Huo Yuhao, You...

The Soul Fighting Zone can be considered a vital component of the educational system at Shrek Academy.

Watching the two individuals standing ready before her, Mu Jin, acting as the temporary referee, began her introduction:

"At Shrek Academy, the greatest emphasis is placed on practical combat ability.

The freshman assessment in three months will be the primary basis for determining whether you are qualified to remain here."

Upon hearing Mu Jin's words, the expressions of the students sitting in the stands became excited.

Duels between soul masters are always the most captivating topic on the Douluo Continent.

Mu Jin scanned the crowd, and seeing that everyone had arrived, she did not intend to waste any more time.

"This is a friendly spar between classmates; both of you may use all the means at your disposal.

However, take note: stop at the point of contact. You must absolutely not intentionally cause injury or disability to a classmate. Furthermore, seeking private revenge afterward is strictly prohibited. Any violation will result in immediate expulsion from the academy."

"At the same time, if Wu Feng can defeat Huo Yuhao, she will replace him as the vice monitor of Class Nine. Do you both understand?"

Mu Jin gave a final reminder to the two on the field.

"Understood."

"Understood."

The two responded in unison and began to step backward, widening the distance between them.

But before retreating, Wu Feng gave Huo Yuhao a cold warning.

"Stay away from Ning Tian in the future."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's brows twitched slightly, but he did not speak to refute or mock her.

Wu Feng is Ning Tian's personal guard, yet it seems she harbors feelings that go beyond that?

Thinking of this, the gaze Huo Yuhao cast toward Wu Feng suddenly became somewhat pitying.

Wu Feng keenly sensed the change in Huo Yuhao's gaze. Although she couldn't articulate exactly what it was, the feeling caused a surge of even more intense irritation to rise within her.

Soon, the distance between the two sides reached one hundred meters.

"The soul fight begins."

As Mu Jin's voice echoed through the Soul Fighting Zone, Wu Feng let out a sharp cry. Her lithe body suddenly exerted force, her feet stomping hard against the ground as she charged toward Huo Yuhao at full speed like a cloud of red.

Every time her long, powerful legs pushed off the ground, her body surged forward rapidly, leaving behind a faint crimson afterimage. In the blink of an eye, she had already covered dozens of meters.

A scorching wave of heat radiated from her as the center, causing the air to appear distorted, accompanied by the faint sound of a dragon's roar.

Wu Feng's figure instantly became more slender and elongated. While in mid-air, she appeared like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl who had just finished developing.

Her lithe body burst through her school uniform, revealing the tightly fitting garment underneath—a highly elastic, dark red leather suit.

The one-piece suit tapered upward, encasing the full bosom that had grown after she activated her martial soul, while below, it revealed a pair of long, glowing legs.

A faint crimson halo shimmered across Wu Feng's skin. Starting from her left cheek, a layer of fine dragon scales began to cover her, extending down her neck and blanketing her entire left shoulder and arm, all the way to her left hand.

Wu Feng's figure looked slender and beautiful, yet it gave off an impression of explosive power.

As her figure flickered, two yellow soul rings rose from beneath her feet.

Wu Feng's martial soul was the Red Dragon, a top-tier, domineering fire-attribute dragon-type martial soul.

Compared to Wu Feng, the activity on Huo Yuhao's side seemed much more subdued.

There were no abnormalities on the surface of his body, save for his originally gentle eyes, where the pupils had quietly shifted into vertical slits, flickering with a faint, fiery red light.

Two deep, profound purple soul rings rose from beneath his feet.

"The first and second soul rings... they are both at the thousand-year level?!"

Compared to Mu Jin, who had already been aware of this, the other students in the stands were dumbstruck, staring at Huo Yuhao on the field in disbelief.

The female students looked at Huo Yuhao with gazes that instantly became incredibly heated, filled with brilliant sparks.

Outstanding looks, an extraordinary temperament, and on top of that, this terrifying strength that far surpassed his peers...

Such a youth was simply the image of the perfect partner in their hearts.

Compared to the students in the stands who were merely shocked, Wu Feng, facing Huo Yuhao directly, felt her body tremble violently.

A palpitation originating from the depths of her bloodline made her clearly feel her martial soul trembling uncontrollably.

Although her Red Dragon martial soul was not a true Fire Dragon, nor was it the Ultimate Fire, its quality could certainly be considered top-tier.

