"I come from a family of locksmiths. How many keys would you like me to make for you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions on the faces of the students in the room ranged from astonishment to amusement. Some sharp-witted male students immediately grasped the innuendo in Huo Yuhao's words and burst into laughter.
Even if she didn't understand what Huo Yuhao meant, the red-haired girl sensed the sarcasm in his tone and the reaction of those around him.
Standing up abruptly, the red-haired girl angrily said to Huo Yuhao, "What, did I say anything wrong when I said that a loser with a spirit power of only level eleven doesn't deserve to be the class monitor?"
"Who are you calling a loser?" Huo Yuhao stood up as well, smiling as he asked.
"I'm calling you a loser!" the red-haired girl snapped. But as soon as she spoke, she realized the flaw in her words and became even more furious.
"What's the use of playing word games? If you want to prove you're not a loser, then have the guts to fight me and let's see who wins!"
"If you insist, then I have no choice but to agree." Huo Yuhao shrugged.
Mu Jin frowned slightly at this point. She stepped forward, intending to refuse the red-haired girl's challenge on Huo Yuhao's behalf.
However, to her surprise, Huo Yuhao, whom she thought of as somewhat weak, nodded and accepted the challenge.
"Huo Yuhao, you..." Mu Jin said worriedly as she approached him. "Wu Feng is from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan, a Great Spirit Master. There's no need to push yourself."
"Teacher, before my mother passed away, she told me not to cause trouble but also to stand with dignity and not be bullied." Huo Yuhao smiled faintly. "I've endured too much. This time, I don't want to endure anymore."
This was a lie!
The real reason Huo Yuhao had previously avoided conflict with Wang Dong and had issues with Zhou Yi was to correct the mistakes made by the original Huo Yuhao from the novel.
Huo Yuhao's bond with Wang Dong gradually led him into Tang Shenwang's control because Wang Dong was the bait Tang Shenwang had set to catch Huo Yuhao, the big fish.
And Zhou Yi's treatment had exacerbated the psychological trauma Huo Yuhao had since childhood, making him increasingly sensitive and eventually turning him into a love-struck fool. Ultimately, his unscrupulous father-in-law manipulated him emotionally, turning him into the Tang Clan's guard dog.
Since Huo Yuhao had avoided getting entangled with Tang Shenwang's daughter and Zhou Yi, he no longer needed to act weak and easy to bully.
Wu Feng's appearance was perfect timing; it was time to give these arrogant kids a shock.
At this moment, the blonde girl beside Wu Feng frowned and said to her, "There's no point in doing this. Beating a spirit master with a power of only level eleven won't earn you any respect; people will just think you're bullying the weak."
"But young master..." Wu Feng hastily tried to explain.
"I've told you, in the academy, don't call me young master. Call me Ning Tian," the blonde girl said sternly.
"Sorry, Ning Tian," Wu Feng said, her eyes still filled with anger as she looked at Huo Yuhao. "How dare a mere level eleven loser mock me like this! He needs to be taught a lesson!"
"But have you considered why he dares to accept your challenge despite his lower power?" Ning Tian's eyes glimmered with insight. "Since he dares to accept, he must have something to rely on."
"No matter what he relies on, he's no match for me!" Wu Feng said arrogantly.
After some discussion with both Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng, Mu Jin led all the new students of Class Nine to the Shrek Academy playground.
Several classes were conducting basic physical training for the new students on the playground.
A spirit master's physical fitness directly affects whether they can absorb higher-level spirit rings and use more powerful spirit tools, so all new students at Shrek Academy had to undergo basic physical training daily.
The intensity of this training varied; spirit masters with beast spirits underwent more intense physical training, while those with ordinary physical fitness had a lighter load, gradually increasing over time.
Few teachers were as extreme as Zhou Yi, who relentlessly pushed all students, regardless of their type, to run excessively, threatening expulsion for those who were slow.
In Huo Yuhao's previous life, it was like some assassins specializing in close-range gun combat, some in long-range sniping, and some in cold weapons. Forcing all of them to run daily without considering their specialties was utterly senseless.
"This duel will be one-on-one. You can use all your abilities, but remember, you must not cause permanent injury to your opponent, and no retaliation is allowed afterward. Violators will be expelled from the academy," Mu Jin warned the two.
"Understood!"
"Understood."
Huo Yuhao stood opposite Wu Feng, his stance relaxed and casual.
Wu Feng, on the other hand, was still fuming with anger, her fists clenched tightly, ready to beat Huo Yuhao up.
"Begin!" Mu Jin shouted.
Wu Feng let out a cry, her body suddenly tensing as a heavy heat surged from her. A faint dragon roar echoed.
As she leaped into the air, her body grew taller, appearing like a fully developed sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl.
Her slender body stretched her uniform tight, revealing the skin-tight clothing underneath. She was clearly used to this, wearing highly elastic leather clothes that exposed her toned thighs.
