Cheating Discovered!

At this moment, Huo Yuhao was using his first Soul Skills, Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Detection Sharing, to assist Bei Bei and Tang Ya right under the eyes of the spectators.

Fortunately, Huo Yuhao had hidden it well, and most people were watching the Soul Fighting match. No one noticed the yellow Soul Ring shining beneath his seat.

The main reason Huo Yuhao had resorted to something resembling cheating to help Tang Ya and Bei Bei was that, before the match, Tang Ya had fed him a load of persuasive talk, drilling into him that it was all for the Tang Sect's glory and the like.

As for why Huo Yuhao had only helped Tang Ya and Bei Bei when they were on the verge of losing, it was mainly because, although he felt Xu Sanshi's apology had been insincere, Xu Sanshi had apologized in the end. Winning by cheating like this just felt a little wrong.

Thus, when the match began, Huo Yuhao was still somewhat conflicted. But when he saw Bei Bei and Tang Ya fall into a disadvantage, Tang Ya's words, that it was all for the Tang Sect's glory, rang through his head.

That was what led him to use his first Soul Skills, Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Detection Sharing, at the most critical moment to assist Tang Ya and Bei Bei.

What Huo Yuhao did not know, however, was that someone sitting across from him had noticed what he was doing. That person was none other than Xu Xingyu.

Xu Xingyu was looking coldly in Huo Yuhao's direction. He had already felt that something was off about Bei Bei and Tang Ya's reversal, and after a mental search, he discovered a trace of spiritual fluctuation.

After pinpointing that trace of spiritual fluctuation, Xu Xingyu found Huo Yuhao, who was giving Bei Bei and Tang Ya a god's-eye view.

Xu Xingyu could only curse him as shameless in his heart. A match should be settled by the people involved. How could someone who had not even entered the arena have the face to cheat like this?

In Xu Xingyu's mind, if someone truly wanted to fight to defend their glory in a battle held as a match, then they had to face their opponents openly and honorably.

They did not necessarily have to charge straight into a head-on clash like a brute. Winning through strategy and skill was also a way of fighting.

But winning with help from outside the arena did not fall among those methods.

Without a doubt, anyone who dared resort to cheating was scum among men!

If a person had to cheat to defend their glory, then they were certainly unworthy of that glory in the first place!

Of course, if this were not a match but somewhere like a battlefield, then one should follow the principle that all was fair in war. In theory, such so-called cheating would no longer count as cheating, merely different ways of applying one's methods.

Unfortunately, this was a match, not a battlefield, so that principle could not be applied here.

Xu Xingyu watched Huo Yuhao continue to support Bei Bei and the others with Spiritual Detection and decided to stop him. He prepared to give Huo Yuhao a mild Mental Shock to interrupt his detection and warn him not to cheat.

However, just as Xu Xingyu began gathering his spiritual power and using Mental Shock in Huo Yuhao's direction, something unexpected happened!

For some reason, Huo Yuhao suddenly coughed up blood and fell unconscious. At the same time, the referee stopped the match and declared Bei Bei and Tang Ya the winners.

Xu Xingyu was puzzled. Even if Spiritual Detection gave Bei Bei and Tang Ya something like a god's-eye view, surely it was impossible for them to defeat Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran so quickly?

But Xu Xingyu's question was soon answered. For some reason, Xu Sanshi's Mysterious Serpent Soul Spirit had been released and had driven Bei Bei back.

At present, Shrek Academy's higher-ups had yet to fully acknowledge Soul Spirits. As such, releasing one in a Soul Fighting match would be treated as cheating by the referee, resulting in an immediate loss.

When Bei Bei and Tang Ya learned that they had won, both broke into smiles of wild delight.

But Xu Sanshi paid them no attention. For some reason, his Mysterious Serpent Soul Spirit kept flicking its tongue at him, as if trying to convey something.

Although Xu Sanshi did not have the ability to speak to snakes like a certain dark lord and a boy with a lightning-shaped scar, his contract with the Mysterious Serpent Soul Spirit still allowed him to vaguely understand what his good partner was saying.

As the Mysterious Serpent continued flicking its tongue, Xu Sanshi's face grew increasingly pale. Once the Mysterious Serpent had finished speaking, Xu Sanshi shouted angrily at Bei Bei, "You cheated!!!"

Bei Bei was somewhat surprised to hear this, but he still said dismissively, "Sanshi, a bet's a bet. Don't make a scene just because you can't take a loss."

Seeing Bei Bei's punchable face, utterly devoid of remorse, Xu Sanshi said angrily, "You say I'm making a scene!!! Fine, take a look at this!"

With that, the Mysterious Serpent Soul Spirit spat a small ball of light out of its stomach. The people in the arena could sense a spiritual fluctuation coming from it.

What made Bei Bei and Tang Ya turn deathly pale was that they recognized that spiritual fluctuation. That was right, the spiritual ball of light belonged to none other than Huo Yuhao, who had been helping Bei Bei and the others!

As it turned out, Huo Yuhao had previously had an idea similar to Xu Xingyu's. The difference was that Xu Xingyu had wanted to use Mental Shock to interrupt Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection.

Huo Yuhao, on the other hand, had planned to hit Xu Sanshi with a Soul Shock and Mental Interference, allowing his eldest senior brother to take advantage of the opening and land a decisive blow.

But the moment Huo Yuhao launched his Soul Shock, the Mysterious Serpent Soul Spirit sensed that its master was about to be sneak-attacked by an outsider. Disregarding the rules, it intercepted and swallowed Huo Yuhao's Soul Shock, causing the backlash to knock him unconscious.

At Xu Sanshi's request, the referee soon began examining the spiritual ball of light and found Huo Yuhao just as the people around him were about to take him to the infirmary.

After Huo Yuhao received some simple treatment, he was compelled to release his first Soul Skill. They learned that his first Soul Skill was Spiritual Detection and that he could share it with others.

With such conclusive evidence before him, the teacher acting as referee could only helplessly declare the match a draw.

The main reason Xu Sanshi's team was not declared the winner was that Xu Sanshi had failed to stop his Soul Spirit from intervening, which still counted as a violation.

Thus, the match was hastily brought to an end as a draw.

As for Huo Yuhao, who had assisted Bei Bei's side, the teacher acting as referee was so surprised by the effects of Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection that he merely gave him a stern warning, declaring that if there were a next time, he would be expelled.

Anyone with clear eyes could see that the academy was deliberately favoring Bei Bei's side with this result.

After all, under normal circumstances, the fair and impartial decision would have been to declare Bei Bei's side the losers outright.

But who was Bei Bei? He was the great-great-grandson of Mu En, the current Sea God Pavilion Master! Even if he had no intention of using this identity to help himself, teachers who knew who he was would always unconsciously favor him.

Xu Sanshi's side was very dissatisfied with the result, but he also knew that this was Shrek's turf. Whatever he did would be of no use.

So Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran could only swallow their resentment and leave the Soul Fighting Arena. But the incident also left an invisible rift between Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, who had once been inseparable.