Chapter 230: Huo Yuhao: “holy Crap, Box!”
“Idiot, what are you doing?”
“We’re running out of time.”
Mademos leaned against the dormitory doorframe, arms crossed, quietly watching Bai E rummaging through clothes inside the room.
“Partner, don’t worry, I’m looking for that outfit.”
“It’s the battle suit Brother Huo sent me a while ago!”
“I haven’t worn it yet.”
“Haha, found it!”
Bai E’s eyes sparkled like stars as he held up a black trench coat high, nearly jumping with excitement.
He shook out the trench coat, draped it over himself, spread his arms, closed his eyes, and sensed the dao of the strong person it came from!
“That’s it! Mademos!”
“I’ve already felt the power transmitted from Brother Huo!”
“I see it! So this is the scenery Brother Huo sees!”
“With this battle suit, even if there are a thousand evil soul masters ahead, I can protect everyone!”
Mademos watched him making awkward poses, muttering awkward lines, and that outfit that made his eyebrows twitch wildly; a “well” mark appeared on Mademos’s forehead.
“Does Shrek Academy have no one you care about anymore?”
“Black plus yellow plus purple, you’re just like the advertisement board on the street bar now!”
“Change into a normal outfit!”
“Bang~”
Mademos forcefully pulled the door shut, a bit of dust falling from the ceiling, successfully making that bizarre creature disappear from his sight.
Then he leaned against the door, quietly waiting for Bai E to come out, with several anxious first-year students heading to the teaching building passing by occasionally.
They nodded slightly to Mademos in greeting; no one in the academy was unaware of “Wandi”‘s reputation, and almost no one in the outer court could defeat Mademos in a one-on-one fight.
As long as he was in the fighting arena, students challenging Mademos could line up from the dueling arena to the teaching area.
“If you’re going to the teaching building, don’t take the main academy path; it’s under renovation and will delay you a lot.”
The first-year students were stunned for a moment, then hurriedly thanked Mademos and took another route.
“Bang!”
The wooden door of Dormitory 108 let out another groan of overburden, and Bai E, now in a normal outfit, appeared before Mademos.
“Let’s go, partner!”
“Don’t keep everyone waiting!”
Mademos and Bai E walked along the academy path toward the dueling arena.
Bai E looked at the earth-attribute soul masters coming and going around them.
These soul masters were Shrek City’s construction team, led by Titled Douluo-level earth-attribute soul masters, working with design masters invited from Xilu City to renovate the entire Shrek Academy.
It was said that Gu Yue Na, the enthusiastic director stationed in Shrek City, had also participated in the design.
“Mademos, Shrek Academy is getting busier and busier.”
“There are so many people here.”
Mademos followed Bai E’s gaze to those earth and stone workers.
“After all, it’s an unprecedented large-scale reform.”
“It’s normal for the actions to be big.”
Bai E quickened his pace slightly to walk beside Mademos.
“I just don’t know when they’ll renovate our dormitory building too.”
“A lot of places have thick grime buildup.”
“I heard some senior students say the toilets at Shrek Academy have four thousand years of history.”
“The last major renovation was four thousand years ago.”
“By the way, have you seen the soul spirit video posted by that ‘Ye Ge’ on the Magic Net recently?”
“I didn’t expect something that can replace soul rings to appear now.”
“That’s really great!”
Mademos glanced at Bai E and said:
“I saw it.”
“I just don’t know when it will be widely available.”
“The teachers have already prepared to fully integrate with soul spirits.”
“We’re too close to the Star Dou Great Forest; soul spirit technology might be a good thing.”
A mysterious smile appeared on Bai E’s face as he quietly leaned close to Mademos and said:
“A while ago, Xia Die told me the person doing the soul spirit fusion in the video was Sister Su Tong.”
“Soul spirit technology was developed by Enthusiasm.”
Mademos’s golden eyes showed no ripples, as if he had known about this for a long time.
“I know.”
“Xia Die told me too.”
“All five of us know about this; just don’t spread it outside.”
Bai E nodded with a smile and said:
“Of course.”
The two had already arrived at the dueling arena during their conversation. Since Shrek Academy decided to start the reform, the dueling arena had introduced many soul tools to assist in monitoring students’ conditions, earning unanimous praise from the academy’s teachers and students.
Inside the dueling arena, Feng Jin and the others were already lined up, including seven new faces wearing school uniforms completely different from the outer court’s; theirs were blood-red school uniforms.
