Instant Kill Dai Huabin, Huo Yuhao Outside the Arena

" ?!"

...Wang Dong'er?!

What is going on?!

Shouldn't she be living in the same dormitory as Huo Yuhao?

When did she run over to my place?

Why?!

Tang San? Mu En?... Or is this the butterfly effect?

Lu Ran's gaze turned grave, his heart sinking as he realized the severity of the situation.

Have I been noticed by Tang San?

Or did my following Tang Ya and Bei Bei cause Huo Yuhao to arrive too early?

Or perhaps too late?

Did the God King of Destruction fail to contain Tang San?

Countless possibilities flashed through his mind.

The corner of Lu Ran's eye twitched involuntarily, but he regained his composure in an instant.

"New roommate?"

He adopted a friendly attitude and spoke first.

Wang Dong looked Lu Ran up and down, barely satisfied with this new roommate.

"My name is Wang Dong."

"Although we are living together for the time being, you are not allowed to bring people back whenever you want, you cannot walk around naked, you cannot... that's all."

Hearing the demands Wang Dong laid out, Lu Ran's eyelids flickered.

He had almost forgotten her personality...

Regardless of what had happened to Wang Dong in the past or what would happen in the future, she was currently acting high and mighty.

She even dared to set rules for him?

"Are you even listening?"

Wang Dong frowned slightly, the faint, meager impression she had of Lu Ran vanishing.

She hadn't expected him to be so rude.

He could at least have replied.

Lu Ran ignored Wang Dong, walking straight to his bed and lying down to ponder the reason for this encounter.

"Hey!"

Wang Dong was displeased.

"Are you listening to me?!"

How incredibly rude!

After collecting his soul master subsidy, Huo Yuhao walked down the road with an unusually light step.

This was the first time in his life he had held a Gold Soul Coin in his own hands; it was a whole Gold Soul Coin!

In the past, he wouldn't have even dared to imagine it!

Thinking back to Tian Meng, Teacher Tang Ya, and Senior Brother Bei Bei...

He felt that his future was bright, and that he would surely be able to trample the Duke's Mansion underfoot!

Following the directions in his memory, he groped his way to the dormitory building and looked up at the six-story structure.

An old grandfather was basking in the sun at the entrance.

"Hello, Grandpa. I'm a new student enrolling today. Do you need to check my freshman badge?"

"The freshman badge and the key..."

Mu En reached out his hand, examining the key and badge that Huo Yuhao handed over.

"Dormitory 112, first floor, the tenth room on the left..."

That's very close to Xiao Ran...

Huo Yuhao took back the badge and key, bowed to Mu En very politely, and entered the dormitory.

Walking down the long corridor, Huo Yuhao moved forward while checking the door numbers.

"101, 102, 10..."

He muttered to himself.

Just as he was about to reach room 112...

"Ah!"

A figure suddenly flew out from inside dormitory 110, soaring right past Huo Yuhao!

He was so startled that he froze in place, his eyes wide.

One step...

Just one more step...

If he had walked just a bit faster, he would have collided with the person flying out!

He could even feel the wind generated by the person's flight!

"Thud!"

With a dull sound, the person slammed onto the solid floor.

"What the hell?"

"Someone got thrown out?"

"Look, look! Someone's fighting!"

Having just enrolled, the freshmen were still full of curiosity; upon hearing the commotion, they popped their heads out from their dorms like mushrooms sprouting from cracks in the earth after rain.

"He really flew out!"

"He's angry! He's charging back into the dorm!"

Before Huo Yuhao could see the person's face clearly, the individual stood up and charged back into the room.

Huo Yuhao seized the opportunity to dash past the door.

In his peripheral vision, he saw that the person had blue hair and seemed to have... one yellow and one purple Soul Ring...

The second Soul Ring was purple...

Immediately after, just as his back foot followed his front foot, he felt another gust of wind behind him.

He heard:

"You dare...!"

The person was thrown out of the dormitory again, flying even further this time and sliding more than a meter across the ground.

"Holy crap, his second Soul Ring is a thousand-year one!"

"That's terrifying, right?"

"Sigh, look at the bright side. What if he's just a Soul Elder who hasn't even turned twelve yet?"

"Isn't that just as terrifying?!"

"..."

As the person charged back into the dorm again, everyone saw a faint blue and pink light suddenly radiate from the doorway of room 110, looking incredibly beautiful and dreamlike...

"Bang!"

The blue and pink-haired boy was thrown out of the door once more.

He crashed to the floor, sliding for over a meter, wiping the semi-clean floor until it was spotless.

...This time, however, he did not stand back up.

He lay on the ground, his large, powder-blue eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling, seemingly questioning his entire existence.

Huo Yuhao realized then that he was actually quite beautiful—even more so than Senior Brother Bei Bei, and perhaps more beautiful than any other boy he had ever seen.

Except for Lu Ran, there was likely no one who could compare to him, right?

Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered that Lu Ran was also a first-year student, and he wondered which dormitory he had been assigned to.

Lifting his head, Huo Yuhao discovered that his own dormitory was right next door to the one belonging to the blue-haired youth.

His roommate, who had short hair and looked quite amiable, was poking his head out, staring wide-eyed at him in a silent standoff.

"...Are you in this dormitory?"

The roommate spoke first.

Huo Yuhao nodded obediently, not quite sure where to put his hands.

The roommate pulled him into the room.

"My name is Lin Hu, a level 19 Agility-type Battle Soul Master."

Lin Hu continued to poke his head out, watching Wang Dong, who was still lying on the ground with eyes wide open, making not a sound.

"Let's stay back a bit to avoid getting caught in the crossfire."

Usually, reaching this state meant an imminent and total eruption of temper.

A sense of goodwill sprouted in Huo Yuhao's heart.

It seemed his new roommate was a very good person.

As the two spoke, Wang Dong slowly rose to his feet.

Her pristine blue clothes were covered in dust, and the floor was significantly cleaner than before.

"Hoo... hoo... hoo..."

Her face was filled with self-doubt.

Why?

Is my thousand-year Soul Ring a fake?

Why?!

She recalled everything that had just happened.

Lu Ran hadn't even used a soul skill; he had simply raised his leg and kicked her out the door.

No soul skill used?!

What kind of monster is he!?

What is his rank?!

Could he possibly be stronger than me?!

Inside the dormitory, Lu Ran remained standing there, watching her calmly, unmoved no matter how hard she tried to shake him.

For some reason, the figures of Big Dad and Second Dad appeared in her mind, along with their affectionate smiles.

She suddenly missed Big Dad and Second Dad so much.

"..."

She hesitated for a moment, then clenched her fists.