Turning the Tables: Hunters Become Prey

Watching Huo Yuhao, Meng Hongchen, Ju Zi, and Ke Ke leave together, the girls of New Student Class One exchanged glances, each lost in her own thoughts.

After all, Huo Yuhao had written in the Diary that he was taking it easy for the day, and starting tomorrow, he would go back to studying Soul Tool knowledge in the Laboratory with Xiao Hongchen.

If they missed an opportunity like today, it would only become harder to get Huo Yuhao to mention their names more than ten times in the Diary in the future!

Just as they were about to make a move, Gu Yuena swept her gaze over the group and spoke blandly.

"Have you forgotten what I said before? I advise you all to calm down. Don't let the reward for a single day cloud your judgment and cause you to lose the chance to receive rewards altogether."

As Gu Yuena's words fell, the girls looked at one another. Wang Dong'er was the first to nod in agreement.

"That's true. There's no need to fixate on a single day's reward. Since Huo Yuhao doesn't plan to leave the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, there will be plenty of opportunities later."

Xu Tianzhen, who ran wild even in the Imperial Palace and had even set it on fire before, immediately curled her lips and muttered, "Easy for you to say. Huo Yuhao has already mentioned your name more than ten times in the Diary today. If no one else gets mentioned more than ten times, then today's rewards will all go to you."

Wang Dong'er glared at Xu Tianzhen and snapped, "What are you talking about? I'm not as shameless as you think!"

Ye Guyi radiated an aloof aura that kept strangers at bay, yet she casually pointed out the heart of the matter.

"Whether you think that way is unimportant. What matters is that the facts are exactly as Xu Tianzhen said. If Meng Hongchen and Ju Zi aren't mentioned more than ten times by Huo Yuhao in the Diary, and neither are we, then all of today's rewards will go to you."

Wang Dong'er was furious, yet she could not find a suitable reason to refute them.

It wasn't her fault Huo Yuhao had mentioned her name ten times in the Diary. She had clearly only given a brief introduction, yet Huo Yuhao had reacted so excitedly. Could that be blamed on her?

Seeing signs that they were about to turn on one another, Gu Yuena frowned slightly and said coldly, "Can't you understand what I'm saying? It's suspicious enough that Ju Zi, a woman he happened to meet, is already wandering around Mingdu with Huo Yuhao. If you go and make trouble too, do you think Huo Yuhao won't notice? Have you forgotten how Huo Yuhao deduced that there was a problem in the God Realm from nothing but a few deeply hidden clues?"

As she spoke, Gu Yuena deliberately released a trace of pressure, rendering every girl except Di Qiu'er silent. Only then did they finally get a slight sense of just how terrifying the Soul Beast Co-Lord, the Silver Dragon King, truly was!

Gu Yuena swept her cold gaze across them and enunciated each word. "Have you calmed down now? If you have, go back. Don't do anything unnecessary! Let's go, Qiu'er."

With that, Gu Yuena turned and left. After taking two steps, she realized Di Qiu'er had not followed her. Seeing Di Qiu'er's conflicted expression, Gu Yuena shot her an irritated glare.

"Are you coming or not?"

Di Qiu'er looked conflicted, but as Gu Yuena's gaze gradually became dangerous, she could only follow helplessly. Once the two girls had gone some distance away, Di Qiu'er finally could not help whispering, "Sister, are we really not going to find Huo Yuhao? I only need four more mentions to receive a reward, while you only need three. Are we really just giving up like this?"

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Yuena had not only told Di Qiu'er to choose a name for herself, but also instructed her not to keep calling her master. To avoid making others suspicious, she could simply call her sister.

Di Qiu'er naturally had no objections to that. When Gu Yuena had still been in her Silver Dragon King form, she could naturally call her master without issue. But now that they had both transformed into humans, Di Qiu'er truly found it difficult to say.

Hearing Di Qiu'er's words, Gu Yuena's eyes flickered, but she still shook her head firmly. "It's only one day's reward. So what if it goes to Wang Dong'er? Do you not have the confidence to make Huo Yuhao mention your name more than ten times in the Diary in the future?"

Di Qiu'er hesitated before saying weakly, "I had that confidence before coming to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, but now... I'm not so confident anymore."

Gu Yuena did not understand at first, but then she thought of how so many people besides the two of them had approached Huo Yuhao. Among them, Meng Hongchen and Wang Dong'er were no less beautiful than Di Qiu'er. Gu Yuena somewhat understood Di Qiu'er's state of mind now.

No matter what, Di Qiu'er was ultimately different from the other women in Gu Yuena's heart, so she immediately comforted her. "Don't worry. We have plenty of time. There's no need to rush."

Though Di Qiu'er was filled with reluctance, it could only turn into a long sigh. For the sake of the future, she should obediently do as Gu Yuena said.

But just then, Di Qiu'er seemed to suddenly think of something. She looked at Gu Yuena vigilantly and asked, "Sister, we may not go looking for Huo Yuhao, but what if Wang Dong'er and the others do?"

Gu Yuena's brows knit slightly. After pondering for a moment, she gently shook her head. "No matter what, they shouldn't be that foolish. Besides, my warning can't have been completely ineffective."

"Dong'er, what should I do?"

Xiao Xiao's little face scrunched up as she looked to Wang Dong'er beside her for help, not knowing what she should do now.

Wang Dong'er was also at a loss. Gu Yuena's meaning was already obvious: if anyone caused her to lose the chance to obtain Diary Copy rewards in the future, the Silver Dragon King would absolutely not let it go.

However, since she and Xiao Xiao had become best friends, she naturally did not want Xiao Xiao to be left behind. Even if she could not receive a reward, raising her Soul Power by one level would still be great.

At that thought, Wang Dong'er gritted her teeth. "It's fine! Since Gu Yuena and Di Qiu'er won't go looking for Huo Yuhao, if only the two of us go, then as long as we don't act strange, Huo Yuhao probably won't notice us."

After thinking it over for a moment, Xiao Xiao felt that Wang Dong'er's words made sense. Since no one else planned to find Huo Yuhao, there should not be any major problem if the two of them went.

However, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao were not the only ones thinking that way. Xu Tianzhen and Ye Guyi were thinking the same thing.

Image Image Image. Woohoo, it seemed that occasionally coming out to relax was not bad after all. Especially when he could travel with two stunning beauties like Senior Sister Meng Hongchen and Senior Sister Ju Zi—it was even more delightful. As for Ke Ke? Uh, she was just there to make up the numbers.

As Huo Yuhao traveled with the three girls, he did not forget to keep writing in the Diary. He had even deliberately uploaded those distinctive landmarks into it so that anyone could tell at a glance where he currently was.

Huo Yuhao was now certain that Meng Hongchen, Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, Di Qiu'er, and Ju Zi could all see what he wrote in the Diary. But whether his other guess was correct would depend on whether anyone took the bait in this round of fishing.

As Huo Yuhao, Meng Hongchen, Ju Zi, and Ke Ke chatted and laughed on their way to the next destination, the visual enhancement provided by his Spirit Eye allowed Huo Yuhao to clearly see four lovely girls standing not far ahead: Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Xu Tianzhen, and Ye Guyi!

At a glance, the four of them were clearly locked in a standoff with one another.

The corners of Huo Yuhao's lips curled upward, his eyes full of amusement. This time, he did not write in the Diary within his mind, but simply sighed inwardly.

Good! From now on, the identities of hunter and prey are going to be switched! Just watch how I effortlessly keep you all in the palm of my hand from now on!

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