Chapter 84

After listening to Zhou Yi's words, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong both raised their heads, and their eyes revealed a look of surprise. All 22 teams from their Class 1, Freshmen, had passed the assessment, and 14 of them had even made it into the top 64. This meant that their class alone occupied more than one-fifth of the top 64, which was roughly twice as many as other classes. Such a result was indeed something to be proud of!

Zhou Yi continued, "In the round-robin matches of this freshmen assessment, six teams achieved a perfect record. Only one team from our class. I originally wanted to give them some class rewards, but unfortunately, they were late for class today. So, their merits and faults cancel each other out, no reward, no punishment."

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong once again became the focus of the entire class, and they were both quite depressed! They exchanged a glance, and this glance was not trivial. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong both froze.

Because when they looked at each other, they clearly felt their soul power subtly fluctuate, and a sense of indescribable familiarity arose, even making them want to embrace each other again.

At this moment, they both simultaneously remembered the reason for their embrace last night and their subsequent sleep on Wang Dong's bed.

Wang Dong whispered, "We didn't succeed, did we?"

Huo Yuhao was much more certain in his heart, after all, he had communicated with the Heavenly Dream Ice Worm! But he couldn't show too much certainty, though his eyes couldn't help but reveal a passionate look.

"Maybe. Let's try it after class?"

"Okay."

The two almost simultaneously nodded to each other, and a sense of indescribable默契 (默契 means 'rapport' or 'harmony') arose. Even without the shared mental detection, they seemed to sense what the other would do next, like twins sensing each other. This feeling was both wonderful and peculiar.

A loud "Bang!" startled Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, who were feeling the strange rapport. They both looked up and saw Zhou Yi with a look of anger.

Uh... caught daydreaming in class.

"You two, go run laps. Put on the iron clothes, and don't stop until the bell rings. You're getting complacent after a little success."

Unfair! Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong both lamented in their hearts, but they knew that whatever Zhou Yi decided would not change. Reluctantly, they left the classroom with bitter faces to go back to the dorm to get the iron clothes.

Zhou Yi watched the two leave with drooping heads and huffed, "Remember, no matter how great your achievements, you must always have a humble and cautious heart. Arrogance not only leads to regression but can also cost you your life. The elimination matches will begin tomorrow, and I will briefly explain what to pay attention to during the elimination matches."

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were destined to miss Zhou Yi's explanation, but fortunately, Xiao Xiao was there. Although Zhou Yi didn't say it, she was supposed to convey the message to them.

"It's all your fault." As soon as they left the teaching building, Wang Dong burst out, his face full of anger.

Huo Yuhao, looking wronged, said, "How can this be my fault? It was you who insisted on me hugging you yesterday."

"What did you say?" Wang Dong's eyes flashed with cold light, and he gritted his teeth, glaring at Huo Yuhao.

"Uh... we are a team, we need to be united." Huo Yuhao looked earnestly at Wang Dong's clenched fists.

"United my ass. You got me punished. What are you going to do about it?" Wang Dong said angrily, "And what about you sleeping on my bed last night?"

Huo Yuhao patted his shoulder and pulled him by the neck, saying, "Come on, we're brothers. Is it worth fussing over such a small matter? We should hurry and complete Zhou's task to avoid her getting even angrier."

As Huo Yuhao hugged him, Wang Dong froze, and Huo Yuhao's voice grew softer. When he finished speaking, both of their actions stopped, and Huo Yuhao subconsciously looked at his hand, as did Wang Dong.

"How can this be?" they said in unison.

Indeed, something very strange was happening to them. When Huo Yuhao's hand hugged Wang Dong's neck, it was as if their bodies were connected. Huo Yuhao's soul power naturally flowed into Wang Dong's body, and Wang Dong's soul power slowly flowed back. It was as if they had become one. Although it only happened between Wang Dong's neck and Huo Yuhao's arm, the feeling was very clear.

"Something's wrong, let's try again."

Huo Yuhao withdrew his arm from around Wang Dong's neck and grabbed his hands.

Wang Dong's hands were surprisingly soft and smooth, and it felt very comfortable to hold them. But at this moment, Huo Yuhao didn't have time to enjoy it.

The moment their hands touched, the Xuan Tian Gong soul power in Huo Yuhao's body started to move, quickly flowing from his right hand into Wang Dong's left hand. Then, his left hand seemed to have a suction force, drawing Wang Dong's soul power into his body. The soul power between the two quickly cycled, at least twice as fast as when Huo Yuhao practiced alone.

Wang Dong, a genius among geniuses, immediately realized something. "Try controlling it, inject it into your body." As he spoke, he pulled his left hand out of Huo Yuhao's grip. This way, only his soul power was injected into Huo Yuhao's body.

Instantly, Huo Yuhao felt his soul power surge at an astonishing rate, an unprecedented sense of power filling his entire body.

His meridians, after being transformed by the Xuan Shui Pill and nourished by the Xuan Tian Gong, had already reached the peak for his age. Although a lot of soul power was injected, he didn't feel it was full.

Between the two, a sense of rapport had already formed, and Huo Yuhao immediately used his mental detection sharing to envelop Wang Dong.

Wang Dong closed his eyes to better experience this strangeness. Instantly, he found that the range of Huo Yuhao's mental detection sharing was increasing at an astonishing rate.

Originally, Huo Yuhao's mental detection sharing already exceeded a 60-meter diameter, and his linear detection had a range of about 100 meters. But now, with Wang Dong's soul power support, his mental detection sharing quickly reached a diameter of over 100 meters.

The two looked at each other in shock, and Huo Yuhao's voice trembled, "Wang Dong, have you ever heard of two soul masters who can perform a soul fusion technique being able to temporarily use each other's soul power?"

Wang Dong shook his head in confusion, muttering, "How can this be? Could it be that our attempt yesterday really succeeded?"

Huo Yuhao, with a passionate look, said, "Let's find a place to try it out?"

At that moment, a roar came from a window of the nearby teaching building, "You two, instead of quickly putting on the iron clothes and running, are you holding hands and flirting?"

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