Over the following period, Huo Yuhao continued to study all kinds of theoretical knowledge with utmost diligence.
He could practically be called the most hardworking and studious student in the entire academy.
There was no need to mention basics like paying close attention in class.
After class and school, Huo Yuhao also set aside a great deal of time to visit the library and study by reading all kinds of books.
He did not even waste his evenings at home. He often borrowed books from the library to bring home and read carefully.
Whenever he encountered something he did not understand, he would temporarily commit it to memory and ask his teachers about it when he returned to the academy the next day.
Thus, although only half a year had passed, Huo Yuhao's store of knowledge had increased tremendously.
Though he had enrolled later than all his classmates, his tireless, almost crazed studying allowed him to progress far beyond even some upper-year students, making him the undisputed top student of his class.
His teachers in every subject were also very satisfied with him. After all, what teacher did not like a diligent and eager student? Therefore, whenever Huo Yuhao asked them questions, they answered virtually everything they knew.
Inside the Plane Crack, everyone watching Huo Yuhao's rapid growth on the screen was utterly dumbfounded.
The people of the Sun Moon Empire and Sun Moon Royal Academy in particular were filled with immense shock.
Jing Hongchen said, "Parallel World Huo Yuhao is simply too outstanding. More than once, I thought Huo Yuhao from the Original Timeline was already exceptional, but compared to Parallel World Huo Yuhao, the gap is still far too great."
Xiao Hongchen said, "Studying and cultivating like this, doesn't he get tired? Who could possibly compete with him?"
Kong Deming said, "That is why he is terrifying. And have you noticed something? Even though Huo Yuhao from the Original Timeline seems so ordinary when compared to Parallel World Huo Yuhao, he is still one of the foremost geniuses on the entire Douluo Continent."
"So what about this Parallel World Huo Yuhao? How terrifying will he become in the future? I scarcely dare imagine it."
As Kong Deming spoke, his expression became incomparably solemn.
Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and the others could not help but suck in a cold breath.
That was right! If even Huo Yuhao from the Original Timeline could achieve so much, then once this Parallel World Huo Yuhao matured, would he not be unstoppable?
Would he truly sweep across the entire Douluo Continent without a single rival?
That would hardly be good news for their Sun Moon Empire!
They turned to look at the screen again.
At that moment, on the screen.
One day, half a year later, Huo Yuhao finally selected his target for his First Soul Ring.
Over the past half year, aside from drawing conclusions from the vast knowledge he had learned, he had also consulted many teachers within the academy.
He had even consulted the school principal. During those six months, he had received the Outstanding Achievement Award twice and been publicly praised by the principal. He had taken advantage of the opportunity afterward to seek the principal's advice.
Although the principal did not possess the cultivation of a Titled Douluo, he was still a Soul Douluo, and he knew a great deal.
Thus, Huo Yuhao also received some advice from the principal regarding his First Soul Ring.
Afterward, he examined the principal's response using the knowledge he had acquired. Then, after consulting multiple teachers specializing in spiritual attributes at the academy and reading countless books, he finally reached a conclusion.
For his First Soul Ring, it would be best to absorb a Chameleon Beast.
Since it was only his First Soul Ring, it was best to prioritize utility.
Soul masters on the Douluo Continent had a common flaw when selecting Soul Rings: they focused only on the present and never the future, without the slightest overall plan.
In practical terms, this meant that soul masters absorbed Soul Rings blindly, without proper planning. Whichever Soul Ring gave them the greatest immediate improvement was the one they chose.
But what happened in the later stages? They might have Eight Soul Rings or nine rings, yet nearly half of their Soul Rings had overlapping functions, or had become completely useless by then.
As a result, there were actually very few Soul Rings they could truly rely on.
And why did this happen?
It was mainly because the earlier a soul master's Soul Rings were, the fewer years they had absorbed, and thus the weaker their power actually was.
These Soul Rings could indeed be used in the beginning, but as a soul master's strength steadily increased, their usefulness declined more and more.
For example, both might be physical offensive soul skills, but the Fourth Soul Skill was more powerful than the First Soul Skill.
So in the later stages, why would soul masters still use their First Soul Skill? This caused the First Soul Skill to become practically unusable.
Huo Yuhao did not want some of the Soul Rings he absorbed to become mere decorations in the later stages.
Therefore, his idea was to avoid letting his Soul Rings have overlapping functions as much as possible. When obtaining his early Soul Rings, he would prioritize absorbing more utility-based Soul Rings.
That way, once he truly became a Titled Douluo in the future, the utility-based Soul Rings he had obtained early on would still be able to serve a purpose.
That was why Huo Yuhao chose the Chameleon Beast.
This soul beast belonged to the spiritual attribute and excelled at concealment. If he could obtain this soul beast's Soul Ring, Huo Yuhao knew that his First Soul Skill would most likely be a utility skill such as transformation or invisibility, something he could use regardless of how many levels he reached in the future.
The soul masters inside the Plane Crack were stunned once again upon seeing this scene, and they could not help discussing it among themselves.
Many of them had exactly this problem.
But by the time they realized it, they had generally already reached Six Rings or Seven Rings.
The smarter ones realized it at Five Rings or Four Rings.
But it was still useless!
Because the Soul Rings they had already absorbed could not be changed.
Moreover, even if they had gone down the wrong path before, since all the Soul Rings they had absorbed were offensive Soul Rings, they still could not avoid their Soul Rings becoming homogenized in the later stages.
They could not possibly choose utility-based Soul Rings for their later rings, could they?
That would truly be a waste of talent!
Ma Xiaotao deeply empathized with this. She had the same issue herself. Although she had taken Yan Shaozhe as her master, the most absurd part was that her Soul Rings also had a severe homogenization problem. Thus, she could not help saying:
"Parallel World Yuhao is truly clever! I only realized this problem when I was close to Five Rings, but he understood it so early. It seems he will never take the wrong path from the very beginning."
Many low-level soul masters within the Plane Crack quietly committed this knowledge to memory.
They had not understood before, but they understood now, so they would have to follow Huo Yuhao's approach from now on.
It was precisely because of this that they were all immensely grateful to Huo Yuhao.
"Brother Yuhao truly is the beacon guiding us forward!"
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