"I… am not doing this to survive, but because I have long been dissatisfied with Shrek Academy."
Huo Yuhao lowered his head, his eyes flickering slightly.
The Dark Lightning Douluo's gaze shifted, and he leaned in a little closer. Only Lin Xiao, standing to the side, had a somewhat strange expression beneath his mask.
"They call it the number one soul master academy on the continent, yet they don't even have the eyesight to recognize a student's talent."
Huo Yuhao spoke with resentment in his tone. He suddenly raised his head, a trace of ruthlessness flashing through his eyes.
"When I first enrolled, the Martial Soul Department people looked down on my talent completely."
"In the freshman competition, the other teammates who won the championship together with me all became core disciples. Even some whose strength was inferior to mine got core disciple spots, yet I was left with nothing."
"Later, the Soul Guidance Department took a liking to me. Then that Martial Soul Department dean," Huo Yuhao paused slightly, "that Yan Shaozhe came pretending to sincerely invite me to join the Martial Soul Department."
"But the Martial Soul Department doesn't know how to nurture students at all. Every day's classes are nothing but running and running while wearing iron clothes. If you slightly displease a teacher, you get expelled from the academy."
"And even the academy cafeteria provides better food and supplements only to those noble-born students. People like me from poor backgrounds can only eat the worst meals. Sometimes I couldn't even afford those and had to earn money by selling roasted fish."
"How can such an academy be called the number one academy on the continent?"
"It just relies on its reputation to recruit students who already have good talent, then expels those who can't keep up. Naturally, the ones who come out of there are all extraordinary."
"I've long been fed up with staying in such a place."
Huo Yuhao's tone was low. When he spoke of the deeper parts, his voice even trembled slightly.
Not to mention the Dark Lightning Douluo, even Lin Xiao, listening to Huo Yuhao's words from the side, couldn't tell for a moment whether Huo Yuhao was deliberately saying these things in front of the Dark Lightning Douluo or if they were truly heartfelt.
The Dark Lightning Douluo's eyes moved slightly. Although it sounded somewhat hard to believe, for some reason, he still believed a few parts of Huo Yuhao's words.
Seeming to notice the change in the Dark Lightning Douluo's expression, Huo Yuhao continued, bringing up another matter.
"Moreover, back then, I nearly died twice in Shrek Academy."
"The first time was because I defeated a disciple in the freshman competition. That disciple had powerful backing and wanted to find people to kill me."
"Luckily, I escaped by chance. The punishment Shrek gave was merely not allowing him to enter the inner courtyard. And yet, just last year, after I completed the exchange student program at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, that disciple who was not allowed to enter the inner courtyard still appeared in the inner courtyard!"
"And the second time, an inner courtyard disciple lost control of his martial soul and nearly killed me…"
Huo Yuhao's words actually caused the Dark Lightning Douluo to feel somewhat uncertain. He hadn't expected that Shrek Academy, famous throughout the entire Douluo Continent and hailed as the number one academy, would have such sordid affairs.
He narrowed his eyes and suddenly raised his hand to remove the soul guidance devices gagging Wang Dong and He Caitou.
Even after losing the soul guidance devices' restraint, the two of them no longer showed the same agitation as before. Their eyes stared blankly at Huo Yuhao kneeling on the ground, looking completely incredulous.
The Dark Lightning Douluo's gaze swept across the two of them before returning to Huo Yuhao.
"Looking at their reactions, these should all be true?"
"Yuhao…" Wang Dong spoke softly, wanting to meet Huo Yuhao's eyes. "What you said… are those your true thoughts?"
He Caitou, beside him, only tightly pursed his lips and did not speak.
"Hahaha." The Dark Lightning Douluo suddenly burst into laughter and reached out to help Huo Yuhao up from the ground. "Alright, all of that is in the past. In our Holy Cult, if you have any dissatisfaction, just take action and resolve it yourself."
Then he looked up at Lin Xiao. "Look at our Old Eight here, he didn't start in the elder position either."
"Believe me, you will definitely be satisfied with the atmosphere in the Holy Cult."
"Thank you, Elder." Huo Yuhao's face lit up with joy as he bowed deeply.
The smile on the Dark Lightning Douluo's face grew even wider. He turned to look at Wang Dong and He Caitou. "As for these two…"
"No need for Elder to personally take action!" Huo Yuhao interrupted before the Dark Lightning Douluo could finish. Then his soul power surged violently, and his spiritual power rose sharply.
Even the Dark Lightning Douluo standing beside Huo Yuhao felt a momentary daze in his own mind. Then he saw Huo Yuhao's figure suddenly charge forward, raising his hand toward the defenseless Wang Dong and He Caitou.
Looking at the pair of pink-blue eyes so close at hand, Huo Yuhao did not hesitate at all. He raised his palm and struck Wang Dong's forehead.
Thud—
Thud—
The light in He Caitou's and Wang Dong's eyes instantly collapsed. Their bodies slumped to the ground, completely lifeless. Huo Yuhao only paused slightly.
He wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but he hadn't seen the slightest hint of doubt in Wang Dong's eyes, only complete, unwavering trust.
"Hahaha, good!" The Dark Lightning Douluo laughed loudly when he saw this. "Your decisiveness in acting is still as expected. It wasn't in vain that I valued you so highly."
"Since that's the case, I can treat everything from before as if it never happened. From now on, you will follow by my side."
"Yes…" Huo Yuhao hesitated for a moment. "…Teacher."
"Hahaha." The Dark Lightning Douluo's laughter almost pierced through the entire warehouse. "Sharp enough. I don't care where you come from. After you finish participating in this Soul Master Tournament, I will take you back to headquarters."
"After that, you will become my true disciple." The Dark Lightning Douluo said as his gaze swept around. "For these next few days, just stay by my side."
Headquarters…
Huo Yuhao's eyes shifted slightly. He hurriedly bowed again. "Thank you, Teacher."
"Congratulations to Third Brother on gaining another fine disciple." Lin Xiao saw that the "master and disciple" had finished their pleasantries and stepped forward with a smile.
He was about to deal with Chen An's corpse on the ground when Huo Yuhao moved ahead of him. "Elder, allow me."
"Alright, Old Eight, let my disciple handle these matters."
Lin Xiao paused slightly, then nodded and walked to the Dark Lightning Douluo's side.
"Third Brother, the people from Shrek Academy have always been at odds with us. You trust this Tang Wu that much?"
"What does it matter?" The Dark Lightning Douluo also smiled as he looked over. "Aren't there plenty of people in the cult who came from Shrek Academy?"
"No matter what he truly thinks, in the end, he will become one of us, won't he?"
"Besides, don't you think it's interesting, the process of defecting from the academy and then encountering people from his original academy and fighting each other to the death?"
Lin Xiao opened his mouth, then helplessly shook his head. Sure enough, this was one of the Dark Lightning Douluo's little hobbies.
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