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Why did Huo Yuhao know this sword fanatic so well? Because he had seen him before.
In the occasional battles with Xiao Hongchen, Huo Yuhao discovered that in addition to Meng Hongchen, there was another bystander who had unknowingly appeared.
It was this sword fanatic Ji Juechen.
Huo Yuhao didn’t pay much attention to this person at first. After all, the trial field was a public place, and even though a class day without an assessment was chosen, it was normal to have outsiders watching.
But after the battle, when Xiao Hongchen saw Ji Juechen from afar, he showed a very unhappy expression.
"What's wrong?" Huo Yuhao was a little confused.
Xiao Hongchen looked at Ji Juechen who was watching the battle from a distance, then looked at Huo Yuhao with some sympathy: "I have bad news for you."
"what?"
"You're being watched."
"Who?"
"he."
Xiao Hongchen pointed at Ji Juechen and said.
"Who is he?" Huo Yuhao asked curiously.
"Ji Juechen, a sword maniac." Xiao Hongchen said, "A madman."
Huo Yuhao laughed: "How crazy is it?"
Xiao Hongchen briefly introduced Ji Juechen, and then sneered: "It is obvious that your strength is strong enough, so he regards you as an opponent."
Huo Yuhao smiled with some disdain: "He is just a Soul Emperor. I am still confident that I can fight."
"No, this has nothing to do with whether he's a Soul Emperor or a Soul King. You don't know why he's so difficult to deal with."
While the two were talking, Ji Juechen, with a sword in his hand, had already walked in front of them.
His expression was icy as he asked calmly, "Your name is Huo Yuhao?"
“Yes, what can I do for you?” Huo Yuhao was a little surprised that he did not sense any obvious emotional fluctuations from the other party.
Ji Juechen said coldly: "You are very strong, I want to challenge you."
"When you reach the fifth ring, I will challenge you."
After saying that, he turned and left.
“This guy is so arrogant.” Huo Yuhao said casually while looking at his back, but he found that the Hong Chen brothers and sisters were looking at him with a strange look, as if full of sympathy.
"What's wrong with you?" Huo Yuhao asked.
"Alas." Xiao Hongchen shrugged, "You're done. That lunatic has completely set his sights on you. After you reach the fifth ring, I'm afraid you won't have a peaceful life."
Huo Yuhao asked back: “Why? He challenged me, so isn’t it enough for me to defeat him?”
"It's more troublesome to beat him than to lose him." Xiao Hongchen shook his head and said, "If you beat him, from now on, he will keep pestering you and challenging you until he defeats you."
Huo Yuhao gave him a strange look and said, "Aren't you always pestering me?"
Xiao Hongchen retorted, "I will only spar with you once a week at most, but that battle madman is different. He will really come to you whenever he is free, every day."
Huo Yuhao asked doubtfully: "Then why don't I just not fight?"
Meng Hongchen said dimly, "Ji Juechen is the chief controller of the soul guide. Grandfather specifically allowed him to choose his opponent at will, and the opponent cannot refuse. However, there is only one chance per month."
“Only once a month, that’s okay.” Huo Yuhao frowned slightly, a bad premonition rising in his heart.
"But he will challenge you privately." Meng Hongchen continued, "He will block you in your dormitory, teaching building, laboratory, cafeteria... No matter where you go, he will follow you until you accept his challenge."
"If you deliberately avoid him, he will sit in meditation outside your dormitory and wait for you to come back."
"If you don't give it your all and pretend to lose to him, he won't let you go."
"He is such a madman who only knows fighting and swords, and no one wants to deal with him."
After listening to Meng Hongchen’s advice, Huo Yuhao fell silent.
Xiao Hongchen’s words may not be completely credible, but since Meng Hongchen said so, this sword fanatic must be really that difficult to deal with.
If you don't accept his challenge, he will follow you everywhere like a sticky candy. It's scary just thinking about it.
Huo Yuhao did not doubt that he would not be able to get rid of him, but he felt that something would go wrong if he was still remembered by this person.
Huo Yuhao glanced at Xiao Hongchen and asked, "Why didn't he look for you?"
Xiao Hongchen said as a matter of course: "If he comes to me, I will go to Grandpa. But I think Grandpa is happy to let you and him learn from each other."
Huo Yuhao: "..."
After recalling his encounter with Ji Juechen, Huo Yuhao looked at Ji Juechen who was pointing at him on the field, believing that the other party was looking for him.
While he was still thinking about how to get there, Lin Jiayi had already come to his side and whispered, "Huo Yuhao, the chief of the Real Control Soul Guidance Department wants to challenge you. Get ready and go on the field to fight."
Huo Yuhao said, “Can I refuse? Director Lin, I just remembered that the Red Dust Hall Master wants to talk to me about something very important.”
"What does the hall master want to see you about now?" Lin Jiayi looked suspicious. "I just talked to the hall master. He is on his way and specifically asked you to accept the challenge."
Seeing that it was useless to bring up Jing Hongchen, Huo Yuhao fell silent.
He sighed, stood up, and said helplessly: "Okay, Director Lin, I accept his challenge."
