107: Why isn't he laughing in Chapter 107?

The battle list on the big screen stopped scrolling. Gu Han versus Tang Jichao.

The entire arena immediately erupted in waves of jeers.

Tang Jichao had long been standing in front of his battle pod, his face filled with irrepressible ecstasy, clapping his hands repeatedly.

"Gu Han! Didn't expect this, did you?" Tang Jichao pointed at Gu Han's nose. "Without that group of disgusting Ant-men, you're just a useless person today! I will make you open your eyes and see clearly that you are nothing but trash, and in front of true family heritage, you aren't even worth a fart!"

Gu Han scratched his ear and didn't say a word in reply. It annoyed him that such a big idiot could enjoy the treatment of a great family.

On the VIP viewing platform, Patriarch Tang Ritian held a teacup and turned his head with a chuckle. "Fourth, Jichao is facing Gu Han in the very first round. You arranged this privately, didn't you?"

Tang Si, sitting beside him, nodded candidly and crossed his legs. "The Patriarch is perceptive. You should have heard that the kid is the bastard Tang Yanran gave birth to back then. In the last assessment, Jichao let this brat get the upper hand by luck. Jichao isn't steady enough in character; he easily gets stuck in a rut when he suffers a setback. Today, he must regain his face."

Patriarch Tang Ritian blew on the floating tea leaves and took a sip. "Yanran was just a peripheral branch member. How long has it been since that mess happened? Yet you're still harping on it. You say Jichao's character isn't steady, but I think you, as his father, don't have much breadth of mind either."

Tang Si was choked by this and coughed twice, not daring to reply further, his eyes fixed intently on the holographic screen below.

Both sides entered their battle pods. Tang Jichao had no intention of holding anything back, opening his Divine Kingdom channel to the maximum immediately.

Lights flashed repeatedly, and accompanied by ear-piercing roars, a large group of Lizardmen, covered in rough green scales and wielding giant broadswords, slammed heavily onto the battlefield.

There were exactly fifty Tier 2 transcendence Lizardmen, over two meters tall with knotted muscles! Following closely behind them were seventy Tier 1 transcendence Lizardmen and one hundred ordinary Lizardmen.

As soon as this army appeared, the audience exploded.

"My god! Fifty Tier 2 transcendence creatures? His foundation is so deep even as a freshman."

"I heard the Tang Family spent tens of millions and even bought a micro spirit vein for Tang Jichao to bury in his Divine Kingdom."

"What is Gu Han going to use to fight? His Ant-men were banned by the tournament organizers. Right now, any Tier 2 Lizardman on the field could just rub an ordinary unit into the ground!"

Li Jiaojiao, the team leader from Jiangcheng University, sat below the stage, laughing until she shook. She turned to look at Teacher Qin Lin, her tone acerbic. "Teacher Qin, it seems your Dongjiang University's trump card is about to be finished. Are you ready with those fifteen transcendent crystals?"

Teacher Qin Lin clenched her fists without a word, her palms full of sweat. She knew Gu Han was powerful, but he couldn't use his Ant-men. What could he use to fight these fifty Tier 2 transcendence creatures? The numbers were completely overwhelming.

On the battlefield, Tang Jichao's arrogant voice spread throughout the arena via the loudspeakers.

"Gu Han! Summon your followers! Let me see what other tricks you have up your sleeve!"

Looking at the two hundred and twenty followers in front of him, he felt like laughing—not because Gu Han was arrogant. Anyone who had witnessed the tens of thousands of followers in the black market matches would indeed find it funny when looking at these students.

He wondered what all those spectators in the stands were thinking. It felt like watching a group of children playing with mud and cheering as if it were something spectacular.

He raised his hand and tapped the void, and his Divine Kingdom channel slowly opened. There were no roars of thousands of troops, nor was there any earth-shaking aura upon arrival.

A half-meter-tall dark purple chimney-like flower descended, its bud tightly closed like a chimney, with a full, huge sac at the bottom. It was a Tier 2 Cyst Demon Flower.

It stood all alone at the very front of Gu Han's formation. Tang Jichao laughed until tears almost came out. "Gu Han, with just one Tier 2 follower, what are you going to fight me with! All troops, charge!"

