"Su Nuo, come over and discuss tactics. We're going to play today too."
Jiang Peng, the captain of the Imperial Academy with the martial soul of the Heaven-Shaking Axe, waved to Su Nuo in the shadows.
Su Nuo glanced at him, said nothing, and left after taking one last look at Bai E.
Huo Yuhao, who was far away, had already sensed Su Nuo's presence.
After all, he was his creation, a follower of the [Imagination] Authority.
He looked towards the Imperial Academy's rest area, sighed, and felt a little melancholy in his dark eyes.
"Dad, what's wrong?"
Dai Ying noticed Huo Yuhao's gaze and asked with some confusion.
Huo Yuhao shook his head and said,
"Nothing, just thinking about some things that are hard to handle."
"But it's not a big deal."
"I'll figure out how to handle it myself later."
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Dai Ying nodded, didn't ask any further questions, and looked back at the competition stage.
Huo Yuhao was actually quite troubled by Su Nuo.
Whether he wanted to admit it or not, Su Nuo was a very failed imaginary creation.
As one of the first imaginary creations, his development was very weak, and Huo Yuhao was also unfamiliar with this aspect at the time, resulting in Su Nuo's somewhat chaotic and evil personality.
Among all the creations, he was the only one with this characteristic.
Even though Otto had committed many evil deeds and was a complete villain, as long as Kallen was present, he would never do evil again.
If Kallen looked at him with extremely sad and disappointed eyes, he might commit suicide.
Amon was the same; he was not a good person at heart.
He was wicked and capricious.
In some ways, he might be similar to Su Nuo, but Huo Yuhao added humanity to him when he created him, which gave him a bottom line.
As long as Huo Yuhao, Adam, and even Xia Die were still alive, Amon would not do anything particularly outrageous.
At most, he would engage in magic network fraud and bully evil soul masters.
He is unlikely to take action against ordinary people because he knows that some people will be very angry if he does.
Unlike Su Nuo, he was genuinely capable of committing some heinous acts.
If he could do it all over again, he might not choose to materialize Su Nuo.
It was unclear how the Body Sect's education system was, and whether it could restrain Su Nuo's behavior.
If Su Nuo truly committed some heinous acts, Huo Yuhao wouldn't continue to protect him; he would use his [Imagination] authority to clean house.
Douluo Continent was already a cesspool; adding more uncontrollable individuals would only blow it up—Huo Yuhao himself found that disgusting.
He believed he was still making the planet better, and he couldn't just fleece it like the previous Chosen One, could he?
He had to leave something behind.
The scene shifts back to the competition stage.
Bai E and the captain of Yunluo Academy stood on either side of the circular lottery tube, awaiting the referee's signal.
In the silence, the captain of Yunluo Academy suddenly spoke:
"Hello, my name is Situ Yu. It's an honor to play against Shrek Academy."
Bai E was slightly taken aback, then smiled brightly and said,
"My name is Bai E, and it's also an honor to play against you."
Seeing Bai E's smile, Situ Yu's heavy heart eased slightly.
Meeting Shrek Academy in the first round of the tournament was undoubtedly the worst possible outcome.
Their Yunluo Advanced Soul Master Academy was among the weakest of the sixty-seven academies that entered the round of the tournament.
They couldn't even field a full Soul Master lineup in their main team, and their reserve team only had four people.
Not every academy had the ability to send both a main team and a complete reserve team.
In previous years, they had been eliminated in the first round of the knockout stage.
This year, they were lucky to have encountered an even weaker academy and barely made it into the round of the tournament.
When they saw the matchup, their hearts sank, and they were prepared to conserve their strength as much as possible.
However, seeing the opposing captain's smile, Situ Yu felt slightly relieved.
It seemed that the other party was not a bad person and probably wouldn't go all out.
After today's matches, there's another one the day after tomorrow.
If a player gets seriously injured, things will get complicated.
"Get ready, let's start the draw!"
Bai E and Situ Yu together tossed the lottery box high into the air, and a small yellow ball fell from it.
The referee caught the ball, held it up, and announced loudly,
"Yellow!"
"Individual match!"
"Both teams, please get ready!"
Bai E returned to the waiting area and said to everyone,
"Individual match, who goes first? Should I go first?"
Wang Yan chuckled beside him, saying,
"Individual battles are generally the domain of offensive-type Soul Masters."
"We have quite a few here; even if Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei were to go, they could easily win."
"However, it's best to conceal our strength for now. Let's have Medmos go."
Medmos crossed his arms, nodded, and punched Bai E's chest, saying,
"Leave it to me."
"Keep an eye on the goat milk I just heated up."
Bai E immediately patted his chest, confidently saying,
"Don't worry! With me here, no one can touch your goat milk!"
Medmos glared fiercely at Bai E, then gritted his teeth, saying,
"I'm most worried about you, you idiot!"
"If I come back and find the goat milk suddenly sweeter, you just wait!"
"I drank this goat milk beforehand! I know exactly how sweet it is!"
Bai E, his little scheme exposed, chuckled sheepishly, scratching his head.
He actually wanted to secretly add a little honey.
He was simply worried about Medmos; the other had definitely been deprived of sugar after strenuous exercise, and honey could replenish it.
"Good bro, this one's got a strong flavor! No need for extra salt!"
Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Medemos stepped onto the arena, standing to one side with his arms crossed, his golden eyes exuding an aura of power and authority.
The moment he entered the arena, the entire audience erupted in cheers.
They all knew that this year, the Shrek Academy team had a true monster! A Grand Soul Master had wiped out an entire full squad in a minute!
"Shrek!"
"Shrek!"
Even Xu Jiawei stood up, walked to the battlements, and stared intently at the arena.
He wanted to see just how strong this ultimate power truly was, and
how their relationship with Shrek Academy would develop in the future.
In the waiting area of Yunluo Advanced Soul Master Academy, the cheers from the surrounding audience made their teeth ache.
But the cheers didn't matter to them; the important thing was that their opponent was Medemos, the brute who could take on seven opponents at once!
And Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy was a whole tier stronger than them!
Captain Situ Yu remained calm. As captain, he couldn't show fear; if he was scared, what was the point of fighting?
They might as well surrender.
"Alright, they've sent someone up."
"Everyone knows how fierce their opponent is."
"According to the publicly available information, their name is Medmos, a lion-type power-attack spirit."
"But we can't show weakness."
"Ma Yingjun, you go deal with that guy!"
A chubby boy looked bewildered. He pointed to himself and said,
"Boss, boss!"
"I, I'll fight Medmos! Really?!"
The chubby boy looked like he'd just died.
He was only a level 41 Soul Master; letting him fight Medmos was a death sentence!
Situ Yu looked at Ma Yingjun with exasperation and said,
"What are you afraid of?"
"Yingjun, look me in the eye!"
"We're not weak! We're not some rabble."
"The opponent's close-combat ability is terrifying, just avoid direct confrontation!"
"We're Soul Masters, we'll wear him down from a distance.
We don't expect you to win, just deplete as much of his soul power as possible!"
"Can you do it?!"
Ma Yingjun glanced at Madmos waiting on the stage, his throat bobbed, and finally, with a fierce look in his eyes, he said to Situ Yu and his teammates,
"Yes!"
"Even if I die here today, I'll make him lose some soul power!"
"Boss, I'm going!"
Ma Yingjun resolutely bid farewell to his teammates and walked onto the stage under Situ Yu's approving gaze.
It would have been even better if his legs hadn't been trembling.
(End of Chapter)
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