Huo Yuhao Didn't Want to Be Hacked to Death, Ranked Engraving Knife

As Wang Yan finished speaking, the entire room fell into an extremely eerie silence.

Everyone's gaze involuntarily turned to Ma Xiaotao's face, even the psychologically twisted Dai Huabin and Zhou Yi, who had become a bitter woman after being disfigured.

As witnesses to the incident, they all knew that rejecting Ning Tian's kindness was a grave mistake.

Especially Gongyang Mo, he shouldn't have died like that.

However, it was Ma Xiaotao's arrogance that prevented Gongyang Mo from borrowing the Invincible Barrier from Ning Tian, ultimately leading to Gongyang Mo's death, leaving not even a trace of his remains.

Originally confident, Ma Xiaotao's already pale face turned even paler after Wang Yan mentioned Gongyang Mo. The thought of the scene she saw before she fainted, where half of Gongyang Mo's body began to swell, made Ma Xiaotao's lips tremble uncontrollably.

"I"

Ma Xiaotao wanted to say something in her defense, but in the end she couldn't say anything at all.

Even she herself knew very well that Gongyang Mo's death could be entirely attributed to her!

If it were anyone else, Ma Xiaotao would likely have chosen to shirk responsibility and not want to take the blame, but Gongyang Mo was her best 'friend,' and even Ma Xiaotao couldn't remain indifferent to his death.

While Ma Xiaotao was grieving and blaming herself, Wang Yan spoke directly.

"As Soul Master, you should not resist Soul Tool, but accept them with equanimity! Soul Tool will not make Soul Master disappear; on the contrary, they will make the strength that Soul Master can exert even stronger!"

"By observing today's match, it's clear that Soul Master of the same level have seen their strength increase significantly after acquiring a suitable Soul Tool! Our Shrek Academy's regular team members are Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng. If we continue to be so stubborn, our situation will only become more dangerous in the upcoming matches."

Wang Yan's gaze swept over everyone, and he spoke in a stern tone.

"I proposed participating in this auction for your sake, and for the sake of Shrek! After this Soul Master Competition ends, I will, as a teacher at the Shrek Academy, propose to the Sea God Pavilion to increase the research and development and popularization of Soul Tool. We absolutely cannot allow the Death God Envoy incident to repeat itself!"

Seeing that the matter was already settled, Dai Yueheng was the first to agree.

"I agree with Professor Wang Yan's idea."

Since Dai Yueheng had taken the lead, the others naturally wouldn't remain silent and immediately expressed their agreement.

Even Ma Xiaotao stopped objecting, lowering her head and hiding in the shadows, lost in thought.

Seeing that no one had any further objections, Wang Yan breathed a deep sigh of relief. He secretly lamented that Shrek Academy's glory was indeed something that drove people crazy, but it also bound everyone to their own devices, making them unwilling to accept the Soul Tool, something that was destined to change the continent, and only wanting to immerse themselves in the past glory.

Most people at the Shrek Academy felt that accepting Soul Tool would change their reputation as the Number One Academy on the Continent, which they absolutely could not allow.

Seeing high technology and being unwilling to accept it, even thinking of destroying it, is simply foolish and incomprehensible!

Before the auction began, Huo Yuhao and his group had already arrived at the Starlight Auction House to wait. As it was a top-tier auction, each participating academy or force was in a private room, so that others would not know the identity of the person who won the bid.

However, Huo Yuhao felt that doing this was just a superficial project with little practical significance.

Looking around the private room, Xiao Hongchen raised an eyebrow and said.

"It looks pretty good. This auction house is quite impressive."

Upon hearing this, Qingya smiled slightly.

"Starlight Auction House is the largest auction house in our Star Luo Empire, so naturally we will not disappoint our guests."

"Yeah?"

Xiao Hongchen raised an eyebrow and smiled, pointing at the dark Light-Guiding Screen opposite him with a playful expression.

"This Light-Guiding Screen must have been purchased from the Sun Moon Empire, right?"

Qingya nodded, looking slightly embarrassed.

"Yes, it is indeed Light-Guiding Screen customized from the Sun Moon Empire."

Qingya felt that this person was a bit tactless, knowing full well that the Star Luo Empire could not possibly replicate such Light-Guiding Screen, not to mention that the ore used to make such Light-Guiding Screen was only produced by the Sun Moon Empire.

I wonder what Princess Jiujiu wanted to do by having her stay in this private room. Was it to show how much the Star Luo Empire valued the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy?

After all, even in the private room at the Shrek Academy, there were only two ordinary waiters explaining the auction items, while she, as a senior auctioneer, had to accompany the people from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

This kind of differential treatment was actually applied to the Shrek Academy, which is something that has never happened before.

Moreover, Qingya was originally very confident in her beauty, but after seeing the beautiful girls in the private room, she didn't even have the courage to look up.

If it weren't for her excellent professionalism, Qingya would have escaped from that private room long ago.

Qingya was very curious about what kind of charm the boy named Huo Yuhao possessed that could attract so many stunningly beautiful girls to surround him.

Qingya could clearly tell that in the eyes of those girls, there was only Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao remained unmoved, silent and lost in thought, as if he had long been accustomed to this situation.

Huo Yuhao wasn't deep in thought; he was simply at a loss in the face of this situation, completely unsure of what to do next.

In order to have more in common with herself, Gu Yuena secretly learned how to make Soul Tool. After the competition, she transformed into a support group and shouted her name in front of everyone, just like Snow Empress.

These actions have made the other girls feel a strong sense of crisis, and they all look at him as if they want to devour him.

Huo Yuhao even suspected that if he weren't still too young, one of these beautiful girls might become a Secret Chamber Douluo and, like Ju Zi in the original story, try to seduce him.

If that were to happen, the situation would be extremely serious.

Once it happens, it will happen again, and once it happens again, it will be impossible to stop.

Huo Yuhao is a workaholic who only wants to focus on his career, not someone who wants to follow in the footsteps of Cheng Ge!

Fortunately, the auction officially began at this moment, and images started to appear on the Light-Guiding Screen opposite, which calmed the increasingly strange atmosphere in the private room.

Xu Jiujiu, dressed in a red dress, appeared on the screen and smiled sweetly at the person in front of her.

"Distinguished guests, I am your auctioneer, Jiujiu, and it is my honor to host this top-level auction. Your time is precious, so let's begin the auction. Now, please appreciate our first lot."

After performing a complex yet elegant curtsy, he gestured with his right hand, indicating "please." Xu Jiujiu, the scene shifted, and an item appeared on the soul guidance screen on the wall.

This item doesn't have the dazzling brilliance or unparalleled splendor one might imagine; it looks like an ordinary item, but it's indispensable to every Soul Engineer.

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow, looking at the carving knife on the screen.

'It seems that the special nature of this Ranked Engraving Knife is why it could only appear first at this top-tier auction.'