I Revere Lord Sea God!!

In the end, he had underestimated the Ghost Demon Venerable.

He had also underestimated his bottom line.

As they continued their journey, Huo Yuhao reflected on this.

He had originally thought that the Ghost Demon Venerable would at least maintain a veneer of decency and wouldn't stoop to laying a hand on his newly accepted disciple.

At the very least, he would put on an act.

Who would have thought he wouldn't even bother to pretend.

Huo Yuhao had to admit it.

The Ghost Demon Venerable simply did not care about such things.

He only needed to keep Huo Yuhao firmly within his grasp.

Feeling the Ghost Killing Art soul power flowing through his body, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

The situation was now even worse than before.

Even though the Ghost Demon Venerable was currently silent within his Sea of Consciousness, he could feel a massive character for "danger" hanging over his head.

He had to get rid of this guy as soon as possible, or he would surely die.

And as of now, the only person he could think of who might be able to do that—and it was only a possibility—was the God King whom he both loved and hated.

He had to reach Shrek Academy as quickly as possible and, without alerting the Ghost Demon Venerable, find a way to catch the God King's attention.

Huo Yuhao quickly set a goal for himself.

He was not the only one with a heavy heart.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya, walking beside him, were also wearing worried expressions.

Why? Why would something like this happen?

The two of them were completely baffled.

After the incident, they had performed a thorough examination of Huo Yuhao from head to toe.

But the results were the same as when he had practiced the Purple Demon Eye: there were no abnormalities whatsoever.

Yet, the black soul power flowing within Huo Yuhao's body simply could not be dispelled.

Another mutation??

But was that even possible?

The last time it had combined with his Spirit Eye martial soul, but what was the reason this time??

They couldn't figure it out.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya made up their minds that once they returned to the academy, they must ask a professional teacher to conduct a comprehensive examination and analysis for Huo Yuhao.

They couldn't let their hard-won little junior brother have problems just like that, in such a muddled way.

With this mindset, the speed of the trio's journey increased significantly.

Soon, they emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest two days ahead of schedule and caught sight of Shrek Academy.

Seeing the academy, the hearts of Bei Bei and Tang Ya finally relaxed a little.

To them, there was no problem in this world that the academy could not solve.

At this moment, Shrek was called an academy, but if one included the surrounding dependent buildings, its total area was already as vast as a city.

It even had four city gates: East, West, South, and North.

Led by Bei Bei and Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao arrived outside the East Gate, which was reserved exclusively for Shrek.

It was the season for new student enrollment, so the area outside the gate was bustling with activity, with a constant stream of merchants. Huo Yuhao looked around, wondering if there were any characters he could interact with to build up some early favor.

"Oh, right, Bei Bei, didn't you tell little Yuhao about the entrance examination?"

The three were walking side by side when Tang Ya, who was busy eating snacks from a stall, suddenly turned her head to look at Huo Yuhao and asked, as if she had just remembered something.

"Right now?"

Hearing Tang Ya's words, Bei Bei seemed a bit hesitant.

Tang Ya, however, patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder in a carefree manner and said quite cheerfully.

"He'll find out sooner or later anyway."

"Normally, there are two standards for entering the Shrek outer courtyard: one is being under twelve years old, and the other is having a soul power of no less than level fifteen. Given your current situation, you naturally don't qualify."

"But!"

Changing the subject, Tang Ya puffed out her chest with great pride and patted it confidently.

Huo Yuhao glanced at her, and to that, he could only say:

Not a ripple in his heart.

Tang Ya, completely unaware that she had just been looked down upon by her dear little junior brother, continued.

"But since you are a disciple of our Tang Sect, you have a quota for exemption, so this standard naturally doesn't need to be worried about."

He then waved his hand, revealing a helpless expression.

"However, for the practical combat assessment for new students three months from now, we won't be able to help you with that."

"Practical combat, huh..."

Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment; given his current situation, practical combat was indeed somewhat difficult.

After all, the original body's starting conditions were truly too poor.

But the Ghost Demon Venerable's Ghost Killing Art should be able to make up for this quite well.

After all, anything produced by the Demon Venerable is bound to be a masterpiece.

Even if it was a product of the Ghost Demon Venerable's ulterior motives, it was more than enough to deal with this bunch of guys.

