A Soul Beast That Committed Suicide

Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to envelop the entire arena and discovered an Earth Yellow figure charging straight at him.

Within his Mental Detection, the opponent's attack trajectory appeared with perfect clarity. He could even predict the Earth Barbarian Bull's next move. This allowed Huo Yuhao to evade its long-prepared attack with the smallest possible movements.

The bull drew closer and closer. Huo Yuhao seemed to have been frightened stupid, standing motionless as he stared blankly at the Earth Barbarian Bull.

Du Weilun shook his head at the sight. He had thought the boy could at least hold out for a minute or two, but he had not expected him to be eliminated the moment they met.

Du Weilun had already prepared to rescue him at any moment. If the boy could not dodge, he would save him in time. As for admission, he could recommend him to the Soul Tool Department. The Martial Soul Department had no need for such a weak student.

Ten meters, eight meters, five meters—just as the Earth Barbarian Bull was about to slam into Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya could not help crying out.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao gave a light hop and easily avoided the Earth Barbarian Bull's charge. Yet from Tang Ya and the others' perspective, the bull's horns had nearly brushed Huo Yuhao's body. Had he been half a second slower, he would have ended up severely injured or dead.

Huo Yuhao knew he could not dodge too early. Otherwise, the Earth Barbarian Bull would have enough distance to change direction. By waiting until it was close before evading at the limit, he could perfectly avoid one of its attacks and deny it any chance to follow up.

It might have looked simple, but without Mental Detection precisely controlling the Earth Barbarian Bull's distance and movements, even upperclassmen would not have dared to begin making such small evasive movements from so close.

Although Huo Yuhao's maneuver had been extreme, to the Earth Barbarian Bull, it was a provocation.

The Earth Barbarian Bull abruptly braked with all four hooves, sending dust flying throughout the Beast Fighting Zone. Its wide eyes glared furiously at Huo Yuhao.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Huo Yuhao moved away from the Earth Barbarian Bull and headed toward the edge of the Beast Fighting Zone.

The Earth Barbarian Bull charged several more times in rage, but Huo Yuhao easily dodged them all. After failing to hit him for so long, it became even angrier. Soul Power gathered as an Earth Yellow glow lit up on its horns and spread outward. Huo Yuhao instantly felt his body become much heavier.

This was the Earth Barbarian Bull's Soul Skill—Gravity Control.

Although the Soul Skill made it harder for Huo Yuhao to move, after briefly adjusting to the gravity field, he could once again easily evade the Earth Barbarian Bull's attacks. The Earth Barbarian Bull might have had high attack and defense, but it was simply too cumbersome.

More than four minutes soon passed. Huo Yuhao had calculated the timing, and just as the five-minute assessment was about to end, the tireless Earth Barbarian Bull launched another charge at Huo Yuhao, who stood at the edge of the Beast Fighting Zone.

The Earth Barbarian Bull drew closer and closer to Huo Yuhao. In its eyes, the human before it had actually failed to dodge this time! It felt unprecedented excitement and summoned the greatest strength it could wield, gathering all its Soul Power in its four hooves and horns. It only wanted to smash the other party to death.

It hit him! But why was there no sensation?

Before the Earth Barbarian Bull could figure it out, it crashed with all its strength into the stone wall of the Beast Fighting Zone. With a thunderous boom, it slowly collapsed, and a Soul Ring gradually rose from its corpse.

Congratulations. It had become the first Soul Beast in Shrek's Beast Fighting Zone history to successfully commit suicide. In that sense, it had made history.

Seeing the Soul Ring slowly emerge from the Earth Barbarian Bull's fallen body, Huo Yuhao's eyes widened.

This thing was trying to scam him. It was definitely trying to scam him! It thought he was still standing there.

He had merely used three Soul Skills—Simulation, Mental Sharing, and Soul Interference—to make it think he was still standing in place and had not dodged. Then he used Soul Interference to suggest that it go all out. Who could have known it would ram itself to death?

It was all because the walls of this damn Beast Fighting Zone were too hard, causing the world to lose such a living creature. What a sin!

At that moment, Du Weilun, the teacher in charge of the Beast Fighting Zone, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya all gathered around, their expressions strange as they looked at the Earth Barbarian Bull's corpse.

From their perspective, the Earth Barbarian Bull had literally rammed itself to death. It truly was a rare sight.

