Douluo Huo Yuhao: My Clone is Too Self-Disciplined

Chapter 72 Who is the sheep, and who is the wolf? (Please subscribe)

"Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike"

In a desolate plain of the dead, a red figure radiated a dazzling red light, and the undead creatures around her were completely vaporized by her.

At the same time, the young phoenix on her shoulder began to flap its wings and fly towards the place where the battle had just taken place. After spinning around happily a few times, it began to absorb the pure energy in the air.

After absorbing it, you could clearly see that its body had grown a little bit bigger. Ma Xiaotao smiled with satisfaction and continued walking towards the central area.

She had been in this space for a month. Through Huo Yuhao, she learned how she got here, why she was here, and how to get out. So every day she repeated the same thing: killing the undead and taking another step closer to the Temple of the Dead.

Although she was lonely, she enjoyed this life. Without the corruption of evil spirits, it was the happiest time for her.

During her time here, she lived more comfortably than in the previous decade or so. Without the corrosive influence of evil fire, she felt like she was living like a human being. Of course, the intense loneliness also made her feel extremely empty and lonely, so every day, besides killing, she waited for someone to arrive.

Huo Yuhao

Sensing the spatial ripples in front of her, Ma Xiaotao immediately knew that Huo Yuhao had arrived, something she had been looking forward to the most during her time living in the undead demiplane.

Huo Yuhao would bring her plenty of food and water. As long as Huo Yuhao arrived, it meant that she could eat, bathe, and rest.

You're late today.

Ma Xiaotao seemed to be blaming him, but she really wanted to know what had happened to him.

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, "Something came up and I was delayed." He then handed the food he had bought to Ma Xiaotao, "I wasn't setting up my stall today, so please make do with this!"

Ma Xiaotao took the food, and although she showed obvious disgust on her face, she still ate it in big bites. Ever since she ate Huo Yuhao's barbecue, she had no taste for the food at the academy; it tasted like chewing wax.

But she had been hungry all day and really needed to replenish her energy. While Ma Xiaotao was eating, Huo Yuhao had already taken out a long sword and started fighting with the undead that surrounded him.

With the help of the Ring of Rules, all the undead would be at the same level as him. After a month of fighting and battles, his combat skills had been greatly improved.

He researched and developed the most fundamental sword techniques, namely the draw slash, which is often the simplest yet most deadly.

Nourished by the Life Gold, Huo Yuhao's physique grows stronger every day, so even when he encounters a high-level undead, he is completely unafraid of its attacks. Below the same level, even high-level undead are no match for him.

The only threat the undead posed to Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao was their sheer number.

The undead kept rushing in from all around, and Huo Yuhao's killing speed also began to increase, but a few still managed to escape.

Some of the spirits even ran behind Ma Xiaotao, but were quickly cut in half by Huo Yuhao who caught up. The remains of the spirits fell around Ma Xiaotao's chopsticks, but she remained calm and continued to eat heartily.

This is her daily life with Huo Yuhao.

The closer to the central area, the denser and stronger the undead become. Without Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao wouldn't even have time to eat, bathe, or sleep.

Ma Xiaotao could see that Huo Yuhao was making amazing progress every day; his speed in slaying the undead had even increased. She quickly ate a few mouthfuls of rice, and after finishing, she took out a huge bathtub from her storage soul tool.

The bathtub was already filled with water. She put her hand in, and within a few breaths, the water began to heat up. Without any hesitation, she stripped off her clothes, revealing her alluring body, and stepped into the water to bathe.

Huo Yuhao remained engrossed in the slaughter, accompanied by the fiery phoenix that resembled a chick. It followed behind Huo Yuhao, devouring the energy of the undead he had slain.

It was very close to Huo Yuhao, and after raising it for a month, it had finally become accustomed to him. However, its growth rate was too slow, and it was unknown when it would grow into a phoenix.

In just one month, Huo Yuhao's movements for killing undead had become muscle memory. He would cut off the necks of humanoid undead and the bellies of beast-like undead. He had thoroughly studied where to cut each undead for maximum damage.

If that's the case for him, then Ma Xiaotao is even more so. He only comes to chop for a few hours each day, while Ma Xiaotao has to chop for twenty hours every day.

He didn't really understand why girls, even in the realm of the dead and with so much time on their hands, still wanted to take a shower every day. Wouldn't it be better to use that time to sleep?

After Ma Xiaotao finished washing up in a flash and got dressed, she sat back down aloofly next to Huo Yuhao and then actually lay down on the ground and fell asleep.

Huo Yuhao was not surprised by this. The two of them did this almost every day. After he finished training, he would return to his dormitory and teleport to the undead demiplane.