He just didn't know to what extent it could strengthen him.

But the problem remained the same.

Heaven knows if he would end up becoming a puppet of the Ghost Demon Venerable as he practiced.

No, he definitely would.

Damn it!!

The more Huo Yuhao thought about it, the more he felt his luck was at its absolute worst.

After thinking it over, this was an open conspiracy set up for him by the Ghost Demon Venerable, and there was no solution for the time being.

Huo Yuhao was out of options.

Now he could only hope that God King Tang would pay more attention to him and discover his abnormality when he entered Shrek.

As for whether God King Tang could win?

That was not something he needed to consider.

If they could perish together, that would be for the best.

Ah, both sides clashing, the Ghost Demon falling, the God King dying miserably—how pleasant that sounds.

But the prerequisite was that he must not become collateral damage in their great war.

While lost in thought, the three of them had already arrived at the East City Gate. With Bei Bei and Tang Ya leading the way, Huo Yuhao successfully entered the Shrek Outer Courtyard.

Soon, several statues appeared before the three of them.

"Oh right, these statues..."

Seeing these statues, Bei Bei was just about to open his mouth to introduce them to his junior brother, but he realized that the junior brother beside him had already vanished, leaving him to scratch his head and mutter.

"Strange..."

Looking back, he discovered that at some point, Huo Yuhao had already passed the statues of Flender and the others, as well as Dai Mubai, and had walked straight to the Sea God statue of Tang San. He straightened his clothes, his expression solemn.

"What is he..."

Bei Bei was somewhat stunned, pointing at Huo Yuhao before looking at Tang Ya in confusion.

Tang Ya was also full of question marks. She saw Huo Yuhao bow solemnly to the Sea God statue, then look up into the statue's eyes, staring affectionately, with a faint hint of pity.

Huo Yuhao prayed continuously in his heart, even shouting.

God King Tang! Please open your eyes!!

Your pawn is about to be possessed, and you don't even care?!

At least take a look!!

Even if you can't beat him, it's fine if you let him possess you instead!!

I don't mind at all!!

Moved by Huo Yuhao's solemn expression, Tang Ya and Bei Bei didn't dare to step forward and disturb him for a moment.

Meanwhile, in the God Realm.

Tang San was holding Xiao Wu, lying comfortably in their residence, feeling the warmth like jade in his hands, feeling quite content.

"San-ge..."

Just as the two were about to take things further, the infatuated Xiao Wu seemed to remember something. She tried hard to push away the Tang San pressing down on her and asked vaguely.

"What about Xiao Qi..."

"Rest assured, nothing is happening with Xiao Qi!"

Hearing his daughter's name, God King Tang, clearly feeling a bit guilty, hurriedly brushed it off.

"Everything is under my control, don't worry."

Since her 'San-ge' said so, Xiao Wu stopped worrying and simply let down her guard.

A few seconds later, a blush crept onto Xiao Wu's cheeks as she pouted and murmured.

"You're annoying~"

Damn it!!

Screw this!!

Bastard!!

Meanwhile, while some were joyful, others were filled with sorrow.

Inside Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

He had maintained this posture for half an hour, yet the statue hadn't shown the slightest reaction.

Huo Yuhao could now confirm that this damn God King wasn't looking at him at all!!

Even though he was standing right in front of the statue!!

At this moment, Tang Ya could no longer hold back and prepared to step forward to ask what was going on.

Huo Yuhao had no choice but to snap out of his state, simultaneously raising a hand to signal that he was fine.

"Don't ask, it is only because I revere the Sea God!!"

"Yes!"

"I revere the Sea God!!"

Huo Yuhao spoke with such ironclad conviction that he nearly fooled himself.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya exchanged glances, both seeing a look of pleasant surprise in the other's eyes.

What a fine seedling! What a fine seedling!

They had truly found a gem this time; he was so sensible!

Thus, Tang Ya and Bei Bei walked up with gratified smiles, patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder, and continued leading him deeper into the academy.

They didn't notice at all that Huo Yuhao was grinding his teeth in hatred.

He swore.

Once he grew strong enough, he would tear this irresponsible God King into a thousand pieces.

Though, in all likelihood, he wouldn't live to see that day.