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

Chapter 64 Shrek Academy Withdraws from the Competition

Upon hearing these words, the audience began to discuss them.

"Yes, Shrek Academy has always been the number one Soul Master Academy on the continent, and they have always been the champions of the Soul Battle Tournament. How could they possibly cheat?"

"Could it be that the Imperial Court made a mistake in this case?"

For a moment, the audience members all looked puzzled.

Xuanzi's face showed grief and indignation. He said loudly, "It seems that everyone feels that Shrek Academy has been wronged. I firmly say no to this smear campaign against Shrek Academy! This is undoubtedly a cover-up against Shrek Academy!"
Therefore, I hereby announce that Shrek Academy will protest the rigged competition in the Soul Fighting Tournament by withdrawing from the tournament!

Xuanzi thought to himself that with that strange anti-cheating soul tool around, Shrek Academy's strength would be greatly weakened. Moreover, given the level of these reserve team members, even if Xu Jiawei helped to manipulate things behind the scenes, it would be difficult for them to secure a spot in the top four.

After all, to enter the top four, you have to defeat at least one of the top eight opponents. The strongest player among the reserve team members is only a Soul Master. According to the pattern of previous Soul Battle Tournaments, the teams that can enter the top eight basically all have a Soul Emperor!
Even though Shrek Academy students are generally of high caliber, they are still at a disadvantage when facing a Soul Emperor.

To be honest, if someone in the team possessed a Soul Fusion Skill, Xuanzi would definitely not have made such a decision, since Soul Fusion Skills are generally quite powerful.

As for waiting for those regular team members to recover from their injuries and then participate in the competition, to be honest, that is undoubtedly impossible. After all, Ma Xiaotao and the others were seriously injured. Unless the Immortal Doctor Douluo or Bi Ji intervened, their injuries would definitely not be able to improve during the Soul Fighting Tournament!

The former is not currently in the Star Luo Empire. As for the latter, although Bi Ji is a relatively kind soul beast, given the relationship between Shrek Academy and the Star Dou Great Forest, asking her to treat a regular team member is basically an impossible task.

Therefore, for the sake of Shrek Academy's reputation, the only option is to withdraw from the competition! Withdrawing is better than being completely dominated in the Soul Fighting Tournament!

As for cheating, you may have done it, but you absolutely cannot admit it!
The incident caused a huge stir, with disbelief on the faces of all the spectators. After all, there had never been a case of Shrek Academy withdrawing from the competition before. Generally speaking, teams like Shrek Academy would win the championship in every major competition, while other academies, no matter how strong, were ultimately just foils for Shrek Academy.

On the city wall, Xu Jiawei's face was so gloomy it was almost dripping with water. He thought to himself, "Does Xuanzi have some serious illness? I've been helping Shrek Academy with their underhanded dealings and turning a blind eye to their cheating, but in the end, the Star Luo Empire has to take the blame."

To say there was a conspiracy is to say that the Star Luo Empire, as the organizer, was not fair.
But the problem is, isn't the reason it's not fair because of Shrek Academy?
Thinking of this, he felt somewhat dissatisfied with Xuanzi, but due to the prestige of Shrek Academy, he couldn't easily shift the blame back. In case they really went to war with the Sun Moon Empire in the future, they would still have to rely on Shrek Academy!

Xu Jiujiu, who was standing to the side, asked, "Brother, what should we do now?"

Xu Jiawei was silent for a moment, then sighed: "We must thoroughly investigate this cheating incident and restore Shrek Academy's reputation! We, the organizers, must also be exonerated!"

Xu Jiujiu immediately understood Xu Jiawei's meaning: to find some people to take the blame and completely take responsibility for the matter. For a moment, Xu Jiujiu was also somewhat dissatisfied with Xuanzi, but the matter could only come to an end like this.

The royal family can't take the blame, and neither can Shrek Academy, so the only option is to find someone else to take it.
Jing Hongchen walked back to the audience area and then led Huo Yuhao and the other two away, since there wasn't much to see in the remaining matches. Along the way, this former Shrek Academy member kept ranting: "According to our intelligence, this Xuanzi is Shrek Academy's strongest! However, this guy is a shameless scoundrel!"
It was clearly Shrek Academy that cheated, yet he managed to turn black into white! Thank goodness for the anti-cheating soul tool Yuhao made, otherwise I wouldn't have seen through Shrek Academy's true colors!

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao thought to himself that Xuanzi was only seen as the strongest in Shrek Academy from the outside world. Although Mu En was a level 99 Limit Douluo, he hadn't made a move for a long time, so many people thought that the once-famous Dragon God Douluo Mu En was long dead.

For Shrek Academy, Moon is the pillar of strength. As long as Moon is safe and sound, Shrek Academy has the confidence to face any opponent.

At this moment, Xiao Hongchen said, "By the way, Junior Brother Yuhao, I have a feeling that you knew all along that Shrek Academy was going to cheat, which is why you had Grandpa use the anti-cheating soul tool!"

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "After I underwent attribute transfer with the auspicious beast, my martial soul underwent some mutations. Since then, I've had a premonition that Shrek Academy is going to cheat."

This premonition helps me dispel the fog of fate, allowing me to vaguely glimpse some things about the future. Therefore, to verify this, on my way back to Star Luo City yesterday, I discussed the deployment of anti-cheating soul tools with the Dean!

This time, he did not try to mislead the other party into believing that he was a reincarnation of a god. The previous concept of a reincarnation of a god was only meant to deceive Tianmeng and Bingdi.

"A Martial Soul mutation?" A look of surprise appeared on Xiao Hongchen's face. "So that's how it is. I didn't expect your Martial Soul to mutate like this! Doesn't that mean your Martial Soul is stronger than before?"

Huo Yuhao did not deny it, "Strictly speaking, that's true."

"You've gotten stronger again! Does that mean I'll always be the second most talented person in the Sun Moon Empire? And be overshadowed by you for the rest of my life?" Xiao Hongchen asked, looking conflicted.

Although he envied Huo Yuhao's martial soul mutated to be more powerful, he had no intention of mutating his own martial soul. Martial soul mutation can sometimes make a martial soul stronger, but most of the time it can only make a martial soul weaker.

A typical example is Tang San's teacher, Yu Xiaogang.

Upon hearing this, Meng Hongchen said, "Xiao, we should be happy for Junior Brother Yuhao as he gets stronger!"

“That makes sense, but…” Xiao Hongchen was like a deflated balloon. He was a proud person, so he never wanted to be overshadowed by anyone. But the problem was, if things continued like this, he would never have the chance to defeat this junior in his lifetime.

He suddenly understood his grandfather's thoughts. No wonder his grandfather had always wanted to match Meng and Huo Yuhao. Faced with such a genius, anyone would want to recruit him.

(End of this chapter)