Above the Sky Screen, light and shadow flowed.
On the right, in the White World, Huo Yuhao had just conquered the Holy Spirit Cult branch and was on his way back to the academy.
Meanwhile, the image in the Black World on the left was also turning to a new chapter.
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[Black World, Shrek Academy.]
[After surviving the expulsion crisis, Huo Yuhao's life returned to normal. The first-year courses ended, and the second-year class division arrived as scheduled.]
[According to Shrek's rules, students would be divided into different classes based on their Spirit type and combat positioning. Zhou Yi's Freshman Class 1 was divided into the attack system and control system, with her continuing as the head teacher. The original agility-attack system and support system students were assigned to Class 2, to be overseen by another teacher.]
[On the first day of school, Zhou Yi stood on the podium, her gaze sweeping across the class, as cold as ever:]
["Huo Yuhao, continue to serve as class monitor."]
[As soon as she finished speaking, a commotion erupted in the audience.]
["Why? He has only rank 1 spirit power, why does he get to be class monitor?"]
[A young man stood up abruptly; it was none other than Dai Huabin. Several students followed behind him, all of whom were supposed to be assigned to Class 2, and they were glaring indignantly at Huo Yuhao at this moment.]
["Exactly! We don't accept this!"]
["What qualifications does he have to lead us?"]
[Zhou Yi's gaze fell upon Dai Huabin, and she said coldly: "You don't accept it?"]
[Dai Huabin held his head high: "We don't!"]
[Zhou Yi didn't waste any words, pointing directly at the door: "Now, immediately, right this instant, get out of my class. From today on, you are all expelled."]
[Dai Huabin was stunned.]
[Zhou Yi's voice was like ice: "My class has no need for trash that refuses to obey. Get out!"]
[Dai Huabin's face turned livid. He wanted to say something, but was pulled back by his companions. In the end, he glared fiercely at Huo Yuhao and left the classroom with those few students.]
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Black World, Douluo Continent.
In a tavern, the commoners watched the scene on the Sky Screen and discussed it heatedly.
"Zhou Yi's temper really hasn't changed at all. If you don't accept it, she just expels you."
"But isn't Dai Huabin from the Dai Family? She just expelled him like that?"
"Expelled? Didn't you hear what Zhou Yi said? She expelled them from her class. Whether the academy agrees or not is a matter for the Academic Affairs Office."
"With Dai Huabin's talent, how could Shrek Academy possibly expel him? At most, it's just a transfer."
"But this grudge has been established. Someone like Dai Huabin definitely won't let it rest."
"This Dai Huabin really has an impulsive personality; he hasn't been through any hardships, and Shrek isn't correcting his character. He's going to take a big fall in the future!"
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Shrek City, Inner Court.
Xuan Zi looked at the scene on the Sky Screen and shook his head lightly.
"Zhou Yi's temperament..."
Yan Shaozhe said from the side: "Don't we all know about what happened back then? After Dai Huabin was driven out by Zhou Yi, he took people to the Academic Affairs Office, and only then was he transferred to Class 2."
Qian Duoduo nodded: "That kid is arrogant; from then on, he was at odds with Huo Yuhao."
Xuan Zi was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "Let the young people solve their own grudges."
"After all, no matter what, they are all part of the same family, and now they have both entered the Inner Court."
...
[After the class division incident, the first assessment of the second year arrived as scheduled.]
[The content of this assessment was live combat with a Spirit Beast, and the location was set in the Great Beast Arena. All students needed to choose a Spirit Beast individually, ranging from hundred-year to thousand-year levels. Only by passing the assessment could they continue to stay at Shrek.]
[However, before the assessment began, Dai Huabin and a few others blocked Huo Yuhao's path.]
["Huo Yuhao!" He held his head high, his eyes full of provocation, "Do you dare to make a bet with me?"]
[Huo Yuhao stopped and looked at him calmly: "What kind of bet?"]
