Douluo: The True Eye

Soon, as one hour concluded, Huo Yuhao steadily completed one hundred laps at the front of the group, neither lagging behind nor standing out too much.

As usual, Zhou Yi singled out several students who hadn't completed the running task for expulsion.

Zhou Yi, as always, picked out several students who failed to complete the task. Some were spoiled rich kids from wealthy families, while others were students who couldn't persevere due to their weak constitutions.

The reason for adopting this method was precisely Zhou Yi's way of demonstrating her iron-fisted methods to the new students. At the same time, it was also to select those 'chickens' that could be used to 'intimidate the monkeys.' After all, if no one slacked off, pure physical fitness could still weed out a few people.

Several students who were named angrily left to complain to the academic affairs office.

However, in Shrek Academy, renowned as the best on the continent, students' complaints and dissatisfaction were often difficult to shake the academy's iron rules.

Even within the academy, some people had reservations about Zhou Yi's methods, but when facing these students, they would maintain a consistent tone. After all, Zhou Yi was a teacher at Shrek Academy, and her behavior represented the academy's authority and dignity.

The other new students, seeing that Zhou Yi was indeed merciless in expelling several people, didn't look too good, but they were clearly intimidated by Zhou Yi.

However, Huo Yuhao seemed unusually calm about all of this. In his eyes, Zhou Yi's so-called刁难(making things difficult) were just child's play.

He wasn't like these new students who were only eleven or twelve years old. His worldview and way of thinking were already mature and stable, and he wouldn't be easily swayed by Zhou Yi.

He couldn't possibly be led by the nose by Zhou Yi, ultimately becoming like the Huo Yuhao in the original story, a golden signboard pushed out by Shrek.

After establishing her authority, she coldly swept her gaze over the group of students and said, "Alright, all of you go back to the dormitory and change your clothes, then come to the classroom for class. I'm only giving you fifteen minutes."

With that, Zhou Yi turned and walked towards the teaching building.

At this moment, the new students scattered like birds and beasts, not daring to delay for even half a minute, dragging their tired bodies towards their dormitories at their fastest speed.

Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao were naturally no exception, but at this moment, Wang Dong was surprised to find that Huo Yuhao, like himself, didn't have much sweat on his body. Clearly, the one hundred laps just now were nothing to him.

Even Huo Yuhao's condition looked much better than his own, because he had consumed a lot of soul power and physical strength after running one hundred laps. Huo Yuhao was obviously quite relaxed, he should have only consumed soul power and hadn't started to tap into his physical strength.

"How did you do it? Aren't you only at level twelve soul power?" Wang Dong asked like a curious baby.

"Secret," Huo Yuhao replied indifferently, then entered the dormitory. Wang Dong stood at the door, reluctant to go in. Huo Yuhao didn't say much, just closed the door, tidied himself up, and changed into his school uniform.

When he walked out of the dormitory, he casually threw a clean towel to Wang Dong and said, "Alright, go in. I won't pry into your secrets, and you don't pry into mine, understand?"

Wang Dong was stunned for a moment, but nodded, took the towel, and walked into the dormitory. Soon, she also changed her clothes and came out. Then, Huo Yuhao led Wang Dong to the classroom at a leisurely pace.

"Hey, why are you so leisurely? Aren't you afraid that crazy old woman will lose her temper again?" Wang Dong asked, somewhat puzzled.

"A person cannot stand without credibility. Since she said fifteen minutes before, then I believe that in a situation where she needs to establish her authority to everyone, she won't go back on her word. There's still plenty of time before the fifteen minutes are up."

Huo Yuhao replied calmly. At the same time, he was also clear in his heart that he wasn't afraid of being expelled, because he had enough choices and places to go.

Moreover, if he was really expelled, there would be many more places where he could re-establish himself. Anyway, if this kind of situation really happened, it would be Tang San who would be anxious, not himself.

Hearing this, Wang Dong nodded thoughtfully, seemingly digesting the meaning in Huo Yuhao's words.

