Chapter 63: Dealing with Dai Yueheng: A Two-Ring Facing a Six-Ring?

Dai Yueheng struggled and tried to speak.

However, under the overwhelming pressure radiating from several Titled Douluo, even breathing was a luxury, let alone anything else.

He could only convey his message through his eyes: he had something to say!

"I'd like to hear how you plan to spin this defense," Cai Mei'er said.

Only then did the crowd slightly ease their oppressive aura.

"It was my younger brother, Dai Huabin!"

Dai Yueheng said urgently—

"Dai Huabin has access to these hired assassins as well!"

"Furthermore, just this morning during the freshman assessment, he was repeatedly humiliated by Huo Yuhao, giving him even greater motive for revenge!"

After blurting all this out in one breath, he gasped heavily.

Only then did he continue—

"Not long ago, you deans and pavilion elders showed explicit support for Huo Yuhao, and Ma Xiaotao's strength is superior to mine. Even if I were a fool, I would never arrange an ambush here of all places."

"I merely came to help when Huo Yuhao wanted to talk further and I sensed the commotion of battle."

"This really is a misunderstanding!"

"After all, blood is thicker than water, there's no need to..."

"Shut up!" Huo Yuhao roared with fury: "When you and your mother were persecuting me and my mother, why didn't you think about blood being thicker than water? Now you remember it? All of you deserve to die!!!"

Dai Yueheng bit his lip bitterly.

Who could have foreseen that a weed he once dismissed without a second thought could one day grow into a towering tree he would have to look up to?

It seemed he could no longer stay in Shrek Academy.

Making a resolute decision, he declared—

"I am willing to submit to Elder Lin's Soul Search!"

"Once my innocence is proven, I will return to the Academy with you all to confront Dai Huabin!"

"After this matter is settled, I will apply for graduation, and from then on, we part ways permanently."

A rather decisive fellow.

Cai Mei'er and the others looked at Huo Yuhao. What did the primary victim think?

Intent to kill flickered in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

"Don't be merciful; kill them all," Zhuge Liang spoke up. "Even if this Dai Yueheng didn't strike personally, he was certainly aware of it. Since he condoned it, he must bear the consequences."

This carried a heavy intent to kill.

He had always found it extremely grating in the original work that Huo Yuhao could actually reconcile with Dai Yueheng, and even ended up acknowledging his ancestors and changing his surname back to Dai in the end!

What kind of brain-dead plot written by an imbecile was that!

Seemingly sensing Zhuge Liang's mood, Yixuan chose to remain silent.

The Skydream Iceworm was much more normal.

"Kill, kill, kill! Kill them all!"

"That Dai Huabin is an absolute fool. Letting a tiger return to the mountains might spell trouble for the people around you in the future!"

"This Dai Yueheng is no good either. He ignored you in the past, and now that you've made it, he rushes over to suck up. He's hypocritical and snobbish; if you fall on hard times again, he'll definitely kick you when you're down!"

Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered a few times.

"Brother Lan, Brother Skydream, Yixuan, I want to take revenge with my own hands!"

"To crush them upright and head-on, so the world knows that their so-called bloodline is utterly laughable!"

Skydream curled his lip.

He didn't understand, but he respected it.

Yixuan smiled and nodded; this heart of a true powerhouse was the most precious thing of all.

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and offered a new option.

Huo Yuhao nodded and agreed without any hesitation.

Out loud in reality, he said—

"No need for a Soul Search."

"When I return from obtaining my soul ring, Dai Yueheng, you and I will have a match."

"If you lose, that's the end of it all."

"If you win, this incident is wiped clean; you return to your Duke's Mansion, and I stay in my Shrek."

"If we meet again in the future, it will be up to our own abilities."

Did Dai Yueheng need to hesitate over this?

"No problem!"

He was a six-ringed Soul Emperor of Shrek Academy; against opponents of the same tier other than freaks like Ma Xiaotao, he could easily crush them.

Would he be afraid of a two-ringed Great Soul Master?

Even though Huo Yuhao possessed his recent cross-tier battle record, in Dai Yueheng's eyes, it was still far from enough!

