The Peerless Tang Sect: Heavenly Heart Douluo

Chapter 62 On the Eve of the Second Year Examination

Therefore, when Huo Yuhao reached the Spirit Abyss Realm in terms of spiritual power, he developed the second stage of his first soul skill, which is a mimicry based on the other party's self-awareness. In this mimicry, the other party's thoughts and ideas will be rationalized as much as possible.

Moreover, because it is a simulated scenario based on the other party's cognition, the other party cannot see through its flaws, because the flaws will be filled by their subconscious.

Huo Yuhao named this the Double Illusion.

As Bei Bei left the arena, Huo Yuhao could feel that a mark of fear had been planted in her heart, and wisps of emotion were being transmitted to him through that mark.

However, when Huo Yuhao planted the fear mark this time, he tried to blur the scene of Bei Bei's defeat and bury it deep in his subconscious by re-cutting through the double illusion.

Huo Yuhao discovered that the fear imprint created under such circumstances would not cause the imprinted person's mentality to change when facing Huo Yuhao unless Huo Yuhao directly activated it through his soul skills.

[That's not bad. It allows the fear imprint to reside more subtly on certain individuals, and sometimes it's more effective than making them fear me normally.] Huo Yuhao was quite satisfied after the experiment.

He then left the arena and continued to sweep through the other fourth-year students. Time passed quickly, and Huo Yuhao discovered that there were far more fourth-year students participating in the Soul Arena than second- and third-year students.

After all, unlike the simple tests of strength at the beginning of the second and third grades, there are also requirements for the number of wins in the Soul Arena if you want to advance to the next level after the fourth grade.

Winning a match in the Soul Arena will earn you something called Soul Arena Credits, which will be recorded in your file. To advance from fourth to fifth grade, you need at least ten Soul Arena matches where you defeat opponents of the same grade.

Moving from fifth to sixth grade requires even more. And after sixth grade, Battle Spirit Credits are said to become even more important for entering the Inner Academy.

However, Huo Yuhao wasn't there to do this, so he hadn't looked into it in detail.

Unlike before, Huo Yuhao did not continue to select new prey in the Soul Arena in the afternoon. Instead, he went to Seagod Island and arrived at the secret chamber where Ma Xiaotao was in seclusion. Yan Shaozhe had previously given him a token to enter the secret chamber so that he could come at any time.

Upon entering the secret chamber and sensing the presence of outsiders, Ma Xiaotao ceased her cultivation. Because the evil fire within her body had been purified by Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao's soul power had now reached level sixty-eight.

Huo Yuhao didn't say much, but quietly released the purification spell to cleanse the evil fire in Ma Xiaotao's body. At the same time, he used his mental detection to sense that the runes planted in Ma Xiaotao's body had transformed her body in the past month into a state where she could fall into darkness at any time due to the outbreak of evil fire. It was just one step away from completion.

Huo Yuhao temporarily sealed the rune using magic, and he could break the seal at any time to allow Ma Xiaotao's martial soul to fall into the form of a dark phoenix.

After Huo Yuhao entered, Ma Xiaotao simply pursed her lips and quietly watched him. Her pink eyes were exceptionally bright and moist. Huo Yuhao could clearly sense that the fear imprints on different people would be accompanied by different emotions in addition to getting close to them.

The emotions that Ma Xiaotao was conveying at this moment were difficult for him to judge. He could only say that this was indeed the continent of love-obsessed people. Therefore, after sealing the runes, Huo Yuhao left immediately and did not dare to stay any longer.

After returning to the dormitory, they spent the night cultivating as usual. Wang Dong'er seemed to be working extra hard, and Huo Yuhao saw her meditating when he returned.

Early morning arrived, and it was finally time for registration for the new school year at Shrek Academy. Students of all grades began to report and register. The entrance examinations for new students were completed, and all the new students had enrolled. Meanwhile, all the other grades were facing their upcoming promotion exams.

The reporting began in the morning and didn't finish until the afternoon.

Because everyone was registering and signing up all day, there weren't many people in the Soul Arena. Huo Yuhao only went to the outer academy library to record some books that he hadn't memorized before before returning to his dormitory to continue his cultivation.

The next morning, on their way to breakfast, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er encountered three familiar people: Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie.

Previously, because he was dissatisfied with Huo Yuhao's long absence from class, which left the position of class monitor of the offensive department vacant and Wang Dong'er to take over, he was expelled from Class One after arguing with Zhou Yi. Due to his status as a core disciple and his lineage from the White Tiger, Shrek Academy placed him in Class Two, the agility department, to continue his studies.

Previously, Huo Yuhao had used his absolute strength to defeat him in the freshman competition, and he had been resentful about it. He was dissatisfied that he, as the legitimate son of the White Tiger, had always been high and mighty, but he never expected to lose to a servant's illegitimate son.

Upon seeing Huo Yuhao, Dai Huabin's face darkened, his eyes hardening further. He then let out a cold snort and walked away with Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie behind him.

Although he harbored deep resentment and hostility towards Huo Yuhao, he also knew the absolute gap in strength between himself and Huo Yuhao, so he naturally wouldn't make any bets with Huo Yuhao to provoke him like in the original story.

However, he still harbored the ambition to outshine Huo Yuhao in the upcoming second-year assessment.

Huo Yuhao watched his departing figure and shook his head inwardly. If only Dai Huabin could provoke him like in the original story, then when Dai Huabin could send assassins to ambush him, he could use that to directly seize leverage over the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

He's vented some of the anger he suffered in his childhood, but it seems this guy is a bit timid.

"Tch, what's with this guy's arrogance? You beat him to a pulp before and expelled him from class. How dare he come here and give us attitude?" Wang Dong'er said, seemingly annoyed, as she looked at Dai Huabin's back.

Huo Yuhao shook his head: "Forget it, let's go. We need to finish breakfast early so we can get back to class."

After having breakfast, Wang Dong'er and the two of them went straight back to Class One.

Soon after, Zhou Yi and Wang Yan walked in, and everyone quieted down.

Zhou Yi stood behind the podium and said, "The assessment for moving from first to second grade is relatively easy. The assessment content for Class 1 and Class 2 is the same."

"This assessment will be held in the academy's Beast Fighting Area. The Beast Fighting Area houses various levels of spirit beasts captured by the academy over the years. It's specifically provided for students to practice combat skills. If you are able to advance to the fourth year, you will also train in the Beast Fighting Area. The combat lessons there will be a crucial assessment of your future performance."

"For this upgrade assessment, you will choose the spirit beasts you will face. Different spirit beasts represent different point values. The stronger the spirit beast you challenge, the greater your chance of getting a high score in the assessment. The assessment will be scored by senior teachers from the Spirit Department. The maximum score is one hundred. Those who achieve sixty points or above will pass the upgrade assessment."

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