A Minor Back-to-School Incident, Huo Gua Went Full Cheat Mode

The next day, Shrek Academy officially began classes.

Zhou Huan did not get up particularly early, and Wen Xiaoshuai had already left the dormitory.

When Zhou Huan arrived at the corridor outside Grade Two Class One, he happened to see a noisy scene unfolding.

Zhu Lu's sharp, mocking voice rang out. "If you don't dare to bet, then get out of Shrek Academy!"

Xiao Xiao rose furiously. "Isn't it just comparing the total points of three people in the Advancement Assessment?! We'll bet! Just don't regret it later!"

Huo Yuhao still tried to stop her. "Xiao Xiao..."

But Dai Huabin immediately interrupted him with a sneer. "What, she dares, but you don't?"

Huo Yuhao's gaze turned icy. "Fine. The reward we received from the Freshman Competition was a Soul Bone, and it has already been absorbed. If you want to bet, then bring out a Soul Bone first. Without stakes, you're not qualified to enter this wager. When the time comes, whoever loses hands over a Soul Bone and one leg!"

When they heard the words "Soul Bone," everyone present froze for a moment. No one had expected last year's Freshman Competition champions to have received a Soul Bone as their reward.

But when they heard that one leg was also part of the stakes, many faces changed. At that point, it would become a life-or-death enmity.

Zhou Huan, who was standing some distance away, also frowned. It was not because the stakes were too high, but because it seemed he had remembered wrong. The Void Spirit Demonic Leopard Left Leg Bone awarded by the competition had not gone to Wang Dong, but to Xiao Xiao.

At that moment, Dai Huabin recovered from his shock at hearing about the Soul Bone, and a clearly visible greed even appeared in his eyes. "Fine, then we'll bet—"

"What bet?!" Wang Yan, who had just arrived, roared. "Is the academy here to teach you to use your own legs and your classmates as gambling stakes?!"

With Wang Yan present, there was no need for Zhou Huan to step in.

That girl Xiao Xiao had too strong a sense of justice. She did not consider her own situation at all. If they lost, it would be her leg on the line. This was clearly a grudge between Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin, so why should she, an outsider, be used as the stake?

Although Zhou Huan knew that Huo Gua, as the Son of Destiny, would not lose whether according to the original plot or his actual abilities, especially since he had already fused with the Ice Empress.

Still, hearing those stakes left Zhou Huan dissatisfied. For no other reason than that Xiao Xiao was his friend.

Even if Xiao Xiao herself had agreed, whether it was Dai Huabin or Huo Yuhao, the fact that they dared to use his friend as a bargaining chip made killing intent flash through Zhou Huan's heart at that instant.

Especially since he knew the original plot, Huo Gua's revenge had practically been no revenge at all.

By the time Huo Gua truly grew powerful, the White Tiger Duke's wife was already dead. That was beyond his control, but Dai Huabin, one of the two principal culprits, had been living perfectly well.

In the end, Huo Gua had not touched a single hair in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. He had not even killed Dai Huabin.

That was what Zhou Huan considered Huo Gua's biggest flaw.

Some people said that one should not live burdened by hatred.

Zhou Huan thought that statement was correct, but if someone could not even avenge their mother's murder, then they were no longer worthy of being called human. What was the point of talking about whether they should live or not?

Even if Huo Gua's mother, Huo Yun'er, was living well in the God Realm in the end, she had still died once, had she not?

Therefore, Zhou Huan felt it simply was not worth having Xiao Xiao step forward for that kind of "revenge."

Just as Zhou Huan was considering how to properly teach that foolish girl Xiao Xiao a lesson later, Wang Yan, just as in the original plot, suppressed the conflict, and the wager became that the loser would kow and apologize.

The farce temporarily came to an end.

After returning to the Grade Two Class One classroom, Zhou Huan still sat beside Wen Xiaoshuai.

However, the moment he sat down, Zhou Huan heard Wen Xiaoshuai say quietly, "Xiao Xiao was too impulsive just now."

Zhou Huan nodded without saying anything. He knew Wen Xiaoshuai did not like chatting in class. He was probably just unable to resist complaining a little and did not necessarily need an answer.

However, Wen Xiaoshuai's next sentence made Zhou Huan's eyes light up. "Should we find a chance to take one of Dai Huabin's legs?"

Holy shit!

At that moment, those were the only two words in Zhou Huan's mind. Lacking any better vocabulary, holy shit was all he could think of.

He had not expected it. This silent lamb was actually quite ruthless.

Not bad. He liked that eye-for-an-eye personality. Birds of a feather really did flock together.

But they could not make a move at Shrek.

Thus, Zhou Huan replied calmly, "No rush. Misfortune can strike at any time; there will always be an opportunity. We can't act at Shrek."

Wen Xiaoshuai nodded as well and said nothing further.

With only a few words, the two roommates, both fiercely protective of their friends and neither particularly broad-minded, set themselves a small goal.

The reason Zhou Huan agreed so readily was mainly because Dai Huabin was not a good person to begin with. Zhou Huan had no psychological burden about acting against him, and there was even less reason to give him some melodramatic chance at redemption later.

