Night had fallen. Huo Yuhao sat in a pavilion near Sea God Lake, silently gazing at Sea God Island across the lake, waiting for someone.
The gentle evening breeze stirred the lake's surface, creating ripples that danced around the moon's reflection. The leaves rustled in the trees surrounding the pavilion, creating a unique atmosphere.
Huo Yuhao didn't have to wait long; the person he was expecting arrived from the other side.
Ma Xiaotao.
Today, her fiery red hair wasn't pulled back into a ponytail. Instead, it was loose, cascading down her back. She wore a loose, white-gray casual top and a solid-colored skirt that reached her knees. Her smooth, fair calves were on display. Overall, she looked less stern than usual and more like a friendly older sister.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but steal a few glances, a hint of amazement in his eyes. To be honest, this was the first time he'd seen Ma Xiaotao dressed like this. Previously, she always wore outfits suitable for training or combat.
"Here, this is the Soul Bone secret technique you wanted."
A snow-white, smooth arm reached out and placed a dark red bone in front of Huo Yuhao.
"Thank you," Huo Yuhao said, carefully taking the Soul Bone and putting it into his Storage Ring.
Ma Xiaotao, adjusting her skirt, sat beside Huo Yuhao and asked, puzzled, "Yuhao, what are you doing with this Secret Technique Soul Bone? Although it's also a Soul Bone, it's far inferior to a real one. If you need a Soul Bone, I'll arrange it for you later. For example, I have two ten-thousand-year Soul Bones, and they were both given to me by the teacher."
Huo Yuhao's nose was filled with a delicate fragrance. He smiled and said, "It's a secret, I can't reveal it."
Ma Xiaotao pouted, "What? Can't even tell your senior sister? I went through a lot of trouble to get you this Soul Bone."
Huo Yuhao lied, "Sister, don't misunderstand. I actually got this Secret Technique Soul Bone to prepare a surprise for you. What's the point if I tell you now?"
"A surprise for me?" Ma Xiaotao was stunned.
"It's getting late, I'll go back to the dorm first. I still have to continue the assessment tomorrow," Huo Yuhao stood up and added in a low voice, "Sister, this is our secret, don't tell the teacher."
Ma Xiaotao's lips curved into a smile, her arms crossed in front of her chest. Her loose clothing usually concealed everything, but this pose accentuated her impressive figure, causing Huo Yuhao's eyes to widen.
He couldn't be blamed; who could resist such a temptation?
"You can keep it a secret from the teacher, but if I find out this surprise is fake, then…"
Huo Yuhao's forehead beaded with sweat. He chuckled nervously, "Don't worry, it's definitely a surprise."
Ma Xiaotao lowered her arms and stood directly in front of Huo Yuhao. At one meter seventy-eight, she was a few centimeters taller than the current one meter seventy-two Huo Yuhao, allowing her to look down slightly at him.
Just as Huo Yuhao was puzzled, Ma Xiaotao reached out and ruffled his hair, her voice softening. "I'll come and cheer for you at every match once you enter the elimination rounds."
Huo Yuhao chimed in with a smile, "Alright, I definitely won't disappoint you."
"Go back and rest," Ma Xiaotao said, withdrawing her hand.
"I'll be going then." Huo Yuhao nodded and turned to leave, while Ma Xiaotao watched him without moving.
But just as Huo Yuhao was about to walk away, he turned back, a strange look on his face. "Sis, I feel like you've been a bit gentler lately. Is it because the Evil Fire has been eliminated?"
Ma Xiaotao raised an eyebrow.
Huo Yuhao didn't say anything more and walked away.
"Gentle? Those two words can be used on me?" Ma Xiaotao looked at her hands, somewhat stunned.
But, it was true. Since the Evil Fire had been absorbed, she had been much more rational in her actions, and her temper had become much milder. She had even gotten a bit closer to some of her former rivals in the inner courtyard.
Especially with Ling Luochen. Their relationship used to be terrible, but now they could sometimes chat a few words.
On the way back to his dorm, Huo Yuhao felt much more relaxed. The secret Soul Bone was something he had asked for when he helped Ma Xiaotao absorb the Evil Fire.
According to the original story, Zhou Yi would bet a Soul Bone with Mujin. The Soul Bone Mujin lost was a secret technique Soul Bone, which was later used in the fusion with the Ice Emperor. That Soul Bone at least reduced Huo Yuhao's suffering by thirty percent.
In this life, Zhou Yi had been transferred away. Even if they bet again, it wouldn't concern him. Luckily, the academy had someone who could help. Otherwise, he would have to endure more pain. He didn't have a masochistic streak, so he would definitely try to reduce the pressure.
"Just a kiss."
"No, someone could come anytime."
"No one will come, I've been observing for days."
"Don't lie to me."
"Why would I lie to you? Hurry..."
"Mmm."
Walking along, Huo Yuhao suddenly stopped when he passed a deserted garden path. He heard voices.
