Douluo Continent: The Peerless Hunting Heavenly Lord, Huo Yuhao!

Chapter 16 Zhou Yi: Wang Dong, you're a piece of trash!

On the viewing platform, Mu Jin stood with her arms crossed, looking at the distraught Zhou Yi, her words piercingly scathing: "Old Mrs. Zhou, a bet is a bet. Don't forget to keep your promise regarding the soul bone and the level eight soul tool. If you can't afford to lose, then pack your bags and get out of Shrek Academy as agreed. Don't mislead other students here."

Zhou Yi clenched her fists tightly, but insisted on sticking to her guns. She glared at Huo Yuhao, who was full of arrogance below the stage, and said in an extremely sarcastic tone: "He's just clinging to the coattails of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Elementalists, and benefiting from the influence of two Soul Masters! Huo Yuhao is just a level 16 piece of trash. If he didn't have his teammates protecting him, he couldn't even withstand a single move from Wang Dong. What's there to be so arrogant about?"

Mu Jin was stunned on the spot, then laughed in anger.

Huo Yuhao directly confronted the Martial Soul Fusion Technique, breaking it with a single arrow, a feat witnessed by everyone present!

Such strength is being accused of currying favor with powerful figures?

For this mean and ungrateful old woman, acknowledging someone's excellence was harder than climbing to heaven!

"Oh yes, yes, you're right." Mu Jin was too lazy to argue with her. After giving a few perfunctory replies, her tone suddenly turned sharp, each word piercing Zhou Yi's sore spot. "After all, only you could do something as stupid as instigating a twin martial soul genius to randomly add a hundred-year soul ring to his second martial soul, calling it elite education, but in reality, it's stifling the students' talents. A role model for students? Do you even deserve those four words?"

After saying that, Mu Jin stopped looking at Zhou Yi's ashen face and turned to leave.

Zhou Yi stood there, her resentful gaze fixed on Mu Jin's back, gritting her teeth, but unable to utter a single word in rebuttal.

She made the bet herself, and now she has lost miserably. She has no choice but to endure it.

In the end, Zhou Yi snorted coldly, flicked her sleeves, and stormed off.

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Zhou Yi's Office

Zhou Yi's office was the complete opposite of her personality. The room was decorated in girly pink, with lace curtains and plush ornaments. The soft and cozy decor made Zhou Yi, who was sitting upright in her chair, look distorted and full of hostility, as if a venomous scorpion was hiding in a powder box.

Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Yang Wusi stood with their heads bowed in front of the desk, the atmosphere so oppressive it was suffocating.

The disappointment of defeat was already weighing on his mind, and now, facing Zhou Yi's anger, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

"Wang Dong! You piece of trash!" Zhou Yi slammed her hand on the table and stood up abruptly, her pink and white fingernails pointing at Wang Dong. Her voice was sharp and piercing. "I've poured my heart and soul into teaching you for so long and nurtured you with all my resources, and you can't even beat a level 16 trash Soul Master? You even used a Soul Fusion Technique, and what was the result? You lost miserably and disgraced me completely!"

Wang Dong's face flushed red beneath her light blue hair, her proud eyes filled with grievance. She clenched her fists, wanting to retort, but was rudely interrupted by Zhou Yi.

"And you! Yang Wusi!" Zhou Yi's gaze instantly turned to Yang Wusi, her eyes filled with disdain. "A collateral branch of the Po clan, you really can't even use the Soul-Breaking Spear properly. You're a disgrace to the Po clan!"

Finally, she looked at the petite Xiao Xiao and said with disdain, "So what if you have twin martial souls? The Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and the Arrival Flute are both useless skills! You can't control the field, you can't defend, and you're a drag on the whole time. It's a waste of resources for a student like you to stay at Shrek Academy!"

Xiao Xiao was already filled with self-blame for her defeat, and her watery eyes instantly turned red, her nose stung, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She had never been so harshly insulted, especially by her own teacher publicly belittling her twin martial souls. The grievances in her heart overflowed like a tide.

"I...I didn't..." Xiao Xiao retorted softly, her voice barely audible, tinged with tears.

"Cry! All you do is cry! Only good-for-nothings shed tears!" Seeing Xiao Xiao's tears, Zhou Yi felt no pity whatsoever, but instead became even angrier. "A bunch of good-for-nothings! I had high hopes for you, but you can't even beat Huo Yuhao, who is at level sixteen. You are a disgrace to Shrek Academy!"

"enough!"

Wang Dong finally couldn't hold back and spoke, his proud voice filled with suppressed anger, "We were defeated, and I admit our lack of strength and am willing to accept punishment! But all you do is insult and vent your anger, never teach us our tactical weaknesses, and only threaten trainees with harshness and expulsion!"

