Breakthrough

Who else could it be but Ye Mo? Ye Mo had just remembered that if Huo Yuhao failed to complete one hundred laps, he would be expelled.

He did not want Huo Yuhao expelled so early. After all, Ye Mo wanted to know just how far Huo Yuhao could grow without that great opportunity. Besides, Huo Yuhao was a formidable opponent. Having an opponent like him was not bad at all.

"Y-You... what are you doing here?" Huo Yuhao, panting as he ran, looked in surprise at Ye Mo rushing toward him. With his Spirit Eye Soul, he naturally recognized the newcomer as Ye Mo.

"Did you come to humiliate me?"

Huo Yuhao frowned and clenched his small hands into tight fists.

"Stop yapping." Ye Mo could not be bothered to explain. He grabbed Huo Yuhao by the collar, lifted him one-handed, and continued running. Empowered by the Millennial Fox Martial Soul, Ye Mo's speed had increased by more than double.

Of course, that also accelerated the consumption of Soul Power. There were only fifteen minutes left, while Huo Yuhao still had fifteen full laps to go. From the looks of it, he could not run any farther.

If Ye Mo had been running alone, he naturally could have finished with ease. But with Huo Yuhao added to the burden, things were less certain. Though Huo Yuhao was not particularly heavy, he still weighed Ye Mo down considerably.

Yet with the Millennial Fox Martial Soul empowering him, the remaining hundred laps were even easier than before.

Thus, Ye Mo ran while carrying Huo Yuhao, drawing everyone's attention and creating a bizarre sight across the entire Shrek Plaza.

In the final minute, Ye Mo carried the half-dead Huo Yuhao to Zhou Yi. His face was slightly flushed; the exertion had still taken quite a toll on him.

Zhou Yi nodded expressionlessly. Then, just as before, she called out several students and told them to pack their things and get lost.

Naturally, some of them were dissatisfied. Why did Huo Yuhao not have to pack up and leave? He had clearly only completed the hundred laps with someone else's help.

Zhou Yi explained forcefully that she only cared about the result, not the process. She had never said they were forbidden from receiving help to complete the hundred laps.

Those students were naturally unconvinced, but under Zhou Yi's overwhelming pressure, they slunk off to the Academic Affairs Office to complain.

Afterward, Huo Yuhao naturally asked Ye Mo why he had helped him.

"Isn't it obvious? Without you, who's going to clean from now on?" Ye Mo said lazily, as though he could not survive without Huo Yuhao cleaning the dormitory.

Veins bulged on Huo Yuhao's forehead. It felt like this guy had helped him solely so he could keep cleaning the dormitory.

Had he, Huo Yuhao, entered Shrek Academy just to help others clean?

But on second thought, he really did seem to be the one specifically assigned to cleaning now.

Pah! How could I think that?

Huo Yuhao found Ye Mo increasingly impossible to understand. At the same time, countless questions filled his heart. With such overwhelming strength, why did Ye Mo target him at every turn? And what had Ye Mo and the others been doing in the Star Dou Great Forest last time?

Of course, Huo Yuhao's greatest question was—

Was he really a normal human?

If Ye Mo knew what Huo Yuhao was thinking, he would certainly have been greatly startled. He had been careless before and let Huo Yuhao see his true appearance. Otherwise, Ye Mo would never have allowed Huo Yuhao to live.

His true identity absolutely had to remain secret. After all, he was no longer human.

Next, they had to change clothes. With only fifteen minutes available, Ye Mo did not waste any time. He quickly returned to the dormitory with Wang Dong, while Huo Yuhao followed closely behind.

"You two go change in the dormitory first." Wang Dong's small face reddened slightly, though she quickly returned to normal.

Ye Mo looked at Wang Dong with a strange expression. If he insisted on dragging Wang Dong in to change clothes with them, what would happen? She would probably beat him to death.

Huo Yuhao, standing behind them, also looked at Wang Dong strangely. They were both men, yet Wang Dong's current appearance seemed rather...

