Chapter 44: Smart
After the referee announced the results, Huo Yuhao and the other seven walked off the competition stage in succession.
Xu Jiawei, who had already decided to invest fully, naturally saw that this was paving the way for Huo Yuhao to succeed as Sea Gods Pavilion Master.
He signaled to the host to bring over the amplification spirit tool.
"Pavilion Master Huo is truly young and promising. To possess such cultivation at such an age, I fear there has been no one like him before, and it will be difficult for anyone to come after him."
In the spectator stands, the bewildered public once again erupted in cheers, Xu Jiawei's praise giving them even greater excitement.
However, the heads of the major Spirit Master Academies fell into deep thought, especially the Diao Academy representing the Tian Hun Empire and the Douling Royal Academy representing the Douling Empire.
Judging by Xu Jiawei's stance today, he had already begun to place his bets on Huo Yuhao.
However, the current Huo Yuhao was only the next Sea Gods Pavilion Master. For him to forge such a close relationship so early, it was hard not to make people overthink.
Seeing Xu Jiawei's flattery, Huo Yuhao naturally wouldn't disregard his face and responded:
"It's just a bit of talent, but we are determined to win the championship of this Spirit Master Tournament."
"Good, then after Pavilion Master Huo leads the academy to victory, we can discuss further at the awards ceremony."
Xu Jiawei replied with a smile, then left first with the Empress and a group of officials.
Xiao Hongchen looked at the solemn-faced Elder Ma with some confusion.
"Elder Ma, what's wrong with you? Such a grave expression. It's just the Star Luo Emperor and Shrek Academy praising each other as usual."
"I don't think that Huo Yuhao is necessarily a Titled Douluo. Maybe he's just a Spirit Saint with strong mental force. With my and Meng's Spirit fusion ability as our trump card, the outcome is still unknown."
Listening to Xiao Hongchen's words, Elder Ma's expression remained unchanged. He still frowned and explained:
"Didn't you notice that the Star Luo Emperor kept addressing Huo Yuhao as Pavilion Master Huo? His words were full of an equal tone."
"Shrek Academy probably has some big moves we don't know about recently, and with that, I'm somewhat convinced that Huo Yuhao is indeed a Titled Douluo."
Upon hearing Elder Ma praise Huo Yuhao so much, Xiao Hongchen immediately showed an unyielding expression.
"Elder Ma truly gets more timid with age. Such a small matter can scare him into cowering. I'm going to see what Huo Yuhao's cultivation truly is today."
Before Elder Ma could stop him, Xiao Hongchen headed straight in the direction Huo Yuhao had left.
Seeing this, how could Elder Ma sit still? Xiao Hongchen was the grandson of the Mingde Hall Master, and nothing could happen to him here. He immediately gave chase.
However, when Elder Ma wasn't looking, a glint of light flashed in Xiao Hongchen's eyes.
On his way back to his room, Huo Yuhao saw Xiao Hongchen and Elder Ma, who had just caught up to him.
Without giving Elder Ma a chance to speak, Xiao Hongchen preemptively questioned him in a somewhat arrogant voice:
"You shouldn't be a Titled Douluo, right? Not to mention you look at most fourteen or fifteen. Even if you're at the tournament's age limit, you couldn't have a 90-level cultivation."
"More importantly, your spirit ring. Not even a Limit Douluo could turn their first spirit ring black, let alone have six 100,000-year spirit rings. It's clearly fake."
"Self-important."
Listening to Xiao Hongchen's confident speculation, Huo Yuhao casually replied, not stopping his steps. Given their current adversarial stance, there was no need to explain to Xiao Hongchen.
Elder Ma had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Xiao Hongchen continue his arrogant remarks.
"Pushing you to the forefront so urgently, could it be that your previous Pavilion Master doesn't have long to live?"
"I estimate he won't last two years, which is why they're desperately helping you rise. It seems Shrek Academy is strong on the outside but weak on the inside."
"Why don't you join our Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy after our Sun Moon Empire destroys the Douluo Three Kingdoms? By then, you can..."
Before Xiao Hongchen could finish his sentence, Huo Yuhao stopped, interrupting his words.
"You are very interesting. Congratulations on achieving your goal of probing me, but you will have to pay a price for it."
As soon as he spoke, Huo Yuhao merely glanced at Xiao Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen clutched his head and fell to the ground, letting out heart-wrenching wails.
At this moment, Xiao Hongchen felt as if ten thousand needles were piercing his mind one by one, yet his consciousness was incredibly clear; he couldn't even faint.
Elder Ma, seeing this, also became anxious. In his urgency, he actually chose to directly attack Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao activated his battle armor, and after using the Mimicry Spirit Ability to conceal its traces, he simulated the might of the God of Death within his Spirit Sea.
After combining his spirit power and mental force and integrating them into the simulated God of Death's aura, Huo Yuhao attached it to his hand.
Looking at Elder Ma charging towards him, Huo Yuhao used his mental force pressure to slow him down, then slapped him across the face.
Elder Ma was instantly slapped away, crashing heavily onto the hotel floor, half his body embedded in the ground.
His Spirit was also severely wounded, and images of mountains of corpses and seas of blood assaulted his Spirit Sea, as if he had lived in hell for ten years.
As the illusion ended and he recovered, Elder Ma gasped for air, forcing himself to face Huo Yuhao with a strong Spirit.
"Pavilion Master Huo, we were in the wrong, but Xiao Hongchen is the direct grandson of Jing Hongchen, the Mingde Hall Master. Please, Pavilion Master Huo, for the sake of Mingde Hall, let this matter go."
Huo Yuhao snorted coldly and casually glanced at the two lying on the ground.
"Don't talk about you, a mere eighth-rank spirit tool master. Even if Jing Hongchen himself came, as long as I want to kill, no one can protect this kid."
"An eighth-rank spirit tool for his life, otherwise, neither of you will leave."
After witnessing Huo Yuhao's aura, which was like a Shura purgatory, Elder Ma no longer dared to hesitate and immediately handed the Trial Sword he had brought with him to Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao took the Trial Sword in his hand, looked at it with satisfaction, and then ignored the two and turned to leave.
Back in his room, feeling the simulated God of Death's aura, Huo Yuhao continued to refine it.
The Heaven and Earth Alignment wasn't always useful. In the face of such provocation just now, the Heaven and Earth Alignment could have won.
But Elder Ma also knew that he couldn't kill them. After all, a person's 'aura' is a manifestation of their belief, and this eighth-rank spirit tool wouldn't have been obtained then.
Elder Ma, on the other hand, took Xiao Hongchen to seek treatment from the Star Luo Empire's Spirit Masters. After all, if Xiao Hongchen truly became mentally incapacitated, Elder Ma would be in a lot of trouble.
"Truly self-important. If Huo Yuhao didn't have the strength of a Titled Douluo, how could Shrek Academy possibly push him to the forefront?"
"You thought I could probe Huo Yuhao's true strength for you, but what happened? You can explain the matter of the Trial Sword to your grandfather yourself; it's his spirit tool anyway."
As he watched Xiao Hongchen gradually recover, Elder Ma, no longer worried about his own future, thought mockingly to himself.
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