A red glow shimmered on her skin, a layer of fine dragon scales covering the left side of her face, extending down her neck to her shoulders, and down her left arm to her hand.
She looked both slender and beautiful, yet exuded a sense of explosive power.
### Chapter 12: Scorching Art Devours Dragonfire, Establishing Dominance in a Single Battle!
**Chapter 12: Scorching Art Devours Dragonfire, Establishing Dominance in a Single Battle!**
Two yellow spirit rings rose from beneath her feet. Her spirit was the Red Dragon, a top-tier fire attribute dragon spirit.
In contrast, Huo Yuhao's display was much more subdued. His body showed no signs of transformation; only his eyes turned a fiery red.
A white spirit ring emerged at his feet, glowing brightly, indicating that Huo Yuhao had activated his first spirit ability.
Under the gaze of Huo Yuhao's Fiery God Eyes, the flow of time around him seemed to slow down, making everything appear incredibly clear. Every detail within his field of vision transmitted an abundance of information to his mind.
As he focused on Wu Feng, information about the distance between them and the changes in every muscle on her body appeared in his mind.
Additionally, within a thirty-meter radius, everything was visualized in his mind three-dimensionally, without needing to see it with his eyes. Any subtle change would instantly be relayed to him as information.
In the original story, Huo Yuhao's use of his mental detection ability at this stage was somewhat inexperienced because he had no combat experience before leaving the Duke's Mansion.
But the current Huo Yuhao was not the naive original. In his previous life, he was the top assassin on Blue Star, with extremely rich combat experience.
Previously, his powerful combat abilities were limited by his physical condition. However, through Elder Yao's recent tempering of his physique, the Foundation Establishment Elixir, and a high-nutrition diet, he had overcome this limitation.
Without the constraints of his physical condition, his battle sense, honed through countless perilous missions and comparable to that of a spirit beast, could now be fully utilized.
With the assistance of his mental detection, Huo Yuhao could even predict Wu Feng's attack positions and timing in advance.
In online games of his previous life, this situation was typically referred to as "having hacks."
As Wu Feng's figure flickered, she appeared in front of Huo Yuhao. Her left arm, covered in fiery red dragon scales, swung toward Huo Yuhao's body.
However, Huo Yuhao simply stepped back slightly, dodging her attack by less than an inch.
Wu Feng was taken aback. She lifted her long right leg, aiming a kick at Huo Yuhao's chest.
Once again, Huo Yuhao slightly twisted his body, narrowly evading Wu Feng's kick.
He then grabbed her ankle with his left hand, and with his right hand supporting the back of her knee, he exerted a slight force and threw her away.
Wu Feng lost her balance and executed a beautiful backflip to steady herself.
Realizing Huo Yuhao's impressive close combat abilities, she no longer dared to underestimate him.
"You like close combat? I'll make sure you don't even get the chance to touch me!"
"First Spirit Ability: Dragonfire!"
Her yellow spirit ring glowed, and a thick layer of red flames emerged from Wu Feng, surrounding her body within a one-foot radius. The air around her shimmered with heat, indicating the high temperature of the flames.
Stepping forward again, Wu Feng launched a punch, her right fist enveloped in Dragonfire, aiming straight at Huo Yuhao's face.
Huo Yuhao intended to dodge but suddenly felt his eyes heating up. The pale yellow spirit power within him began to circulate according to the Scorching Art, attempting to devour the flames on Wu Feng's fist.
"Scorching Art?" A flash of inspiration crossed Huo Yuhao's mind. He halted his dodge and instead caught Wu Feng's incoming right fist.
Everyone, including Mu Jin, Ning Tian, and the other students, was shocked to see Wu Feng's flames being continuously absorbed by Huo Yuhao's eyes.
"Second Spirit Ability: Dragon's Wrath!"
Wu Feng's second spirit ring glowed, and the dragonfire around her turned dark red. Her half-body scales thickened.
With red glowing eyes, her left hand transformed into a dragon claw, striking toward Huo Yuhao's abdomen.
"Eight Extremes Collapse!"
Seeing Wu Feng aiming at his vital area, Huo Yuhao snorted angrily.
Holding Wu Feng's right fist with his left hand, he continued absorbing her flames. His right elbow shot out, hitting Wu Feng's incoming dragon claw.
"Boom!"
Even though Huo Yuhao only used sixty percent of his strength, Wu Feng's dragon claw still went numb, her entire left arm dropping limply.
Given Huo Yuhao's current mastery of Eight Extremes Collapse, capable of pulverizing bluestone into powder, if he had used his full strength, Wu Feng's hand would have been crippled.
Wu Feng's dark red flames were converted from her own spirit power. As Huo Yuhao absorbed them, her spirit power rapidly depleted, making her body weak and unsteady.
"I... I concede," Wu Feng moaned weakly.
"What did you say? I can't hear you!" Huo Yuhao replied with a smile.
"I said I concede!" Wu Feng shouted, tears of frustration rolling down her cheeks.
"I lost!"