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Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao came over in surprise: "Yuhao (class leader), you... you actually defeated Soul Master alone!"
This seemed to be Huo Yuhao's first move in the freshman assessment. Unexpectedly, he made a stunning debut and defeated a Soul Master in one go. The difference between the two was a full two rings!
Huo Yuhao, however, had an indifferent expression, not showing any joy at all: “It’s not considered a defeat, it’s just taking advantage of a loophole. It’s still a long way to go before we can truly defeat him.”
"That's pretty awesome!"
Huo Yuhao did not listen to their praise, but said silently in his mind: "Tian Meng, why is the soul shock ineffective against that fat guy?"
Tian Meng was puzzled: "What do you mean ineffective? Isn't this very effective? Look, he stood there motionless and let you fall."
“The effect is far worse than before.” Huo Yuhao cursed inwardly as he massaged the swollen and painful right side of his body.
In the past, when he released soul shocks on other students, he could easily break their martial souls, making them instantly free from the martial soul possession state and become dazed for a while.
But today, his soul attack seemed to be blocked by Xie Huanyue's fat, and the effect was much less than before. As a result, he was careless and took Xie Huanyue's arm. Fortunately, he was strong, otherwise a first-ring soul master would have died on the spot.
"Of course, soul shock is not invincible. It's more like you are already very scary that you can have an effect on him." Tian Meng explained, "The effect of soul shock is also linked to soul power. The greater the difference in soul power level, the smaller the effect will be. If the difference is too large, it may even backfire."
"If soul shock is really so powerful, I, Tianmeng, would have dominated the continent long ago. Yuhao, you'd better not rely too much on this move in the future, especially when facing a very strong opponent. If you use it too much, others will be on guard."
Huo Yuhao's face was gloomy. He touched the right side of his body which was aching slightly. This was the physical pain he had not experienced in a long time.
Because of his low soul power, he constantly trained his body, hoping to make up for the difference in strength through physical fitness.
However, physical fitness is also related to soul power. In order to obtain a strong physique beyond ordinary people, he has squeezed out every bit of potential in his body. If he wants to break through to the next level, he can only wait for the improvement of soul power.
When facing a great soul master of more than 20 levels, he could still deal with it calmly, but when he met a soul master of 30 levels, he felt overwhelmed.
Huo Yuhao knew clearly that he had very little talent, and that this method of getting a head start allowed him to get ahead of his peers early on, but as he got older, he would easily be overtaken by others.
If you want to reach your upper limit, you have to start competing for resources as early as possible.
On the high platform, Du Weilun, the director of the Wuhun Department, walked up to Zhou Yi and said, "Teacher Zhou, congratulations on teaching three good students. I think they are all qualified to become core disciples of the outer courtyard."
"Really?" Zhou Yi asked excitedly.
Du Weilun nodded. "Yes. They performed very well. Students Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao both have good combat awareness and talent. Captain Huo Yuhao also showed that he is stronger than he can be in theory. I believe they can enter the top four, or at least the first and second place."
"That's great." As the class teacher of the three of them, Zhou Yi was of course happy for them.
Having the status of a core disciple means one has already stepped half a step into the inner courtyard.
"Wait a moment."
At this moment, an old voice sounded.
Zhou Yi and Du Weilun turned to look at the owner of the voice, only to see Old Xuan swallowing the last bite of chicken leg and speaking indifferently.
“As for Huo Yuhao, forget it.”
Chapter 71 Conversation on the Platform
"Master Xuan, what did you say?" Zhou Yi was distracted, suspecting that he had misheard.
“Didn’t you hear clearly? I said that Huo Yuhao cannot become a core disciple, so forget it.” Old Xuan took a sip of wine with a calm expression and changed the fate of a student with ease.
“Why?” Zhou Yi felt unfair for Huo Yuhao and blurted out, even forgetting that this decision was in their favor.
However, Fan Yu and Vice Dean Qian Duoduo were delighted in their hearts.
【God is really helping me! 】
Xuan Lao said nonchalantly: "No reason, his level is too low, and his first ring is only at the tenth level, his talent is too poor."
