"You..." Ma Xiaotao was stunned for a moment, unsure what to say.
"All right, I've given you your meeting gift. You can leave now." Seeing that no options had popped up, Huo Yuhao sent her away with a disappointed look.
Ma Xiaotao still wanted to say something, but Huo Yuhao cut her off.
"Don't say anything. I don't want to hear it."
With that, Huo Yuhao turned and ran.
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao hurried after him.
Watching Huo Yuhao's retreating figure, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help falling into memories.
Yellow hair...
By the time she came back to her senses and tried to chase after him, it was too late. Huo Yuhao had vanished without a trace.
All she could do was stare blankly at the left arm bone in her hands.
Freshman Teaching Building.
Wang Yan said, "The freshman assessment has ended. We fought ten matches over the course of two days."
"This was probably the shortest freshman assessment in the history of Shrek Academy."
"Usually, the freshman assessment lasts three days or more."
"The final results have just been tallied."
The students of Freshman Class One immediately perked up.
After all, this was a major matter that would decide whether they could stay at Shrek Academy!
Not everyone had the absolute confidence in passing the assessment that Huo Yuhao and his teammates did!
"Of our thirty-three teams, twenty-five passed the freshman assessment!"
"I have to say, that's a truly excellent result!"
"Those who failed the freshman assessment will have to leave with regret."
This was already a very good result!
After all, most classes had only kept a dozen or so teams!
"Of course, passing the freshman assessment doesn't mean you're done. There's still the first-year assessment. If you fail that, then by your second year, I may not see any of you around."
"Sixteen of those twenty-five teams haven't finished yet. Since you placed in the top sixty-four, you still have the knockout rounds ahead of you. That's where you'll get to show off your skills!"
"The advancing teams from the other classes will be waiting for you there!"
"Six teams went undefeated in this freshman assessment, and one of them was Wang Dong's team!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned to look at Wang Dong!
An undefeated team!
That was proof of strength!
No wonder Wang Dong could be class monitor!
"It's just a pity that three of the undefeated teams have a Soul Elder among them!"
"A three-ring Soul Elder!"
"We probably don't stand a chance at the championship."
Wang Yan spoke with deep regret.
Wang Dong snorted.
Xiao Xiao also gave an indignant snort.
If they were all Soul Grandmasters, winning the championship would be a piece of cake!
But their opponents had three-ring Soul Elders!
The difficulty of winning had more than doubled!
Those were Soul Elders with Thousand-Year Soul Rings!
Against them, the High-Altitude Projectile Tactic she and Wang Dong used wouldn't put that much pressure on their opponents!
And it came with the risk of crashing!
After all, they had no way of knowing whose Soul Power would run out first!
Wang Dong knew Huo Yuhao was strong, but he was still only a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster!
Fighting someone with one more Soul Ring was incredibly difficult!
"Let's just give it everything we've got. If we lose, there's nothing we can do."
"Anyone who reaches Soul Elder at twelve years old is no ordinary person."
"They must have at least a top-tier Martial Soul!"
"And they must have a family backing them with its full support!"
"Their Soul Rings must all be at the theoretical limit!"
"Their third Soul Ring is bound to be a Thousand-Year Soul Ring!"
"Their second Soul Ring might even be a thousand-year one, like Wang Dong's!"
"Looks like fourth place is the best we can aim for."
Xiao Xiao analyzed the situation rationally.
She had greatly underestimated Huo Yuhao's strength, which was why she thought they had no chance of winning.
"Are you afraid to fight just because they're three-ring Soul Elders?"
Wang Dong felt that if they really fought, they would still have at least a thirty percent chance of winning!
If they had a chance, then they should go all out!
They could fight their way to the championship!
"Three-ring Soul Elders aren't invincible. With Yuhao's Mental Detection Sharing, we still have a chance!"
"We have a view of the whole field, and they don't. We can use that advantage to take out the teammates of the Soul Elder one by one!"
"If we're left with just one Soul Elder, how could the three of us Two-Ring Soul Grandmasters not beat them?"
"And Xiao Xiao, you have Twin Martial Souls!"
"And I haven't even used my full strength yet!"
Wang Dong suddenly turned to Huo Yuhao.
"Besides, we have a trump card!"
Xiao Xiao seemed to know what Wang Dong meant and looked at Huo Yuhao too.
"What are you planning?!"
The freshman assessment's knockout rounds were underway.
Du Weilun had just finished checking the names of all the participating students.
Now it was time to draw lots.
The Assessment Area had been divided into thirty-two sections.
Each section was now several times larger than before.
Huo Yuhao's High-Altitude Projectile Tactic was even more effective in the knockout rounds!
The rules were simple: if you lost, you went back to class.
If you won, you continued that afternoon.
After the lots were drawn, the sixty-four-to-thirty-two round officially began.
Huo Yuhao still didn't know why Du Weilun hadn't been replaced, but it made no difference.
Besides, he was a Soul Douluo!
Maybe he could make an option pop up for him!
Wang Dong's team was assigned to the tenth section this time.
Their supervising teacher had also been changed.
It was a kind-looking female teacher.
After she announced the start, Wang Dong finished the match in just one minute.
Soon, the afternoon's thirty-two-to-sixteen knockout round began.
This time, Wang Dong's team was assigned to Section Eight.
When they arrived, the team that had also drawn Section Eight was already there.
Their opponents were none other than Ning Tian's team, one of the three teams with a Soul Elder!
The team consisted of Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and a girl with pale green hair.
Huo Yuhao had forgotten her name.
The short-haired girl standing at the front, with golden hair, was Ning Tian!
The red-haired girl standing to Ning Tian's left was Wu Feng!
To Ning Tian's right stood a girl with long, pale green hair.
The six of them entered the arena.
Wang Dong's team stuck to their previous formation.
Ning Tian's team, however, had changed theirs.
Ning Tian retreated to the back, while Wu Feng and the pale-green-haired girl stood in front of her.
"Wu Feng, Freshman Class Nine!" Wu Feng said proudly. "Level twenty-five, Power Attack System!"
"Nanmen Yun'er, Freshman Class Nine! Level twenty-four, Agility Attack System!" said the pale-green-haired girl.
Ning Tian glanced at Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er reproachfully, as if she thought they were too proud to have announced their Soul Power levels.
But she didn't change how she introduced herself.
"Ning Tian, Freshman Class Nine!"
"Level thirty-one, Support System Tool Soul Elder!"
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were shocked!
A level thirty-one Soul Elder?!
They'd run into one already!
This was only the thirty-two-to-sixteen round!
And this Soul Elder was a Support System Tool Soul Elder!
Everyone knew Tool Soul Masters cultivated more slowly than Battle Soul Masters!
Yet she had still reached level thirty-one!
This was more than just talent!
Before Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao could recover, they heard an even more shocking voice!
"Huo Yuhao, Freshman Class One."
"Level thirty-eight, Control System Soul Elder!"
Three Thousand-Year Soul Rings slowly rose from beneath his feet!
I see a lot of readers are still reading with their brains turned on, so let's collect them all here.
And while we're at it, let me recommend a book from another author in our author group.
Douluo Continent, ten thousand years later. The gods make a bet, and someone suffers for it. Yeah, it's a story about a transmigrator with Electrolux taking on the child of fate.
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