Semifinals, Huo Yuhao VS Dai Huabin

The New Student Assessment Elimination Round had a total of sixty-four teams. In the vast assessment area, thirty-two matches were taking place simultaneously. Huo Yuhao's group had drawn a team composed entirely of Soul Grand Masters.

Relying on Time Freeze and Years Erasure—the same tried-and-true formula—Huo Yuhao's team smoothly advanced into the top thirty-two.

Having just broken into the top thirty-two in the morning, the round of thirty-two to sixteen arrived that afternoon.

Huo Yuhao drew number seven. When the three of them arrived at the assessment grounds, Teacher Wang Yan was standing in the center of the field, nodding at them. "Huo Yuhao Team versus Zhou Sichen Team. Assessment begins."

"New Student Class Ten, Zhou Sichen, Assault System Battle Soul Master."

"New Student Class Ten, Long Xiangyue, Agile Attack System Battle Soul Master."

"New Student Class Ten, Cao Jingxuan, Control System Battle Soul Master."

Facing Huo Yuhao, who had been charging forward unstoppably, the three showed no fear. Any team that could fight their way into the elimination round and reach the top thirty-two was no pushover.

White light flashed in Zhou Sichen's hand, and a book appeared, accompanied by two hundred-year soul rings.

What caught Huo Yuhao's attention most was Cao Jingxuan's Time Fleeting Bell. The bell's body was shaped like an archway, and beneath its circular dial, a pendulum with golden patterns swayed gently. Two hundred-year soul rings also lit up.

As for Long Xiangyue, an Agile Attack System Soul Master, his martial soul was a boomerang, and two hundred-year soul rings appeared beneath his feet.

At that moment, Huo Yuhao's three soul rings lit up, and an extremely powerful mental pressure radiated across the entire arena.

Above Xiao Xiao's head, the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron flickered with dark light, as if it would drop onto the opponents' heads at any moment. Two hundred-year soul rings appeared.

Song Hanqing, as in previous matches, stayed behind Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao. As a Food System Soul Master, combat was never his strong suit.

Two eggs fell into Huo Yuhao's and Xiao Xiao's hands. After swallowing them, Song Hanqing's task was complete.

The assessment began. Long Xiangyue struck first. The boomerang in his hand grew enormous, and the moment it was thrown, the surrounding time seemed to slow down.

Xiao Xiao felt as if her legs were stuck in a swamp, unable to pull free, and her hands grew unbearably heavy at the same time.

Cao Jingxuan's martial soul, the Time Fleeting Bell, activated. Like Huo Yuhao's Time Eye, it was also a top-tier tool martial soul of the time element.

"This is a duel between time and time. Facing Cao Jingxuan's Time Fleeting Bell, Huo Yuhao, how will you respond?" Xuan Lao took a sip of wine.

On the assessment arena stage, Huo Yuhao felt the sluggishness spreading through his body and understood the effect of the Time Fleeting Bell perfectly.

At the same time, Zhou Sichen's Treasure Scroll martial soul's two hundred-year soul rings flickered. A Fierce Tiger Burning with Flames and a Ferocious Roaring Giant Bear appeared, roaring at the sky as if they had wills of their own.

Just as the various attacks were about to land, the ten-thousand-year soul ring beneath Huo Yuhao's feet blazed with brilliance.

"Third Soul Skill, Time Rewind."

The moment the black ten-thousand-year soul ring lit up, Zhou Sichen and his two teammates felt a sense of dread. Then, something happened that stunned the observing teachers and everyone else.

The Time Slow that had been cast on Xiao Xiao and Song Hanqing vanished instantly. At the same time, Cao Jingxuan, who was extremely sensitive to time, widened his eyes. "No good!"

"No—good!"

Cao Jingxuan's words barely left his mouth before they were swallowed back down.

The blazing tiger and the ferocious bear returned to Zhou Sichen's Treasure Scroll in the next instant. The scroll closed again, as if the tiger and bear had never existed.

The boomerang Long Xiangyue had thrown flew counterclockwise back into his hand, reverting to its original size.

Huo Yuhao's face was somewhat pale. Using a ten-thousand-year soul skill for the first time drained a great deal of his soul power. Even so, he still activated Time Freeze and Years Erasure!

When Zhou Sichen and his two teammates found themselves unable to move, with a massive Time Grinding Mill appearing above their heads, the three of them sighed in unison. They had lost.

Wang Yan looked at Huo Yuhao with eyes brighter than ever before and immediately announced, "Huo Yuhao's team wins!"

Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief, and his three soul rings vanished. Xiao Xiao and Song Hanqing quickly rushed over to help the battle's main contributor down to rest.

At that moment, the entire arena fell silent.

The teachers who had come to watch were wide-eyed. Even Xuan Lao forgot to bite into the half-eaten chicken leg in his hand.

"What just happened? Time reversed at that moment!" one teacher said in shock.

"Time cannot be reversed. If I could go back once, I would really want to say to her, 'I love you.'"

All the teachers cast disdainful glances at the sentimental teacher in the corner. We're talking about the match, and you're thinking about your youth.

"Xuan Lao, did you feel it?" Du Weilun watched Huo Yuhao's retreating back, feeling for the first time that Huo Yuhao was truly extraordinary.

"I felt it." Xuan Lao swallowed the chicken leg in his hand and took a heavy gulp of wine. His expression turned strange. "I felt my stomach start to churn. If that little fellow Huo Yuhao were a Titled Douluo, this old man's chicken leg would probably have to come back up. It nearly disgusted me to death."

Du Weilun: "..."

"But speaking of which, Huo Yuhao's third soul skill is truly astonishing. Returning everything around him and all attacks to their original positions, resetting everything to the starting point—such a terrifying time-type soul skill truly lives up to the name Time Rewind."

Xuan Lao finished speaking and quickly stood up. "The match is over. This old man is going to take a stroll around the academy. If anyone from the Body Sect saw this, that old thing Du Busi would surely come to steal the person."

At this moment, Huo Yuhao's value had multiplied several times over. With just the Time Rewind soul skill, he was enough to shake the entire Shrek Academy.

"Class Monitor, are you alright?" Xiao Xiao looked at Huo Yuhao with concern.

Huo Yuhao shook his head, his complexion easing. "My Mental Power and Soul Power are heavily depleted. This is also my first time using the third soul skill. Reversing time goes against the laws of nature, and the price paid is enormous."

What Huo Yuhao relied on when he returned ten thousand years ago was the Mental Origin of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. That was why, after unleashing the Time Rewind third soul skill, he finally understood how difficult it had been for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nodded in empathy. "Ge is great!"

With Xiao Xiao and Song Hanqing supporting him, Huo Yuhao returned to the dormitory to rest.

Sea God Island, Inner Courtyard.

Qian Renxue held a golden longsword. The sword hilt spread open like angel wings. She handed the sword to Xian Lin'er for inspection, her heartbeat accelerating like a student having their homework checked by a teacher.

Xian Lin'er swung the sword, injecting soul power into the core magic array. A pale gold sword qi spread out from around the sword body.

"Very good, Xiao Xue. Your talent exceeds my expectations. This is a fourth-level melee soul tool. From today on, you are a fourth-level soul master."