Douluo Continent: When Huo Yuhao Becomes the Lord of the End

Chapter 137 Level 4 Soul Master, how can you play against me with my divine gear?
Another month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Mingde Hall.

After the challenge and a series of events, Huo Yuhao is no longer as high-profile as before.

During this period, besides recuperating and practicing his original body techniques and the soul skill linkage techniques brought by Wang Yan, he also immersed himself in the research of soul tools.

His current status is special. Although he is nominally only a third-level Soul Master, he still entered Mingde Hall with the green light given to him by Jing Hongchen.

The courses offered by the teaching department are no longer necessary. Whether it's fifth or sixth grade, no one is qualified to teach Huo Yuhao anymore.

Ask any of the teachers in the teaching department, and you'll find that none of them dare to admit they are qualified to teach Huo Yuhao. Not to mention now, even when Huo Yuhao was learning about the first to third level soul tool system, these teachers didn't offer him much help.

Most of the time, it was thanks to the detailed study plan given to him by Lin Jiayi and the vast amount of knowledge in the library that he was able to break the record of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Master step by step while studying on his own.

Now he wanted it even less. His own teacher had given him a complete system of knowledge for Soul Masters below level seven. Not to mention the teachers in the teaching department, even the teachers in the Mingde Hall Research Department wouldn't dare say that their teaching could be more detailed than the knowledge system given by Kong Deming.

Of course, unlike ordinary Mingde Hall disciples, his research was basically conducted alongside Xuan Ziwen, an eighth-level Soul Master.

As mentioned before, Kong Deming prepared a very detailed and comprehensive theoretical knowledge of the entire system of Soul Master paths from level one to seven for Huo Yuhao, but he sometimes had difficulty finding the time to teach him.

Therefore, he devoted most of his time to his eldest disciple, Xuan Ziwen.

After all, knowledge comes from the same system, and Xuanzi Wenben has already carved out his own path as a Soul Master, so he is more than capable of helping Huo Yuhao resolve some of his doubts.

No matter what, he is an eighth-level Soul Master, and if it weren't for the limitation of his Soul Power level, he could have become a ninth-level Soul Master long ago.

Unlike teaching people like Ju Zi and Zi Mu, who were raised in a more relaxed manner, Xuan Ziwen believed that Huo Yuhao, his junior brother, was someone he truly needed to dedicate his full attention to.

Even he, as a senior brother and an eighth-level soul master of Mingde Hall, could benefit greatly from some of these questions.

It was as if his wisdom had been unlocked. Talking with his junior brother Huo Yuhao, his thoughts were no longer confined to a narrow place. It was like traveling in an incredible new world. At the same time, it was refreshing and made him wonder why he had never thought of such new paths.

When Huo Yuhao first came to the Hall of Offerings, he had seen the Death God Soul Guidance Device and the prototype of the high-altitude Soul Guidance Device. The latter has now begun experimentation. It combines the flight control system that Huo Yuhao had previously researched with the Soul Guidance Device energy storage design that Mingde Hall had made a technological breakthrough in, in order to develop a high-altitude offensive Soul Guidance Device. Moreover, the progress can be described as rapid.

In just a few years, once the Sun and Moon Realm truly solves the problems of soul power storage and energy, they will be able to mass-produce high-altitude strike soul guides.

Just think about it, the harm to those soul masters below the title Douluo level will be absolutely devastating. Even title Douluo might not be able to gain an advantage when facing a high-altitude strike soul tool carrying a level nine soul tool bomb.

The reason is simple: Title Douluo are disposable items, while high-altitude strike soul tools can be mass-produced. These are not products of different levels that can be compared.

While learning about soul tools, Huo Yuhao also helped improve the design of the flight control system. With his martial souls supported by his teacher Du Busi and Wang Yan, and his soul masters by Xuan Ziwen and his teacher Kong Deming, he enjoyed a period of peace.

However, he is already level 40, and the acquisition of his fourth spirit ring is just around the corner. After this period of research, he has found a spirit beast he likes, which is still from the Evil Eye clan.

However, a 50,000-year-old Evil Eye is, in a sense, already a semi-core member of this race. Although we should be careful not to alarm the Evil Eye Tyrant, it is still necessary to make a serious plan.

Actually, the Seven Deadly Flowers of Sunset Forest are not bad either, as they can grant him powerful poison attributes. However, if he were to sacrifice his most suitable mental attribute in order to gain other attributes, it would clearly be a case of losing more than he gained.

The Evil Eye Clan is the most suitable soul beast for him, without exception. In addition, although the Evil Eye Clan is known for its spiritual power, this does not mean that some of its individuals do not possess other attributes.

