dmims Chapter 252 Another Holiday
Chapter 252 Another Holiday
Chapter 252 Another Holiday
When everything calmed down, Huo Yuhao clearly felt that there was an extra layer around his skull. After carefully sensing it, he used his mental power to connect with the soul guidance array in the helmet. In the next instant, the helmet transformed into an energy body and appeared on Huo Yuhao's head at an extremely fast speed, becoming a helmet to protect Huo Yuhao's head.
"It actually works?"
Xuan Ziwen's eyes lit up as he watched the rare metal seamlessly merge into the Soul Master's body.
Since it can integrate into flesh and blood and attach to the outer edge of the skull, can it also integrate into the bone like a soul bone and become an artificial soul bone? Or can it replace missing bones to become an artificial prosthetic limb?
It should be noted that Mingdetang also received a mission from Prince Xu Tianran and has done some research on artificial prosthetics, but it has been stuck on metal prosthetics and cannot make them as realistic as real bodies.
Besides, if one were to apply these enhancements to all parts of the body, would it grant ordinary people metal-like resistance? Would it interfere with a Soul Master's normal cultivation?
And so on, there are too many possibilities to experiment with based on this.
Xuan Ziwen said somewhat anxiously, "Yuhao, quick, test if the functions are complete."
The melting-like appearance during the previous fusion made Xuan Ziwen worry about whether the soul guidance array would change during the process.
"Alright, I'll test the mental defense soul guidance array first."
Huo Yuhao nodded and activated the mental defense soul guidance array at the same time.
Suddenly, a layer of colorful light burst forth from Huo Yuhao's head. The seven colors of blue, red, yellow, cyan, gold, black, and purple swirled and spread out, forming a seven-colored barrier that enveloped Huo Yuhao.
That's right. When the spirit-attribute defensive soul-guiding array, made of silver moonstone, is activated, the spirit power will draw upon the seven-colored power within the silver moonstone to participate in the defense.
This is also why Huo Yuhao wanted to add a mental defense soul guidance array to his battle armor, which was mainly for amplification.
According to Huo Yuhao's tests, even if Huo Yuhao fully activated the Ice Wall Emperor Scorpion Tail Needle, he would not be able to pierce this seven-colored protective shield.
Hyotei speculated that it would require an attack of at least Contra level to break it, but since Hyotei hadn't fought such a fragile shield in a long time, he couldn't give an accurate assessment.
As for consumption...
With such outrageous defensive capabilities, it consumes no additional resources.
Or rather, it consumes the seven-colored energy inside the Silver Moonstone. Apart from that, for Huo Yuhao, the consumption of mental energy is exactly the same as that of an ordinary mental soul guide shield.
It should be noted that the mental soul guide shield is only weak in terms of defensive capabilities, barely reaching the level of a soul guide shield of the same level, except that it has the added effect of mental defense.
In short, for Huo Yuhao before, choosing the mental defense soul guide shield had no advantage other than its defensive ability being slightly stronger than that of a shield generated by a soul guide shield due to his powerful mental strength.
Perhaps this is why Fan Yu wasn't brought out in the original work.
After all, the mental shield's defensive power might not even be as good as the Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul's own defensive power, and it would also consume Huo Yuhao's mental power, so it's completely worthless.
"The mental defense soul-guiding array is functioning normally."
After using his mental senses to assess the strength of the soul-guiding shield, Huo Yuhao said this.
Xuan Ziwen vigorously swung his right hand, excitedly asking, "Shall we try a different mental energy amplification array?"
"The concentration of mental energy has increased by about 15%, the effect of releasing mental soul skills has increased by about 20%, the total amount of mental energy has decreased by about 20%, and the endurance has decreased by about 15%."
Because he could directly sense the changes in distance through mental detection, Huo Yuhao immediately reported the specific improvements.
Highly concentrated mental energy enhances the attack power and range of mental skills, but it also reduces the total amount of mental energy, leading to reduced endurance. This is something that the amplification array cannot avoid.
Even considering the mental energy that naturally recovers during battle, the overall sustained combat ability only decreased by 15%, which is a very good result.
Even the most powerful soul-guiding arrays must abide by the law of conservation of energy. Most amplification arrays without side effects achieve short-term bursts of power by sacrificing endurance.
"Not bad, the amplification level is within the calculation range. Next, let's try your soul power to spirit power conversion array."
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Huo Yuhao walked out of Xuan Ziwen's dormitory with an excited expression. After a busy night, he had finally transformed the results of a year's hard work into a substantial increase in combat power.
Although it is far from the complete battle armor that can elevate a Soul King to a Soul Saint, Huo Yuhao, amplified by the head battle armor, can still defeat most Soul Emperors with his full mental impact, and can even easily kill the mediocre Soul Emperor that the White Tiger family sent to assassinate him.
