"Okay! This is the last one!" Tang Ya said as she handed over a Fried Chicken as Yuhao was cooking the last meal, it was meant for the three of them.
Just then, a group of female students wearing purple walked out of the academy gate, among them was a beautiful girl with long golden hair and blue eyes of around 15, similar to Tang Ya who all clearly walked towards Yuhao's booth as they also clearly smelled the mouthwatering aroma.
The students around Yuhao's booth moved to give the beauty some space to walk towards the booth probably due to her beauty but Yuhao didn't care as he continued to cook for Tang Ya and Bei Bei.
"Junior Brother....could you tell me how much you're selling for?" She asked Yuhao who just glanced at her, "10 Copper Coins for the cheapest dish." He stated as she seemed to visibly deflate.
"Junior brother.... can't the price be changed?" She asked while seeming reluctant but didn't haggle because the dish was truly that mouthwatering "Sorry Senior Sister, everything has a fixed price and even if you did have money, I can't sell these to you." Yuhao said as he continued to cook while she turned around and was about to leave.
"Brat! You dare refuse to sell to her?" A deep voice said as a golden light shot towards Yuhao's booth as Yuhao merely glanced at it and it stopped midair, it was a golden soul coin.
A hand suddenly reached out trying to grab the Grilled Chicken in Yuhao's hands as Yuhao just casually moved his hand and the hand accidentally grabbed charcoal instead.
"Arrogant, aren't you?" Yuhao asked the young man with short black hair and black eyes with thick eyebrows wearing a black, symbolising that he was a 6th year student and he looked similar in age to Bei Bei but his fair skin looked a bit red due to anger.
"Brat! Are you courting death?!" He asked as he tried to kick the grill over and swept his feet while Yuhao just glanced at him with his golden cross pupils and he crumpled to the ground like a broken ragdoll.
"Really? I thought you'd have some strength if you considered causing trouble." Yuhao said as Bei Bei and Tang Ya who heard the commotion had come over just in time to see the boy almost kick the grill them crumple to the ground.
"Ah, Big Brother Bei, Big Sister Xiao Ya." Yuhao greeted as he lifted the fallen boy up by the collar in the shocked gazes of the crowd as he then took the gold coin that was still midair as he stuffed the coin into the boy's shirt pocket then threw him onto the floor, waking him up.
Yuhao had subdued the boy using a weak Soul Impact(in his opinion) and he'd actually fainted, the shame.
"Xu Sanshi!" Bei Bei said as he stepped over to the still dazed Xu Sanshi and lifted him by the collar "Xu Sanshi! Do you really think you can try bully anyone you want?!" Tang Ya asked as she also stepped over while the beautiful girl from earlier who according to what Yuhao heard from the surrounding was named Jiang Nannan looked away in embarrassment and anger at Xu Sanshi.
"Bully?" Yuhao asked Tang Ya confused "Can someone as weak as him really bully anyone?" Yuhao asked genuinely curious as a cracking sound was heard from every student in the surrounding area including Bei Bei, it was the sound of their heart cracking but, they couldn't refuse because Yuhao had indeed effortlessly defeated Xu Sanshi even if it could be considered a sneak attack.
"You! Brat! I dare you to fight me in the Soul Dueling Arena!" Xu Sanshi said as he was embarrassed being stared at by everyone, even Jiang Nannan had seen him faint to a first year.
"You! Do you only bully those weaker.... actually, nevermind, Yuhao's stronger than you." Tang Ya said then smirked as she said the last part, making Xu Sanshi's face turn red from anger and embarrassment.
".... What's in it for me and also will you pay the entry fee?" Yuhao asked back as Xu Sanshi almost fell headfirst to the ground "Fine! I'll pay the fee and-" Xu Sanshi said as he took out a bottle from probably his Storage Soul Guide "-I'll bet this!"
"Is that the Mystic Water Pill?" Bei Bei asked, the Mystic Water Pill was said to be able to improve one's on innate Soul Power by cleaning the marrows and bones while also being able to help increase your Soul Power once consumed, one was supposedly worth 10,000 gold coins.
"3 Mystic Water Pills! Do you dare to bet?!" Xu Sanshi basically shoved the bottle in Yuhao's face as Yuhao nodded.
What surprised Yuhao was that, the entire crowd was excited and most of the students if not all of them had rushed towards the Arena to watch the match between Yuhao and Xu Sanshi.
Yuhao stood on one edge of the arena as Xu Sanshi stood on the opposite side, a teacher who was a 7 Ringed Soul Saint stood by the side and acted as the referee.
"Brat! I'll teach you what manners are!" Xu Sanshi said as Yuhao merely yawned "I'll give you three moves." Yuhao said to Xu Sanshi, making him even angrier while the crowd cheered at the sheer arrogance Yuhao was showing.
[Sin Of Pride - 5%]
He once again felt his body be strengthened as the Pride Sin increased as Yuhao kept his face calm but internally he and Skydream high-fived, Yuhao had acted arrogant because he wanted to see if it could increase the Sin Percentage as Yuhao and Skydream now called it.
But this time, Yuhao felt that there was a qualitative change rather than just normal strengthening and Skydream agreed because he detected that Yuhao's body was somehow instantly strengthened to be similar to normal Spirit Beast level strength and defence, to know, normal Spirit Beasts are far more stronger physically than humans of the same level.
