Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 259 Laughing at the World's Rebuttal
In the stands.

Xiao Hongchen stared at Xu Sanshi with a burning gaze. To be honest, he really wanted to fight Xu Sanshi. After all, he had already awakened his martial soul a second time and needed an enemy as an opponent to test his strength.

But he eventually suppressed the idea.

The reason is simple: Lin Xi advised himself not to reveal his martial soul after its second awakening.

According to Lin Xi, they are currently studying at Shrek Academy. If they show too much talent, they might be intercepted by Shrek Academy after their exchange program ends and the two academies have finished exchanging students.

In fact, Xiao Hongchen used to have a good impression of Shrek Academy. After all, it was the number one soul master academy on the continent and had always been a holy place in the hearts of all soul masters on the continent. Even many Sun Moon people could not escape this sentiment.

As the former number one genius of Sun Moon Academy, Xiao Hongchen has always believed that Shrek Academy is very powerful, and from childhood to adulthood, he has regarded Shrek Academy as his biggest rival.

After all, before the last Soul Fighting Tournament, Sun Moon had never won the championship in the tournament. Almost every time, Sun Moon's dream of winning the championship was shattered by Shrek Academy.

However, after Shrek Academy committed a series of shameless acts during the Soul Fighting Tournament, Xiao Hongchen's positive impression of Shrek Academy shattered.

Furthermore, with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy winning the championship, his former respect for Shrek Academy had essentially vanished.

Right now, Xiao Hongchen just wants to gather more information about Shrek Academy's regular team members, because as long as there is enough information, it can give the Sun and Moon team a certain advantage.

In the last Soul Battle Tournament, these guys withdrew from the competition due to cheating, so the Sun Moon Empire was unable to gather much information. As for letting He Caitou fight Xu Sanshi, it was only to more accurately know the two's soul skills and fighting styles.

During this period, he only learned from Huo Yuhao that He Caitou had chosen to betray Shrek Academy, but he did not know the reason for He Caitou's betrayal.

However, Xiao Hongchen also had some guesses. Judging from the stain of stealing the soul tool blueprints, He Caitou was very likely to have betrayed Shrek Academy in order to become a stronger soul master.

Xiao Hongchen asked, "Lin Xi, who do you think will win?"

Lin Xi pondered for a moment and said, "Of course Xu Sanshi will win. Although the general public believes that Soul Masters below the Soul Saint level are stronger than Soul Masters, there is currently a problem: the Soul Masters of Shrek Academy are weaker than the Soul Masters of Sun Moon Academy."

“I have observed the soul masters of Shrek Academy. I think their evaluation criteria for soul masters are not strict enough. Take the level 5 soul masters of Shrek as an example. I feel that the quality of the level 5 soul tools they make is too poor. If they were in Sun Moon Academy, people who can barely make level 5 soul tools would only be considered level 4 soul masters.”

Xiao Hongchen nodded, a look of agreement on his face. The evaluation criteria for Soul Masters in the Sun and Moon Sect are actually quite strict. Therefore, if someone's Soul Tool barely passes the test, they will definitely not be able to become a higher-level Soul Master.

But it's different at Shrek Academy. The standards there are relatively lenient, which leads to a wide range of quality among Soul Masters of the same level at Shrek Academy.

Xiao Hongchen said, "I guess it will be a one-sided crushing victory later. It's a pity that the reputation of the predecessors of the Soul Masters will be ruined by He Caitou. Of course, in the final analysis, it is not He Caitou's fault. After all, he did not receive a good Soul Master education, so he naturally cannot show the true strength of a Soul Master."

"Oh, so this is your opinion on winning or losing? I think He Caitou has a better chance of winning." Wang Yan walked over at this moment, looking at the two of them with a smile on his face.

As the former coach of the Shrek Academy team, he didn't receive any special punishment. After all, Xuanzi was the one who truly made a mistake in the last Soul Battle Tournament. Wang Yan was even demoted to an inner court teacher by the Sea God Pavilion for speaking up for his students, where he was responsible for theoretical research rather than teaching.

Although his status had risen significantly, Wang Yan was still somewhat dissatisfied with the elders of the Sea God Pavilion. He knew that Xuanzi was very important and an indispensable part of the academy, but when he thought of the students' corpses and Shrek Academy's reputation for cheating, he felt somewhat unhappy.

After all, Xuanzi only received some minor punishment.

What's the point of letting Xuanzi step down as deputy head of the Shrek Academy's inspection team? He might even be happy to lose that position!

After all, this would give Xuanzi more time to drink and eat chicken legs.

“Teacher Wang Yan,” Xiao Hongchen looked at Wang Yan with some doubt, “you seem to have a lot of confidence in He Caitou?”

“Of course, I think He Caitou will win.” Wang Yan nodded. “You’ll see soon enough.”

Then all three of them turned their gazes toward the playing field, and sure enough, after a while, He Caitou won by bombarding the field with artillery fire.

Some gamblers who had bet on Xu Sanshi to win even put on a stern face when they saw this.

During this time, Xiao Hongchen also learned about most of the two's soul skills and fighting styles.

However, to his surprise, He Caitou's combat strength was quite remarkable. Even within the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, He Caitou would be considered an excellent Soul Master.

"No wonder Yuhao wanted to turn him against his own side. It seems that He Caitou is also a genius among Soul Masters. Yuhao's judgment is as good as ever." Xiao Hongchen thought to himself as he turned his gaze to Wang Yan beside him.

He cleared his throat and said, "Teacher Wang Yan, your judgment is correct. I feel that He Caitou can win. On the one hand, it is because he is quite skilled as a Soul Master. On the other hand, it is because some of Xu Sanshi's Soul Skills can only be more effective when the opponent is unaware of them, and He Caitou is obviously quite familiar with Xu Sanshi."

Wang Yan nodded: "You're right. He Caitou's victory is indeed related to these two reasons. He is an excellent soul master trained by our Shrek Academy."

Shrek Academy's training of Soul Masters and Soul Instructors is undoubtedly on the right track. In my opinion, the excellent environment of Shrek Academy can indeed cultivate outstanding students.

He thought to himself that He Caitou was, after all, the only trainer of the Extreme Individual Soldier Project in the Soul Guidance Department. Unless Xu Sanshi's bloodline awakened and his martial soul transformed, Xu Sanshi really didn't have much of a chance of winning against He Caitou, who was equipped with a whole set of soul guidance cannons.

Xiao Hongchen shook his head and immediately began to refute Wang Yan: "Teacher Wang Yan, I think there are some problems with what you said."

If He Caitou were in a different environment, his achievements in the field of Soul Master would definitely be even greater.

I admit Shrek Academy helped him, but the root of He Caitou's strength ultimately lies with himself.

(End of this chapter)