Is Bei Bei Blind?

The next morning, at the gates of Shrek Academy.

A hunting squad that could only be described as a "luxury top-tier" lineup had finished assembling.

Aside from Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao, who needed to acquire soul rings, the accompanying personnel were truly staggering: the inner court's head senior sister Zhang Lexuan, the Golden Crow maiden Wu Ming, the inner court's top control-type soul master Han Ruoruo, and that Elder Xuan, who was munching on a chicken leg while looking bleary-eyed and intoxicated.

Watching Elder Xuan's slovenly appearance, the corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched slightly.

This man was the legendary "Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult," the "total-party-wipe engine" from the original story.

But fortunately, this time the team was led by the reliable head senior sister Zhang Lexuan, and Elder Xuan was only there to hold down the fort. Surely... nothing would go wrong, right?

The group activated their flight Soul Tools, transforming into streaks of light that shot into the sky, heading straight for the Star Dou Great Forest.

After entering the mixed zone, the team was under the full command of Zhang Lexuan.

Although this head senior sister was young, she acted with composure and possessed the demeanor of a great general.

They searched for an entire day, and although they hadn't found a suitable target, the group did not lose heart.

As dusk approached, Zhang Lexuan ordered them to set up camp.

Huo Yuhao rolled up his sleeves and skillfully set up a grill.

Before long, the rich aroma of grilled fish permeated the campsite. The golden, crispy fish skin sizzled with oil, and after being sprinkled with special seasonings, the scent was simply soul-stirring.

"It smells so good!" Wu Ming was the first to lose her restraint, leaning in. "Little junior brother, I didn't expect you to have this skill?"

"Yuhao's craft is beyond reproach," Ma Xiaotao said with a proud expression.

Even the usually gentle and composed head senior sister Zhang Lexuan, after taking a bite, felt a flash of brilliance in her beautiful eyes and nodded to Huo Yuhao in appreciation.

After dinner, the group sat around the campfire to rest.

Huo Yuhao's gaze drifted involuntarily toward Zhang Lexuan, who was not far away.

The moonlight spilled onto her cold, delicate profile, making her breathtakingly beautiful, yet she exuded a sense of loneliness that tugged at the heart.

"What are you looking at? Your eyeballs are about to fall out."

A jade-like hand suddenly reached over and pinched Huo Yuhao's ear.

Ma Xiaotao leaned into his ear with a smirk, lowering her voice: "Are you plotting something against the head senior sister?"

"Cough, cough! Sister Xiaotao, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't just say whatever you want." Huo Yuhao shrank his neck, feeling guilty. "I just think the head senior sister's temperament is... very special."

"Hmph, you're quite perceptive." Ma Xiaotao let go, her gaze shifting toward Zhang Lexuan, her expression becoming complex. "The head senior sister is someone even I have to respect. In her early twenties, she is already an eight-ring Soul Douluo, possesses a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and is the successor-designate to the Sea God Pavilion Master. If you dare to mess around, you wouldn't even know how you died."

Huo Yuhao chuckled, not taking it to heart.

"Actually... the head senior sister is also a pitiful person." Ma Xiaotao sighed, her voice dropping a notch. "She was brought back by Elder Mu and grew up in the academy, dedicating everything to Shrek. She was originally Bei Bei's child bride..."

"It's a pity that Bei Bei must have had a screw loose somewhere. He ignored the incredibly talented and stunningly beautiful head senior sister, and insisted on chasing that Tang Ya with the trash-tier Blue Silver Grass martial soul."

Ma Xiaotao's tone carried a hint of resentment. "This matter is known throughout the inner court. Everyone feels it's unfair to the head senior sister; to her, this is practically an insult."

Huo Yuhao sneered: "Is that Bei Bei blind? The head senior sister is streets ahead of that Tang Ya, isn't she?"

Hearing Huo Yuhao say this, Ma Xiaotao felt a bit better, but then she looked at him warily: "Hey, why are you so worked up? I'm warning you, while I don't mind Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, and I even sympathize with the head senior sister, if you actually dare to provoke her, I... I'll consider you the man with the most guts in Shrek Academy."

Ma Xiaotao said this, but she felt helpless inside. She had already come to terms with it; it was normal for the strong to have multiple partners, especially for a monster like Huo Yuhao.

It was just... that was Zhang Lexuan, the high-mountain flower of the inner court. Could he really win her over? She didn't believe it.

Huo Yuhao rubbed his nose and didn't dare to respond, but he was secretly calculating: Bei Bei doesn't want her? That just means he lacks the fortune.

The next morning, the search continued.

Their luck was good today. Near noon, the group discovered a massive Blazing Lion with a cultivation of sixty thousand years, its attributes a perfect match for Ma Xiaotao.

"Move!" Zhang Lexuan gave the order.

The battle erupted instantly.

Eight soul rings rose beneath Zhang Lexuan's feet, and a cold, full moon appeared behind her. The moonlight, sharp as blades, instantly sealed off all paths of retreat for the Blazing Lion.

"Golden Crow True Fire!" Wu Ming shouted, transforming into a Golden Crow. The terrifying high-temperature flames clashed head-on with the Blazing Lion, and she didn't fall behind in the slightest.

The Gold-Binding Rope in Han Ruoruo's hand moved like a spirit snake, precisely binding the Blazing Lion's limbs. Her formidable control kept the sixty-thousand-year soul beast unable to move.

This was the terror of the inner court's top combat power!

"Roar—!" The Blazing Lion roared in anger, flames surging across its body as it tried to break through the blockade.

Just then, an aura of extreme cold suddenly descended.

Huo Yuhao stepped forward, the three black soul rings behind him shining brilliantly.

"Emperor Palm—Great Cold Without Snow!"

The aura of Ultimate Ice surged out like a tsunami. The originally violent Blazing Lion, the moment it felt this aura, saw the ferocity in its eyes turn into terror.

Attribute suppression!

Although Huo Yuhao's soul power was far inferior to its own, Ultimate Ice was the nemesis of all fire-attribute soul beasts!

"Submit... to me!"

Huo Yuhao struck out with a palm, the frigid air instantly freezing the flames spewed by the Blazing Lion, even coating its mane in frost.

The aura of the Blazing Lion withered in an instant.

"What an overbearing Ultimate Ice!"

The three senior sisters currently in battle were all startled at once.

They had originally assumed Huo Yuhao was just a "pendant" tagging along for experience, but they never expected this little junior to play a trump card the moment he acted; that three-black soul ring configuration, along with the chilling cold that made even them feel a palpitation in their hearts, completely overturned their perceptions.

"This kid... no wonder he could leave Ma Xiaotao so infatuated." A glimmer of brilliance flashed in the eyes of Wu Ming.

Zhang Lexuan also took a deep look at Huo Yuhao, thinking to herself: The future of this child is limitless.

Because of the suppression from three seniors who were at least Soul Saints, including one Soul Douluo, the timing Huo Yuhao chose was critical, and it achieved an unexpected effect.

Otherwise, with his current cultivation level, even with attribute suppression, it would have been impossible to threaten this sixty-thousand-year-old Blazing Lion.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao was no longer just Ma Xiaotao's little boyfriend; he had won the recognition of the inner court senior sisters through his strength, truly stepping into the circle of the Shrek Monsters.

With Huo Yuhao's attribute suppression, the battle became simple, and in just a moment, accompanied by the final finishing blow from Ma Xiaotao, the massive body of the Blazing Lion collapsed with a boom.