Raising an eyebrow, Huo Yuhao's expression became strange. Wow, he actually guessed right. Were people really using these gardens as a place for... that?
As a good youth of the modern age, Huo Yuhao deeply detested this kind of behavior. He walked to the side of the garden and took out a firework Soul Tool from his Storage Ring. It was a very small ball.
Following the sound, Huo Yuhao twisted the Soul Tool, then quickly threw it out. After completing this set of actions, he didn't stop at all, and took off running.
"Crack, crack."
Less than three seconds later, in the garden, colorful lights suddenly appeared, along with crackling sounds.
Besides the sound of the firework Soul Tool, there was also a roar and a cry of surprise.
"Who, who the hell threw this crap?"
On the way, Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, concealing his accomplishments and fame as he departed nonchalantly.
Early the next morning, the scene was the same – Sector 33. However, there were no senior students present to watch today.
The teams in the entire assessment area had been reduced to six, but except for Huo Yuhao's team, which remained in Sector 33, the others had either been replaced or eliminated.
The five newly added teams were all the second or third-place teams from other assessment areas, and their strength was significantly greater than before.
Dai Qiuyu was still the examiner here. She smiled and said, "Given that Huo Yuhao's team is the first-place team in this assessment area, they will be the first to compete in today's sixth round of assessments. You all know the rules of the competition, so I won't go into detail. Let's start early."
"Sector 33, the first match of the sixth round of the freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao's team versus Huang Chutian's team. Both sides, take your positions. Everyone else, evacuate to the waiting area outside the competition stage."
The members of the other four teams quickly left, leaving only six people on the field.
"Twins?" Xiao Xiao raised a delicate eyebrow, looking at the team of Huang Chutian, where there was a pair of identical-looking girls.
Huo Yuhao lowered his voice, "Their Martial Souls are both hair, and they have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Be careful."
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill?" Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's eyebrows shot up, surprise evident in their eyes.
Such a skill was enough for two Soul Grand Masters to fight beyond their level.
"Wang Dong, you focus on them later. Xiao Xiao, you take on Huang Chutian. His Martial Soul is the Mighty Ape; he's very strong, but he can't break through your Triple Soul Suppression Cauldron's defense."
"No problem." Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong nodded in agreement.
While the three were discussing, Huang Chutian's side was also discussing their strategy.
Dai Qiuyu had calculated the time, allowing both sides a minute to communicate. She said in a deep voice, "Prepare yourselves. Introduce yourselves to each other."
Hearing this, the six of them focused their gazes and then announced their names one by one.
"Begin the match."
"Roar."
As the words fell, Huang Chutian slammed his chest fiercely. Intense, earthen-yellow Soul Power pulsed, and two yellow Soul Rings rose from him. A three-meter-tall Mighty Ape silhouette flashed and merged into his body.
In an instant, Huang Chutian's body began to swell, his muscles bulging. His exposed muscles turned a black-iron color, and his eyes became yellow. Two canine teeth extended from his mouth.
Behind him, two petite, adorable girls each had two hundred-year Soul Rings floating above them. Their heads shimmered with a pale blue light, and their hair moved without any wind.
On Huo Yuhao's side, except for Huo Yuhao, who still concealed his Soul Rings, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao both released theirs. Wang Dong floated in the air, while Xiao Xiao stood in front of Huo Yuhao, appearing harmless.
In their eyes, everything within the assessment area became crystal clear. They could see every minute movement of Huang Chutian and his two teammates.
Spiritual Detection was already activated.
As expected, it was much more difficult now that the teams had changed.
Huang Chutian and the other two were all Soul Grand Masters, while only Huo Yuhao and his two companions had been Soul Grand Masters in the previous thirty-third district.
"That Huo Yuhao is up to no good. Ouyang Junyi told us to be careful. I'll deal with him and Xiao Xiao. You two, hold Wang Dong back."
Huang Chutian roared, his body bursting forward.
Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo's eyes were bright. They quickly stood together, and the sisters urged their Soul Power. Before long, their hair began to grow rapidly and fly in the wind, soon catching up with Huang Chutian.
Huang Chutian really moved like a tank. The competition stage trembled slightly.
When he reached a suitable position, Huang Chutian leaped up and punched at Xiao Xiao, the force of his blow even producing a whistling sound.
The hair behind him whipped towards Wang Dong.
A smirk played on Wang Dong's lips. Ignoring the ground, she spread her wings and flew directly towards the hair. While in the air, she had already released her first Soul Skill, Winged Guillotine.
The blue-gold wings subtly revealed a metallic luster.
Facing such a peculiar entity as the hair, sharp cutting attacks were perfectly suited to counter it.
On the ground, Xiao Xiao's expression showed no sign of nervousness. The aura of Huang Chutian and that of a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, which he had been training with daily, were worlds apart.
Just as Huang Chutian's fist descended, a shadow seemed to appear in the void. Huang Chutian's eyes widened in shock as his fist slammed into an incredibly hard object.
Boom. A resounding explosion echoed out.
A powerful surge of Soul Power swept outwards, stirring up the dust on the ground.
