Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 22 "Divine Might"

Yu Hongzhi stared intently at the figure in front of him.

He had already used his first soul skill, Spiritual Amplification, combined with his second soul skill, Deep Dream, to control his opponent.

Let her fall silently into a dream, weaving a beautiful dream that is no different from reality.

In her dream, she was walking the road home, but in reality, she was heading to a secret room that Chen Wen had prepared long ago.

As for his method of concealing his identity, it was his third soul skill, Dream Bubble.

Wrapping your entire body in foam not only makes you invisible, but also greatly shields you from being detected by others.

To put it bluntly, his set of soul skills would only result in defeat against a powerful offensive soul emperor of the same level in a soul battle.

However, outside the arena, he can use the unpredictability of his mental-type soul skills and the advantage of a large playing field to directly defeat those soul masters who only charge around recklessly.

Yu Hongzhi was extremely cautious about this mission.

To deal with a Soul Master, he activated all three of his Soul Skills, using his mental and soul power without restraint.

Maintaining such a large range of mental perception along the way was extremely taxing on him.

The second soul skill, Deep Dream, requires the enemy to be within the user's mental perception range; once the enemy is outside this range, the soul skill will become ineffective.

Yu Hongzhi led Jiang Nannan into a carefully laid trap.

"It's almost there."

"The Xuanwu Divine Pill will be in our hands soon."

After decades of obsession, a glimmer of hope has finally appeared in the darkness.

This filled him with an uncontrollable ecstasy.

He had already planned it all out: once he obtained the Xuanwu Divine Pill and broke through to level 70, he would immediately leave Xuanfeng City and head to the Douling Empire.

There are fewer strong individuals over there, making it easier to rise to the top, and it's far enough away from Shrek Academy.

In case something happens someday, I can escape in time.

In the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire, they wouldn't even have a chance to run away.

The Heavenly Soul Empire is the hometown of Shrek Academy. The Star Luo Empire has many powerful figures and a long and arduous official road.

They wanted to seek refuge with the Sun and Moon Empire, but there was nowhere to go; they were trapped with nowhere to turn.

Just as Yu Hongzhi began to fantasize about his future life.

Huo Yuhao had already reached his back.

Hey, friend.

"Isn't it a bit underhanded to follow a little girl all the way?"

The sudden sound sent a chill down Yu Hongzhi's spine, and a sudden coldness spread all the way to his brain.

"When did you get behind me?!"

"I knew this mission wouldn't be that simple!"

Yu Hongzhi immediately retreated, ignoring Jiang Nannan who was still walking forward in the distance, and looked up to see Huo Yuhao standing on a roof ridge.

"who?!"

"He's even wearing a mask; he's hiding his true colors."

Huo Yuhao chuckled and said, "Interesting, you've covered yourself up very well."

"But they say I'm a coward who hides his true nature."

"Friend, you're being a bit hypocritical."

Huo Yuhao's spiritual eyes stared intently through the holes in his mask at a strange, transparent light and shadow in front of him.

To be honest, if it weren't for the full moon tonight, with its bright and clear light, I wouldn't have been able to spot him at all.

He can hide in the darkness and has the ability to shield his senses, so no one can find him.

Yu Hongzhi may seem as calm as a rock, but he's actually panicking inside.

There was nothing he could do; he saw the masked man standing effortlessly on the rooftop, exuding an aura of power—a posture unique to the strong.

Just by looking at the design, the opponent already felt that the strength was at its maximum.

However, Yu Hongzhi has been working in the world of Soul Masters for decades.

They are not lacking in courage to charge towards the strong. Or rather, those who lack the courage to challenge the strong simply cannot break through level 60, while the timid and cowardly will only stop at the Soul King level.

Yu Hongzhi knew he had to strike first; to hold back against someone who might be stronger than himself was pure suicide!
He deactivated his third soul skill, Dream Bubble, to reveal his true form, and then immediately activated his fifth soul ring, which emitted a mysterious and profound black light.

He started with his fifth soul skill, Dream Clone, and three Yu Hongzhi figures, each slightly lighter in color, appeared on either side of him.

Huo Yuhao's expression turned serious, because he sensed that the auras of the three clones were no different from the original body.

"What a peculiar soul skill, One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones?"

Ignoring Huo Yuhao's doubts, Yu Hongzhi charged straight at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao began to back away, but found that he suddenly couldn't move.

Looking down, he saw a dark chain binding his shadow.

Only then did he notice that one of the other's clones was crouching in the distance, the shadows of the two connected by a black chain.

"It can actually use soul skills? No, the soul rings aren't lit up, it's a soul bone skill!"

With the speed of the Soul Emperor, the three Yu Hongzhis had already reached Huo Yuhao's side.

The three men formed a strangulation formation, each targeting a different weakness.

The head, heart, and spine were all targeted by the killing intent.

Yu Hongzhi was overjoyed to see that Huo Yuhao still did not react.

"Successful!"

Then the three men stabbed their palms in hard, intending to kill him instantly.

However, the bloody scene that Yu Hongzhi had envisioned did not occur.

He watched in shock as the three people's hands entered each other's bodies as if they had disappeared into thin air.

There wasn't a ripple, as if the people weren't even in the same space.

"divine power"

Immediately afterwards, Huo Yuhao's hand began to reach towards Yu Hongzhi's body in the opposite direction.

The hand moved slowly and deliberately, but Yu Hongzhi's entire body sensed warning signs, his hair stood on end, and his mental energy surged wildly.

With gritted teeth, he used his sixth soul skill, Clone Swap, and under the black light, Yu Hongzhi's clone, which was controlling Huo Yuhao from afar, swapped with his main body.

Huo Yuhao's hand landed on the clone.

Then, half of the clone's body began to be twisted by an invisible force, emitting a scream that pierced the eardrums.

"Oh? The clone can feel pain."

The other clones immediately moved away, and the clone in Huo Yuhao's hand turned into bubbles and disappeared. Yu Hongzhi, who was far away, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"It seems that the death of your clone has backfired on you."

Yu Hongzhi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and an eerie calm descended upon the scene.

"It can utilize soul skills such as clones, swapping abilities, invisibility, suspected mental power amplification, and shadow binding."

"There's still one fourth soul skill that hasn't been shown yet."

"What's your trump card?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered slightly as he analyzed the opponent's soul skill combination.

Yu Hongzhi felt cold in his hands and feet. He realized that the other party had some kind of spatial ability, which allowed him to become intangible for a long time and distort space.

Especially since the opponent's spirit rings were not revealed, it indicates that it is either a spirit bone skill or a martial spirit characteristic.

I've finally met my match.

The eerie calm was soon broken as Jiang Nannan stepped out of Yu Hongzhi's mental sphere and broke free from the dream.

As the one who unleashed the soul skill, he naturally knew that this mission had failed.

I doubt I can save my own life either.

Thinking of this, Yu Hongzhi's eyes rekindled with fighting spirit.

As the Soul Master with the Blazing Bull Martial Soul said, "A Soul Master is either bleeding or on his way to bleeding."

This profession has always been a symbol of violence. To die in battle, to die while challenging the strong, is always the highest reward for a Soul Master.

(End of this chapter)