With the power of the Soul Sect posing a threat to the Soul Emperor, the combat power of the Spirit Eye Martial Soul can be considered fully formed.
"In the blink of an eye, another year has passed."
For a year, Huo Yuhao devoted himself wholeheartedly to the research of the battle armor, and the improvement of his soul power was somewhat put on hold.
Even now, Huo Yuhao's soul power has only just broken through level 46, barely increasing by five levels in a year.
Perhaps this is already the cultivation speed of the top tier, but it's not enough. Ten thousand years from now, for the same geniuses cultivating the Profound Heaven Technique, advancing six or seven levels a year will not be a problem.
Although he didn't use the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul much, in order to adapt his body to the domineering nature of the Ultimate Ice attribute, Huo Yuhao's soul power became increasingly cold, and his body temperature dropped by several degrees.
Fortunately, Huo Yuhao's other martial soul is the Spirit Eye, whose spiritual attribute does not conflict with any other attribute. Otherwise, Huo Yuhao would likely have faced the problem of soul power conflict caused by twin martial souls.
Isn't the problem with twin martial souls potentially conflicting? Didn't Yu Xiao just run to the Spirit Hall to ask about cultivation techniques for twin martial souls?
However, this growth rate is a serious problem. Does this mean that I will become a main force of Shrek Academy with the cultivation of a Soul Master in the Soul Master Competition? When facing those Soul Saint-level combatants, I may only be able to consider using my own Martial Soul Fusion Technique.
Or go with Wang Dong to Haotian Sect and take the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Frost Jade Marrow Bed that caused Electrolux to go offline?
Huo Yuhao shook his head and dismissed the thought.
In any case, we cannot gamble with Electrolux's safety. We have gone to great lengths to keep Electrolux's existence a secret from anyone, so it is best not to go to the Haotian Sect.
If Wang Dong comes looking for me, I'll just use the excuse that exchange students can't stay away from school for long periods of time to get away with it. If that doesn't work, I'll ask Xuan Ziwen to help cover for me.
Just as Huo Yuhao was thinking this,
On the other side, Shrek Academy.
"Wang Dong!"
A pleasant sound rang out, but Wang Dong was not happy at all.
With a sigh, Wang Dong turned around to look at Meng Hongchen, who had come chasing after him.
"What is it now?"
"My brother and I have both broken through to level 60 and are planning to hunt for spirit rings during the holiday. I remember your cultivation level is about the same as ours, do you want to come along?"
After saying that, Meng Hongchen looked at Wang Dong with anticipation.
Wang Dong waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'm still stuck at level 59. I'll probably need some time to calm down before I can break through. You two siblings go ahead."
"Oh……"
Meng Hongchen did not extend another invitation. Having been at Shrek Academy for two years, Meng Hongchen knew that once Wang Dong refused, there was no point in trying to persuade him further.
"I told you not to go looking for trouble, but you still wouldn't listen."
As soon as Meng Hongchen returned, Xiao Hongchen launched into a tirade against her.
Meng Hongchen said matter-of-factly, "How will we know if the other party will agree if we don't try?"
Xiao Hongchen scoffed coldly, "So? Did he agree?"
Meng Hongchen fell silent.
"Sigh, even Wang Dong is almost level 60..."
As a rival among his peers, Xiao Hongchen had been keeping a close eye on Wang Dong's cultivation progress.
Tragically, the Hongchen siblings crushed Wang Dong with their Soul King cultivation back then.
Four years have passed, and Wang Dong has already risen from Soul Venerable to the current level 59 Soul King, only one step away from becoming Soul Emperor.
As for Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the two siblings, they have just broken through to level 60, and the difference in their soul power has decreased from more than 20 levels to just one level!
Now, however, they have been caught up by their opponents in terms of soul power level. How can they compete with them in the upcoming Soul Master Tournament?
Shrek, oh Shrek, what a bunch of monsters!
"Finally, they've been sent away."
Seeing that Meng Hongchen didn't press the matter further, Wang Dong breathed a sigh of relief.
Meng Hongchen's pursuit was far too blatant. Even though Wang Dong had rejected him countless times over the years, he still couldn't make Meng Hongchen give up.
Fortunately, Meng Hongchen isn't too extreme; if she kept pestering him, it would be too annoying.
To be honest, Wang Dong was somewhat envious of Meng Hongchen's ability to openly pursue the person she loved.
Unlike Wang Dong, who had to be extremely careful even when probing.
"It's been two years, and they haven't even sent a single letter. How heartless!"
It makes me angry just thinking about it. The only time Wang Dong got any news about Huo Yuhao in the past two years was from Mu En, who told him that Huo Yuhao had been in deep meditation for a long time.
