Huo Yuhao Shows His Strength!

"Brother!" Another Soul Master was startled and moved to catch him, but the moment he did, a chill struck from behind. As he turned, a streak of sword energy slashed out and violently sent him flying.

"Ugh!" Feeling the immense force against their bodies, the two Soul Masters were sent flying in an instant, easily dealt with.

"What? This guy had been hiding his strength?" Xie Huanyue, who was still fighting Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, had assumed he could easily deal with them and wait for his companions to come help. Yet when he turned around, his companions had all been eliminated!

Huo Yuhao stood on the battlefield with the Human Emperor Sword in hand. An indescribable pressure radiated from his body, making the ordinary Soul Masters present tremble inwardly.

"Ah! I remember now!" A Soul Master suddenly cried out, and the others beside him looked at him in confusion.

"Th-this guy is the one who defeated one of the Outer Court Twin Stars, Eternal Defense: Xu Sanshi, on the Soul Duel Platform back then!" He stared wide-eyed at Huo Yuhao on the field.

At his words, everyone finally recalled that Huo Yuhao looked exactly like the Soul Master who had fought in the Battle Soul Arena back then!

"Has the world changed? A one-ring Soul Master, and one with a white soul ring at that, actually defeated a Soul Elder!"

No one present dared underestimate Huo Yuhao anymore. He possessed the strength to contend with a Soul Elder!

Some of the more talented Soul Masters in the arena turned their gazes toward Huo Yuhao, their hearts stirring with fighting intent as they considered testing themselves against him.

But Huo Yuhao had no time to mind them. He looked toward Xie Huanyue, gave a wicked smile, and charged forward with his sword. Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong cooperatively dodged aside.

Raising his sword high, he brought it down in a mighty slash. Sword energy swept out, and the terrifying shockwave cracked the ground around them. A long sword mark appeared, as though it could cleave through everything beneath the heavens.

"Damn it! Third Soul Skill! Elephant's Fury!"

Facing the terrifying sword energy, Xie Huanyue no longer held back. He immediately activated his third Soul Skill. His body rapidly swelled, while his strength and defense rose even further atop the foundation of his elephant form.

At the same time, his body curled into a huge ball, and the Pipi Elephant phantom behind him curled up as well. He rolled rapidly toward the incoming sword energy, charging forward and preparing to withstand the force head-on!

When the Pipi Elephant collided with the sword energy, a terrifying shockwave burst forth, splitting the ground around them. Empowered by a thousand-year Soul Skill, he truly managed to contend against the sword energy Huo Yuhao had cultivated.

"Wow! This guy's Martial Soul is utterly unreasonable!" Xiao Xiao looked astonished. Even when she used Three Cauldrons Unite and resisted Huo Yuhao's sword energy with all her strength, she could barely endure it. Yet this guy had actually held on.

"That's normal. All his enhancements are focused on strength and defense. His physical body is now strong enough to rival a high-level Soul Elder," Huo Yuhao's voice sounded in their minds.

"Finish him! We still need to conserve some strength for what comes next!" Seeing Xie Huanyue struggling to hold on, Huo Yuhao gave the order for a combined attack.

The two girls nodded. The Three-Lives Soul-Calming Cauldron and Radiant Goddess Butterfly attacked Xie Huanyue together. The Winged Guillotine and Cauldron Tremor struck in unison, and the fusion of three forces easily sent the still-resisting Xie Huanyue flying.

"Eliminated!" Seeing Xie Huanyue fly out of the arena, completely drained of strength, the referee immediately declared Huo Yuhao's team victorious. After hearing the result, the three stepped down to recover their Soul Power as quickly as possible. They still had another match that afternoon.

Watching the three leave, the teacher outside the arena wore a solemn expression. It was obvious that he had tried to discern Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul, but he had failed. That sword clearly was not it.

As though he had given up, the teacher slowly walked toward Huo Yuhao and the others, arriving before them.

"Hm? Teacher, do you need something?" The three were curious as they looked at the teacher who had suddenly appeared.

"Yuhao! I want to ask what your Martial Soul is. I kept trying to figure it out, but it's clear that I lost—I couldn't see through it. Could you tell me? My name is Wang Yan. You can call me Teacher Wang. I'm a theory teacher at Shrek Academy!"

After speaking, the young man even bowed slightly to the three of them. He looked just like a student seeking knowledge. Huo Yuhao was stirred as he looked at the teacher before him. This teacher's conduct earned his approval!

Within the Spirit Sea, Wei Qing and Elex also looked at Wang Yan and nodded approvingly. Even a teacher was a student, always walking the path of learning.

"Teacher Wang, if you had been like the other Shrek Academy teachers—arrogant and unapproachable—I might have merely glanced at you before leaving. But I acknowledge your sincerity toward others!"

"Teacher Wang, my Martial Soul is the Spirit Eyes—my eyes. As for its ability, it can detect everything within roughly a fifty-meter radius, with three hundred and sixty degrees of detection and no blind spots!"

Huo Yuhao did not forget to remind Teacher Wang of the effects of his Spiritual Detection. Hearing this, Wang Yan looked shocked, but he also spoke with a hint of caution, "A body Martial Soul? Are you from the Body Sect?"

"Hm?" Seeing Teacher Wang's changed attitude, Huo Yuhao frowned. He was displeased by those words and could clearly sense hostility in the other man's tone.

"Ah? Sorry! I instinctively assumed you were from the Body Sect, but I don't think you are." Seeing the change in Huo Yuhao's expression, Wang Yan immediately apologized, but Huo Yuhao merely waved a hand.

"Enough, Teacher Wang. That's all I'll say. The rest is my personal privacy, and I hope you'll respect it." Huo Yuhao spoke slowly, then left without looking back.

Watching Huo Yuhao leave, Wang Yan wanted to ask more, but seeing that Huo Yuhao was clearly in a poor mood, he could only abandon the thought. Just then, Huo Yuhao's voice carried over.

"Teacher Wang, although perhaps I shouldn't say this, I still think there's hope for you. Is it something an academy should do, for an academy—not a faction—to be so hostile toward Soul Masters?"

Hearing this, Wang Yan looked up, only to find that Huo Yuhao and the other two had already disappeared, leaving him standing there alone in a daze!

"An academy? A faction?" Wang Yan could not understand Huo Yuhao's words. Deeply influenced by Shrek's ideology, he simply could not comprehend their meaning.

Watching Teacher Wang turn and leave, Huo Yuhao shook his head in disappointment. At the same time, he looked gloomily at the Shrek Academy around him, hailed as the sacred land of Soul Masters.

"What a cult-like organization!"

After spitting on the ground, Huo Yuhao left. It was clear that he harbored a strong disgust toward this Shrek.

In a place Huo Yuhao had not noticed, an old man slowly emerged while pushing a wheelchair. As he watched Huo Yuhao's departing figure, an unprecedented gleam flashed in his eyes!