Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 34 The Evil Phantom Moon

Unsurprisingly, Huo Yuhao and his group advanced smoothly into the elimination rounds. Looking solely at win rates, only seven groups among all the freshmen maintained a perfect record.

We haven't encountered a single person who can fight us along the way...

The knockout stage will be randomly arranged as follows.

Du Weilun, making his debut on the freshman competition stage, read the list down and then added to everyone: "Although there is no chance for a rematch in this round, the teachers watching the competition will pay attention to your performance. Even if you lose, you will still have the opportunity to be selected for special training."

So—fight hard!

Sixty-four advances to thirty-two.

Three almost perfectly coordinated second rings.

second.

Thirty-two into sixteen.

"Freshman class two, Xie Huanyue!"

The tall, round, fat man winked and grinned at Huo Yuhao, his comical expression inexplicably reminding him of Tianmeng, who was also round and plump.

Of course.

What attracted Huo Yuhao's attention the most were the three soul rings that rose from Xie Huanyue's body, and the two brothers whose soul power fluctuations were even greater than Wang Dong's.

Three rings, plus two sufficiently powerful second-ring agility attackers.

The two people standing behind Huo Yuhao couldn't help but twitch their faces a little...

Aren't they just incredibly unlucky?
They encountered the Three Rings team in only the second match.

Among the freshmen, there are only three teams with such an incredibly luxurious setup. They are all composed of specially recruited students whom each class teacher has carefully hidden away, so that they can be brought out to compete with other classes during the freshman assessment.

Winning the championship will surely bring a promotion and a raise.

"You two should go out first."

Huo Yuhao let out a long breath and, for the first time in an assessment, seriously examined his opponent: "This match can only be fought by myself."

That fat guy over there actually has mental resistance?!

Moreover, it wasn't due to spiritual attributes, but rather a characteristic purely brought about by the martial soul. Even though Xie Huanyue was just standing there, a thin layer of resistance enveloped his body, intercepting Huo Yuhao's spiritual probe.

"No way! We've been observing the whole assessment; how can you let yourself face such a formidable opponent alone now!"

"That's right! Even if we lose, the three of us will lose together. We will never abandon you!"

The two men instantly became enraged, their eyes even showing a hint of determination.

I vowed to stand with him through thick and thin.

"..."

Huo Yuhao was speechless for a moment.

There were some things he really didn't want to say outright, but there was nothing he could do; the two people in front of him clearly hadn't grasped what he was trying to say.

Are two Soul Masters with no special skills just here to get beaten up?

"Game start!"

The referee gave the order.

Before Huo Yuhao could think any further, Xie Huanyue had already completed the Martial Soul Possession in a few steps, and was now pushing off the ground and rushing upwards.

Unlike the previous Huang Chutian, this guy was more like a ball that bounced up suddenly. With his spirit ring flashing, he shot straight into the air more than ten meters high, and then crashed down in a dark ball of flesh, bringing with him a gust of wind.

Soul impact!

With a blast, a muffled groan echoed from deep within the fleshy mass. But compared to those before him, Xie Huan Yue's mental resistance was many times stronger, allowing him to withstand the impact and continue slamming down without diminishing his power.

"What kind of martial soul is this?"

Huo Yuhao frowned.

He twisted and leaped into the air, his wooden stick slamming into the ground. Using it as a fulcrum, he unleashed another burst of force, propelling himself several meters backward to evade the attack.

This round of maneuvers was effortless for Huo Yuhao, but his two teammates, who were standing still, were not so quick.

Faced with the ball of flesh hurtling down with black energy, the two teammates had no way to dodge. Seeing that they were about to be severely injured, they could only give up and let the referee intervene, stopping them from the court. "Bang!"

laugh--

The Evil Illusion Moon crashed to the ground, creating a ripple-like black shockwave. At the same time, two sharp, screeching sounds came from beside Huo Yuhao, who had just regained his footing.

The Luo brothers burst out from the fleshy ball like mirror images, their residual speed dragging their bodies several steps away. They instantly passed Huo Yuhao's sides and intercepted him from behind, surrounding him in the center along with Xie Huanyue.

Tong~!

The spirit rings shone again, and the ball-like mass of flesh accelerated once more, but this time it bounced off the ground at a sharp angle, rushing straight towards Huo Yuhao with a strong gust of wind.

The Luo brothers, whose arms transformed into silver mantis blades, also launched an attack, severing necks and cutting waists with ruthless and fierce moves, each strike aimed directly at vital points.

