Peerless: Tang San, this time Huo Yuhao is the attacker.

Wang Dong was taken aback when he heard this. He looked at Xiao Xiao, whose anger at the attack had long since disappeared, replaced by a very complicated expression.

She could see a reflection of several emotions on Xiao Xiao's face: worry, frustration, but most obviously, self-blame.

"Huh? I, I'm fine. I'm just a little tired. I'll go upstairs to rest now. Bye-bye."

Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's question, Xiao Xiao's expression turned panicked, and she forced a smile at the two of them.

"A smile without showing your teeth isn't your style, Xiao Xiao."

Huo Yuhao grabbed the girl's wrist, pulling her back from her escape.

Seeing that her disguise had been seen through, Xiao Xiao's smile faded, and her mood visibly somber.

"I... I just feel useless. Not only can I not help you, but I'm also dragging you down."

If it weren't for the fact that you were taking me with you, you could have easily gotten away.

"If my senior doesn't arrive on time today, I'll kill both of you."

Xiao Xiao's voice grew weaker and weaker, her shoulders trembled, and in the end, only soft sobs could be heard.

"Xiao Xiao, if today's situation were that I was seriously injured and being carried by Wang Dong, and you were the one activating the level-three soul-guided thruster, would you abandon me?"

Huo Yuhao didn't offer any words of comfort, but instead asked Xiao Xiao a question.

"Of course not," Xiao Xiao replied without hesitation.

"But I'm only a burden to you when I'm so badly injured. Abandon me and you can leave safely. Taking me with you means certain death. Why not?"

Huo Yuhao continued to ask questions, but Xiao Xiao's answers remained uninterrupted.

"Because we are partners!"

"Yes, we are partners." Huo Yuhao said with a touch of emotion, "How can partners be a burden? How can partners be abandoned?"

"And you just said something wrong, Wang Dong, you tell Xiao Xiao."

Wang Dong patted Huo Yuhao with a smile, "You think too highly of us, Xiao Xiao. Even without you, Yuhao and I wouldn't have escaped."

We are indeed very fast, but those people are average Soul Kings, so they are even faster than us.

Even if we assume they're not as fast as us, Yuhao and I don't have that much soul power. Catching up is just a matter of time.

"That's right." Huo Yuhao reached out and wiped away the girl's tears, speaking gently:

"Xiao Xiao, don't underestimate yourself. Your martial spirit and talent are top-notch. Today was just an accident, you just happened to be in the air where you couldn't use your skills."

Huo Yuhao paused here, "At your current cultivation speed, you will soon be able to break through to the third ring and meet the conditions for using a flying soul tool."

Then you'll be able to fly in the sky like Wang Dong, maybe even faster than her.

"Xiao Xiao, just take that with a grain of salt. You'll never get the chance to outrun me in your entire life."

Wang Dong also bantered with Huo Yuhao at the right moment, making the atmosphere more relaxed.

"I'm going to take a soul tool course tomorrow; I'm sure I can surpass you!"

A smile finally appeared on Xiao Xiao's pretty face. Before Wang Dong could speak, she suddenly clapped her hands, her eyes shining brightly.

"Wang Dong, you should call me 'sister'!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dong froze, as if struck by lightning. Only then did she remember the bet she had made with Xiao Xiao outside the city gate.

"No way, no way, Wang Dong, you're not trying to renege on your debt, are you?"

Hearing Xiao Xiao deliberately flatter her, Wang Dong looked unwilling, but still stubbornly said, "How could I possibly renege on my promise, Xiao Xiao... sister."

"Hey! Little brother Wang Dong, I'm going upstairs now." Xiao Xiao looked pleased and pleased.

Xiao Xiao went upstairs happily, leaving Wang Dong looking constipated.

"Stop standing here like a statue, wash up and get ready to cultivate."

"It's all Dai Huabin's fault! I must kill him!"

early morning.

After meditating all night, Huo Yuhao and his two companions arrived at the classroom feeling refreshed, but instead of Class 1, they went to Class 2.

Shrek Academy was supposed to ask them some questions, but Ma Xiaotao took it all on the grounds that she had already asked.

Although Ma Xiaotao is only a Soul Emperor and has no real say, her hidden status is very high.

Her teacher, Yan Shaozhe, is a Super Douluo, and her grandmaster is the current head of the Sea God Pavilion, as well as a seed-level genius of the Inner Academy.

In other words, Shrek Academy had absolute trust in Ma Xiaotao, and therefore, Ma Xiaotao was involved in the relevant interrogations.

"Dai Huabin, is everything ready? Tomorrow is the deadline."

Dai Huabin looked at Huo Yuhao and the other two, who were unharmed. Although his face remained indifferent, he felt a vague unease in his heart.

When he received the invitation to the Treasure Appreciation Event yesterday at noon, he gave orders to the assassins to take immediate action if they spotted Huo Yuhao and the others.

He hadn't received any news last night, and now that he saw Huo Yuhao and the others, there was only one possibility: Huo Yuhao and the other two hadn't gone to the treasure appreciation event last night.

Actually, there is another possibility, but Dai Huabin dares not think about it.

One Soul Emperor and five Soul Kings represent a considerable asset for the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, not to mention the possibility that some of them might still be alive...

"I know, I'll give it to you tomorrow," Dai Huabin said coldly, planning to lure Huo Yuhao and the other two to the outskirts of the city for an ambush the next day.

"Oh? The soul bone arrived so quickly? When was your leg cut off? This afternoon?"

Wang Dong wore a mocking expression, but his eyes were filled with coldness. Dai Huabin was still putting on an act.

"Don't go too far!" Zhu Lu, who was standing next to Dai Huabin, couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to scold him.

"So Zhu Lu is here too." Huo Yuhao feigned surprise, then put on a warm and welcoming smile.

"I suggest you go home and find a new fiancé. After all, it won't sound good if word gets out that you're living with a cripple."

"Huo Yuhao, you're courting death!" Dai Huabin slammed his fist on the table and stood up, his eyes flashing with a fierce light, his soul power fluctuating violently, as if he might attack at any moment.

"Speaking of death, I almost died last night." Huo Yuhao's expression remained unchanged, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

Dai Huabin's surging soul power faltered, and he had a bad premonition.

"Last night, a Soul Emperor and five Soul Kings ambushed the three of us, but we were lucky enough to encounter a powerful senior from the Inner Court..."

"Then what!"

Huo Yuhao paused deliberately, but Zhu Lu couldn't wait any longer. A crazy but very much in line with Dai Huabin's personality came to her mind.

No way, they wouldn't really send someone to assassinate Huo Yuhao and the others, would they? What if they left evidence...?

Zhu Lu dared not think any further. Assassinating Shrek Academy students—even if the White Tiger Duke intervened, he couldn't protect Dai Huabin.

"It's nothing, we only spared six people."

Wang Dong's light, casual words felt like a mountain pressing down on Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, making it hard for them to breathe.