N-A-A Chapter 78: We'll Definitely Take Down Huo Yuhao
Chapter 78: We'll Definitely Take Down Huo Yuhao
Chapter 78: We'll Definitely Take Down Huo Yuhao
Seeing Huo Yuhao and the other two step forward, Du Weiren smiled and gestured for them to stand in the center.
Hearing the lavish praise for Huo Yuhao around him, Dai Huabin's face grew even darker, and the sinister look in his eyes intensified.
How dare this bastard stand above me?
Du Weilun did not stop the students from cheering. He waited about ten seconds before telling them to be quiet and then smiled and said, "Alright, now I will announce the rewards for the top three teams in the freshman assessment."
The academy will grant each member of the top three teams a promise: when you need to acquire a spirit ring in the future, you can request it from the academy, which will assist you in obtaining a spirit ring that is within your limits and is most suitable for your spirit attribute.
Upon hearing this, the first-year students below erupted in a chorus of exclamations mixed with surprise and envy.
This reward is extraordinary; it's equivalent to the academy guaranteeing that the next spirit ring for Huo Yuhao and his nine companions will definitely be a limit spirit ring, and it will certainly be a spirit ring that is highly compatible with their own attributes.
Du Weilun took this opportunity to encourage all the new students, then announced the list of the new core disciples and declared the award ceremony for the new student assessment to be over.
"In view of the outstanding performance and undefeated record of the champion Huo Yuhao's team throughout the competition, the academy has decided to award them an additional special prize."
Alright, now please return to the teaching building according to the latest class assignments, led by your respective homeroom teachers. Huo Yuhao's team, follow me to collect your extra rewards.
After the class assignments were completed, the other students followed their class teachers back to their classrooms, while Huo Yuhao and his two companions were led by Du Weilun through the winding streets of Shrek Academy, eventually arriving at the door of the Martial Soul Department Dean's office.
Du Weiren stepped forward and respectfully knocked gently on the door.
"Please come in."
A gentle voice came from inside.
Du Weilen pushed open the door and gestured for Huo Yuhao and the other two to enter.
After the three went inside, Du Weiren respectfully closed the door again from the outside and then left on his own.
In the office, Yan Shaozhe, dressed in white and exuding a refined air, was sitting upright in his chair processing documents.
He saw the three people walk in, a gentle smile appeared on his face, and he pointed to the sofa next to him: "You three, please sit down first."
Compared to Huo Yuhao, who remained calm, Ning Tian and Wu Feng appeared somewhat surprised and reserved.
They never expected that this so-called special reward would be personally awarded by the Dean of the Martial Soul Department.
As the three sat down on the sofa, Yan Shaozhe temporarily put down the documents in his hand, his gaze lingering on each of the three for a moment before finally settling on Huo Yuhao.
He smiled slightly and took out a leather pouch with dark red patterns from his storage soul tool.
"All three of you are very good, especially Huo Yuhao," Yan Shaozhe said in a gentle voice. "This year's freshmen are the highest-quality class the academy has ever enrolled in in nearly a hundred years."
Your ability to stand out in such fierce competition and ultimately win the championship is proof enough of your excellence. Therefore, to recognize your outstanding performance, the academy has prepared an extra special reward for you. Open it and take a look.
As he spoke, Yan Shaozhe handed the exquisite leather case to Huo Yuhao.
As Huo Yuhao opened the skin pouch, a blazing red light flashed out the next moment.
A strange red bone, resembling a miniature human right arm bone, floated up amidst a surge of intense soul power.
This soul bone is completely translucent, as if it were carved from the finest red crystal, with fine, scale-like patterns covering its surface.
Five slender finger bones pointed upwards, each fingertip emitting a faint red glow.
"Soul bone?"
Compared to Huo Yuhao, whose expression remained calm, Ning Tian and Wu Feng's eyes showed obvious fluctuations.
Wu Feng, in particular, looked at the soul bone with an exceptionally burning gaze.
After all, no matter how wealthy Shrek Academy is, it won't have too many soul bones in reserve.
This level of treasure is usually only awarded to the most talented and outstanding students, or those who have made special contributions to the academy.
The one before us is clearly a dragon soul bone of at least ten thousand years old, making it exceptionally rare.
Yan Shaozhe looked at Huo Yuhao, whose expression remained unchanged and showed no sign of being moved, and sighed inwardly.
The last time I brought out the right leg bone of the 50,000-year-old Icefield Wolf King, this kid didn't seem interested at all.
However, this soul bone was not originally prepared for this kid.
It's really too difficult to find a high-age soul bone suitable for this kid.
Although Shrek Academy has a profound foundation, it is ultimately only close to the Star Dou Great Forest, and the high-age spiritual attribute and ice attribute soul bones accumulated over ten thousand years are still extremely scarce.
As for those high-level soul bones with auxiliary functions that might be suitable for Huo Yuhao or Ning Tian, those soul bones are basically all on the elders of the Sea God Pavilion, and it is impossible for them to be offered as rewards.
The fire-attribute dragon right arm bone in front of him was not something Yan Shaozhe would have given as a reward if it weren't unsuitable for Ma Xiaotao to absorb, and also because of Huo Yuhao.