Therefore, before heading to the Sunset Forest of the Douling Empire, he decided to first go to the Demon Forest to hunt for souls, level up, and then absorb the immortal herbs.

Furthermore, if he hadn't become an apprentice, he might have needed to absorb soul beasts of different attributes to add attributes to his second martial soul. But after becoming an apprentice and obtaining the Body Sect's spiritual absorption secret technique, he no longer needed to deliberately rely on soul rings to inscribe attributes.

Because Huo Yuhao had discovered something very interesting a long time ago: by using the spiritual absorption secret method to absorb the spiritual power of soul beasts or scarce resources, the Bell of the End could also inscribe attributes, although it was not as obvious as absorbing soul rings.

The engraved attribute can continue to absorb spiritual power of the same attribute to grow. In other words, as long as a certain attribute is engraved, such as the poison attribute, it can use spiritual power of the same attribute to grow to its maximum or even higher level.

Huo Yuhao felt that his second martial soul, the Bell of the End, was definitely not as simple as he thought. This martial soul could be further developed. Just in terms of attributes, the maximum attributes that this martial soul's strength could bear might far exceed his expectations.

Just thinking about the vast amount of Azure Phosphorous Seven Wonders in the Sunset Great Forest makes Old Huo unable to help but laugh out loud.

Who says Tang Buddha doesn't do good deeds? With so many Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers, even if you just pile them up, it would be enough for Old Huo to use the Spiritual Absorption Secret Method to inscribe the ultimate poison attribute on his second martial soul.

At that time, perhaps his second martial soul could still rely on those immortal herbs to inscribe extreme fire and extreme poison, or even other attributes. As for the absorption restrictions of the immortal herbs, they are equivalent to none for Huo Yuhao.

Both the Life Gold and the Heavenly Movement can guarantee that even if he absorbs the essence of several immortal herbs, it will not have any effect on his body. Even if the immortal herbs backfire, he can perfectly recover with the help of the Heavenly Movement and the Life Gold. What's more, there are also the echoes of the Strong Luck and the Destiny. It's just that shameless.

At most, it will delay the time it takes for him to absorb the medicinal effects.

Speaking of "Strong Luck", as he has become more powerful during this period and his luck has skyrocketed after settling his past, the "Strong Luck" bell pattern on the Bell of the End is now several times stronger than before.

Old Huo dared not even imagine how many opportunities and unexpected benefits he would receive if he were to receive a [Strong Luck] response now.

Perhaps even a sip of water could allow [Strong Luck] to condense a suitable Soul Ring for oneself.

But as I said before, there's no need. He's the world's favorite kid, so how could he not have opportunities? Save them up, and when the time comes, give that little bastard and the gods a big one!
Mingde Hall, Xuan Ziwen's research room.

"Yuhao, this is your fourth-level soul master creation. Are you really sure you want to delve deeply into the field of soul bone and soul tool fusion in the future?"

Xuan Ziwen was somewhat surprised, looking at the Ice Soul Spirit Rhinoceros Chain in his hand, which had fused with more metal and been inscribed with more core magic arrays, thus making its essence more perfect and upgrading it to a level four soul tool. He was both excited and disappointed. There was nothing he could do; having grown accustomed to his junior brother creating groundbreaking soul tools with each upgrade, he couldn't help but feel anxious seeing him suddenly focusing on soul bones and soul tools.

Is this thing really that important? Didn't Mingde Hall stop operating because of the scarcity of soul bone resources? Where will my junior brother get so many soul bones in the future?
That's right. Thanks to the boost from his second soul skill, Huo Yuhao only needed one month—no, more than half a year has passed since he was upgraded to a level three soul master—to finally become a level four soul master.

This time, it didn't attract much attention or cause a big fuss. The news of his promotion to Level 4 Soul Master was only known to close friends and family like Kong Deming.

There's no need to break the Empire's record for Soul Master anymore. After the Challenge Tournament, he is undoubtedly the number one genius of Sun Moon, and no one will doubt it.

"Senior brother, you're being too narrow-minded. Although my fourth-level soul master creations are still soul bones and soul tools, it doesn't mean I won't research other aspects."

"Moreover, compared to other soul tools, I still prefer to use soul tools on myself to achieve greater strength, which is the right path."

If possible, he plans to combine necromancy with soul tools. If he also combines them with soul bones, he will be equipped with divine gear and will be able to beat everyone else to a pulp even without a martial soul.

