Douluo: The Rebirth of the Supreme King Dong'er

A Familiar Face Who Could Use Iron Mountain Lean, and a Sliding Tackle

The Wind Tiger was faster than Dai Huabin, and its attack reached him first.

Yet Dai Huabin neither dodged nor evaded, forcibly taking the blow head-on. The White Tiger Bodyguard Barrier shattered, but the Wind Tiger's attack was greatly weakened as well, leaving only superficial wounds on Dai Huabin.

But the Wind Tiger was afraid too. Never mind that Dai Huabin had grabbed its neck—even if he had gone for its iron-hard head, it would have shaken its head and dodged. Its battle instincts made it instinctively avoid anything threatening its vital points.

Dai Huabin let out a tiger's roar, using the might of his White Tiger Martial Soul to disrupt the Wind Tiger's battle judgment once more. Then he suddenly launched an Iron Mountain Lean, the black fur stripes on his body whipping about like two ribbons as he charged directly into the Wind Tiger's claws.

Wang Dong'er rubbed her eyes. For a moment, she seemed to have seen someone she knew, but when she looked again, it was still Dai Huabin.

That Iron Mountain Lean knocked aside the Wind Tiger's pair of claws, though Dai Huabin's own shoulder was scratched by them.

Immediately afterward, Dai Huabin's tiger claws finally struck. He thrust them into the Wind Tiger's gaping jaws and forced its mouth open. His second spirit ring lit up at once, and a White Tiger Blazing Light Wave shot from Dai Huabin's mouth.

"Dai Huabin, stop!" Du Weilun's voice rang out from the high platform.

But Dai Huabin turned a deaf ear. Murderous intent surged within him. After unleashing what Wang Dong'er considered a bad-breath attack, the White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, he immediately flung both arms outward and tore off the Wind Tiger's lower jaw. Then, with another sliding tackle, he ripped open the Wind Tiger's belly.

Wang Dong'er was practically numb. This guy really knew how to put on a show.

No matter what, Dai Huabin had already gutted the Wind Tiger. Blood and organs gushed out in torrents, drenching him until he looked like a man made of blood.

A purple spirit ring slowly rose from the Wind Tiger's body.

Wang Dong'er had used only one soul skill to leave the Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear a bloody mess and on the brink of death, yet she had deliberately left it alive. Dai Huabin, on the other hand, had brutally ripped open the Wind Tiger's belly.

Many second-year students had never truly experienced slaughter or fought spirit beasts in actual combat. Seeing this scene, their faces turned pale. Some female students were even so overwhelmed by the stench of blood that they began to retch.

Zhu Lu, however, made no effort to hide the admiration in her eyes and was not disturbed like the other female students.

Dai Huabin had experienced killing from a young age. Zhu Lu, as someone bound to Dai Huabin, was no different.

The women of the Zhu Clan had surrendered their entire lives to members of the Dai Clan from the moment they were born. From Zhu Zhuqing ten thousand years ago to Zhu Lu today, it had always been so.

"Dai Huabin, didn't you hear me tell you to stop?" Du Weilun's voice was filled with anger.

He had just recommended Dai Huabin to Yan Shaozhe, only for Dai Huabin to slap him in the face immediately afterward.

With Dai Huabin's savage and unruly temperament, could he really be controlled by Shrek Academy in the future?

Of course, there was another reason as well.

The entire Beast Fighting Zone was controlled by a Titled Douluo elder of Shrek Academy named Gong Changlong, known as the Beast King.

Most of the powerful spirit beasts in the Beast Fighting Zone had been personally captured by Beast King Gong Changlong and his people. A century-old spirit beast would have been one thing, but now a millennium-old spirit beast had died—and it was a relatively powerful species like the Wind Tiger. Beast King Gong Changlong was sure to explode in anger.

Facing Du Weilun's questioning, Dai Huabin answered in an even tone, giving his reasons.

Du Weilun frowned and could not help looking back at Yan Shaozhe.

Yan Shaozhe considered it for a moment, then quietly gave Du Weilun a few instructions.

Only after receiving Yan Shaozhe's instructions did Du Weilun announce Dai Huabin's score.

Although Dai Huabin had chosen the highest-level assessment and had indeed won, Du Weilun felt that his blood-for-blood fighting style lacked technique. Moreover, Dai Huabin's earlier defiance reminded him of Wang Dong'er's old verbal attacks, leaving him with a bit of resentment.

He could not do anything about Wang Dong'er, but could he not handle a Dai Huabin?

So he immediately deducted a point from Dai Huabin, preventing him from passing with a perfect score.

"Also, Dai Huabin, because you killed a spirit beast and caused the academy enormous losses, you are ordered to compensate the academy within ten days. Otherwise, the academy will strip you of your status as a core disciple."

