"A whole Soul Elder..."
"Just got taken down instantly by a Soul Grandmaster?"
Du Weilun stared blankly at the scene before him, at a complete loss, and couldn't help muttering.
A Soul Elder and a Soul Grandmaster-which was stronger was plain to see. Yet under these circumstances, the Soul Grandmaster had defeated her opponent in an instant?
As he recalled, none of Huo Yudie's Soul Skills recorded by the academy had any offensive capabilities. How had she suddenly...
"Holy shit!"
The entire crowd erupted. Before long, cries of "Holy shit!" rose one after another, everyone stunned by the dramatic scene.
"She just casually one-shotted him like that?"
Tang Ya froze as well, her expression blank.
She had already braced herself for Brother Chu to intervene and save Yudie. Instead, an epic reversal had happened in the blink of an eye.
Even she, at level 31, couldn't have beaten a Power Attack System Soul Elder like him. Yet Yudie had won so effortlessly!
"So..."
"He really was this fragile."
As the one responsible, Huo Yudie looked at Dai Huabin lying on the ground before her and spoke coldly.
After a moment's thought, she went over and crouched down, tapping him with a small hammer. Sure enough, no matter how she tapped him, he wouldn't wake.
Still, she was a little amazed herself. Was she really this strong...?
This move was called Spiritual Shock.
It was an innate skill she had comprehended after obtaining the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Soul Spirit. It could inflict immense spiritual damage on an enemy, striking directly at their core.
For her, with her two Million-Year Soul Rings, the Soul Power it cost was merely a cup of water against a blazing cartload of firewood.
"Of course, Xiao Yudie. You should know that our spiritual system is the strongest."
Within her spiritual space, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chuckled, looking utterly unconcerned.
Never mind a Soul Elder. Even a Soul Ancestor, Soul King, or Soul Emperor couldn't withstand Huo Yudie's current Spiritual Shock. And even if they blocked it...
If they could block it once, could they block it twice, three times, four times, all the way until she exhausted her Soul Power?
That would be reeeally hard!
"I know that."
"But I didn't expect Spiritual Shock to be so destructive. I only used its weakest level."
Huo Yudie couldn't help muttering inwardly.
"Besides..."
"He's unconscious. How's he supposed to kowtow now? What a shame I can't kill him right here..."
Hatred filled Huo Yudie's face. At some point, the White Tiger Dagger had appeared in her hand, and she gritted her teeth.
She was doing her best to restrain herself...
At least here, she couldn't kill anyone...
"Huo Yudie wins."
Seeing the blade appear in Huo Yudie's hand, Du Weilun snapped out of his daze, appeared in the center of the arena, and hurriedly announced the result.
If this continued, she really might kill him.
"Someone get a healing Soul Master. Carry Dai Huabin off and treat him..."
"No need."
Looking at Dai Huabin sprawled on the ground, Du Weilun was about to say more when Chu Ge appeared beside him.
"Why would he need treatment? He's only fainted. Yudie, come here. Just slap him awake."
His gaze settled on Huo Yudie as he spoke calmly.
"Really?"
The killing intent on Huo Yudie's face vanished in a flash. She nodded, once again wearing that adorably innocent expression before her master.
"Such a cute girl surely wouldn't..."
"I'll listen to Master."
Smack!
With a grim expression, the girl slapped Dai Huabin across the face. A small handprint immediately appeared on his cheek, which reddened and swelled.
"Uh..."
"Even that won't wake him?"
Du Weilun watched the scene, pondering.
Still, it certainly felt satisfying.
"That's easy."
Chu Ge lowered his head and exchanged a glance with Huo Yudie, who looked thoughtful.
"Just hit him a few more times."
Without a moment's windup, Huo Yudie delivered several more slaps.
Before long, Dai Huabin's formerly cold, arrogant face had grown rounder and rounder, turning into an unmistakable pig's head.
"That felt good."
"Serves that useless girl-bullying bastard right!"
In the stands, the spectators were thoroughly enjoying the spectacle and chimed in one after another.
"Stop hitting him..."
Only Zhu Lu tried to approach, but Du Weilun and Tang Wutong stopped her.