Yan Shaozhe glanced at the excited Wu Feng and gently introduced, "This soul bone is a right arm bone, which originated from a ten-thousand-year-old Flame Dragon."
This fire dragon possesses extremely pure dragon blood, and this soul bone contains the essence of its bloodline.
After evaluation by the academy, if a Soul Master can successfully fuse with it, there is a high chance that they can improve the quality of their own Martial Soul by utilizing the power of the dragon bloodline contained within.
It's important to understand that the words "pure dragon bloodline" are not something that can be said casually.
If a soul bone of this caliber were to appear at an auction, it could easily fetch a sky-high price of tens of millions of gold soul coins, or even be priceless, with no one willing to sell it.
Even Ning Tian, the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, would find it difficult to produce such a soul bone that seemed tailor-made for Wu Feng.
Wu Feng is currently a Great Soul Master, but when his Martial Soul is possessed, he can only form the Dragon Claw transformation on his left hand. If he absorbs this right arm bone, he might be able to form the Dragon Claw transformation on his right hand at the same time, which would greatly increase his strength.
This is a tremendous boost to Wu Feng's talent potential, not to mention that the bloodline power contained within can further improve the quality of her Red Dragon Martial Soul.
"Alright, I'll also give you this skin. It can shield your soul power fluctuations. Remember to integrate it as soon as you get back. Although the academy is very safe, you still need to remember that 'a common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime.'"
"At the same time, you must keep the fact that you have received the Soul Bone reward a secret from the academy. I believe you all know about it," Yan Shaozhe instructed.
Huo Yuhao nodded, waved his hand, and a surge of soul power flowed out, pulling the suspended soul bone back into the skin.
"Then thank you for the reward from the academy."
He stood up and bowed to Yan Shaozhe.
Ning Tian and Wu Feng also quickly stood up and bowed.
Yan Shaozhe smiled and nodded.
The three then left the office.
Watching their disappearing figures, Yan Shaozhe leaned back in his chair, shook his head, and sighed softly, "Youth is wonderful. I hope you don't end up like I did back then."
In the deserted corridor outside, Huo Yuhao casually swung the leather pouch in his hand, noticing that Wu Feng's gaze kept following the pouch.
Wu Feng realized his lapse in composure and quickly looked away, his face burning.
She naturally knew that if it weren't for Huo Yuhao, the academy would never have offered this soul bone as a reward.
The value of this soul bone is so high that even if she sold herself, she probably couldn't afford it.
Huo Yuhao glanced at Wu Feng, who had turned her head away, and stopped teasing her. He simply shoved the leather pouch into her hand and said, "This thing is useless to Ning Tian and me. Besides, I already have plans for my future soul bones."
Wu Feng felt the texture of the leather bag in his hand, bit his lower lip lightly, and whispered, "I will return it to you later."
Seeing her somewhat awkward expression, Huo Yuhao became curious: "What are you planning to repay me with later?"
Upon being asked this, Wu Feng's cheeks instantly turned bright red. Recalling the embarrassing things Ning Tian had said to him last night, he stammered, "You, me and the young master..."
Before she could finish speaking, Ning Tian, who was standing next to her with a mischievous smile, covered her mouth.
Ning Tian pushed Wu Feng, whose face was flushed with embarrassment, forward.
"Alright, Fengmei. There will be plenty of opportunities to properly thank Yuhao later."
Ning Tian thought to himself with a smug smile, "I just persuaded Wu Feng last night, and today the academy has provided an assist. What does this mean?"
This means I'm definitely going to win over Huo Yuhao this weekend!
Once those decisive outfits are delivered, he and Feng Mei will be able to make Huo Yuhao "surrender without resistance".
……
Seeing Huo Yuhao and his two companions walking along the path toward the freshman teaching building, Mu Jin, who had been waiting there, greeted them with a beaming smile.
"Teacher Mu, is there something you need from us waiting here?"
Huo Yuhao asked with some curiosity, "Could it be that Mu Jin and Zhou Yi made another bet this time?"
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A smile that Mu Jin couldn't hide radiated from her face, revealing her satisfaction and contentment.
"Yuhao, do you still remember your battle with Tang San? That time, I made a bet with their homeroom teacher and luckily won this soul bone."
As she spoke, the storage soul tool in her hand flashed, and a leather pouch appeared in her hand, which she handed to Huo Yuhao.
"This contains a Mystic Soul Bone. In terms of quality alone, it's not top-tier among soul bones, but it has a special function—fusion. If you can find two soul bones with similar attributes in the future, you can fuse them together to enhance their effects."
For those who need it, it's priceless. But my personal suggestion is that, Yuhao, you could find a suitable opportunity in the future to exchange this soul bone for another soul bone that's more suitable for you.
"Of course, I'm just giving you a suggestion. How you use it is entirely up to you, Yuhao. Alright, you guys should go back to class now. Teacher Wang Yan is still waiting for you in the classroom."
As Mu Jin spoke, the smile on her face became even more undisguised.