Although she disliked Dai Huabin as a person, Wang Dong'er still wore an amused smile.

When students suffered losses, the academy did nothing. When the academy suffered losses, it came down with an iron fist. How pure and spotless indeed.

Du Weilun deducted more points from Dai Huabin than Yan Shaozhe had expected, but Yan Shaozhe did not mind.

It was a good chance to knock Dai Huabin down a peg. No harm done.

Shrek Academy had never feared unruly students. Aside from Wang Dong'er at present, Shrek Academy's history had seen countless students even more rebellious than Dai Huabin. Yet had they not all ultimately taken pride in being Shrek Academy students?

Dai Huabin returned, covered in blood, while the fighting grounds were swiftly cleaned.

He glanced at Wang Dong'er and clenched his fists without saying anything.

Having been deducted points by Du Weilun and thus falling behind Wang Dong'er once more, he was unwilling to accept it. Still, he did not act out.

There was plenty of time ahead. In his life, Dai Huabin would be inferior to no one!

"Dai Huabin, go wash yourself." Mu Jin frowned as she noticed the bloody stench he had brought back.

Within the group, Huo Yuhao silently watched Dai Huabin, drenched in blood, feeling an urge to reveal himself and crush Dai Huabin.

But in the end, Huo Yuhao suppressed that impulse.

Big Sis had already promised him that she would give him the power he needed for revenge.

It was a good thing that Dai Huabin had not discovered his true identity. He could not expose himself because of a momentary impulse.

His target for revenge was not merely Dai Huabin. It was the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion!

After Dai Huabin, another student from Class Two stepped onto the field. After several familiar names, it was finally Huo Yuhao's turn.

As Class One's Control System class monitor, Xiao Xiao had taken the assessment before Dai Huabin. Since she was a Control System soul master, she basically only needed to consider how long she could maintain control.

With the Nine Cauldrons Sealing Origin Array, this soul bone skill, and Cauldron's Shockwave, Xiao Xiao naturally passed with a perfect score without any surprises.

Seeing Huo Yuhao step onto the field now and remembering his abilities, Xiao Xiao leaned close to Wang Dong'er and asked softly, "Dong'er, can he pass the assessment?"

Wang Dong'er nodded. "If he wants to pass, it should be pretty easy for him."

Quite a few people in Class One now knew that Huo Yuhao was Wang Dong'er's underling, but because of his ten-year first spirit ring, they still looked down on him somewhat.

Upon hearing Wang Dong'er's words, several students who had secretly pricked up their ears were stunned.

Could someone with Huo Yuhao's support-oriented abilities really pass the assessment? How was he supposed to control a spirit beast?

Huo Yuhao the Show-Off

"Second-year Class One, Huo Yuhao."

After his name was announced, Huo Yuhao thought briefly before saying, "I choose to challenge a five-hundred-year spirit beast."

Shrek Academy was not truly such a ramshackle operation, but Huo Yuhao's impression of it had already fallen to rock bottom. Since Xiao Xiao had never revealed her second Martial Soul, he would hide his as well.

Besides, even without relying on his second Martial Soul, he had a way to pass the advancement assessment.

On the high platform, Du Weilun was also stunned. Even if it was only a five-hundred-year spirit beast, he had not expected Huo Yuhao to dare choose one.

He had thought Huo Yuhao would choose the lowest-level century-old spirit beast to maximize his control abilities.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a snow-white rabbit hopped out of the beast enclosure.

Even the teacher who opened the enclosure gate was dumbfounded. He had not expected to release a five-hundred-year rabbit spirit beast.

Generally, the spirit beasts used to test students were species more inclined toward slaughter, those near the top of the food chain. Why had a rabbit spirit beast appeared?

Du Weilun's expression became somewhat awkward.

This was purely an error by the assessment staff. Just as he was about to have the assessment teacher take the spirit beast back and release another one, Yan Shaozhe stopped him.

Seeing the meaningful look in Yan Shaozhe's eyes, Du Weilun finally realized that they had once promised they would never proactively expel Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, or Huo Yuhao before they graduated from the outer academy.

They had never believed Huo Yuhao's combat ability would amount to much in the first place. Now that the spirit beast he faced was relatively weak, was that not perfect?

All they had to say was that Huo Yuhao had gotten lucky and happened to encounter such a spirit beast. Which student would dare question the academy?

At most, they would mock Huo Yuhao for being lucky, and that was something Huo Yuhao deserved.

With that thought, Du Weilun did not stop the assessment from continuing.

Seeing Du Weilun calmly watching from the high platform, the referee teacher could not figure out what Du Weilun was thinking. But since Du Weilun had not stepped forward to stop it, he did not dare overstep his authority. He could only quietly watch Huo Yuhao perform.

