Meng Hongchen: I Was Here First

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In the blink of an eye, ice completely covered their bodies. Even with all their strength, they could not stop it. Even Xu Tianzhen, who possessed the Sun Martial Soul, only held out for an instant before being frozen into an ice sculpture by the Ultimate Ice Meng Hongchen had unleashed!

Behind them, Ju Zi swallowed as she looked at the four stunning girls turned into ice sculptures, her eyes filled with shock.

An instant kill? Is this Ultimate Ice? The Diary Copy's rewards are way too terrifying!

Meng Hongchen deliberately left them hanging for quite a while before finally taking tiny steps over and thawing them out of the ice sculptures one by one. Although their bodies had not been harmed, the chill brought by Ultimate Ice was not so easily dispelled.

Meng Hongchen raised her chin slightly, looking like a proud swan. As she watched Wang Dong'er and the other three shiver uncontrollably from the cold, she casually spoke words that made their anger flare.

"Hmph! Is that all? How could I possibly lose?"

After saying that, Meng Hongchen did not spare the four defeated opponents another glance. She turned around and left with Ju Zi. These so-called pig teammates simply were not worth keeping!

Being with them would only keep her from receiving rewards. No matter what, she could not let anyone interrupt her alone time with Yuhao again!

Especially Ju Zi. She looked soft and weak on the surface, always somewhat absent-minded, but she was no pushover either. Whenever she had the chance, she would come over and insist on touring Mingdu with her and Huo Yuhao.

If Ju Zi had not suddenly appeared and disrupted Meng Hongchen's plans, then even if Wang Dong'er and the others had broken their agreement, Meng Hongchen had absolute confidence that her name would have appeared in the Diary more than ten times!

"Damn it! I was obviously here first!"

After Meng Hongchen and Ju Zi left, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Ju Zi, Xu Tianzhen, Ye Guyi, and the others all felt deeply aggrieved.

"Too infuriating! She only won because she got Ultimate Ice as a reward from the Diary! Sooner or later, I'll make her pay for what happened today!"

Wang Dong'er stared at the closed gates of the Soul Arena, her fists clenched and her little face full of unwillingness. She desperately wanted to know what reward she would receive tomorrow and whether it would allow her to repay all the humiliation she had suffered today!

"That's it?"

Outside the Soul Arena, Huo Yuhao was somewhat disappointed by the sight. But on second thought, it made sense. Meng Hongchen and the others were all respectable people. Though they were furious, they would not tear each other apart to the bitter end. It seemed that if he wanted to see them fight more fiercely, he would have to turn up the pressure!

After dispelling Mental Detection, Huo Yuhao, refreshed and invigorated, did not linger any longer and strolled back to the academy.

The night passed without incident. Early the next morning, after waking up, Huo Yuhao habitually checked the Diary rewards.

Diary Day Five Rewards: 1. Soul Power increased by one level. 2. Undead Magic: Soul Control Fire

Feeling his Soul Power strengthen once more, Huo Yuhao raised his brows, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

"Soul Control Fire? Undead Magic capable of controlling other people's souls? In that case, if I can find a way to control that Death God Envoy in the future, I can use him to give the White Tiger Duke's Mansion a huge surprise."

"Besides the five levels of Soul Power I received from Diary rewards, my own cultivation has also increased by one level. I'm now level sixteen. In at most four more days, I'll become a level-twenty Soul Grandmaster. But where am I supposed to obtain a Soul Ring?"

Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment, then could not help laughing.

"If I say I need a Soul Ring, forget Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen—the Soul Beast Co-Lord Gu Yuena would probably even take the initiative to offer to help me hunt one, right?"

"But when I have the chance, I still need to make a trip to the Far North. The simulation provided by the Ice Silkworm truly is a Soul Skill that suits me."

"As for my Second Martial Soul... I think the Ice and Snow Empresses in the Far North should be like Gu Yuena and the others, able to see what I write in the Diary. They probably really want me to go to the Far North, don't they? But to be safer, I should wait a little longer!"

