Douluo Continent: Reborn as Yuhao, they all have ulterior motives.

Chapter 152 Am I Qualified to Play With You?

A week later.

When Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena arrived at the Soul Fighting Zone, in addition to Bei Bei and the others who had arrived earlier, there were seven more figures wearing bright red school uniforms who looked a bit older than them on the huge arena.

With Elder Xuan's earlier reminder, the others weren't too surprised. Instead, they curiously examined the seven main members who would represent Shrek Academy in the Soul Master Competition, trying to find the genius with a 100,000-year soul ring.

Soon, Beibei and the others all turned their attention to Qiu'er, who was holding the Golden Dragon Spear and looking like she was resting with her eyes closed.

Putting everything else aside, just from her position alone, Qiu'er subtly gives the impression of being independent of the team.

Although Ling Luochen and Ma Xiaotao on the other side were in the same situation, the former clearly had a problem with personality and temperament, while many of them had already come into contact with the latter and naturally knew whether this famous Flame Demon of the Inner Court had a 100,000-year soul ring.

"Yuhao, you're here."

Upon hearing Bei Bei's greeting, several inner court disciples who seemed to have already received the news immediately looked over. Apart from Ma Xiaotao and Qiu'er, the others subconsciously sized up this outer court student who was about to steal their spot as a regular team member.

How novel is it that students from other colleges are selected as starting players?

They were already very dissatisfied with the successive arrivals of Ma Xiaotao and Qiu'er, especially with Qiu'er taking over Dai Yueheng's position right after his accident.

It's worth noting that even Ma Xiaotao's team had been parachuted in almost six months in advance. This guy actually parachuted in right before the competition, without giving them any time to get used to each other.

On what grounds?

So what if it's a 100,000-year-old soul ring?

What good is strong individual ability?

The competition is not just about individual events, but also about team events that require close cooperation. If you just replace people based on their individual abilities, then what was the point of all that hard training and practice they went through?

That's fine, after all, it's a good thing to have a strong and beautiful teammate, but this guy always acted like he was doing his own thing, and he ignored their attempts to chat him up, and he didn't even bother to speak.

This time, they couldn't stand it anymore.

Of course, they only dared to think these things in their hearts. After seeing Qiu'er beat Dai Yueheng unconscious, they dared not show their dissatisfaction.

With that kind of strength, let alone Dai Yueheng, if she wanted, she could probably even take Ma Xiaotao's captain position.

Although Shrek Academy's motto is that those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre, that depends on the person. If someone were to jump out at this time, wouldn't that be just asking for death?

Besides, another reason for their resentment towards Qiu'er came from the academy.

It's worth noting that before Ma Xiaotao's arrival, Dai Yueheng had been the captain who trained them together, and the team members had already developed a deep bond of camaraderie through subtle influence.

Although they understood that Dai Yueheng was wrong in what he did, putting aside the facts, was the student who was intercepted also completely without fault?

After all these years of getting to know each other, everyone has witnessed Dai Yueheng's calm and composed nature. There must be some unknown reason why he would risk everything to intercept and kill a target.

At this crucial time approaching the competition, the academy not only failed to conduct any investigation, but also severely punished a Soul Emperor who was able to represent the academy in the Soul Master Competition. Now they are telling them that two more students from the outer academy are coming to steal their spots as regular team members.

Who can tolerate this?!

When people start to treat others differently based on their status, isn't that when they arrive?

That girl with the Golden Dragon Martial Soul is powerful; it's one thing if we can't beat her, but how dare two little Karamis from the outer courtyard act so arrogantly in front of the inner courtyard's big shots?

If two students from the outer academy were to take their spots, they would probably never be able to hold their heads high in the inner academy for the rest of their lives.

Sensing the hostility emanating from several inner court disciples, Huo Yuhao's expression remained unchanged. In fact, this allowed him to better judge whose position he would replace.

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.

However, what surprised him was that, although he and Ling Luochen were complete strangers in this life, the other party's eyes did not contain malice like those of other inner court disciples. Instead, there was an indescribable concern and pity in them.

After hesitating for a moment, Huo Yuhao, who was somewhat confused, still chose to return a smile that looked a little stiff.

Looking at that harmless smile, Ling Luochen simply nodded slightly, still maintaining a cold and aloof demeanor.

I haven't seen you for a few days, and you seem to have gotten even more handsome. By the way, should I have been more enthusiastic just now?

Forget it, we're complete strangers yet, laughing at this point might scare him.

Yuhao Huo Yuhao.

No wonder he looked so familiar. Turns out, he was the foreign student who was vying for a starting position.

Thinking of this, Ling Luochen's mind immediately became active.

