Revenge

Before the final match, Huo Yuhao took out the White Tiger Dagger. Looking at his own reflection on the blade, he steeled his resolve.

After merging with his memories, he found it increasingly incomprehensible how a piece of trash like Dai Huabin could have survived in the original timeline.

The pain and hatred following the empathy were so intense that Huo Yuhao's hands trembled slightly.

"If you repay kindness with kindness, how do you repay injury?" Huo Yuhao's morality had never been about tolerance or forgiveness; he had always believed in "repaying kindness with kindness, and vengeance with vengeance."

And now, his simple moral compass told him: kill without mercy.

On the final stage, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo arrived to deliver the opening remarks.

"That is Huo Yuhao, the rank 35 Ultimate Ice user." Du Weilun pointed at Huo Yuhao, signaling to Yan Shaozhe.

"Old Qian, you didn't play fair. How did you manage to snatch an Ultimate Ice user into the Soul Guidance Department without a word?"

Yan Shaozhe began his negotiation to poach the student.

"Sigh, the child likes soul tools. He came to our Soul Guidance Department as soon as he enrolled. Fan Yu didn't know about any Ultimate Martial Soul back then; he just saw that Yuhao had high talent for soul tools and took him as a disciple."

Hearing Qian Duoduo's reply, Yan Shaozhe felt the situation was becoming difficult. If Huo Yuhao liked soul tools himself and had already apprenticed under Fan Yu, he had no advantage in trying to persuade him otherwise.

Just then, Du Weilun stepped onto the referee's platform. "Both sides, state your names."

"Dai Huabin."

"Zhu Lu."

"Cui Yajie."

Looking at the arrogant, yellow-haired youth, Huo Yuhao no longer maintained his usual calm demeanor.

"Son of the Duke of White Tiger, Dai Hao—Huo-Yu-Hao."

As Huo Yuhao dragged out his name, shock appeared on the faces of everyone in the arena.

On the platform, Yan Shaozhe also looked at Qian Duoduo in shock. "Old Qian, this child is Dai Hao's son?"

Qian Duoduo did not respond; this was the first time he had heard of it as well.

Dai Huabin realized something at that moment, his expression turning venomous. "You're that servant's bastard? In front of such a crowd, don't you know you're bringing shame to the Duke of White Tiger?"

"Dai Huabin, my mother died because of you. We are irreconcilable enemies. She was beaten and died of illness and injury. So today, you had better pray that the referee can save your life, or find a god to pray to."

"Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, state your names."

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, standing to the side, had been stunned by Huo Yuhao's words. Only after hearing his call did they snap out of it and state their names.

"Wang Dong."

"Xiao Xiao."

Du Weilun, on the platform, felt his head spinning. How had a final match turned into a life-or-death struggle? And to make matters worse, Yan Shaozhe had explicitly told them before the start to go all out.

"A servant's son will never be anything more than that. You really think having an Ultimate Martial Soul can change your status?" Dai Huabin sneered.

Immediately, two yellow and one purple soul ring rose up.

"You really are beneath notice. You dare to bark with a soul ring configuration like that?"

For the first time, Huo Yuhao activated his Spirit Eye martial soul. One yellow, one purple, and one black soul ring rose into the air.

Watching the two confront each other, Cui Yajie, as an outsider, didn't dare to interject. Why get involved in a life-or-death feud? Was she looking for a death wish?

Zhu Lu whispered to Dai Huabin, "Huabin, let's use the martial soul fusion skill directly. One-on-one, I'm afraid..."

Before Zhu Lu could finish, she was interrupted by Dai Huabin. "Are you saying I can't beat a servant's son?"

Zhu Lu sighed. Her interests were deeply tied to Dai Huabin's. As a daughter of a branch family of the Zhu clan, she had no status of her own; if anything happened to Dai Huabin, she would be finished.

As Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie clashed with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao activated the second awakening of his Spirit Eye martial soul.

Under this full-power display, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power formed a giant phantom eye behind him. A soul-shaking aura enveloped the entire arena, and Huo Yuhao stood before the phantom, his entire body bathed in golden light.

Du Weilun was already sweating; that phantom eye gave him a profound sense of crisis.

On the spectator stand, Yan Shaozhe was also shocked. "A second awakening of a body martial soul."

On the stage, under the gaze of the eye, pressure and fear grew within Dai Huabin. He decisively activated his White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Protection Barrier before charging forward.

Watching Dai Huabin charge, Huo Yuhao activated his Simulation soul skill to hide his figure, and relying on his powerful spiritual power, he simultaneously activated his Ice Jade Empress Scorpion martial soul.

Dai Huabin, who had charged in, anxiously searched for Huo Yuhao's figure.

Just then, Dai Huabin's White Tiger Protection Barrier shattered instantly. A heavy, powerful slap struck his left cheek, sending him flying sideways.

Before Dai Huabin could climb to his feet, a fist smashed into his head, forcing his chin into intimate contact with the metal floor.

What followed was a violent, storm-like assault. Dai Huabin was beaten like a sandbag, curled up on the ground, desperately trying to activate his White Tiger Protection Barrier, but it was useless.

"See? A worm like you can't even find my figure; you can only tremble at my feet," Huo Yuhao's cold voice echoed.

"You..." Dai Huabin tried to retort, but Huo Yuhao punched him in the mouth, sending several teeth flying.

"Dai Huabin, tell me, what right does a piece of trash like you have to act so recklessly?" Huo Yuhao grabbed Dai Huabin's golden hair and lifted his face.

Dai Huabin tried to punch Huo Yuhao, but in the next second, Huo Yuhao jabbed his shoulder hard, and the sound of bone fracturing followed.

Dai Huabin immediately grimaced in pain.

"Huo Yuhao, no matter how much you prove yourself, you can't change the fact that you're a servant's son, and you can't bring your mother back to life."

Dai Huabin, having caught his breath, provoked him.

"It doesn't matter. I will make the Duchess experience the same pain as I have. Dai Huabin, your life's journey ends here."

Hearing this, Dai Huabin's eyes widened. "You wouldn't dare. This is the Shrek Academy freshman assessment! How could you kill someone? You wouldn't dare, you definitely wouldn't dare. Referee, referee, save me, hurry and save me!"

Seeing Huo Yuhao's cold, unhesitating expression, Dai Huabin finally panicked, screaming in terror at Du Weilun.

Seeing this, Du Weilun rushed toward Dai Huabin, intercepting him almost instantly.

"If I want to kill you, no one can stop me. I told you before we started to pray to your gods; it seems you didn't."

After speaking, a purple-gold light flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

The light ignored Du Weilun, who was blocking Dai Huabin, passing straight through him to strike Dai Huabin.

"Complete Fate Deprivation," Huo Yuhao whispered.