Douluo Continent: Outwitting the Ceiling of Wisdom - Yuhao Faks His Death for Ten Thousand Years

Chapter 104 Xu Xiaoyu: Huo Yuhao and the others should be a little bit stronger than us, right?

Donghai City, Donghai Square.

The gentle morning sunlight shone softly on the marble floor of the square, reflecting a faint luster, while the sea breeze, carrying a refreshing scent, dispelled the morning chill.

Donghai Square was exceptionally lively today, as all the students and their teachers from Donghai Academy who were going to participate in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition gathered here.

They will be traveling by special bus arranged by the Donghai City government and escorted by a mech squad to the venue of the competition – Tianhai City.

Half an hour before departure, students were already arriving at the square one after another.

Some of them arrived by private car, parked in an orderly fashion at the entrance of the square, and then got off to gather; others took buses and subways, rushing over with a mixture of anticipation and nervousness on their faces.

The trainees gathered in small groups, discussing the upcoming competition.

Huo Yuhao and his family arrived as scheduled. They rode in their newly purchased black extended sedan, which was understated yet luxurious and stood out conspicuously when parked on the road next to the square.

It's worth mentioning that before arriving at Donghai Square, they made a detour to the Donghai City Spirit Pagoda and picked up Gu Yuena along the way.

The car slowly came to a stop, the door opened, and five teenagers, Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ye Guyi, stepped out one after another.

They were outstanding in appearance, upright in posture, and extraordinary in temperament. Every move they made exuded a composure and strength beyond their years. As soon as they appeared, they instantly attracted the attention of all the students in the square.

At this moment, the five main students of Class Zero—Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Zhang Yangzi—had already arrived at the square. They were very familiar with Huo Yuhao and his group, and simply smiled and waved to greet them.

However, the other senior students who had gathered in the square looked at these five imposing young men and women with expressions of doubt and curiosity, and most of them were quite unfamiliar with them.

Standing next to Xu Xiaoyan was her brother, Xu Xiaoyu, a senior student who was about to participate in the youth group competition.

Xu Xiaoyu stared intently at Huo Yuhao and his group of five, her eyes filled with curiosity. She couldn't help but turn her head and whisper to Xu Xiaoyan beside her, "Xiaoyan, are these the classmates you told me about before, the ones in Class Zero who are extremely strong?"

So, is he the rumored core disciple from the Spirit Pagoda?

"Yes, brother." Xu Xiaoyan nodded, her gaze falling on Huo Yuhao and the others, her tone carrying a hint of barely perceptible pride for her classmates, "It's them, Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and the other three."

"I see—"

Xu Xiaoyu nodded thoughtfully, subconsciously circulating her soul power to sense the aura emanating from the five people in the distance, and couldn't help but feel secretly alarmed.

"Judging from their aura alone, they are indeed extraordinary, more composed and mature than many of our senior students."

Before this, whenever Xu Xiaoyan went home for vacation, she would occasionally mention her classmates when chatting with him, her words full of praise, envy, and even a bit of admiration.

Xu Xiaoyu still remembers the first time she heard from Xu Xiaoyan that these core disciples of the Spirit Pagoda were already at least two-ring Great Soul Masters when they first entered the school.

When one of them even reached the third-ring Soul Master realm, he was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

However, they were only first-year students, several years younger than him.

Xu Xiaoyu never really felt it was true. She always thought that Xu Xiaoyan was young and inexperienced, and because she was in the same class as them, she admired them a lot, so she inevitably exaggerated a bit.

Now, these legendary geniuses will be traveling with me to Tianhai City to participate in the junior division of the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition.

After a year of study and training, what amazing strength will they demonstrate? And what results will they achieve in the competition?

Xu Xiaoyu was filled with curiosity about this. Since Xu Xiaoyan started attending Donghai Academy, the two siblings had had far fewer opportunities to meet and chat on a daily basis.

Therefore, he knew nothing about the current situation of these five core disciples of the Spirit Pagoda.

On the other side, Xu Xiaoyan quickly stepped forward and greeted Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and the others one by one.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, and seeing them stop a short distance away and chat casually, Xu Xiaoyan turned around and said to her brother beside her with a somewhat helpless expression, "It's more than just not simple, brother. If you ask me, even if they participated in your youth group competition, winning the championship would be a piece of cake."

Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaoyu frowned immediately, a look of disbelief on her face. She quickly said, "This—Xiaoyan, aren't you exaggerating a bit too much?"

Even if they are strong, they are still just first-year students, several years older than our advanced students. Their soul power level and combat experience are not on the same level at all.

"Maybe it's an exaggeration, but believe it or not."

Xu Xiaoyan shrugged indifferently, looking like she couldn't be bothered to argue with her older brother, her tone carrying a hint of teasing.

"But honestly, I think if we let them participate in the youth group, they would definitely be much better than the older guys who couldn't even get past the preliminaries before."

Xu Xiaoyu's face stiffened instantly, her expression turning somewhat awkward. Her lips twitched, and she forced a rebuttal: "————This time it's impossible! Our team members participating this time are all Soul Masters with at least three rings, their strength is much greater than before, and we will definitely achieve good results."

However—but they do have a slight chance of being stronger than us.

"Just a little bit? Heh."

Xu Xiaoyan pouted, her eyes full of disapproval, clearly disagreeing with her brother's statement.

She had personally witnessed the strength of Huo Yuhao and the others, and compared to ordinary senior students like them, the difference was not just "a little bit".

On the other side, Wu Changkong, the class teacher of Class Zero, and Long Hengxu, the dean of studies, who were leading the team, were also paying attention to Huo Yuhao and his group of five.

Long Hengxu looked at Huo Yuhao and the others with eagerness and anticipation. Having a slight understanding of the strength of these five core disciples of the Spirit Pagoda, he was already fantasizing about the day when they would win the championship of the junior group competition for Donghai Academy.

Over the years, Donghai College's performance in major competitions has been less than ideal, and not just generally unsatisfactory.

As the second largest city on the east coast of the Sun and Moon Federation, Donghai City's performance was so poor that Donghai Academy was naturally very anxious. The governing officials of Donghai City were also very embarrassed by this and were eager for Donghai Academy to try its best to improve.

Wu Changkong, standing beside Long Hengxu, was not thinking about anything related to the competition.

His cold, deep eyes were fixed on Huo Yuhao, revealing a sense of disbelief and shock.

The reason is that he can no longer see through Huo Yuhao's true cultivation level!