Zhou Huan did not consider himself a kind person either. Especially in a world like Douluo Continent, his kindness would only go to his family, friends, and loved ones. If circumstances allowed, he might also extend it to ordinary unarmed people. But Dai Huabin clearly did not belong in any of those categories.

At that moment, Wang Yan on the podium began explaining the afternoon's Advancement Assessment. "The Advancement Assessments for Class One and Class Two will both be held in the Beast Fighting Arena within the Beast Fighting Zone. The assessment consists of battling Soul Beasts. The key is not victory or defeat, but your performance in battle. Of course, if you choose to fight a Ten-Year Soul Beast and still lose, then you can pack your things and leave Shrek Academy..."

After Wang Yan finished explaining the Advancement Assessment, Huo Yuhao was sought out by Mu Jin, the Class Advisor of Class Two, who had it out for Zhou Yi, because he had reported in late.

Unfortunately, once everyone learned that Huo Gua had become a Level 2 Soul Tool Master and was also a Core Disciple of the Soul Tool Department, the minor disturbance passed.

That afternoon, at the Beast Fighting Arena.

Other than the Beast Enclosure where Soul Beasts were kept, this was Shrek Academy's largest dedicated area, capable of holding a full ten thousand people.

The students of Grade Two Class One and Class Two entered the Beast Fighting Arena smoothly under their teachers' guidance.

Quite a few teachers had arrived, mainly to ensure the students' safety during the assessment. After all, Soul Beasts did not care whether you were taking an exam.

Even Du Wilun, the director of the Martial Soul Department, had come. However, he had come at Yan Shaozhe's instruction, seeking to understand why Huo Yuhao had become a Level 2 Soul Tool Master in such a short time and why Qian Duoduo had been so eager to recruit him into the Soul Tool Department.

As expected, because of his wager with Dai Huabin, Huo Yuhao was the first to enter the arena.

When he chose to challenge a Hundred-Year Soul Beast, many people showed disdain, especially Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu. With this, he wanted to defeat them?

Yet the next moment, nearly everyone, including Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, seemed to forget how to breathe.

Because Huo Gua had begun displaying all the cheats stacked on him.

Two blood-red, dazzling Hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings slowly rose beneath Huo Gua's feet. Instantly, an aura like that of an ancient fierce beast spread through the entire Beast Fighting Arena!

The Hundred-Year Soul Beast, a Wind Spirit Wolf, which had been charging fiercely at Huo Gua just a second ago, immediately collapsed onto the ground in terror, defecating and urinating at the same time.

The scene was simply too beautiful to look at!

Forget that Wind Spirit Wolf—even Du Wilun, a Soul Douluo, instantly unleashed his Martial Soul in full because he had truly felt the oppressive aura of Hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.

As for the students in the stands, they fared even worse. Some of the more timid ones went limp and collapsed directly to the ground.

Wen Xiaoshuai was doing all right, but Xiao Xiao and Wang Qingya were already trembling nervously. When had they ever experienced the oppressive aura of Hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings?

They had not embarrassed themselves yet, but the fear in their hearts was completely real.

Seeing this, Zhou Huan had no choice but to envelop each of them in a layer of icy Soul Power as he said, "Don't worry. It's fake."

At that moment, Xiao Xiao and Wang Qingya seemed unable to feel that terrifying oppressive aura anymore. They asked in unison, "Fake? But it looks so real!"

Because they had been too shocked earlier, even now they had not noticed that Zhou Huan's Soul Power was protecting them. The others noticed even less; all of them were dumbfounded by Huo Yuhao's two Hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings in the arena.

Only Wen Xiaoshuai, who stood beside them, had a trace of doubt in his eyes, but he had always been rather quiet in settings like this.

Facing Xiao Xiao and Wang Qingya's curiosity, Zhou Huan gave a "reasonable" explanation. "How could anyone withstand Hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings as their first and second Soul Rings? Even if there was a sacrifice, it couldn't be that every time he needed a Soul Ring, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would sacrifice itself for him, right?"

There was no way Zhou Huan could tell them that the cheat addict currently had a Million-Year Soul Beast and the four-hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Empress Scorpion inside him.

After thinking it over, the two girls quickly accepted Zhou Huan's explanation. After all, that was what made sense.

There was no need to continue today's assessment.

Most of the Soul Beasts had been frightened into wetting themselves by the aura of the Hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings. It had even drawn out the person in charge of the Beast Fighting Arena, Gong Changlong, a Titled Douluo.

After that, Zhou Huan could not be bothered to watch anymore. It was nothing more than Gong Changlong questioning Huo Gua, followed by Dai Huabin, whose defeat had long been certain, kneeling and apologizing to Huo Gua.

Naturally, that only made Dai Huabin's killing intent toward Huo Gua grow even stronger.

Come to think of it, Zhou Huan was actually waiting for Dai Huabin's reason to be blinded by killing intent.

No longer bothering with the Beast Fighting Arena, Zhou Huan took Xiao Xiao and the other two straight to Shrek City. It had been a long time since they had eaten the delicacies from those roadside stalls.

In any case, there would be no more classes that afternoon, so they could treat it as half a day off.

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