Huo Yuhao turned around and faced Wu Feng.
Wu Feng had naturally seen the icy look in his eyes, and a chill ran through her.
That look... It was as if he were looking at a dead person. It even made her feel afraid.
Wu Feng froze for a moment, and for the first time, she felt like backing down.
Could this guy really...
No, that couldn't be right.
But then Wu Feng remembered Huo Yuhao's Soul Power Level and immediately decided her concern had been unnecessary.
She even found her earlier thought a little laughable.
She'd almost let him bluff her.
A loser who was barely past level ten! What was there to fear?!
Was he really going to kill her?!!
"What? Still want to spar with me?"
Wu Feng laughed. She was about to keep taunting him, mocking his overestimation of himself, when Huo Yuhao, who had been right in front of her a moment ago, suddenly vanished.
!!!
Her heart lurched. She had no idea what had happened.
What was going on? He'd been right here just a moment ago?!!
Wu Feng was just about to search for Huo Yuhao when a sharp pain shot through her stomach.
Somehow, Huo Yuhao had appeared right in front of her and slammed the knee of his right leg into her lower abdomen.
Huo Yuhao couldn't be bothered to listen to her prattle any longer. No amount of talk would make a difference.
Once he beat her into submission, she'd naturally shut up.
How was he so fast?!!
Huo Yuhao's sudden attack left Wu Feng no chance to dodge. That was the only thought she managed before the next moment, when his knee strike sent her flying into the air.
Wu Feng hung suspended in midair. She instinctively tried to strike back, but to her horror, she couldn't exert any force while airborne.
In her panic, she could only try to summon her Martial Soul to defend herself.
But Huo Yuhao wasn't about to give her the chance.
A fist swung in from nowhere and slammed into Wu Feng's head. She was instantly struck by dizziness, and her vision even went dark.
Naturally, she failed to summon her Martial Soul.
"Yuhao!"
Only then did Wang Dong react, and she tried to rush forward and stop him.
She knew Huo Yuhao's true strength. Back then, even she had thought she was going to die at his hands.
The killing intent Huo Yuhao was giving off now was even more frightening than when he'd fought her before.
If Yuhao was pushed too far, he really would kill someone!!
She didn't care whether Wu Feng lived or died. After what she'd just done, she deserved to be beaten to death!!
But this was Shrek!
Wu Feng couldn't die here!! Especially not at Yuhao's hands!!
Wang Dong knew full well that Huo Yuhao had no backing at all.
She wasn't like him. Even if she caused trouble at Shrek, she had the Clear Sky Sect behind her, along with Big Uncle and Second Uncle. Shrek would never dare do anything to her.
Even if they wanted to punish her, they'd have to think carefully about whether they could withstand the wrath of the entire Clear Sky Sect.
But Yuhao was different.
He had no one behind him!
If Yuhao really killed Wu Feng here, Shrek would absolutely make him pay with his life!!
At that thought, Wang Dong could hold back no longer. She summoned her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and rushed over to pull the two apart.
But Huo Yuhao seemed to have guessed what she was thinking. After punching Wu Feng in the head, he turned to look at Wang Dong. The icy look in his eyes sent a chill down her spine!
Huo Yuhao's glance conveyed just one message to her.
Don't interfere!
Wang Dong was frightened by the menace in his eyes and froze in place.
That brief distraction gave Wu Feng a chance to catch her breath. She landed on the ground and righted herself as a wave of scorching heat surged through the area. At last, she had a chance to summon her Martial Soul.
A Power Attack System Beast Martial Soul.
Red Dragon.
With a faint dragon's roar, two yellow Soul Rings rose from beneath her feet.
Wu Feng's slender body suddenly lengthened. Fine red dragon scales spread from the left side of her face down over her shoulder, covering her entire left arm and hand.
Her uniform, which marked her as a Shrek student, tore open, revealing the close-fitting garment beneath.
At that moment, Wu Feng's strength and speed surged.
Although the Red Dragon Martial Soul wasn't as good as Bei Bei's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, it had still reached the ranks of top-tier Martial Souls.
Feeling waves of dizziness in her head, Wu Feng rose to her feet, consumed by fury. Her eyes turned bloodshot.
When had she ever suffered such humiliation? To be bullied like this by a commoner!!
"You're asking for death!!"
With an angry shout that was almost distorted by her rage, Wu Feng shot toward Huo Yuhao like a red cannonball, determined to tear him to pieces!
Faced with this, Huo Yuhao's gaze only grew colder. He looked at the charging Wu Feng as if she were already dead.
He drove his Soul Power to its limit, and the Ghost Killing Art surged through him!