Of course, it would be even better if the soul tool and soul bone could be fused and evolved. At that time, with the addition of necromancy, it would be equivalent to an enchanted soul bone and soul tool armor with the ability to evolve. It is not impossible for them to grow into artifacts or even super artifacts.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Ziwen remained silent.

After all, his junior brother's talent in soul guidance research is obvious to all. He may be able to reach the pinnacle by fusing soul bones and soul guidance devices and constantly evolving.

Moreover, his junior brother is not just a Soul Master in the conventional sense; his strength is undoubtedly the best among Soul Masters. This choice is indeed the most suitable for him.

The previous works of my junior brother have undoubtedly greatly improved the production efficiency of Sun and Moon Soul Tools. I heard that the core array of the flight control system has been perfected with the help of the hall master's resources and has been applied to many flying soul tools.

Once the problem of replenishing soul power is solved, or other alternative energy sources are found, the skies over the continent will be conquered by the sun and moon.

"It's good that you have your own ideas. Your path is different from mine. If needed, I will help you improve your research so that your time is not wasted."

In fact, Xuan Ziwen already knew that Huo Yuhao could become a fourth-level soul master. However, since Huo Yuhao was taking the fourth-level soul master exam today, he was acting as an honorary proctor.

Besides Xuan Ziwen, his students, including Ju Zimu and Xu Tianzhen, were also watching this scene in disbelief.

What's going on? This is already Level 4?
To be honest, a level four soul master who is not even thirteen years old is truly astonishing. Moreover, they do not think that Huo Yuhao barely made it to level four. His elegant operating technique and skillful way of inscribing the core magic array were truly eye-opening.

They even felt that Huo Yuhao was fully capable of creating a level-five soul tool.

Moreover, Huo Yuhao is the strongest young fighter in the academy. He previously fought with his own soul skills and challenged the entire teaching department and most of Mingde Hall. Even Ji Juechen was defeated by him.

They really have to admit it.

This time there was no bullying or discrimination. Whether it was Ju Zi or Zi Mu, they all knew Huo Yuhao's powerful background. Their noble backgrounds were nothing in his eyes.

Coupled with his previously unparalleled and formidable strength, Huo Yuhao is now an absolute idol in their eyes.

It's not just them; most of the younger generation in Mingde Hall now admire and respect Huo Yuhao after seeing him.

That's how the world works; strength determines everything. And if you have both strength and unparalleled talent, wouldn't you be respected by everyone?

As for age, it's not a disadvantage but a advantage. Many people have forgotten that Huo Yuhao is only a boy under thirteen years old. Who else under thirteen can pass the Level 4 Soul Master assessment and single-handedly take on most of the younger generation of Mingde Hall?

As for why Xu Tianzhen would appear here, it was naturally the work of Crown Prince Xu Tianran.

The former was already very interested in soul tools, and since Huo Yuhao had entered Mingde Hall, Xu Tianran arranged for Xu Tianzhen to cut in line and enter the hall in order to establish a relationship with Huo Yuhao.

However, Xuan Ziwen did not regard her as his student. It was more like a compromise. The royal family supported his research and provided him with a lot of authority and resources. In return, he symbolically taught Xu Tianzhen. Although it was called teaching, Xu Tianzhen actually spent most of her time learning from Ju Zi and Ke Ke.

She was happy to accept it, but she was also very annoyed, since Huo Yuhao was always accompanied by Meng Hongchen and a woman named Gu Yuena, and their interactions with her, the princess of the empire, were basically limited to ordinary conversations.

As for Ju Zi, her gaze towards Huo Yuhao is now even more complicated.

The reason was simple: news of the White Tiger Duke's death had spread, and his goal, his driving force, was gone.

Considering the sudden and inexplicable unification of the royal family, and how the Soul Master Legion brazenly attacked the Ming Dou border of Xingluo Sun and Moon after the competition, combined with Huo Yuhao's background, his hatred for the White Tiger Duke, and the fact that he left the team and only returned to Sun and Moon from Xingluo after a long time.

The death of the White Tiger Duke was orchestrated by Huo Yuhao.

How could the son of one's enemy personally kill one's enemy?

She understood this world less and less; it was utterly insane.

Huo Yuhao avenged her, and she should have been happy, but now she is even more troubled because she has lost her goal and doesn't know whether she should join the army in the future or what to do next.

She didn't even know if she still needed to learn about soul tools, or whether she should continue to stay by Crown Prince Xu Tianran's side and use his power to take revenge.

What more do we need? Our biggest enemy is gone. Are we going to turn our firepower on the civilians of the Star Luo Empire? If we do that, what's the difference between us and those butchers and executioners?
Feeling lost, Orange felt a sense of unprecedented confusion.

(End of this chapter)