"But Master Xuan, you have seen his strength. He can defeat Soul Master in one fell swoop!" Wang Yan, who had been standing next to him, said urgently, "Besides, he is still the original martial soul!"
Hearing the words "original martial soul", the other teachers turned their attention over here.
A rare and powerful original martial spirit would actually appear in Shrek Academy?
【Tsk, you're too talkative.】
Seeing Wang Yan reveal Huo Yuhao's secret in public, Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu frowned slightly and cursed inwardly, but quickly hid their displeasure in their eyes.
Elder Xuan said calmly, "Did he really defeat that Soul Master opponent? I don't think so. He just used the rules to get rid of the opponent. The opponent was not hurt at all."
Wang Yan retorted: "But he is a powerful martial soul, isn't it worth cultivating?"
Elder Xuan disagreed: "You all should know what is most important about the original martial soul, it is potential, mutation, and awakening. But Huo Yuhao, apart from using his first soul skill to detect his spirit, did not show any performance related to the original martial soul."
"Don't tell me that you are all at least level 50 or 60. You can't tell that he is fighting purely with his physical fitness!"
Wang Yan was stunned and asked, "Doesn't his physical fitness come from his martial soul?"
Xuan Lao laughed at himself and said, "When you first told me this, I also found it strange. How could a spiritual attribute soul master have such a strong physical fitness? At first I also thought it was because of the body's martial soul, but today I found that it was just that."
Wang Yan asked, "Master Xuan, what did you find?"
Elder Xuan took a bite of the chicken leg and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, Huo Yuhao should have a military background, and he's the kind of soldier with average or even poor talent, but absolutely loyal, right?"
Wang Yan nodded: "Yes, you guessed right."
He recalled the identity information of Huo Yuhao that he had found: the orphan of the White Tiger Duke of the Star Luo Empire and the White Tiger Guard soldier who died in battle. It was exactly the same as what Old Xuan had guessed.
Xuan Lao said: "Then his physical fitness does not come from his martial soul or soul power, but another unique skill."
"What kind of martial arts?" Wang Yan was puzzled. Could it be that there was such a magical way of cultivation on the Douluo Continent?
"Practice hard skills horizontally!"
"What is this?" Even someone as knowledgeable as Wang Yan had never heard of such a technique before.
"As the name suggests, it means not training soul power and martial soul, but focusing on training the body's own strength. The method is not fixed, as long as you keep pushing the body's limits." Elder Xuan glanced at Zhou Yi, "For example, Xiao Zhou specializes in training students to run long distances with weights, which can also be considered a kind of horizontal training."
Wang Yan asked: "What is the use of this technique?"
Xuan Lao said: "If this hard skill is cultivated to the extreme, even an ordinary person without any soul power can rely on pure physical fitness to fight against low-level soul masters, especially in the army. It is used most."
"Those armies use all kinds of harsh methods to train loyal warriors without soul power from a young age, and then teach them fighting and assassination techniques that specialize in various physical weaknesses. This way, ordinary people without soul power can also defeat soul masters below level 30."
"There is actually such a miraculous method of cultivation." Wang Yan murmured, and then wondered, "Since there is such a simple yet effective method, why have I never seen anyone practice it, whether it is an ordinary person or a soul master?"
Elder Xuan laughed loudly: "Do you think hard skills are so easy to practice? Not only does it require persistent and cruel training, it takes at least three to five years, and at most more than ten years to practice, and it is completely useless for high-level soul masters."
"why?"
"Because the improvement of physical fitness by hard work is not comparable to soul power and martial soul. Even fusing a soul bone is equivalent to decades of practice. A strong person above level 30 is something that ordinary people like you can never achieve no matter how much you practice."
“The reason Huo Yuhao was able to defeat Soul Master was because of his hard training. But you also saw that even though the opponent was careless, he didn’t suffer any injuries.”
"I admit that he is indeed very talented in this area, but his talent as a soul master only goes so far. Forget about the reward for the core disciple."
After finishing a long speech, Mr. Xuan took a big sip of wine.
