Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 43 The Stubborn Donkey Xu Sanshi

Huo Yuhao and Xu Sanshi's words were clearly heard by everyone. When they heard Huo Yuhao say with a serious face that he would not open himself up, they couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Xu Sanshi was already furious, and now seeing that the people on the second floor were also laughing, including Jiang Nannan, he could no longer hold back. He suddenly grabbed Huo Yuhao with a large hand, accompanied by a sound like thunder.

Huo Yuhao frowned. Had his temper become too mild after spending three months in the gentle embrace of Shrek Academy, to the point that he was now being bullied instead of respected when he spoke politely?

He nimbly bent down and took a step to the side, dodging Xu Sanshi's confident grab. His right hand slowly brushed against the storage soul tool, and a katana made of hundred-times-forged steel flashed in the light and was already in Huo Yuhao's hand.

"Xu Sanshi, what the hell are you trying to do?!"

Jiechu, who was drinking with Beibei, Tang Ya and others on the second floor, was the first to notice something was wrong. He charged at the other party like a raging bear, his huge palms slamming out like bear paws. Xu Sanshi raised his palms to block, but was still knocked back several steps.

Under his outstanding feet, four spirit rings instantly appeared, the four spirit rings with the best ratio of yellow and purple exuding an extremely terrifying deterrent power.

Although Bei Bei was a step slower, she and Tang Ya protected Huo Yuhao from the left and right. Almost everyone on the second floor of the restaurant stood up abruptly and stared intently at Xu Sanshi, including some sixth-year seniors in black with extremely terrifying auras of strength.

"Xu Sanshi, I originally thought you were only disgusting to me, but now you've even started to find pleasure in bullying a nine-year-old child?"

Jiang Nannan slowly walked over to Xu Sanshi. The happy expression she had when chatting with everyone had disappeared, replaced by a look of confusion, disgust, and disappointment that she couldn't understand at all.

"No, Nan Nan, please let me explain, I didn't!"

Xu Sanshi panicked and tried to explain himself urgently, but Jiang Nannan's unwavering gaze told him that he had completely messed things up.

"Nannan!"

Xu Sanshi instinctively tried to reach Jiang Nannan's hand past Jie Jie and the others, but Jie Jie slapped him hard across the chest and forced him back into the corner.

"Sanshi, we'd better finish this one thing before dealing with the other. You tried to fight my brother, and I haven't settled that score with you yet."

Xu Sanshi didn't care about that. He wanted to push away Jie Zhuo's big hand and go find Jiang Nannan. However, Jie Zhuo's cultivation level was terrifying. Both of them were in the fourth year, but Xu Sanshi was only level 29, while Jie Zhuo had already obtained his fourth soul ring and was a proper level 41 Soul Master. The gap was huge.

Moreover, Xu Sanshi's martial soul is the Xuanming Turtle. Although its defense is good, in terms of pure strength, it can never compare to the outstanding one who possesses the Mighty Vajra Bear martial soul.

"Xiaoya, I didn't expect this to happen halfway through your birthday party. I'm sorry, you should take Nannan back first. We'll handle Xu Sanshi's situation."

Beibei glanced apologetically at Tang Ya.

"Hehe, it's okay. Who knows how Xu Sanshi found out about this? It's already great that you and Nan Nan, along with Xiao Yuhao and Jiechu, came over for a drink and a couple of skewers. But remember to go a little harder later and beat him so badly he can't take care of himself. Then I'll let you kiss me. How dare you bully Xiao Yuhao, hmph."

Beibei's face was originally tense, but after hearing Tang Ya's words, which seemed to be stirring up trouble, her facial muscles twitched.

Tang Ya turned around with a smile and patted Huo Yuhao's head. The reason Huo Yuhao was on the second floor was because it was Tang Ya's birthday today. He took some wine upstairs and had a couple of drinks with her. As a result, he ran into this incident as soon as he came downstairs.

