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The subsequent development naturally was Huo Yuhao and the others replacing Shrek Academy's starting team, which had suffered heavy casualties, and stepping onto the stage of the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
The strength of the substitute members was naturally inferior to that of the starting members, a fact that everyone knew well.
Yet they still gritted their teeth and took the field, fighting match after match, battling match after match, doing their absolute best in all of them.
And right when the match was halfway through, Ma Xiaotao recovered and stepped back onto the arena. During the match, Ma Xiaotao used her Spirit Ability to burn away Lin Xi's defensive Spirit Tool along with Lin Xi herself.
At this moment, Lin Xi in the spectator stands froze completely. Looking at this scene within the light screen, she could not help but be filled with emotion; a person with the exact same name as her had actually died just like that.
Of course, accidents were inevitable in combat, and incidents like manslaughter had not failed to occur in the history of Spirit Master matches.
Yet after killing Lin Xi, Ma Xiaotao did not wear any look of remorse on her face; rather, the attitude she displayed was quite chilling. Facing the furious teammates of the opponent, she stated that she had no intention of killing anyone, but if they wanted to stir up trouble, she was definitely not afraid of trouble.
And in the subsequent matches, Ma Xiaotao struck once more to kill Chen Fei. Seeing this scene, everyone could not help but freeze. Instead of choosing to repent, did she choose to continue killing?
In this match, the Sun Moon Empire could be said to have directly lost three people. Aside from Lin Xi at the very beginning, which could be considered a combat accident, the subsequent deaths could no longer be called accidents.
Furthermore, everyone finally remembered that Titled Douluo acting as the referee. How could this Titled Douluo be so incompetent?
At this time, everyone could not help but recall the slogan loudly shouted by the people of Shrek Academy, which was for the honor of Shrek Academy.
Thus, a thought inevitably spread among the crowd watching this light screen?
"You guys say... was Ma Xiaotao doing it on purpose?"
"She did it to preserve the honor of Shrek Academy, so she intentionally killed as many people from the Sun Moon Empire as she could, weakening the opponent's combat power as much as possible..."
"Anyway, with her strength, as long as she said 'accidental slip' on the arena, who could do anything to her?"
"In this way, Shrek Academy's competitors were cleared out one by one, and they could also let the relatively weaker reserve team deal with it, so the championship would naturally still be theirs."
"And Xu Sanshi's luring and killing is probably about the same meaning, right?"
Once this conspiracy theory came out, more and more people began to whisper in discussion, and the gazes directed at that Shrek Academy team within the light screen became increasingly complex.
In the subsequent matches, Shrek Academy indeed won the ultimate victory of the match as desired, and Xuan Zi directly took the level-eight Spirit Tool Sword of Judgment from Ma Rulong's hands.
The reason was very simple: Ma Rulong's Spirit Tool had caused the mutation of Ma Xiaotao's Spirit, and if they did not hand it over, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen would be captured.
Facing Xuan Zi under such circumstances, everyone from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy naturally could only choose to obediently hand over this Spirit Tool.
"Are the people of Shrek Academy human, while the people of our Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy are not human?"
The students of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy watching this scene could not help shouting angrily.
"Exactly, isn't this double standards? We haven't even asked them for compensation yet!"
"Right, so they can treat murder as if nothing happened, but when problems arise on their end, they can casually take other people's things?"
Soon, someone else chimed in to agree. Of course, all of this had never actually happened, but to them, they took the events within the light screen seriously because those in the light screen were Immortal Masters, they were people who existed right around them.
Under the Golden Ancient Tree, Bei Bei saw this scene and could not help letting out a deep sigh in his heart.
Although all of this was merely matters on another timeline and had not truly happened for their terrestrial Shrek Academy, the images presented within the light screen would still bring immense reputational losses to their academy's name.
Of course, it would not bring any reputational loss to that Shrek Academy in the Sky; it only affected them.
However, the moment Bei Bei thought of Xuan Zi's personality, it was indeed possible for him to do such a thing, especially the foolish deeds Xuan Zi committed during the Five Extremes Grand Competition, which made everyone feel that Xuan Zi was a brainless person.
Coupled with the things Xuan Zi had done over the years, accumulating piece by piece, it had long since chilled people's hearts.
However... it was unknown how Xuan Zi was doing now; perhaps he should already be dead.
Meanwhile, another question began to sprout in everyone's hearts.
Under this kind of school atmosphere... what kind of person would Huo Yuhao grow up to be?
Sure enough, the subsequent images within the light screen provided the answer.
When later participating as an exchange student in the Sun Moon Empire, Huo Yuhao worked in coordination with people from the academy inside and out, directly and secretly sending the Spirit Tool blueprints of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy back to Shrek Academy, providing enormous help for the development of Shrek Academy's Spirit Tool Department.
This kind of behavior... was undoubtedly despicable. After all, academic exchange was one thing, but going over to directly copy someone else's Spirit Tool blueprints and send them back to the academy was a major matter. Huo Yuhao became a hero of Shrek Academy, but he was also a thief.
Sitting in the spectator stands, Xiao Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao, who was stealthily passing blueprints inside the light screen, and then looked at Huo Yuhao, who was quietly sitting on the competition platform at this moment. The gap between the two was so great that it was hard to believe they were the same person.
The light screen continued to play, soon arriving at the second All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament. Huo Yuhao and the others fought on behalf of Tang Sect, while Wang Qiuer and others fought on behalf of Shrek Academy.
For the honor of Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao directly helped Wang Qiuer cheat. Seeing this scene before them, everyone could not help but freeze.
Maintaining the honor of Shrek Academy required cheating?
Of course, there were many reasons for defense, such as the rules formulated by the Sun Moon Empire being very advantageous to them.
However... cheating was cheating.
Seeing this scene before them, some people quickly recalled what happened when Huo Yuhao had just enrolled. At that time, Tang Ya had incited Huo Yuhao to help Bei Bei cheat, thereby defeating Xu Sanshi and obtaining the Mystic Water Pill.
This behavior could also be considered the beginning of a sprout, and Shrek Academy's growth environment continued to foster this kind of behavior.
And then... came the massive explosion of Radiant City.
Within the light screen, flames soared into the sky, and thick smoke rolled. The entire city trembled violently amidst the intense explosions; countless buildings collapsed with a crash, and countless lives were swallowed up at that moment.
The culprit behind all this was precisely Huo Yuhao and the others. Moreover, after the matter ended, Huo Yuhao adjusted his mindset very well. Should this be called having a strong mentality?
Huo Yuhao, sitting on the Body Sect, could not help but fall silent as he watched this scene before him. If he did not join this Shrek Academy, would he really become such a terrible person?
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