Chapter 127: Na Na, you remind me of an old friend.
Ju Zi's best friend, Ke Ke, didn't think so much.
Now she only felt it was extremely regrettable.
One year—just one year—the handsome young man she had seen outside the academy had transformed into the number one genius, and now he was about to ascend to the top of the younger generation.
Regret, oh, such regret.
'Why didn't I make a move back then? What a great opportunity that was!'
'Now it's over. So many beauties in the academy are staring at him like hungry wolves. I guess I don't have a chance anymore.'
Lin Jiayi saw that it was about time and began to announce the challenge rules.
Huo Yuhao also went onto the stage alone, without arrogance or provocation. He just stood there, but his figure made many people involuntarily nervous.
Even those challengers who had been selected earlier felt immense pressure at this moment. A person's name, a tree's shadow—the number one genius, who had also won the championship of the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament and was called the core of the team—who could remain calm?
Countless students began to discuss. Many female students who saw Huo Yuhao for the first time even took out Soul Guidance telescopes and started cheering. Many of them didn't care about strength; they supported whoever was handsome. That's how realistic they were.
At this moment, Lin Jiayi had also finished announcing the rules of the competition. Before leaving the stage, he quietly mumbled a sentence to Huo Yuhao.
"Go easy on him, Yuhao."
"Yes, I understand, Director."
Xuan Ziwen, the referee, appeared, grinning so widely that his gums showed, looking proudly at his junior brother.
"The first match of the challenge tournament officially begins."
Both sides reported their names. The first challenger was a Level 5 Soul Engineer from the sixth grade of the teaching department. There was no need to mention his name because the first match ended in less than a minute.
"Second match."
"Third match."
Up until the tenth match, Huo Yuhao didn't rest throughout the entire process. If his soul power might have been exhausted before, that situation no longer existed after he obtained the Life Gold.
There was no need to use Ice Silkworm Metamorphosis, and "Heaven's Movement is Vigorous" echo was even more so. This intensity of continuous battles could only be described as ordinary; it couldn't put much pressure on him.
The previously existing doubts had all disappeared at this moment. The entire training ground was eerily quiet.
"Gulp~"
"Is this the true value of our Sun Moon Empire's number one genius? How on earth did he do it?"
"He's too strong! He didn't use any Soul Guidance Devices from start to finish! Is this really reasonable?!"
"I understand now. Even if the nine people from before went up together, they might not be Huo Yuhao's opponents. A Level 5 Soul Engineer is just like bullying a rookie to him!"
"Stop arguing! We need to learn Huo Yuhao's combat style! This is a rare learning opportunity!"
"—"
Xiao Hongchen was so happy he was numb. He knew, he just knew that Yuhao wouldn't disappoint him.
He could see that from beginning to end, Yuhao was trying his best to fight with his main Martial Soul, or rather, trying his best to consume his physical strength and stimulate his Martial Soul to achieve the effect of tempering.
Otherwise, with Yuhao's Soul Skill, a direct Metal Control would definitely render these soul guidance devices useless, and there would be no need to waste so much time.
In any case, he had made a huge profit today, winning back double what he had lost in the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament.
Indeed, trusting Yuhao was the right choice.
"The later matches won't be as profitable. I won't be the bookmaker then. I'll discuss it with Yuhao and have him win a few matches by a narrow margin. We'll make a fortune together, killing two birds with one stone, hehehe!"
Gu Yuena looked at Xiao Hongchen strangely from the side and spoke to Meng Hongchen for the first time.
"Your brother…" she said, tapping her temple, "Is there something wrong with him here?"
Meng Hongchen was speechless, like a bullied child, pulling her older brother aside and mercilessly beating him up.
In the tenth match, the person who came on stage piqued Huo Yuhao's interest.
"Wan Yijun, get out of here! You're no match for Huo Yuhao! Let me go on stage!"
A girl with long, dark hair, deep, gloomy eyes, and a somber, cold demeanor walked onto the arena. She completely disregarded the sixth-grade student she had replaced and provocatively looked at Huo Yuhao.
"Hmph, no teacher recommended me, so I came on stage myself. Huo Yuhao, right? My name is Na Na, a sixth-grade student from the Control System Soul Guidance Department."
"Please enlighten me!"
Control System?
Very good—have the geniuses from the academy finally started to appear? He had found so many matches a bit boring.
"Huo Yuhao, a thirty-eighth-level Control and Attack system Battle Soul Master, please enlighten me!"
Because he didn't use Soul Guidance Devices and fought as a Soul Master, Huo Yuhao didn't state his Soul Master type.
