain in his heart, and roared in his heart.
He admitted that he had just been completely defeated by failure, but he would not allow himself to become the haze that hindered Tang San from shining.
Even for the sake of his beacon of hope, he must struggle to climb out of the fallen valley.
"Xiaosan, you must remember that as long as you don't give up, miracles will happen."
The light in Yu Xiaogang's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his tone became more and more impassioned. This was a cry from his soul.
Without experiencing true despair, how can one appreciate the preciousness of hope.
Yu Xiaogang tried his best to pull himself out of the valley, just to help Tang San, who had also fallen into the valley, up.
In the past, Tang San became his redemption. Today, he will become Tang San's redemption.
