Huo Yuhao: I Like the Look of Her

Under the watchful eyes of the teachers on the High Platform, the Referee for the third Assessment Area stepped onto the stage.

"Both teams, take the field."

Led by Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, the members of both teams quickly walked up.

Huo Yuhao looked up and saw Wang Dong standing at the very front of the opposing team without hesitation. Behind her stood a rather thin boy, and behind him was a little girl with green hair. She was presumably Xiao Xiao.

"State your names."

"Freshman Class One, Wang Dong."

"Freshman Class One, Xiao Xiao."

"Freshman Class One, Song Rentou."

Huo Yuhao grinned, nearly laughing out loud.

"Freshman Class Nine, Huo Yuhao."

"Freshman Class Nine, Ning Tian."

"Freshman Class Nine, Wu Feng."

Wang Dong shot Huo Yuhao a surprised glance.

She had seen Huo Yuhao several times in Shrek City. Like her, he seemed not to have chosen to live on campus, instead renting a place in Shrek City.

She had not expected them to meet in a match by such a coincidence.

Even as they introduced themselves, Huo Yuhao's side had already begun chatting over their private network.

Ning Tian: "Yuhao, the other side seems to be Class One's seeded team. Same plan as usual?"

Huo Yuhao: "Yeah. Wu Feng, Wang Dong is yours. Didn't you always say you never got to fight to your heart's content? She should be able to keep you entertained for a while."

Wu Feng asked curiously, "You're getting involved too? Do they have a control-type soul master?"

Huo Yuhao chuckled. "That Xiao Xiao has Twin Martial Souls. Both martial souls are control-type. I'll play with her for a bit."

Ning Tian and Wu Feng were stunned. "What? Twin Martial Souls!? Did you see another vision of the future?"

Seeing their shocked expressions, Huo Yuhao said indifferently, "It's fine. Her level is too low. As long as she's within my range of vision, she won't be able to make any waves. No need to worry."

"What about that skinny guy?" Ning Tian paused before asking again.

"Oh, you can tell from his name alone. He's just a minor character. Let him come and deliver himself."

Ning Tian, Wu Feng: "..."

Once the Referee saw that both sides had finished introducing themselves, he raised his right hand high. "Match, begin!"

"Dragon's Fire! Dragon's Wrath!" Wu Feng went all out immediately, brimming with fighting spirit as she charged at Wang Dong.

"Seven Treasures Turn Out With Glazed Light, the Seven Treasures have names: first, speed! Third, strength!"

Ning Tian promptly stacked Wu Feng's buffs to the maximum.

On the other side, a pair of dazzling wings unfurled from Wang Dong's back, carrying her into the air.

Seeing Wu Feng's ferocious charge, Xiao Xiao, who stood at the back, changed expression. She raised both hands to her lips.

Then, a jade-green Cave Flute appeared in her hands.

The Cave Flute was covered in exquisite decorative carvings and emitted a faint glow, making Xiao Xiao look as graceful and lovely as an elf.

Next, a yellow hundred-year Spirit Ring silently emerged and lit up.

A faint, lingering melody began to play.

The melody was not particularly pleasant, but it carried a viscous quality. A layer of emerald radiance spread outward from Xiao Xiao's body.

The moment Wu Feng's charging figure touched that green halo, she abruptly stalled, and her speed immediately slowed.

Ning Tian looked at Huo Yuhao in surprise and asked through Mental Detection Sharing, "Yuhao?"

Within Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection, the fluctuations when Xiao Xiao used that Spirit Skill were exceptionally obvious.

That was why Ning Tian was confused. With the speed and concealment of Huo Yuhao's Mental Spike, how had he allowed Xiao Xiao to successfully unleash that Spirit Skill?

By the pattern of their previous matches, she should have been interrupted by Huo Yuhao long before she could release it.

Huo Yuhao looked at the green-haired, green-eyed little girl across from him, who seemed somewhat nervous, and chuckled. "I like the look of her. I don't want to hurt her."

Ning Tian: "???"

Wu Feng: "??????"

Huo Yuhao meant it sincerely.

Back when he had read the original novel, he had indeed quite liked Xiao Xiao, that little girl who was gentle on the outside but strong within, both cute and mischievous.

It was just a pity that she had ultimately been paired with a dark-skinned blackhead chosen for political correctness.

Wu Feng gritted her teeth. "Huo Yuhao, I never thought you were the sort to abandon loyalty for a pretty face!"

Huo Yuhao chuckled. "Relax, relax. You're a little girl too. With such a fiery temper, you're not cute at all. Don't worry. With me here, I won't let you suffer."

Wu Feng was so furious that the flames around her instantly swelled by a full circle. Wang Dong, watching from the other side, grew wary while also looking completely baffled.

Does this girl have a grudge against me? Why did she suddenly get so angry? Wang Dong muttered inwardly.

After releasing the Deceleration Aura, the Cave Flute in Xiao Xiao's hand vanished instantly. A huge cauldron appeared above her head, while the one yellow Spirit Ring around her body became two yellow Spirit Rings.

On the High Platform, the teachers who had been watching this side immediately cried out in alarm.

"Twin Martial Souls!?" Mu Jin exclaimed in shock.

She had not expected Zhou Yi's class to be hiding another soul master with Twin Martial Souls.

Du Weilun smacked his lips regretfully. "What a good seedling! But it's a shame. Adding Spirit Rings to her second martial soul now is far too early. She must have done it to use it as a secret weapon in the New Student Assessment. The losses outweigh the gains."

Mu Jin shot Zhou Yi a contemptuous look. "Is this how you teach your students? For the sake of bringing glory to yourself, you actually wasted someone else's Talent like this?"

At those words, Qian Duoduo, Du Weilun, and the others also turned toward Zhou Yi, frowning.

Zhou Yi argued with a dark expression, "It was her own decision. What does it have to do with me?"

Indeed, Xiao Xiao had been the one to propose adding a Spirit Ring to her second martial soul.

But when she had gone to consult Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi had not objected.

In Zhou Yi's eyes, that meant it had nothing to do with her.

Qian Duoduo shook his head.

He could guess that, given Zhou Yi's domineering manner in class, that little girl would definitely have asked for Zhou Yi's opinion before adding the Spirit Ring.

At a time like that, for the student's future development, Zhou Yi should have stopped her in time.

With that little girl's Talent of Twin Martial Souls, the academy would never abandon her no matter what.

The results of the New Student Assessment were simply not important to her.

But Zhou Yi's final acquiescence clearly showed that she valued her own interests more than Xiao Xiao's future.

On the field, Wu Feng and Wang Dong had already clashed.

As the little princess of God King Tang's family, Wang Dong's martial soul was of an exceptionally high grade.

Furthermore, with the physical enhancement brought by her Twin Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, along with her advantage of attacking from the air, the two were evenly matched for the moment.

Seeing this, Xiao Xiao immediately controlled her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron and charged toward Wu Feng, intending to help Wang Dong deal with this powerful foe.

Meanwhile, after Martial Soul Possession, the slender Song Rentou vanished without a trace.

"What incredible speed!" Ning Tian exclaimed in surprise.

Though the naked eye could not make out Song Rentou's movements, Mental Detection allowed Ning Tian to promptly catch Song Rentou shooting in from the side toward Huo Yuhao like an arrow.

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow slightly. "An agility attack type, a Void Spirit Demon Leopard? Is that the Void Spirit Demon Leopard's innate skill, Leopard Flash?"

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