Douluo Continent: Original Body Huo Yuhao

On Poseidon Island, Xu Yang was pleading with Yan Shaozhe, "Teacher, I want to go to the Soul Fighting Tournament to see what it's like."

Yan Shaozhe looked at the disciple in front of him with some helplessness. He already knew what had happened in the Soul Arena; Xu Yang's performance was alright at first, but he had actually betrayed his teammate!

This infuriated Yan Shaozhe. "Why don't you lead your companions and charge forward? If you quietly fall behind and let those two get eliminated by the others, you can stay!"

But what can he do? This is his disciple, and there are three substitutes for the main team. Hearing that Elder Xuan's disciple was also eliminated, Elder Xuan must also want his disciple to participate in the Soul Battle Tournament. Yan Shaozhe sighed, "I'll talk to Elder Xuan about it."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yang became excited. His own teacher had no say right now, but Xuan Zi certainly did; after all, he was the second strongest student at Shrek Academy! It wouldn't be a problem for him to say a few words on his behalf.

"Thank you, teacher!"

In fact, Xu Yang regretted it after informing Dai Yueheng. He knew that the assassination attempt had no chance of success, and with Huo Yuhao's abilities, he would definitely be able to find out that Dai Yueheng had sent someone to assassinate him.

A few days ago, he heard from his teacher that Dai Yueheng had been expelled from school and that Ma Xiaotao had taken his place. He panicked at that moment.

Xu Yang wasn't sure if Huo Yuhao would trace it back to him, but he didn't dare to gamble. That's when he started thinking about leaving Shrek Academy.

He remembered that during the Soul Fighting Tournament, two members of the Body Sect tried to forcibly take Huo Yuhao away, but were stopped by Shrek Academy.

But this is my chance!

Huo Yuhao doesn't usually use his martial spirit, but he can certainly make a good impression, so that those people will only come looking for him.

Once they come knocking, I'll go with them to the Body Sect immediately and get away from Huo Yuhao!

......

When the day arrived to depart for Xingluo City to participate in the Soul Master Competition, Huo Yuhao arrived with his three girlfriends to find a large crowd already gathered at the school gate.

At this moment, Old Song also arrived here with Tang Yin and Xu Yang.

Old Song explained simply: "Tang Yin and Xu Yang will serve as substitutes for the reserve team."

Then he walked out of the school, and the others followed. After walking for about half an hour, Old Song stopped, turned to the crowd, and looked solemn.

"I have something to say, so listen carefully."

"Shrek Academy recruits inner court disciples every year, but even at its peak, the number never exceeded one hundred. Do you know why?"

Huo Yuhao instantly understood what was going on.

"It's the Shrek Supervisory Bureau, isn't it?"

Old Song glanced at Huo Yuhao and nodded. She knew Huo Yuhao; she had heard of this extraordinary genius from Mu En and her daughter. In fact, one of the reasons Old Song personally escorted them this time was because Mu En had asked her to protect Huo Yuhao.

Following that, Elder Song introduced the Shrek Supervisory Group to everyone, which made some people from the Inner Court and Outer Court feel honored.

Tang Yin proudly raised his head, as if it were all his achievement.

"However," Elder Song changed the subject, "the evil spirit masters cannot be completely dealt with by Shrek Academy alone. Elder Mu has deeply realized that fighting against evil spirit masters is everyone's shared responsibility. Therefore, all future actions of the Overwatch Council must be carried out in coordination with local departments."

Upon hearing this, Tang Yin's face froze.

What?! You actually dared to relinquish the power of Shrek Academy to someone else?! Who is the current head of the Sea God Pavilion? Who gave him the audacity?! When I regain my divine throne, I will definitely expel you from the Shrek Academy roster!

However, Tang Yin did not show any anger on the surface and could only grit his teeth and accept it all.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Elder Song distributed equipment to everyone from his storage device.

"This is... a trigger-activated soul-guided shield?"

Old Song smiled kindly and said, "That's right. Evil Soul Masters are cunning and treacherous, and their methods are unpredictable. The more protection we have, the safer we are."

This was actually partly due to Old Song's own selfish motives. She was Xian Lin'er's mother, and Xian Lin'er was the dean of the Soul Guidance Academy. Naturally, she also supported the Soul Guidance Department.

It's just some soul-guided shields, nothing more than level five soul tools, and the cost isn't much. But if it can save them once in a critical moment, those arrogant martial soul-system inner court students might not be so resistant to soul tools anymore.

"Thank you, Mr. Song."

The students from the outer courtyard were not so opposed to soul tools.

Xu Yang, in particular, immediately placed the soul-guiding shield in a safe place. He remembered clearly that the evil soul master they were about to face was the Death Messenger, who was known as the strongest soul king.

The inner court disciples also accepted the soul tool, although a few were not entirely convinced. However, out of respect for Elder Song's high moral character and the reverence for his elders, no one dared to refuse such a gift, and thus no one raised any objections.

But Tang Yin objected: "Elder Song, I believe that true strength for a Soul Master ultimately comes from their own abilities; Soul Tools are merely external tools. If one relies too heavily on Soul Tools, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?"

After saying that, Tang Yin was about to hand the Soul Guidance Shield back.

"Keep it safe!" Elder Song roared. This also silenced the few inner court students who had just been considering taking action.

Old Master Song cursed inwardly. "That old bastard Xuanzi! It's one thing he doesn't like soul tools, but he even brings that kind of thinking to his disciple! Tang Yin's cultivation level is so low; without any safety measures, what if something happens to him?"

The fact that two or three inner court students wanted to return the protective shield just now further angered Elder Song.

It's all the fault of Xuanzi and Yan Shaozhe! If they hadn't been suppressing the Soul Guidance Department and promoting the fallacy of the supremacy of martial souls, the Soul Guidance Department wouldn't have developed so slowly.

However, seeing that Ma Xiaotao was no longer so resistant to the soul tool still pleased Elder Song. It seemed that Elder Mu's reprimand some time ago had been quite effective.

Tang Yin was disgruntled upon seeing this and put the protective shield away in the moonlit night of the Twenty-Four Bridges.

Seeing this, Elder Song sighed inwardly, thinking to himself that he still needed to keep an eye on Tang Yin, after all, he was Xuanzi's disciple and could not be ignored.

Then he introduced the mission details to everyone: "A group of thieves has appeared in the Mingdou Mountains area, and according to the investigation, they are likely related to evil spirit masters."

"As everyone knows, that place is the border between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire, and it's inconvenient for the army to be dispatched to suppress bandits, otherwise it would trigger a small-scale war between the two countries. Therefore, this time the inspection team will take action, and your mission is to wipe out all the thieves."

"The inner court members are the main force, while the outer court members can provide support from the sidelines."

Then Elder Song gave each of them a flying soul tool.

Looking at the pair of "wings" in his hands, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but think to himself: Douluo Star's bionics is really bionic.

However, he could understand it. The Douluo Star's technology system, which is centered on soul power, was destined to revolve around soul masters, so it was quite normal for people to wear a pair of "wings".

A day or two later, after taking several breaks, the group arrived at their destination.