The Battle Turned by Time Rewind

Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er widened their beautiful eyes. In the next instant, Huo Yuhao appeared before the three girls.

A layer of fine red dragon scales covered the left side of Wu Feng's face, extending down her left arm and covering her hand. Her Martial Soul was a Red Dragon, a top-tier Beast Martial Soul with the Fire Attribute.

"Seven Treasures Have Names: First, Speed." Ning Tian held the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Tower in her hands. Its First Soul Ring flashed and spun rapidly, sending a dazzling Seven Colored Radiance onto Wu Feng.

At that moment, Wu Feng became a bolt of red lightning, and the First Soul Ring beneath her feet lit up.

"First Soul Skill: Dragon's Fire."

Fine flames blazed all over Wu Feng. Her fists were engulfed in fire, but when they struck Huo Yuhao, they produced a series of dull thuds.

But this wasn't Huo Yuhao at all—it was Xiao Xiao's Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron. It turned out to be Space-Time Disorder, one of the Four Soul Skills of Huo Yuhao's First Soul Ring.

The Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron split into three. All three cauldrons shimmered with dark light, and just as Wu Feng's fists were about to land, Xiao Xiao's First Soul Ring lit up too.

"First Soul Skill: Cauldron's Suppression."

Xiao Xiao controlled the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and placed it precisely in Wu Feng's path as she rushed to support Ning Tian. Huo Yuhao had already appeared silently beside Ning Tian, eyeing the delicate little lamb like an old wolf.

Seeing Ning Tian in danger, Nanmen Yun'er immediately unfurled a pair of Emerald Wings behind her. Her Martial Soul was the Jade Green Bird, and now both her First and Second Soul Rings lit up.

She brought her hands together, sending a pair of emerald crescent blades slashing toward Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao smiled coldly and tapped a finger. A Time Grinding Mill abruptly appeared behind Ning Tian. In the brief moment before Ning Tian could activate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Tower, he struck the back of her neck with a precise knife-hand blow.

Ning Tian's eyes widened in unwillingness, then she promptly passed out.

"Bastard!" Wu Feng was furious at the sight. Her Second Soul Ring flashed, and flames roared across her body as she broke free of the three cauldrons.

"Second Soul Skill: Dragon's Wrath."

"You dared bully Ning Tian! Huo Yuhao! I'll kill you!"

Wu Feng's left arm transformed completely into a dark red dragon claw, and dark red light shimmered across her body.

At that moment, Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er's attacks arrived almost simultaneously.

Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes. Within a ten-meter radius of him, every person and object became completely motionless.

Wu Feng remained frozen in place, glaring furiously with a ferocious expression. Nanmen Yun'er was suspended in midair, her pair of emerald wings frozen in place as well.

There it was—Huo Yuhao's Time Freeze had appeared again!

"First Soul Skill: Years Erasure."

A gigantic Time Grinding Mill descended from the sky. Just then, Wang Yan nodded to Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao understood, and the mill vanished.

Wang Yan announced, "Huo Yuhao Team wins!"

A moment later, Wu Feng regained control of her body and could move again. She glared furiously at Huo Yuhao. "Huo Yuhao, you got lucky this time. You'd better hope you don't run into me next time, or I'll make you regret it for the rest of your life!"

Huo Yuhao smiled. "Sure, but only if you're good enough. By the way, you don't like boys—you like girls, right?"

Nanmen Yun'er was about to leave the Assessment Area when she stumbled and nearly fell. She stared at Huo Yuhao, then at Wu Feng's flushed face.

No way! Nanmen Yun'er stared at Wu Feng in shock.

"Anyway, Xiao Xiao, Song Hanqing, let's go!" Huo Yuhao waved a hand. The two of them finally came to their senses and hurried off with him.

"Huo! Yu! Hao!" Flames blazed upward from Wu Feng's entire body. Nearly every student taking part in the assessment saw it.

Now that the students remembered what Huo Yuhao had said, Wu Feng felt that the way they looked at her had clearly changed.

"Mu Jin, I won. Don't forget our bet." Zhou Yi watched Mu Jin storm away in anger, feeling quite pleased.

Just now, Mu Jin had come to pick a fight with Zhou Yi. The two had a long-standing grudge, so they had bet on whether Huo Yuhao Team or Ning Tian Team would win.

Mu Jin had thought Ning Tian's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Tower could break Huo Yuhao's Time Freeze. As she had expected, Huo Yuhao's seemingly unstoppable Time Freeze had indeed been countered.

But Huo Yuhao's close-combat abilities were practically unmatched. In the end, Mu Jin lost a Soul Bone to Zhou Yi and stormed off in anger.

Huo Yuhao Team had won all five of today's matches, bringing their record to ten wins from ten matches.

Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Song Hanqing advanced to the Elimination Round.

The day's assessment ended, and classes resumed as usual the next day.

The New Student Assessment had eliminated nearly half the students. The remaining 450 became the survivors, while everyone who had been eliminated had already left Shrek Academy.

There were ten New Student Classes in total. New Student Class One had lost no one, while the worst-hit class had lost nearly half its students. Looking at the now-empty seats, the students felt as if they had narrowly escaped disaster. It felt so good to still be here.

Today was Zhou Yi's happiest day in three months. She looked at the unevenly filled ranks of the other nine classes, then at New Student Class One, where every student was present.

Zhou Yi smiled. "You really made me proud today, especially Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Song Hanqing's team. Ten battles, ten wins. Wang Dong's team was pretty good too—they only lost one match."

The students now looked at Huo Yuhao with utter admiration. His formidable individual strength had won them all over—except Wang Dong.

"Before class starts tomorrow morning, the teams that advanced to the Top Sixty-Four must report to the Assessment Area. If anyone dares to be late, just wait until I get back and see what I do to you!"

Zhou Yi went over a few more details about the Elimination Round, then began today's lesson.

Huo Yuhao took careful notes while planning which opponents he might face in tomorrow's assessment.

The next day, Huo Yuhao got up early, before the sun had risen.

After greeting Grandpa Mu, who was lying by the entrance, he ran into Xiao Xiao and Song Hanqing on his way to the Canteen. The three of them grabbed a quick breakfast, then headed to the Assessment Area.

At the Assessment Area, a group of teachers stood above them. Among them were Director of Instruction Du Weilun, Wang Yan, Zhou Yi, Mu Jin, and more than thirty others. Sitting at the very top was Xuan Zi, happily drinking and eating a chicken leg.

Below them, all sixty-four teams—192 students in total—had gathered. Not one person was late.

Huo Yuhao stood at the very front, with the team captains lined up in a row on either side of him.

Wu Feng stood among the crowd, glaring at Huo Yuhao through gritted teeth. That bastard had spread rumors about her! Though she did have special feelings for Ning Tian, they were based on their bond as sisters. It wasn't anything like what Huo Yuhao had said. What did he mean, she liked Ning Tian?

Perhaps...

Even Wu Feng herself didn't know that, deep in her heart, a seed called love had quietly taken root.

Dai Huabin was also near the front. He glanced at Huo Yuhao out of the corner of his eye. He too had made it to the Elimination Round with ten consecutive wins.

Being driven out of the dormitory by Huo Yuhao on the day he enrolled was the one humiliation Dai Huabin had suffered in his life. As the White Tiger Duke's son, he was determined to defeat Huo Yuhao—and, if possible, beat him to a pulp to vent his pent-up frustration.

Dai Huabin glanced at Zhu Lu, whose figure was pleasing to the eye, and a trace of a cold smile crossed his lips.