A Late Arrival! What Huo Yuhao Can Do, Gu An Can Too!

Even though Zhou Yi was in a terrible mood right now, her face incomparably gloomy, she had no way to stop the entrance announcement that was about to ring out.

The referee teacher's voice spread throughout the entire Soul Fighting District via a sound-amplifying soul device.

"Freshman Class One, Huo Yuhao's team."

"Versus."

"Freshman Class Five, Dai Huabin's team."

Dai Huabin and his two teammates had already stepped onto the Soul Fighting Platform.

Standing at the very front, Dai Huabin's figure was tall and straight, his blonde hair gleaming with a dazzling luster under the sunlight.

A sneer hung at the corners of his mouth, undisguised.

He was still quite similar to the Dai Mubai from the beginning.

Behind him stood two girls, Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie.

The momentum of the three of them steadily suppressed the entire Soul Fighting Platform.

Huo Yuhao was still standing in the waiting area, standing on his tiptoes and constantly peering toward the entrance.

Wang Dong paced back and forth beside him.

Dai Huabin's gaze swept over, landing on Huo Yuhao, and the mockery at the corners of his mouth deepened a fraction.

"What, can't even get your people together?"

"Are you scared?"

"If you're scared, hurry up and forfeit, so you don't come up here and embarrass yourselves."

The two teammates beside him began to laugh.

A low ripple of laughter also drifted down from the spectator stands.

Huo Yuhao's fists clenched tightly, his knuckles turning white, and the veins on the back of his hands bulging.

Missing one person, facing Dai Huabin, the chances of victory were slim.

But he didn't want to lose to someone from that family at all.

Absolutely not.

Wang Dong stopped pacing and cursed in a low voice.

"Why hasn't Xiao Xiao come back yet?"

Just as the referee teacher was preparing to urge them for the second time, a petite figure rushed in from the entrance, her green hair whipping behind her head.

Xiao Xiao was running in a great hurry, a fine layer of sweat beading on her forehead, her cheeks flushed from the intense sprint.

Seeing Xiao Xiao's figure, the breath Huo Yuhao had been holding in his chest for half the day was finally released.

Wang Dong also stopped pacing, muttering, "Finally here."

Seeing Xiao Xiao run over, Zhou Yi did not flare up despite her gloomy face.

She merely lifted her chin, signaling for Xiao Xiao to get on the stage quickly.

"Considering you were off obtaining a soul ring, perform well, and I'll let the tardiness slide."

Yet Xiao Xiao swept a glance at her without pausing her steps in the slightest.

She completely ignored Zhou Yi.

She walked straight past Zhou Yi and stepped onto the Soul Fighting Platform.

Zhou Yi's expression turned even uglier, the wrinkles on her face deepening.

However, she suppressed her anger.

She figured Xiao Xiao must have been anxious because the match was about to start, which was why she hadn't bothered to respond.

It wouldn't be too late to deal with her after the match ended.

Xiao Xiao walked to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's side and stood still.

"I'm late."

She explained in a flat tone, her face devoid of any extra expression.

She didn't explain the reason for her lateness, nor did she even offer them an apologetic look.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong exchanged a glance.

A sense of something being wrong flashed through both of their eyes.

The Xiao Xiao of the past was not like this at all.

The Xiao Xiao of the past always had a smile on her face when she saw them, cute and adorable, her tone carrying a soft, sweet quality.

Even if she occasionally did something wrong, she would blush and apologize incessantly.

What's more, she was the one who was late today.

She was the one who was late, so why was she acting like this?

Wang Dong couldn't stand this kind of attitude.

She took a step forward, lifted her chin, and opened her mouth, ready to confront Xiao Xiao.

A hand grabbed her arm.

Huo Yuhao pulled Wang Dong back to his side, then leaned in close to her ear and lowered his voice.

"The assessment is more important; don't cause unnecessary trouble."

Wang Dong shut her mouth.

She swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue, glared fiercely at Xiao Xiao, and then turned her head away.

Huo Yuhao had stopped Wang Dong because he really didn't want to argue at a time like this.

Defeating Dai Huabin was the most important thing.

More important than anything else!

If they started bickering within their own team before the fight even began, wouldn't that just be letting Dai Huabin make a fool out of them?

