A Kind of Innocent Beauty

At the dormitory entrance, Mu En, reclining in his chair, slightly raised his head and looked in Huo Yuhao's direction.

Huo Yuhao's Soul Power was already surging, and a white Soul Ring rose beneath his feet.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's pure white ring of light, Mu En was slightly surprised, and a trace of curiosity flashed through his dim yellow eyes.

Wang Dong snorted disdainfully. "A mere Ten-Year Soul Ring can actually enroll in Shrek Academy? How did Shrek's examiners even check him?"

Wang Dong was not wrong.

It was impossible for Shrek Academy not to inspect Soul Rings during enrollment. Huo Yuhao had merely used the Eye of Eternity to make the examiner "subconsciously" overlook that detail.

As for Long Xiaoyao... he had never paid much attention to Shrek Academy at all.

To him, the only person at Shrek Academy worth caring about was his old brother, Mu En.

Poor Long Xiaoyao had no idea that Mu En had been spreading rumors about him behind his back.

Realizing that Huo Yuhao was still ignoring her, Wang Dong grew even more furious.

How could someone who had always been surrounded by admirers accept such "disrespect"?

"Fine, fine, fine! Let me see what you're capable of! I won't even need to use my Martial Soul against you!"

As she spoke, Wang Dong tapped the ground with the tip of her foot. Like an arrow shot from a fully drawn bow, she flew straight toward Huo Yuhao.

Wang Dong was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, she had reached Huo Yuhao. Her right leg rose high before lashing directly toward his chest.

Faced with Wang Dong's kick, Huo Yuhao remained calm. He stamped his foot, twisted his body in an eerie motion, slipped around her attack, and suddenly reached out with his hand.

"Hiss—" A bone-piercing chill made Wang Dong shudder, and her right leg jerked violently.

Mu En, who had been quietly watching their fight, focused all his attention on Huo Yuhao.

"Strange... Why do his techniques seem somewhat similar to the Tang Sect's?"

That was right. What Huo Yuhao had just used was the so-called Tang Sect secret art he had personally modified: Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

Those moves had long since become ingrained in Huo Yuhao's every motion. He could execute them without even thinking.

The chill Wang Dong had felt was the embryonic form of the Second Martial Soul that Tian Meng had bestowed upon Huo Yuhao.

Although it had not yet fully taken shape, because of the Eye of Eternity, Huo Yuhao could use Spiritual Power to drive the ice-element power of his Second Martial Soul.

Mu En narrowed his eyes from a distance. "This power... Twin Martial Souls with a Ten-Year Soul Ring? Interesting."

With Huo Yuhao gripping her right leg and having frozen her, Wang Dong had no time to think. Her face flushed with embarrassment and anger as she yanked her right leg back, bending her entire body downward in an attempt to drag Huo Yuhao down with her.

Yet Huo Yuhao was like a giant rooted in the earth. His stance was incomparably steady, and his grip was extremely strong.

Not only did Wang Dong fail to free herself, but Huo Yuhao took the opportunity to seize her other foot as well. The icy sensation surged up her left leg again, making her body tremble.

"You..." Wang Dong finally could not hold back any longer. Though she looked like a young man, her face was flushed red like a girl's.

Yet she and Huo Yuhao remained locked in place, each stubbornly refusing to let go first.

Huo Yuhao did not keep using the ice-element power of his Second Martial Soul either.

Just as Tian Meng had said, forcibly using the Ice Attribute power of his Second Martial Soul before it had fully taken shape would place an enormous burden on both his body and mind.

Thus, Huo Yuhao withdrew it after only a brief touch.

But after this exchange with Wang Dong, he had sobered up somewhat.

He truly had been blinded by hatred.

Huo Yuhao could not help feeling a lingering fear. Even though reversing Time and Space had severed the connection between the Divine Realm and the Douluo Plane, that separation would not last for long.

Besides, Tang San being temporarily unable to watch the Douluo Plane did not mean there was no one on the Douluo Plane capable of punishing him.

Setting aside the distant Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape of the Clear Sky Sect, Mu En was right here nearby.

If he had truly treated Wang Dong as Tang Wutong and unleashed his killing intent, Mu En would definitely have stopped him and crippled him for Wang Dong and the Clear Sky Sect.

He wanted revenge against those people who stood so high above others far too badly!

Wang Dong was also deeply humiliated. Huo Yuhao was clearly just a Soul Master with a Ten-Year Soul Ring, and his Soul Power was clearly inferior to hers, yet she was the one being completely dominated.

Even if it was because she had not activated her Martial Soul, it was still enough to make her feel humiliated.

"Let go of me!"

Wang Dong gritted out.

"Sure!"

Upon hearing Wang Dong's words, Huo Yuhao simply let her go. Wang Dong, however, did not fare nearly so well.

She had already been in an almost upside-down position. The moment Huo Yuhao released her, Wang Dong toppled straight onto the ground, her back making intimate contact with the floor.

Mu En, who had been watching them all along, turned his head away and closed his eyes, looking like an idle old man guarding the door.

The sudden fall hurt even Wang Dong.

"What are you doing?!" Wang Dong glared furiously at Huo Yuhao, her voice slightly twisted. Her previous arrogance and disdain had completely vanished, and she could no longer maintain them.

Huo Yuhao suddenly smiled.

He slowly approached Wang Dong and pulled the White Tiger Dagger from his storage-ring Soul Tool.

"If I had used this just now, you would already be dead."

Wang Dong froze for a moment, but Huo Yuhao said nothing more. He simply left and headed toward the dormitory.

A moment later, Wang Dong suddenly came to her senses. Biting her lip, she glared resentfully toward the dormitory.

"Why didn't he even tell me his name?!"

Outside the dormitory, Huo Yuhao pushed open the door and stepped aside, allowing the rotten stench inside to drift out.

In his previous life, he had arrived at the dormitory a day before Wang Dong, and their conflict had only erupted afterward.

This time, he had arrived later than Wang Dong, yet the conflict had still happened.

Wang Dong's incomparably arrogant personality had been nurtured by the two soul beasts, the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.

Huo Yuhao could not say that it was necessarily wrong, because she truly had been born noble.

But he would not tolerate anyone flaunting their arrogance in front of him.

He would no longer be bullied by others. Step by step, step by step, step by step, he would climb to the very top and become the highest existence.

He would become someone who controlled his own fate, someone higher even than Tang San.

After opening the window to air the room out, the foul air stirred with the flowing breeze and drifted outside.

At that moment, Wang Dong arrived as well.

"Say, you still haven't told me your name."

Huo Yuhao glanced at Wang Dong and replied coolly, "Huo Yuhao."

"Huo Yuhao..." Wang Dong softly repeated the name. Then she raised her head and said, "Fine, I'll remember you!"