Not only because the champion of this year's freshman assessment was her class, Class 9, another important reason is that Zhou Yi had recently fulfilled her bet and was able to become the assistant class teacher of Class 1 after the class division.
Huo Yuhao did not refuse and casually put the skin back into his storage soul tool.
This secret technique can reduce the pain during soul bone fusion by 20%, and also increase the perfection of the fusion effect. It is indeed useful to him, so Huo Yuhao naturally won't be pretentious.
"Thank you, Teacher Mu."
After saying goodbye to Mu Jin, the three returned to their newly assigned classroom.
"Report!" The three of them shouted in unison as they stood outside the classroom door.
"Come in," came Wang Yan's gentle voice from inside.
As Huo Yuhao pushed open the door and entered first, he immediately attracted the attention of nearly seventy students in the class.
Wang Yan, standing on the podium, looked at the three people who entered with a gentle expression and raised his hand to indicate, "You can all go back to your seats first. I have something to tell you all."
Huo Yuhao's gaze swept across the classroom, where he saw quite a few familiar faces.
The bold Cui Yajie waved to them, inviting Huo Yuhao and the other two to sit down with her, clearly having reserved seats for them in advance.
When the other students in the class saw Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu sitting together, they immediately started whispering among themselves.
Although they were unable to witness the final round of the freshman assessment in person, there were quite a few teachers from the School of Foreign Languages present at the time.
The few words that have been circulating are enough to make them speculate wildly.
Many people looked at Dai Huabin, who was sitting alone in the back corner of the classroom, with a hint of amusement and amusement in their eyes.
Dai Huabin felt the gazes directed at him and saw Huo Yuhao sitting nonchalantly next to Zhu Lu, which fueled his anger even more.
He gritted his teeth, his eyes fixed on Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu with a sinister glint: Damn bastards and sluts, you better not let me catch you leaving the academy.
Behind the podium, Wang Yan looked at the noisy class with a sense of helplessness.
After all, they are just a group of teenagers, so it's normal for them to be enthusiastic about discussing these gossip stories.
He could only gesture for the class to quiet down and said, "Alright, everyone, be quiet. Next, we're going to elect a class monitor and vice-monitor."
Considering that the students in our class are mainly offensive and control-type Soul Masters, I plan to appoint control-type students as class monitors and offensive-type students as vice-monitors. They will rotate every month.
I will now write down the names of some candidates, and then everyone will vote by secret ballot.
As he spoke, he turned around and wrote two rows of words on the blackboard.
The first row lists the candidates for the Control Department, followed by: Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, Cao Jinxuan, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo—a total of five names.
The second row consists of five candidates for the offensive category: Wu Feng, Wang Dong'er, Dai Huabin, Zhou Sichen, and Huang Chutian.
Ten names appeared on the blackboard. From the order in which Wang Yan wrote the names, one could roughly discern his inclinations.
The results of the vote came out quickly.
Class monitor of the Control Engineering Department: Huo Yuhao.
Deputy class leader of the offensive class: Wu Feng.
Dai Huabin, a Soul Master, failed to be elected in the vote, and the reason was quite simple.
Although strength is paramount in Douluo Continent, Dai Huabin's inability to even protect his fiancée is enough to make many people secretly laugh at him, and naturally they won't vote for him.
Wang Yan put all the voting slips into his storage soul tool and announced, "Now that the class monitor and vice monitor have been elected, school will be dismissed early today, and there will be no classes this afternoon. Classes will officially begin tomorrow. Alright, get out of class dismissed."
After saying that, Wang Yan didn't hesitate at all and turned to leave the classroom.
As Wang Yan left, the classroom suddenly became lively.
The students, who knew each other well, joked and played around in twos and threes as they left the classroom one after another.
"Let's go, finally we can go back and get a good night's sleep." Wang Dong'er stretched comfortably and stood up with a touch of languor.
Sitting next to her, Xiao Xiao reached out and pinched the soft flesh on Wang Dong'er's waist. "Dong'er, if you keep sleeping in like this every day, you're going to gain a few pounds."
"Hey? I was clearly balancing work and rest. Xiao Xiao, you little rascal, don't talk nonsense." Wang Dong'er laughed and slapped away Xiao Xiao's mischievous little hand. "This girl is naturally beautiful, how could I possibly get fat just from sleeping?"
While Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao were playing around, Ning Tian, who was playing with a strand of hair by his ear, with a faint blush on his face, looked at Huo Yuhao and said:
"Yuhao, are you free this weekend evening? Ever since Third Grandfather saw you last time, he's been saying he wants to see you again."
This is a lie!
But she couldn't very well do Huo Yuhao with Feng Mei in the outer courtyard dormitory, could she? She had to find a more suitable place.
Huo Yuhao felt the resentful gaze emanating from Dai Huabin in the back row of the classroom. His heart stirred slightly, and he raised his voice a little, responding gently:
"I have no other plans this weekend evening, so I can visit Pavilion Master Ning."
Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's affirmative answer, apart from Ning Tian's joyful expression, the expressions of Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Zhu Lu, and several other girls beside her all changed slightly.
Is this a meeting with parents?
(End of this chapter)