That's all the news.
"I remember that guy was around level 40 before he left. Two years have passed, he should be at least a Soul King by now."
After estimating Huo Yuhao's cultivation level, Wang Dong gritted his teeth and said, "No, I have to break through to the Soul Emperor level. I suppressed him by more than ten levels back then. It would be too embarrassing if he caught up with me."
The thought of the possible scenarios like, "Wang Dong, Wang Dong, what happened to you after all these years?" made Wang Dong annoyed.
No way, I'm not going back to play during the next holiday. I refuse to believe that I can't break through this bottleneck after two months of full-force cultivation!
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On the other side, Huo Yuhao waited for several days, until he learned from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School that the Sun Moon Empire had sent troops to suppress the rebellion, but Huo Yuhao still couldn't wait for Wang Dong to arrive.
"Could it be that Wang Dong isn't coming?"
Only then did Huo Yuhao vaguely understand the current situation.
"If I had to say what impact my changes had on Wang Dong... one thing is that we weren't as close anymore, especially in the last few months. After I accidentally learned about Wang Dong's situation from Old Yu, I didn't go back to the dormitory for a long time."
"Apart from that, there are no Martial Soul Fusion Techniques..."
"Right, a Martial Soul Fusion Skill? The Power of Vast Winter?"
Only then did Huo Yuhao realize the blind spot: "Could it be that because there was no cultivation boost, Wang Dong's cultivation speed is slightly slower than in the original story, which is why he hasn't been able to break through to level sixty yet?"
With a mix of trepidation and anticipation, Huo Yuhao waited another day until he learned from intelligence that the pacification army had already begun fighting the rebels. Only then did Huo Yuhao truly realize that Wang Dong had no intention of coming.
For a moment, Huo Yuhao's feelings were somewhat complicated.
Well, who can resist a girl taking the initiative? When a girl who was initially proactive suddenly disappears, any man would feel uncomfortable unless she was really bad.
"However, Wang Dong didn't come... Did Tang San come?"
Since returning from cultivating under the Golden Tree, that person seems to have remained silent. If that person wanted to, helping Wang Dong break through several levels should be no problem at all.
However, Wang Dong, who was meant to bind the chosen one of destiny, did not arrive.
Could there have been some unexpected change that caused Tang San to stop paying attention to the events on Douluo Continent?
"Forget it, whatever Tang San does, as long as he can't directly attack me, I'll just keep doing what I need to do."
If you're going to make a direct move, then naturally you'd run back to the undead demiplane and hide there.
After figuring out the current situation, Huo Yuhao decided to go out and take a look. On the one hand, he wanted to see if Ju Zi could survive the encirclement of the rebels without his intervention.
Secondly, it's time to find suitable materials for crafting battle armor.
Huo Yuhao remembered that there was a Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave near the Earth Dragon Gate. In addition to the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, a top-grade treasure that could improve cultivation, it also nurtured the top-grade ice-attribute rare metal, the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.
It seems I still have to sneak out once. This time, I should say hello to Teacher Xuan first, so as not to get scolded by Xuan Ziwen again.
After informing Xuan Ziwen, Huo Yuhao slipped away before Xuan Ziwen could start cursing and headed north towards the Sun Moon Empire.
As he approached the rebels, Huo Yuhao gradually reduced his speed and increased the intensity of his simulation to prevent the commotion he caused from being detected by the stronger individuals.
Coincidentally, Huo Yuhao witnessed Ju Zi's troops being chased by the rebels and driven to the brink of despair through his mental detection.
Without any help, the decoy unit where Orange was located had run out of ammunition and supplies, and it was only a matter of time before it was captured by the rebels.
Only at the limit of mental detection could they vaguely detect a few vanguard troops rushing towards this place.
Given the current situation, Ju Zi should have been captured before the vanguard arrived, and the rebels would use the life of Princess Nie Zheng as leverage to argue with the Sun Moon Empire.
Huo Yuhao knew clearly that this battle was the first step in getting Ju Zi to achieve his goal, thus making Ju Zi a pawn planted in the army, and using Ju Zi as the core to win over the hearts of the soldiers.
Even if Orange's performance in this game is not good, she can still use it as a resume to enter the army.
Orange's performance, however, unexpectedly made her the so-called Empress and War Goddess.
After all, among a bunch of brutes, there was a cunning Ju Zi who stood out. She was also the Princess Consort of Nie Zheng and the future Empress. Naturally, it was a case of "out of the ordinary, out of the extraordinary," allowing Ju Zi to rise to prominence in the army.
But if Orange performs poorly, then all of this planning will have been for nothing.
Will the future emperor and war goddess really disappear because of this?
(End of this chapter)