At this time, Vice Dean Qian Duoduo spoke up: "Master Xuan, according to what you said, Huo Yuhao must be a student with extraordinary perseverance to be able to practice the horizontal training hard skills to this level, right?"
"Of course. Even most soul masters cannot endure the hard training." Old Xuan did not deny this.
“Hey, the students in the Soul Guidance Department are more impetuous than each other nowadays, and they simply cannot calm down to study the Soul Guidance Department. I think Huo Yuhao is good, he has perseverance and determination.” Qian Duoduo looked at Zhou Yi and asked with a smile, “Xiao Zhou, how is Huo Yuhao’s performance in theoretical courses?”
Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, then answered with understanding: "He usually does very well in theoretical courses, and has his own unique insights into many existing theories."
"Okay, our Soul Guidance Department needs students with creative thinking like this." Qian Duoduo slapped his thigh, "Master Xuan, what do you think about Huo Yuhao joining our Soul Guidance Department to train in the future?"
Elder Xuan waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "He is just an ordinary student, you can handle it yourself."
"Haha, thank you very much, Master Xuan."
Qian Duoduo had a smile on his face, and then he winked in the direction of Fan Yu, and Fan Yu smiled knowingly at him.
Qian Duoduo: [The Wuhun department is done! ]
Fan Yu: [Thank you very much, Vice President Qian. ]
The two of them communicated with each other through eye contact, as if some conspiracy had succeeded.
Wang Yan was unwilling to say, “No, I still think Huo Yuhao is more suitable for the martial spirit system. I will do my best to train him.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Yu and Qian Duoduo turned around and gave him an unhappy look.
【Stop talking so much! 】
Wang Yan shuddered, wondering if he was having an illusion, but after rubbing his eyes, the chill disappeared.
Fan Yu, Zhou Yi and Qian Duoduo have already walked down from the platform.
Qian Duoduo smiled and said, “Fanyu, is Huo Yuhao really a genius in the Soul Guidance Department as you said? After all, a nine-year-old first-level Soul Guidance Department is really unheard of.”
Fan Yu nodded firmly.
"I am confident that he will become the first ninth-level soul instructor of Shrek Academy. No matter how poor his talent is, I will do my best to train him!"
Chapter 72 Brother Hao is itching to
The elimination round soon reached the quarter-final stage. As soon as Huo Yuhao and his two companions appeared in the assessment area, they attracted the attention of the other seven teams.
Even though there was a first-ring soul master in the team, they actually defeated two teams led by soul masters in a row and have become the new favorite to win the championship.
While Huo Yuhao was waiting for the draw, he idly looked at what Tian Meng was doing.
But you don't need to see it to know, because Tianmeng only does three things in his spiritual sea: sleep, play, and watch Huo Yuhao.
Tianmeng likes to just lie or crawl on the soft snow in the frozen plane. This feeling is very similar to her hometown, the Far North, but there is no need to worry about any danger.
After getting enough sleep, she would entertain herself on the ice and snow, either making snowmen, ice sculptures, drawing on the snow, or playing with the novel little toys that Huo Yuhao made for her.
While playing, she would occasionally check on what Huo Yuhao was doing outside, and would chat with him every few minutes.
All in all, she is very happy with her silkworm life now.
The team next to them suddenly moved closer to Huo Yuhao and his team. Huo Yuhao took a glance and saw that it was his cheap brother Dai Huabin.
"Brother Hao." Dai Huabin greeted, "Help me get rid of the two teams of competitors, thank you."
Among all the freshmen, there were three teams led by Soul Masters. The other two teams were eliminated by Huo Yuhao. Among the remaining teams, he had the highest soul power.
“Don’t thank me yet.” Seeing Dai Huabin being so polite, Huo Yuhao felt a little embarrassed. “It’s your turn next.”
Dai Huabin: “…”
Wang Dong echoed, “That’s right, don’t think you are great just because you have a high level.”
Dai Huabin said: "Don't worry, we are not opponents in this round. I hope we will not be in the same group in the next round. We will fight in the finals. I will not hold back then!"