Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao's Despair! Teacher Song Yunzhi's Helplessness!

"Let's go."

Huang Fei said to Ning Tian and Wu Feng.

Still immersed in their shock, the two came back to their senses at his words and followed him toward the edge of the field.

Along the way, Class Nine's students stepped aside to make way for them. There was no longer the slightest hint of doubt in their eyes, only awe.

Huang Fei's expression remained calm, but inside, he felt utterly satisfied.

Since coming to this world, he had cultivated bitterly for four years without rest, hunting Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts through nine deaths and one life to obtain a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring...

What had it all been for?

Wasn't it for this very moment?

To shut up everyone who looked down on him, to shock everyone who doubted him, and to let this world know.

Even the Wasted Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass could reach the summit.

Was it vanity?

Perhaps.

But so what?

He had earned this.

At the edge of the Training Ground, beneath an Old Locust Tree in the distance.

A figure with short pink-blue hair stood with her arms folded, taking in everything that had just happened.

Wang Dong's gaze rested on Huang Fei's retreating back, the light in her eyes flickering uncertainly.

Her eyes were wide with utter shock.

After a Long Time, she murmured softly:

"The Second Soul Ring, Ten Thousand Year..."

"How did he absorb it?"

"How did he endure a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast's Soul Shock?"

"Is that guy even human?"

After muttering those words, despair appeared on her face. She turned and vanished into the shade of the tree.

Her steps were a little faster than when she had arrived.

Huang Fei's Soul Power had caught up to hers, and his Soul Rings were absurdly powerful as well.

She felt an immense sense of urgency.

In the shadows on the other side of the Old Locust Tree.

Huo Yuhao quietly pulled back the half of his body he had leaned out. His Adam's apple bobbed, yet he made no sound for a long while.

In his mind, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice had already exploded:

"Holy shit! Ten, Ten Thousand Year?!"

"Little Yuhao, did you see that?!"

"That was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, right?!"

"My eyes aren't playing tricks on me, right?!"

Huo Yuhao swallowed. "...I saw it, Brother Sky Dream. If you don't think it was fake, then it must be real. Anyway, it looked pretty real to me..."

"A Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his second ring? His second ring?! Is that something a human can fucking do?!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice cracked, completely lacking his usual lazy, composed tone.

"When I sacrificed myself to you, your Million Year First Soul Ring was sealed into a white ten-year ring. I comforted myself by saying it was fine, that the future was promising! But him? A Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his second ring! His second ring!!"

Huo Yuhao fell silent.

He could feel Brother Sky Dream's emotions.

It was a complicated feeling, like he had seen a ghost, was doubting his entire life as a silkworm, and even felt a little like cursing in the street.

"And that aura... that Soul Beast definitely wasn't ordinary! It wasn't some normal Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke at a breakneck pace. "Even from this far away, I can feel those Life Origin fluctuations. This is on the same level as the Ancient Spirit Tree!"

"The Ancient Spirit Tree?"

"What's that?"

Huo Yuhao froze, asking in curiosity and confusion.

"It's a top-tier life-attribute plant Soul Beast, far nobler than the Starfall Ghost Vine your Senior Brother Beibei helped you hunt back then!"

The more Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke, the more agitated he became. "And it was a Ten Thousand Year juvenile! How could he find something like that? There might not even be one in the Core Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest! Is he a Child of Destiny or what?!"

Huo Yuhao said weakly, "Brother Sky Dream, didn't you say before that I was the Child of Destiny..."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm choked.

After a while, he said sullenly:

"...You are."

Then, after another pause:

"But maybe he is too."

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm let out a long sigh, his voice carrying the weathered resignation of someone who had accepted his fate.

"Alright, I need some time to recover."

"Go back and cultivate. Stop watching. If you keep watching, my Dao Heart is going to shatter."

Huo Yuhao said, "Brother Sky Dream, do you even have a Dao Heart..."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm ignored him.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, the snow-white silkworm rolled over, covered his eyes with his tail, and refused to make another sound.

Huo Yuhao withdrew his focus and glanced in the direction of Huang Fei's Dormitory.

Under the moonlight, warm yellow light shone from that Window.

He took a deep breath and turned toward his own Dormitory.

His steps were a little heavier than before.

At the same time, Sea God's Pavilion.

