Effort Determines Outcome, Don't Blame Fate

"How to put it..." Tang Ya pondered for a moment, thinking about the previous match records between Beibei and Xu Sanshi. She shook her head and continued, "It's not a guaranteed win. Xu Sanshi possesses the top defensive martial soul, the Mystic Turtle, known as the best defense in the Outer Court. He and Beibei, the best offense in the Outer Court, are considered twin stars. Their past encounters have always been back and forth, with roughly equal wins and losses, a fifty-fifty split in strength."

"But Yuhao, you don't need to worry too much. Do you remember the advice Tang Ya and Beibei gave you?"

"This..."

Huo Yuhao recalled the advice Tang Ya and Beibei had given him, and a troubled expression appeared on his face. After all, cheating was ultimately too despicable.

But if Beibei lost, the Xuan Water Pill would be gone, and his idea of improving his cultivation speed would vanish like smoke.

After a period of internal struggle, the desire to become stronger ultimately outweighed his conscience and morals.

He lowered his head slightly, casting a furtive glance at Moyuan and Han Ruoruo, who were conversing in low voices beside him.

Unfortunately, the moment Huo Yuhao's gaze fell upon him, Moyuan sensed it...

Just then, the previously noisy Battle Soul Arena fell silent as two figures walked onto the stage. Everyone stared intently at Xu Sanshi and Beibei.

The duel between the Outer Court's twin stars, the best defense and the best offense, was filled with explosive potential, making no one want to miss a single detail.

"Junior Brother, who do you think will win?"

Han Ruoruo leaned forward slightly, whispering into Moyuan's ear. Her warm breath tickled his earlobe, sending a slight shiver down his spine.

Pulling his gaze away from the two on stage who had already released their martial souls, Moyuan glanced at Huo Yuhao, who seemed to have made up his mind, and at the confident Tang Ya. He said meaningfully, "If no one interferes, then Beibei will most likely win."

The interference he was referring to wasn't from Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao, but from himself and Han Ruoruo.

As the referee's whistle blew, blue lightning suddenly erupted. Beibei's right arm rapidly enlarged, tearing through his clothes with a rip. His right arm transformed into a dragon's claw.

Enveloped in blue light, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul was released. Two yellow and one purple soul rings rose from his feet, slowly pulsing.

On the other side, Xu Sanshi was equally formidable. His body expanded slightly, stretching his school uniform taut. In his right hand, a massive tortoise shell shield appeared. He had the same soul ring configuration.

As peers of equal strength, neither immediately attacked the other. Instead, they slowly moved sideways, their sharp gazes fixed on each other, as if searching for an opening.

Two intense waves of soul power surged, and crackling electric arcs emitted a dazzling blue light. The silently flowing mystic water obscured half the arena, one blue and one black, clearly demarcated within the Battle Soul Arena.

Watching the two on stage, Moyuan nodded slightly. As expected of the meticulously cultivated next generation of elites, there were almost no flaws to be found in any aspect.

Suddenly, Moyuan keenly detected an unfamiliar spiritual power. Following the source of the fluctuation, he saw, as expected, Huo Yuhao, sitting beside Tang Ya.

Huo Yuhao's originally deep blue eyes were now swirling with a faint golden light.

Spiritual Eyes, first soul skill: Spiritual Probe Sharing.

At this moment, Han Ruoruo also turned her head to look. The spiritual power fluctuations generated by Huo Yuhao releasing his soul skill were too subtle for the referee, who was still at a distance, to detect. But Moyuan and Han Ruoruo were right beside him.

To be honest, before this, Moyuan hadn't been entirely sure that Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya would dare to openly cheat in front of them. After all, they weren't very familiar with each other, so there was no reason for them to help conceal it.

But now, Moyuan had to guess that perhaps his earlier scolding of Xu Sanshi had given Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya the "misconception that they were on the same side."

At this point, Moyuan faced two choices:

One, choose to ignore it. This would earn him the favor of Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Beibei, but he would also share the title of "hypocrite" with them.

Two, directly stop Huo Yuhao and expose his cheating to the public. This would earn him the hatred of the "Son of Heaven's Mandate," Huo Yuhao, but his morals would be preserved.

During the brief moment Moyuan was contemplating, Xu Sanshi on stage was already being pushed back by Beibei, who was empowered by Spiritual Probe Sharing. If nothing unexpected happened, Huo Yuhao would then use Purple Demon Eyes combined with Soul Impact to seal the victory.

After thinking for a while, Moyuan suddenly let out a light chuckle and looked at Han Ruoruo, whose expression had turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Senior Sister, do you believe in fate? Or destiny?"

