Covered in wounds, Huo Yuhao slowly looked toward the shocked Kong Lao and Jing Hongchen.
With a faint smile, he said, “Teacher, I won.”
Kong Lao stared at Huo Yuhao in shock.
If Huo Yuhao had lost, he would have understood, because he had specifically designed this assessment to target Yuhao’s abilities.
He hadn’t even considered that Huo Yuhao might win; as long as Yuhao lost, he would have a reason to properly lecture his disciple.
After snapping out of it, Kong Lao quickly rushed to Huo Yuhao’s side, checking his body and feeding him a Medicinal Pill.
Huo Yuhao slowly drifted off to sleep in Kong Lao’s arms.
After all, even though his mental force had increased and his Spirit had evolved, this battle had still consumed a great deal of mental effort.
Now that he relaxed, sleepiness washed over him, and he fell asleep.
Jing Hongchen was still immersed in the scene of Huo Yuhao’s Breakthrough.
A Breakthrough wasn’t strange; after all, if one wanted to break through into high-end technology, one certainly had to be capable of Breakthroughs.
But a Breakthrough during battle in this World was very strange.
People in the Douluo World generally broke through Realms during their usual Cultivation; battle only involved consumption, and the replenishment of either spirit power or mental force was very scarce.
A Breakthrough in mental force or spirit power required one to have much more stored spirit power than usual.
If Huo Yuhao were here, he would also find it strange; across the entire Douluo Continent, Breakthroughs in Realm during battle were extremely rare.
Because in this World, being only one or two levels higher was not enough to create a crushing advantage.
Unlike in Xuanhuan novels, where being one level higher gave a massive advantage in battle, and only protagonists could challenge those at higher levels.
“Such a Genius absolutely cannot be missed; this talent is simply more of a monster than a monster.”
Jing Hongchen had been the Dean for so many years, but he had never seen anyone who was at a disadvantage from the start, then broke through their Realm and immediately defeated the enemy with overwhelming force.
Ninety-nine percent of people relied on finding the opponent’s weaknesses to defeat them.
For someone with Huo Yuhao’s talent, character, and good looks, missing out on him would be a crime against heaven; it seemed he needed to come up with some Moves.
Huo Yuhao naturally didn’t know Jing Hongchen would think this way, otherwise, he would have run away long ago.
After resting in the dormitory for a few days, Huo Yuhao threw himself into research, summarizing the abilities he had mastered and innovating on them.
Since his mental force had increased and his Spirit, the Spirit Eyes, had evolved to the Silver-level, his thoughts were clearer, and flashes of inspiration often came to him.
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In the original novel, Huo Yuhao was also a Genius; Mu En had only taught him one Move, Sovereign Descent, and he had used it in countless ways.
However, his basic training had been insufficient, so the number of Moves he could create himself was very small.
But current Huo Yuhao was different; he had studied in another World and read all kinds of novels.
Among them, Sword Cultivators were his favorite—elegant, majestic, and powerful.
The Heavenly Sword that Kong Lao had given Huo Yuhao had three characteristics.
First, it was as hard as iron; it was made from a meteorite that fell from the sky many years ago, which Kong Lao had spent years forging.
Even when striking the hardest granite, it could cut through as easily as tofu.
Third, it could adapt to all elements and even mental force; ordinary cold weapons would easily be damaged after only a few uses.
What?
You’re asking why this wasn’t shown in the previous battle?
It was because Kong Lao was worried Huo Yuhao would become too reliant on it, so he had Sealed all these abilities during the assessment, leaving only its hardness.
But it was also thanks to the Seal that Huo Yuhao was able to break through in a desperate situation.
Soon, the holiday ended, and Huo Yuhao entered his second semester.
After studying for two months, he applied for the Second-Rank Soul Engineer assessment.
After passing the assessment and becoming a Second-Rank Soul Engineer, he was assigned to Grade 3 Class 1.
What?
Why Grade 3 Class 1?
Shouldn’t it be Grade 2 Class 1?
In the words of a certain Dean Jing with ulterior motives, Huo Yuhao’s knowledge of spirit tools had long exceeded that of a Second-Rank Soul Engineer; his spirit power just couldn’t keep up, so he couldn’t make a Third-Rank Soul Engineer’s spirit tool yet.
It would be better to skip directly to Grade 3 to study for Third-Rank Soul Engineer.
Thus, Dean Jing overrode all objections and immediately decided to arrange for Huo Yuhao to go to Grade 3.
Kong Lao knew this but had no objections; he was even well aware of Jing Hongchen’s little schemes.
After all, he also possessed Royal Family Bloodline and had experienced these types of political marriages.
But in the past, because he was obsessed with researching spirit tools, he had missed out on many things.
He didn’t want Huo Yuhao to repeat his past experiences.
Huo Yuhao didn’t realize the good intentions of Kong Lao and Jing Hongchen.
Anyway, studying anywhere was still studying; to him, studying in the teaching department was like relaxing.
These days, Geniuses are all self-taught, right?
Otherwise, how could Huo Yuhao have become the youngest Physics PhD in his 30s…
While Huo Yuhao was Cultivating in his dormitory, he would head to Grade 3 Class 1 in two days.
However, on the second day after Huo Yuhao passed the assessment, news about him going to Grade 3 Class 1 began to spread through the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Teaching Department, Grade 3 Class 1.
“What did you say?
That Huo Yuhao just became a First-Rank Soul Engineer last semester, and it only took him two months into the second semester to become a Second-Rank Soul Engineer?” Follow the newest chapters on novelping(.)com.
“Yeah, and he’s even coming to our Grade 3 Class 1!”
“Are you kidding?
We worked hard for three years to get to Grade 3, and Class 1 at that.
On what basis does he get to come here directly?”
Some students were indignant, feeling it was unfair.
“On what basis?
On the basis that he created the soul tool machine.”
“Is it that soul tool machine that can greatly improve metal shaping?”
Someone cried out in surprise.
“Exactly, that’s the soul tool machine.
It has saved us Soul Engineers a massive amount of effort.
If you could create something like that, you could do it too.”
“Holy crap, if that’s really the case, I’d call him the greatest Genius of the last century.”
Creating a powerful spirit tool is certainly impressive and earns respect.
But if one can create a spirit tool that benefits everyone, then everyone owes them a favor.
“Damn, doesn’t that make him even more amazing than Xiao Hongchen in our class?”
“And supposedly, that guy had never studied spirit tools before, yet he rose to Second-Rank Soul Engineer in just one year.”
“Tsk tsk tsk, I never expected the once-greatest Genius, Xiao Hongchen, would actually meet someone even more talented than him.”
“…”
In a small corner of Grade 3 Class 1, a beautiful and playful young girl looked at her brother, who was full of displeasure.
She joked mischievously, “Hmm, I remember someone took almost a year to become a Second-Rank Soul Engineer.”
“That is to say, Brother, your record was broken by a junior who’s barely 12 years old.”
“May I ask how the former Genius feels?”
Meng Hongchen raised her pretty little hand and placed it near Xiao Hongchen’s mouth.
Xiao Hongchen became even more annoyed.
He stubbornly said, “Hmph, although that kid became a Second-Rank Soul Engineer quickly, this World is still one where strength is respected.”
“Just watch me beat him until he’s looking for his teeth on the ground.”
Xiao Hongchen said proudly.
“But Brother, Grandfather said Huo Yuhao’s talent is exceptional and told us to build a good relationship with him.
He will be our best partner on the road to growth,”
Meng Hongchen reminded him.