That was why he had held Wang Dong back.

Xiao Xiao stood where she was, watching as Huo Yuhao leaned in to whisper into Wang Dong's ear.

Huo Yuhao's lips were pressed right against Wang Dong's ear.

After hearing what he said, Wang Dong, though still looking displeased, didn't say anything else.

Whispering.

Whispering right in front of her.

Xiao Xiao sighed inwardly, As expected, I'm just an outsider.

The two of them were a pair; they didn't say anything in front of her.

It was fine.

She wasn't without backing now, either.

Xiao Xiao shifted her gaze from Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong toward the viewing platform.

In an inconspicuous corner of the platform sat two people.

An eight or nine-year-old boy sat in the lap of a red-haired woman; the former had handsome features, while the latter was stunningly beautiful with a cold, aloof temperament.

With Leng Yaozhu's strength as a Limit Douluo, combined with having Xiao Xiao, an official student of Shrek Academy, as an inside contact, sneaking into Shrek Academy to watch a freshman assessment was not difficult at all.

Gu An noticed Xiao Xiao's gaze shifting toward them.

He blinked.

His lips moved slightly, forming a few words without a sound.

Although she couldn't hear him, Xiao Xiao understood.

Xiao Xiao took a deep breath, withdrew her gaze, and looked back at Dai Huabin and his two teammates.

On the other side of the Soul Fighting Platform.

Dai Huabin saw that the three of them on Huo Yuhao's side had finally gathered.

The expression on his face remained unchanged.

"So what if you're all here?"

"You're still destined to be the losers."

As his words fell, he was the first to release his martial soul.

The phantom of an Evil Eye White Tiger appeared behind him, its tiger eyes wide open and fangs bared, letting out a thunderous roar.

Three soul rings rose from beneath his feet.

Yellow, yellow, purple.

They pulsed slowly around Dai Huabin's body.

His two teammates also released their martial souls at the same time.

Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie, one a Nether Civet, the other a Nine-Tailed Fox.

The latter was quite alluring when she summoned her martial soul.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao and his two teammates also released their martial souls simultaneously.

A single white soul ring rose from beneath Huo Yuhao's feet, and a faint glimmer flashed through his Spirit Eye martial soul.

Wang Dong unfurled the wings of the Radiant Goddess Butterfly behind him, and one yellow and one purple soul ring rose from beneath his feet.

Xiao Xiao brought her hands together in front of her chest, and the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron appeared, two yellow soul rings slowly rotating around its body.

She did not release the Nine-Phoenix Flute.

Her second martial soul, and it still had no soul rings attached.

The referee teacher raised his right hand high and swung it down sharply.

"The assessment begins."

Dai Huabin did not want to waste time and moved without a word.

He did not use any soul skills, relying purely on the physical attributes of a Soul Venerable to launch himself like a cannonball, charging straight toward Huo Yuhao.

Zhu Lu followed closely by his side, her figure flickering as she left a trail of gray-black afterimages across the Soul Fighting Platform.

Cui Yajie became even more bewitching, utilizing her "Charm" soul skill.

On the viewing platform.

Gu An sat beside Leng Yaozhu with his arms crossed, his gaze fixed on the Soul Fighting Platform.

He lowered his voice to ask Leng Yaozhu.

"Tell me, without the soul skills from Xiao Xiao's second martial soul, can they still win?"

Leng Yaozhu's gaze was also on the platform; hearing Gu An's question, she tilted her head slightly.

"In terms of raw strength, Dai Huabin is a three-ring Soul Venerable, while those two are two-ring Great Soul Masters, and one is a one-ring Soul Master."

"Even though both sides possess martial soul fusion skills."

She paused, her eyes lingering on Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong for a moment.

"I still think the probability of Huo Yuhao's team winning is higher."

Gu An nodded after listening.

"Is that so?"

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

"Then I certainly can't let them win."

Interfering with a battle on the stage from the sidelines.

That was exactly what that guy Huo Yuhao was best at.

In the original story, Huo Yuhao had used Spiritual Detection Sharing and Spiritual Interference to secretly influence the outcome of countless battles.

If he could do it, why couldn't Gu An?