"You expelled more than sixty people in three months, crushing their Shrek dreams based on your personal preferences. Is this your way of educating?"

"Huo Yuhao was able to win because he broke my Martial Soul Fusion Technique with his own mental strength. It was his strength, not because he relied on someone else! You can't see other people's efforts, you only see winning and losing. You don't understand what a true teacher is!"

"You only ever look at the results, never ask about the process. If we lose, we're considered useless; if we win, it's because you taught us well. Is that fair?"

"Fairness?" Zhou Yi looked at him as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world, her face becoming even more ferocious. "Shrek Academy only has strength and weakness, not fairness! If you lose, it means you're incompetent! The students I teach should never lose!"

These unreasonable words completely shattered the last line of defense in Xiao Xiao's heart.

She could no longer hold back. She covered her face, tears streaming down her face through her fingers. She turned around, choked with sobs, and stumbled out of the office, her plaintive cries echoing down the corridor.

"Xiao Xiao!" Yang Wusi and Wang Dong exclaimed in surprise, wanting to chase after her, but Zhou Yi stopped them sternly.

In the corridor outside the office, Huo Yuhao, Gu Yue, and Ning Tian were returning to the courtyard together when they heard sharp curses coming from the office and saw Xiao Xiao running out crying. The three of them stopped abruptly.

As the young master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Tian received a good upbringing from a young age and could not stand teachers who treated students so harshly. Her gentle eyes instantly turned angry.

Gu Yue's purple eyes were cold, and Huo Yuhao's gaze darkened, his gentle face covered with a layer of frost.

A teacher's duty is to impart knowledge, teach skills, and resolve doubts, not to arbitrarily insult or shirk responsibility. Zhou Yi's actions have long since crossed the line of what it means to be a teacher.

"Xiao Xiao, don't be sad." Ning Tian stepped forward first, gently patting Xiao Xiao's back, his tone soothing and comforting. "Victory and defeat are common in war, it's not your fault."

Huo Yuhao stepped forward, his tone calm yet powerful, without a trace of victor's sarcasm, only sincere comfort: "Your twin martial souls have extremely strong control over the field. The Soul-Suppressing Cauldron's confinement and the Nine Phoenixes' Arrival Flute's slowing effect are both top-notch control techniques. You don't need to take Zhou Yi's words to heart."

Xiao Xiao covered her face, her sobs gradually subsiding, and the aggrieved words couldn't help but spill out: "She...she's always like this. If we win, it's because she taught us well; if we lose, it's because we're useless. She expelled more than sixty students in three months. She was the one who told me to add spirit rings, but why...why does she say I added spirit rings randomly..."

Every word reached the ears of Huo Yuhao and the other two.

Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered slightly, and he secretly made a mental note of it.

Arbitrarily expelling students, stifling twin martial soul talents, mistreating students, and shirking responsibility are all fatal weaknesses of Zhou Yi.

He already disapproved of Zhou Yi's mean-spirited behavior, and now that he had this information, it was enough to make her honor the bet and get out of Shrek Academy completely.

Wang Dong and Yang Wusi also came out of the office. Wang Dong's eyes were red, and he still had his proud stubbornness, but he was no longer as confrontational as before. Yang Wusi was silent and bowed his head, looking dejected.

Huo Yuhao didn't say anything more, but simply said, "She's not the only teacher at Shrek Academy. True strength is never defined by the harshness of others."

After saying that, he gave Gu Yue and Ning Tian a wink, and the three of them slowly left.

At the corner of the corridor, Huo Yuhao glanced back in the direction of the office, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Zhou Yi, we'll settle this score slowly.

Chapter 17 Unexpected Attack, Compensation

After comforting the aggrieved and tearful Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, Gu Yue, and Ning Tian turned and left.

A sea breeze swept across the shore of Poseidon Lake, bringing a light mist. Huo Yuhao walked forward with his eyes lowered, a hint of composure hidden in his gentle features.

It wasn't that he didn't want to stand up for Xiao Xiao, but reality was harsh: firstly, he had only met Xiao Xiao once, and although he despised Zhou Yi's immoral behavior, he wouldn't rashly risk his life for a stranger.

Secondly, they are just freshmen. In Shrek's rules, students can never compete with senior teachers with outstanding college entrance rates. Zhou Yi is a senior teacher with an impressive college entrance rate (the so-called high college entrance rate is nothing more than expelling all the weak and building it up with the students' future). The academy will never punish her for the sake of freshmen.

