Chapter 21: Demonic Illusion

Warning: There's going to be a unsightly scene that is not of the faint of heart, skip it or read it at your own discretion.

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"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" Huo Yuhao channeled his soul power, his cheeks bulged, and spew out a massive burst of flames towards the charging youth. The Great Fireball Technique was a powerful fire jutsu that could engulf a large area, and Huo Yuhao hoped that it would be enough to stop his attacker.

The flames soared through the air, engulfing the youth in its fiery ball. But to Huo Yuhao's surprise, the youth didn't falter. With his Sharingan, he saw one of the youth's yellow soul rings lit up and a halo of black light came from the shield, covering ten meters or more in front of him. He charged straight through the flames, seemingly unaffected by the intense heat, though his upper clothes were incinerated.

"What's with that fire, brat?! Forget about it being so weak it feels like a candle fire." He laughed. "Newsflash boyo, my martial soul is a powerful water and defense type. Your flames does jackshit to me!"

'Crap. My soul power is all depleted...!'

Before Huo Yuhao could react, the youth swung his tortoiseshell shield at him, aiming for a devastating blow. But Huo Yuhao managed to dodge just in time, narrowly avoiding the attack.

"It's over brat!"

The youth didn't waste any time and continued to pursue Huo Yuhao, swinging his shield with incredible force. He tried getting away but there seems to be some pulling force from the shield that made it difficult for him to escape.

'Fine. If I can't run, I'll fight you head on!' Huo Yuhao clicked his tongue and stared back at his opponent's eyes, and concentrated on his Sharingan.

His golden comma-like pupils started spinning.

"You brought this onto yourself senior," Huo Yuhao muttered as he performed a couple of hand seals just as the youth was about to reach him. "Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique!"

"Brat!"

The youth narrowed his eyes when he struck his shield against Huo Yuhao, only to discover Huo Yuhao seemingly disappear into a swirl of tree leaves and be carried into the wind, and although he had one of the most powerful water-type martial soul in the continent, he couldn't help but feel a sudden chill.

'What the hell did that brat do?'

"....Xun Sanshi."

The youth, Xu Sanshi, froze. His eyes went wide with shock and fear, his arms immediately slumped over and his shield, Mystic Deep Turtle Shield, fell with a loud thud on the ground and instantly disappeared into motes of blue light.

Standing in front of him was the beautiful girl from before, only, she was completely bare naked and soaked in blood. Tears streamed down her face as she reached out towards Xu Sanshi, her voice filled with anguish and desperation.

"Why did you do this to me? Why did you hurt me so much? It hurts, it hurts so much! I was prepared for you to take my virginity, for the sake of my sick mother, but you went and ravaged that part of my body instead... It hurts, Xu Sanshi...."

Xu Sanshi trembled, unable to move or speak. The girl's words pierced through his heart, awakening a surge of guilt and remorse within him.

"No... I, I didn't mean to! Jiang Nannan, I was too inexperienced and I lost control... I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" Xu Sanshi cried out, his voice filled with regret and sorrow.

But just as quickly as she appeared, the girl vanished into thin air, leaving Xu Sanshi alone in the empty space. He fell to his knees, his body shaking with the weight of his past.

The students and civilians watching this were stunned. A senior student, one was eligible to either graduate from the academy or enter the inner courtyard, had been defeated with just a mere look from a junior student!

Moreover, the latter was clearly the weakest between the two; with his one white soul ring against the former with three soul rings, with cultivation and soul ring quantity and quality difference, everyone had thought the conclusion was forgone.

They were wrong. It felt like a slap to the face as they saw Xu Sanshi fell into his knees, his face unwell.

Jiang Nannan, the real one, stood still with her friends. Her face showed a complicated expression, although she didn't know what happened to Xu Sanshi, something inside of her told her that it involved her and their "past". In the end, she shook her head and went back to the academy.

Huo Yuhao reappeared beside him, his Sharingan still active as he looked down at Xu Sanshi with a solemn expression.

"I'm sorry," Huo Yuhao said softly. "I didn't mean for you to see what it is you saw, but I can tell it was something traumatizing and painful. That skill of mine is to show you your greatest fear but.... I didn't want to go this far."

"Nonetheless," His sharingan glowed with a crimson light. "I hope you learn your lesson of bullying people weaker than you, never underestimate them."

