Douluo: Starting by Taking Control of the Holy Ghost Cult's Saintess

Huo Yuhao had long recognized the identity of this person, so he stepped forward and bowed to him in salute.

"In a competition, everyone does their best for their ranking. Fists and feet have no eyes. I hope Elder Xuan will not blame us."

Elder Xuan gave him a meaningful look. He was also a cunning old fox. He had been here since the beginning of the match. How could he not have heard the verbal clash between Huo Yuhao and Chang Cheng'an's team at the start?

"Let this not be a precedent. Otherwise, hmph! That little girl, come over here. Let this old one see your third soul ring."

Huo Yuhao and the others immediately reacted. This Elder Xuan had clearly taken a fancy to Cui Yejie's talent. Coupled with Xie Huanyue's status in the hearts of Shrek's higher-ups, this was why he did not pursue the matter of Huo Yuhao's team being heavy-handed in the match.

"When that old man asks about the origin of your soul ring, remember to explain it to him according to the script I taught you," Huo Yuhao transmitted to Cui Yejie beside him.

Cui Yejie nodded without changing her expression. For the first time, a trace of disgust for the academy rose in her heart. She had originally been prepared to bear the fault with Huo Yuhao, but she never expected that the result would be just as he had said; the academy actually didn't hold it against them because of their potential.

What if their fates had been reversed? If they were replaced by Chang Cheng'an's group, suffering a heavy blow in the match without getting the justice they wanted, what would they have thought in their hearts then?

Truly, those with cultivation value are revered, and those without are casually discarded. Shrek's fine tradition: only cultivate monsters, not ordinary people!

Cui Yejie, who was called over by Elder Xuan, began the script Huo Yuhao had taught her under a series of pressing questions: when she was hunting for her third soul ring, she happened to encounter a 190,000-year-old Nine-Tailed Fox that had failed its tribulation. Unwilling for its lifespan to come to an end, it chose to transform into Cui Yejie's third soul ring. The overflowing soul power was evenly distributed to her first and second soul rings, which was how she ended up with the strange soul ring ratio of two black and one red.

After Cui Yejie's explanation, Elder Xuan was left stunned. If she wasn't hiding anything, it could only be said that the god of luck had possessed her. However, he had to report this situation to the Sea God Pavilion immediately. The academy would absolutely not allow such a prodigy with a bright future to be left to drift outside!

At the same time, the academy also learned of the current situation of Huo Yuhao's team and was immediately caught in an awkward position.

A team composed of a four-ring with an unknown ancient exotic beast martial soul, plus a three-ring with a hundred-thousand-year soul ring—as long as they didn't encounter a martial soul fusion skill used by two soul masters above three rings, even if they carried a real one-ring burden, it would still be an easy slaughter in a match.

Therefore, the semi-finals of the new student assessment were forced to a halt. All the new students were allowed to rest for a day, waiting for the academy to come up with a solution to deal with the special circumstances of Huo Yuhao's team before continuing with the next round of the semi-finals.

Listening to the broadcast's report, all the students in the assessment area couldn't help but turn their gazes towards Huo Yuhao's team of three. It was because of their exceptional existence that the academy had to temporarily stop the new student assessment.

Feeling those strange gazes, the corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth rose slightly. His goal had been achieved: to subdue the enemy without fighting, so as to avoid exposing more of his own trump cards.

Just by exposing a part of Cui Yejie's strength, the academy would definitely make arrangements to target them in the subsequent assessments.

But for now, besides Dai Huabin's team's martial soul fusion skill, the other teams posed no threat to them at all.

Soon, Cui Yejie received a private notification from the academy's higher-ups. She had been exceptionally admitted to the inner court!

Cui Yejie, who should have been happy, hurriedly reported this situation to Huo Yuhao. After spending a few days together, she knew that both Huo Yuhao and Xie Huanyue were not very interested in Shrek.

"As expected of Shrek," Huo Yuhao sneered coldly. To be honest, he didn't want Cui Yejie and Xie Huanyue to receive the academy's key cultivation, eventually racking up a huge debt of favors and becoming the academy's thugs.

Unlike some people, who happily took the benefits given by other factions while secretly thinking of ways to destroy them.

"Yejie, you feign agreement with them first, but don't take any of the benefits they give you," Huo Yuhao stared straight into Cui Yejie's beautiful eyes. "I don't want you to be in a difficult position in the future."

Cui Yejie looked at his serious expression and was slightly stunned. She was not stupid. On the contrary, she was a very smart girl.

"Then I'll just refuse them directly. In the future, I want to venture with you!" Cui Yejie said with a radiant smile.

Huo Yuhao hadn't expected that she would be able to resist the temptation of entering Shrek's inner court. For the first time, he seriously sized up this girl whose eyes were full of him.

Admittedly, he had originally recruited Cui Yejie for the sake of building his future team base, and just in case, he had even left a divine sense restriction on her. He never expected that Cui Yejie would end up becoming his angel investor.

"Silly girl," for the first time, Huo Yuhao gently stroked her head. Looking at the shy-faced Cui Yejie, his heart warmed slightly.

"Today I have gained a beauty's promise; in this life, I will not let you down."

Cui Yejie was led by the hand by Huo Yuhao on the way back to their residence, her heart constantly savoring this sentence. Her charming face was as red as a ripe apple.

