This child's future achievements will be unimaginable. Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei made an extremely high evaluation of Huo Yuhao in his heart.
With a glance at Dai Hao beside him, Xu Jiawei saw the latter's excited expression. A trace of mockery flashed through Xu Jiawei's eyes, almost imperceptible.
The public only saw him and Dai Hao as close as brothers. However, how could there be true affection in the royal family? Xu Jiawei had killed his own brothers to sit in this position. If he treated his own family like this, let alone an outsider like Dai Hao, especially since Dai Hao's family was once the royal family of Star Luo.
The entire audience erupted in an uproar. Some praised, some admired, but more people's faces were filled with unrestrained greed.
As everyone knew, a 100,000-year soul beast would definitely drop a soul bone after death. Now, a 100,000-year soul ring had appeared on Huo Yuhao. Then, what about the corresponding 100,000-year soul bone?
Feeling the gazes of countless people from all directions, Huo Yuhao's face became as dark as if water could drip from it. Without thinking, he knew what those people were after. With the Body Sect as a deterrent, these people might not dare to make a move openly, but secret schemes were inevitable.
Moreover, there might not be anyone in the Body Sect who didn't covet his soul bone. One had to know that it was good enough for an ordinary Title Douluo to have a 70,000-year soul bone, but a 100,000-year soul bone was a treasure that could drive a Title Douluo crazy.
Huo Yuhao hadn't expected Ma Xiaotao's martial soul to mutate either. In the original story, Ma Xiaotao also mutated, but that was because of the Light power from Ma Rulong's eighth-rank Soul Tool, the Judgment Sword during the battle between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Empire's Royal Soul Engineering Academy.
But now, Ma Xiaotao had still mutated. One could only say that the "chicken soup" Shrek Academy had fed her was too toxic. Moreover, without Huo Yuhao's help to suppress her Evil Fire, Xu Sanshi's meager efforts were simply inadequate. That was why Ma Xiaotao had become corrupted so easily.
Only one martial soul could be released at a time. Otherwise, under the effect of the simulation soul skill, Huo Yuhao could completely transform the Ice Jade Scorpion soul ring into purple or even black, and wouldn't have attracted so much unwanted attention.
Discarding the excess thoughts, the arena at this moment was completely unrecognizable. Terrifying black flames covered most of the arena. The scorching heat released by the black fire made the audience outside the arena feel uncomfortable, beads of sweat forming on their foreheads. The rock-built arena began to burn, melt, and collapse downwards.
On the other side, the temperature where Huo Yuhao was located had dropped to an incredibly terrifying degree. The ground was covered in ice, and extreme coldness condensed into snowflakes in the air, the snowflakes sharp as blades, flying chaotically in the air.
The biting chill couldn't be completely blocked even by the protective Soul Tools around the arena. The audience near the arena were now suffering, shivering and with runny noses.
If it was like this for those below the stage, it was even worse for Cheng Gang, who was in the center of the arena. Moreover, he was in the center, with ice and snow dancing on his left and a lava purgatory on his right. The impact of the two extreme energies, cold and hot, assaulted his body. Even though he was a Title Douluo, he wasn't feeling too good at this moment, quite the opposite, it was extremely unpleasant.
Huo Yuhao frowned slightly. The flames attached to Ma Xiaotao's mutated martial soul had clearly risen to the extreme fire, on the same level as his Ice Jade Scorpion. Perhaps because of the difference in cultivation, Ma Xiaotao had the upper hand in the competition between the black fire and the frost. However, Huo Yuhao had the enhancement of nearly 400,000-year soul rings, so the gap wouldn't be too large. In the current situation, neither could do anything to the other.
Ma Xiaotao had completely lost it. Huo Yuhao couldn't guarantee that this woman wasn't hiding some trump card. He glanced at the bewildered Cheng Gang beside him, and his lips twitched. This guy was truly unreliable.
Severing Demon Domain, Severing Thoughts!
Fearing further complications, Huo Yuhao decisively released his domain, pressing down on Ma Xiaotao. The domain state was completely switched to Severing Thoughts. He didn't want to add fuel to the fire at this moment.
The moment the domain appeared, it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Ma Xiaotao was no longer able to resist. The frost and the red mist formed by the Severing Demon Domain simultaneously surged forward.
The ice mist extinguished the black sea of fire, freezing the melted arena.
"I... I... what happened?" Ma Xiaotao lowered her head, looking at her hands, and muttered to herself. Under the influence of the Severing Thoughts in the Severing Demon Domain, Ma Xiaotao had actually regained her consciousness.
Huo Yuhao saw this scene clearly. Immediately afterward, Huo Yuhao decisively retracted the Severing Demon Domain.
Ma Xiaotao had been coming at him with the intention to kill. He wasn't a pushover. Repay kindness with virtue? Screw that.
Furthermore, the Shrek Academy captain becoming an Evil Soul Master in front of everyone would greatly affect Shrek's reputation. Unless Shrek Academy now acted righteously and eliminated her, but the possibility was small, because Ma Xiaotao's teacher was Yan Shaozhe, the Dean of the Martial Soul Department at Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao wasn't worried about Ma Xiaotao erupting again, because he sensed that the strong individuals from Shrek Academy were arriving.
Similarly, the people from Shrek Academy also sensed something.
Looking up, they saw two old men who had appeared in the air at some point. One was disheveled, with a messy beard, unkempt hair, and tattered clothes – the picture of a slob. Only his eyes were bright. If you looked closely, the oil stains around his mouth would make anyone want to keep their distance.
In contrast, the other old man was much more presentable. He was a tall man in black robes, with regular features and skin as delicate as a baby's. He had long, dark green hair that cascaded down his back.
The two of them were floating silently in the void, facing each other. They didn't emit any aura, appearing like ordinary people. However, no one would be foolish enough to think they were ordinary. People who could fly without the aid of a flight-type soul tool were at least Soul Saints, let alone the fact that neither of them had even released their martial souls.
Title Douluo. At this moment, many people had guessed the cultivation levels of the two.
Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei's expression was grave. Unlike the guesses of most people, he himself was a Level 95 Super Douluo. Yet, he felt immense pressure emanating from the two old men.
"Old Xuan."
"Teacher."
Wang Yan and Huo Yuhao spoke almost simultaneously, the former anxiously, the latter with joy.
Indeed, the two figures who had suddenly appeared were none other than Shrek Academy's Taotie Douluo, Xuan Zi, and the Body Sect's sect master, Du Busi (Poison Doesn't Die).
Xuan Zi had originally led a team to eliminate Evil Soul Masters. However, due to carelessness, the students suffered heavy casualties. Xuan Zi was deeply remorseful, and hadn't even paid much attention to the competition.
If he hadn't sensed the sudden appearance of a familiar evil aura emanating from the Star Luo Plaza, Xuan Zi would likely be hiding in some corner, drowning his sorrows in alcohol.
Du Busi's presence here was at Huo Yuhao's suggestion. Since they planned to rise to prominence at Shrek Academy's expense, they needed to be fully prepared.