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Chapter 292 Xiao Chenyu? Xiao Huohuo?!

"What?!"

Feeling an unyielding barrier, as solid as a mountain, Wang Sheng couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

Immediately afterwards, he watched as Boss Xiao's fingers slightly bent, and he actually grabbed his tiger's hand and lifted it up.

The impact of his leap had dissipated, so Wang Sheng had no reason to remain suspended in mid-air. Because one of his hands was forcibly lifted by Boss Xiao, he suddenly felt unsteady and fell towards Boss Xiao.

Despite this, Wang Sheng did not give up his attack due to panic. He suddenly raised his other tiger paw, ready to strike Xiao Laoda's abdomen.

However, would Boss Xiao just let him attack like that? The answer is naturally no.

At this moment, Boss Xiao turned his head slightly, avoiding Wang Sheng's tiger palm while facing sideways to Wang Sheng. He then crouched down slightly and thrust his arm forward.

Iron Mountain Lean!

"Bang!"

In an instant, Wang Sheng's eyes widened, and he felt as if a bull was charging at him, its strange force sending him flying.

This power...

Huo Yuhao frowned slightly at the direction Wang Sheng flew backward. He quickly stepped forward and caught Wang Sheng safely. Then he noticed that Wang Sheng's face was contorted and his body was bent over, as if he had suffered a very painful injury.

"Your strength is not bad, but unfortunately, it's all brute force, without any technique."

Just then, a faint voice came from not far away, and Boss Xiao clapped his hands casually.

"Wang Sheng has already been defeated, so are you really not going to swarm him now?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu frowned. Seeing her little brother beaten up like this in front of her made her feel extremely embarrassed. She took a step forward and was about to go into battle again.

However, Huo Yuhao, who had already entrusted Wang Sheng to the care of other work-study students, suddenly stood in front of her.

"Sister Xiaowu, it's my turn next."

Huo Yuhao glanced at Boss Xiao across from him, a strange look flashing in his eyes. Then he turned to meet Xiao Wu's gaze, his eyes filled with determination, and gave another reason:

"After all, the main character should always be the last to appear."

Xiao Wu paused for a moment, but still didn't refuse; she just said one thing.

"Yuhao, if you lose too, I'll go on stage right away."

Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

"Um!"

Then, Huo Yuhao took a few steps forward, his eyes shining slightly, and a crystal-clear white soul ring rose from beneath his feet.

"Hmm? A one-ring Soul Master? Another one with innate full Soul Power? And the first Soul Ring is white?"

Across from him, Boss Xiao looked somewhat surprised.

"I was so focused on that little girl that I overlooked you. You're quite something, really quite something."

Boss Xiao's gaze gradually became somewhat profound, causing Huo Yuhao's thoughts to sink slightly.

"Enough talk, let's get started."

Huo Yuhao was straightforward.

Boss Xiao gave him another deep look, but didn't make a move. He simply straightened up and, under Huo Yuhao's somewhat puzzled gaze, said:

"Aren't you going to introduce yourself first? With your talent, you deserve to be remembered by me."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao, who was once the God of Emotions, felt somewhat displeased, but still spoke up: "Huo Yuhao, a first-year student, Martial Soul, Spirit Eye, Level 12, One-Ring Battle Soul Master."

"Spirit Eyes? Eyes...?"

Boss Xiao murmured to himself, then his lips curled into a slight smile as he straightened up.

"Xiao Huohuo, a sixth-year student, martial spirit: wolf-patterned fire, level 25, second-ring battle spirit master."

"What?!"

The entire audience erupted in uproar.

Behind a thicket of bushes in the grove, Tang San, who had just arrived to watch the duel, listened to Boss Xiao's account and watched the flames slowly rising from his body, and fell into deep thought.

Meanwhile, in a seemingly empty part of the sky, Wang Zhao gazed leisurely, the document he held in his hand bearing the words—

Xiao Huohuo, whose real name is Xiao Chenyu, is the son of the city lord of Notting City. Five years ago, when he awakened his martial soul, his innate soul power was level three. In the following three years, his soul power level mysteriously rose and fell. Afterwards, he officially registered as a one-ring soul master in the martial soul branch hall.

Time: The year before last.

"Three years to become a first-ring Soul Master, and two years straight to level twenty-five? Good heavens..."

Wang Zhao couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

……

……

five years ago.

Xiao Chenyu, who had just awakened his beast martial soul "Wolf", went on a spring outing in the suburbs accompanied by his servants.

As he walked, six-year-old Xiao Chenyu grew dissatisfied with the servants following him all the time. He found an excuse to run off on his own and came to play on a wide grassy field. Suddenly, the sky darkened a little, and then a black light descended from the sky and landed on the grass not far from Xiao Chenyu.

Xiao Chenyu stood there for a moment, somewhat frightened, but eventually couldn't resist his curiosity and went over to take a look.

There, a black stone lay quietly in the grass, like a fragment of some kind of object.

Xiao Chenyu reached out and touched the black stone that had fallen from the sky. He felt nothing unusual except that it was a little warm. After thinking for a moment, he decided to put it in his pocket.

Afterwards, the servants found him, and the group played until night before returning to the city lord's mansion.

Late at night, when Xiao Chenyu was sleeping, he quietly placed the black stone next to his pillow. Suddenly, a faint light appeared on the surface of the black stone, and strangely, it did not set the bed on fire.

The firelight on the black stone flickered, as if it were sentient, quietly observing the sleeping Xiao Chenyu. After a moment, it suddenly detached from the black stone and floated in the air before plunging straight into Xiao Chenyu's forehead.

In an instant, Xiao Chenyu woke up from his deep sleep, his eyes wide open, his face flushed, and he felt as if his whole body, even his soul, was burning.

"ah!!!"

How could a young child bear such pain? He immediately cried out, and unsurprisingly, the entire city lord's mansion was alerted...

Xiao Chenyu's condition returned to normal on its own the very next day. The physician summoned by the city lord of Notting City, who was also Xiao Chenyu's father, couldn't find the cause, and the matter was ultimately dropped. However, afterwards, Xiao Chenyu unexpectedly discovered that his speed when practicing the Soul Power Meditation Method taught by Notting Academy had increased significantly.

He told his father about it, and his father told him not to make a fuss and sternly ordered him to keep a low profile from now on.

Xiao Chenyu certainly wouldn't object to his father's instructions, but from then on, he would often see his father attending social events, hosting lavish banquets, and going out more frequently.

He thought everything would gradually improve, but in the following three years, he suffered a blow that made him want to give up.

(End of this chapter)