"Sa..."

Faced with a seemingly unsolvable multi-pronged attack, Huo Yuhao seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. He twisted his head, pushed off the ground with his toes, and flipped his body into a whirlwind, dodging the two slashes with almost millimeter-thin precision.

'How is that possible...'

The moment their eyes met, shock surged forth in the Luo brothers' eyes.

Despite their shock, they didn't dare to stop. Instead, they accelerated, leaving two afterimages that crossed paths, leaving Huo Yuhao, who had just landed, behind the trajectory of the flesh ball!

"boom!"

This time, Xie Huanyue finally managed to hit Huo Yuhao squarely.

However, at the moment of contact, the ball-like, round surface suddenly contracted into a dent, carrying the impact and rebound force that sent him flying.

"throat!"

Huo Yuhao stomped his feet, carving a several-meter-long furrow to steady himself. He coughed up a bit of bloody gas, feeling his blood churning. Even his soul power was scattered by the strange elasticity that had entered his body, making it impossible to gather it back up in a short time.

It even comes with a special attack?
How could there be such a strange beast spirit in this world?
"no solution anymore……"

Huo Yuhao looked up at the three who were launching another attack, sighed softly, and the spirit rings floating beside him emitted a somewhat dazzling white light.

In his mind, the scope of his mental detection also expanded wildly, bringing the entire freshman arena under his perception.

next second.

Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief, looking somewhat tired, and pointed a finger at the rapidly approaching ball of flesh.

boom--!
A deafening roar resounded within the spiritual realm, and an information storm that nearly shredded the soul suddenly swept up!

Countless chaotic and confusing sounds and fragmented scenes surged forth along with the shared consciousness, almost frantically pouring into the minds of the three people opposite, completely overwhelming their consciousness in an instant.

Puff~~
Having shed his martial spirit, Xie Huanyue reverted to his chubby, flabby self, collapsing to the ground with a thud and barely managing to stop in front of Huo Yuhao, dusting himself off.

The whole place was silent.

The homeroom teacher of Class 2, in particular, stood up abruptly, slamming his hand on the armrest of his chair, with an expression of utter disbelief: "How is this possible?!"

　Are mythical beasts really that popular? They haven't even appeared yet, and the character card already has over seventy likes...

　　—The following is the power-up DLC)

　　Research findings:

　　100,000 years ≈ 40,000 years ≈ 2.550,000 years

　　10,000 years ≈ 2.5 * 1,000 years
　　1000 years ≈ 1.6 * 100 years
　　100 years ≈ 1.3 * 10 years
　　All martial soul fusion skills are over 10,000 years old, and their strength is affected by the degree of fusion and the quality of the martial soul (the Lan sisters are 50,000-100,000, the others are around 100,000, and Hao Dong's fusion skill is definitely over 100,000).

　　Based on the original work, there should be differences within the same time frame, but these differences are usually only noticeable in the ten-thousand-year period.
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　　Combination Soul Skill ≈ (2.6 times the sum of the two)
　　1）王冬组合技能（1.6+1）/1.6=1.625倍三环千年，符合原著可秒三环的描述。只能扔一发，准备时间达15秒。

　　2) The tremor of the Xiao Xiao Cauldron is approximately 1.25 times that of a third-ring millennium, easily allowing for strong control of the third ring across ranks. The soul power consumption is comparable to a martial soul fusion skill, and it can only be used two or three times at most in a single battle.

　　Therefore, we can assume that:
　　The combined soul skills are extremely powerful; a double-hundred-year combination is comparable to a ten-thousand-year soul skill, but the soul power consumption is far greater than that of a hundred-thousand-year soul skill, capable of exhausting a soul master within one or two attacks.
　　Therefore, under normal circumstances, the maximum duration for combined soul skills is one thousand or one hundred years; it's almost impossible to unleash a double thousand-year combination. Consequently, it's no longer used in the mid-to-late game and is considered inferior to a 50,000-year black ring.

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　　Based on the storyline, those below the ninth ring who don't use their martial soul will see their combat power decrease by about one rank, while those at the ninth ring will only see a half-rank decrease.

　　A level 98 is reduced by half a rank to 2.4 times that of a level 91. Considering the bonus from the Soul Bone, and given that Xuanzi is also at peak level 98, the combat power difference is more than three times. Easily suppressing a level 91 with a Martial Soul attachment is not difficult.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)