Bonus Chapter. Enjoy!
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The martial souls of Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu were their hair.
Perhaps it was the innate bond between twins, or perhaps it was their natural talent for being of one mind, but not long after their martial souls awakened, they discovered they could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
At this moment, just as that flaming palm was about to descend, the sisters tightly embraced each other.
A blue halo erupted from their bodies, their long blue hair behind their heads simultaneously lifted and scattered in the air, each strand emitting a crystal-clear luster.
Martial Soul Fusion Skill — Heavenly Net!
Those countless strands of hair seemed to gain life, growing wildly as they twisted and turned towards the red figure before them.
Each strand was more tenacious than ordinary steel; woven together, they formed an impenetrable net of heaven and earth.
But the opponent's flame was truly too terrifying.
That dark red flame seemed capable of incinerating everything. The strands of hair ignited the moment they approached the terrifying high temperature.
With a soft 'sizzle', the crystal-clear blue hair turned to ash.
The sisters poured all their effort into driving their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, yet they were utterly unable to stop that red figure.
Their most powerful technique was actually so utterly ineffective against this person.
The fear between life and death welled up from the depths of their hearts.
Tears silently slid down their cheeks, evaporating the moment they appeared in the scorching heat.
Two freshmen who had just enrolled, two girls barely eleven years old, now clung tightly together, looking at the figure wreathed in rising flames, their eyes filled with despair.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong weren't particularly fast, but Huo Yuhao sensed it early, and the distance wasn't far to begin with. In just a moment, the two had arrived at the Sea God Lake shore.
The scene not far away instantly came into view.
A figure wreathed in terrifying dark red flames was about to strike the two figures tightly embracing each other.
Wang Dong's pupils contracted sharply. He froze in place. What was going on?
How could something like this happen at Shrek Academy?
Countless questions exploded in his mind, but there was no time to ponder a single one.
And in the instant he was stunned, Huo Yuhao beside him had already made his move.
Two soul rings slowly rose from beneath Huo Yuhao's feet.
Wang Dong's gaze instinctively swept over, and then... he was completely dumbfounded.
Red. Two red soul rings.
Were those... hundred-thousand-year soul rings?!
Huo Yuhao extended his right hand, pointing a finger towards that figure from a distance.
A beam of light shot out from his fingertip.
The beam was only as thick as a thumb, pure white overall, yet within the white base color, it carried a faint hint of jade green.
It tore through the air, crossing several dozen meters in an instant, shooting towards the chest of the red figure.
And at that moment... that red figure suddenly stopped.
The hand raised high hung in mid-air, the flame in its palm still flickering, but it did not descend.
She abruptly turned her head, a pair of eyes that seemed to be burning with flames fixedly staring in Huo Yuhao's direction.
But it was already too late.
Huo Yuhao's attack had already struck her chest.
The terrifying flames rising from her body instantly dissipated completely, as if they had never existed.
Then, a layer of crystal-clear frost began spreading from her chest at a visible speed.
In the blink of an eye, it had already covered her entire body, sealing her whole person within transparent ice.
"Bang!"
The frozen figure collapsed heavily, hitting the bluestone slabs by the lake with a dull thud.
The Sea God Lake shore fell into utter silence.
"You... you..."
Wang Dong's mouth hung open, eyes wide, unable to even speak coherently.
"Are you... a Twin Martial Souls?"
Wang Dong knew Huo Yuhao's first martial soul was the spiritual-type Spirit Eyes, with soul rings of two purple and two black.
But what he had just seen were two red hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
He felt his brain couldn't quite process it. Even for a Twin Martial Souls, the first two soul rings couldn't possibly be hundred-thousand-year ones!
Wang Dong's mind was a jumbled mess.
Huo Yuhao glanced at the dumbfounded youth beside him. Seeing his astonished look, he suddenly felt like laughing.
That delicate face was now slightly flushed from shock, lips slightly parted, revealing two small canine teeth. No matter how you looked at it... it was cute.
Huo Yuhao suddenly had an impulse to reach out and pinch that rosy cheek.
But in the end, he restrained himself.
"Mhm."
He simply acknowledged with a sound, offering no further explanation, and said, "People are coming."
Wang Dong followed his gaze and indeed saw two white-clad figures flying over from Sea God Island. In an instant, they landed by the lakeside. Judging by their age, they should be academy teachers.
Wang Dong took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart.
"Let's go see what's really going on. How could something like this happen at Shrek Academy?"
Huo Yuhao was also somewhat curious. He nodded, and the two strode forward.
Huo Yuhao's judgment was correct. The two white-clad figures flying over from Sea God Island were indeed inner courtyard teachers.
Moreover, their job was precisely to ensure Ma Xiaotao wouldn't cause problems when her Evil Fire flared up.
But now, Ma Xiaotao had rushed out of Sea God Island and nearly injured outer courtyard freshmen.
Clearly, this was a dereliction of duty by these two teachers.
So when the two teachers landed, their first action was to quickly scan the surroundings.
Finding no casualties, they exchanged a glance, both subtly letting out a sigh of relief.
Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu clearly hadn't recovered from the life-and-death crisis moments ago. They still clung tightly together, their bodies trembling uncontrollably, faces still bearing traces of terror.
But Wang Dong paid no mind to this. He stepped forward, pointed at the frozen figure on the ground, and fired off questions at the two teachers: "How could something like this happen at Shrek Academy? Who exactly is she?"
One of the teachers frowned, his gaze falling on Wang Dong.
His tone was indifferent. "Some matters are not for freshmen like you to know. What just happened, we hope you can forget."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, then looking at the two trembling blue-haired girls.
"Otherwise... you will be expelled from the academy."
Hearing this, Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu trembled all over.
The words "expelled" were like a bucket of ice water, dousing all the unwillingness and grievance in their hearts.
They had worked so hard to get into Shrek Academy. If they were expelled just like that, how could they explain it to their family? How could they face those expectant gazes?
They truly hadn't suffered substantial harm. The sisters exchanged a look, gritted their teeth, and ultimately didn't speak up, only silently burying their heads even lower.
They had compromised!
"Is this a threat?"
A clear, bright voice suddenly rang out, carrying a touch of undisguised anger.
Wang Dong stood there, that cute little face now full of seriousness.
Pointing at the two still-trembling blue-haired girls, he said word by word, "These two... almost died just now."
His gaze pierced straight towards that teacher, without a trace of fear.
"You say forget, so we forget? You say let it go, so we let it go?"
"On what grounds?"
As the little princess of the Clear Sky Sect, she, Wang Dong, had been coddled and cherished since childhood.
Let alone a Shrek Academy teacher; even if a Titled Douluo stood before her, she might not even furrow a brow.
If she didn't come to Shrek, she still had plenty of places to go. If she didn't come to Shrek, she still lacked for nothing.
Trying to threaten her with expulsion?
Not a chance.
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
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