Hu Jie's brows furrowed tightly. "Are you sure you want to take on this bet? The Star Luo Empire is definitely going to be broadcasting the matches to as wide an audience as possible. There's no shame in losing at your age, but I'm concerned that losing will traumatize you and hinder your future cultivation progress; that would be catastrophic!"

Tang Wulin turned to the Smiling Douluo with a serious look on his face. "When I was 10, I finally saved up enough money to buy my first soul spirit and cultivated to rank 10 in soul power.  At the time, I was just a nobody with the most mediocre Bluesilver Grass martial soul. However, I never gave up hope. After I went to the Spirit Pagoda, I was told that the money I'd saved up would only be enough for one lottery pick. I didn't have exceptional luck; my luck was exceptionally bad, if anything. I picked a defective soul spirit that may not even be able to bring me any soul skills.

"Even so, I fused...