Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 47 Soul Guidance
"Ahem... Since Dai Huabin is unable to continue participating in the ceremony due to a sudden flare-up of his internal injury, we will now proceed to the next step."

Du Weilun cleared his throat: "After intense discussions between the two deans, the academy has granted special approval for a group of students to be trained as core disciples of the outer academy, with resources and privileges equivalent to those of inner academy students!"

Unsurprisingly, the six "burdens" who followed Huo Yuhao and his two companions to the top were not included. However, with this ranking in hand, they would receive some preferential treatment in their academy life for the next few years.

It may not be much, but it might just be the life-changing resource.

"But why wasn't the Evil Illusion Moon from the Third Ring selected? That fox was too."

Huo Yuhao couldn't quite understand the academy's thinking.

From his perspective, these two guys could easily dominate all teams except for him and Dai Huabin if they formed a two-man team, so why are they suddenly giving up on training them?
"Could it be because it's difficult to configure spirit rings for these two?"

Although Shrek, with his vast wealth and resources, was worried that this was a bit far-fetched, after much thought, it seemed that this was the only reasonable explanation.

Huo Yuhao tried to guess what those people were thinking.

But what followed made him frown.

"...In addition, one student performed exceptionally well in the competition and demonstrated outstanding talent in soul guidance. He is now granted the qualification for key training in the soul guidance system."

"Let's congratulate Huo Yuhao! Please proceed to the Dean's office of the Soul Guidance Department after this event to complete the formalities!"

Congratulations?

Huo Yuhao’s face turned dark.

I'm here to cultivate, to level up, and to learn about martial spirits and spirit beasts, not to waste time messing around with my spirit tools!
……

"Yuhao? Are you alright?"

Huo Yuhao maintained his unpleasant expression until the ceremony ended, which made Wang Dong look worried, and then indignant on his behalf.
"Those old fogies are blind! You were already second in the freshman competition, yet they still say you're not suitable to cultivate at the Spirit Academy! If you're not suitable, then I'm not suitable either? That's utter nonsense!"

"Is there a possibility..."

Xiao Xiao tentatively spoke, carefully observing the expressions of the two: "The division of departments is based on future growth potential, not on actual ability..."

From her perspective.

Huo Yuhao has a strong physical body and can carry more soul tools.

With a strong spirit and keen senses, he could probably control two or three hundred soul-guided rays at the same time without any problem. If he were to combine that with his invincible mental attacks, he would be virtually impossible to defend against.

Using eyes as a martial soul seems to offer a significant advantage in the creation of soul tools.

He's a born genius in soul guidance.

"Hey!"

Wang Dong was instantly speechless with anger: "Whose side are you on anyway?!"

Is this the kind of thing to say when comforting someone?

"I just--"

Xiao Xiao paused, then wisely chose to shut up, swallowing the rest of her sentence.

She just felt that soul tools seemed to be a promising path.

In stark contrast to Wang Dong, who inexplicably dislikes soul tools, Xiao Xiao, whose physical body is inherently fragile, prefers to be fully armed from head to toe with soul tools, turning her own body into an impenetrable iron turtle.

In this way, coupled with the soul tool that can restore soul power, she can stay inside with peace of mind and frantically throw out the cauldron's vibrations.

"Never mind, I'm fine."

After struggling with his thoughts for a long time, Huo Yuhao suddenly relaxed and chose to make peace with himself.

"The next priority should be how to take a long vacation to the far north and add a qualified spirit ring to the second spirit... Spirit and spirit guide are not important."

A week has passed since he broke through to level 20 in soul power. During that time, he fought so many battles that his soul power was already saturated and could not be increased any further.

Continuing to suppress this will only waste time for cultivation.

In the past two days, Huo Yuhao has been so bored that he has started to conjure water balls out of thin air using the Crane Control and Dragon Capture Techniques.

It won't improve his strength much, it'll just give him some practice in controlling himself. "I advise you to just stay put."

Tianmeng chuckled: "During the semester, no matter what reason you give, Shrek Academy will probably try to follow you. After all, you have an unknown martial soul! Suddenly leaving school would be too suspicious."

"Then let them come along!"

Huo Yuhao had come up with a solution: "However, it depends on whether you're capable enough."

"I?"

Tianmeng was surprised for a moment: "Alright~ then I'll look forward to your plan."

……

After half an hour.

Huo Yuhao stood in front of the dean's office as promised.

