Slaughtering the Assassins

The wave of Soul Power had clearly been aimed at taking their lives. It skimmed past Wang Dong's ankle and instantly shattered the table and chairs they had just been sitting at. Fragments even cut across Wang Dong's leg.

Huo Yuhao dragged Wang Dong several steps away before turning a corner and finally letting her go.

Even at a time like this, Wang Dong's mind was exceptionally quick. The instant Huo Yuhao released her, she spread the wings of her Light Goddess Butterfly.

The cut on her leg somewhat affected her running speed, so she decisively chose to fly in order to keep up with Huo Yuhao.

Although Huo Yuhao had no means of flight, his body, reinforced by multiple abilities, still ran even faster than Wang Dong could fly. The people behind them seemed determined to fight Huo Yuhao to the death, chasing after him desperately and unleashing Soul Skills at the two of them one after another.

To make such a move in Shrek City, their backers were certainly no small matter. Huo Yuhao pondered this, then suddenly grabbed Wang Dong by the ankle.

"Yuhao, what are you doing?!" Caught off guard as Huo Yuhao seized her ankle, Wang Dong's voice carried a trace of involuntary panic.

Huo Yuhao could not be bothered to answer. He swung his arm in a wide arc and hurled Wang Dong toward Shrek Academy as though throwing a shot put.

Immediately afterward, Huo Yuhao sprinted in the opposite direction.

Although Shrek Academy was not without city walls, it was currently a busy time, and the guards on the walls were not as strict as usual.

Huo Yuhao leaped onto the wall and rushed out of Shrek City in just two or three strides.

Sure enough, the black-clad figures behind him did not continue pursuing Wang Dong. Instead, they all relentlessly chased Huo Yuhao, clearly determined to cut him down.

Out in the wasteland, Huo Yuhao turned around and looked at the group of black-clad figures.

One Soul King, three Soul Ancestors, and four Soul Elders. Looking at the lineup before him, Huo Yuhao instead revealed a satisfied smile.

With a lineup like this, they were simply delivering Gold Soul Coins to him.

Huo Yuhao turned to face the black-clad men. Seeing him turn around, they also slowed their pace, their faces wearing contemptuous smiles.

"What? Not running anymore?" The leading Soul King strode smugly toward Huo Yuhao, looking at him not as a living person but like prey caught in a net.

Huo Yuhao also smiled, then rolled up his sleeves and said to the eight people before him, "Since you dared to assassinate me, you should know what level I'm at in Shrek Academy, right?"

The leading Soul King's gaze hesitated for an instant. At that moment, one yellow and two purple Soul Rings lit up beneath Huo Yuhao's feet, gleaming brilliantly in the night sky.

After the three Soul Rings appeared, a scarlet vertical eye opened on Huo Yuhao's forehead. The eight of them immediately felt as though they had entered a blood-red world.

"Today, I'll let you see whether the Champion of the Outer Academy Freshman Assessment really lives up to his name."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao's second Soul Ring instantly lit up. Iron Will activated.

Huo Yuhao's spiritual power was instantly drained until only one percent remained. In exchange, every one of his attributes received a terrifying threefold increase, along with the domineering effect of immunity to control effects for the duration of the enhancement.

Until the last drop of Soul Power burned away, this effect would not stop.

Combined with the Saint King Pupil, Huo Yuhao was now a war machine no weaker than a Soul King.

The leading Soul King also sensed the change in Huo Yuhao's aura and, in that instant, felt an inescapable threat.

He could not help taking half a step back before waving at his subordinates and ordering them to charge first.

The three Soul Ancestors could also sense that the aura Huo Yuhao was displaying was not to be trifled with. Instead, it was the four Soul Elders who lost their patience first and charged at Huo Yuhao.

Within the Ghost Domain created by the Ghost Eye, Huo Yuhao could fight without restraint. Thinking that people from Shrek might come looking for him at any time, and although the Ghost Eye could block outside interference, Huo Yuhao no longer had any interest in toying with them slowly.

He instantly appeared behind the foremost Soul Elder. In the next moment, that Soul Elder's head burst like a rotten watermelon.

Blood ran down the Soul Elder's body. Huo Yuhao casually dipped a finger into it, smeared it across his lips, and said, "Now, the hunt begins."

This sight immediately filled the black-clad men who had come to kill Huo Yuhao with fear.

Although the Douluo Continent was a chaotic land, and they were relatively professional assassins, bloody battles at Huo Yuhao's level were ultimately rare on a continent dominated by love-struck fools.

And someone as bloody and bloodthirsty as Huo Yuhao was the sort of thing only Evil Soul Masters could pull off.

The Soul Elders around Huo Yuhao stared blankly for a moment after witnessing their companion's miserable fate. Then one of them roared in rage and swung a fist at Huo Yuhao's head.

Huo Yuhao sidestepped the blow while grabbing that Soul Elder's wrist.

In the next instant, a new pair of eyes split open on Huo Yuhao's cheeks: the Eye of the Devil and the Flesh Alchemy Eye.

The Eye of the Devil shone with a dim, dark light. The Soul Elder whose wrist Huo Yuhao held immediately went weak in the legs and collapsed to the ground.

A foul-smelling yellow slurry slowly flowed out from beneath his crotch. He had actually been frightened into incontinence.

The Eye of the Devil was exceptionally effective against Soul Masters of the same rank or lower.

Huo Yuhao's right fist was wrapped in ice crystals. With one punch, he blew apart the head of the Soul Elder who had wet himself in terror.

The Soul King could finally no longer sit still. Taking the mission extremely seriously, he knew that if Huo Yuhao were allowed to continue slaughtering them, morale would collapse, and the entire assassination mission would have no chance of succeeding.

He roared as he summoned his Martial Soul. His forelimbs drew in slightly while his hind legs suddenly swelled, and he let out a furious roar at Huo Yuhao.

His Martial Soul was actually a Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul among dragon-type Martial Souls, the same kind as Tang Wulin's indomitable soul spirit in Douluo Three.

But none of that meant anything before Huo Yuhao.

Within the Ghost Domain, Huo Yuhao could freely use the Ghost Eye's power to perform Teleportation. The Soul King had only just reached Huo Yuhao when Huo Yuhao Teleported behind him in the next instant.

Then the Ghost Eye pulsed again. The Soul King saw an illusion of Huo Yuhao picking up and eating his Soul Rings one by one. As terror and uncertainty filled his eyes,

Huo Yuhao had already plunged his hand into his chest and ripped out his still-beating heart.

The slaughter that followed was simple and brutal. Relying on Teleportation, Huo Yuhao easily moved through the crowd like a dragon...