Douluo Continent: Shrek Prince, Getting to the Root of the Matter

Wang Yan put away the roster and put his hands behind his back.

"Since we need to select a class monitor, this practical lesson will be conducted in a title-defending format. That is, one person will be the champion and fight a series of matches. The loser will be removed, and the winner will be promoted. In the end, the class monitor and deputy class monitor will be selected from the person with the most wins. Does anyone have any objections?"

"No!"

Everyone answered in unison.

Wang Yan nodded, glanced around, and then said to Yu Wudao:

"Wu Dao, are you sure you're comfortable being the first champion?"

In Wang Yan's eyes, the most difficult person to manage in this class is definitely Yu Wudao. So if he had to choose a class monitor, he would either choose Yu Wudao or choose someone Yu Wudao approves of as the team leader, otherwise problems would arise sooner or later.

Therefore, he directly appointed Yu Wudao as the first champion.

Yu Wudao nodded; he had indeed not stretched his muscles for some time.

"Alright! Are there any challengers?"

"I'll do it!"

A tall, slender man stepped out from the crowd. Yu Wudao's height of 1.7 meters was already quite tall for his age, but this man was a head taller than him.

"Brother, I, Tang Qianyue, will speak my mind. You angered that crazy woman Zhou Yi before, causing me a lot of torment. I know it's not your fault, but I just can't let this go! After this battle, whatever the outcome, I'll let it go!"

Yu Wudao grinned, "Sure! Come on then!"

Both sides got into position, with Wang Yan positioned on the side as the referee.

"Live-fire exercise: Yu Wudao vs. Tang Qianyue! Battle begins!"

As Wang Yan's arm swung down heavily, Tang Qianyue took the lead and launched an attack. He took a step and had already completed the spirit possession. Two bright yellow spirit rings hung behind him and shone brightly!

After completing the Martial Soul Possession, Tang Qianyue's originally thin figure instantly swelled up! Full muscles filled his originally weak body, and yellow hair sprouted on his skin, along with some black stripes!

"The number one soul skill! Become mad!"

"Second Soul Skill! Tiger's Mad Claw!"

Seeing this, Wang Yan nodded inwardly and placed Tang Qianyue in the position of vice class monitor candidate.

Tang Qianyue's martial soul is a powerful offensive martial soul called Mad Tiger. Although it cannot compare to top-tier martial souls like White Tiger, it ranks relatively high among tiger-type martial souls.

His soul power level was level 25, which was quite excellent in the class. In Wang Yan's opinion, his swift and tough style in battle also had some of the essence of the offensive style.

After undergoing a terrifying 50% berserk buff, Tang Qianyue's speed became incredibly fast.

In the blink of an eye, it arrived in front of Yu Wudao, its right claw shooting out like a sharp arrow, aiming straight for Yu Wudao's brow.

At this moment, Yu Wudao had not even completed the Martial Soul Possession. He simply extended his fair right hand toward the tiger claw with a blank expression!

As the chubby palms met the ferocious tiger claws, Wang Yan frowned. Some freshmen even subconsciously closed their eyes, not wanting to see the cruel and bloody scene that was about to unfold!

"Snap—"

The fair, delicate hand, seemingly soft yet as strong as steel, shattered the tiger's claws and paws with unparalleled force, followed by its entire forearm. It only stopped when the hand had breached the entire frontal defense, striking Tang Qianyue's chest and creating a dent, sending him flying, covered in blood.

A collective gasp rippled through the crowd. This scene, defying common sense, was visually striking, with the contrast between the delicate white hand smashing the sharp tiger claws being particularly striking.

Yu Wudao took out a handkerchief from the pendant at his waist, wiped the blood off his hands, and then casually threw it onto the unconscious Tang Qianyue.

"I'm calm now, next one."

Dead silence—

Some students who originally harbored resentment towards Yu Wudao trembled and swallowed hard, abandoning their thoughts of challenging him to a duel.

After a while, Wang Yan finally came to his senses and quickly sent two students to take Tang Qianyue, who was lying on the ground, to the infirmary.

He glanced at Yu Wudao in the center of the arena, a sense of unease creeping into his heart. Wang Yan had only ever heard that Yu Wudao was strong, but he hadn't expected him to be this strong!

He even felt that if he went up there now, Yu Wudao would only need to use three punches and two kicks to defeat him.

Wiping the cold sweat from his brow, Wang Yan cleared his throat and called out, "Anyone else want to challenge me?"

silence

No one dared to speak up. Tang Qianyue was already one of the top five strongest students in the freshman class, and most of the students ranked ahead of him were only slightly stronger than him. However, he couldn't even last a single move against Yu Wudao. No one dared to provoke Yu Wudao at this moment.

Wang Dong, the only one who dared to say he was much stronger than Tang Qianyue, stared at the spirited young man in the center of the arena with shining eyes.

After a while, a slightly immature voice broke the silence.

"I want to take on the challenge!"

Hearing the sound, everyone turned to look, eager to see which hero was so valiant!

The speaker was a thin boy with black hair and blue eyes, and the silence was instantly broken.

"Isn't that the special recruit from the Tang Sect? What's he doing here?"

"I heard he only has one spirit ring, and it's a ten-year spirit ring!"

"How does he plan to challenge us? Jump up and get accidentally killed by Yu Wudao with one punch, then have Yu Wudao expelled from the academy? That would give him a very high chance of winning!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"..."

"Yuhao! Are you crazy! I said you'll definitely be just as good as him in the future, not that you should challenge him now! The gap between you two is too big!"

Even Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was trying to persuade him to calm down, but Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth and firmly replied:

"Brother Tianmeng, I know I'm weak and have no chance of winning. But to avenge my mother, I must have power!"

I am still too weak; only by fighting against the strong can I grow!

Upon hearing this, Tianmeng immediately became anxious. "Hey! You fool! You only grow by fighting opponents stronger than you. Fighting an opponent like this will only get you a beating!"

Huo Yuhao wanted to say something more, but Wang Yan had already spoken. He was the only one among them who truly knew the child's specific situation, so he asked with a hint of advice in his eyes:

"Yuhao, is that it? Are you really sure you want to challenge Wudao? As far as I know, Wudao won't show mercy just because his opponent is weak!"

Wang Yan's words were already very straightforward, but Huo Yuhao still nodded in agreement.

Upon seeing this, laughter erupted again in the arena.

Yu Wudao glanced at them, and they instantly fell silent. Then he said in a cold voice:

"What are you laughing at? A bunch of cowards mocking a brute? That's hilarious."

Yu Wudao sometimes even felt that it wasn't such a bad thing for Zhou Yi to expel some people from this class. When he read the novel, he thought that the average quality of the freshmen class was the worst among the freshmen.

Now it seems that this is indeed the case.

Yu Wudao beckoned to Huo Yuhao, "Come on, I accept your challenge."

The battle then unfolded without any miracles or surprises.

Huo Yuhao's mental detection is indeed a very powerful soul skill, but if the speed is not fast enough, there is no way to use it. It can only make things clearer when he is being beaten. As for mental impact, it is even less useful to Yu Wudao.

Yu Wudao's third soul ring is a ten-thousand-year soul ring! This means that his current mental strength can withstand the resentment of a ten-thousand-year soul beast, so how could Huo Yuhao possibly shake it?

With one punch, Huo Yuhao immediately fell into a deep, infant-like sleep.

Afterwards, Yu Wudao suggested to Wang Yan that Huo Yuhao be assigned to the Soul Guidance Department. Wang Yan, who already had some prejudice against the Soul Guidance Department, was not very willing.

However, after considering Huo Yuhao's determination, he decided to wait and see. What if Huo Yuhao had a lot of talent in the Soul Guidance System? After all, the kid's Martial Soul talent was already so bad.

But none of this mattered to Yu Wudao. After telling Wang Dong not to wait for him for dinner that night, he hurriedly asked Du Weilun to find him a quiet room in the outer courtyard to prepare to deal with the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife.