As a major event on the continent, the Soul Master Tournament always attracted countless spectators, no matter where it was held. Under such circumstances, the scene was usually incredibly noisy.
However, at this moment, everyone present was staring at Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao on the stage, as silent as cicadas in winter, not a single sound escaping their lips. It was as quiet as a library.
Because of Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao's identities as members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy team, some spectators had wanted to boo.
But after seeing their cultivation levels – a Soul Emperor and a Soul King – they abandoned the idea.
They looked to be the same age as the Shrek Academy's reserve team from before, but why were they stronger than Shrek's geniuses? Shrek should be the number one academy on the continent, and the people of the Sun Moon Empire should focus more on soul tools!
They must have been taking drugs!
The same thought flashed through the minds of every academy teacher participating in the Soul Master Tournament.
Seeing the charismatic Xiao Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao with his arm around his shoulder, Heavenly Slaughter Douluo shook his head and performed his duties as a referee.
"The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy wins this match."
The instant the Heavenly Slaughter Douluo announced the results, Xue Di, from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy's waiting area, stood up abruptly and shouted towards Huo Yuhao on the stage.
"Big brother is amazing!"
For a moment, everyone instinctively turned to look. The moment they saw Xue Di's peerless beauty, the description "a beauty that could topple kingdoms" finally had a definitive standard.
It was just a pity that Xue Di only had eyes for Huo Yuhao and didn't care about anyone else's gaze.
Would the Heavenly Snow Woman, ranked third among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, care about the gazes of unimportant bystanders? The answer was naturally no!
Seeing Huo Yuhao's gaze fall on her, Xue Di smiled and waved her hand, then cupped her hands around her mouth like a megaphone, shouting loudly.
"Yuhao big brother is the best!"
Xue Di's actions inspired the others. Although Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao's victory meant they wouldn't receive cheers or applause from the audience, they could cheer themselves!
Wouldn't a group of stunning beauties cheering them on be even more effective than the audience's applause?
After making her decision, Gu Yue Na was the first to stand up and shout Huo Yuhao's name. Even though it would embarrass her to do so in front of so many people, she felt that since she wanted to change, she had to change completely.
Hesitation only leads to regret. Only by doing this would she have a chance to overtake Xue Di and eventually stand on equal footing with her, or even surpass Xue Di in Huo Yuhao's heart!
Winning the first round doesn't mean you've won; the one who laughs last is the real victor!
It had to be said that Gu Yue Na's actions truly exceeded everyone's expectations. Following her lead, Meng Hongchen, Wang Dong'er, Di Qiu'er, Xu Tianzhen, and Ye Guyi also stood up and formed a cheerleading squad.
Which is more exciting: the cheers of irrelevant spectators, or the shouts of a group of beautiful women?
Seeing so many beauties shouting Huo Yuhao's name in unison, everyone present had only one thought.
Huo Yuhao, you absolute bastard!
You have a support team when you're competing? And the quality of your support team is so high? Showing off how charming you are, are you?
Just you wait. Don't let our academy be matched against yours. If we are, you're finished!
Forget about others, even Xiao Hongchen's smile gradually vanished, replaced by a deep resentment as he looked at Huo Yuhao and said softly,
"Yuhao, what's the deal with this? It's clearly a two-person match, but I don't even get a mention? I can understand the others, since I'm not close to them. But I really don't get why even that Meng girl doesn't mention my name!"
Xiao Hongchen's fists clenched.
Although Huo Yuhao's Kyōka Suigetsu had shocked all of Star Luo City, was he any worse? His incredibly powerful soul-guided cannonballs, did the people from the opposing academy dare to take them head-on? Didn't the Heavenly Slaughter Douluo, the referee, have to block them?
Huo Yuhao looked at the beautiful girls who were constantly cheering and complained with a wry expression.
"Do you think this is a good thing for me?"
Xiao Hongchen was about to ask how it wasn't a good thing. Surrounded by so many beautiful girls, wasn't that a good thing? What could be better than this?
But at that moment, Xiao Hongchen finally realized that the eyes of the audience and the academy's contestants were like knives, wanting to stab through Huo Yuhao. Jealousy, envy, and other emotions mixed together, making Xiao Hongchen's scalp tingle.
"Ugh! Never mind, then. You can have this all to yourself."
Xiao Hongchen promptly released his grip on Huo Yuhao's shoulder, acting like he wasn't familiar with him.
The Heavenly Slaughter Douluo rolled his eyes silently, his expressionless face betraying nothing.
"Alright, your match is over. Clear the arena."
Under the gaze of everyone present, Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao walked off the stage together.
Looking at Xue Di's sweet smile, as well as Gu Yue Na and Meng Hongchen, Huo Yuhao felt a bit flustered.
Indeed, the prophecy had come true. These beautiful girls were really starting to cause trouble at this Soul Master Tournament!
It was only the first day of the Soul Master Tournament, and he had already become the center of attention because of this special cheerleading squad. If this continued, after two more rounds, he would truly become the public enemy of all men!
"Xue'er, you've really done something unexpected."
After returning to his seat, Huo Yuhao complained to Xue Di beside him.
Xue Di just smiled sweetly in response.
"What's wrong, brother? Those people around us won't give us any applause because of who we are, so can't we encourage ourselves? And I think you're amazing!"
Foul! I'm reporting Xue Di for foul play!
Seeing Xue Di's understanding and sweet girl-like appearance in front of Huo Yuhao, the nearby pretty girls couldn't help but shout frantically in their hearts.
Even Huo Yuhao's heart skipped a beat when he heard that last sentence.
Before he could say anything, Gu Yue Na followed up immediately.
"She's right, but we don't need anyone else's applause. We'll pamper our own people!"
Ssss!
Huo Yuhao sucked in a breath of cold air and leaned back strategically.
There's another expert?
What kind of domineering CEO speech is this?
Gu Yue Na didn't explicitly state it, but she hadn't called Xiao Hongchen's name once. It was obvious whom she was doting on in her words!
It seemed Gu Yue Na wasn't just secretly learning soul engineering to have more common ground with him. Had her mindset changed to this?
If Xue Di's cute and sweet behavior had already become commonplace for the other girls, then Gu Yue Na's contrast was making them restless.
It was already hard enough watching Xue Di and Huo Yuhao's relationship take the lead. If they were also left far behind by Gu Yue Na, what were they even playing at? Could they even keep playing?
While the group of girls' thoughts were racing, frantically pondering how to overtake them, on the other side, in the Shrek Academy's waiting area.
Ever since they saw the soul rings of Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao, everyone from Shrek had fallen silent. Even though the teams on the competition field had changed, this atmosphere remained.
After a while, Wang Yan forced a very awkward smile and spoke to comfort them.
"Don't worry, everyone. They're the same age as you, yet they possess such high soul power cultivation. It's not that their talent is higher than yours, but rather, they must have taken the risk of disregarding the damage to their foundation and locking their upper limit, just to frantically consume pills in order to win this Soul Master Tournament!"
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