Han Ruoruo shook her head with a cold expression. "I don't believe in such things. I only believe in human effort."

"Coincidentally, I also believe in human effort. My destiny is mine to control, not heaven's."

After saying this, a flash of golden light suddenly erupted in Moyuan's deep black eyes, and then brilliant golden eyes lit up in the stands.

At the same moment, a pained scream rang out from beside them. This sudden sound instantly drew everyone's attention.

Huo Yuhao knelt on the ground, clutching his face, letting out pained cries. A small amount of scarlet blood flowed from between his fingers, dripping onto the floor.

This sudden anomaly immediately attracted the attention of everyone present. Xu Sanshi, who had been defending against Beibei's attacks, also stopped and looked towards Huo Yuhao.

Unlike Xu Sanshi's confusion, the moment Huo Yuhao screamed and Spiritual Probe Sharing disappeared, Beibei felt a sense of foreboding.

On the other side, in the stands.

"Junior Brother, you..."

Han Ruoruo couldn't help but be startled by Moyuan's sudden action. But when she came to her senses, a smile appeared on her face.

Her eyes, looking at Moyuan, were filled with joy and admiration. As a diligent student who had climbed from the Outer Court to the Inner Court step by step, Han Ruoruo detested cheating.

After all, this was the Douluo Continent, not Blue Star. Cheating on Blue Star might at most improve one's score. While unfair to others, it was at least not fatal.

But it was different on the Douluo Continent. Winning a battle through cheating, with just one mistake, could result in at least injury, and in severe cases, even death!

It was only because Beibei and Tang Ya knew her that she didn't directly refuse them. If it were someone else, she would have slapped them long ago.

"Student, what are you doing?!"

The referee, sensing something was wrong, rushed towards Moyuan, shouting at him. In his eyes, the sequence of events was: Moyuan released his martial soul, and Huo Yuhao was injured and fell to the ground.

So, who was right and who was wrong became clear at a glance.

Truly a classic moment in journalism...

"You should ask him. It's not good to interfere with a one-on-one match using a soul skill without permission."

Moyuan's Golden Eyes dimmed, and the Dragon's Might he had deliberately released towards Huo Yuhao dissipated.

"What? Cheating?!"

The referee was startled and inwardly cursed his luck. This was a fight where every punch landed, and if cheating caused an accident, wouldn't blood be shed?

If anything went wrong with either of these Twin Stars, he wouldn't be able to get away with it!

At the same time, the referee also got a clear look at Moyuan's face. As the referee here, he had seen Moyuan, who had been here all day, before.

He was aware of Moyuan's monstrous talent: an eleven-year-old Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring. Remembering this, the referee's attitude did a complete 180-degree turn.

If Moyuan said Huo Yuhao was cheating, then it was highly likely he was indeed cheating!

A genius of such peerless caliber had no reason to slander an ordinary freshman.

Since Moyuan had taken the lead, Han Ruoruo, who had been unhappy for a while, naturally couldn't stay silent. "My junior brother is right. He did indeed cheat."

The referee looked towards the voice. Well, an Inner Court disciple was testifying, so there was no escaping this now.

This chapter was written to show that the cheating accusation was proposed by Tang Ya and Beibei, and then accepted by Huo Yuhao. This is also how it was written in the original work. There's no pure black and white, so don't argue. If you want to argue, bring screenshots from the original text. If you're planning to argue after reading the original, check the previous chapters of this book first; the plot holes have been plugged, and you won't win the argument.

The protagonist exposing Huo Yuhao's cheating is because, from the very beginning, the protagonist and Huo Yuhao could not be on the same path. They were destined to be enemies. Facing the Son of Heaven's Mandate from the original work, exposing him is equivalent to tearing off the mask and confronting him head-on.

As the protagonist said, "My fate is mine to control, not heaven's!" The protagonist is fighting against the Son of Heaven's Mandate!

Don't say the protagonist was deliberately messing with Huo Yuhao or being hypocritical. It's clearly stated in the book that this is the Douluo Continent, not Earth. Cheating in a one-on-one fight can genuinely kill someone. For this reason alone, discovering and reporting cheating should be considered a mandatory action. Similarly, it would be perfectly acceptable for Xu Sanshi to kill Huo Yuhao.

Secondly, it's for the romantic subplot. You should all be able to see it, so I won't elaborate further.

(Don't say the protagonist was looking for trouble and shouldn't have reported it. People who say such things are no different from Tang San. At the same time, I wish you all encounter opponents who cheat and take shortcuts whenever and wherever competition is needed.)