Just as the two of them were walking on the bustling street, Huo Yuhao suddenly stopped in his tracks. A person completely hidden in a wide black cloak had blocked their path.

"Holy Son."

The person in black transmitted his voice to Huo Yuhao. His face, concealed under the black cloak, showed no expression.

Huo Yuhao instantly recognized the identity of the visitor. He calmly surveyed his surroundings. With his and Cui Yejie's current strength, acting rashly would only put the two of them in danger.

Huo Yuhao stopped Cui Yejie, who had assumed a guarded stance, and transmitted his voice to the man in black, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go outside Shrek City."

The man in black was clearly stunned by Huo Yuhao's words for a moment. The matter of the Holy Son leaving the Holy Ghost Cult without permission had already caused great dissatisfaction among the higher-ups. He never thought there might be another hidden story to this?

Huo Yuhao had long been prepared for the Holy Ghost Cult to come looking for him one day. He just didn't expect it to be so soon.

Seeing Huo Yuhao leading Cui Yejie towards the outskirts of the city, the man in black pondered for a moment and then followed. As a Super Douluo, his coming to Shrek City alone already showed his confidence in his own strength.

The three of them spent some time leaving Shrek City and found a remote place. Huo Yuhao was the first to turn around and ask with a smile, "Your Excellency Scorpion Tiger, does the cult have any instructions?"

The man in black took off the cloak that covered his face, revealing his true appearance. His skin was also very dark, and his two eyebrows, one high and one low, were very distinctive. On his forehead, however, was a large black "king" character. Inconsistent with his deep, powerful voice, his figure was very thin and small. Compared to the now-developing Cui Yejie, he was only taller by half a head.

"Holy Son, the cult has learned that you did not return to the Holy Temple with the Saintess, but instead joined Shrek Academy on your own. For this, does the Holy Son have a reasonable explanation?"

The Scorpion Tiger Douluo did not immediately make a move to capture Huo Yuhao and the other, also because the latter's previous unpredictable behavior had a certain deceptive quality. If he were to act rashly in the city, he would surely attract the big shots from Shrek.

"Your Excellency Scorpion Tiger, please look."

For the first time, Huo Yuhao displayed his full abilities in front of Cui Yejie. His pair of Spirit Eyes, which had always been changed to bright silver with his simulation soul skill, at this moment finally revealed their original purple-red ripple shape. Accompanied by an extremely terrifying spiritual pressure, they refracted a horrifying luster. Three lustrous white soul rings with golden patterns, like uncarved jade, rose up from under his feet, one circle after another.

"This... this is definitely not an ordinary ten-year soul ring!" The Scorpion Tiger Douluo, Zhang Peng, was extremely surprised. He never thought that Huo Yuhao would have such an achievement after being out for a few months. And in terms of spiritual power cultivation, he was almost catching up to him, a Super Douluo.

"This power is not something I could have obtained by staying in the cult..." Huo Yuhao spread his hands, and a reactive gravitational force caused him to slowly rise into the air. The Soul-Slaying Blade, reforged from the Rakshasa Scythe, also immediately fell into his hand. The ultimate evil, dark divine power originating from the Rakshasa God wrapped around the blade's body, giving Zhang Peng the illusion that he was facing the divine statue in the depths of the Holy Temple.

"This is the trial given to me by the god. I had to leave the cult to complete it."

At the side, Cui Yejie trembled. She suddenly felt as if she was meeting Huo Yuhao for the first time. But deep in her heart, there was also a trace of hope, hoping that this was just an illusion created by Huo Yuaho's simulation soul skill.

"Do you still think that I have betrayed the Holy Cult?" Huo Yuhao's voice suddenly turned cold. Boundless evil thoughts gushed out. At this moment, he was even more like an evil soul master than the Super Douluo evil soul master, Scorpion Tiger Douluo.

"Reporting to the Holy Son, Zhang Peng was inconsiderate. I hope the Holy Son will not blame me!" As a Super Douluo, how could Zhang Peng not distinguish the authenticity of that ultimate evil power? He immediately made up a lie in his own heart for Huo Yuhao's unauthorized departure.

What a joke! Such evil power can only be possessed by the Holy Son of his Holy Ghost Cult!

"You may go back. Tell the Cult Master and the elders not to worry about me. This Shrek is rich in resources. If I don't skim some oil from it, how can I be worthy of their years of suppression against our church members?" As Huo Yuhao spoke, a sinister smile appeared on his face to match. "Don't you think so?"

"As expected of the Holy Son!" Zhang Peng, completely fooled by Huo Yuhao, hurriedly bowed to him and said with admiration. Something that their Holy Ghost Cult had not been able to do for thousands of years had been accomplished by Huo Yuhao in just three short months.

"By the way, how is Yu'er now?" Huo Yuhao suddenly thought of that beautiful figure and asked softly.

"The Saintess has broken through to Titled Douluo and will be coming out of seclusion soon!" Seeing that Huo Yuhao still cared about the Saintess, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo finally relaxed completely and replied.

From this, it could be seen that the Holy Son still cared about the Saintess Zhongli Yu. At the very least, his heart was with the Holy Ghost Cult. The Cult Master's painstaking efforts to tie down the heart of this lecher were not in vain.

"Very good. When Yu'er comes out of seclusion, have her come and protect me in secret. You old men don't need to come anymore!"