"Let me think. That guy seemed to be called Huo Yuhao too. He was the child of my father's personal maid."
"Because the martial soul he awakened was trash, not only was his martial soul trash, even his soul power rank was trash."
"Besides his trash martial soul and soul power rank, his physical condition was exceptionally poor. I only beat him up because I didn't like the look of him, and he was already half dead."
"I originally wanted to use him as a punching bag to practice my fists. Who would've thought that guy was so fragile? He was already half dead."
"I think he died because he couldn't hold on anymore, about two years ago."
"After that guy died, his mother died in despair as well. Speaking of it, it was truly disgusting. Two pieces of trash actually left their corpses in the noble White Tiger Duke Mansion."
Only Dai Huabin, someone who had personally killed a soul beast, could say such cold-blooded words.
Clearly, Dai Huabin had deliberately said them for Huo Yuhao to hear.
Since he was not completely certain he could defeat Huo Yuhao in terms of strength, he would provoke Huo Yuhao until he lost his composure.
No wonder the name Huo Yuhao had sounded so familiar. There had been a piece of trash in the duke's mansion with the same name.
Their names were identical, yet their strength and talent were as far apart as heaven and earth.
Seeing Huo Yuhao's face darken, Wang Dong angrily said to Dai Huabin, "You bastard! You talk about murder as if it's perfectly justified!"
Xiao Xiao also stared coldly at Dai Huabin from the side. Not only Xiao Xiao—the other Shrek students eating in the restaurant also looked at Dai Huabin strangely.
"I say, if you came here specifically to provoke my Yuhao, aren't you going a little too far?" Before Dai Huabin could react, a sharp ice spike nearly pierced straight through him.
The one who acted was none other than Xue Ningbing, who had long since grown impatient with Dai Huabin.
Although directly dealing with Dai Huabin now would indeed please Xue Ningbing, she wanted Huo Yuhao to settle things with Dai Huabin personally.
Facing Xue Ningbing's threat, Dai Huabin showed no fear at all. "I'm telling you, I'm from the White Tiger Duke Mansion. If you dare kill me, all four of you will be placed on the White Tiger Duke Mansion's wanted list. Perhaps not only the White Tiger Duke Mansion's, but the Star Luo Empire's military camps' as well!"
It was not Xue Ningbing who replied, but Huo Yuhao, in an emotionless tone.
"Dai Huabin, which do you think is stronger: the White Tiger Duke Mansion or Shrek?"
"Let me put it this way. You probably know that I could still enter Shrek even without a letter of recommendation. Think about it—if I didn't have one, why would I be in the academy now?"
As Huo Yuhao advanced step by step, Dai Huabin felt as though the surrounding air had instantly frozen. Breathing became increasingly difficult.
Xue Ningbing stepped away from Dai Huabin. By the time Huo Yuhao arrived in front of him with an expressionless face, Dai Huabin's expression had gradually turned ugly.
It was not until Huo Yuhao snapped his fingers that Dai Huabin could breathe again.
Dai Huabin angrily shouted at Huo Yuhao, "What did you just do to me?!"
"Nothing much. I just used a little trick to stop you from breathing for a while."
As Huo Yuhao finished speaking, Dai Huabin's feet were firmly sealed in a thick layer of ice, while his hands were bound by ice chains that had appeared out of nowhere.
At that moment, Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin looked like a police officer imprisoning a criminal.
Just then, the restaurant owner rushed over and said to Huo Yuhao and the others, "Could you not keep fighting in my establishment? It'll ruin my reputation. What if you scare all my customers away? If you want to fight, take it outside!"
As soon as the restaurant owner finished speaking, Huo Yuhao took out a moderately sized money pouch from his Soul Tool Bracelet and tossed it to him.
Huo Yuhao said to the restaurant owner, "Consider the Gold Soul Coins inside compensation for your losses. Please allow me to hang this disgusting fellow here so everyone can get a good look at the White Tiger Duke's noble son."
Seeing the large bag of Gold Soul Coins, the restaurant owner immediately perked up. After carefully checking, he confirmed that they were indeed Gold Soul Coins.
The restaurant owner accepted the pouch and beamed at Huo Yuhao. "What else can I do for you, honored guest?"
"Nothing else. Bing'er, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, let's go."
Then Huo Yuhao left with what appeared to be two girls and one boy, though in reality, everyone except Huo Yuhao was a girl.
"Please take care, honored guests! Come again next time, and you'll enjoy free meals for life!"
The instant Huo Yuhao stepped out of the restaurant, Dai Huabin was immediately frozen into an ice sculpture and left there.
The restaurant owner, using the strength he had developed from years of tossing woks along with his own natural brute force, carried Dai Huabin's sculpture directly to the entrance.
Once Dai Huabin's sculpture was put on display, it attracted the curiosity of many Shrek students.
In particular, students from Dai Huabin's class mistook it for an ordinary sculpture when they saw it. Since they had long harbored resentment toward Dai Huabin, they carved nasty insults into the sculpture.
After doing all that, they entered the restaurant and began eating dinner.
"Yuhao, are you all right?" Xue Ningbing looked worriedly at Huo Yuhao, who had remained silent the entire way.
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao looked at Huo Yuhao with the same concern.
They knew how severely this matter must have affected Huo Yuhao. Any normal person who heard that someone with the same name and surname had suffered such a tragic fate would quickly put themselves in his place.
They wanted to comfort Huo Yuhao, but they did not know how to begin.
Facing Xue Ningbing and the others, Huo Yuhao did not dare reveal his true feelings. Instead, he forced himself to remain calm and said, "I'm fine. How could I not be? He only had the same name and surname as me. Besides, there's no rule in this world saying people can't share the same name and surname."
"What does what happened to him have to do with me? We were two completely different people from the start."
"I only feel sorry for his death."
Perhaps what he needed now was not anyone's comfort, but to be alone and calmly vent his emotions in a world that belonged to him.
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