Although he had mentally prepared himself, when he actually arrived near this top expert on the continent, he still felt a pressure from the depths of his soul.

It was as if a wild beast was lurking deep inside the door.

The Spirit Eye Martial Soul was stirred by this subtle sense of threat, almost unable to resist releasing itself to provide protection.

'Was he deliberately releasing his aura to intimidate me? Or was he intentionally holding back during the match?'

Huo Yuhao squinted and gently pushed open the door.

A tall, robust, and muscular man sat at the desk, quietly flipping through the documents in his hands. Even from several meters away, one could feel a burning heat emanating from him.

"Hey!"

Qian Duoduo suddenly threw down the file and grinned at Huo Yuhao: "You really could sense it!"

"With this level of perception that rivals that of a fourth-ring officer, I doubt many people could escape your eyes on the battlefield."

As he spoke, Qian Duoduo's imposing aura suddenly vanished into thin air, disappearing without a trace. Even after Huo Yuhao activated his mental detection, he couldn't find her, truly achieving a state of complete concealment.

"Come on~"

Having shown off his skills to this exceptional freshman, Qian Duoduo seemed quite proud, and with a smile, he pointed to the chair in front of him: "Sit down first. If you have any questions or needs, feel free to ask, we can discuss them!"

Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department was merely a makeshift structure created to keep up with the times, and it was so short-staffed that it had to constantly try every means to recruit people from Yan Shaozhe.

Although the cultivation resources allocated by Elder Mu were not much, when divided equally among the members of the Soul Guidance Department, they were actually three or four times more than those next door... Normally, you could walk for several minutes in the huge underground base and not see a single person who could catch their breath.

Now that such a naturally born soul guide holy body has suddenly joined the ranks, he is naturally quite overjoyed.

He had already made up his mind before Huo Yuhao arrived.

Whether it's requests for spirit rings or spirit bones, or requests for special tutors or instructors, as long as this kid dares to ask, he dares to approve it!

"Dean."

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath: "I want to continue my training at the Spirit Academy, or apply for a seat to audit classes there."

Click~
Qian Duoduo's face suddenly stiffened, and the chair beneath her groaned under the weight: "What...what did you say?"

　Continued:

　　The cost of developing a Martial Soul True Form is reduced (it can recover after a period of weakness).
　　Martial Soul Fusion Skills are mostly instantaneous skills (basically only one strike).
　　The cultivation of spirit and body is taking shape, the level barriers are becoming blurred, and a super configuration (Mu En & Poison Undying & Zhang Lexuan) is emerging as a system.

　　Soul Cores make breaking through title barriers easier, leading to an increase in counterfeit items, and the internal upgrades of high-level characters are being distributed downwards (reducing the suppressive power of Xuanzi & 96).
　　Increase the development level of martial soul skills and consciously cultivate them (pile up the ultimate attributes & Xiao Xiao + Wang Dong combination soul skills & Bei Bei/Xu Sanshi special awakening & Body Sect).
　　The dimensional limitations remain unchanged (divine assistance is required to unleash the power of a demigod).

　　The overall strength of Soul Masters has improved, while Soul Beasts are at a disadvantage (needless to say).

　　Dou San
　　In this era, Soul Masters consist of a core body, battle armor, and Soul Spirit—a powerful trio. The core body comprises the physical body, spirit, Soul Power & Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and a six-pointed star Martial Soul panel.

　　The problem with the soul spirit weakens the power of soul skills (high-level powerhouses are obsessed with basic attacks and soul spirit assistance, and a very small number of people have enhanced abilities across levels, such as Tang Wulin).
　　Battle armor turns Soul Masters into near-hexagonal classes, almost collapsing the class system (base form: attack 9, defense 1; equipped form: attack 10, defense 7).

　　Mental and physical attributes combined lead to a greater gap between players of the same level; the combined significance of attributes is greater than level (needless to elaborate).

　　The upper limit of the plane is raised to quasi-god level, and the power of the soul beast bloodline is released with the disappearance of the god realm, resulting in an increase in combat power (soul beast combat power increases dramatically & the soul master martial soul bloodline setting appears).
　　The Soul Core system has been extended to the seventh ring, which, combined with physical and spiritual cultivation, raises the average level (increasing the number of high-level experts, increasing the number of mediocre individuals, and making three-soul cores rare).
　　Dou Si
　　Aside from that, it has little to do with Soul Masters.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)