Yet at this moment, in front of Huo Yuhao, it was as if it had encountered the true emperor of the dragon race, shivering in fear.

Huo Yuhao, however, felt secretly helpless.

Compared to the Ice Dragon King, which had completely merged and become his second martial soul, the dragon soul of the Fire Dragon King was currently only temporarily residing within his body.

However, Huo Yuhao had a vague premonition that the day he successfully condensed his Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core, the Fire Dragon King's dragon soul would also truly become a part of his second martial soul.

At that time, he would be able to freely switch between ice and fire, reaching a realm where extremes meet.

The reason the Fire Dragon King's dragon soul had taken the initiative to reveal its aura at this moment was precisely because it had sensed the aura of the fire dragon martial soul on Wu Feng.

To the Fire Dragon King, a fire-dragon-type like Wu Feng would not even have the qualifications to seek an audience, let alone dare to launch an attack against it.

Wu Feng forcibly suppressed the growing unease and fear in her heart, accelerating her figure once more and arriving before Huo Yuhao in a few blinks.

The first and second soul rings on her body shone simultaneously, and the crimson dragon fire that had been rising suddenly transformed into a deeper, darker shade of red.

The scales covering half her body became thicker and more solid, the red light in her eyes flared intensely, and her left hand had completely mutated into a ferocious dragon claw.

A dense aura of flame swirled around Wu Feng's left dragon claw, the astonishing high temperature causing the surrounding air to distort slightly.

"Hah!"

With a sharp cry, Wu Feng swung her left dragon claw, the limb tearing through the air with a shrill whistle as it struck straight toward Huo Yuhao's lower abdomen.

Yet, Huo Yuhao, moving after her but arriving first, used his bare hand to easily seize her unstoppable dragon claw.

Even more bizarrely, the dark red flames that had been burning fiercely vanished without a trace the moment Huo Yuhao grabbed them.

"Huo Yuhao, let go of me!"

Wu Feng's pretty face flushed bright red, filled with both shock and anger.

She desperately tried to reignite her Dragon Flame while simultaneously attempting to wrench her left dragon claw free from Huo Yuhao's grip.

But no matter how she channeled her soul power, it was to no avail.

An inexplicable sense of terror made her delicate body go limp and weak, making it difficult even to stand.

Her body softened, and she collapsed directly into Huo Yuhao's arms.

"Huo Yuhao, you..."

Leaning against Huo Yuhao's chest, Wu Feng let out a cry of shame, indignation, and helplessness.

"Student Wu Feng, are you still not going to admit defeat?"

Huo Yuhao looked down at the blushing, trembling girl in his arms and asked in a calm tone.

Though he had to admit that the girl's body was soft and supple, a fact he could feel even through their clothes, maintaining this posture in front of everyone was undeniably awkward.

As for simply letting go and letting her fall to the ground, Huo Yuhao wasn't quite that heartless.

After all, she was just a girl under twelve years old, and she was currently so shaken by the aura of the Fire Dragon King that her legs had given out; she truly lacked the strength to stand steady.

"I admit defeat!"

Wu Feng practically screamed it, a few tears of grievance slipping from the corners of her eyes.

Mu Jin, who was also on the Soul Fighting Platform, and the students sitting in the stands all looked at the anticlimactic, and somewhat ambiguous, ending of the match with faces full of confusion and bewilderment.

What just happened?

Are you two fighting or flirting?

Are we all just part of your little game?

As Wu Feng's voice conceding defeat faded, Ning Tian hurried down from the stands to take the still-weak Wu Feng from Huo Yuhao's arms.

Seeing Wu Feng's flushed face and dazed expression, Ning Tian cast a reproachful glance at Huo Yuhao with her beautiful eyes.

Mu Jin, thinking back to the scene that had just unfolded, fell into deep thought.

Huo Yuhao's martial soul was the extremely rare spirit-attribute Spirit Eye; he must have activated some kind of mental soul skill that even she couldn't detect, allowing him to crush Wu Feng so easily and without leaving a trace.

Thinking of this, a look of unconcealable joy appeared on Mu Jin's face.

With Huo Yuhao possessing such powerful and mysterious means, coupled with the support of Ning Tian and her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, wouldn't the championship of the freshman assessment three months from now be firmly within their grasp?