Crushing Victory

As Huo Yuhao spoke, the Soul Power around him flickered out for an instant. In the next moment, an icy-blue Soul Power aura swirled around his body.

Huo Yuhao suddenly yanked backward on the Hell White Tiger's tail, forcibly pulling the stunned Hell White Tiger apart.

Even Xuan Zi, who had been sitting calmly in the spectator stands, could not help opening one eye to scrutinize Huo Yuhao.

Wang Yan stared at Huo Yuhao in utter confusion and astonishment. "What's going on? He's only a two-ring Soul Master, yet he can pull Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill with one hand?"

After taking a huge gulp of wine, Xuan Zi said, "It's his second Soul Skill. At the instant his Soul Power vanished and reappeared, all his abilities increased by at least five times."

Upon hearing Xuan Zi's words, Wang Yan looked at Huo Yuhao with surprise in his eyes. This Soul Skill of Huo Yuhao's was far too terrifying for a two-ring Soul Master.

With such attributes at two rings, Wang Yan simply could not imagine what he would become at Seventy-Level.

Huo Yuhao did not care what Xuan Zi and the others thought. Once he had pulled the Hell White Tiger back by its tail, Dai Huabin, who held control of its consciousness, immediately flushed red with rage and turned to snarl at Huo Yuhao.

The Evil Eye Holy King's Eye on Huo Yuhao's wrist opened beneath his clothes. Previously, in order to keep its glow concealed by his school uniform, Huo Yuhao had deliberately suppressed the eye's light.

But now, concealed beneath the surging Soul Power waves of his second Soul Skill, even if the Evil Eye Holy King's Eye released its glow completely, no one would notice it.

Although the spectators could not see the halo of the Evil Eye Holy King's Eye from afar, the Hell White Tiger, as Huo Yuhao's opponent, was suffering terribly.

The light of the Evil Eye Holy King's Eye shone upon them, instantly giving them the uncomfortable sensation of their bloodlines flowing in reverse. At that moment, their Soul Power seemed to be under fatal suppression, making it difficult to circulate.

Huo Yuhao could naturally sense the changes affecting the Hell White Tiger. He would not give his opponent a chance to catch its breath. Kicking off the ground, he arrived before the Hell White Tiger in an instant, then threw a punch straight at its fangs.

Thus, an exceptionally unforgettable and bizarre sight appeared in the entire Shrek Academy Freshman Assessment Tournament.

A Martial Soul Fusion Skill appearing during the Freshman Assessment was already a rare occurrence. Yet Huo Yuhao, as a two-ring Soul Master, sent the Hell White Tiger flying with a single punch, turning that rarity into an unprecedented spectacle.

Huo Yuhao's body was not large, and was even somewhat lean. The sight of him punching away a massive tiger nearly twice a person's height delivered an overwhelming visual impact.

With Huo Yuhao's punch, one of the Hell White Tiger's fangs shattered from its mouth and dissipated into nothingness in midair, leaving behind a human tooth. After the Hell White Tiger hit the ground, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, who had completed the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, were revealed.

Both Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had fallen unconscious. Zhu Lu's face even bore a clear fist mark, and her lips were slightly sunken inward. Her teeth had clearly been injured as well.

Huo Yuhao flexed his right hand after throwing the punch, then turned to look at Cui Yajie.

Cui Yajie felt that Huo Yuhao's gaze did not belong to someone her age. Instead, he seemed like a tyrant who held life and death in his hands.

"I surrender!" Cui Yajie promptly raised her hand in surrender, clearly having no intention of continuing the fight.

The Soul Power waves from Huo Yuhao's second Soul Skill gradually receded, and he turned toward the referee.

Only then did the referee barely recover from Huo Yuhao's stunning performance. After a brief silence, he stepped forward.

"Now, I announce the final champions of the Freshman Assessment elimination rounds. They are..." The referee paused, then abruptly raised his right hand and pointed at Huo Yuhao's group of three, shouting, "Team Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao!"

After a brief moment of silence, the entire audience erupted into thunderous applause.

At that moment, only Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Cui Yajie, who had surrendered, remained standing on the stage.

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao exchanged a glance, then supported the unconscious Wang Dong together.

"We're the champions!"

The results of the Freshman Assessment finals quickly spread throughout the academy.

For a time, the legend of Huo Yuhao single-handedly overpowering the Hell White Tiger became a rare topic of conversation among the freshmen.

Meanwhile, in a quiet bamboo grove somewhere within the Inner Court, Wang Yan looked at Xuan Zi and stepped forward respectfully. "Elder Xuan, this student named Huo Yuhao has not used his second Martial Soul again these past few days. You..."

Xuan Zi took a bite from a chicken leg and spoke while chewing. "Although he has not used his second Martial Soul again, so we cannot observe its exact nature, his second Soul Skill is already outstanding enough. You can approach him and see whether he has any desire to enter the Inner Court directly."

A flicker of surprise appeared in Wang Yan's eyes before he nodded. "All right, Elder Xuan. I'll go right away."

After Wang Yan left, Yan Shaozhe, who had also watched the entire final, pushed Mu En into the bamboo grove.

Upon seeing Mu En being pushed by Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi did not dare continue chewing his chicken leg. He hurriedly put it away, stood up, and looked at Mu En.

"Elder Mu, why have you come personally?"

Mu En stroked his beard and said to Xuan Zi, "I heard that the Outer Court has produced an extraordinary little fellow, so I came to ask for your opinion."

Xuan Zi relaxed, then said to Mu En, "That student named Huo Yuhao is indeed excellent. When he fights, he seems to do everything with effortless ease. I'm afraid today was not even his limit."

"I think that if he can join the Inner Court, this year's Reserve Team can begin forming around him."

Mu En nodded, then said to Xuan Zi, "Your thinking is mostly correct, but there is one point where you are being too narrow-minded. Even if he does not join the Inner Court, the Reserve Team can still be built around him. After all, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament does not care whether someone is an Inner Court student or an Outer Court student. Even if he is unwilling to join the Inner Court, we can raise the difficulty of his Outer Court graduation requirements and let him complete the two tournaments he is capable of participating in."

Xuan Zi clicked his tongue softly, then said to Mu En, "Elder Mu, Shrek Academy is not so lacking in talent that we need to go that far, is it? If he truly fails to appreciate our favor, we can simply leave him out in the cold."

Mu En shook his head slightly, then stroked his beard. "You still do not know how to run an academy. If things continue like this, I fear the future will be bleak."

Meanwhile, on the other side, in Shrek Academy's infirmary...