Chapter 83: Now, I Speak to Dai Hao
Hearing these words, every member of the Sun Moon Team was visibly excited.
Xiao Hongchen nodded in agreement. "Junior Yuhao is absolutely right. If we win the championship, we will be forever recorded in the history of the Sun Moon Empire."
Huo Yuhao looked at his teammates and said, "You are all my seniors. I have one request before the match, I want to say a few words to the White Tiger Duke."
Ma Rulong was taken aback. "The White Tiger Duke?"
He was confused these two had no connection whatsoever, so why did Huo Yuhao suddenly want to address the White Tiger Duke?
Xiao Hongchen and the others were also puzzled. They, of course, knew who the White Tiger Duke was he was once part of the Star Luo royal lineage.
Jing Hongchen, however, seemed deep in thought. "Yuhao, I remember you were originally from Star Luo before coming to the Sun Moon Empire. Do you have a grudge against the White Tiger Duke? Is that why you ended up studying in Sun Moon?"
"I do have a grudge against him," Huo Yuhao admitted without hesitation. "In fact, I am the White Tiger Duke's son."
He then recounted his life story, from his time at the Duke's Mansion to his journey to the Sun Moon Empire. He emphasized the enmity between him and the Duke's Mansion but omitted some of his personal secrets.
Meng Hongchen's eyes widened in shock. "You're actually the White Tiger Duke's son? And he doesn't even know you exist?
My god, how could such a father exist in this world?! And the Duchess she was absolutely terrible to you and your mother!"
For a moment, she felt deeply sorry for Huo Yuhao.
The others also looked at Huo Yuhao with newfound sympathy. None of them had expected that a peerless genius like him had such a tragic past.
Jing Hongchen stepped forward, placing a hand on Huo Yuhao's shoulder. "Yuhao, I didn't expect you to have gone through all that. Go ahead and do what you need to. The other two Rank 9 soul engineers and I will support you.
A man like that doesn't deserve to be called a father. Expose Dai Hao's true nature in front of everyone in Star Luo Square."
Huo Yuhao nodded. "Alright."
To be honest, in the Duke's Mansion, the only people who were kind to the original Huo Yuhao were Huo Yun'er and Dai Luoli's mother. Everyone else treated him poorly.
Since he now inhabited this body, he had to settle the score. Some people in the Duke's Mansion deserved to be utterly disgraced.
As for Dai Huabin, from what Huo Yuhao had heard recently, the Duchess had fainted several times from crying over his death.
It was simply the butterfly effect too many people had fallen at the hands of the Death God Envoy. He didn't even know whose subordinate that person was, but they were certainly formidable, even managing to humiliate a Rank 98 Super Douluo like Xuanzi. Truly, the strongest Soul King on the surface.
Regarding his own safety, based on the original story, even if he refused to acknowledge Dai Hao as his father, Dai Hao wouldn't harm him. Moreover, he had people from the Sun Moon Empire secretly protecting him.
So, he had nothing to fear from his upcoming "conversation" with Dai Hao.
Atop the city walls of the imperial palace, Dai Hao sat in a chair, gazing into the distance.
Dai Huabin's death had inflicted a deep wound on his heart. Though his son had been reckless at times, he was still one of his three children his own flesh and blood.
Beside him, Xu Jiawei sat with a smile. "Dai Hao, do you think the Star Luo Team will win the championship today?"
Dai Hao snapped out of his thoughts and replied, "Your Majesty, such things can only be determined on the battlefield. My predictions don't mean much."
As a seasoned military commander, Dai Hao understood that battles were ever changing, and the same applied to the Soul Master Tournament.
Of course, if he weren't particularly close to Xu Jiawei, he would never have said something like this. Instead, he would have echoed the other ministers in loudly proclaiming that Star Luo would claim victory, all to please the emperor.
Xu Jiawei, however, didn't mind his response. A faint smile appeared on his face. "In my opinion, the Star Luo Team has a high chance of winning. Based on the cards the Sun Moon Team has revealed so far, I have made special arrangements for Star Luo's team to ensure victory over Sun Moon."
"Dai Hao, you'll soon see the surprise I've prepared for them."
He then turned his gaze to the tournament stage. "Now we're just waiting for both teams to enter the arena. I'm looking forward to seeing Jiujiu lead our team to triumph over Sun Moon."
Soon, both the Star Luo Team and the Sun Moon Team entered the competition stage. The audience erupted into deafening cheers of 'Star Luo will win!'
At the start of this tournament, many had expected to be chanting 'Shrek will win!' during the finals.
Although most of the spectators in Star Luo Square were Star Luo citizens, if given a choice between supporting the Star Luo Team or the Shrek Team, they would undoubtedly choose Shrek.
With its immense strength and the legacy of standing for ten thousand years, Shrek Academy had ingrained its prestigious image into everyone's minds. Even in the later part of the original story, when Xu Tianran had become emperor, he still expressed a deep desire to study at Shrek Academy and experience campus life.
Think about it Xu Tianran was the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, the man who waged war against the Douluo Continent, making him, in a sense, Shrek Academy's enemy. And yet, he was still spiritually a "Shrek believer."
Get a grip, man! You're the emperor of an empire, and you're fangirling over Shrek Academy? You've definitely been brainwashed!
On the tournament stage, the match had yet to begin.
Huo Yuhao looked up at the imperial palace's city walls, then took out a pure white megaphone and held it to his lips. It was a sound amplifying soul tool designed to project his voice to the entire square.
He spoke, "I am Huo Yuhao of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy. Now, I speak to Dai Hao."
His voice was calm, yet it carried an inexplicable force that compelled everyone to quiet down.
In an instant, the entire audience fell silent. No matter what they had been doing before, their attention was now entirely on Huo Yuhao.
Dai Hao was undoubtedly one of the most powerful figures in the Star Luo Empire. And yet, a Sun Moon contestant was publicly calling him out?
Even Xu Jiawei turned his gaze toward Huo Yuhao. Without looking away, he asked, "Dai Hao, do you know this Huo Yuhao?"
Dai Hao shook his head. "Your Majesty, I have never met this young man before. He is a complete stranger to me. Perhaps he saw me somewhere in the past."
Huo Yuhao continued, "I was born in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. My mother was Huo Yun'er, and my biological father is Dai Hao.
However, in my eyes, Dai Hao is unworthy of being a father, which is why I took my mother's surname Huo."
The entire crowd erupted into chaos. The faces of the spectators were filled with shock and anticipation, as if they were about to witness a major scandal unfold.
Dai Hao's expression changed drastically. He immediately stood up and shouted, "What did you say? You claim to be Yun'er's child? That's impossible! Yun'er and I never had a child!"
Huo Yuhao pulled out a dagger. "No child? Then, Dai Hao, take a good look at this."
With his strength, Dai Hao could clearly see the dagger in Huo Yuhao's hand. His expression froze, and he murmured, "That… That's the White Tiger Dagger I gave to Yun'er… How do you have it? Could you really be my child?"
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