Chapter 17: Killing is necessary
Dai Huabin, at this moment, was like a drowning man, grabbing wildly with both hands until he finally clutched Du Weilun's clothes.
"Referee, referee, save me, please save me, Dean, save me!" Dai Huabin looked towards Yan Shaozhe, who was sitting in the stands, and shouted hoarsely.
"Calm down, Dai Huabin, there's nothing wrong with your body." Du Weilun used his spirit power to check Dai Huabin's body and found no problems.
"Impossible, I'm going to die, none of you can save me, hahahaha." Dai Huabin responded like a madman.
No one felt it more deeply than he did; it was a feeling of being abandoned by the World, and he could clearly see his impending death, just like a drowning person feeling the last breath in their chest being consumed.
"Huo Yuhao, you'll be expelled from Shrek Academy, you..."
Before Dai Huabin could finish speaking, Huo Yuhao interrupted him again, "All the students here can testify for me, I didn't do anything at all. Dean, why don't you come down and check?"
Yan Shaozhe hesitated for a moment upon hearing this, but still entered the arena to check Dai Huabin. "Student Dai Huabin's body is indeed fine."
"Huo-Yu-hao, you," Dai Huabin's trembling voice came through.
It was at this moment that Huo Yuhao leaned into Dai Huabin's ear and whispered:
"Don't say Dean Yan can't find anything wrong; even if he did, he wouldn't say. At most, I'd just get a disciplinary action."
"Don't you understand? The current me is just like you back then. As long as I find a random excuse, even if I kill someone, it's nothing more than an apology."
After Huo Yuhao finished speaking, he turned to Du Weilun, "Referee, aren't you going to announce the results yet?"
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, who were on the side, had already finished their battle. Under the suppression of Wang Dong's 30th-rank spirit power, Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie had also been defeated.
"The winner, Huo Yuhao's team." Du Weilun managed to calm his expression and announced.
"Then, Dean, I'll head back to the dormitory first. I feel like my spirit power is about to break through, so I need to go into seclusion." Huo Yuhao casually found an excuse and walked towards the edge of the arena.
Seeing that the champion had been decided, the new students below the stage began to whisper again.
"Huo Yuhao is really amazing. Look at how scared Dai Huabin is."
"Yeah, didn't you see that even Director Du couldn't stop that last attack?"
"Young Master, his strength is indeed very strong. Should we consider trying to win him over? However, the White Tiger Duke's side is a bit troublesome." Wu Feng whispered to Ning Tian.
"Wu Feng, I always feel that this matter isn't going to end so simply." Ning Tian looked at Dai Huabin on the stage and felt that something wasn't quite right.
Just as Ning Tian's voice fell, Dai Huabin, who had been too terrified to speak for a long time, let out a mournful wail on the stage, and his entire body slowly turned into specks of light and disappeared.
The stage and the audience instantly fell silent, and Huo Yuhao had just reached the exit of the arena at this moment.
Everyone watched the figure slowly depart with gazes of awe.
"Complete Destiny Deprivation, using ten times the opponent's Destiny Power to utterly obliterate them. To let you die so easily, you really got off cheap." Huo Yuhao silently thought to himself.
As he walked to the entrance of the new student dormitory, Mu En's gentle voice came, calling out to Huo Yuhao, "Child, don't let hatred blind your heart. Your path is still long, don't take the wrong road."
"You're laying your cards on the table, old man. I thought you'd be lecturing me about grand principles."
"I've lived for so long, I've seen everything. Love, hate, joy, and sorrow, I've experienced them all. Your matter is nothing new."
"Then will our Academy fully protect me?" Huo Yuhao asked somewhat tentatively.
"Child, you already said 'our Academy,' so what do you think? The 262nd Dean of Shrek Academy in the future."
"You're joking, my current performance isn't enough to qualify."
Mu En's promise to protect him greatly put Huo Yuhao's mind at ease, considering the day's events were now over.
"That day will come eventually, child. From the day you first spoke about spirit tools, I began to pay attention to you. You have talent, wisdom, and loyalty; that's very good."
"But you absolutely must not choose the wrong direction. Loving something because of its association is a good thing, but hatred might not be." Elder Mu said with a hint of recollection.
"I've learned a lot. Don't worry, old man, I act only to have a clear conscience."
After speaking, Huo Yuhao slowly walked towards the dormitory. In a trance, a younger version of him also seemed to be moving forward.
In his memory, the nine-year-old Huo Yuhao watched his mother suffer from illness, struggling with all her might, yet no one cared. He could only watch helplessly as his mother left the World.
Such painful memories made Huo Yuhao's mental state a bit hazy. Was it Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming of Zhuang Zhou? He couldn't quite distinguish anymore.
However, no matter what, he would avenge "his" hatred.
It was at this moment that Huo Yuhao's mental force began to surge dramatically.
His mental force, originally at the early stage of the Spirit Domain Realm, instantly leaped to the peak of the Spirit Domain Realm.
Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory, opened a book on spirit tool theoretical knowledge, and began to read. He was confident he could raise his spirit power to rank 40 this year, so the plan for the Battle Armor should also begin.
Huo Yuhao then entered his Spirit Sea and began to absorb the halo that appeared on his twelfth birthday.
As the halo was absorbed, Huo Yuhao's spirit power level increased again, continuing to grow after breaking through rank 37, but unfortunately, it stopped at the peak of rank 37.
At the same time, a large amount of knowledge about Battle Armor flowed into his mind, including Battle Armor design, manufacturing, and forging techniques, all appearing one by one.
Then, Huo Yuhao began to design the first set of One-Word Battle Armor in this World, based on the knowledge in his mind and combined with the characteristics of his own spirit power.
Generally, a Spirit Master's physical quality can only bear a full set of One-Word Battle Armor when they reach rank 50. Their combat power will be equivalent to a Spirit Saint.
However, Huo Yuhao's physical quality and mental force far exceeded those of Spirit Masters at the same rank, so bearing Battle Armor at rank 40 was not a big problem.
While Huo Yuhao was busy forging the Battle Armor, the reactions from various parties outside were different.
Wang Dong, who had taken Xiao Xiao to Sea God Lake for a stroll, looked terrified.
Thinking of his argument with Huo Yuhao at the beginning of the semester, combined with the scene of Dai Huabin disappearing into thin air just now, Wang Dong's face was pale.
Xiao Xiao, who was beside him, also had no mind to think about Wang Dong accompanying her to Sea God Lake at this moment; she, too, was in a daze.
As a twelve-year-old child, it was her first time seeing a peer die in front of her like that.
Tang San in the God Realm was also a bit flustered at this moment. He decided to quietly change his plan; perhaps he should just sacrifice the White Tiger Duke's mansion.
Huo Yuhao's destiny manipulation ability also made Tang God King somewhat worried; this almost absurd ability had a certain restraining effect on him as well.
Star Luo City, inside the Imperial Palace, "Brother, Huo Yuhao, the illegitimate son of the White Tiger Duke, avenged his mother by killing Dai Huabin, the legitimate son of the Duke's mansion, during the Shrek Academy new student assessment." A sweet female voice came.
"Oh, that's a big deal. What did Shrek Academy say?" Xu Jiawei asked Xu Jiujiu somewhat seriously.
"Shrek Academy replied that Huo Yuhao is the future new Sea Gods Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy, and he will have no further relationship with Dai Hao from now on."
"Additionally, this incident was not some so-called revenge, but merely a situation where both sides lost control during a full-power spar, and Huo Yuhao also suffered severe damage. As compensation, Dean Yan is willing to compensate the White Tiger Duke's mansion with two ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones."