Douluo Continent, I, Huo Yuhao, defy fate with my spiritual eyes.

With her soul power greatly depleted, Ma Xiaotao's vision went black, and her body trembled slightly—very slightly, but incredibly clear from God's perspective.

Chen Zifeng, who had been frowning, finally relaxed, clenched his fist excitedly, and his eyes shone brightly.

Even the usually aloof Ling Luochen was quite happy and excited. His pupils, which were usually like shattered ice immersed in a cold pool, now shimmered with a soft light, as if they were filled with a handful of broken gold. His lips were pursed into a gentle arc.

Seeing the changes in their expressions, Ma Xiaotao realized something and smiled bitterly to herself.

His chest heaved with heavy breathing, and Huo Yuhao grinned with a happy smile, his ears turning slightly red.

"Sister Tao, stop pretending! We've seen through your trick. You're out of soul power now!"

Huo Yuhao's voice echoed across the arena, and Ma Xiaotao's face showed an expression of certainty.

"I lost, I lost! Yuhao, your soul skill is too overpowered! You could detect even the slightest trace. How am I supposed to play now that you've activated it all!"

When Ma Xiaotao landed on the ground, her vision went black, and she stumbled, almost falling.

Others rushed forward to help him up.

After a while, she finally recovered and punched Huo Yuhao hard, complaining.

Ma Xiaotao's punch was no joke. Huo Yuhao winced in pain, scratched his head sheepishly, and said modestly.

"Hehe, it's not that powerful. It's mainly because my senior brothers are strong and can hold out against it. Otherwise, even if they had figured it out, they would probably have been beaten into a panic by Sister Tao's rain of fire."

Ling Luochen, who was standing to one side, raised an eyebrow and teased.

"Is it just the senior brother? Aren't the senior sisters powerful?"

Everyone else was surprised, especially Ma Xiaotao, who never expected that Ling Luochen, who was usually very distant, would actually make a joke.

Ling Luochen's feelings were also quite complicated.

With Huo Yuhao's blessing, Ling Luochen experienced a feeling he had never known before.

Ordinary ice is like a mayfly in the face of ultimate ice, the difference is so great that it makes people feel hopeless, but there is one person who can actually evolve his martial soul!

If Ling Luochen used to manipulate ice like a simp begging a goddess to pay attention to him, then evolving into the ultimate ice is as simple and casual as a scumbag woman toying with Xiao Chu Nan.

This feeling of being above all others was something Ling Luochen had never experienced before, and he was somewhat addicted to it. He also developed a sense of reverence for Huo Yuhao, who brought about this change.

Ling Luochen never forgot the ultimate and pure martial soul, her longing, light blue eyes fixed on Huo Yuhao.

"Amazing! My senior brothers and sisters are all amazing. I'm just a pushover!"

Huo Yuhao laughed.

"No, it's not that. Yuhao's soul skills are too strong. If it weren't for Yuhao, we would have become punching bags from the very beginning, suppressed by Sister Xiaotao until the end, without any ability to fight back."

The lively Xiao Xiao pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Even with Yuhao's god-like perspective, Wufeng almost managed to take on three opponents at once!"

"That's right! If it weren't for Yuhao, Xu Sanshi, how could you possibly have beaten me!"

"My sneak attack had no effect whatsoever."

"..."

Cai Meier didn't rush to appear. She watched with a faint smile as the group of vibrant young men and women chatted happily, their friendship deepening as they interacted.

After they had finished talking, Cai Meier appeared, pointed out everyone's mistakes in the battle with a stern face, and formulated a special training plan for each person.

Time passed amidst the arduous training, and every day felt like torture for Huo Yuhao.

As expected of the vice dean of the Martial Soul Department, Cai Meier had her own unique insights. The training plan she devised exhausted Huo Yuhao, but not to the point of actually dying.

However, the effect was quite remarkable. Under the tempering of the Extreme Thunder Armguard, Huo Yuhao's physical attributes had reached the peak of the five-ring Soul King level.

