Today was the round of sixteen!
There were clearly many more people watching today. The seats were already packed, even though the matches hadn't started yet.
But a space of about three square meters had been left empty in the middle of the viewing platform.
An old man with a wild head of hair sat there, his clothes so ragged they looked like a beggar's.
He held a purplish-red gourd in his left hand and picked up a chicken leg from the oil-paper wrapper beside him with his right. He washed down each bite of meat with a swig of wine, eating with gusto!
Everyone watching from here was a teacher at Shrek Academy. No one questioned the old man's presence, which showed how high his status was.
"Elder Xuan, that's the boy I was talking about." Wang Yan pointed at Huo Yuhao, who was still in the contestant waiting area.
He had planned to investigate the boy himself, but he hadn't been able to find out a thing!
With no other choice, he had gone to Elder Xuan, hoping he would examine Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul.
"Mm." Elder Xuan gave a brief reply, then went back to eating and drinking.
Wang Yan pointed to the other side. "Those two young men over there are the ones with the Body..."
"Be quiet. It's not like I can't see them." Elder Xuan irritably waved his chicken leg.
"Yes." Wang Yan could only fall silent and stand to one side.
Once the drawing of lots was over, the elimination rounds of the freshmen assessment began!
The round of sixteen!
The partitions were removed again, leaving only eight arenas!
This time, Wang Dong's group was once again up against a Soul Elder group!
"Xie Huanyue, Freshman Class Two."
"Luo Tianlong! Luo Tianba! Freshman Class Two."
The three members of Wang Dong's group introduced themselves and their class in turn.
"Come at me together. Don't waste my time." Huo Yuhao waved a hand.
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao each took a step back.
Xie Huanyue froze!
Was he going to take on all three of them alone?!
And finish the fight quickly!
He immediately activated Martial Soul Possession!
Three Soul Rings appeared!
Yellow! Yellow! Purple!
The Luo brothers activated their Martial Souls too!
Two Soul Rings appeared around each of them!
Yellow! Yellow!
Xie Huanyue rolled toward Huo Yuhao like a ball of flesh!
He was going to make Huo Yuhao feel the difference in their strength!
He was a Soul Elder, after all!
How dare Huo Yuhao look down on him so much!
True Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon!
Huo Yuhao reached out!
All three of them were instantly pulled toward him!
Stack! Seven Treasures Famous! Third: Strength!
Huo Yuhao's strength instantly increased by half!
Strength increased by 50%!
Both hands turned jade at the same time!
True Mysterious Jade Hand!
Two white palm prints appeared on each of the three men's cheeks!
They were sent flying!
The teachers on the viewing platform were dumbstruck!
What kind of fighting style was that?
That was a little too brutal!
Two slaps apiece, and the fight was over?
Even Elder Xuan stopped eating and drinking!
"Wang Dong's group wins!" Only then did the proctor announce the victor.
Xie Huanyue and the Luo brothers had already withdrawn their Martial Souls. All that remained in their eyes was fear!
He was too strong!
Xie Huanyue couldn't even muster the will to fight back!
There was nothing he could do to dodge those slaps!
"Elder Xuan, can you tell what his Martial Soul is?" Wang Yan asked.
"He didn't release his Martial Soul at all. He only released his Soul Rings. To be honest, I can't tell either."
Elder Xuan's words struck like a bolt of lightning!
Wang Yan was stunned!
He hadn't even used his Martial Soul?
And he'd instantly defeated Xie Huanyue, who also had three rings?
How strong would he be if he released his Martial Soul?!
Wang Yan didn't dare think any further!
Wang Yan asked again, "What about the other two?"
"Not bad."
"Their Martial Souls are hair, and they have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. They can be kept as alternatives."
After saying that, Elder Xuan grabbed a chicken wing, picked up his wine gourd, and ambled away.
"Even Elder Xuan can't tell..." Wang Yan couldn't help sighing.
The eight groups advancing to the quarterfinals had been decided, but no one had expected two Soul Elder groups to be eliminated already!
And both had been eliminated by the same group!
The draw for the quarterfinals began that afternoon!
"Wang Dong's group, number three!" Du Weilun looked at the lot Wang Dong had drawn and called out.
Among the groups that had already drawn lots, one group's members all turned pale!
That's right—they had been matched against Wang Dong's group!
Once they were on the arena, the two sides exchanged names. This time, their opponents were from Freshman Class Nine!
Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate. He took three seconds to defeat all three of them.
The title of Heavenly King had now well and truly been bestowed upon Huo Yuhao!
He was too strong!
So many people had already decided that Wang Dong's group would be the champions!
There were even more teachers watching today than yesterday!
The twelve students from the four semifinalist groups stood together.
However, the person drawing lots today wasn't Du Weilun!
It was Yan Shaozhe, dean of the Martial Soul Department!
"Hello, young people. I'm Yan Shaozhe, the two hundred and sixty-first dean of Shrek Academy!"
None of the eleven freshmen had expected the dean to come!
He was the dean of Shrek Academy!
He had the standing to meet the emperors of other empires as an equal!
And the dean of Shrek Academy had to be a Titled Douluo!
"I'll keep this brief. I'm very interested in this year's freshmen, so I came!"
"Come on, let's draw lots!"
Du Weilun had just picked up the box when Yan Shaozhe took it from him!
He had spotted Huo Yuhao among the twelve at a glance!
The other freshmen had no idea what Yan Shaozhe intended to do. They just felt their blood begin to boil.
This was the dean of Shrek Academy!
And he was personally holding the box of lots!
The freshmen couldn't help getting excited!
By comparison, Huo Yuhao seemed especially calm.
Because Yan Shaozhe had knelt before him!
What was there to get excited about just because the man was holding a box?
Even if Yan Shaozhe knelt before Huo Yuhao again in front of everyone, he wouldn't feel excited.
It meant nothing at all!
Unless a bonus option appeared!
Then it might mean something!
Of course, that was only a possibility.
Yan Shaozhe strode straight up to Huo Yuhao and held the box out to him.
"He's the group leader, not me." Huo Yuhao pointed to Wang Dong beside him.
Yan Shaozhe immediately understood and held the box out to Wang Dong.
"Do your best, young man. I hope your group can win the championship!"
Everyone was startled!
Even Yan Shaozhe, the dean of Shrek Academy, favored Wang Dong's group?!
Just who was Huo Yuhao?
Why had Yan Shaozhe gone to him first?
After Wang Dong drew a lot, Yan Shaozhe returned to where he had been standing and announced, "Freshman Class One, Wang Dong's group, number two!"
"Freshman Class Five, Dai Huabin's group, draw your lots!" Yan Shaozhe didn't come down this time. He stayed where he was.
This unequal treatment irritated Dai Huabin.
But he still had to draw. He walked up, picked a lot, handed it to Yan Shaozhe, then turned and left.
Yan Shaozhe immediately docked Dai Huabin ten points in his mind!
Who did he think he was?
How dare he act like that?
He couldn't even show the slightest courtesy?
"Freshman Class Five, Dai Huabin's group, number one!" Yan Shaozhe called out.
Once they entered the arena, Huo Yuhao ended the semifinal match in the fastest time possible and advanced to the final!
After a fierce battle, Dai Huabin's group won on the other side!
Their eyes met!
[Ding!]
[Selection triggered!]
It had finally come!
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