Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 43 Similar Lives

"Ah--"

That's good news, isn't it? The product is exactly the same as before, completely unchanged.

"That's for the best!"

For some reason, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but pray that certain people wouldn't suddenly turn into some kind of great benefactor.

Clearly, the fewer of these bad seeds there are, the better.

"You have a grudge against him?" A question suddenly rang out from the side.

"Wang Dong?"

Huo Yuhao turned around in surprise: "Shouldn't you still be in the infirmary right now?"

"How much do you wish I were bedridden?!"

Wang Dong's face, which had just started to improve, suddenly darkened again: "We've been receiving treatment since yesterday, how could we not recover from this little bit of mental trauma?"

That heartless guy! He got up early this morning to come watch his game, and all he says is this...

"Oh~"

Having received the answer, Huo Yuhao turned his gaze back to the arena, taking one last look at the ferocious White Tiger Martial Soul.

Of course, it's also possible that they are looking at another person through their silhouette.

"Wang Dong."

"Humph?"

"Imagine if a close relative were to ignore you, even watching you and your remaining family suffer, without ever visiting them or sending a message to inquire about their well-being for ten years."

Huo Yuhao's voice was low, but it struck Wang Dong's heart like a heavy hammer: "Furthermore, it's not that he can't, but simply that he doesn't want to, or even cares at all. So, is such a close relative truly a close relative?"

"... "

Wang Dong reached out and covered his forehead.

Deep within his memory, only scattered fragments and blurry images could be seen. A strange feeling, like a high fever, permeated all his memories, burying his past entirely in an unknown realm.

As a result, she often thinks about it and feels afraid.

She feared that she might be just a rootless duckweed adrift, and that the owner of this body was someone else.

Why did she disguise herself as a man? Why did she join Shrek Academy? Why did they hide it from her at every turn, only to receive heartbroken, speechless looks from her two fathers whenever she asked...

"unimportant."

Wang Dong spoke in a hoarse voice, pausing for a long time before finally managing to say, "Having family right now is enough. There's no need to worry about anything else."

"Is that so..."

Huo Yuhao sighed softly.

After that, there was no sound between the two, and the atmosphere around them was so cold and desolate that it was completely out of place with the others.

"you also?"

After a while, the two spoke at the same time, their gazes towards each other carrying a hint of strangeness.

There was another long silence.

"Want to go eat?"

Huo Yuhao was the first to break the silence.

"Ah."

……

The final round, the final chapter of the freshmen assessment.

Unlike in the past, this final attracted several deans who are usually never seen.

The reason for this is that this year's freshmen are really too special. At only eleven or twelve years old, three of them have become three-ring Soul Masters, and the number of two-ring Soul Masters has reached almost 30%.

As a result, after the round-robin tournament, more than half of the remaining first-year students were already second-ring Soul Masters, a rare occurrence in the school's history.

"Shrek will rise to prominence!"

Looking at the final list of trainees, Yan Shaozhe expressed such sentiments for the first time.

Besides these, three rather special little creatures also caught his attention.

"Combined soul skills, Martial Soul mutation, a thousand-year soul ring, almost always fighting three opponents to advance, and there's even a Martial Soul that appears to have already undergone awakening..."

Upon reaching the end, Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but frown.

He had learned a lot about the Body Martial Soul from Elder Mu—but such a significant advancement in awakening seemed rather illogical, especially considering it was a so-called failed awakening.

"What a pity~"

Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but sigh.

After all, spiritual attributes are indeed difficult to cultivate. They often rise well but suddenly run out of potential and become unable to make any further progress in their lifetime. Even finding a suitable spirit ring becomes a problem.

In terms of spiritual cultivation, Elder Mu is already at the pinnacle of all Soul Masters on the continent, yet he still lacks the confidence to cultivate a pure spiritual attribute Soul Master single-handedly.

"If we don't consider other variables, Dai Huabin should be the champion of this freshman competition, right? After all, the power of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill should not be underestimated."

Yan Shaozhe looked down at the competition field from the high platform.

Now, all the partitions that divided the arena have been removed from the entire testing area, revealing a wide field with a diameter of nearly 100 meters.

Dai Huabin, with his naturally blond hair and tall stature, stood out quite a bit, exuding an air of confidence as if victory was already assured.

"Hey—I actually think Huo Yuhao has a better chance!"