Wang Dong glared at Ye Mo and Huo Yuhao. "What are you staring at? I don't like changing clothes with other people, and I don't like looking at other people's bodies either. I'm afraid I'll get styes. Got it?"

Ye Mo shrugged and charged inside to change, utterly unconcerned. Huo Yuhao hesitated for a moment, then, under Wang Dong's murderous gaze, immediately ran into the dormitory.

The instant Huo Yuhao entered, Wang Dong's face turned crimson, as though she had thought of something.

Very soon, all three of them had changed their clothes. After all, they only had five minutes.

A while later, the three arrived at the classroom. This time, Ye Mo sat in the middle, with Qing Ling and Wang Dong seated on either side of him. Ye Mo had many things he wanted to ask Qing Ling, things he had not had time to ask earlier.

"Why did you come to Shrek Academy?" Ye Mo poked Qing Ling's arm and asked softly.

Qing Ling did not answer. Her cool little face remained focused on Zhou Yi's lecture.

However, her chubby cheeks were slightly puffed out. She was clearly angry.

Ye Mo: ...

How had he made her angry? Ye Mo was completely baffled. Ever since he had come to this world, his entire life had been filled with confusion at every turn.

No matter how Ye Mo questioned her afterward, Qing Ling remained silent and completely ignored him.

Who exactly was the master here?

Ye Mo rubbed his aching forehead. He did not notice that a certain cross-dressing young lady's face had already taken on a faintly jealous expression.

"Fox Ye Mo, stand up!" An angry voice rang out, pulling Ye Mo from his thoughts.

"What is it, Teacher?"

"State your Soul Power Level," Zhou Yi said coldly.

"My Soul Power is level 19," Ye Mo replied calmly. A deep purple Soul Ring slowly rose beneath his feet. Upon closer inspection, strange patterns on the Soul Ring shimmered with light.

"Good heavens! His first Soul Ring is actually a thousand-year one!"

Someone in the class had already cried out in alarm. A first Soul Ring at the thousand-year level was already beyond their understanding.

If they knew that Ye Mo possessed three more martial souls, and that the Soul Ring of his third martial soul was a million-year one, they would probably faint from fright.

Suddenly, Ye Mo's aura grew a little stronger. He had broken through?

"My apologies. I'm level 20 now."

Zhou Yi: ...

Wang Dong: ...

Huo Yuhao: ...

The other students: ...

Could Soul Power Levels really break through so casually? Was he fucking messing with them?

Ye Mo did not find it strange at all. He had been stuck at this level for several days already.

By his calculations, it was about time to break through. He just had not expected it to happen in the classroom.

This feeling was exciting.

Qing Ling, beside Ye Mo, looked utterly calm. After all, he was the Young Emperor of their Azure Hill Clan.

"Very good, Fox Ye Mo. Now that is what a qualified little monster should be like. Compared to him, you are all nothing but mediocrities," Zhou Yi said coldly after recovering from her brief surprise.

The surrounding students wore angry expressions, but none of them spoke. It was true that they fell short compared to Ye Mo, but surely they could not be called mediocrities.

Then Zhou Yi's next words utterly crushed them.

"Furthermore, Fox Ye Mo is only eight years old."

"How is that possible?"

The students around them stared at Zhou Yi in disbelief. What did eight years old mean? Based on the awakening age on the Douluo Continent, Ye Mo had only cultivated for two years.

If they were told that Ye Mo had started cultivating only half a month ago, their expressions would probably be quite spectacular.

Even Wang Dong beside him stared at Ye Mo in shock. "That guy doesn't look eight at all," Wang Dong muttered softly, voicing the thoughts of most of them. After all, Ye Mo looked about the same age as they did.

At that moment, Ye Mo had no mind to care about any of this. He was considering when he should go search for a Soul Ring.

Meanwhile, deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, an incomparably beautiful young woman with long silver-white hair sat cross-legged on the ground.

At that moment, she seemed to sense something and slowly opened her eyes. Her beautiful purple pupils carried an indescribable pressure.

Her gaze was as ancient as the stars, yet it carried a faint trace of sorrow.

"Is that fox coming?"