The two who often went to Sea God Island for cultivation naturally quickly recognized these as inner court disciples’ uniforms, and the identities of the seven in front of them were self-evident: they were Shrek Academy’s main team members.
Xuan Zi waved to the two, signaling them to join the line.
Bai E hurriedly waved back and stood with Mademos next to Teacher Ti Bao.
Seeing everyone was there, Xuan Zi said to the group:
“Mm, all fourteen people are here.”
“First off, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament is in ten days. I had you all come to the dueling arena today so the main team members and reserve team members could meet.”
“No time to waste; starting with the main team members, introduce yourselves one by one.”
A fiery woman with long red hair stepped forward first, her delicate face bearing lingering fatigue.
“Inner court, Ma Xiaotao, Level 61 assault type soul emperor.”
This was none other than Yan Shaozhe’s prized disciple, the true form of Shrek’s campus legend. However, in this world without Extreme Ice to vent her evil fire, and with Mu En being more serious and strictly controlling Ma Xiaotao’s cultivation time.
This resulted in her soul power only being Level 61, and even that level was achieved because Yan Shaozhe begged Mu En to let her advance; otherwise, she might only be at quasi-soul emperor level.
Next was a male student whose appearance resembled Dai Huabin’s but with a steadier temperament and taller build.
“Dai Yue Heng, Level 64 assault type soul emperor.”
This one was even the Dai family’s top male ranked seventh on Huo Yuhao Douluo’s must-eat list; he made the list purely by riding Dai Cinan’s coattails.
Worth mentioning, the top six were Dai Huabin, White Tiger Duchess, Tang San, Dai Hao, A Yin, and Tang Hao, in order.
Dai Yue Heng glanced at Mademos and Bai E, nodding slightly to them.
Others might not know, but he knew these two were personal disciples of the Sea God Pavilion Master.
According to his father, the future Sea God Pavilion Master would basically be one of these two.
Next was Ling Luochen, introducing herself in an icy and aloof voice.
“Ling Luochen, Level 55 control type soul king.”
The remaining four behind her also introduced themselves in turn, with the same pairings as the normal timeline, nothing unusual.
These seven people—two soul emperors and five soul kings—could basically sweep the entire tournament without surprises.
Bai E and the others also began introducing their names and levels in turn.
Among their seven, only Huo Sui’er and Wang Dong had broken through Level Thirty.
Ling Luochen and the others were shocked by how young these people were—all first-year and second-year students—but no one questioned their strength.
The title “Wandi” was well-known even in the inner court; Bai E had few fighting soul matches, so his reputation wasn’t as loud as Mademos’s.
Seeing this, Xuan Zi said to both sides:
“Since you’re all familiar now.”
“Prepare for the next phase.”
“I call it mixed team battle!”
“Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yue Heng, I explained the rules to you two in advance.”
“Choose, then prepare for ten minutes and start.”
Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yue Heng stepped out together and began picking teammates.
As expected, Bai E and Mademos were divided into different teams.
Ma Xiaotao’s team: Bai E, Feng Jin, Xi Xi, Gong Yang Mo, Xia Die, Wang Dong—balanced allocation with all positions covered.
Dai Yue Heng’s team: Mademos, Ti Bao, Yao Hao Xuan, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, Huo Sui’er—this team was biased toward assault.
Soon, after both sides formulated tactics, the fighting soul began.
Different martial souls, different soul skills, and different soul powers clashed intensely in the dueling arena, with tiger roars and phoenix cries occasionally sounding.
From daytime until dusk, all fourteen had wounds on them; Feng Jin summoned her martial soul, rainbow light enveloping everyone present, healing their wounds.
Ling Luochen looked at the rainbow light circle on her body and couldn’t help but exclaim.
“As expected of the dim light physician famous long ago on Heaven Dou Plain; this healing intensity is unprecedented.”
Dai Yue Heng, Ma Xiaotao, and the others nodded one after another; this pink and cute girl not only had terrifying control over wind elements but was also unmatched in healing.
Dai Yue Heng had no major issues with Bai E and the others; his relationship with Dai Huabin wasn’t like close brothers, more like mere acquaintances—at worst, they were even rivals.
Feng Jin shook her pink twin tails, her voice always clear and lively.
“Eh, senior sister, you know me?”
A faint smile appeared on Ling Luochen’s pretty face, like eternal frost, as she said:
“I heard of your reputation while out on a surveillance mission before.”
“An inner court disciple received your treatment at the time.”
