Huo Yuhao's Hat Trick!

Soon, both teams entered the arena. Not only the competing students but even the homeroom teachers of their two classes were tense.

On Wang Dong's team, she and a tall boy stood at the front, while the petite Xiao Xiao stood a short distance behind them.

Huo Yuhao's team had changed its formation. This time, he took the lead himself, with Wu Feng one step behind him. Ning Tian stood behind Wu Feng, subtly sheltered by her.

"Both sides, announce your names!" The teacher serving as referee looked at Huo Yuhao with lingering apprehension. He had also refereed yesterday's match in which Xie Huanyue had been injured, and Du Weilun had berated him for three straight hours afterward.

Referee: In the end, I was the one who shouldered it all...

"Freshman Class One, Wang Dong."

"Freshman Class One, Xiao Xiao."

"Freshman Class One, Lu Renjia."

After the members of Freshman Class One's team introduced themselves, Huo Yuhao and his teammates announced their names as well. With the referee's declaration, this match to decide who would advance from the final sixteen to the quarterfinals officially began.

"Seven Treasures turn, bringing forth colored glass. Seven Treasures Have Names, first: speed!"

Two dazzling beams of multicolored light flowed into Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng. Using the footwork of the Heavenly Net Art, Huo Yuhao became a series of afterimages and shot straight toward Wang Dong like lightning.

"Wang Dong, do you dare fight me?!"

Xiao Xiao's gaze sharpened at the sight, and she raised both hands before her.

Then the two yellow soul rings around her suddenly became one. The Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron hovered above her head, while a jade-green flute appeared in her hands.

The jade flute was very long, with lifelike phoenixes carved in relief along its surface. In contrast to the steady presence of the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, holding it gave Xiao Xiao the ethereal beauty of a fairy untouched by worldly dust.

The yellow hundred-year soul ring quietly lit up, and a haunting melody sounded. It was not particularly pleasing to the ear, but it conveyed a thick, viscous sensation. A jade-green halo spread outward from Xiao Xiao's body.

As Huo Yuhao's charging figure touched the jade-green halo, he abruptly faltered, then immediately slowed down.

"Twin martial souls!" Xuan Zi abruptly rose in the stands, his eyes blazing. "What a promising seedling! A pity, though. It's too early to add a soul ring to her second martial soul. She probably wanted a secret weapon for the Freshman Assessment, but the loss outweighs the gain."

What Xiao Xiao was using was her second martial soul, the Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Flute. Although it had only one soul ring, at that moment, she was already performing the role of a control system tool Soul Master.

The slowing effect was only twenty percent, but Huo Yuhao had been moving so fast that the sudden drop made the effect especially obvious.

Seeing Xiao Xiao halt Huo Yuhao's charge, Wang Dong hurriedly released her Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul. Her enormous, dazzling wings spread out, shielding Xiao Xiao behind her.

"Then let's fight! Why wouldn't I dare?!"

Wang Dong's wings instantly aligned with her arms, and sharp golden edges formed along their rims. This was her first soul skill, the extremely destructive Winged Guillotine.

The Winged Guillotine slashed straight toward Huo Yuhao's chest. Wang Dong had watched his earlier battles against other teams and understood his close-combat abilities very well. Now, she focused every ounce of her attention on preparing for his next attack.

"I was only joking. You're really taking this seriously?"

Suddenly, Huo Yuhao chuckled. His supposedly slowed figure shot forward once more, but his target was not Wang Dong. It was the male student standing beside her, Lu Renjia.

Until now, he had only revealed the strength of the Heavenly Net Art's first three levels. In reality, after three months, he had already attained minor mastery. He had deliberately pretended to be slowed just now to catch them off guard.

"Eight Extremes Collapse!"

Poor Lu Renjia did not even have time to release his martial soul before Huo Yuhao's right elbow slammed into his chest. This time, however, the referee had learned his lesson. Before Lu Renjia could fly backward, he took him out of the arena.

Random extra: Clocking out, brothers.

Seeing Huo Yuhao eliminate her teammate outright, Wang Dong froze. Only a moment later did she realize that he had played her.

"Huo Yuhao, you liar!" Wang Dong shouted furiously. "Don't you dare fight me fair and square? What kind of hero resorts to these schemes and tricks?"

Huo Yuhao watched the little princess Wang Dong put on her show but ignored her. After all, trying to reason with a spoiled little princess like her would only earn him a couple of "I'm not listening! I'm not listening!"

"Wu Feng, take Wang Dong out first, then go for Xiao Xiao!"

Huo Yuhao shouted and shot forward again. At his words, Wu Feng stopped guarding Ning Tian and charged toward Wang Dong.

Wang Dong's heart lurched, and she hurriedly focused on defending herself. Yet Huo Yuhao, who had been rushing toward her, changed direction once again and shot toward Xiao Xiao instead.

"Huo Yuhao!!!" Wang Dong shrieked. "You bastard! I won't let you get away with this!"

"Stop shouting. Your opponent is me."

Wu Feng had already reached Wang Dong, and her dragon-scaled arm drove a punch toward Wang Dong's chest.

At that moment, however, Wang Dong's thousand-year second soul ring lit up, and the wings formed by her Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul blazed with light.

The golden patterns on her azure wings erupted with brilliant radiance, like tiny suns set ablaze.

All these patterns were concentrated on her forewings. Her left forewing abruptly twisted to face behind her, while her right forewing faced Wu Feng. The golden patterns on both wings shone intensely at the same time.

Wang Dong's entire body turned golden at that moment. Her dazzling wings simultaneously fired small balls of light forward and backward, surrounding Wu Feng like clusters of tiny suns.

Wu Feng, who was in the middle of unleashing Dragon's Wrath, was almost instantly swallowed by the golden light. Her second soul skill was forcibly interrupted. She felt a flash of warmth over her body before she was blasted violently away.

The powerful attack of the thousand-year soul skill, combined with the soul power backlash caused by the forced interruption of her own skill, made Wu Feng spit out a mouthful of blood. She collapsed unconscious on the ground.

The referee swiftly entered the arena and carried Wu Feng away. Meanwhile, the teachers in the stands shifted their attention to Huo Yuhao, who had already reached a point ten meters in front of Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao withdrew her second martial soul, the Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Flute. The Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron above her head abruptly split into three, surrounding Huo Yuhao. Her second soul skill, Cauldron's Shock, activated.

Xiao Xiao had no intention of underestimating her opponent. After all, Huo Yuhao had defeated a Soul Elder head-on, which was why she had unleashed her strongest soul skill right from the outset.

A layer of black ripples surged from the cauldrons. Trapped within their encirclement, Huo Yuhao shuddered and fell into a daze.

Wang Dong beat her wings and shot toward Huo Yuhao, poised to bring her Winged Guillotine slashing down from above.

"It's all over!" Wild delight immediately appeared on Zhou Yi's face, and she looked smugly toward Mu Jin beside her.