Huo Yuhao had not expected to encounter a rabbit spirit beast either, but even if it was a rabbit, he did not lower his guard.

After all, it was still a five-hundred-year spirit beast.

Two spirit rings rose beneath Huo Yuhao's feet. Upon seeing them, the students below immediately began discussing among themselves, while Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe on the high platform both darkened their expressions.

What Huo Yuhao displayed were clearly two white ten-year spirit rings.

What exactly was he doing?

Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe were both confused and angry.

The academy clearly had a Soul Hunting Office. As long as one paid a small soul-hunting fee, one could hire academy teachers to accompany them on a soul hunt. Never mind a century-old spirit ring—even hunting a millennium-old third spirit ring was possible, as long as one paid a little more of that modest soul-hunting fee.

But what was Huo Yuhao doing?

Did he think that, with Yan Shaozhe's promise backing him up, he could absorb spirit rings however he pleased?

His first spirit ring being ten years old could still be called an accident, or perhaps Huo Yuhao's background was too weak and no one could help him hunt spirit beasts. But for his second spirit ring to also be a ten-year spirit ring, that was truly inexcusable.

The reason Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe were angry was precisely because they felt Huo Yuhao was showing no respect for Shrek Academy.

It was not even arrogance born of talent. It was pure audacity!

"I never expected him to have such a show-off side," Wang Dong'er said with a grin.

In the original story, Huo Yuhao had likewise used Simulation to create a stir, but that was because he had been competing with Dai Huabin. He had first simulated a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, then later simulated two ten-year spirit rings to hide his abilities.

Now that he was not rushing to make a bet with Dai Huabin, yet still simulated two ten-year spirit rings, was he not just trying to show off by playing the pig to eat the tiger?

"What does show-off mean?" Xiao Xiao asked curiously.

"Just watch. He'll start making moves soon enough," Wang Dong'er said.

Sure enough, upon seeing Huo Yuhao's two ten-year spirit rings, even though it was facing only a rabbit spirit beast, the rabbit narrowed its eyes when it sensed not the slightest threat from him.

That meant the rabbit spirit beast did not take Huo Yuhao seriously at all.

Of course, not literally.

Huo Yuhao had thought it through clearly. The only control skill—or rather, attack skill—his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul could rely on was Mental Shock.

Mental Interference was also a control skill, but he worried others would notice that his number of soul skills did not match his number of spirit rings.

Just explaining Mental Shock through the combination of Purple Demon Eyes and a spiritual Martial Soul was already difficult enough. He had to make others believe it was his Self-Created Soul Skill. He could not brush off Mental Interference as another Self-Created Soul Skill too.

So Huo Yuhao came up with the method of playing the pig to eat the tiger.

Whether his opponent was a person or a spirit beast, seeing his two ten-year spirit rings would inevitably make them lower their guard. That was his opportunity.

Now that he saw the rabbit spirit beast lowering its guard, Huo Yuhao approached while gathering his strength.

Mental Shock, activate!

A blast of Mental Shock, combined with the boost from Purple Demon Eyes and the rabbit spirit beast's contempt, was enough for Huo Yuhao, who had now reached the Soul Grandmaster level, to make the rabbit spirit beast roll its eyes and stagger unsteadily.

Then, Huo Yuhao's two spirit rings actually changed color, shifting directly from white to two black Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.

He had already approached the rabbit spirit beast. Under the pressure of the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, the rabbit spirit beast, already dizzy from the Mental Shock, felt the pressure of a ten-thousand-year spirit beast as well. Driven by instinct, it immediately fled, darting back to the beast enclosure gate in a flash.

Clearly, Huo Yuhao had passed the assessment.

The students, as well as Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe on the high platform, were all shocked when they saw Huo Yuhao's spirit rings suddenly become two Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.

The pressure of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings could not be faked. They had just experienced it once from Wang Dong'er.

What level were Huo Yuhao's spirit rings really?

And what exactly were his abilities?

Everything had become a mystery.

Though no one had ever said it outright, anyone could see that Huo Yuhao was Wang Dong'er's underling.

Was it true that like leader, like subordinate?

Wang Dong'er had startled everyone with Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, and Huo Yuhao had done the same.

"Huo Yuhao, what ability did you use?" Du Weilun had no such scruples and immediately asked.

Huo Yuhao glanced at Wang Dong'er. Seeing her shake her head, he fell silent for a moment, encouraged himself inwardly, and then said, "Director Du, I believe I should have the right to keep my abilities confidential."

Wang Dong'er smacked her forehead. Huo Yuhao, why was he still being polite to that idiot Du Weilun? He should have just fired back.

Wang Dong'er: This Is Amazing!

The two classes took turns, and the assessments were completed over the course of an afternoon.