I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

The final round of the freshman assessment is about to begin on the second day.

The two teams waited on opposite sides of the playing field for the referee to announce the start of the match.

During this waiting period, both teams are adjusting their form and preparing for the upcoming big battle.

If there's any difference, it's that Wang Dong'er's team all had a serious expression on their faces, because they were well aware that the next team was not one of the nobodies they had faced in the previous competitions.

The atmosphere on Xu Xingyu's team was slightly more relaxed. It wasn't to the point where they didn't take the game seriously at all, but it wasn't as tense as the opposing team.

This shows that they are very confident in their own abilities.

This is normal, though. With a Soul Venerable in the team who is comparable to a Soul Emperor, anyone would feel a sense of security in this kind of rookie brawl.

Just then, the whistle blew to signal the start of the competition, and the final round of the freshman assessment finally began.

Both sides released their respective martial spirits and began to charge towards each other.

Xiao Xiao released her martial soul, the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, to trap Jiang Haoyue, while Jiang Haoyue tried to smash the cauldrons blocking his way.

However, they seemed to have eyes and could quickly dodge Jiang Haoyue's attacks. Even if he did hit one of the three cauldrons, he couldn't do much damage to it.

Meanwhile, Wang Dong'er, as the team leader, began to confront Xu Yanxue under the mental detection enhancement of Huo Yuhao, neglecting Xu Xingyu, who was also a team leader.

Wang Dong'er did this simply because she understood Xu Xingyu's mindset. She knew that this entire exam was just child's play for Xu Xingyu.

Therefore, she predicted that Xu Xingyu would not use too much power in the early stages, and that he would only get rid of his slacking-off attitude when the other two were eliminated.

Just as she expected, from the start of the competition until now, Xu Xingyu has only used her first soul skill, Void Star Body, to buff her teammates.

Xu Xingyu's first soul skill, Void Celestial Body, is a special support-type soul skill that can amplify both teammates and herself.

This soul skill can increase all attributes by 15%, and the soul master who receives this soul skill will receive 50% less energy damage and 80% less physical damage.

This is why Wang Dong'er, despite having higher soul power than Xu Yanxue and the assistance of Huo Yuhao's mental detection, was unable to immediately eliminate Xu Yanxue.

Xu Yanxue and Wang Dong'er engaged in a fierce and irreconcilable battle, using every means at their disposal except for killing each other.

Watching these two fight like sworn enemies, an outsider might think they were fighting over a man.

However, since Wang Dong'er is currently dressed as a man, they abandoned that sudden idea and thought that the two of them just didn't like each other.

As for Huo Yuhao, he had been standing at the back the whole time. If it weren't for the flashing spirit rings on his head indicating that he was using mental detection on his two teammates, many people would have thought that he was just taking advantage of the situation.

The team that had previously confronted Wang Dong'er's squad looked at Huo Yuhao with a wary expression.

After all, they knew very well how ruthless this guy, who had always been working quietly behind the scenes, could be when it came to finishing off his opponents and using dirty tricks at crucial moments.

It's worth noting that some students were caught off guard and suffered a soul attack from Huo Yuhao, and they are still unconscious.

This also shows that Huo Yuhao's strength is much greater than that of himself in the original novel!

This change surprised Xu Xingyu, who was standing to the side, because he himself had strong mental power, so he could also sense Huo Yuhao's mental detection.

It was precisely because of this that he was able to clearly sense that Huo Yuhao's spiritual power cultivation was already very close to the basic spiritual power cultivation of a Soul King.

Although still not as strong as Xu Xingyu's mental cultivation, he is still second in mental cultivation among all first-year students.

The reason why Huo Yuhao has such a high level of spiritual cultivation is because of the black bead inside his body.

This black bead originated from a powerful soul beast. Although it mainly contains the essence of that soul beast's bloodline, it can also passively enhance Huo Yuhao's mental strength.

At the same time, as Huo Yuhao continues to refine this bead, it can also enhance Huo Yuhao's physical qualities, allowing the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm to integrate a portion of its spiritual essence into the other party's spiritual sea ahead of time.

This is why Huo Yuhao possessed such powerful spiritual cultivation despite only having level 20 soul power.

However, as mentioned before, his mental strength is still considerably weaker than Xu Xingyu's.

Huo Yuhao's eyes turned gold, a sign that he was unleashing a soul-shaking attack, and the person he was aiming at was Xu Xingyu.

However, when the soul impact struck Xu Xingyu, Xu Xingyu did not make any move, but Huo Yuhao suddenly vomited blood.

This shocked Huo Yuhao, because it was a sign of the backlash from his soul skill.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had told him before that if he used Soul Impact on someone with stronger mental power than him, that person would not only be unharmed, but he would also suffer some minor injuries from the backlash of the Soul Skill.

His mental strength is already at the Soul King level, so how could he still suffer a backlash? Just what kind of monster is this Xu Xingyu?!

It was at this moment that Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth and then closed his eyes tightly.

Then a pair of platinum eyes appeared before everyone, and a teacher sitting in the audience exclaimed, "This is the second awakening of the original martial soul!?"

However, Xu Xingyu's expression turned serious while she was still in the arena, because it wasn't a second awakening of her original martial soul at all; it was Tianmeng Ice Silkworm preparing to take over the fight!

This turned Xu Xingyu's initial appreciation for Huo Yuhao into disappointment. She had thought that Huo Yuhao, who had not yet been corrupted by Shrek Glory and Tangmen Glory, would not do such a shameless thing as hiring someone to play for him in such a small competition.

I would never do such a thing in front of so many people!

However, Xu Xingyu ultimately overestimated Huo Yuhao's character.

It can only be said that Huo Yuhao is a person who will stop at nothing to win. Even in a small competition, his pride will never allow him to lose!

Even if he has to cheat to win, he will do it without hesitation! Because as long as he is not caught cheating, it is not cheating, but a clever tactic!

Therefore, in some respects, Huo Yuhao's arrogance may be even greater than that of his half-brother Dai Huabin.

This made Xu Xingyu want to teach Huo Yuhao a lesson and make him understand what the consequences of cheating in a competition really are.

Meanwhile, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was somewhat excited, because he could finally give this bastard who stole his source power a good beating! If he was lucky, he could even reclaim the source power he had lost!

Will Tianmeng be able to defeat Xu Xingyu and reclaim her spiritual origin?

For details, please see the next installment.