DD2—Chapter 40: Ma Rulong's Thoughts
"Okay, I won't waste any more time. Before I look for you again, I have already informed Xiao and the others to gather everyone else. Now you can go to the fighting arena with me."
After saying that, Jing Hongchen took Huo Yuhao out of the dormitory.
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Fighting Soul Arena.
Ma Rulong folded his arms in front of his chest, staring at Xiao Hongchen not far away, and asked, "Xiao Hongchen, does the Hall Master want to let a Grand Soul Master become a reserve team member?
Although the main force of this Fighting Soul Competition consists of us, the regular players, it is too strange to suddenly include a Grand Soul Master. Even if Huo Yuhao breaks your records one after another, his current strength is still insufficient."
In the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, Ma Rulong is the captain of the regular team participating in this competition. He naturally places great importance on whether he can defeat Shrek Academy, so he believes that the team members must all be carefully selected elites.
It's not that he thinks Huo Yuhao isn't an elite, but although this elite has great potential, he is still just a Grand Soul Master and hasn't fully grown yet. Therefore, Jing Hongchen's decision to parachute in a Grand Soul Master makes him extremely puzzled.
"You ask me? Who should I ask? I just heard from my grandfather that Huo Yuhao's soul skills are very powerful." Xiao Hongchen felt helpless. "But the problem is, no matter how powerful his soul skills are, Huo Yuhao is just a Grand Soul Master! Oh, by the way, I, the captain of the reserve team, am already a Soul King and a level five soul engineer!"
Some time ago, he had become a Soul King and a fifth-level soul engineer. For Xiao Hongchen, his self-confidence, which had been slightly shaken by Huo Yuhao, had now been restored.
Ma Rulong's mouth twitched. He thought to himself, 'I'm asking about Huo Yuhao's situation, not yours! How could I not understand your situation?'
He felt that Xiao Hongchen's current state was like that of someone who had caught a fish and was showing it off everywhere.
Ma Rulong took a deep breath and said, "Anyway, I am responsible for the glory of the empire and the academy. If Huo Yuhao fails to satisfy me later, I will stop him from participating, even if it means contradicting the Hall Master. We need a champion to prove ourselves."
Meng Hongchen said, "Senior Ma, Huo Yuhao's first soul skill is very powerful. I think that although he cannot be a regular player at the moment, he will have no problem being a reserve player."
She had experienced Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection and sharing and knew how much that soul skill could improve a team.
"Oh?" Ma Rulong looked at Meng Hongchen in surprise. "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Meng Hongchen nodded vigorously. Then she smiled and said, "Senior Ma, you will experience it later, and you'll see that Huo Yuhao is very powerful!"
Xiao Hongchen stared at Meng Hongchen and asked nervously, "Powerful? How powerful? Meng, did you do something with Huo Yuhao behind my back?"
Meng Hongchen immediately replied, "No! I just experienced his soul skills!"
Xiao Hongchen breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that they were just discussing soul skills; he had thought that the two of them had done something else.
Ma Rulong said, "Meng Hongchen, no matter what you say, seeing is believing; hearing is not enough. Anyway, I still want to test Huo Yuhao. Generally speaking, the first soul ring of a genius soul master like him is a hundred-year soul ring. How strong can the first soul skill granted by a hundred-year soul ring be?"
In Ma Rulong's opinion, the most powerful soul skills are bestowed by ten-thousand-year soul rings or one-hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
Meng Hongchen was stunned for a moment and said, "But his first soul ring is a ten-year soul ring."
Ma Rulong: ??
"What a joke! Even if the soul skill mutates after the ten-year soul ring, Huo Yuhao's first soul skill shouldn't be particularly powerful." Ma Rulong felt helpless.
At this moment, two figures suddenly appeared in the sky.
Jing Hongchen brought Huo Yuhao to the ground, then looked at everyone happily and said, "It seems that everyone is here."
"Dean!"
"Hall Master!"
"Grandfather!"
Everyone shouted.
Jing Hongchen nodded, patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, let me introduce you to the genius soul engineer, Huo Yuhao. I believe you have heard of him. From today on, you are teammates."
"Wait, Hall Master, I wonder if I can first test the strength of this junior brother Yuhao? As the captain, I need to be responsible for the glory of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy!" Ma Rulong asked.
Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Feel the strength? Sure, but Huo Yuhao is only a Grand Soul Master at the moment. Ma Rulong, as a Soul Emperor, you don't want to bully the weak, do you?
How about this: Yuhao, Xiao, and Meng, you pick two more teammates, and then have a three-on-three match."
He did this for his reasons. After all, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were his grandchildren, and he naturally hoped that they could have a good relationship with Huo Yuhao.
Therefore, he arranged the three of them into a team. As for Ma Rulong, he is indeed from Illustrious Virtue Hall and works under Jing Hongchen as the Hall Master. However, in terms of closeness, this person is no less significant than his grandchildren and Huo Yuhao. After all, he is counting on Huo Yuhao to become his grandson-in-law!
Moreover, if Huo Yuhao wasn't allowed to show his strength, some people would remain unwilling to accept him, even if he forcefully suppressed them. Of course, the reason he did not adopt a seven-on-seven match format was mainly to save time.
"Okay, I agree. What do you think, Junior Yuhao? Winning or losing doesn't matter; this is just a friendly match. However, I hope to see your strength in the game," Ma Rulong said slowly, looking at Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao nodded and agreed immediately, "Okay, Senior Ma."
In the worldview of the Douluo Continent, many things can be resolved through competition. Whether it's a friendly match like this or Huo Yuhao's single-handed challenge to a strong man from the Holy Spirit Church, they are fundamentally competitions.
"Grandpa, Meng and I have a soul fusion skill. We are invincible in the world. Do we need another teammate?" Xiao Hongchen asked doubtfully.
Jing Hongchen slapped Xiao Hongchen on the head with an exasperated look on his face and said loudly, "What do you know? Just do it!"
"Oh! Okay, Grandpa." Xiao Hongchen was a little unconvinced, but he didn't have many relatives in this world, so he didn't continue to argue.
Then Jing Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao kindly and said gently, "Yuhao, don't be angry. This brat has always had a bad temper and has acted like he is invincible since he was a child. I spoiled him. I will teach him a lesson in the future!
The people here are carefully selected and trustworthy. Moreover, Ma Rulong and his men are relatively tough, so you can go all out."
The implication is that Huo Yuhao can use his ultimate ice martial soul without worry.
Huo Yuhao looked at Jing Hongchen's kind expression and suddenly felt a little strange, but he still nodded, "Okay, Dean, I will do my best."
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