Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 41 Yuhao, I respect and love your teeth

Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen said, "Alright, then after Ma Rulong selects his teammates, you can start the competition. Yuhao, here's Hongchen's blessing for you."

As he spoke, he handed over a metal plate.

The metal sheet is round and extremely thin, radiating a soft golden glow, and features some exquisitely detailed reliefs.

"Red Dust Protection?" Xiao Hongchen, standing to the side, was somewhat surprised. "Grandpa, this is a level nine triggered defensive soul tool, extremely valuable. You just gave it to Huo Yuhao like that?"

He began to wonder whether he was the biological grandson or Huo Yuhao was.

Ma Rulong, who was choosing teammates, was also a little stunned. The value of a level nine soul tool is self-evident, and the Red Dust Blessing is even more precious than an ordinary level nine soul tool. After all, the biggest feature of this soul tool is that it does not limit the user's soul power level.

In other words, even a one-ring Soul Master can use it once they get their hands on it.

At this moment, everyone present was looking at Jing Hongchen with strange eyes. After all, in their opinion, Jing Hongchen was being far too good to Huo Yuhao.

Jing Hongchen's expression turned serious. "Yuhao is only a Great Soul Master, not a Soul King yet. What if he gets injured during your battle later? As the Dean and the Head of Mingde Hall, I naturally cannot sit idly by and ignore Yuhao's safety!"

Even in the history of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, there have been instances where Title Douluo have caused the deaths of contestants due to delayed rescue efforts.

Although Jing Hongchen was confident in his abilities, he did not want to take such a risk.

Therefore, for Huo Yuhao's safety, Jing Hongchen had to give up the protection of the mortal world, even though he felt a little heartache. Otherwise, if Huo Yuhao were seriously injured or died, he would have no way to explain it to Kong Deming.

As for the Invincible Shield, it's not that he didn't want to give it to them, but the Invincible Shield is at least a level 5 soul tool, which only a Soul King can use. So whether it's Xiao, Meng, or the other regular team members, they can all use the Invincible Shield to protect themselves.

Huo Yuhao took the Red Dust Protection and placed it on his body. Soon, the Red Dust Protection was pressed against his body.

Jing Hongchen, standing to the side, chuckled and said, "Yuhao, its function is very simple. Once a Soul Master is attacked, it will sense it in advance and take defensive action. Moreover, it can be turned on and off with a thought."

The defensive effect of the Red Dust Blessing is equivalent to the user's strongest attack without activating any soul skills, while consuming only one-fifth of the soul power required for the strongest attack.

It's suitable for Soul Masters of any level; if it were in the hands of a Title Douluo, it could possess defensive power at the level of a Super Douluo!

As for Jing Hongchen, he didn't expect the protection of the mortal realm to withstand the Soul Emperor's attack. All he needed was a buffer time. As long as there was a buffer time, he would have a 100% chance of saving Huo Yuhao and truly achieve absolute success.

Huo Yuhao said, "Thank you, Dean."

He thought to himself that the Red Dust Protection had come all the way to him in the end. However, in the original story, the Red Dust Protection was handed over by Jing Hongchen, who had infiltrated the Sea God Pavilion, under the pressure of Mu En. But now, the way he obtained the Red Dust Protection was because Jing Hongchen gave it to him voluntarily.

"No need to thank me for such a small thing." Jing Hongchen waved his hand, then looked at Ma Rulong not far away, "Ma Rulong, have you chosen your teammates yet?"

"I've made my choice, Master. I choose Chen Fei and Li Yan," Ma Rulong said in a deep voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, two men stepped out from behind Ma Rulong.

Chen Fei? Li Yan?
Upon hearing these two names, Huo Yuhao immediately recalled their stories from the original novel. He remembered that Chen Fei was burned to death by Ma Xiaotao, while Li Yan was defeated by Xu Sanshi in the Soul Arena. Neither of them had a strong presence in the original story; they were minor characters who only appeared once.

"Alright, then everyone else, leave the arena and leave it to those six!"

"Jing Hongchen said."

Afterwards, the other team members left the area below, leaving an open space in the center of the arena. Then, the two teams slowly retreated to the edge of the arena, waiting for the match to begin.

Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao walked to the side.

Ma Rulong, Chen Fei, and Li Yan, on the other hand, went to the other side.

"Senior Xiao, Senior Meng, don't resist, I'm about to use my soul skills!" Huo Yuhao's eyes gradually turned golden, and two soul rings appeared on his body.

First Soul Skill: Mental Detection, Mental Sharing!

Meng Hongchen didn't react with any particular surprise, after all, it wasn't the first time she had encountered Huo Yuhao's soul skills.

At first, Xiao Hongchen was somewhat dismissive, after all, in his view, how powerful could a great soul master's first soul skill be?

However, when he opened his mind and accepted Huo Yuhao's soul skill, a look of shock immediately appeared on his face. He said in a low voice, "This kind of clear feeling without any blind spots... it seems that the whole world is in my eyes. I can even clearly feel Ma Rulong's subtle movements!"
This is incredibly significant for a Soul Master! No wonder Grandpa put you in the reserve team! Huo Yuhao, you're amazing!

After saying these words, Xiao Hongchen's gaze towards Huo Yuhao changed. "Yuhao, my house is quite big, with many good things. You are welcome to come and play at my house in the future."

"Senior Xiao, Senior Meng, due to my personal limitations, I cannot directly confront Senior Ma and the others, so I will assist you from the sidelines." Huo Yuhao was well aware of his current strength, and he planned to use the Ultimate Ice to amplify Meng Hongchen's power later.

After all, Meng Hongchen's martial soul, the Crimson-Eyed Ice Toad, is also an ice-attribute martial soul, the same attribute as Ling Luochen's martial soul. Since Huo Gua in the original work could amplify Ling Luochen, he could definitely amplify Meng Hongchen as well.

However, once Meng Hongchen's ice attribute is temporarily amplified, it means that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen will be unable to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill during that period.

After all, there is a rule in Douluo Continent that if two people who were originally able to fuse their spirits have their spirit quality improved significantly, then the spirit quality of the two people will not be compatible, and the spirit fusion skill will have a high chance of failure.

The most typical example should be Wang Jinxi in Douluo Continent III. His martial soul is the Bone Dragon King. Because of Tang San's son Tang Wulin, his martial soul mutated, which led to an improvement in the quality of his martial soul. As a result, Wang Jinxi was unable to perform martial soul fusion skills with his companions.

Of course, it's not a big deal that they can't use the Spirit Fusion Technique. Ma Rulong and his people know Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's Spirit Fusion Technique very well, and they will definitely do everything they can to prevent the two of them from using it.

In that situation, whether Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen could use their Martial Soul Fusion Technique remains a huge question mark.

"Okay!" Xiao Hongchen nodded and agreed.

A smile appeared on Meng Hongchen's face. "Junior Brother Yuhao, you just need to stand behind us later."

At this moment, Jing Hongchen, who had already flown into the air, said, "Alright, both sides have retreated to the edge of the arena. Let's begin now."

(End of this chapter)