"Ha!"
Xie Huanyue, who had turned into a giant ball of flesh in midair, roared. His second Soul Ring lit up, and his thick right arm lashed out, stretching unnaturally as it whipped toward Huo Yuhao on the ground like a steel whip.
Huo Yuhao remained calm. Rather than scrambling out of the way, he merely slid his feet and tilted his body slightly, evading Xie Huanyue's strike with a Moonwalk.
He had always been this confident. His powerful perception and ability to anticipate attacks meant he never needed to make large movements to dodge.
When the teachers watching from the raised platform saw Xie Huanyue attack Huo Yuhao, they could not help sweating for the boy with only one ring.
Now that they had seen him dodge so easily, their opinions of him rose.
"I actually missed?" Xie Huanyue was a little surprised.
Though fat, he was not slow. He was also a bona fide defense-type Soul Elder who could double as half a Power Attack System fighter, with tremendous strength.
Just as he was about to press his attack, his head suddenly swayed. A sharp, stabbing pain shot through his skull, as though a needle had pierced it.
He instinctively closed his eyes and shook his head. At that very moment, a surge of agony struck his left knee, forcing it to buckle. Even with his formidable defenses, the violent impact left his knee joint aching and numb.
Wang Dong could not help shrinking her neck at the sight.
There it was again-Huo Yuhao's tried-and-true kick to the knee!
"Aaargh-you bastard!"
Thoroughly enraged by Huo Yuhao, Xie Huanyue lit up his purple third Soul Ring, and his entire body became a gigantic purple rubber ball. Recovering from the stabbing pain in his head, he stretched out his thick