A burly man in his fifties with a thuggish air walked up to Yan Shaozhe and couldn't help but grin: "How about it? Want to make a bet with me?"

He had also looked at Huo Yuhao's information.

With a mental strength even stronger than that of a third-ringed being, if he can seize the initiative in the match and eliminate Zhu Lu directly, Dai Huabin, who is unable to activate his martial soul fusion, will naturally have no chance of turning the tide.

Even Xie Huanyue, who possessed mental resistance, was dealt with, so what is his White Tiger Martial Soul?
A target?
"No gambling!"

Yan Shaozhe, unusually, did not argue with him.

Both sides have their own strengths and weaknesses, and given his personality, he naturally wouldn't participate in a bet where the odds of winning are not obvious.

"Don't think I don't know what you're here for. Aren't you here to pick people? Perfect, Huo Yuhao isn't suited to stay in the Martial Soul Department, so he can be transferred to your department after the competition."

Physically strong, mentally powerful, and even possessing excellent eyesight, forcing such a talent to remain at the Spirit Academy would only hinder his future.

"Thanks then~"

Qian Duoduo, whose purpose had been exposed, smiled awkwardly, then gradually frowned: "This kid is indeed suitable to cultivate here. But what about his spirit ring? A thousand-year-old one is easy to solve, but spirit beasts with spiritual attributes that are over ten thousand years old are extremely rare, and they are not so easy to come by."

"Empire of the Sun and Moon."

Yan Shaozhe leaned over the railing: "Elder Mu is keen to support your Soul Guidance Department and is already planning to facilitate exchanges and learning between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Academy. Judging from the timing, it should be between the two major competitions."

"Perfect timing. By then, Huo Yuhao should be around the fourth ring, and with his physical strength and mental power, he should be able to successfully attach a ten-thousand-year soul ring... As for whether he can continue to advance rapidly after that, we don't know."

"Hopefully, it will bring us a surprise."

As he finished speaking, a hint of sadness flashed in Yan Shaozhe's eyes.

"Old Mu...?"

Having worked with him for over a century, Qian Duoduo naturally sensed something was amiss.

"time is limited."

Yan Shaozhe nodded emphatically: "I hope this Golden Age can grow up quickly and produce as many strong individuals as possible to protect the academy's future peace. Huo Yuhao... I think it's necessary to invest in him."

Although the diagnosis given by Master Xuan was almost a terminal illness for him.

But what if?
After all, this person has been having problems at work for quite some time now, and only because of his seniority, power, and high status does no one dare to cause him trouble.

　To be counterintuitive... Spirit Eye is really not that great.

　　Even disregarding Huo Zhanji, who completely exposed his true colors, the same applies to the original text of Douluo Continent II.

　　Xuanzi's conclusion that the spirit possesses a brain is purely based on his belief that powerful mental strength is due to the strength of the martial soul, and he further deduced that the martial soul carries a portion of the brain.

　　—But everyone knows that Huo Yuhao's spiritual power is because Tianmeng helped him open a spiritual sea.

　　The reason he's considered top-tier in the later stages is because all his awakened original spirits are incredibly powerful. He also possesses a million-year-old spirit skill plus the Heavenly Dream Spirit Origin, a total spiritual power that spans two levels!

　　Ok……

　　The Spirit Eyes were clearly inherited from his mother at the beginning. The Three-Eyed White Tiger appeared later because Huo Yuhao still had the White Tiger bloodline flowing in his body. The three eyes were a result of the fusion and mutation of the two martial souls.

　　The level of innate soul power is directly linked to talent, and absolutely so. The original text repeatedly states this. Even if your martial soul is T0 and your innate soul power is level one, your cultivation speed will still be at level one.

　　Of course, that's impossible; top-tier martial souls can improve one's physical body. (This has been mentioned throughout the first three installments of the Doujinshi series.)
　　In other words, if the Spirit Eye is truly top-tier, the resulting physical enhancements will naturally ensure your talent isn't too low, not to mention you'll also have innate soul power. (Difficult to bear)

　　-

　　Therefore, the conclusion is—

　　Tianmeng is awesome.

　　A seemingly impenetrable start, with prisons upon prisons, led to a successful comeback. (Although it relied on a soul skill, it is preliminarily estimated that a million-year soul skill is 4-12 times more powerful than a hundred-thousand-year one, referencing Tang Wulin's equivalent million-year soul skill in Douluo Continent III, which crushed a Super Douluo.)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)