After Huo Yuhao's tongue-lashing, Xuan Zi's face alternated between livid and pale. He stepped forward, releasing a trace of a Super Douluo's imposing aura, and said to Huo Yuhao,
"I've put up with you plenty of times already. Don't think your talent gives you the right to do whatever you please. With your current cultivation, it's far too early for you to plant your own flag."
Huo Yuhao sneered, then said to Xuan Zi,
"What? You couldn't catch that Evil Soul Master Soul King earlier, so now you're showing off your abilities against your own people?"
As Huo Yuhao spoke, he turned and walked toward Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong.
More precisely, he moved toward Xiao Xiao. Wang Dong noticed something wrong with the way Huo Yuhao looked at her and instinctively grabbed Xiao Xiao's wrist.
Huo Yuhao glanced at her, but did not argue with Wang Dong. Instead, he turned to Xuan Zi and said,
"I'm standing my ground today. Either you go back and bring reinforcements, or our team stalls out in this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. We might as well not compete."
Xuan Zi was so furious that his beard bristled and his eyes bulged. He reached out to seize Huo Yuhao, saying as he did,
"Today, I'll teach you what it means to respect your teachers!"
Huo Yuhao sneered, then said to Xuan Zi,
"Being older than me doesn't automatically make you my elder. An old dog that happened to live a few extra years is still strutting around here."
The instant he finished speaking, a layer of mist enveloped Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, sweeping all three away from where they stood.
As the three disappeared, a wisp of flame was flicked into the chest of the already gravely