Zhou Yi's Tearful Wail

Visibly, once Zhou Yi proposed her running-based training method, the students began to hesitate.

Yet some students made no effort to hide it, directly turning their gazes toward Huo Yuhao.

Was this a joke? Making them go running?

Zhou Yi naturally noticed the hopeful looks in the students' eyes, and her expression darkened even further.

Still, she ultimately restrained her temper and looked toward Huo Yuhao as well.

She refused to believe that Huo Yuhao could possibly have any opinions on her running-based training method.

When it came to improving physical fitness, no one understood it better than she did!

Seeing all the students around him looking his way, Huo Yuhao smiled faintly. The effect was even better than he had anticipated.

However, his stage was never going to be confined to this mere Class One. It was Shrek Academy, the Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duels Tournament across the continent, and the entire Douluo Continent.

"Teacher Zhou, this student is very interested in your teaching method. May I ask whether Teacher Zhou has the time to clear up this student's doubts?"

Zhou Yi clenched the chalk in her hand, and the fragile stick of chalk was crushed directly into powder by her immense strength.

She took a deep breath, feeling that she had never faced such a tremendous challenge before.

"What is your question?"

"May I ask Teacher Zhou, is running the only teaching method you have?"

With a proud expression, Zhou Yi said, "Of course not!"

"Running is merely the most basic method, meant to help you adapt. Once you've adapted, I'll add iron garments and have you run while wearing them..."

"Is that so? Teacher Zhou, is your promotion rate one hundred percent?"

When Huo Yuhao brought this up, Zhou Yi became even more energized. This was the matter she was most proud of.

"Of course."

Huo Yuhao said with a hint of amusement, "Other than expelling students, what else are you good at?"

"Why can other teachers maintain high promotion rates without expelling students, while only you need to expel them?"

"Teacher Zhou, we're not children anymore."

"There are many ways to improve physical fitness and train Soul Power. Weighted running, this most primitive method, was abandoned long ago."

At the end, Huo Yuhao added, "Even beginner Soul Master Academies wouldn't use such a method."

Zhou Yi's face turned livid, but Huo Yuhao gave her no chance to interrupt. He continued on his own, "Teacher Zhou treats this running-based training method, which teachers at every academy, including Shrek Academy, no longer use, as sacred doctrine."

"Does Teacher Zhou think everyone else is stupid? That they would abandon the top-tier training method you believe in and insist on using other methods instead?"

"Only a 'trash teacher' like Teacher Zhou would seek validation in historical garbage that should have been discarded long ago."

"Because you simply don't know how to teach students, nor do you deserve to teach them."

"You only know how to train people with a method that has the worst results and causes the greatest harm to the body."

"Otherwise, why don't I see Teacher Zhou running around Shrek Plaza every day?"

"Is it because putting on makeup that no one will ever see wastes too much of your time in front of the mirror?"

"Or is it because you have no face to show others, so you wear a human-face mask every day and pretend it is your own face?"

The more Huo Yuhao spoke, the more animated he became. The scenes from when he had entered Shrek Academy in his previous life remained vivid in his mind.

The first real crisis of his previous life had arisen precisely because of Zhou Yi's running-based training method.

At that critical moment, he had comprehended the endless circulation of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, barely managing to cling to life.

Huo Yuhao's voice grew colder and colder, yet the majesty within it did not diminish in the slightest.

No matter what, Huo Yuhao had once been a god.

The perfect fusion of divine majesty and Monarch's Descent, coupled with the power of the Eye of Eternity within Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, placed immense pressure upon Zhou Yi's mind.

Zhou Yi stood on the podium and looked at Huo Yuhao. Clearly, she was stronger than him, yet at this moment, she felt like a small boat adrift in a storm before him.

This was impossible!

She roared in her heart, yet she could not open her mouth or make a sound.

Her disgust and anger receded. Although Zhou Yi still wore that livid expression on the surface, the hand clutching the chalk had already begun to tremble slightly.

Huo Yuhao knew that he had achieved his goal, and immediately withdrew the pressure he had placed on Zhou Yi.

Using power beyond his current limit for a short time was manageable, but if it lasted too long, problems would arise in both his body and mind.

Fortunately, it had all been worth it.

He did not have the leisure to quarrel with Zhou Yi every day. This was the best outcome for now.

Besides, Zhou Yi was merely an appetizer.

And through today's events, Huo Yuhao had successfully verified one of his suspicions.

At this moment, Zhou Yi stood frozen on the podium for a long while. Then, as though she had forgotten what had just happened, her expression returned to normal.

"Wang Dong."

"Ah? Oh, here!" Hearing Zhou Yi call her name, Wang Dong stood up.

Zhou Yi did not look at Wang Dong. Instead, she faced all the students and said, "Wang Dong's cultivation is the highest among you. Therefore, I hereby announce that from now on, she will be the class monitor of New Student Class One."

"However, the position of class monitor will remain open to challenge. If anyone can defeat her, they may take her place as class monitor. Do you understand?"

"We understand." The students' reactions varied. Some looked at Wang Dong with sharp eyes, while others subconsciously glanced toward Huo Yuhao.

Zhou Yi naturally noticed these reactions, but she did not care.

Huo Yuhao's suggestion had worked very well. After all, he had forcibly used the power of the Eye of Eternity, while Zhou Yi was only a Soul Emperor.

No one noticed the strange smile gradually appearing on the lips of Huo Yuhao, who sat by the window.

Once Zhou Yi stopped stirring up trouble, the lesson proceeded quickly.

After all, most of it was an expansion on basic theory. Other than Huo Yuhao, who had never attended a beginner Soul Master Academy, everyone present was from noble families.

They had long since learned these basic theories either at beginner Soul Master Academies or within their own families.

All the new student courses were essentially optional to them. The only thing they needed to do was remain through the New Student Assessment and become members of Shrek Academy.

As for physical training, Huo Yuhao had not been wrong. There were many ways to train one's physique, and while it was not absolutely indispensable for Soul Masters, they still needed to train to some extent.

In his previous life, Zhou Yi had once told him that her idol was Yu Xiaogang, the Horn of Wisdom, one of the three great deans of the Golden Iron Triangle, a predecessor who had "founded" Shrek Academy ten thousand years ago.

Back then, Huo Yuhao had even developed respect for Yu Xiaogang because of Zhou Yi.

But after Huo Yuhao learned the whole truth, all he had left for Zhou Yi and Yu Xiaogang was disgust.