Instant Kill

Huo Yuhao watched Xu Sanshi enter his Divine Beast Bloodline Awakening state.

Rubbing his chin, he asked in confusion, "Didn't this guy need to 'sacrifice' Jiang Nannan to trigger the Divine Beast Bloodline Awakening passive?"

"But Jiang Nannan wasn't 'sacrificed,' was she?"

"So how did he suddenly power up?"

Xu Sanshi: Damn it, I powered up because you pissed me off!

Xu Sanshi shouted:

"I'll break through your defense and show you who has the strongest defense!"

"Divine Beast Bloodline Talent!!"

"Soul Ring Combination!!"

Three Soul Rings fused into a single Ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Xu Sanshi threw back his head and howled:

"Divine Beast Bloodline Awakening—Black Tortoise Shield!!"

"Die!"

The Black Tortoise Shield transformed into a massive Black Tortoise, with a Soaring Serpent coiled around it.

But just as Xu Sanshi was about to unleash his ultimate move, Huo Yuhao moved.

"Cursed Technique Reversal—Almighty Push!"

Huo Yuhao walked before the Black Tortoise formed from the Black Tortoise Shield and raised a hand, unleashing an Almighty Push.

Bang!

The Black Tortoise Shield instantly shattered into pieces, followed by a violent explosion.

Rumble!

Smoke billowed across the Soul Arena, obscuring everything within.

Xu Sanshi's face was filled with disbelief. How could Huo Yuhao possibly be this strong?

With a single strike, he had broken Xu Sanshi's strongest attack after his Divine Beast Bloodline Awakening.

"Pfft~"

Xu Sanshi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. He was given no time to be shocked.

Huo Yuhao had already arrived before him, raising his right hand in a finger-flicking gesture.

An intense fear of death filled Xu Sanshi's mind.

His thoughts were filled with:

Die! Die! Die! Die!...

"Stop!"

A red figure descended from the sky and landed before Xu Sanshi.

Bang!!

Without giving the red figure time to defend, Huo Yuhao's finger-flick attack struck her.

The red figure, carrying Xu Sanshi, flew backward uncontrollably.

"This kind of power..."

As the red figure spoke, she drove her feet fiercely into the ground.

She wanted to disperse Huo Yuhao's force through the earth.

As she continued flying backward, her feet plowed two long trenches into the ground.

Only at the edge of the wall did she barely manage to stop.

With his hands in his pockets, Huo Yuhao said, "Teacher Zhou, didn't anyone teach you not to interfere in other people's duels?"

"That's very rude."

The red figure revealed her appearance. It was Freshman Class One's homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi.

"You brat..." Before Zhou Lian could finish speaking, she spat out a mouthful of blood. "Pfft~"

Clearly, Zhou Yi had not taken Huo Yuhao's finger flick well.

Thud!

After leaving her Divine Beast Bloodline Awakening state, Xu Sanshi rolled his eyes and collapsed unconscious onto the ground, his face full of terror.

It was unclear whether it was a side effect of the Divine Beast Bloodline Awakening or whether Huo Yuhao had scared him unconscious.

Zhou Yi took out two Healing Pills from her Storage Soul Guidance Device.

She swallowed one herself and gave the other to Xu Sanshi.

After recovering somewhat from her injuries, Zhou Yi said angrily, "Huo Yuhao! Do you know how much trouble there'll be if Xu Sanshi dies?"

Huo Yuhao spread his hands innocently. "Teacher Zhou, I only used a tiny bit of strength. How could anyone possibly die?"

Xu Sanshi: A tiny bit? More like a hundred million times that!

Zhou Yi grumbled inwardly.

Even she, a Soul Emperor, had been beaten until she vomited blood.

If Xu Sanshi's little body took a hit like that and didn't die, that would be a miracle.

"Forget it. I can't be bothered to argue with you. I'll take this kid for treatment first."

Zhou Yi knew Huo Yuhao had an eccentric temperament, so she could not be bothered to lecture him.

Otherwise, if the boy got upset, he might beat her up too.

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "This guy hasn't paid me the wager yet."