"Now, the only thing I'm curious about is what rewards Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, and Ju Zi received. Di Qiu'er was only one name away from getting a reward, so she should be absolutely furious right now, shouldn't she? Hehe, I'm really looking forward to seeing how the few of them get along in class later."

"Damn it! Damn that Huo Yuhao! Just one more time! I was only one short!"

Di Qiu'er had not slept well all night. The moment she opened her eyes the next morning, she saw the Diary Copy announce yesterday's winners, and she immediately lost it.

On the other side, Gu Yuena sat up and frowned at Di Qiu'er.

"Alright, Qiu'er. Didn't I tell you yesterday? There's no need to rush. There will be plenty of chances to receive rewards in the future."

Not only did her words fail to calm Di Qiu'er down, they instead made her mutter resentfully.

"You got a reward, so of course you can say that! I was only one short of getting one—how am I supposed to calm down?!"

Gu Yuena did not continue paying attention to Di Qiu'er. Instead, she checked whether she had received any rewards besides the increase in Soul Power. Yet when she saw the reward details, even Gu Yuena could not help feeling displeased.

Reward One: Soul Power increased by one level.
Winners: Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, Ju Zi

Reward Two: Magical Blessing obtained.
Winner: Ju Zi.
Magical Blessing effect: Twice the result with half the effort. (Cultivation speed for increasing Soul Power is doubled for half a month.)

Reward Three: Random reward obtained.
Winner: Wang Dong'er.
Lucky Critical triggered. Random reward drawn: Soul Ring Upgrade. (May designate any one of the user's Soul Rings to have its age doubled.)

Gu Yuena:?

Only three people met the requirements, yet neither the Magical Blessing nor the random reward went to me? Is my luck really that terrible?

Looking at the freshly released list of winners, Gu Yuena felt as though it were mocking her. Did she, the Soul Beast Co-Lord, the Silver Dragon King, need one level of Soul Power that at best only amounted to the level of a human Soul King? Who was this looking down on?

Although she appeared to be merely a level-thirty-two Soul Elder before, she truly was not looking down on anyone. When it came to actual combat strength, there was simply no one among them who could fight her!

Just as Gu Yuena and Di Qiu'er were each feeling upset, the Diary Copy in their minds stirred again. Huo Yuhao had clearly written new content in it.

My Soul Power has increased by another level, bringing me one step closer to revenge. Come to think of it, in the original story, if I had not ultimately achieved ascension to godhood and then been manipulated by Tang God King into abandoning my revenge, the emperor of the Star Luo Empire probably would not have chosen to abdicate and hand the throne over to Dai Hao, right?

But given Dai Hao's prestige in the army, even without me, all he would need to do was raise his arm in a call, and his soldiers would absolutely drape him in the yellow robe and make him replace the current emperor! As for whether Dai Hao had such ambitions? Heh, when Xu Jiawei abdicated, Dai Hao only pretended to refuse twice before gladly accepting!

Even without me, if the right opportunity arose, Dai Hao would surely launch a coup at the first possible moment and wipe out the Xu Family! After all, by the Dou Three Era ten thousand years later, the Xu Family had long since become dust in history and ceased to exist! If the Dai Family had not done it, then given the strength of the Xu Family's inherited Martial Soul, would they have lacked powerful experts?

He could remain at the border for so many years without going home. In Dai Hao's heart, perhaps nothing mattered more than power. In that case, I should find a way to keep peace between Sun Moon and Star Luo as much as possible, then just sit back and wait for their civil war! If the Dai Family is allowed to grow this powerful, the current Star Luo Royal Family will eventually have to pay the price!

As he wrote this, Huo Yuhao's gaze grew increasingly cold. Only after finishing did he finally murmur softly.

"If my guess is correct, and that Princess Xu Jiujiu can also see the Diary I write, then after seeing this entry, the Star Luo Empire will definitely become very lively, won't it?"

People kept saying before, what use was it for Xu Jiujiu and the others to have a Diary Copy? Do you understand now? If you do, hurry up and hand over the recommendation tickets and monthly tickets in your hands!

Same as always—just wait and see Huo Cheater's moves!