Because they'd completed their knockout round on the first day of the round-robin round itself, the students from Shrek Academy could get a perfect rest during the following two days.
However, there were no traces of the backup team that some of them were looking forward to during these two days.
Huo Yuhao expected such a result. If they wanted to, the Academy had the capability of sending out a backup on the day before the tournament.
Since there weren't any sightings of them, Huo Yuhao had already guessed what the academy had decided to do with them.
Let them, the ten individuals who had gone and above the expectations of the higher-ups of the academy, prove their strength in the Continental Advanced Academy Soul Dueling Tournament!
Let them experience what it means to bring glory, honor, and recognition to Shrek Academy on the global stage.
Huo Yuhao just hopes that they give them satisfactory rewards when they return victorious, especially to his friends since they're really the ones doing most of the work.
Moreover, the busiest person of them all during these two days was definitely Wang Yan, who entered and exited the hotel daily. He seemed to appear at one moment, then would disappear the next.
While the rest were off to either cultivate or have sparring matches to train their combat techniques/soul skills.
Poof*! Poof*!
In Huo Yuhao's room white smoke appeared and two shadow clones appeared before Huo Yuhao. He looked them up and down, nodding.
"You two know what to do."
"Yes." Both shadow clones nodded, one of them looked down on the ring on his palm before squeezing it gently. The two then disappeared with the use of Body Flicker.
Huo Yuhao let out a deep sigh and straightened his back, his hands in a meditation posture.
He scanned his inner body and 'saw' that, except for 70% of his energy reserves left, everything was in perfect condition and his soul power was hitting the very peak of rank 43, by his estimations, he could reach a breakthrough in a week or so.
From his Tang Sect Secret Techniques: Mysterious Heaven Skill was at the peak of level four which corresponds to his cultivation, his Purple Demon Eye was at the Mustard Seed stage, and the rest of the techniques were at an expert level of mastery.
The amount of jutsus he learned was many and varied, most he probably wouldn't use more than five times but that was to be expected.
Huo Yuhao wanted to be a well-rounded Shinobi, to be prepared for anything and everything that could happen. He didn't want what happened in the Ming Dou Mountain Range to happen once more.
'I hope my shadow clones don't get into some kind of trouble on the way. I wonder if Ye Guyi had escaped...'
The reason why he created shadow clones was because the ones he left in the academy and in the Akatsuki Headquarters were dispersed, he could tell because he gained their memories. Now, after he had recovered, he had created new ones to replace them.
The one he sent back into the academy was to research all the information the academy had about soul masters, soul beasts, and the four empires, as well as look after the new recruits. It basically handles the information network of the Akatsuki and is the instructor of the newcomers.
Though, it also had another mission.
Huo Yuhao still remembered about the unfortunate victims of the Hands of Death, the bandits in the Ming Dou Mountain Range, and their corpses were still stored in his Shrek Guardian storage ring.
Since he didn't have the time, he decided to give the remains to the shadow clone and had it buried the victims in a beautiful and peaceful location, preferably the place where they came from.
This was the least he could do to honor those who had fallen and ensure they received a proper rest.
The other was to continue on some of the projects in the Akatsuki Headquarters; learning, researching, and inventing soul tools.
He was the soul engineer and provided soul tools. After he had dispersed, Huo Yuhao now had the complete knowledge and experience to be a true Class 6 Soul Engineer.
Speaking of soul tools...
"Luckily Shadow Clone 1 managed to send this out before he got dispersed," Huo Yuhao opened his eyes and waved his hand, a surge of soul power flowed into his storage belt and two items were brought out.
One was a large folding war fan that was four feet tall with intricate lotus designs along the deep-black metal frame and the beautiful white silk fabric that had clouds and mountain patterns painted on it, with nine black stars embroidered in a circular pattern.
The other was a large Gunbai; a war fan, but the wide fan had the shape of a gourd with black edges and the inner surface was white with nine dark tomoes on both sides.
The shaft was sturdy and reinforced with metal bands, making it hard for someone's hands to slip when wielding it in battle, with a long chain attached to the end.
Huo Yuhao examined both items carefully, a satisfied smile playing on his lips. "I wonder what I'm gonna name this one," he said, casually holding up the Gunbai with one hand.
"Hm. Windtaker? Divine Wind Fan? Shield of Storm? Eh, I'll give it a name after I get the other part of it."
A giant folding fan and a Gunbai, both soul tools that shadow clone 1 had made with the use of the Mystical Wind Ores, the ones he had purchased back in the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and Xiao Xiao had given him for a commission of a soul tool.
The soul tools were made from a mixture of materials, created with the use of numerous class 5 soul array formations and soul circuits; leading it to become Class 6 Soul Tools.
But the Mystical Wind Ores were the most important to the whole process, as the ore makes the soul tools absorb physical attacks or kinetic energy, store them for a period of time, and then convert them into a powerful gale of wind force.
The nine stars on the soul tools were indications of how much kinetic energy was stored within them, one lit star was energy stored enough to be as powerful of a blow from a one-ringed soul scholar.
By nine stars, it could even equal a Titled Douluo!
In theory that is, Huo Yuhao didn't have the ability to test it with the power of a Titled Douluo after all.
Knock* Knock*
"Come in," Huo Yuhao said and he looked up to see Ma Xiaotao popping her head inside with a smile. "Xiaotao? Is there a match for our team now?"
Ma Xiaotao shook her head, walking in and closing the door behind her. "No, our match only starts tomorrow. I came here to tell you that teacher Wang wants everyone in the meeting room to discuss our strategy in tomorrow's match."
Huo Yuhao snorted. "What's there to discuss? Unless there's a Soul Sage in the enemy teams, we have this competition in the bag."
"Cocky. You know what they say about those who are arrogant~" Ma Xiaotao cheekily said, taking a seat next to him.
She and Huo Yuhao already had an intimate relationship, so the latter didn't show a change of his expression even when she sat close to him, he could smell her fiery rosy scent that could send a man blushing and blood pumping downward.
"It's only to those who couldn't back their words." Huo Yuhao indifferently replied. "Besides, this isn't arrogance. It's confidence! I trust in you and the others to win this tournament by a landslide."
Ma Xiaotao giggled, smiling as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders. "You're right. We'll show them what Shrek Academy is made of!" She grinned mischievously, her eyes sparkling with determination. "Even without you scaring the crap out of them," she added, poking his cheek.
Huo Yuhao chuckled, feeling a surge of warmth at her touch. "Like you can't."
"Hmph. Yeah, but I don't have a red soul ring like you do..."
"You can, if you just bothered to further mastered the Purple Demon Eye and learn genjutsu." He retorted.
She rolled her eyes, "Like learning jutsus are easy, I barely learn up to C rank fire jutsus and I'm still having trouble in my soul power control! Dammit. You're making me recall the times I fell down a tree..." she grumbled and locking her arms around his neck, lightly choking him.
"You're choking me," Huo Yuhao deadpanned, forcing down the blush on his cheeks as he felt the soft melons on the back of his head.
"No, I'm just giving you love taps." Ma Xiaotao sarcastically remarked.
".... Xiaotao, are you still experiencing some side effects?" Huo Yuhao asked lowly and Ma Xiaotao's eyes turned a little dark.
She sighed, and lightly leaving a peck on his cheek, she let go of Huo Yuhao. "We'll talk about it later on. Now, come on."
"The others are waiting for us, we can't keep them waiting. And you can bring your pretty weapons if you like." she said as he stood up and left.
Huo Yuhao watched her with a worried look, rubbing his neck.
Scratching his head, Huo Yuhao picked up the soul tools and put them into his storage belt before leaving his room.
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