Ma Xiaotao Strikes Again

Qian Duoduo smiled when he saw this. "Yan Shaozhe, weren't you going to snatch him away?"

"Go on, then!"

Yan Shaozhe chuckled. "My apologies, but I have important matters to attend to. I'll be leaving first."

With that, he left without looking back.

Ma Xiaotao gave Huo Yuhao a deep look before leaving with her teacher.

Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu looked at Huo Yuhao with some sympathy.

Yan Shaozhe had left so readily, clearly because he disliked Huo Yuhao's talent.

He could not be bothered to waste time on him.

With such blatant differential treatment, who knew how upset Huo Yuhao must have felt.

At that thought, Qian Duoduo smiled and comforted him.

"Little Yuhao, don't be sad. Yan Shaozhe has eyes but cannot see. He failed to recognize your peerless talent. One day, he'll regret it."

Fan Yu consoled him as well. "That's right. With your talent in Soul Tools, one day you'll trample the Martial Soul Department's prodigies beneath your feet!"

"Dean Yan will definitely regret it then."

Huo Yuhao, seated on the sofa, said carelessly, "It's fine. I don't care."

What was there for him to care about?

Wasn't it just that they thought his talent was poor?

Having lived through two lifetimes, Huo Yuhao's Invincible State of Mind could no longer be affected by praise or slander, by any external thing.

Children grew angry, adults endured in silence, clever people pondered deeply, while he merely found the clamor of worldly ants noisy.

Still, he rather looked forward to the day he revealed his Twin Martial Souls and his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Scorpion, and Yan Shaozhe came to apologize in person.

That would surely be interesting.

"Sigh, child, if you want to cry, then cry. Don't bottle it all up inside."

"Cry if you want to, men! It's not a sin!"

Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu thought Huo Yuhao was forcing himself to suppress his grief and pretending to be relaxed.

Huo Yuhao rose to his feet and smiled freely. "I won't cry, because I'm the strongest."

Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu exchanged a glance.

It was over.

The kid had lost his mind.

After leaving the Soul Guidance Department

Ma Xiaotao asked, "Teacher, why did you invite Huo Yuhao when his talent is so mediocre?"

Yan Shaozhe chuckled. "Yesterday, Huo Yuhao defeated Xu Sanshi while he was in his Divine Beast Bloodline Awakening state."

"What?"

Ma Xiaotao said in shock, "That brat Xu Sanshi was forced into Divine Beast Bloodline Awakening by Huo Yuhao, and he was even defeated in that state?"

"Then why did you give up on him, Teacher?"

Yan Shaozhe smiled bitterly. "His Soul Power Level and Soul Ring configuration are simply unbearable to look at."

"That strength comparable to a Soul King's must have come from using some forbidden Self-Created Soul Skill, some powerful Soul Tool, or pills that drastically boosted his strength."

"Otherwise, how could a sixteenth-level Soul Master possibly unleash the strength of a Soul King?"

Ma Xiaotao pondered for a moment before asking.

"So... Huo Yuhao was only that strong because he relied on external aids?"

Yan Shaozhe chuckled. "That's right. Without external aids, how could a sixteenth-level Huo Yuhao defeat Xu Sanshi in his Divine Beast Bloodline Awakening state?"

"His Martial Soul, Soul Power talent, and Soul Ring configuration have already doomed Huo Yuhao to fade into the crowd in the future. Someone who relies on external aids cannot become a true powerhouse."

"All right, Xiaotao. Stop thinking about this."

"Think about how to find that Soul Master with the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul. That is what matters most."

Ma Xiaotao fell into thought. She felt that Huo Yuhao was not so simple.

How could someone with mediocre talent remain so composed before the Dean of the Martial Soul Department, and even dare to be so arrogantly dismissive?

How could someone with mediocre talent dare to be so arrogant before her when he had clearly witnessed her terror that morning?

Why had there not been the slightest trace of fear on his face when he saw her? Why had he instead appeared so calm and unruffled?

Could it truly be as he had said, that her strength could not hurt him?

Ma Xiaotao turned to look in the direction of the Soul Guidance Department, her gaze flickering.

"Huo Yuhao... I'm starting to get curious about you."

Noon

By Sea God Lake

After finishing lunch at the Soul Guidance Department cafeteria, Huo Yuhao did not go to class. Instead, he came to the shore of Sea God Lake for a walk to digest his meal.

It was class time, so there was practically no one by the lake.

"The sun is shining. A fine day for fishing."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao took fishing equipment from the White Tiger Ring.

A lounge chair, a parasol, a cup of iced drink, and a pile of high-end desserts.

Huo Yuhao lay in the lounge chair, holding an iced drink in one hand and an expensive dessert in the other as he leisurely fished.

"This is what it means to enjoy life!"

Huo Yuhao said happily.

But then a streak of red appeared in the distance, and Huo Yuhao glanced sideways.

"What is Ma Xiaotao up to now?"

Huo Yuhao recognized the newcomer at a glance. It was Ma Xiaotao wearing a white mask.

She looked aggressive, obviously here to pick a fight.

"Huo Yuhao, I want to see whether you truly have the right to be so arrogant."

"And... whether you are that Soul Master with the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul."

First, Ma Xiaotao wanted revenge for what had just happened.

Huo Yuhao had been arrogantly dismissive, looking down on both her and her teacher.

If she did not beat him up for that,

then Evil Fire Phoenix Ma Xiaotao might as well rename herself Cowardly Fire Phoenix Ma Xiaotao.

Second, she wanted to test whether Huo Yuhao had been hiding his strength, and whether he was truly the Soul Master with the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul from that morning.

Even in the face of the aggressive Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao continued fishing calmly.

"What does Miss Ma want with me?"

Ma Xiaotao snorted. "Nothing. I'm just here to teach my junior a lesson, so that his irritating personality doesn't bring him trouble someday."

Huo Yuhao said carelessly, "Miss Ma, you really know how to joke. Teach me a lesson? Even if your teacher came himself, he wouldn't be qualified."

Arrogant!

Fucking arrogant!

Who did he think he was?

A sixteenth-level little Soul Master, and he actually dared say even her teacher was not qualified to teach him a lesson?

Her teacher, Yan Shaozhe, was a ninety-fifth-level Super Douluo. One finger could crush countless Soul Masters like him to death.

How could he dare?

"Impudent!"

Ma Xiaotao shouted as scorching Evil Fire continuously burned around her.

The next instant, Ma Xiaotao charged at Huo Yuhao.

She intended to let this arrogant fool experience the power of Evil Fire.

Whoosh!

A black shadow flashed past.

Ma Xiaotao lost consciousness.

The next day

Inside the hospital

Ma Xiaotao slowly woke up. "Where am I?"

The person on the nearby bed, wrapped head to toe in bandages, suddenly laughed. "Sister Xiaotao, you're finally awake!"

Ma Xiaotao asked, "Who are you? Do we know each other?"

The bandaged man struggled to raise a finger and pointed at himself. "Me? I'm Xu Sanshi!"

"Xu Sanshi?"

Ma Xiaotao said in surprise, "How did you end up looking like this?"

"Don't mention it. I can't remember."

A nurse beside them said, "He was frightened by something extremely terrifying. His brain protected itself by making him forget that memory."

Ma Xiaotao was slightly shocked.

What the hell?

What could possibly be so terrifying that it scared Xu Sanshi into amnesia?

"By the way?" Ma Xiaotao looked around and asked, "How did I end up in the hospital?"

The nurse beside Ma Xiaotao's bed said, "You were brought to the hospital by a handsome little brother."