Once everything was ready, Ma Xiaotao would lie down beside him and sleep. The few hours he spent training in the Undead Demiplane each day were actually Ma Xiaotao's only rest time; the rest of the time, she was constantly fighting, which was quite miserable. The only help Huo Yuhao could offer her was to protect her while he trained his combat skills in the Undead Demiplane each day. Ma Xiaotao slept very well, falling asleep quickly after lying down for a short while. But what Huo Yuhao didn't know was that Ma Xiaotao could sleep so peacefully precisely because Huo Yuhao was by her side; only then could she feel at ease.

This is the tacit understanding and trust they developed after spending a month together.

However, what Ma Xiaotao didn't know was that Huo Yuhao only wanted to train his fighting will through the undead, nothing more.

The reason he was able to deal with Ning Tian and the other three so easily today was not only due to his daily physical training, but also, and most importantly, to the life-or-death battle in the undead demiplane.

In battle, the most important thing is to find the right opportunity and aim for a fatal blow. This is what Huo Yuhao learned in the undead demiplane.

With the Spirit Eye Martial Soul at his disposal, his control over the battle situation could be said to have reached its peak. He knew exactly what an opponent would do next.

He can be considered the most perfect controller-type Soul Master. Combined with the spiritual detection and spiritual sharing capabilities of his Spirit Eye Martial Soul, his combat ability is explosively strong. As long as the opponent is not more than two levels above him, he can kill them single-handedly. This is the benefit of the most exquisite combat skills.

Tianhun Empire, border region, Luoyun Village.

This is a small border town. Although it is called a town, it is actually not that small.

In a teahouse in Luoyun Village, a handsome and aloof figure sat there. Just by sitting there, he exuded an otherworldly aura that made people want to take a second look.

Even though his clothes were tattered.

He was leaving the Star Dou Great Forest for the second-best place in the Sun Moon Empire. There was still a month before the start of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and he already had a very detailed plan in mind for how to get there.

He learned that in this remote border region, there were dozens of bandit gangs. They ran rampant in the area, taking advantage of the war to oppress the people, and they frequently plundered along the route from the Heavenly Soul Empire to the Sun Moon Empire.

The largest of these groups even had a Soul Saint-level expert in charge. Therefore, to successfully travel from the Heavenly Soul Empire to the Sun Moon Empire, at least a Soul Saint-level expert was required for escort.

Which of those geniuses who went to the Sun Moon Empire to learn soul guidance knowledge didn't come from wealthy families? Naturally, they had no fear of these bandits.

But the Second Under Heaven is different; he's all alone. To reach the Sun Moon Empire smoothly, he doesn't have a travel permit and can't take the safest official road. There's no powerful figure to protect him here, so he'll have to use his brain.

Then he came up with a brilliant idea.

In this border region, wars are frequent, and countless people are starving and freezing. It is not uncommon for people to exchange their own children for food. As a result, the buying and selling of people has become a common business.

There are rules governing the buying and selling of people here. Traffickers sell people from the border of the Sun Moon Empire to the Douluo Continent, and sell people from the border of the Douluo Continent to the Sun Moon Continent. This makes it difficult for the inspectors on both sides to manage the situation.

According to what the Second Under Heaven has learned over this period, the most active human trafficking group in this region is the Dulong Mercenary Group. Although they are called a mercenary group, what they do is the most sordid business of human trafficking, power-for-sex transactions, murder, and arson.

In short, they were utterly wicked.

However, their caravans did not encounter any difficulties when passing through that road. After all, the Dulong Mercenary Group was just a subordinate of the local bigwig, and they had also paid protection money, so they were naturally not harassed when passing through.

Therefore, the second-best in the world wanted to hitch a ride with him to the Sun and Moon Empire.

He learned that the Dulong people would be coming here tomorrow to conduct a legitimate human trafficking operation.

The so-called legitimate human trafficking involves him taking money to various border villages to openly buy people, and then transporting the people he bought, along with war orphans he had collected privately, to the Sun Moon Empire.

Do not doubt that in these border villages, many people sell their children to survive. This is the cruelty of the border. If they could survive, which parent would be willing to sell their child?
The second-best in the world also set its sights on a tragic family. It was a family of four. The father was a retired soldier who had lost a leg and was unemployed, just loafing around at home. The family relied on the mother washing clothes for others to supplement their income.

But that wasn't enough. Their eldest son was about to come of age, get married, and have children, but they had no money, so they had no choice but to sell their eleven-year-old daughter.

The news spread throughout Luo Yun Village, and the Second Under Heaven had already received it. So that very night, he went to the home of the girl named Feng, who was about to be sold.

He was to be sold to a mercenary group in the girl's place, and then hitch a ride to the Sun Moon Empire.

He's a pro at slacking off.

A full 10,000-word update is here! Meng Hongchen is about to make his appearance, only to be instantly defeated by the Second Best Under Heaven.
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