Watching Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan leave, Bei Bei finally breathed a sigh of relief. She turned to Huo Yuhao with an apologetic look and said, "I'm sorry, Yuhao. I brought this stubborn mule with me. I originally wanted to help him, but it seems he's hopeless. I apologize to you."

Huo Yuhao gently shook his head, indicating that it was nothing. After all, no one knows if they will ever meet a stubborn mule who isn't very bright in their lifetime, so this can't be blamed on Bei Bei.

Turning her head back, Bei Bei's eyes revealed a hint of displeasure: "Xu Sanshi, you'd better give my junior an explanation, or we'll see each other on the Soul Battle Arena."

Xu Sanshi was slightly taken aback: "Who are you calling a stubborn mule? It's just going up to the Soul Battle Arena, whoever doesn't go is a coward!"

Upon hearing this, not only Beibei, but even Jiechu almost lost his composure. Jiechu thought he was straightforward enough, but this kid was even less intelligent than him.

"Senior Xu, I should be the one going up to the Soul Arena with you."

Huo Yuhao pressed his left thumb against the hilt of the knife and gripped the handle with his right hand, staring intently at Xu Sanshi. He needed an opportunity to enter the school teachers' field of vision, and at the same time, he also had to tell others that although the owner of this shop was only nine years old, it did not mean that the owner of this shop was a lump of dough that could be manipulated at will.

"Yuhao, don't be impulsive."

Bei Bei instinctively wanted to dissuade Huo Yuhao, but Xu Sanshi was already so angry that he laughed and agreed to what the other party said first.

"Fine, so even a nine-year-old kid dares to disregard me. Kid, you probably only have your first spirit ring, right? I won't bully you. Once we're on the Soul Arena, I'll only use my first spirit skill. If you can last sixty seconds against me, I'll apologize."

Beibei wanted to say something, but was stopped by Jiechu. Unlike Xu Sanshi, who was a simple-minded fool, Jiechu was a typical person who looked simple and honest, but was actually very thoughtful. When she saw Jiechu wink at her, Beibei also stopped stopping Huo Yuhao.

"Wait, don't rush."

Suddenly, Beibei, who had given up on stopping them, spoke up again.

"Xu Sanshi, you went upstairs to provoke my junior first. It's only right that you apologize if you lose. If you had won, I wouldn't have said anything, but if you lost, an apology alone is not enough."

At this moment, Xu Sanshi just wanted to find a place to vent his nameless anger. He didn't care about anything else and blurted out without thinking, "I'll add another Xuan Shui Pill. I'm going to fight right now. Kid, you better pray that I don't punch your pretty little face flat."

"Okay, just wait here. I'm just here to have a drink with some friends. I still have a lot of skewers to make, and I won't get off work until after 10 o'clock. If you have any objections, you can talk to the senior students waiting here for the food. I'm going downstairs to make the skewers now."

Huo Yuhao's voice wasn't loud, but it made Xu Sanshi's eyebrows twitch. However, if he were really asked to stop Huo Yuhao, he wouldn't dare.

The upperclassmen behind him seemed to be waiting to teach him a lesson. If he angered them, even if he was the young master of the Xu family, he would probably be carried out of the store sideways.

Xu Sanshi's cultivation speed in the original text was incredibly slow. He repeated a year for Jiang Nannan, and when he first appeared, he was a sixth-grade student dressed in black. However, he was only around level 38 or 39, not even at the fourth ring, and was evenly matched with Bei Bei.

Keep in mind that at that time, Beibei and Tang Ya were fourth-year students, while Xu Sanshi had repeated a year. This means that Lao Deng was three years older than Beibei.

Perhaps because the awakening ceremony was only half successful, it would be quite reasonable to set Xu Sanshi's cultivation level at level 29 two years earlier.

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Adding to this, in the later battle between Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, Xu Sanshi reverted to being a fifth-grader. Seriously?!

[The referee walked to the center of the field and said in a deep voice: "Fourth grader Beibei challenges fifth grader Xu Sanshi."]

(End of this chapter)