The violent recoil forced Huang Chutian to withdraw his attack. He looked at the suddenly appearing black giant cauldron with three legs and two ears in front of Xiao Xiao with a look of surprise.
"So hard." Huang Chutian's yellow eyes moved slightly, and he immediately had an idea. The Soul Power in his body surged, and his second Soul Ring suddenly lit up.
"Force Cannon Hammer."
A thick yellow light permeated Huang Chutian's entire body, and his already burly muscles swelled again. The light rhythmically gathered from his whole body onto his fists. The next moment, Huang Chutian punched at Xiao Xiao, and the yellow light turned into a solid light ball, flying straight out.
With Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Soul Skill, Xiao Xiao had long since seen through Huang Chutian's every move and had prepared her defense in advance.
"Whoosh." As the light ball flew over, Xiao Xiao quickly reacted, pushing the Triple Soul Suppression Cauldron forward, blocking the path of the light ball.
But just as she had prepared her defense, Huang Chutian gave a strange smile. With a thought, the light ball actually took a turn and headed towards Huo Yuhao behind Xiao Xiao.
His main target had been Huo Yuhao from the very beginning, not Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong.
He was using the Force Cannon Hammer Soul Skill in a curving manner for the first time; it was sure to catch his opponent off guard.
After doing all this, Huang Chutian quickly moved forward, wanting to defeat Xiao Xiao.
"First Soul Skill, Cauldron's Tremor."
Xiao Xiao didn't intend to help Huo Yuhao at all. As the light sphere bypassed her, her first Soul Ring lit up. In the air on either side of Huang Chutian, two more black shadows condensed, and along with the Triple Soul Suppression Cauldron that had been pushed forward, they contracted the space, trapping Huang Chutian inside.
The three giant cauldrons pressed down, and a strong sense of crisis surged through Huang Chutian's body. His first Soul Ring ignited fiercely, his fists were enveloped in yellow light, and he jumped up. But at this moment, his pupils suddenly widened, as if he had seen something unbelievable.
The light sphere that had locked onto Huo Yuhao and flown towards him didn't hit him. Instead, it passed just a few centimeters to the left of Huo Yuhao's ear and directly struck the hard floor behind him, blasting out a crack.
And Huo Yuhao remained with his hands in his pockets the entire time, without even moving. His gaze was as calm as could be.
The only thing that moved was Huo Yuhao's hair and the edges of his clothes, stirred by the wind created when the light sphere hit the ground. Perhaps this could be considered a hit?
The other four groups on the sidelines were stunned. That display of awesomeness deserved full marks. Dai Qiuyu's gaze became serious; she once again saw the golden light flashing in Huo Yuhao's eyes.
Despite their shock, Huang Chutian didn't dare to underestimate Xiao Xiao's Soul Skill. His fists were covered in yellow light as he leaped upwards, trying to escape before the Triple Soul Suppression Cauldron could close in.
He jumped out of the encirclement and directly faced Xiao Xiao, but he also saw the smile in her eyes.
"Clang!"
The next moment, the three giant cauldrons collided, emitting a booming sound. Suddenly, a powerful震荡力 (tremor) swept outward, as if the air was distorted, directly enveloping Huang Chutian, who was in mid-air.
Huang Chutian, suspended in the air, was like meat on a chopping board, directly hit by this震荡力 (tremor). He was completely stunned and his body went limp, collapsing downwards.
At the same time, Xiao Xiao's second Soul Ring lit up in sequence.
Her first Soul Skill currently only caused a very short period of stun, so she had to string together continuous control.
Three Triple Soul Suppression Cauldron were emanating a black flow of light, about to disperse.
"Huang Chutian!"
On the other side, the twin sisters, who were constantly being blocked by Wang Dong, also changed their expressions drastically and immediately increased the intensity of their attacks.
But Wang Dong flew in the air, severing all the incoming hair, completely cutting off the connection between the two sisters and their teammate.
Wang Dong's Winged Guillotine was too effective against the two of them.
Hair fell from the air, tinged with an ice-blue glow, and then dissipated into Soul Power light points.
"Second Soul Skill, Cauldron's Tremor!"
The three giant cauldrons vibrated simultaneously, spreading a shocking black halo. Huang Chutian had just woken up from the dizziness of the Cauldron's Tremor, but before he could defend himself, his body was once again covered by the black halo. The intense vibrations caused him great pain in his brain, and the dizziness was even stronger than before.
Xiao Xiao waved her jade-like hand, and a Triple Soul Suppression Cauldron detached from the formation, directly slamming into Huang Chutian's back. Even though it didn't inflict much damage, it knocked him off the stage.
Dai Qiuyu promptly moved forward and caught Huang Chutian, who was still in a daze.
On the competition stage, the twin sisters also focused their gazes. Without any hesitation, they, in perfect unison, activated their hair to attack Wang Dong, preventing her from being distracted.
In the next moment, the expressions on the sisters' faces softened, and they reached out to embrace each other.
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