"The moment he tried to make Yudie kowtow, he should have prepared himself for this. Though I don't know why you care so much about him."
"He doesn't deserve your concern."
Tang Wutong looked at her and spoke slowly.
"He's my fiancé..."
Tears streaked Zhu Lu's face as she answered helplessly.
"Your fiancé."
"Do you really want to marry someone like him?"
Tang Wutong shook her head and asked calmly.
Zhu Lu fell silent. But if she didn't marry him, what else could she do? Who else could she marry?
"Master."
"I can't wake him up."
Huo Yudie glanced at Dai Huabin, then raised her head and spoke.
Clearly, she had little interest in continuing to slap his face. Compared to that, what she truly looked forward to was the fulfillment of their wager.
"All right."
Chu Ge smiled faintly and casually slapped Dai Huabin across the face.
Pfft!
Dai Huabin's body went flying. He spat out a mouthful of blood and groggily opened his eyes.
"What's going on...?"
"Where am I...?"
Blood lingered at the corner of Dai Huabin's mouth, and he couldn't quite process what had happened.
Only when Chu Ge appeared before him and Huo Yudie's cold little face came into view did he snap awake, disbelief written all over his eyes.
"I..."
"I lost?"
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Impossible! I'm the Dai Family's greatest genius! Even at Shrek Academy, where geniuses gather like clouds, I'm number one! How could I lose...?"
Clearly unable to accept any of this, Dai Huabin kept shaking his head desperately, until...
"Get up, apologize, and kowtow."
The girl's hate-filled voice reached his ears.
Though it was only a few simple words, it turned all his fantasies into bursting bubbles.
He had lost.
A loss was a loss.
As the son of Dai Hao of the Star Luo Empire's Duke's Mansion, the greatest talent in a hundred years, he had lost. He had lost to the daughter of a lowly maid, and lost utterly!
His pride had been shattered, with only its last tiny shred stubbornly clinging on.
"Kowtow!"
"Get on your knees and kowtow!"
"Dai Huabin, you made the bet! Accept your loss!"
At that moment, voices from the stands swept into the arena.
Among the spectators were plenty of fair-minded people and girls, who felt genuine disgust and irritation at the insults Dai Huabin had hurled at his opponent before the fight.
Now that he had lost...
It was time to fulfill the wager.
"No..."
Zhu Lu looked over, her eyes filled with worry. Struggling to break free of Tang Wutong, she murmured.
If he really knelt today...
Dai Huabin's pride would cease to exist, and he would become someone utterly unfamiliar to her...
"I was wrong."
Thud!
Under the pressure of the crowd, even the duke's son fulfilled the wager. He dropped to both knees and slammed his forehead against the ground.
After three kowtows, blood marked that once-arrogant head.
"Mom, Brother, did you see? I made him admit he was wrong. I made that most accursed culprit admit he was wrong..."
Watching the scene, Huo Yudie's hate-filled eyes reddened. Mist clouded her vision as she murmured.
She had dreamed of avenging them for far more than a day. Now, she had finally taken the first step toward that goal, making the culprit kneel and admit his wrongs, even if he hadn't truly recognized them.
"I can't kill him yet."
"But someday, I'll make him face the punishment he deserves. I'll make him, and the entire Dai Family, pay the price they owe..."
Determination filled Huo Yudie's face as she thought.
Of course this wasn't enough.
A life for a life-that was true vengeance!
But she also knew she couldn't do that now. Not only would it cause problems along her path of growth, but her master would be dragged into it as well.
Then things would take an even worse turn.
"There's still plenty of time."
"When I become a Titled Douluo..."
"Dai Huabin."
"I'll send you to your death."
A clear light flashed through Huo Yudie's eyes as she murmured.
Her heart was utterly resolute.
Just like the girl who had once vowed to give her whole family a good life. Just the same, just the same...
But she didn't know...
Chu Ge, standing beside her, had witnessed it all.
In his heart, he was already considering what suitable opportunity he could use to kill Dai Huabin.
"A year or two is too long."
"We'll seize the day."
Chu Ge gazed into the distance, a broad smile on his face.
(End of chapter)
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