Chapter 451: Chapter 451: Huo Yuhao’s Encounter with Shrek — The Killing of Dai Huabin (Side Story)
After crossing a steep snow hill,
the rumbling suddenly became deafening. Even the ground beneath their feet trembled distinctly.
Ma Xiaotao’s expression grew increasingly grave.
"Stay alert!"
"Yes!"
The seven reserve team members felt their hearts tighten, fine beads of sweat forming in their palms.
Whooo—whooo—
The blizzard intensified.
And within this chaotic white world,
a snowball over ten meters in diameter came rolling rapidly toward them.
"Watch out!" A loud shout rang out.
Yao Haoxuan, one of this generation’s Shrek Seven Monsters, suddenly stepped forward.
Behind him appeared the phantom of a giant ape roaring toward the sky. The muscles in his arms bulged violently as he met the crushing snowball head-on, slamming both palms against it.
Boom!
Boom!
Snow exploded apart,
revealing the massive rock hidden within.
Yao Haoxuan let out a muffled groan, his legs sinking into the snow up to his knees.
His face flushed red, arms trembling violently as he was forced backward.
"Hmph!"
A golden-haired, imposing young man also stepped forward.
His name was Dai Yueheng, of the Star Luo imperial bloodline, his Spirit Power already at Level 64. He was the vice-captain of this generation’s Shrek Seven Monsters.
He pressed both palms against the rock, black-and-white tiger-striped fur sprouting along his arms.
The two joined forces, yet they could only hold for barely two breaths before being pushed back again, faces reddened from strain.
Fear surfaced in the eyes of the reserve team youths.
The strength behind this rock was terrifying.
"Roar!"
A fierce glint flashed in Dai Yueheng’s eyes. Six Spirit Rings beneath his feet lit up instantly—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black!
"Second Spirit Ability—White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"
Golden light blasted into the rock, shattering it with a thunderous crash. Dust and snow filled the air.
Without hesitation, Dai Yueheng and Yao Haoxuan charged into the haze, giving the "Spirit Beast" no chance to breathe.
However—
Bang! Bang!
Two dull impacts sounded in succession.
Two figures were sent flying backward at even greater speed than they had charged in, carving long furrows into the snow.
Half-kneeling on the ground, Dai Yueheng stared in shock toward the gradually dispersing dust.
A figure slowly emerged.
"It’s not a Spirit Beast!"
When the fourteen people, including Ma Xiaotao, saw the figure clearly, they all revealed expressions of utter disbelief.
It was a black-haired youth with loose hair cascading over his shoulders. His eyes were clear yet deep, his upper body bare as he stood quietly in the snow.
The coiled muscles across his body slowly relaxed like a receding tide, yet still outlined a physique both fluid and explosively powerful.
However—
what truly sent shockwaves through the hearts of the fourteen was...
this face, still faintly youthful, clearly belonged to a boy only twelve or thirteen years old!
Twelve or thirteen?!
Alone in the depths of the Extreme North, pushing a giant boulder while running?!
The shock left them speechless for a long moment.
Among the reserve team,
Xu Sanshi—who had confidently declared earlier that no human would ever appear in the Extreme North—stood with his mouth wide open.
Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan blushed faintly, turning their gazes aside, not daring to look too long at the boy’s powerfully built upper body.
The handsome blue-haired youth stared blankly, the confusion in his eyes deepening.
And a younger boy who resembled Dai Yueheng by six or seven parts, though more immature, wore an expression of utter disbelief.
Snow fell soundlessly,
weaving a hazy curtain between the two sides.
The fourteen looked at Huo Yuhao with suspicion and scrutiny.
And Huo Yuhao’s gaze swept across those familiar faces one by one, as if from another lifetime.
This generation’s Shrek Seven Monsters...
Senior Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Ling Luocheng, Yao Haoxuan, Xixi.
When his eyes fell upon the younger faces—
A ripple too complex to describe stirred in his eyes.
And also...
The next generation of the Seven Monsters—my teammates from my previous life.
Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao...
He looked one by one at the handsome blond youth, the sturdy bald boy, and finally fixed his gaze on the elegant, blue-haired handsome youth.
And Tang Wutong.
Or rather, right now...
Meeting those eyes, he murmured silently in his heart:
I should call you Wang Dong.
But when his gaze fell upon the seventh member of the reserve team, his eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly, a trace of coldness flashing through them.
Dai Huabin.
So in this life, since I didn’t join Shrek, he picked up the advantage.
This was his half-brother.
In the past, relying on his status as the legitimate son of the White Tiger Duke, he had mocked Huo Yuhao relentlessly—the illegitimate child who had failed to awaken the White Tiger Martial Soul.
He had even allowed his servants to repeatedly bully Huo Yuhao’s mother.
In his previous life,
at Shrek Academy,
Dai Huabin had provoked him many times and even secretly hired assassins, ultimately being stripped of his core disciple status.
Huo Yuhao cast him a cold glance, untied the fur coat from around his waist, draped it casually over his shoulder, and turned to leave.
"Please wait!"
Ma Xiaotao’s clear voice rang out from behind him, tinged with urgency.
She stepped forward, wind and snow stirring her fiery red hair.
"May I ask your name? Why are you alone in the depths of the Extreme North? And... would you be willing to join Shrek Academy?"
As soon as she spoke,
not only the reserve team members,
but even several official team members looked at their captain in surprise.
Ma Xiaotao herself felt that this invitation had come somewhat abruptly.
But for some reason...
this mysterious youth gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Moreover, to appear here at such an age and in such a manner—his talent was nothing short of monstrous. He absolutely could not be overlooked.
Among the crowd, Dai Huabin clenched his fists, his nails digging deeply into his palms.
He could not understand why Huo Yuhao had become so powerful.
But he absolutely could not allow this stain on the family to enter Shrek—let alone threaten the position he had obtained in the reserve team largely because of his elder brother.
He hurried to Dai Yueheng’s side, his voice laced with contempt and urgency.
"Brother!"
"He’s the bastard born when that maid took advantage of Father’s drunkenness—Huo Yuhao!"
"He’s a disgrace to the Dai family bloodline! He didn’t even awaken the Dai family’s White Tiger Martial Soul!"
Dai Yueheng was slightly taken aback.
He had spent years cultivating away from home and had only vaguely heard of the matter.
But he had never actually met Huo Yuhao.
Meanwhile, the others—including Ma Xiaotao—frowned.
No matter what,
to describe one’s own blood brother in such terms
was simply too harsh to hear.
"Huabin, you are brothers by blood. You must not—"
Dai Yueheng’s words abruptly cut off.
In the corner of his eye,
a figure shattered the curtain of snow,
carrying terrifying brute force straight toward Dai Huabin.
Spirit Power surged through Dai Yueheng as he shouted urgently,
"Huo Yuhao, don’t act rashly! I apologize on Huabin’s behalf!"
"I do not wish to fight you—but do not force me."
Huo Yuhao’s voice was filled with icy indifference.
"Today, Dai Huabin must die."
Behind the veil of snow,
the killing intent bursting from those Spirit Eyes was even more biting than the freezing wind.
Enveloped by that almost tangible aura of death,
Dai Huabin collapsed clumsily onto the snow, the color draining entirely from his face.
