Seeing that his soul ray was ineffective against Dai Huabin, Huo Yuhao's expression immediately changed. He quickly ran to the side, trying to distance himself from Dai Huabin, looking panicked and flustered.
"Heh, trying to run?"
In response, Dai Huabin just sneered, changed direction, and continued to charge towards Huo Yuhao.
As expected of a Soul Master, in the White Tiger Vajra Transformation state, although Dai Huabin's speed still couldn't compare to Zhu Lu's Netherworld Thrust, it was still terrifyingly fast. He covered the tens of meters across the competition stage in almost a single breath.
During this time, Huo Yuhao shot two more rays at him, but he blocked them all with his body.
His soul power dropped significantly as a result, but it didn't matter; the remaining amount was enough to deal with Huo Yuhao.
Soon, he was just a few meters in front of Huo Yuhao.
Seeing the distance between them close to such an extent, some students even dared not look anymore.
Dai Huabin was clearly a close-combat assault-type soul master with extremely high attack, defense, and speed. Although Huo Yuhao's move to subdue Zhu Lu just now was also amazing, it was still within the realm of normal. They couldn't imagine how Huo Yuhao could win with the distance closed to this point.
Compared to Dai Huabin's arrogant personality, the students generally preferred the gentle Huo Yuhao, but in this situation, they truly couldn't imagine how Huo Yuhao could win.
The only ones in the entire arena whose expressions remained calm were Wang Dong and Zhu Yun.
Wang Dong had fought against Huo Yuhao without soul tools before, and he still couldn't forget the feeling of powerlessness he experienced in that battle. He didn't think Huo Yuhao would be completely helpless against Dai Huabin without soul tools.
As for Zhu Yun, she understood Huo Yuhao better than anyone. When she saw the feigned panic in Huo Yuhao's eyes, she knew that everything Dai Huabin had done so far was still within Huo Yuhao's control.
Different from everyone else, the expression of Zhou Yi, who was acting as the referee on the stage, suddenly became strange.
She suddenly remembered the types of soul tools that Fan Yu had told her Huo Yuhao had made.
Could this kid be planning to...
The next second, the gasps from the audience confirmed her guess.
Just as Dai Huabin's tiger claws were about to land on Huo Yuhao, his previously panicked expression vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.
At the same time, Huo Yuhao stomped his right foot fiercely on the ground. With a loud bang echoing on the competition stage, he shot out with an incredible speed, just managing to pass by Dai Huabin.
Then, he spun in the air and, in full view of everyone, pulled out a massive soul cannon.
This soul cannon was very crude; it was clear its level wasn't very high.
But it was enough for this situation, because Huo Yuhao only had this one chance to attack.
"Buzz—"
A dazzling red light shone from the muzzle of the soul cannon. Even with the naked eye, one could see that it contained an extremely high temperature.
"Boom!"
Then, accompanied by the roar of the cannon blast, Dai Huabin's figure was instantly engulfed by the flames from the soul cannon shell.
"Tsk! This kid actually used this move!"
Zhou Yi clicked her tongue and quickly stepped forward to rescue Dai Huabin from the flames.
At this moment, Dai Huabin had already lost consciousness under the impact of the violent explosion and the scorching flames. Fortunately, his life was not in danger.
However, it was clear that the outcome of this battle had already been decided.
Dai Huabin was blasted into unconsciousness with one hit, while Huo Yuhao was completely unharmed. This was another standard, picture-perfect complete victory.
Zhou Yi sighed, put Dai Huabin down, and announced:
"The winner of this battle is Huo Yuhao! Is there anyone else who wants to challenge him?"
The large soul dueling area suddenly fell silent.
Are you kidding? Didn't you see how miserably the Soul Master level Dai Huabin was defeated?
Dai Huabin could take that kind of attack at point-blank range without serious injury, but they couldn't.
They didn't know that Huo Yuhao had only just been promoted to a Level 3 Soul Engineer two days ago and only had one Level 3 shell in his hand. They only knew that they couldn't withstand this level of attack.
Everyone valued their lives; no one wanted to risk their life to compete for a class monitor position that was almost impossible to win.
Zhou Yi waited for a minute and, seeing that no one was willing to come up to the stage, turned to Huo Yuhao and said:
"Then I announce that from this moment on, Huo Yuhao is the class monitor of our first-year Class One!"
Hearing her words, Huo Yuhao finally breathed a sigh of relief and threw away the soul cannon that was already scrapped.
This soul cannon was only a Level 2 soul tool, and it had endured the heatwave of the explosion at close range, making it unusable.
As for what he had just done, the answer was simple: he had fired a Level 3 explosive shell at Dai Huabin at point-blank range.
The three Level 3 soul tools Huo Yuhao had created in the past two days were a Level 3 soul ray, a Level 3 explosive shell, and a Level 3 soul thruster.
Although the power of the explosive shell couldn't compare to fixed-caliber soul cannon shells, it was still a single-use soul tool, and its lethality among tools of the same level was terrifying, at least not comparable to a Level 3 soul ray. If it hit head-on, even Dai Huabin with all his enhancements would find it difficult to withstand.
After taking this hit, he couldn't possibly have any strength left to defeat Huo Yuhao, who was in near-perfect condition.
However, what Huo Yuhao wanted was not just to defeat Dai Huabin, he wanted an absolute crushing victory, preferably a one-hit knockout.
Thus, he deliberately planned the scene that just unfolded, using his panicked expression to lure Dai Huabin closer, while also using the Level 3 soul ray to make Dai Huabin lower his guard, making him mistakenly believe that a Level 3 soul tool only had that much power.
Then, when Dai Huabin got close to him, he directly activated the soul thruster to dodge his attack, and then fired the Level 3 explosive shell at him at point-blank range.
To ensure he could defeat Dai Huabin in one hit, Huo Yuhao also took advantage of the moment the explosive shell detonated to unleash a full-force Soul Shock on him.
The impact of the explosion, the clash of spiritual power, and the burning of the flames – after these three layers of attack, even Dai Huabin couldn't withstand it and directly lost consciousness.
Of course, to ordinary people, he was simply taken care of by Huo Yuhao's explosive shell. No one noticed that Huo Yuhao had secretly used Soul Shock.
The firelight from the explosion perfectly concealed the fleeting golden light that flashed in his eyes at that moment.
Huo Yuhao planned to keep this soul skill as a trump card and only use it at the crucial moment of the new student assessment.
After all, according to Fan Yu, soul tools were not allowed in this new student assessment, which was a huge disadvantage for Huo Yuhao. To defeat the three Soul Master teams in the first year and claim the championship, he had to use a surprise tactic.