[Dai Huabin said: "In the upcoming assessment, I challenge you. The loser will kowtow to the winner and admit their mistake! From now on, when we meet at the academy, we will yield the path!"]
[Huo Yuhao was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "What are the stakes?"]
[Dai Huabin was stunned, then said: "Don't you have the prize from the freshman assessment? Let's bet that!"]
[Huo Yuhao shook his head: "That is my possession, not a stake. If you want to bet, use your own things."]
[Dai Huabin's expression stiffened. Just as he was about to flare up, a gentle voice sounded from the side:]
["Alright, stop arguing."]
[The person who came was Teacher Wang Yan. He walked up to them, looked at Dai Huabin, then at Huo Yuhao, and said slowly: "Since you want to compete, then compete. The stakes will be as Dai Huabin said: the loser kowtows and admits their mistake, and yields the path in the future. As for the prize... Huo Yuhao and the others have already used it, so it cannot be forced."]
[Dai Huabin gritted his teeth, but finally nodded: "Fine!"]
[Huo Yuhao looked at Teacher Wang Yan, said nothing more, and just nodded.]
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Black World, Douluo Continent.
In the tavern, someone frowned and said: "What is wrong with this Teacher Wang Yan? Students are kowtowing and admitting mistakes to each other, and he, a teacher, doesn't stop it, but instead facilitates it?"
"Exactly, what kind of teacher is this? Isn't this just teaching students to hold grudges?"
"Shrek's teachers, is this their level?"
"It shouldn't be like that. When this teacher arrived, hadn't Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin already made the agreement? He couldn't change anything!"
Shrek City, Inner Court.
Xuan Zi frowned slightly: "Teacher Wang Yan... this matter was handled improperly."
Yan Shaozhe nodded: "It's normal for young people to have conflicts. But a teacher shouldn't fuel the fire."
Qian Duoduo sighed: "But at that time, no one expected that Huo Yuhao would achieve what he did later. In Teacher Wang Yan's eyes, it was probably just a normal dispute between two students."
"And both of them had already spoken; it was hard for Teacher Wang Yan to stop it!"
...
[On the day of the assessment, the Great Beast Arena was buzzing with noise.]
[The students took turns going on stage to fight against hundred-year Spirit Beasts. When it was Huo Yuhao's turn, he faced a hundred-year Fire Lion—it was massive and extremely fierce.]
[However, Huo Yuhao just looked at it quietly.]
[Then, he released his Spirit.]
[A terrifying aura erupted from him! It was the pressure of Ultimate Ice, the heaven-shaking ferocity of the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion—a four-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast!]
[Simulation Spirit Ability, activate!]
[The entire Great Beast Arena instantly fell into a deathly silence.]
[The Fire Lion's body stiffened, and extreme fear flashed in its giant pupils. The next second, it let out a shrill wail, turned, and ran! It slammed into the iron cage and passed out on the spot!]
[On the viewing platform, there was an uproar!]
["This... what is this?!"]
["What terrifying pressure! That is the aura of a Spirit Beast!"]
["How can Huo Yuhao have the aura of a Spirit Beast?!"]
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Black World, Douluo Continent.
In the tavern, everyone watched in a daze.
"Holy crap! That Fire Lion was scared unconscious directly!"
"The pressure of the four-hundred-thousand-year Ice Empress! It's a wonder a hundred-year Spirit Beast could even withstand it!"
"This move by Huo Yuhao is too ruthless!"
Someone laughed: "Dai Huabin still wanted to challenge him? What is there to challenge? Huo Yuhao didn't even need to make a move; he won just by relying on his aura."
...
[After the assessment ended, Huo Yuhao's score was undoubtedly a perfect score. As for Dai Huabin, he could only kneel and kowtow in front of everyone.]
[At that moment, Dai Huabin's eyes were full of resentment.]
[He lowered his head, his voice squeezed out from between his teeth: "Huo Yuhao... you just wait..."]
[Huo Yuhao just looked at him calmly, without speaking.]
[But he knew that this grudge had deepened.]