'You just remind me of those bastards.'

Xu Sanshi gritted his teeth, a large popping vein appeared on his forehead. He turned to glare at Huo Yuhao, "You bastard–!"

He was about to charge at him when a hand grabbed his shoulder.

"That's enough, Xu Sanshi." Bei Bei said with a soft voice, appearing behind him.

"Be Bei...." Xu Sanshi was stunned.

"Xu Sanshi, you dare to bully one of my men? I'm gonna beat the shit out of you, fucker." Tang Ya appeared between Xu Sanshi and Huo Yuhao, the latter letting out a sigh of relief.

"I wondered when you two would intervene." Huo Yuhao said.

Tang Ya stuck out her tongue at him. "You handled him well enough that we didn't have to intervene. What? You really want us to hold your hand every time you fight?"

Huo Yuhao's eye twitched. "Looks like you don't want your roasted fish and ramen, teacher Xiao Ya."

"Ah! You remembered, didn't you?" Tang Ya's eyes lit up, immediately four silver soul coins appeared in her hand and handed them over towards Huo Yuhao. "Well? Deal's a deal! Now where are my fish and those noodles? I've been hungry for awhile now, those rotten classmates of mine kept talking about how delicious your food was. Ah, I was such an idiot. Why didn't I just take them away beforehand?!"

Huo Yuhao chuckled, touching his storage belt, he took out two roasted fishes. "Here you go, teacher Tang Ya. I'll bring out the ramen bowls later on when we get to a table or something."

"Waa!" Tang Ya's eyes brightened like stars and unceremoniously began biting onto the golden fish meat. "–I've been waiting on this for days!"

Bei Bei shook his head, watching the playful banter between his two friends. "Alright, alright. Let's focus on the matter at hand. Xu Sanshi, you've bullied my junior brother. Although my junior has resolved the issue, you still have to give me an explanation for today's matter."

Xu Sanshi trembled and he turned towards Huo Yuhao, "He's your junior brother? No wonder, no wonder. The attraction technique and hidden weapons he used beforehand was too much of a coincidence."

"Fine," Xu Sanshi abruptly stood up and slapped away Bei Bei's hand, making everyone become tense of him. "It was a simple affair, he just didn't give face to Jiang Nannan. But since you're here, I'll drop the matter with your junior brother. But only because of our friendship." He then glared at Huo Yuhao. "However, I won't forgive this douchebag for making me see....that."

While Huo Yuhao returned the stare calmly, Bei Bei and Tang Ya breathed a sigh of relief. Xu Sanshi looked to have seemingly calmed down.

Bei Bei nodded at his friend and placed an arm over him, "Alright. How about we go to our usual place? My treat."

"Ah! Don't you both dare leave me behind, especially you Bei Bei. Little Yuhao, give him the bowls to carry them and fix up the stall, you have some training you wanted to do right?"

"....Okay, teacher Xiao Ya." Although Huo Yuhao had some reservations about Xu Sanshi, since the latter and his fellow Tangmen looked to be friends, he let the matter go and have them handle the shield boy.

After giving the bowls of ramen to Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao watched them leave before starting to clean up the stall. Thankfully he wasn't injured in his battle with Xu Sanshi, he was only exhausted of his soul power and most of his spiritual power really, so he was able to move around freely.

"Now, what should I do with these?" He now looked down at the organized items he used in cooking and selling his food, wondering where to put them.

'Teacher Xiao Ya, you forgot to tell me where to put them.'

He was in a bind. Though there was an option of putting them in his storage belt... but he would have to throw his weapons away to make the room.

"What should I do? I can't carry them on my own because I'm lacking soul power right now." Just as he muttered out his problems, an unexpected person walked up beside him.

"There you are, you bastard!" Wang Dong huffed, looking a bit breathless. His face a bit red. "Do you know how hard it was for me to find you?!"

"Great!" Huo Yuhao smiled. "Help me out, Wang Dong."

"Huh?" Before Wang Dong could understand what was happening, he discovered a grill, a pot, a prong, etc. to be put in his arms.

Huo Yuhao continued to smile at him, "Let's go back to our room." he then started heading towards their dormitory.

Wang Dong stared at his back, completely bewildered.

"Eh? Wha–What just happened?"

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