Death God Envoy? Mere Marked-for-Death Trash!

In the early part of the original story, when Bei Bei fought Xu Sanshi, Tang Ya had egged Huo Gua on to secretly help Bei Bei defeat Xu Sanshi. From then on, Tang Ya led Huo Gua astray. In several competitions in the original story that concerned nothing but Shrek's honor, he also resorted to cheating. At its root, Tang Ya was to blame; she had opened the floodgates to all evil cheating.

After all, Huo Gua had only been eleven at the time. A child that age had yet to fully develop a mature worldview and could easily be led astray by those around him and the broader environment. When Huo Gua first appeared, he had been someone single-mindedly determined to avenge his mother. Even toward Tang Ya and Bei Bei, who had been strangers to him at the time, Huo Gua had been quite polite.

Overall, Huo Gua had actually been a good child.

Based on the pitifully scarce descriptions of Huo Yun'er in the original story, one could barely infer that she had been a good mother, though perhaps a little love-struck. Since she was a good mother, she certainly would not have taught Huo Gua to cheat during competitions.

And where had Tang Ya's theory that cheating guaranteed victory come from? Naturally, it could not be separated from the Tang Sect's internal teachings. Although the Tang Sect had already declined beyond recognition by the time Tang Ya was born, her parents had still been alive then. They were only killed later.

"Yuhao, I think this Soul Tool has great potential. It can not only be used in the Soul Arena, but also on the battlefield! But there's one problem: would any academy really cheat during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament?

"So many eyes are watching! And the referees are generally Titled Douluo. Cheating right under a Titled Douluo's nose should be very difficult, shouldn't it?" A trace of confusion appeared on Xuan Ziwen's face.

Huo Yuhao thought Teacher Xuan had underestimated Shrek Academy's methods of cheating. In order to win, they could pull out any trick imaginable. After all, Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory could not be defiled!

"Teacher Xuan, it's better to be prepared," Huo Yuhao said succinctly.

Xuan Ziwen nodded. "All right, then I declare that you have passed the assessment. Starting today, you are a Rank 3 Soul Engineer!"

"Thank you, Teacher Xuan!" Huo Yuhao said.

Wang Shaojie and Zi Mu immediately stepped forward, showering him with lavish flattery.

"Brother Huo, you really are a genius the Sun Moon Empire sees only once in ten thousand years!"

"Brother Huo, I think Xiao Hongchen is no match for you! He can only be the second greatest genius—you are the first!"

Mingdou Mountain Range.

Xuan Zi was sitting outside the cave. He picked up a chicken leg and began devouring it with gusto. To Xuan Zi, a Storage Soul Tool had only two uses: one, storing fine wine; two, storing chicken legs.

"This chicken leg tastes great. The cafeteria cooks are getting better and better."

After finishing one chicken leg, he casually tossed the bone onto the ground. Then he took several more chicken legs from his Storage Soul Tool and started wolfing them down. A look of happiness gradually appeared on his face.

This time, the Shrek Supervision Group's mission was to deal with the Hand of Death Bandit Group. To Xuan Zi, dealing with them was simplicity itself. Although the Hand of Death Bandit Group had Evil Soul Masters among them, they were at most Soul King level.

Before a Rank 98 Super Douluo like him, such Evil Soul Masters were nothing but pathetic weaklings. He could easily crush them with one hand!

"The Hand of Death Bandit Group's leader is merely a petty Soul King-level Evil Soul Master, nothing more than a marked-for-death nobody!

"Even if I don't act, the students can easily deal with him! Dai Hao's men are simply too weak. They can't even handle a Soul King-level Evil Soul Master! I wonder what Dai Hao thinks about all day?" Xuan Zi secretly shook his head.

Although he had not accompanied the students to meet Dai Hao, he had been following behind them all along. With his strength, as long as he did not wish to be discovered, no one in the Star Luo Army stationed in the Mingdou Mountain Range could detect his presence.

Of course, because he had confidence in the students as well as Wang Yan, he felt that he might not even get a chance to act. Thus, he had not followed the students into the cave and instead continued drinking wine while eating chicken legs.

To him, this was called enjoying life.

"Once this mission is done, I'll have the students participate in this year's Soul Duel Tournament. The champion of this tournament will still belong to our Shrek Academy! As for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, it is nothing more than a foil for our Shrek Academy!" Xuan Zi was brimming with confidence.

Whether the official team members or the reserve members, the quality of this year's roster was exceptionally high. Although the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy might cause some trouble, before this group of absolute geniuses, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would inevitably be defeated!

Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory would absolutely continue through this tournament! No one could shake the position of the Continent's Number One Soul Master Academy!

Inside the cave.

"So this is how Evil Soul Masters operate?" Wang Dong looked at the human corpses nearby and felt slightly uncomfortable. Back in the Clear Sky Sect, she had never seen such a horrific sight. Though she had killed soul beasts before, how could soul beasts compare to humans?

She slowly advanced forward. Aside from herself, the reserve members for this tournament included Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, He Caitou, Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi.

In order to protect her, Xiao Xiao had been directly eliminated during the selection tournament. And the person who had eliminated Xiao Xiao was Dai Huabin!

Among these people, her relationship with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu was the worst. It was not because Dai Huabin looked down on her, but mainly because Zhou Yi and Mu Jin had such a terrible relationship that Dai Huabin often picked fights for no reason. As a result, she and Dai Huabin had clashed many times.

Wang Yan, who was at the front, stopped walking and said, "Everyone, pay attention. We'll be making our move shortly. However, because the official team members are relatively strong, they will be the main force of the attack. As for you reserve members, you will be responsible for finding some weaker enemies!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Sanshi immediately said to Jiang Nannan beside him, "Nannan, stand next to me later. Evil Soul Masters are far too dangerous, but with me protecting you, you'll definitely be completely safe."

Jiang Nannan replied coldly, "Xu Sanshi! I don't need your protection! Just take care of yourself! Stay away from me from now on!"

"Nannan, don't be so heartless. I—" Xu Sanshi still wanted to say something.

At that moment, Wang Yan spoke up and directly cut Xu Sanshi off.

"All right, everyone's safety is guaranteed. Before I came here, I specifically asked Elder Xuan. He promised me that if any of you encountered danger threatening your lives, he would act at the critical moment and ensure your safety.

"I know you still have doubts about my strength. After all, I am indeed weak. But even if you don't believe in me, you should believe in Elder Xuan!

"He is a Rank 98 Super Douluo! According to the investigation conducted by the White Tiger Duke's subordinates, the Evil Soul Masters in this cave are at most Soul Kings! The gap between a Soul King and a Rank 98 Titled Douluo is as vast as heaven and earth. As long as Elder Xuan is here, everything will be fine!"