"Huo Yuhao, I will definitely defeat you!"
Saying so much nonsense was useless, and it wasn't Shrek. Huo Yuhao also had no mood to speak trash.
"Hmm, your name is very interesting. It reminds me of an old friend from Taipei."
"Nonsense!"
"The match begins."
With Xuan Ziwen's command, Na Na charged towards Huo Yuhao, directly using her Fourth Soul Skill, Resentful Spirit Restraint.
Her Martial Soul was a Spectre—a very standard evil Soul Master template. Its characteristic gave her a unique ability to switch between virtual and real, and when combined with Soul Guidance Devices in combat, it could enhance her attacks with a one-plus-one-is-greater-than-two effect.
For a moment, Huo Yuhao did feel his body being hard-controlled for an instant.
"Interesting!"
Na Na noticed the smile on Huo Yuhao's face. At this moment, she was already angry. Since the match was a life-and-death battle, killing him should also be permissible, right?
Sixth-grade Soul Guidance Device, Blinking Sword!
Combined with her own Martial Soul characteristics and her positioning as a close-combat, agility-attack system Soul Master, she was indeed very troublesome.
Huo Yuhao raised his hand to block the attack, and the wound on his right hand, which had been torn open by the sixth-grade Soul Guidance Device, healed in an instant.
"You want to kill me? Very good, that's how it should be."
He was happy to play with her. The joy of fishing was quite interesting.
Although Na Na was knocked back several steps by a punch from Huo Yuhao, it was the first time Huo Yuhao had used his Second Soul Skill in this challenge match.
"Spiritual Puppet."
Three beings identical to Huo Yuhao instantly appeared in the arena. Aside from their soul power fluctuations, everything else was almost the same.
Actually, Huo Yuhao had some experience with playing with souls at this point, but that wouldn't achieve the effect of stimulating his Martial Soul. It was the last match, so he might as well play slowly. For the first day's challenge match, he had to put on a good fight, didn't he?
But even so, these three clones, which inherited almost forty percent of Huo Yuhao's strength, instantly made Na Na flustered and only able to respond in a hurry.
Na Na, whose speed, strength, and application of Soul Guidance Devices were already fully capable of rivaling those at the peak of fifth-grade Soul Engineer, coupled with the sixth-grade Soul Guidance Devices she used, was enough to fight most sixth-grade Soul Engineers to a draw.
And the fact that Huo Yuhao could make her respond in a hurry shows how much trouble she was in.
One must know that these puppets only possessed forty percent of Huo Yuhao's strength, yet they were like undying cockroaches. Their strength, speed, and even that bizarre self-healing energy made her heart tremble violently.
"Tsk, you're not the only one who can use clones, I can too!"
The Second Soul Skill, Ghost Clone, could greatly increase her speed and create ghost clones. However, unlike Huo Yuhao's puppets, these were not solid entities and only served to confuse enemies.
After dealing with these three spiritual puppets, Na Na realized how ridiculous she had been just now. She had actually dared to challenge Huo Yuhao, the Sun Moon Empire's top genius, and even boasted about defeating him. He must be laughing at her in his heart by now, right?
However, she wouldn't give up so easily. She successively took out the Level 6 Soul Guidance Device, Light Spirit Blade, each strike aimed at killing Huo Yuhao.
"Wuwuwu, again! I won't give up like this!"
Huo Yuhao didn't think so much. After playing with her for another ten minutes, he also felt a bit tired. Without using mental power, this Spectre Martial Soul was actually quite good for tempering his Martial Soul.
"Then, it's time to end this."
He had just learned a good necromancy spell from Elder Yi, and it would be good to test it on this Na Na.
Soul Summoning, besides being able to summon souls, could also turn the tables and control the souls of living beings. It was simply the natural nemesis of a Spectre Martial Soul like Na Na's.
Na Na felt an extreme threat. Without thinking much, she directly used her trump card, Resentful Spirits, which played right into Huo Yuhao's trap.
The moment this Soul Skill was unleashed, she felt her own soul slip out of her control, and her body instantly became immobile.
"What did you do to me? My soul, give me back my soul!"
Huo Yuhao didn't want to hear any of that. If you're going to go for the kill, you have to be prepared for the consequences. I'm not even that arrogant.
"Let me show you my Great-Grandma's Iron Fist!"
Na Na found it hard to believe because she felt she would surely die from this strike.
"No, don't!!"
All that chattering was annoying. Huo Yuhao punched Na Na directly in the chest. And surprisingly, it wasn't as hard as her face.
"The tenth Soul Engineer challenge match, Huo Yuhao wins!"
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End of Chapter