“I never got a chance to thank you on her behalf.”
“I thank you for her.”
Feng Jin hurriedly waved her hands, saying gently:
“No need, healing patients is a doctor’s duty!”
Xuan Zi watched the harmonious team and couldn’t help nodding, coming to the group’s side.
Seeing Xuan Zi arrive, everyone hurriedly stood up and lined up.
“Ahem.”
“Looks like the fighting soul is over.”
“Following procedure, I should ask if you’re willing to join the Shrek inspection team.”
“Sui’er, you kids I won’t ask; you’re definitely joining.”
“Wang Dong, are you willing to join the Shrek inspection team?”
“With the Magic Net so developed, I don’t need to explain what the Shrek inspection team is, right?”
“Young people nowadays post everything online, zero sense of confidentiality.”
Wang Dong, as a veteran netizen who wished he could spend twenty-five hours a day on the Magic Net out of twenty-four, naturally knew all the information about the Shrek inspection team.
“Of course! I’m joining!”
Xuan Zi nodded, waved his hand, and tossed seven rings to Bai E and the others, saying:
“These are the inspection team’s symbol, also storage soul tools; remember to wear them from now on.”
“The academy is recently promoting ‘less talk, more action’; I won’t say any atmosphere-stirring words, and you probably wouldn’t like them anyway.”
“We were supposed to set off now for your first inspection activity, targeting a bandit group in the Ming Dou Mountain Range.”
“But for safety, I got Elder Song to accompany us.”
“Elder Song is sparring with Elder Zhuang; those two fight every other day, so we’ll set off tomorrow.”
“Got it! Seven a.m. tomorrow, all of you meet at the dueling arena! We’ll head to the Ming Dou Mountain Range together.”
“Dismissed!”
Xuan Zi pulled Huo Sui’er and vanished from the spot, planning to find Elder Song.
The original arrangement was just Xuan Lao accompanying, but considering this batch of reserves was unusual—Bai E and Mademos goes without saying.
Elder Song heard Feng Jin was in the team and didn’t trust that old guy Xuan Zi, so he volunteered to accompany.
If the reserve team had an accident, Shrek’s future would basically collapse by half.
After Xuan Zi left, the group gradually left the dueling arena; Feng Jin and the others added Magic Net friends with the main team members one by one, planning to communicate more later.
At this time, Xia Die quietly came to Teacher Ti Bao’s side, her voice ethereal and gentle.
“Um, Teacher Ti Bao, I have something I’d like your help with.”
Ti Bao shook her red hair tie, smiling.
“Little Die, no need for polite language.”
“Whatever help you need, leave it to me!”
Xia Die nodded obediently, a bit embarrassed as she said:
“Could you open the Hundred Realms Gate for me? I want to go home in Xilu City and bring the Shadow Cat.”
“Father sent a video a few days ago saying the Shadow Cat has been gorging itself since we all left, and its weight is skyrocketing.”
“I want to bring it along to supervise its diet.”
Ti Bao recalled the big fat cat at Little Die’s house and was somewhat surprised.
“Eh, Little Die, that big kitty can still get fatter?”
“Mm! Leave it to me!”
“The academy doesn’t prohibit bringing pets anyway.”
Ti Bao extended her small hand gently forward, and the Hundred Realms Gate opened ahead; Xia Die bowed slightly to Ti Bao and stepped right in.
…………
“Sis, turns out the Spirit Ice Douluo from tens of thousands of years ago is our dad?!”
“That legendary God of Emotion!”
“Sis, you were a god too?!”
“Why hide it from me?”
“Am I the only normal person in the family?”
Huo Zhanji and Dai Ying had reunited a while ago and headed straight to Xilu City to find Huo Yuhao.
Dai Ying surveyed Xilu City’s streets, her expression grave as she said:
“That’s not the focus now.”
“At this time, Father shouldn’t have become the Spirit Ice Douluo yet.”
“But the Spirit Ice Douluo is already world-famous on the Magic Net, the appearance is indeed Father’s, and soul spirit technology has even appeared recently.”
“This timeline is very strange!”
“Anyway, let’s find Father for help first.”
“Otherwise, with our current strength, it’s hard to find the truth on this continent!”
“Bloodline won’t lie; he can definitely recognize us!”
“I’ve already found out on the Magic Net where the Spirit Ice Douluo’s home is!”
Death Emissary: I admit you’re well-prepared, but how do you handle the main team members screwing themselves over?