"Everyone's actions are to achieve their own goals. Even when facing a madman, calmly analyzing their actions can sort out their crazy logic."

"Then, starting from their behavioral logic and personality, you can naturally analyze their ultimate goal along with their actions."

"The crazy old woman's actions in this class actually only had one purpose from beginning to end, and that is to establish authority."

"Think carefully about the momentum she had when she first appeared, as well as using Shrek Academy's school motto, while showing her cultivation as a Soul Emperor, and then using physical punishment to influence people's hearts, and finally using killing the chicken to warn the monkeys to intimidate everyone."

"Essentially, all of her actions are for one thing, and that is to establish authority. She wants to use authority to tame everyone in Class One, at least to break up the arrogance in everyone's heart."

Huo Yuhao spoke eloquently about this, then looked at Wang Dong and said, "But to be honest, think carefully, will everyone buy into this? A Soul Emperor, have you never seen one? Do you really think highly of her? So you can tell me, what kind of person do you think Zhou Yi is?"

Wang Dong frowned and began to think, and at the same time, her pace slowed down involuntarily, but before she could open her mouth, the classroom had already arrived.

That was because they all knew that the minimum admission standard for Shrek Academy was level fifteen soul power, and some students who had noticed Huo Yuhao were even more strange.

That was because Huo Yuhao's ranking was not behind during the running test, and could even be considered excellent, which didn't seem like something a level twelve soul master could do.

"Huo Yuhao's soul power level is only level twelve, but I can tell you that Huo Yuhao is very excellent. Originally, he was admitted to Shrek Academy as a specially invited student without taking the exam."

"But even so, he still passed Shrek Academy's actual combat assessment, and at the same time, his score was excellent. You should have noticed this when running before."

Zhou Yi once again coldly swept across the crowd: "So even a Soul Master with a Soul Power of level twelve can complete the task, what makes you think you can't?"

"Those who failed to complete the running task before have already been expelled by me, but I hope you will remember them and not become like them, people who are expelled by me."

"Then there's Huo Yuhao. Although his Soul Power level isn't high, before he was eliminated due to the school's internal assessment tasks, he was a Shrek Academy student just like you. No one should bring up this issue."

"Alright, Huo Yuhao, you can sit down. Next, we'll officially begin the class."

Huo Yuhao sat down directly and began to ponder Zhou Yi's intentions.

'It's a bit troublesome, but not a big problem. Although I was pulled up by Zhou Yi as a target because of my Soul Power.'

"'I estimate that the other students will regard me as a major enemy. After all, it would be embarrassing to do worse than me, the lowest-ranked student. But there's no need to care about these classmates.'"

Subsequently, Zhou Yi began to teach methodically. She brought up the theory of Soul Master offense and defense again. Unsurprisingly, the unlucky Wang Dong was still chosen to answer the question.

"Today's first lesson, I want to tell you about the way of offense and defense for Soul Masters. Because of their Martial Soul abilities, Soul Masters have been divided into the Power Attack System, Agility Attack System, Support System, Food System, Control System, and Defense System since ancient times."

"Among Soul Masters, there are schools that specialize in one aspect and develop it to the extreme, and there are also those that develop in a balanced manner, which is endless."

"Then, Wang Dong, stand up and tell me, among the various Soul Master systems, who is better at offense, and who is better at defense and support?"

Wang Dong stood up and replied directly: "Naturally, the Power Attack, Agility Attack, and Control systems are more inclined to attack, while the Support, Food, and Defense systems are more inclined to defense."

"Idiot, sit down." Zhou Yi waved her hand directly, and with the accompanying powerful Soul Power pressure, she directly shut Wang Dong up and made him sit back in his seat.

"If this answer were given more than four thousand years ago, before the Sun Moon Continent collided with our Douluo Continent, there would indeed be no problem. But today, this answer is terribly wrong."

Zhou Yi looked at Huo Yuhao and said: "Huo Yuhao, you tell me, why."

Huo Yuhao frowned, stood up, and said: "I don't think there's anything wrong with Wang Dong's answer."