"YOU DAMN BRAT!" Xu Sanshi roared as he shot towards Yuhao who merely lifted his hand and grabbed Xu Sanshi's fist effortlessly stopping it while everyone was shocked "That's one." He said as he then dodged a kick by leaning back "Two." Yuhao counted and then released Xu Sandhi's hand as he kicked Xu Sanshi back.
Xu Sanshi roared angrily as scales grew on parts of his face and arms as he finally possessed his Marital Spirit and four Soul Rings rose around him as the Third Soul Ring glowed and Xu Sanshi's body grew a bit larger and he shot towards Yuhao again, punching Yuhao.
"Three." Yuhao said as he dodged the attack by leaning to the side and shifting his footing to appear behind Xu Sanshi. "My turn!" Yuhao said as his eyes glowed golden and his pupils now had golden crosses in them as he raised his hand and grabbed Xu Sanshi by the shoulder and threw him to the side.
His hands glowed an eerie red as a blue flame suddenly appeared on it, emitting not heat but dangerous amount of cold air as the surrounding surface frozen and he raised his hand and shot the flame at Xu Sanshi who instantly felt the threat of death as he used all his defensive Soul Skills as a field appeared around him along with shell like shields which were all instantly turned into ash while somehow freezing everything.
Xu Sanshi looked on in despair as the flame neared him, the referee himself being too late to react as Xu Sanshi closed his eyes in despair, only to find that the impeding doom didn't appear.
"What? You thought I'd kill you?" Yuhao's voice echoed as Xu Sanshi opened his eyes to see the flame stopped infront of him and was dissipating "I'm not a hotheaded idiot, why would I kill someone due to the slightest disagreement?" Yuhao joked as Xu Sanshi's legs gave out and he fell onto the floor.
"Hey teacher! Aren't you announcing the results?" Yuhao asked the stunned teacher who paused and replied tremblingly "V-victor! First Year Class Nine! Huo Yuhao!" He said as the arena was completely silent then erupted into cheers.
"YUHAO! YUHAO! YUHAO!"
Everyone roared as they were witnessing the rise of a True Monster in Shrek, a first year who effortlessly defeated one of the best 6th Grade Student in Shrek on the day classes started again.
"Oi, you okay?" He asked Xu Sanshi who was motionless as he touched his shoulder, only to see Xu Sanshi collapse onto the floor, it seemed he'd been scared unconscious by Yuhao. Yuhao didn't blame him, anyone would be afraid of death after all.
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"I'm Sorry!" Xu Sanshi said as he bowed before Yuhao, they were currently in the preperation room with Bei Bei, Tang Ya and for some reason Jiang Nannan who followed.
"I was too arrogant and looked down on others, I'll never do it again." Xu Sanshi said genuinely as he handed Yuhao the Mystic Water Pills which Yuhao took as he nodded.
Xu Sanshi was scared, he'd literally seen his own life flash before his eyes but, that also allowed him to understand something, the last thing he thought of was Nannan hasn't forgiven me yet....which made Xu Sanshi realise just how much he'd fallen for her.
Now? Now, he just wanted to be a good person and somehow achieve Jiang Nannan's forgiveness and eventually marry her, that was his only goal now.
"You should have learnt your lesson. Well, we'll leave then." Yuhao said to Xu Sanshi as he, Bei Bei and Tang Ya left with Jiang Nannan.
That day, the legend of Huo Yuhao, the Strongest Freshman was spread around Shrek Academy along with a Image Soul Guide Recording of Yuhao effortlessly beating Xu Sanshi, one of the Twins of Shrek.
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"Little Yuhao, what was that flame you used?" Tang Ya asked curiously because that flame had literally made her heart almost stop and she wasn't even close to it.
As Yuhao was observing the pills he got, he replied to Tang Ya "Hm? My Martial Spirit's ability. I can manipulate multiple elements and fire is one of them." Yuhao said truthfully as Bei Bei looked at Yuhao and looked conflicted but finally asked the question he had.
"Little Brother Yuhao...is your flame actually Ice Type?" Bei Bei finally asked as Yuhao nodded "Ultimate Ice and Darkness along with Ultimate Fire and Light." He admitted but the truth was that Darkness and Light were also ultimates.
"The flame I used was made of Ice and darkness." He said truthfully while Bei Bei and Tang Ya felt their worldview break again because Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire, two conflicting attributes appeared in Yuhao at the same time along with Light and Darkness, he'd never heard of such a thing ever existing.
Actually, the truth was that there was only normal Ice and Ultimate Fire, Light and Darkness along with many other normal elements but Skydream had brought with him an unformed Ice Martial Spirit which....well, it merged with King Of Hell and made it Ultimate Ice.
The incident had made Skydream cry when he realised the Martial Spirit was gone because he apparently wanted the Beast he loved to become Yuhao's second Martial Spirit.
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[Host: Huo Yuhao]
[Martial Soul: King Of Hell (1st Stage), Eyes of The King (1st Stage)]
[Bloodline: ???(Sealed)]
[Soul Power: Level 30 Soul Master (Level 38)]
[Skills: Hell's Vision Lv.3 (87/1000), Spiritual Sharing Lv.3 (63/1000), Hell's Gaze Lv.3 (1/1000), Hell's Domain Lv.3 (0/1000), Seeds of Sin Lv.2 (0/100), The True Ruler's Technique Lv.3 (136/1000)]
[Soul Points: 57]