Soul Power Rises, Let's Fight Again

Huo Yuhao raised his hand and gently extended his index finger.

A streak of Ice Blue light shot out toward Ma Xiaotao.

Sensing mortal danger, Ma Xiaotao made the soul rings behind her blaze furiously, unleashing flames to block the blue light with all her strength.

The collision of ice and fire created a terrifying pressure wave, knocking Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao unconscious on the spot.

The flames on Ma Xiaotao vanished. A layer of frost coated her entire body, and she plunged into the Sea God Lake below.

"Huh, someone else is here."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm withdrew his power, and Huo Yuhao collapsed to the ground as well.

When Wang Dong'er woke again, she found Huo Yuhao lying on top of her.

She was just about to stroke his head when he woke up.

They got to their feet and saw a middle-aged man in white standing beside them.

He told them calmly, "You must not disclose what you just saw. The academy will compensate you, but if you leak the news, you will be expelled. Think it over carefully."

The man in white tossed three bottles to them, then left without looking back.

"Expelled if we tell anyone? That guy is way too overbearing," Wang Dong'er grumbled.

"Wang Dong, are you all right?" Huo Yuhao asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. But Xiao Xiao hasn't woken up yet."

Huo Yuhao checked Xiao Xiao and found that she was merely asleep.

Wang Dong'er simply pinched Xiao Xiao's cheek. "Get up already. Stop sleeping."

Xiao Xiao sat up, rubbing her cheek. "Ow, that hurt! Who pinched me?"

"He did!" Wang Dong'er shifted the blame onto Huo Yuhao.

"What was that thing just now?"

"Just think of it as running into a giant fireball. A teacher came to warn us just now. Remember, we have to keep what happened today a secret."

"All right, don't worry. I won't tell anyone about you two." Xiao Xiao snickered.

Wang Dong'er was a little speechless. "I meant the giant fireball."

"Oh, right. This is for you."

Wang Dong'er tossed the little bottle to Xiao Xiao.

"What's this, then?" Xiao Xiao opened the bottle and found a green pill inside.

"That should be a Soul Ascension Pill."

"What's a Soul Ascension Pill? Is it like a Mystic Water Pill?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"More or less. A Soul Ascension Pill can increase your soul power. It'll be a big help to you."

Huo Yuhao's current soul power was indeed a little too low.

"Come on, let's head back. We can't be late for our afternoon classes. We've got Teacher Zhou this afternoon."

Wang Dong'er wasn't afraid of Teacher Zhou, but Huo Yuhao certainly was. Besides, he was the Class Monitor, so he had to set a good example.

After classes ended that afternoon, Wang Dong'er accompanied Huo Yuhao to sell Grilled Fish again.

People lined up as soon as they set up their stall, mostly returning customers from yesterday.

"Reserve two fish for me." Xu Sanshi tossed over a gold soul coin.

"Oh? Not snatching them today?" Wang Dong'er teased.

"I paid yesterday too, okay?"

"Sorry, only one per person. We won't sell you more."

"Fine, fine. One, then."

"Here's your change." Wang Dong'er counted out Xu Sanshi's change.

Xu Sanshi waved a hand. "Keep it. I can still afford one gold soul coin per fish."

Since Xu Sanshi had said so, Wang Dong'er simply kept the money.

When Xu Sanshi's turn came, Huo Yuhao handed him his Grilled Fish.

Xu Sanshi sniffed it. "It really does smell pretty good."

Then he put the Grilled Fish into a box, planning to find Jiang Nannan and give it to her.

Watching Xu Sanshi walk away, Wang Dong'er shook her head. His road to winning a wife certainly wasn't a smooth one.

After the last customer left, Wang Dong'er began helping pack up the stall.

"I saved this for you." Huo Yuhao took out a Grilled Fish and handed it to Wang Dong'er.

"You saved it for me?" Wang Dong'er was delighted.

"You work so hard helping me sell Grilled Fish, and I don't really have anything to repay you with. So I'll save a Grilled Fish for you every day."

"Then I'll gladly take it."

Wang Dong'er took a bite and found that it tasted different from the Grilled Fish she'd eaten before.

"What did you put in it?"

"Hehe, you noticed. I added a little special seasoning. Only your Grilled Fish gets it."

At Huo Yuhao's words, a happy smile spread across Wang Dong'er's face. If only their life could stay like this forever.

Wang Dong'er watched Huo Yuhao, busy yet smiling. In this life, she would make sure they stayed together.

That evening, Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao sat on the bed and took their Soul Ascension Pills together.

It took them an entire night to fully absorb the pills' medicinal power.

Early the next morning, Wang Dong'er's soul power reached rank twenty-three, while Huo Yuhao successfully broke through to rank fifteen.

However, taking two pills in succession could easily affect his foundation. Huo Yuhao would have to spend some time making sure his foundation was solid.

"Yuhao, let's fight again," Wang Dong'er said.

Huo Yuhao's cheeks suddenly grew a little warm. "Huh?"

Don't tell me we're going to fight like we did that day again?

"What are you thinking about?" Wang Dong'er asked, staring at him.

"Ah, nothing, nothing. Where are we fighting?"

"Somewhere deserted, of course. Did you think we'd go to the Soul Fighting Arena? Do we have the money for that?"

"No," Huo Yuhao answered without hesitation.

Ten gold soul coins were still far too expensive for Huo Yuhao. He would have to sell an awful lot of Grilled Fish to earn that much.

After classes that day, they went to the little grove beside the Sea God Lake.

Hardly anyone came here, so it was very safe.

"We're fighting here?" Huo Yuhao looked around.

"Right here."

"Here I come."

Wang Dong'er released her martial soul. The wings of the light goddess butterfly unfurled behind her, and she flew swiftly toward Huo Yuhao.

Realizing that Wang Dong'er was serious, Huo Yuhao hurriedly activated his Spirit Eyes as well, using Soul Detection to track her movements precisely.

As Wang Dong'er rushed up to him, Huo Yuhao dodged sideways, narrowly avoiding her wing attack—or so it seemed.

In truth, he had already seen through Wang Dong'er's every move.

"Butterfly God's Light!"

Wang Dong'er turned, her second soul ring lighting up as her wings unleashed powerful beams of golden light.

"Whoa, you're really going all out?"

Huo Yuhao hadn't expected Wang Dong'er to unleash such a powerful attack outright. He hurriedly used the Tang Sect Secret Technique, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, to dodge.

He didn't dare use Spiritual Shock. It would be terrible if he hurt Wang Dong'er. All he could do was find ways to evade her and see whether his Spirit Eyes could spot an opening.

Wang Dong'er was indeed serious about this fight. She knew very well that she couldn't lose herself entirely in her happy life with Huo Yuhao.

If she wanted to break free of her predetermined fate, she had to grow stronger.

From then on, besides studying together every day, Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao fought each other at regular intervals.

Both their soul power and their combat skills improved rapidly.