Mu En reclined in a lounge chair, his eyes closed as he rested.

Suddenly, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

"Youth is wonderful."

Earlier, when Huang Fei had activated the mark he had left behind, Mu En had already learned that Huang Fei's Second Soul Ring was Ten Thousand Year.

Even he had been startled at the time.

He had not expected Huang Fei's monstrous talent to far exceed his imagination.

That evening, in the Dormitory.

Huang Fei sat cross-legged on his bed, recalling the details of today's battle, when a knock suddenly sounded at the door.

When he opened it, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong stood outside.

Huo Yuhao's expression was complicated. He looked at Huang Fei as if he wanted to speak, but held back.

Wang Dong, meanwhile, stared straight at him. After a long while, she finally squeezed out a sentence. "Are you really Blue Silver Grass?"

Huang Fei smiled.

"Genuine."

Wang Dong took a deep breath and turned to leave.

After taking three steps, she stopped again without looking back.

"See you at the Newborn Assessment."

With that, she strode away.

Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong's back, then at Huang Fei, scratching his head.

"She... was just a little shaken. Don't take it to heart."

Huang Fei smiled and shook his head.

"I don't."

After a pause, he looked at Huo Yuhao.

"And you? Aren't you going to ask about my Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring?"

Huo Yuhao was silent for a moment before saying:

"That's your secret."

"When you want to tell me, you'll tell me yourself."

Huang Fei looked at him and nodded.

He said nothing more.

The night grew darker, and the moonlight flowed like water.

Shrek Academy remained peaceful.

But everyone knew.

After today's battle, Huang Fei's name would spread throughout the Outer Academy.

Sea God's Pavilion, Meditation Room.

Song Yunzhi sat cross-legged atop a Cattail Mat. Floating before her was a fist-sized Voice Transmission Soul Tool, glowing faintly green.

This was the surveillance formation she had placed in a hidden corner of the Training Ground.

At this moment, the formation had transmitted every sound from the battle just now.

The cries of surprise, the discussions, even Tie Shan's shout of "monster."

Not a single word had been missed.

Song Yunzhi listened with her eyes closed, then slowly opened them.

After a Long Time, she sighed softly and pressed a hand to her forehead.

"This child..."

There was Three Parts helplessness in her tone, Three Parts amusement, and in the remaining four parts, a faint trace of indulgence.

She recalled how, when they had parted yesterday, she had solemnly reminded him that he needed to know how to hide his edge.

And what had happened?

On his first day back at the academy, before students from nine classes, he had directly revealed his Second Soul Ring.

That Ten Thousand Year Black Ring hung brightly around him, as if he were afraid others might not notice it.

"At least he didn't hide it."

Song Yunzhi murmured to herself, though the corners of her mouth curled upward.

She had lived for over a hundred years and seen countless geniuses.

Some revealed their brilliance too openly, becoming too rigid and breaking easily, dying young.

Others were deep and restrained, planning every step carefully until they eventually reached the summit.

What about Huang Fei?

This kid was clearly sharper than anyone. When he needed to keep a low profile, he would never stand out. When he needed to be cautious, he valued his life more than anyone.

But once he caught an opportunity.

He practically wanted to carve the words "I'm a genius" onto his face and parade around the entire academy.

And the worst part was, he truly had the ability to back it up.

"Four years ago, he had innate Soul Power at Zero Point One, with Blue Silver Grass as a Wasted Martial Soul."

Song Yunzhi's gaze fell on the Golden Tree outside the Window as she said softly:

"Four years later, his First Soul Ring is Thousand Year, his Second Soul Ring is Ten Thousand Year, and he's Level 23... What a freak... I wonder what opportunity he encountered..."

"Fine. Whatever happens, I'll watch over him. It's not as if I'm dead yet."

As she spoke, she began to laugh first.

"Alright, you lucky brat."

She raised a hand and lightly tapped the Voice Transmission Soul Tool. A strand of Soul Power wrapped around her thoughts and drifted toward Huang Fei's Dormitory.

At the same time, Huang Fei sat cross-legged on his bed, reading Fundamentals of Soul Tool Core Magic Arrays, which he had borrowed from the academy Library.

Song Yunzhi's voice suddenly sounded in his mind, carrying a touch of helplessness:

"Where's that hiding your edge you promised?"