"That pink-haired guy has had his attention fixed on Huo Yuhao ever since he showed up! Though this version of Huo Yuhao probably won't be so easy to handle."
"During a team battle, he actually claimed he'd take on all seven by himself. Isn't that a little overconfident? Still, I really admire that kind of swagger!"
Just as everyone was discussing it, the battle in the Sky Screen had already erupted.
"Argh!"
"Hmph, hmph, ughhh..."
"Damn you! You hurt my Nannan! I'll fight y— Argh!"
The battle looked fierce, but in truth, there was no suspense at all.
Even when Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger, Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eye in its Silver Awakening state blasted it apart with a single, enhanced Soul Strike.
Then, under Dai Huabin's gaze, filled with humiliation, the "younger brother" he had once looked down on and bullied planted a foot on him. Dai Huabin couldn't even get back up.
"Is she your woman?"
With one foot on Dai Huabin and one hand pulling Zhu Lu over, Huo Yuhao asked with interest.
"Hmph, you... What are you trying to do?"
Dai Huabin glared at Huo Yuhao with his Evil Eye, his gaze seeming to spit fire.
"Nothing. A loser like you doesn't deserve to have a woman. She's mine now!"
Right there in front of everyone, before the countless spectators outside the arena, Huo Yuhao kissed Zhu Lu!
Zhu Lu was stunned. She stared blankly at the domineering young man before her, her bright eyes momentarily unfocused.
Pinned beneath Huo Yuhao's foot, Dai Huabin let out a pained, beast-like roar. He struggled until blood covered his body, yet Huo Yuhao kept him firmly pinned, unable to move!
"You've gone too far!"
Bei Bei, who had been recovering his Soul Power, couldn't hold back any longer. He erupted ahead of time and attacked Huo Yuhao with Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Crack.
Huo Yuhao merely poured his spiritual power into his right hand. In an instant, it fused with his Ultimate Ice Soul Power, and he struck with Ice Empress's Pincer. With a bang, Bei Bei's Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Crack shattered on the spot, sending him flying backward!
Outside the Sky Screen, Bei Bei trembled at the sight. He glanced at Huo Yuhao beside him, his eyes full of wariness.
Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Crack was one of his family's secret techniques. His great-grandfather had once made a name for himself throughout the world with this very move, even severely wounding Du Bisou, the Body Sect's leader.
But the scene in the Sky Screen seemed to turn history on its head. His Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Crack had been shattered and crushed outright by a successor of the Body Sect.
In that instant, the golden light of Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Crack had been utterly eclipsed by the silver flash that blazed through Huo Yuhao's eyes!
"Shrek Academy is nothing special!"
In the Sky Screen, Huo Yuhao stood with one foot on Dai Huabin, who was howling in despair and pain, while still holding Zhu Lu's limp body in one arm. He spoke in a clear, ringing voice.
At that moment, every spectator, both inside and outside the Sky Screen, fell silent, stunned!
"That's how a real man should be..."
Countless youths at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and in the Body Sect sighed with admiration. In the laboratory, Xiao Hongchen stared fixedly at the young man in the Sky Screen, gripping the carving knife in his hand so tightly it nearly snapped.
At that moment, he wished he could fight shoulder to shoulder with that young man in the Sky Screen and sweep aside the whole pack of Shrek scum!
"Nia!"
A strange cry suddenly rang out below the competition platform. An old man in a filthy white robe, a wine gourd in one hand, leaped straight onto the platform and fixed a cold gaze on Huo Yuhao.
"Senior, the match isn't over yet..."
The Level 9 Soul Engineer serving as the referee stepped forward to stop the old man, but the old man merely waved a hand and sent him flying far away.
"Let Huabin go! Put Zhu Lu down! Didn't that old bastard Du Busi teach you any manners?"
The old man snorted. An utterly terrifying pressure crashed down on Huo Yuhao, squeezing his chest until it tightened. Yet the young man remained firmly rooted in place.
"You old Shrek relics really have no shame. Do trash like you deserve any courtesy? You were a little nobody when you were young, and now you've grown into a shameless old loser just like this one!"
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao ground his foot down even harder on Dai Huabin. Several ribs snapped with a series of crackles, and Dai Huabin let out an even more agonized howl.
"You little beast, you're asking for death!"
Xuan Zi's eyes bulged with fury. He was about to erupt when the phantom of a Godly Taotie Bull appeared behind him, its terrifying earthen-yellow light about to engulf Huo Yuhao!
"You're the one asking for death!"
"Get out of the way!"
Two cold snorts rang out at the same time.
A flash of light in the colors of the sun and moon descended, shattering Xuan Zi's earthen-yellow glow. The next instant, a huge green hand came crashing down onto the competition platform and slammed into Xuan Zi.
"Arghhhhh..."
Xuan Zi screamed as he was blasted far away, crashing into the ground with a thunderous boom and leaving a huge crater!
Xuan Zi looked utterly wretched in the crater. His wine gourd had flown off somewhere, his hair was disheveled, his white robe was torn to shreds, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
Two figures now appeared in the sky, looking down at Xuan Zi with disdain. One was a tall old man whose skin had turned entirely green. The other was a bald old man dressed as a Soul Engineer, a divine needle hovering in his hand, his expression cold.
"Xuan Zi, this is Ming Capital, not a place where you can run wild! You think this is still Star Luo City?"
The bald old man holding a Level 9 Soul Tool sneered, a trace of murderous intent in his voice.
"Hahahaha... Xuan Zi, you really are going backward with age. If you want a fight, don't interfere with the children's match. I, Jing, will gladly play with you first!"
Another rather plump old man flew over from the spectator stands and looked at Xuan Zi with amusement. Xuan Zi's expression had turned utterly ugly.
"Jing Hongchen, Ye Yulin, Du Busi!"
Xuan Zi roared furiously.
At that moment, Xuan Zi had finally calmed down a little and realized once more that this wasn't Star Luo City, where he could do whatever he wanted and no one could restrain him.
This was Ming Capital! A city guarded by more than twenty Level 9 Soul Engineers and countless powerful Soul Tools!
"Hahahahahaha..."
Only then did Huo Yuhao release Zhu Lu and gently set her aside. Then, as if clearing away trash, he casually kicked Dai Huabin off the competition platform.