With physical strength far exceeding his soul power level, Huo Yuhao didn't need to divert his soul power to nourish his body to support his ultimate martial soul. Huo Yuhao, with his three rings, also enjoyed the speed of improvement that comes with having two ultimate martial souls in the later stages.

With the remaining Moon Essence Soul Nourishing Dew stored within him and through mutual cultivation with Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao's soul power reached level 39.

Level 8 in a month—if others knew that, they'd be furious.

It should be noted that even a Soul Master with innate full Soul Power can only advance one level per month at most at this level.

"Let's go, the Continental Youth Soul Master Tournament!"

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The Shrek Academy Inspection Corps was established by Shrek Academy to safeguard the peace of the continent after Tang San, the Sea God, broke through the City of Slaughter and released a group of evil soul masters who wreaked havoc on the continent.

Huo Yuhao strongly disapproved of this graduation method.

Safeguarding peace on the continent should not be an effort made by only one organization, while other empires and titled Douluo can stand aside.

Shrek Academy, however, allowed a group of students at the highest Soul Emperor level to go and kill a group of cunning evil Soul Masters who didn't care about human life.

What's the difference between this and sending a flock of sheep to settle scores with a wolf?

While it did have a training effect, it was achieved at the cost of human lives, so it's better to discard it.

This also meant that every inner court disciple had to participate before graduation, resulting in an absurdly high casualty rate, yet Shrek Academy regarded this as an honor.

Huo Yuhao made a decision in his heart.

One day, when I take power, I will unify the entire continent, divide the world into regions, allocate personnel, and every Soul Master will have to contribute their strength.

Mentoring and passing on experience.

Because Dai Hao was beaten up at the Duke's mansion and refused to meet Shrek Academy, only a small contingent of troops was stationed there.

Upon learning of this, Huo Yuhao inwardly cursed Dai Hao for putting personal feelings above human lives.

What good can a small army do?

If this evil spirit master hadn't been so limited in his abilities, he would have broken through the encirclement and escaped long ago.

The shadows of people mingled in the forest, and the deliberately hushed voices and quiet, orderly movement created a sense of oppression.

"This is the area where the evil spirit masters and death messengers operate. Everyone, stay alert! If you spot them, notify the others immediately. Don't rush in!"

Ma Xiaotao's pink pupils were full of vigilance. She had participated in such encirclement operations before, and consciously stood at the forefront to guide the crowd.

"The Grim Reaper? How dare they use such a title? There's actually such a powerful figure in the Douluo Continent!"

For once, Electrolux woke up, his voice serious as he expressed his concern.

A Death Messenger? At the very least, this person must be a representative of the Grim Reaper. Their strength, if not god-level, must at least be that of a Title Douluo.

Among Huo Yuhao's group, the strongest is the hidden Cai Meier, a level 94 Title Douluo. However, if pushed to the limit, a Title Douluo could at least kill all the students and severely injure Cai Meier before dying.

Secondly, there's Zhang Lexuan from Contra, but even combined, they probably couldn't defeat the messenger of death!

Huo Yuhao was the disciple to whom he devoted his life's blood, a rare genius who cultivated necromancy, and the seed of hope that carried him in his pursuit of the highest ideals, as well as his own hope for resurrection.

He didn't want his precious disciple to get even the slightest injury in such a pointless activity.

Huo Yuhao naturally knew the background of this Death Messenger, and along the way he was thinking about how to protect the others without exposing himself.

If possible, Huo Yuhao would still be willing to protect others and change their fate without revealing his own rebirth.

Hearing Electrolux's question, Huo Yuhao smiled and offered an explanation in his mind.

"He's just a Soul King, and he only has one divine skill, Corpse Explosion, yet he dares to call himself the Messenger of Death."

Upon hearing this, Electrolux fell into an eerie silence, unable to think of a single word, and could only manage a weak laugh.