Chapter 14: Freshman Assessment
Huo Yuhao slept until the next morning, changed back into his school uniform after waking up, and walked towards the classroom.
As soon as he entered the classroom, he saw everyone's eyes focused on him.
"Classmate, what did you do during your long leave? The key is that Teacher Zhou actually approved it. Many people say you got into Shrek Academy through connections," a classmate sitting in the front asked curiously.
"Oh, you mean that? I took leave to obtain my third spirit ring, so Teacher Zhou agreed."
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao's three spirit rings appeared, and the classmates in Class One looked at the dark third ring in shock.
"Brother Huo, what I just said might have been disrespectful to you. From now on, you'll be the boss of our class." The classmate in the front immediately prepared to cling to Huo Yuhao's leg.
"I'm not interested in this," Huo Yuhao responded indifferently, then continued to cultivate in his seat.
Not long after, Teacher Zhou Yi walked in, and Class One began its first lesson of the day.
Towards the end of the morning class, Wang Dong came to find Huo Yuhao.
"Huo Yuhao, can you tell me how you managed to absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring as your third spirit ring?"
Wang Dong, who also had a thousand-year second ring like Huo Yuhao, urgently wanted to know the method for a ten-thousand-year third ring.
"It's due to my Spirit. I have a Body Spirit, which is quite special. You can't learn this," Huo Yuhao responded calmly.
After learning that Wang Dong was no longer living in the dormitory, Huo Yuhao felt very pleased. By keeping their distance, their relationship would become more distant, and he would be further away from Tang God King's schemes.
"Alright, I understand." Wang Dong sensed that Huo Yuhao seemed unwilling to talk to her and said no more.
"Is he that petty? He's still holding a grudge about what happened at the start of school," Wang Dong muttered quietly, a little annoyed.
She wasn't even living in the dormitory anymore, yet Huo Yuhao hadn't asked her why to this day, and he often ignored her when she asked him questions.
Of course, in this regard, Huo Yuhao treated everyone equally. Aside from Senior Apprentice-Brother Beibei and Tang Ya, Wang Dong had never seen him interact with anyone else.
Even when he displayed his strength in the morning, he looked like he wanted to avoid trouble.
Wang Dong couldn't understand what Huo Yuhao was thinking at all.
She wanted to be friends with Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao always maintained an aloof demeanor, making it impossible for Wang Dong to find an opportunity.
Time flew by quickly, and the freshman assessment was approaching. Huo Yuhao had also advanced another level in spirit power a few days prior, reaching level 36 spirit power.
After returning from the Extreme North Land, Huo Yuhao's spirit power was already past halfway at level 35. Originally, it shouldn't have taken this long.
However, levels 30 to 70 are a slow cultivation period for ultimate Spirits. Even though Huo Yuhao now had innate full spirit power, he only increased by half a level of spirit power in a month.
With one day left until the freshman assessment, Teacher Zhou Yi began explaining the competition rules and precautions in the classroom.
"The freshman assessment will be in a three-on-three format. Because it's an assessment of Spirit Master fundamentals, the use of spirit tools is not allowed. Did everyone remember that?"
"We remembered," the students below responded.
"Later, write down your future development direction and hand it to Wang Dong," Teacher Zhou Yi said, looking at Wang Dong.
"Wang Dong, collect them all later and bring them to my office."
"Yes," Wang Dong responded.
With Huo Yuhao absent, Wang Dong, as the student with the highest spirit power in the class, was chosen as the class monitor, so these Trivial matters naturally fell to her.
"Now for the grouping. If anyone has objections, come directly to me after class. Don't wait until my groups have been submitted before telling me this isn't suitable or that isn't suitable."
After Teacher Zhou Yi repeated the precautions again, she began to read out her own group assignments.
"Group One: Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao."
"Group Two:..."
Listening to Teacher Zhou Yi finish reading the twenty-odd groups, Huo Yuhao casually wrote "control system" and handed it to Wang Dong, then began to look forward to the day he would encounter Dai Huabin.
Huo Yuhao naturally wouldn't let an animal like Dai Huabin off, but it was a pity that the competition system was simply too long.
After hearing the groupings, most of the students accepted the results and chose to leave first.
Xiao Xiao ran over, secretly looking at Wang Dong and saying, "Since the three of us are in one group, how about we introduce ourselves to each other?"
Wang Dong was somewhat moved by this, as this kind of environment was very suitable for making friends.
"You two can get to know each other. I have my own arrangements for this freshman assessment, but our group will definitely achieve the best results. There's no need for much more talk."
After Huo Yuhao finished speaking, he ignored Xiao Xiao's attempts to keep him and went back to cultivate.
This kind of conversation couldn't happen. What if Wang Dong got too familiar with him and decided to move back into the dormitory instead of staying in a Shrek City hotel?
To prevent this from happening in advance, Huo Yuhao did not intend to participate too much in the team's discussions.
Watching Huo Yuhao leave, Wang Dong secretly made another mental note against him. They were already members of the same team, yet he was still so cold.
Back in his dormitory, Huo Yuhao had many things to consider.
He planned to reveal his Ultimate Ice in tomorrow's competition, which meant Ma Xiaotao's trouble would soon come knocking.
With his current level 35 Ultimate Ice, plus Simulation and Spiritual Shock, the outcome of a real fight might be uncertain, but he would definitely be able to retreat safely.
Next, it would be time to negotiate terms with Yan Shaozhe.
In the afternoon, after class, Teacher Zhou Yi called Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to her office.
Huo Yuhao knew it was probably about them incorrectly filling out their system preferences.
Therefore, Huo Yuhao didn't plan to pay much attention and continued to mind his own business.
On the day of the freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao arrived at the arena early.
As more and more freshmen entered, the noise gradually became louder.
And Huo Yuhao was about to face their first-round opponents.
Both sides announced their names.
"Huo Yuhao, level 36 control system Battle Spirit Elder."
"Xiao Xiao, level 22 control system Battle Spirit Grandmaster."
"Wang Dong, level 24 attack system Battle Spirit Grandmaster."
Ouyang Junyi, level 18 attack system Battle Spirit Master.
Chen Junfeng, level 18 attack system Battle Spirit Master.
Zhao Haochen, level 16 food system Battle Spirit Master.
The moment the referee announced the start of the match, Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate. He immediately released his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Spirit, moved at an extremely fast speed in front of the three opponents, and froze all three of them.
At this time, Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng were just about to eat the chicken legs made by their teammate to enhance their attributes when they were frozen into ice sculptures by Huo Yuhao.
The match ended in an instant, and Huo Yuhao called out to the somewhat dazed Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, and they left the arena.