Xuan Zi

Unlike the first day of the competition, when he had no matches and could idle away his time at the Mingyue Hotel, on the second day Huo Yuhao had to face an old acquaintance: Ma Xiaotao.

On the way to the Soul Fighting Arena, Huo Yuhao kept using his divine sense to detect every last fluctuation of energy around him.

Tang Wutong's ostentatious display yesterday had made him realize that, now that he was not going to Shrek Academy, her two identities as Wang Dong and Wang Dong'er no longer held any meaning for the Tang Family.

He was not sure what card the Tang Family would play next.

In the Soul Fighting Arena, the girl standing before him had short red hair. Though her face still retained a trace of youthful innocence, her figure already curved generously in all the right places. This was Senior Xiaotao from his previous life.

As soon as they met, Ma Xiaotao looked Huo Yuhao up and down a few times and said, "What a handsome brat. So you're the Sun Moon Empire's dog? Have you decided how you're going to die?"

Just yesterday, Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Fire had burned several contestants from the Sun Moon Empire to ashes.

Xiaotao, your temper is still as fiery as ever, isn't it? Huo Yuhao thought with amusement.

Huo Yuhao made an inviting gesture. "My name is Huo Yuhao, and my martial soul is Spirit Eyes. Shall we spar, miss?"

Ma Xiaotao wasted no words. She went straight for the kill.

"Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike!"

Her cool voice echoed as a bird wreathed in blazing flames suddenly appeared above her head.

Huo Yuhao had considerable experience dealing with opponents who specialized in powerful assaults. His figure seemed to remain rooted to the spot, completely motionless.

"That brat's too weak. Has he been scared stupid? Hahaha!" Mocking voices rose from the spectator stands occupied by the various nations of Douluo.

"Of course. These uncouth Sun Moon people trying to compete with our Shrek Academy in the ways of soul masters-isn't that just a clown trying to carry the whole show?"

The blazing fireball landed where Huo Yuhao stood. The floor burst apart, and the smell of char rose from the ground.

"He died just like that?" Ma Xiaotao wondered. "What a useless wimp!" Proud as she was, she still could not believe this Sun Moon contestant was so vulnerable.

The instant Ma Xiaotao felt a gust brush past her ear, all her soul power erupted. "Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike!"

At that moment, Ma Xiaotao immediately realized that what she had struck earlier was merely an illusion.

But her opponent's bloodline power was not particularly strong. How could he unleash such incredible speed?

Of course, Ma Xiaotao had no idea she had already fallen into Huo Yuhao's mental domain.

Outside the arena, Wang Yan was already dumbfounded. He blinked twice in bewilderment, unable to understand why Ma Xiaotao had suddenly started attacking at random.

Could her evil fire have gone out of control again?

Just then, Huo Yuhao appeared behind Ma Xiaotao. He lifted her by the waist, then slammed her heavily into the ground.

As Huo Yuhao's soul power erupted, the ground burst apart. Ma Xiaotao climbed out of the crater in a fury. "You dare hurt me? I'll skin you, grind your bones to dust, and tear your corpse into ten thousand pieces..."

Yet after gathering her soul power again and roaring, she believed she was lunging at Huo Yuhao, while everyone outside the arena saw her charge toward an unrelated, empty spot.

Huo Yuhao appeared behind her again, seized the back of her head, and hoisted her up like a chick before hurling her hard, intending to throw her off the platform.

Outside the arena, Zhang Lexuan widened her beautiful eyes and lightly covered her face with a slender, graceful hand. "That brat is a mental-attribute soul master!"

Yet Huo Yuhao's plan to dispose of Ma Xiaotao quickly still hit a snag: an assault-type cultivator like her had extremely sensitive physical instincts.

After being struck from behind the first time, she had become wary of anything at her back.

Thus, the moment she felt a chill at the back of her head, she immediately turned and exerted herself with sudden force.

Her abrupt backward movement pressed her rear against Huo Yuhao's third leg. As though struck by electricity, Huo Yuhao swiftly performed several sideways flips to put distance between them.

Veins bulged on Ma Xiaotao's forehead. As a Divine Descendant, she felt her precious body had been defiled and wished she could crawl into a crack in the ground.

"You little bastard! You dare defile me? You're dead. No one in heaven or earth can save you! You have my word."

She clenched her fist and punched-"Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike!" The martial soul passed down from the Phoenix God erupted once more. Waves of heat spread through the air to the ground, carrying a sense of utter annihilation.

Rage! Then a reversal and a killing blow? Unfortunately, the script did not unfold as the people of Shrek expected.

To those watching from outside, Ma Xiaotao was still, still punching empty air.

"But this should be your final strike!" At some unknown moment, Huo Yuhao's palm had suddenly pressed against Ma Xiaotao's lower abdomen.

Then Ma Xiaotao's body shot out like a cannonball in the direction of Huo Yuhao's thrust, crashing heavily into the spectator seating beyond the Soul Fighting Platform.

Huo Yuhao's strike was utterly decisive. By the time Ma Xiaotao flew off the Soul Fighting Platform, she had already lost consciousness in the midst of her rage.

"The Ordinary Alliance Team wins!" Jing Hongchen's voice rang out from the judges' seats.

Yes, Huo Yuhao had not entered as a member of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's team. Instead, he had entered as a student of an ordinary Soul Master Academy run by the Ordinary Alliance, which belonged to Shangguan Wei'er, the owner of the Mingyue Hotel.

In this life, he certainly had no interest in Shrek's glory and was even filled with hostility toward it, but that did not mean he had to do anything for Sun Moon's so-called imperial glory.

Of course, another reason was that, having become an [Audience] and repeatedly studied "Peerless Tang Sect," he understood what lay behind the apparent lack of connection between Sun Moon-especially the Xu Family's Sun Moon-and his father-in-law, [Tang Bingqing]...

"We won! We won! Our Sun Moon Empire won..." Below the platform, the spectators on Sun Moon's side cheered.

Though Huo Yuhao was not competing on behalf of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, the Ordinary Alliance was also a Sun Moon faction and still represented the Sun Moon Empire.

Meanwhile, the spectators from the various nations of Douluo wore gloomy expressions, as though mourning their own parents.

Shrek's ten thousand years of glory ceased to exist when Ma Xiaotao, a team member descended from a god, fell at Huo Yuhao's hands.

"You little beast! You dare injure a student of Shrek?" A barking voice rang out as Xuan Zi leaped forward.

"Brat, cut off those two hands that defiled our academy's female student, and I may spare your worthless life!" Xuan Zi told Huo Yuhao in a low voice.

"What are you saying, old man?" Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes and asked flatly.

"What I mean is this: since you injured my student, you cannot keep your hands. This is your punishment for not knowing how to restrain yourself," Xuan Zi said darkly.

"And if I refuse, what will you do?" Huo Yuhao asked again. "Will you, a representative of Shrek Academy, bite me right here?"

"Insolent brat!" Xuan Zi's fury made his hair stand on end. His formidable Super Douluo aura erupted, locking onto Huo Yuhao.