Since you can't avoid it, just accept it.
And...is Ji Juechen the only one who is crazy?
Huo Yuhao slowly walked onto the stage from the rest area, a hint of excitement gradually rising from the corners of his mouth.
In the audience, Fan Yu said to himself, "The opponent he chose is Yu Hao."
Qian Duoduo nodded and said, "The young man who used the sword has good cultivation. He should have reached the level of Soul Emperor without taking any drugs."
"Moreover, I can sense a very sharp sword intent in him. His strength is so strong that I am afraid he can be among the best in our inner courtyard."
"But Yuhao's strength is not weak either. Even though he has just broken through the fifth ring, I believe he can fight."
Ning Tian and Wu Feng were among the few spectators who had seen Huo Yuhao’s current strength. Recalling the two blood-red soul rings with golden patterns and the extreme coldness, they did not think that Ji Juechen could defeat him.
Among the Shrek people, there was one person who was staring at the field carefully, especially focusing his eyes on Huo Yuhao.
It’s He Cai Tou.
The simple smile that always appeared on his face had disappeared at some point, and his eyes were full of anticipation.
Jing Hongchen arrived at the podium at some point, and when Lin Jiayi told him that Ji Juechen was going to challenge Huo Yuhao, he rushed over immediately.
I wonder what kind of surprises the battle between these two will bring him.
The first game that originally belonged to the popular student Ghost Nana was suddenly terminated, which made the other students in the audience quite dissatisfied. They complained one after another and the whole place was noisy.
Most of them are fans of Ghost Nana and are slightly less interested in other games.
"Silence."
Lin Jiayi raised the loudspeaker soul guide and said in a deep voice: "The first match will start soon. This is a special challenge issued by the chief of the actual control soul guide department. The original matches will be postponed."
He did not say the names of Ji Juechen and the other person, but just announced it, and this suddenly interrupted game officially began, and the noisy audience seats also quieted down.
Ji Juechen and Huo Yuhao looked at each other and introduced themselves to each other.
"Ji Juechen."
"Huo Yuhao."
Neither of them launched an attack immediately, but instead started to communicate.
"You have become much stronger." Ji Juechen's cold face, his eyes glowing with a fiery look, "Even the Soul Emperors and Level 6 Soul Masters I met are far inferior to you."
"Please let me feel your full strength, thank you."
As he spoke, he bowed slightly and saluted.
“You’re welcome.” Huo Yuhao nodded and said, “I’m going to attack.”
"please."
As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Yuhao's body flew out. With the help of the sixth-level propulsion soul guide, his body turned into a meteor with unstoppable force, leaving a long tail behind him.
"So fast."
Ji Juechen nodded approvingly, and the six spirit rings behind him flashed at the same time.
Two yellow, two purple, and two black, the best spirit ring ratio, is already very rare in the Sun Moon Academy.
An extremely sharp aura burst out from Ji Juechen, and strong soul power was injected into the meteorite sword in his hand. He seemed to be one with the sword.
Before they officially fought, Ji Juechen was already full of admiration for Huo Yuhao, because Huo Yuhao's fighting style tended to be close combat.
Although Huo Yuhao also has a powerful long-range soul guide, it only serves as a means to supplement long-range attacks.
Ji Juechen doesn't like soul masters who keep their distance, because he only knows how to use a sword and doesn't have any means of long-range attack.
In his eyes, a soul master like Huo Yuhao who took the initiative to close the distance had already won his respect regardless of the outcome of the battle.
However, just as Huo Yuhao was using the propulsion soul guide to approach quickly, the light in the space in front of him suddenly distorted, and then the whole person suddenly disappeared on the field.
“What’s going on? Where’s that guy?” The students in the audience couldn’t help but ask in surprise when they saw Huo Yuhao disappear out of thin air.
Fan Yu exclaimed: "As expected of Yuhao, he has always been in control of the game."
Initiative?
When Ning Tian heard this word again from Fan Yu, he seemed to have some different ideas.
On the field, Ji Juechen held a long sword in his hand and quietly listened to the unusual sound in the air. He had watched the battle between Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen before, and was prepared for Huo Yuhao's ghostly attack.
Suddenly, his face changed, and all the sword intent in his body slashed forward through the Meteorite Sword.
The direction he slashed towards was exactly where Huo Yuhao was.
At the moment when the long sword was about to fall, Huo Yuhao's figure suddenly reappeared and engaged in close combat with Ji Juechen.
Extreme coldness emanated from in front of him, and the cold light of the ice crystal spear was placed across Huo Yuhao's body, blocking Ji Juechen's attack that was accompanied by a sharp sword intent.
White, purple, black, black, black, five soul rings appeared behind Huo Yuhao.
He released the five spirit rings of the Demon Eye. Unless he needed to use the pressure of a hundred thousand year spirit beast, he rarely took the initiative to show the spirit rings of his Ice Martial Spirit.
The fourth soul ring was upgraded to ten thousand years through the method of increasing the age of soul rings. Huo Yuhao was too lazy to explain to others why his third and fifth soul rings were black, but the fourth soul ring was purple.