Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Aside from Dai Huabin, one of the strongest new recruits, being impaled in the waist by a level 17 Soul Master, preventing him from unleashing his full potential in later matches, and then being defeated by Xie Huanyue and her group, ultimately only managing a regrettable third-place finish,
Huo Yuhao, the dark horse, emerged.
Although he remained largely invisible within the team, after Xiao Xiao left, Fan Yu did his utmost to place a level 25 Great Soul Master in his team—someone who had missed the recruitment registration due to an accident, but by chance, Fan Yu encountered him. (The power of destiny circulates)
Since helping him defeat Dai Huabin, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had never made another move, claiming that there were too many strong individuals at Shrek Academy, and his last action had already attracted some attention.
Huo Yuhao was fighting so desperately because he desperately needed the status of a core disciple.
Right now, his mother's revenge was paramount, so he followed Tianmeng's advice—to absorb Shrek Academy's resources as much as possible, strengthen himself, and avenge his mother first.
As for Su Wen, he was indeed someone Huo Yuhao couldn't afford to offend right now.
Therefore, Huo Yuhao chose to endure.
lEven after being transferred to Mu Jin's class, Zhou Yi's arch-rival, he remained silent, activating his "invisibility" skill.
Even Dai Huabin, who wanted nothing more than to kill him, didn't realize for a moment that the little bastard had actually "infiltrated" his class.
Wang Dong obtained a ten-thousand-year soul bone from the Haotian Sect and gave it to Xiao Xiao as an apology.
The latter repeatedly refused, but under Wang Dong's insistence, she accepted the friendship.
"Classmates, congratulations on passing the first round of assessments."
On the square,Du Weilun smiled and announced.
"Next, I will announce the awards."
"First place, Su Wen's team!"
*Clap clap clap clap~*
A round of enthusiastic applause erupted across the entire playground.
Su Wen, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng strode forward, drawing envious glances from the crowd.
Even Dai Huabin, who disliked Su Wen, had no objections to their first-place finish.
After all, Su Wen had just fought Zhou Yi head-on, a Soul Emperor who could cripple someone of that level.
His talent was terrifyingly monstrous; even a quick glance through history wouldn't reveal a comparable figure.
He was highly likely to reach the Limit Douluo level in the future, the treasure of Shrek Academy.
Therefore, no one was even thinking about competing with him; they were only focused on building a closer relationship.
From the first day of the elimination rounds,the fact that every team Su Wen encountered surrendered revealed something. The only difference was the excuse—diarrhea, menstruation…
"Second place, Xie Huan Yue Team!"
"Third place, Dai Huabin Team!"
"Step forward!"
Du Weilun announced the rewards in a few words.
Besides the first-place team receiving a Soul Bone, the top four teams would each receive a chance for a powerful academy member to help them acquire a Soul Ring.
Then came the selection of core disciples.
"Su Wen!"
"Ning Tian!"
"Wu Feng!"
"..."
"Chen Yan Jin!"
This continued until Huo Yuhao's team.
Huo Yuhao's face was filled with barely concealed excitement.
This was the first time he had reached fourth place in the freshman team through his own efforts.
He eagerly awaited Du Weilun's name being called.
But the latter glanced at Huo Yuhao, then skipped over him and called out the name of another member of the team: "Wang Tao!" (In the original story, he possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Technique and even won first place in the freshman team, which is why Du Weilun gave him a "backup" core disciple position. Now, he's completely invisible, and even a "backup" position is unlikely.)
"Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo!"
"Eleven people in total. I hope you will achieve even greater success in the future."
Huo Yuhao stood there, stunned.
The joy and excitement on his face slowly froze, as if he had sunk into another world.
At this moment, all sounds faded away from him, and he felt lost and adrift, like someone drowning.
He had worked so hard and finally achieved results.
But now, he looked like a clown.
"Next is the list of candidates for core disciples."
"Long Xiangyue, Cui Yajie, Nanmen Yun'er, Huang Chutian The reading is complete."
Accompanied by a burst of enthusiastic applause,Huo Yuhao's heart sank to the bottom.
His name was still not on the list...
The boy seemed resilient, but in reality, he harbored a dark side that was unimaginable to ordinary people.
The trauma of his childhood could not be easily healed. In the original story, he had the care of a group of teachers and the companionship of his lover, which made him feel at home at Shrek Academy.
This dark side was suppressed, but it also subtly erupted later—for example, the Mingdu explosion. He had no respect for life.
How many people can an ordinary evil soul master kill in a lifetime?
More than ten thousand would be a stretch.
But Huo Yuhao, in just his trip to Mingdu, slaughtered at least hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.
Not to mention later, when he couldn't defeat the Sun Moon Empire, he used the pretext of assassinating Xu Tianran to massacre unarmed civilians in Mingdu.
He didn't fall into the evil spirit master path, nor was he forced by Zhongli Wu to become a holy son; it was purely because Ilex suppressed him.
Otherwise, when he first encountered the Soul King in the Mingdou Mountains, he probably would have already opened the door to a new world.
But in this life the darkness in his heart couldn't be suppressed.
Tianmeng remained silent in the sea of consciousness, quietly watching the boy with his head bowed, letting the shadows cover his face, his fists almost clenched into his flesh.
What it needed was a boy who could walk the path to godhood,not a cowardly and incompetent boy whose only goal was supposedly revenge for his mother.
Even if this path to godhood was slightly distorted, as long as he possessed great strength—wasn't Rakshasa God also a god? Slaughter wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
To transform and grow, the first step is setbacks.
Therefore, it didn't offer any words of comfort.
Instead, she allowed a seed of hatred to be planted in Huo Yuhao's heart, taking root and sprouting.
After a long while, the awards ceremony ended.
Aseveryone dispersed,Tianmeng said leisurely, "Yuhao, your efforts were still worthwhile.
Although you lost your core disciple status, it's still quite good that you had Shrek Academy experts help you hunt for spirit rings. Quickly cultivate to level twenty these next two days and prepare to set off."
"Okay, Brother Tianmeng."
Huo Yuhao whispered.
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