The two hundred and twenty Lizardmen brandished their broadswords, roaring as they converged into a green phalanx, their footsteps thundering against the ground as they charged straight toward the lonely Cyst Demon Flower.

This Cyst Demon Flower was a Tier 2 transcendence creature he had forcibly cultivated a few days ago by collecting the venom of all the Cyst Demon Flowers in his Divine Kingdom and adding the sap of the S-rank highly toxic divine plant [God-Wrinkle Plum] found in the opposite Divine Kingdom.

The Lizardman army charged within a ten-meter range. The purple-black veins on the surface of the Cyst Demon Flower expanded violently, and the sac contracted sharply. "Pfft—"

A cloud of purple toxic mist, so thick it was almost black, erupted in a mushroom shape. The speed at which the toxic mist spread was unnaturally fast, instantly enveloping the fifty Tier 2 Lizardmen charging at the very front.

The roaring of the charge came to an abrupt halt. Replacing it were screams that made one's scalp tingle.

Even Tang Jichao's Divine Lord skill [Tail-Cutting Survival] had no effect. This toxic mist ignored physical defenses, violently penetrating directly through the respiratory tract and skin pores.

In just three seconds, the Tier 2 Lizardmen in the front row were eaten away, skin and flesh alike, with even their nasal cavities dripping with purple-black pus.

The toxic mist showed no signs of slowing down, continuing to spread toward the rear. Tier 1 Lizardmen, ordinary Lizardmen—there was nowhere to run; to touch it was to die.

The army of two hundred and twenty Lizardmen, which had been so aggressive just a moment ago, perished at the speed of light.

The system broadcast sounded at the right moment: [Tang Jichao's followers are completely wiped out. Gu Han wins.]

The entire Combat Training Hall was deathly silent. Tens of thousands of spectators widened their eyes, staring fixedly at the Cyst Demon Flower still swaying in place on the screen.

"What... just happened?" "A one-shot kill? Fifty Tier 2 transcendence creatures, and they were all wiped out without even getting a single attack off?!"

Teacher Qin Lin covered her mouth, her eyes shining frighteningly bright. She knew Gu Han never did things he wasn't sure of, but she really hadn't guessed that Gu Han had quietly stepped into the realm of a Tier 2 Divine Lord, and was raising such a terrifying species.

On the VIP viewing platform, "Bang!" Tang Si smashed the solid wood coffee table beside him with one palm and stood up abruptly.

His face was deathly pale, and his finger pointing at the Cyst Demon Flower on the screen trembled violently. "Cyst Demon?!" Tang Si roared, losing his composure and completely disregarding his usual image. "This is impossible! He's just a kid who just awakened; how could there be a Cyst Demon in his Divine Kingdom! That kind of thing..."

"Fourth! Sit down!" Patriarch Tang Ritian's face was so gloomy it was almost dripping water, and he scolded him sternly. Although he tried his best to hide it, his white-knuckled grip on the teacup betrayed the turmoil in his heart.

Patriarch Tang Ritian forced down his anger and lowered his voice to warn, "What are you making such a fuss about! With so many eyes watching, that is not a Cyst Demon; it is just some kind of mutated poisonous flower that looks similar!"

Tang Si panted heavily and slumped back into his chair, his back already soaked with cold sweat. Fortunately, this battle wasn't in his son's Divine Kingdom; otherwise, Tang Jichao would have been finished.

The battle pod door opened. Tang Jichao lay limp in his seat, lacking even the strength to stand up, his eyes staring blankly at the holographic screen.

Gu Han pushed open the door and slowly walked down the steps. The way the surrounding audience looked at him had completely changed. The previous disdain and mockery were gone, replaced by deep apprehension.

"Too ruthless, one breath of toxic gas and they're all dead!" "These methods are extremely vicious; this kid is definitely a sociopath!" "Hurry up and check what species that flower is; it's too terrifying!" "Who banned his Ant-men?!"

Li Jiaojiao's face was livid, and she watched Gu Han approach, gritting her teeth, unable to say a word.

When Gu Han passed in front of Li Jiaojiao, he grinned. "Why aren't you laughing anymore? Do you not like laughing? How about you try reporting my poisonous flower again?"