Chapter 54: Yuhao is a good guy

"What kind of power is this? So strong, so fierce—"

"Unbelievable, completely unbelievable! It's unstoppable, even with soul skills activated, it cannot be stopped!"

"Too strong, Lord Wuque is truly too powerful. There's no defeating him!"

Challenger after challenger fell beneath Ning Wuque's fists, and his heavy strike technique grew increasingly proficient.

While fighting a level thirty-eight beast martial soul master, he was even able to continuously land fourteen heavy strikes in a row, violently hammering his opponent to the point of crying tears and snot, vomiting blood endlessly!

This formidable strength was clearly presented to the eyes of the spectators, clearly engraved into the hearts of this cohort of freshmen.

They utterly refused to believe that this was a student of the exact same year as them!

Are you telling me that three months from now, in the freshman examinations, I might have to face a guy who can hang up and beat a three-ring beast martial soul spirit elder to a pulp purely with his physical body—

Is that right?

What a joke!

A punch from this guy isn't just as simple as turning you black and blue; you'd be scattered in pieces from east to west!

In the stands, Ning Tian and Wu Feng were also utterly shocked by Ning Wuque's performance today.

Over the past few days, both of them had come to watch Ning Wuque's spirit battles, and they knew very well that he simply couldn't achieve this kind of performance before today. There could only be one reason for this.

That was the combat technique Ning Wuque had told them about not long ago—a combat technique exclusive to the Titled Douluo level!

"I want to learn it so badly..."

Watching Ning Wuque effortlessly take down big opponents with a single punch each, Wu Feng drooled with envy. She wanted to be like that too, and at the same time, her instinct for admiring strength sparked the urge to seek him out for tutoring.

She really, really wanted to learn this technique. She would pay any amount of soul gold coins; if worst came to worst, she'd just bleed her old man dry!

"It is indeed so powerful. Wuque is the most genius of geniuses. He will definitely become one of this generation's Shrek Seven Monsters. By then, even if my father disagrees, he will have no choice but to agree."

Ning Tian's eyes sparkled brilliantly as she watched. Ning Wuque's growth rate was simply too fast. Clearly just an "ordinary soul master" with innate tier-three soul power, he had relied purely on his own talent and every available resource to reach such heights today.

Even the most genius figures from a millennium ago probably only deserved to look up to Ning Wuque at this age, right?

He truly lived up to being the boy she had set her sights on!

Soon, time came to an end amidst match after match of spirit battles.

The spirit battle zone on a Sunday was already exceptionally lively, and coupled with the operations of the newly rising popularity king Ning Wuque—who fought continuously from noon until five in the afternoon—it became utterly packed to capacity.

Even after Ning Wuque finished his final match, many spectators in the stands still hadn't had enough. This kind of flesh-to-flesh impact was far more thrilling than simple clashes of martial souls and soul skills.

No wonder "death match arenas" and similar spirit battle trials existed in an era ten thousand years ago. Didn't things have to involve blood to be thrilling enough?

It was simply because there were too many evil soul masters in this era, forcing this event to be shut down; otherwise, perhaps this kind of flesh-to-flesh combat wouldn't really have lost its impact.

………

"Tired, aren't you? Come on, I prepared this for you in advance—a cup of specially crafted refreshing fruit tea~"

Stepping out of the Great Spirit Arena, Ning Tian, who had been waiting there for a while, walked up as soon as Ning Wuque emerged, holding a cup of icy fruit tea in both hands and extending it toward him, while also reaching out to insert a straw for him.

Ning Wuque naturally accepted it gladly. Although he had the recovery of a healing-type soul master, after throwing punches for half a day, not only was his entire body exhausted, but his mind was also somewhat fatigued. This refreshing fruit tea came at the absolute right time!

Suddenly, while Ning Wuque was drinking his fruit tea, a gentle sensation brushed across his face. Looking over, he saw Ning Tian holding a clean cloth, wiping away the uncleaned stains and lingering sweat from his face.

Beside them, Wu Feng crossed her arms with a displeased expression as she watched this scene. Although somewhat irritated, she didn't say anything.

Still... so envious, truly so envious. She wished so badly to be treated with such gentleness by Ning Tian!

"Thank you."

"Mm, let's go. It's already quite late. I had someone place an order for some snacks at Yuhao's place in advance, or else we won't even make it before he sells out and packs up."

"Oh? Yuhao's cooking is truly popular indeed."

Ning Wuque wasn't surprised, but he still put on a look of astonishment. After all, Huo Yuhao's food was as addictive as if it had been laced with ice, leaving people unable to stop themselves.

He honestly had no idea how Huo Yuhao managed to create such delicacies without relying on modern technology and ruthless additives—was this glowing cuisine or something?

The three walked side by side, and after a short while, they walked out of the academy gates, arrived at the snack street by the school entrance, and spotted Huo Yuhao busy at his food stall.

He was tending to his food cart, wearing an apron and a chef's hat while selling all kinds of barbecue, with a line that looked like a long dragon stretching out in front of him.

One could only say it was indeed just as Ning Tian had predicted; by the time the queue reached them, the ingredients would probably be long gone.

"Ah, Big Brother Wuque, and Big Sister Ning Tian and Big Sister Wu Feng! The barbecue you ordered has already been packed up. I'm too busy today so I can only chat with you guys later, sorry~"

Huo Yuhao was busy grilling fish. Out of the corner of his eye, upon seeing the three of them, he proactively waved and greeted them while pulling out the already-packed barbecue.

The plastic bag containing the food also held a special small pouch made of silk material, easily worth at least two or three soul gold coins.

"It's fine, you go ahead and get busy."

Ning Wuque walked over to pick up the order, greeted Huo Yuhao, and then returned to Ning Tian's side. The three of them sat down to eat at a nearby ice cream shop, and additionally ordered three servings of ice cream.

Opening the bag, Ning Wuque first picked up the small pouch, and a single touch told him what was inside.

It was precisely the twenty soul gold coins he had previously lent to Huo Yuhao. The moment the boy managed to stabilize his income and savings, he returned them right back to him.

"This guy Yuhao is alright."

This was Wu Feng's evaluation. Holding a stick of grilled meat in one hand and a small ice cream spoon in the other, she alternated bites between them, completely lacking the decorum expected of a young lady.

Ning Wuque didn't comment on this, instead tucking both the gold coins and the pouch into his storage soul tool, and then began to taste the food in a leisurely manner.

He actually preferred savoring good food, but his appetite was simply too large. Most of the time, in order to save time, he ended up devouring everything in a rush or simply resorting to compressed rations.

One bite was stronger than six meals!

Furthermore, ever since Elric entered his body last time, his appetite during this period had also surged dramatically. From consuming half as much initially, he now needed to eat at least twice as much food as before just to sustain his own consumption.

It was utterly terrifying!

"Sigh, the talents we can recruit this generation are practically nonexistent. The only one worth recruiting is still a descendant of the Pachyderm Sect."

As she ate, Ning Tian began to complain to Ning Wuque.

She hadn't been idle these past few days; she had looked through the relevant files of any student whose soul power level had surpassed level twenty. But how should she put it?

It was somewhat disappointing.

"Oh? Do you need my help?"

"Forget it. I feel like none of them added together are as important as you alone. By the way, I had someone investigate Huo Yuhao a bit, and found an interesting thing. Do you want to hear it?"