When he saw Du Weilun and the teacher in charge of the Beast Fighting Zone, Huo Yuhao widened his innocent eyes and shamelessly accused them first. "You are not going to make me compensate you because this Earth Barbarian Bull died, are you? You all saw it. It rammed itself to death. I only dodged its attack."

"No compensation is needed. The Beast Fighting Zone has its death quota as well."

The teacher in charge of the Beast Fighting Zone shook his head, then took out a notebook and began muttering to himself as he wrote something down.

"It seems the Beast Fighting Zone rules need another addition. When fighting an Earth Barbarian Bull, do not stand at the edge of the Beast Fighting Zone."

Sure enough, behind every absurd rule was an even more absurd story.

At this point, Du Weilun handed Huo Yuhao his admission information. "Congratulations, Huo Yuhao. You have successfully passed the assessment. From now on, you are a member of Shrek Academy. This is your admission information."

Huo Yuhao showed an appropriate amount of delight. "I passed the assessment? That's wonderful!"

Tang Ya and Bei Bei also happily stepped forward to congratulate Huo Yuhao.

Only after the three had calmed down did Du Weilun ask with a stern expression, "Huo Yuhao, did the Earth Barbarian Bull's death truly have nothing to do with you?"

Huo Yuhao wore an innocent expression. "It really had nothing to do with me. I merely stood at the edge of the Beast Fighting Zone and dodged its attack. Who could have expected it to ram itself to death?"

Du Weilun nodded, accepting Huo Yuhao's explanation, but he could not help asking, "Huo Yuhao, what is your First Soul Skill? Why did I never see you use a Soul Skill?"

"I was using it the whole time, but others cannot detect it. Teacher Du, please do not resist my spiritual power. I will show you."

Huo Yuhao activated Mental Detection Sharing. Although he did not like this teacher whose attitude had changed several times, displaying some of his value would earn him more resources.

Very quickly, Du Weilun learned about Huo Yuhao's First Soul Skill. As expected, his attitude toward Huo Yuhao became much kinder.

"Just as Bei Bei said, it truly is a powerful Support System Soul Skill. Work hard, Yuhao. Your future is limitless." Du Weilun patted Huo Yuhao's shoulder in encouragement.

As expected of someone he had personally admitted into the academy; the boy had not disappointed him. He needed to write a report and submit it to Yan Shaozhe, the Martial Soul Department Dean. After all, this was a Body Martial Soul, and his First Soul Skill was so heaven-defying.

As for his previous thought of sending Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department—what Soul Tool Department? He did not know any such thing. This was talent from their Martial Soul Department, and it was his achievement as well. How could he let the Soul Tool Department have him?

After Du Weilun left, Tang Ya took out a gemstone-studded belt and handed it to Huo Yuhao.

"Little Yuhao, this is a replica of the Space Soul Guidance Device left by our Tang Sect ancestor—Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlit Night. I noticed you do not have a Space Soul Guidance Device, so I will give it to you as an admission gift."

Huo Yuhao did not decline and readily accepted it. He really did need a Space Soul Guidance Device; otherwise, everything would be inconvenient.

Huo Yuhao remembered Xiao Ya's kindness. As for repaying her, that could wait until later.

It was just that the Soul Tool was modeled after Tang San's, which made Huo Yuhao somewhat uncomfortable, but he would make do with it for now and replace it once he had money.

"Thank you, Xiao Ya-jie. If there is anything you want to eat in the future, come find me. I am quite confident in my cooking."

"That's wonderful!" Tang Ya's eyes sparkled as she began looking forward to future delicacies.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao had accepted the gift, Bei Bei took him to handle his admission procedures. Along the way, he pointed out the academy's statues and gave Huo Yuhao a thorough introduction to the stories of the Shrek Seven Devils and the Golden Iron Triangle.

Huo Yuhao also examined the statues and found that their appearances leaned more toward the Shrek Seven Devils from the comics.

After looking them over and getting the measure of them, Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze. He wore a polite smile throughout the journey and quietly listened as Bei Bei praised those people.

It had to be said that if he had not read the Original Work of Douluo I and known what Master, Tang San, and the others were really like, he might truly have thought they were saints just from Bei Bei's introduction.

If the people of Shrek Academy were to see with their own eyes that the ancestors and founders they worshipped were so unworthy, what expressions would they wear?

It really made one curious.