Zhou Yi snapped, "Do you have any humanity at all? You beat Xu Sanshi into this state, and instead of thinking about getting him treated quickly, you're still thinking about the wager!"

Huo Yuhao said calmly, "In my eyes, Xu Sanshi really isn't as important as that wager."

"Fine, you've got me. What wager? Tell me, and I'll give it to you first."

As Zhou Yi spoke, she removed Xu Sanshi's Storage Soul Guidance Device.

"Ten Profound Water Pills."

Huo Yuhao said.

"What did you say?" Zhou Yi cried out. "Ten Profound Water Pills!"

Profound Water Pills were medicinal pills exclusively supplied to the Dou Ling Empire's royal family.

They required the essence blood of more than a dozen water-attributed soul beasts and dozens of water-attributed plants, refined through a special formula.

A single Profound Water Pill was worth ten thousand gold and was unavailable even at that price.

Was the wager really ten Profound Water Pills?

No wonder Huo Yuhao said Xu Sanshi was less important than the wager.

Xu Sanshi: Fuck you! I carry the Divine Beast Bloodline, yet I'm not even worth ten Profound Water Pills?

Zhou Yi took out all the Profound Water Pills from Xu Sanshi's Storage Soul Guidance Device.

There were exactly ten, no more and no less.

She tossed them to Huo Yuhao. "Here's your wager. Stop delaying me from treating him."

Huo Yuhao stored the Profound Water Pills in the White Tiger Ring and smiled. "Take care, Teacher Zhou."

By then, the smoke had dispersed.

The people in the stands finally saw what had happened below.

Xu Sanshi lay on the ground in tattered clothes, his eyes rolled back and his face full of terror.

Two people stood before him. One was the Outer Academy's female demon, Zhou Yi.

The other was Xu Sanshi's opponent in this match, first-year freshman Huo Yuhao.

He looked composed and calm, without a speck of dirt on his clothes.

He did not look like someone who had just fought at all.

"Who exactly won?"

"It should've been Xu Sanshi. Zhou Yi intervened and saved Huo Yuhao. Xu Sanshi fainted from exhaustion, so Xu Sanshi won this duel."

"I didn't expect Zhou Yi, that female demon, to step in. No wonder Huo Yuhao was fine!"

"Lord Sanshi! The Xuanming Turtle, steadfast as stone!"

"..."

"What a pity. Yuhao still lost."

"So sad."

"Don't think of it that way. Yuhao at least fought Xu Sanshi to a standstill. Considering their age gap, Yuhao was obviously the winner!"

"Yay, Yuhao won."

"..."

The male students were all dumbfounded. These female students were truly outrageous.

They could even call a loss a victory.

After leaving the Soul Arena,

Wang Dong and the others found Huo Yuhao.

Wang Dong said somewhat regretfully, "Your strength isn't bad. I didn't expect you to lose anyway."

Tang Ya said sadly, "Yuhao, if you lost, you'll have to become Jiang Nannan's personal chef. I'll never get to eat your Grilled Fish again! Boohoo!"

Bei Bei had not seen Huo Yuhao get injured, so he was still somewhat disappointed.

"Huo Yuhao, you lost. Let's see if you'll still be so arrogant in the future."

Huo Yuhao froze for a moment, then smiled. "Who said I lost?"

Wang Dong, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei were immediately startled.

"Did you win?"

The three asked in unison.

Huo Yuhao smiled. "One person is lying down, and one is standing. Isn't that obvious enough?"

"Get lost. You always know how to talk nonsense."

"I'm serious. I really won."

"Yes, yes, you won. You won."

"Oh, heavens! These days, no one believes the truth!"

"..."

News of the duel quickly spread throughout the entire Outer Academy.

But most people were not surprised.

How could one of the Outer Academy's outstanding students lose to a freshman?

What shocked them was that a freshman's defense had actually matched Xu Sanshi's, the Outer Academy's strongest defender.

In the end, Xu Sanshi was severely injured, while that guy had not suffered the slightest injury.

Of course, Teacher Zhou's intervention had protected him, but that still proved Huo Yuhao's defense was truly formidable.