It's worth noting that there has never been a case of an external student becoming a regular member of the team before. The fact that the academy has gone to such lengths suggests that this young man might actually be able to join the regular team.

That's great!

Wouldn't that give me more opportunities to make contact?

As she thought about it, Ling Luochen glanced at her side without making a sound. When she saw Ma Xiaotao staring straight at Huo Yuhao, just as she had expected, she couldn't help but clench her fists.

Compared to last time when she could only watch from afar, this time she could clearly see even the corners of Ma Xiaotao's lips curling up and the undisguised desire in her eyes.

The evidence is conclusive, what else is there to say!

That despicable Ma Xiaotao! She could even hurt a younger brother who is so much younger than her!

Just as Ling Luochen's sense of justice surged, an old voice suddenly rang out.

"It seems everyone's here? In that case, please introduce yourselves."

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Elder Xuan slowly walking in from the entrance of the Soul Battle Zone. As he walked, his dim yellow eyes swept over everyone and finally settled on Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena.

"Then you two can choose your opponents. Apart from the support class, you two will each choose one of the other six. If you win, you will replace the other person; if you lose, you will replace one of the backup players."

As soon as the words were spoken, a tall, slender figure stepped forward and spoke in a loud voice.

"Chen Zifeng, Level 57 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master."

After introducing himself, he didn't step back. Instead, he stared straight at Huo Yuhao and spoke in a cold tone.

"I wonder if I'm good enough to play along with you, junior?"

Hearing this blatant provocation, Ma Xiaotao's face instantly darkened.

"Chen Zifeng!!! I think you're asking for a beating, aren't you!?"

Without the slightest hesitation, dazzling phoenix flames rose from her body, and the scorching heat caused Chen Zifeng's expression to change. Looking at the six soul rings rising from Ma Xiaotao's feet, he questioned her with some annoyance.

"Ma Xiaotao, what are you doing?"

"What am I supposed to do?"

Ma Xiaotao scoffed, her violent voice echoing throughout the arena.

"You've provoked me like this, and you're asking me why?! You want a fight? Fine, I'll fight you! Right here, one-on-one, wanna come on?!"

Faced with the aggressive Ma Xiaotao, Chen Zifeng didn't dare to fight back at all. In a flash, he looked at Huo Yuhao and sneered.

"So that's how an outer academy student qualified for the main team. Is this what you're relying on?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dong'er, Tang Ya, and the others present couldn't help but show a strange expression on their faces.

As for Huo Yuhao himself, he simply grinned silently.

"Since the senior is so eager to give me a spot, it would seem wrong of me not to accept it."

After saying that, he turned his head to look at Elder Xuan, who had not interfered at all, and spoke softly.

I choose Chen Zifeng.

Ma Xiaotao was immediately anxious, but she did not try to dissuade him. Although she did not know Huo Yuhao's strength, based on her understanding of his personality, she knew that he must be confident to say such a thing.

"Can."

Elder Xuan didn't say much, and simply nodded in agreement.

Rather, seeing Huo Yuhao's confidence, he wanted to have a strong regular player test whether this kid was hiding his true strength.

Although there is a significant gap between him and Qiu'er and Ma Xiaotao, apart from these two, Chen Zifeng, at level 59, is already the strongest in the main team.

You should know that he had nurtured the seven members of the main team step by step, and he knew the strength of the others perfectly well, except for Qiu'er.

In his view, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena were indeed outstanding in the outer court, but they would have a hard time when facing inner court disciples who were at least five years older than them.

Especially the few inner court disciples present, who are the elite of the elite, there is no way the two of them could win against either of them. The reason why Elder Mu made this arrangement was probably just to make up for the previous ambush and to put on a show.

It's good to dampen the spirits of these two geniuses like this.

Thinking of this, he shook the gourd in his hand and spoke calmly.

"Continue with the introduction."

As if they had learned from Chen Zifeng's experience of being targeted by Ma Xiaotao, everyone else introduced themselves honestly. Apart from Dai Yueheng being replaced by Qiu'er, the lineup remained unchanged from the previous life.

"Qiu'er, level 66, offensive type."

When she heard the name of the blonde girl who was introduced last was somewhat similar to hers, Wang Dong'er was stunned for a moment. She subconsciously looked up and met Qiu'er's bright golden eyes.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that there was a hint of fighting spirit in those eyes.

After all seven had finished introducing themselves, Elder Xuan turned to look at Gu Yuena.

"Choose the opponent you will face."

Without hesitation, Gu Yuena pointed directly at Yao Haoxuan, who appeared somewhat short and, besides Chen Zifeng, displayed the greatest hostility towards Huo Yuhao.

"He's the one."

(End of this chapter)