There was only one thought in Huo Yuhao's mind.
Kill!
Kill her!!
Boundless killing intent filled the entire area, so much so that the scorching heat from Wu Feng's Red Dragon Martial Soul began to fade.
The shift in the atmosphere affected Wu Feng as well. The speed and strength granted by Martial Soul Possession vanished, and under the pressure of Huo Yuhao's killing intent, she was even weaker than usual!
The sudden change left Wu Feng unable to adjust. Panic crept over her.
At that very moment, a jade-white "ten-year" Soul Ring appeared beneath Huo Yuhao's feet, and violet-gold light flashed in his eyes.
Wu Feng gave a muffled groan. It was as though a heavy hammer had struck her mind, halting her charge.
Soul Shock!
And it was Soul Shock empowered by the first level of the Purple Demon Eye!
The next moment, Huo Yuhao appeared in front of Wu Feng again and punched her squarely in the chest!
Wu Feng immediately felt a stabbing pain in her chest, as if several of her ribs had been broken. She couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Huo Yuhao wasn't going to let her off that easily.
After punching Wu Feng, he didn't retreat. Instead, he grabbed her face and clamped down hard, squeezing with such force it seemed he meant to crush her skull!
Then, to Wang Dong's horror, he slammed Wu Feng into the ground!
Once! Twice!! Three times!!!
Bang! Bang!! Bang!!!
Every time Huo Yuhao smashed Wu Feng's head into the ground, a loud crash rang out. The neatly laid paving stones shattered beneath them.
Huo Yuhao kept clutching Wu Feng's head and slamming it down, again and again, until Wang Dong finally snapped out of her shock.
She immediately activated her Martial Soul, spread her wings, rushed over, and clung desperately to Huo Yuhao's arm as she shouted,
"Yuhao! Calm down!!"
"This is Shrek! You can't really kill her!!"
With Wang Dong clinging tightly to his arm, Huo Yuhao could only let go of Wu Feng's head.
At the same time, in the Sea of Consciousness, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had woken as soon as the fight began, urged Huo Yuhao anxiously,
"Yuhao! Stop! Powerful humans are rushing over from nearby! Get out of here!!"
Wu Feng's face was covered in blood. Her gaze was vacant, and her eyes seemed unfocused. She looked utterly battered.
She hadn't even managed to release a Soul Skill before the fight was over.
By rights, stopping now was indeed the best choice. Huo Yuhao knew that he couldn't kill Wu Feng at the academy.
But a furious anger was lodged in his chest. The word "bastard" had pierced his heart like a steel nail.
He wasn't like those other transmigrators who'd arrived halfway through life.
He had come to Douluo Continent while still in the womb, and only awakened the memories of his past life later.
Rather than transmigrating, it was more like he'd been reincarnated.
He could say that he had experienced everything Huo Yuhao had gone through.
Whether it was the abuse he suffered at the White Tiger Duke's hands as a child or Huo Yun'er's care, he remembered it all.
He was Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao was him! There was no difference between them!!
That was why he had sworn to wipe out the entire White Tiger bloodline and avenge his birth mother!
If he could let someone call him a bastard without paying the price, how could he even talk about revenge?! How could he face his dead mother?!!
Huo Yuhao knew exactly what he had to do, and he understood the consequences.
But he wouldn't regret it.
It was as if it sensed the killing intent in Huo Yuhao's heart. The dormant Black Cyclone in the Sea of Consciousness stirred.
Within the cyclone, Ghost Demon Venerable opened his eyes, wearing an expression of approval for the first time.
With his appearance, the Soul Power of the Ghost Killing Art inside Huo Yuhao suddenly went berserk.
His strength surged, and he flung Wang Dong away, even though she'd already activated her Martial Soul!!
Then the utmost killing intent solidified into a tangible force, gathering into his fist.
Feeling this power, Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate. He brought his fist crashing down on Wu Feng's head.
Wu Feng had already passed out and made no attempt to defend herself.
If this blow landed, her head would likely be smashed to pieces.
Just as Wang Dong watched in despair, a figure appeared between Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng.
He seemed to be a disheveled old man,
with a chicken leg in his left hand and a wine gourd tucked at his waist.
The moment he appeared, a tremendous force blasted Huo Yuhao away. The fist that should have smashed Wu Feng's head struck nothing but empty air.
Only after taking a bite of his chicken leg did the old man look at the unconscious Wu Feng and frown.
Then he turned to Huo Yuhao, whom Wang Dong had caught, and spoke in a somewhat chilly tone.
"You hit pretty hard, kid."
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