"Then it's settled," Cai Mei'er said decisively. "However, that fellow Dai Huabin must be investigated by the Academy and will not participate in this wager."

Both Huo Yuhao and Dai Yueheng nodded.

Dai Huabin was a waste that he had repeatedly crushed, holding no special obsession for him.

As for Dai Yueheng, he was purely cold-blooded and only wanted to cut ties as early as possible so as not to implicate the Duke's Mansion.

The wager was thus finalized.

Dai Yueheng personally escorted away the remaining three assassins, with Cai Mei'er following closely to keep an eye on them.

The rest of the Titled Douluo kept their gazes fixed on Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

Xian Lin'er asked: "Little Yuhao, how did you manage to kill three of them while being surrounded and attacked by a six-ringed Soul Emperor and five five-ringed Soul Kings?"

Huo Yuhao didn't conceal much. He raised his hand to drive his spiritual telekinesis, summoning back the seven Frost Magic Blades and aligning them neatly in front of him.

Qian Duoduo glanced at them and appraised—

"Level 5 Close-Combat Soul Tool: Frost Magic Blade. It's Fan Yu's blueprint, but he didn't craft it. Originally, its amplification was roughly equivalent to a tier-47 Battle Soul Ancestor."

"One of them is severely damaged with its core array destroyed; only the rare metals can be salvaged."

"Three are slightly damaged; once repaired, their power will drop to around the 40th rank of a Battle Soul Ancestor."

"Three are in ninety-percent mint condition and can continue to be used."

"Huo Yuhao, don't tell me you used these things to turn the tables?"

Huo Yuhao smiled without answering.

Spiritual telekinesis surged forth, driving the seven Frost Magic Blades to rotate at high speed around him, executing fully maximized spiral intersecting maneuvers.

Just the shockwave of their flight created a small-scale tornado, imbued with the low temperature of the Frost Magic Blades.

Everyone present was a Titled Douluo, and at a single glance, they recognized the immense power of this manual control.

Flexible handling, multi-line strangulation, purely offensive with no defense, and a potency reaching the level of a three-ringed Soul Elder and approaching a four-ringed Soul Ancestor!

And there wasn't the slightest fluctuation of soul power in the process?

He couldn't imagine how flustered he would be if he were locked in fierce combat with someone of the same tier, only for the opponent to pull off a move like this!

Huo Yuhao added: "Plus some self-created soul skills and a soul fusion skill, catching them off guard and making them drop their guard—that's how I managed to kill three of them."

"Good!" Qian Duoduo said joyfully: "Little Yuhao, go get your soul ring quickly and report to the Soul Guidance Branch as soon as possible. My Ultimate Single Soldier Plan needs to be remade because of you!"

"That's right!" Xian Lin'er's gaze was equally burning: "You were simply born for this plan! You will undoubtedly be the trump card of our Soul Guidance Branch!"

Huo Yuhao scratched his head, failing to understand why this couple was getting so fired up.

"Chirp—!"
A phoenix cry rang out.

Ma Xiaotao rushed over like a shooting star.

Seeing this, Xian Lin'er and the others gave Huo Yuhao instructions to come over as soon as possible, and all departed.

Ma Xiaotao landed right after, her gaze scanning Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong with anxiety.

Only after confirming both of them were unhurt did she let out a heavy sigh of relief.

Then she rolled up her sleeves and searched around aggressively.
"Which bastard with the gall of a bear and the heart of a leopard dared to touch my people?"
"Was it that coward Dai Yueheng?"
"Where is he! Come out and die!"

Huo Yuhao soothed her for a bit and explained the general sequence of events.

"It really was that fool from the Dai family?" Ma Xiaotao glared. "I should have beaten that brat to death on the soul duel ring this afternoon! Could the old man really expel you over this?"

"I already have the strength to take revenge, so there's no need to cause any more trouble for Teacher and Senior Brother," Huo Yuhao said sensibly.

Ma Xiaotao wore a puzzled expression.
"Cleaning up after a disciple, isn't that what a teacher is supposed to do?"

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong both fell silent.

Senior Brother has really had it hard all these years!