Without a voice, all the resentment is just empty talk.

Establishing a club is of utmost urgency!

Only by gathering one's own strength can one protect those one cares about and seek justice in this strictly hierarchical academy.

A sharp glint flashed in Huo Yuhao's lowered eyes, and he quickened his pace unconsciously, heading towards the Sea God Lake.

The three of them walked to a secluded spot on the west side of Poseidon Lake and suddenly stopped.

A violent heat wave that could burn everything suddenly struck, like a black sun falling to earth. The high temperature distorted the air and instantly scorched and withered the vegetation within a radius of tens of meters!

This attack was nothing more than a tickle to Gu Yue, who controlled all elements, but it was a fatal blow to Huo Yuhao, who was already weak due to the exhaustion of his soul power, and Ning Tian, ​​who was purely a support character!

The shadowy figure arrived in an instant, and the three finally saw who it was:

Wearing a scarlet academy uniform, with long, blood-red hair flying wildly, and a tall, slender figure, he exuded a fierce and terrifying aura comparable to that of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, with a violent aura that swept over you.

His face was covered by a crimson mask, with only his bloodshot eyes exposed, burning with uncontrollable madness.

Shrek Academy inner court disciple, red clothes, red hair, evil fire, out of control...

It's Ma Xiaotao!

Huo Yuhao's heart sank. A few days ago, he had deliberately timed his visit to Sea God Lake to check, but found nothing unusual. He never expected that Ma Xiaotao's evil fire would erupt just when he was at his weakest!

At this moment, his soul power was half depleted, Ning Tian had no fighting ability, and the weakness buff was fully stacked. Of course, because Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King, was there to protect him, there was still a glimmer of hope.

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A violent phoenix cry echoed across the lakeside. Ma Xiaotao's body suddenly flared up with flames, the crimson evil fire scorching the sky and boiling the sea. She had completely lost control, her gaze fixed on Huo Yuhao and the other two, like a ferocious beast that had spotted its prey, charging straight at them!

Huo Yuhao smiled bitterly. He had no other choice at this moment. His Heavenly Eye suddenly opened, and golden light surged forth:

Innate Soul Skill: Annihilation!

The ultimate spiritual power pierced straight into Ma Xiaotao's sea of ​​consciousness. At the same time, a faint light flickered in his palm, and the ultimate light aura of the Emperor Bow Master of Fate burst forth!

Without using the ultimate ice of Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun, the pure, holy light power poured down like warm sunshine, perfectly restraining Ma Xiaotao's evil fire phoenix power.

The reason why Moon took a liking to him at first sight was precisely because of his ultimate brilliance, which was like a sublimated version of the younger Moon. Wasn't it a blessing that he, in his twilight years, encountered such a thing?

Ma Xiaotao's momentum suddenly halted. The raging evil fire was enveloped by the aura of light, and the restlessness in her heart was instantly calmed. But what followed was an even more intense rage!

Before she could launch another attack, Gu Yue's cold voice rang out, a glint of icy glint flashing in her purple eyes:

"Frozen".

Without any elaborate soul skill incantation, the ice element solidified to its extreme, and a layer of crystal-clear, thick ice instantly enveloped Ma Xiaotao completely, turning her into an ice sculpture, which then plunged straight into the icy Sea God Lake.

Huo Yuhao's tense mind relaxed, and the overexertion of his extreme mental power and light power caused his vision to go black, and he completely lost consciousness, collapsing limply to the side.

"Yuhao!" Ning Tian exclaimed, rushing forward to gently pull him into his arms. His blond hair fell loose, and his face was filled with panic and worry.

"Someone's here! It's Xiao Tao! And there are students from the outer academy too!"

Urgent shouts came from afar, and a white-robed inner court teacher broke through the air, his face indifferent and his eyes cold. He looked at the three of them as if they were roadside weeds, without caring about them at all.

He glanced at the unconscious Huo Yuhao, then at Gu Yue and Ning Tian, ​​casually tossing over a small jade bottle. His tone was condescending, full of condescending arrogance: "This is a Soul Ascension Pill. Forget about today's events and take him away immediately."

There was no apology, no explanation, only the "gift" that they were still alive, as if the inner court disciples' injury was nothing more than a trivial matter.

Ning Tian held Huo Yuhao in his arms, his arrogant brows furrowed with frost, his voice calm yet resounding: "Not enough."

"Is this Shrek Academy's attitude? If we hadn't been able to protect ourselves, we would be the ones dying here today! A bottle of Soul Ascension Pills is all it takes to pay for three lives? If we were dead, you probably wouldn't even offer a perfunctory word of comfort!"