Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 285 What's with the seven rings and the red thing? (Daily 10,000 words)

Wang Dong, watching from the sidelines, revealed a longing look in his eyes. He really wanted to go up and intimidate people like Huo Yuhao too!

This is a chance to show off in front of all the Soul Masters on the continent.

Wang Yan comforted him, "Don't be impatient. You'll have your chance to perform later. You'll all be going on stage. Huo Yuhao will prepare a grand spectacle for you then."

When Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao stepped onto the stage, everyone in the audience, including Emperor Xu Jiawei of Xingluo, was stunned.

Two people?

Shrek only sent two people for this battle!?

The Star Luo Emperor was also taken aback, asking in confusion, "What is Shrek Academy trying to do? Why didn't they send their main force? Why isn't Dai Hao's son playing?"

A competition is a competition, and no matter how many people have doubts, the competition will continue.

The referees sent by the Star Luo Empire have arrived. They gesture for both sides to step forward.

The students from both sides quickly gathered in the center of the arena. Now that they were closer, Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao could see the grim expressions on their opponents' faces. Countless historical examples had already proven the outcome of encountering Shrek Academy in the first round.

Shrek is strong, but he shouldn't be this arrogant, right?

This is the elimination round!

The little girl next to them was a bit older, but the other kid named Huo Yuhao was only twelve or thirteen at most. With just these two people coming up, what did Shrek Academy want to do?

Aren't you afraid of losing?

Equally astonished were the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master students, with the most prominent, Xiao Hongchen, even questioning whether there was something wrong with his eyesight.

After confirming that Shrek had indeed only sent two players onto the field, he gestured for both sides to step forward.

The referee said in a deep voice, "First round, elimination round, team battle. Both sides may use most of their soul tools in the match."

"However, during combat, if one side concedes defeat, the other side must not continue attacking. Soul Masters cannot use high-damage equipment such as fixed-position Soul Guidance Devices in combat. Do you all understand?"

Ansel Cass, the captain of the Kassel College, nodded with a grim expression, while Huo Yuhao simply snorted, indicating that he understood.

As for Ma Xiaotao, she was even more arrogant than Huo Yuhao, keeping her head down and fiddling with her nails, not even willing to look up at her opponent.

The two men, one with his head held high and the other with his head bowed, didn't say a word, yet their oppressive aura was overwhelming, exuding the presence of demon kings.

Seeing Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao's arrogant expressions, the students of Kassel College felt even more uneasy. Was this the price they paid for their qualification? Their first match was against the biggest boss of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao did not exude any powerful aura, yet they still felt an unprecedented sense of oppression, as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on their chests, making it hard for them to breathe.

quack!

Only then did the audience erupt in uproar, completely exploding into chaos.

Shrek Academy actually only sent two people to the field! Oh my god!

For a moment, even the soldiers maintaining order forgot their duties and looked equally bewildered; they had never seen anything like it before.

The cacophony of noise also startled the students who had come to participate in the competition, and the room was filled with discussion. The Hongchen siblings from the Sun Moon Soul Instructor Academy looked particularly solemn.

The noisy chatter gradually subsided after the host repeatedly asked for silence, turning into a chorus of low voices discussing the matter.

"Alright, both sides, step back to the sides of the arena. The match will begin on my command. No one may release their Martial Soul before I announce the start. Otherwise, they will be disqualified."

Huo Yuhao simply put his hands behind his back and slowly retreated to the back of the court with Ma Xiaotao, then casually turned around again, even closing his eyes and not bothering to open them.

Although the students from Kassel College weren't particularly strong, their eyesight was still quite good. When they saw Huo Yuhao... Damn it, why are Ma Xiaotao's eyes closed too??

This silent indifference did not anger the students at Kassel College, but rather filled them with greater fear. It was bad enough that only two people came up, but they even closed their eyes.

In an instant, a sense of powerless fear washed over them. Just how powerful was their opponent to treat them like this?

Why let them draw such an opponent from the very beginning!

The referee said in a deep voice, "First round, elimination round, team battle. Both sides may use most soul tools in the competition. However, during the battle, if one side loses a player, the other side may not continue to attack. Soul masters cannot use high-damage equipment such as fixed soul tools in combat. Do you all understand?"

"Yes, I understand!"

Cass stepped forward and spoke loudly, but his words were somewhat stammering, and he clearly lacked confidence.

Huo Yuhao shrugged, indicating that he understood, while Ma Xiaotao continued to play with her fingernails.

"Yuhao, when do we start? I can't keep up this act anymore. What's so fun about these broken fingernails?"

Ma Xiaotao spoke in a strained voice to Huo Yuhao.

"Just bear with it a little longer, keep smiling, yes, let them think we're chatting, good, keep it up."

Both of them wore faint smiles, exuding an oppressive sense of complete control.

What does defeating you have to do with me?

The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear, and the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown.

There were only two people, with young faces and indifferent expressions.

The number one team on the continent, which they should never have encountered in their entire lives, was now standing right in front of them, and Shrek's reputation was growing stronger in their hearts.

Who knows what they were imagining?

Huo Yuhao simply did everything a young prodigy should do: to despise all his opponents. The opponents on the stage were despised, and so were everyone off the stage.

"What was the academy thinking? Why did they have to release me too? I was thinking of saving up a couple more spirit rings to release together with the next batch."

Huo Yuhao's slightly dissatisfied voice rang out, a voice that the people in Kassel on the other side could still hear.

"Let's prepare them mentally first. I only have one red one in my seven rings, what more could you want?"

Ma Xiaotao's helpless voice rang out.

Upon hearing this, the students at Kassel College panicked even more. What mental preparation? What seven rings? What red?

The extremely heavy atmosphere made them afraid to communicate at all, for fear that they would have a mental breakdown.

The audience below the stage was also confused. What seven rings? What red? Could it be what they were thinking?

(End of this chapter)