Hearing this, Zhou Yi raised her eyebrows, her gaze became a little colder, but she didn't interrupt, just signaled Huo Yuhao to continue.

"Soul Tools do close the gap between different systems of Soul Masters to a certain extent, but the essence has not changed."

"From a close-range perspective, give a powerful close-range Soul Tool to a Power Attack System Soul Master, and also give a powerful close-range Soul Tool to a Support System Soul Master."

"If the power of the two Soul Tools is the same, and the cultivation and Soul Ring configuration of the two Soul Masters are similar, then the outcome of the battle is self-evident. The Power Attack System Soul Master, with the Soul Tool and the advantage of his own Martial Soul, can still easily defeat the Support System Soul Master."

"It's just that there are a few more possibilities of being injured by their desperate counterattack. But whether it's physical fitness or Soul Skill coordination, the Power Attack System Soul Master overwhelms the Support System Soul Master, which won't lead to a reversal of offense and defense."

"Even if the battle range is widened, as long as it doesn't reach a distance where the Soul Master's original Soul Ring combat system and combat skills are completely crushed."

"Then, it's undoubtedly true that Power Attack, Agility Attack, and Control System Soul Masters are good at attacking, while Food, Support, and Defense System Soul Masters are good at defending."

"Even if it really comes to a situation where only long-range Soul Tools can determine the outcome of the battle, then at this time, no matter which system they belong to, the essence of the Soul Master itself has been blurred."

"What is being used at this time is not the ability of the Soul Master itself, but the ability to manufacture Soul Tools and the ability to sustain them. This cannot be confused with the original six major schools and should be brought up separately."

"If it's for specialization or cooperation, the effect that corresponding system Soul Masters can exert by using corresponding system Soul Tools will definitely be far better than the effect of other system Soul Masters."

"My answer is complete." After saying that, Huo Yuhao looked at Zhou Yi.

But Zhou Yi was a little stiff at this time, a little speechless. After all, the reason she brought up Soul Tools was actually just to belittle Soul Tool Masters and promote the Shrek Academy's education policy.

Apart from the Soul Tool theories that Fan Yu occasionally mentioned to her, she herself is just a traditional Soul Master and doesn't value Soul Tools that much.

If she really had to argue with Huo Yuhao, she didn't know how to answer for a while.

In the end, Zhou Yi still frowned and said stiffly: "Sit down, what you said can only be targeted at Soul Masters below level fifty."

"But the cultivation of Soul Masters is a continuous process of developing and strengthening their own physical fitness, while also matching powerful and excellent Soul Ring choices. Soul Tools can narrow the gap between Soul Masters and Soul Masters, but only in the early stages."

"Even powerful Soul Tools can only be used by the strong. Strong people with Soul Tools will be even more powerful."

"Offense and defense blurring is what I want to say, but what I want to tell you is that what we Shrek Academy cultivates is not those trash Soul Masters from the outside world."

"Everyone who comes out of our Shrek Academy must be the elite of the elite. In the next three months, the main training I will conduct for you will be in physical fitness."

"No matter who you are, what your background is, or how good your talent is, if you can't pass my assessment after three months, then get out of here."

"That's all for this morning's class. I suggest you have a good meal at noon. Physical fitness training will begin in the afternoon. Class dismissed."

"Huo Yuhao, come to my office." After saying this, Zhou Yi turned around and left, but the bell for the end of class hadn't rung yet.

Looking at her receding back, Huo Yuhao stood up helplessly and followed.

'A tiger's head and a snake's tail, what is she talking about? What does this ending have to do with the topic she mentioned at the beginning?'

'I thought she could come up with some other points to argue, but I guess she just heard a rough overview from Fan Yu.'

When passing by Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao glanced at him. At this time, Wang Dong's eyes were full of confusion and clear stupidity. Obviously, he was confused by Zhou Yi's inexplicable teaching.

'I hope you can see things clearly in the future, at least don't be sold and count the money for them like in the original work,' Huo Yuhao sighed inwardly.