Two Years Later

Two Years Later

Though she was clearly a cute young girl, combined with Tian Meng's words, she gave Huo Yuhao an inexplicably unreliable impression.

"All right, Sister Tianmeng. Aside from having a normal body, try out your strength now."

After all, this was an improved Soul Spirit Contract. Huo Yuhao had not conducted any real experiments. Although his deductions indicated that Tian Meng would retain most of her strength, the actual results still had to be tested through Tian Meng herself.

Tian Meng, still feeling quite pleased with herself, blinked. After reining herself in slightly, she extended one hand and tentatively began gathering power. A faintly icy spiritual force condensed in her palm, but after quite a while, Tian Meng dispersed the power at her fingertips.

"Probably... maybe around the level of an ordinary Titled Douluo or Super Douluo?"

Tian Meng blinked. What she possessed now was the spiritual power she had before becoming a soul spirit, but it was only spiritual power, and it had suffered some losses. Moreover, after trying it out, she discovered that this power diminished with every use, while its recovery speed was frighteningly slow.

Tian Meng told Huo Yuhao about what she had felt. Huo Yuhao nodded, then summoned his silver soul ring back into his palm, where it hovered.

After carrying a Soul Core, this soul ring could practically be regarded as a Titled Douluo without a body, soul skills, or soul rings, possessing only the ability to restore and store Soul Power.

But if that was the case...

A trace of curiosity flashed through Huo Yuhao's eyes as he turned to Tian Meng.

"Sister Tianmeng, don't move. It might hurt a little, so bear with it."

The third stage of the plan: the Soul Spirit Bearing Method.

The current Tian Meng could be seen as a Titled Douluo with cultivation but no soul rings, no soul skills, and not even the ability to restore Soul Power.

Such a Tian Meng could at most serve as a one-time Super Douluo-level combatant. However, if she carried Huo Yuhao's soul ring and Soul Core...

"Wait... Yuhao, what are you trying to do?!"

At that moment, Huo Yuhao held the Silver Radiance Soul Ring in one hand. The silver radiance illuminated his azure eyes, complementing the gold at their depths and revealing a glow that belonged to "wisdom."

Yet Tian Meng's instincts inexplicably made her sense a bad premonition.

Something was wrong!

The timid Tian Meng subconsciously took two steps back. Just as she was about to raise her head and say something, Huo Yuhao grabbed her hand, then shoved the Silver Radiance Soul Ring into her body with his other hand.

"Ah—! Huh?" Tian Meng blinked and touched her chest. "...It doesn't hurt."

The pain Huo Yuhao had mentioned never came. Instead, she felt an inexplicable sense of fullness.

Tian Meng touched her lower abdomen, sensing the soul ring slowly rotating within her, rapidly restoring the Spiritual Power Soul Core she had just depleted.

With Tian Meng's own Soul Power cultivation and Spiritual Power, combined with the soul ring's Soul Power storage and the Soul Core's restoration of Spiritual Power and Soul Power, at this moment, aside from lacking the outward display of nine soul rings and the soul skills attached to them, Tian Meng was completely equivalent to a level 97 or even level 98 Super Douluo!

Of course, with Tian Meng's combat ability, Huo Yuhao would already consider it progress if she could bring out level 95 strength from that level 97 or 98 cultivation.

Mm. Another trump card.

Watching Tian Meng excitedly test her abilities, Huo Yuhao smiled.

Things had gone more smoothly than expected.

Gu Yuena was a trump card meant to guard against a certain shameless Sea God personally entering the fray.

Tian Meng, meanwhile, was meant to guard against possible threats within the Douluo World, such as Long Xiaoyao or Ye Xishui.

It was still somewhat lacking, but if Huo Yuhao controlled Tian Meng's body himself, then with his God King-level Control and the Eye of Destiny combined... at the very least, Huo Yuhao no longer needed to worry about threats below the level of Deities.

As for threats from Deities? He just needed to cling tightly to Sister Nana's thigh.

Huo Yuhao silently thought this to himself.

At the same time, in Gu Yuena's private room upstairs, Gu Yuena was "watching" Tian Meng downstairs as she clung to Huo Yuhao and shouted excitedly, and she felt inexplicably displeased.

After a long while, Gu Yuena closed her eyes and withdrew her gaze.

She was only an insect.

Gu Yuena murmured inwardly, yet whenever she recalled Tian Meng hugging Huo Yuhao and refusing to let go, her hand unconsciously clenched slightly.

Two years later, on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

In a desolate area on the outskirts, Huo Yuhao calmly watched the girl sitting atop a massive boulder in the distance. Two Silver Radiance Soul Rings floated and revolved naturally at his side, instantly restoring the Soul Power he had just exhausted.

If the Soul Power currently possessed by Huo Yuhao's body was counted as one unit, then the Soul Power stored within a single Silver Radiance Soul Ring would amount to one hundred units.

Furthermore, every Silver Radiance Soul Ring had originally been a million-year soul ring. Therefore, beyond carrying a Soul Core, Huo Yuhao could also equip four soul skills onto each soul ring.

And when using soul skills equipped on a Silver Radiance Soul Ring, the Soul Power consumed would come from the Soul Power within that Silver Radiance Soul Ring.

However, due to the Soul Core's astonishing Soul Power recovery speed, with Huo Yuhao's current soul skill consumption, even if he kept Spiritual Detection active continuously, the expenditure of Soul Power was practically negligible.

After calming his emotions slightly, Huo Yuhao looked up at the Silver-Haired Girl sitting on the boulder in the distance, her fair legs swaying, and spoke softly.

"Continue."

Gu Yuena calmly looked at Huo Yuhao and nodded gently. The next moment, countless fireballs, ice spikes, and gusts of wind appeared, locking onto Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao calmly raised his head. A Silver Radiance Soul Ring at his side began to change, slowly transforming into a silver-white longsword that Huo Yuhao grasped in his hand.

This was training—training to test the limits of what his body could bear.

Although The Method of Soul Rings Carrying Soul Cores had been a great success, allowing Huo Yuhao to take a major step forward in terms of Soul Power quality, unfortunately, even though his body had continuously undergone transformation and enhancement from the Seed of Emotion, his physical constitution remained a weakness he could not ignore.

Several hours later, Huo Yuhao knelt on one knee, panting heavily. His exposed skin bore a faint red hue, a side effect of his body being unable to withstand the excessive Soul Power within it.

He braced one hand against the ground, gradually channeling the excess Soul Power within his body into the earth beneath his feet. Only after a long while did Huo Yuhao recover slightly.

At some point, the girl in the white dress had arrived before him. She lowered herself and directly squatted in front of the kneeling Huo Yuhao, reaching out to poke his cheek.

"How do you feel?"

"Not bad."

"But you look like you're about to die," Gu Yuena said expressionlessly.

She did not understand why Huo Yuhao pushed himself so hard.

Over the past two years, Huo Yuhao had almost never stopped cultivating and researching. Every time he trained, he would leave himself battered and bruised, only stopping after reaching his limit.

She had watched all of it, and precisely because of that, she felt even more confused and unable to understand.

And, as expected, this guy was going to lie to her again.

"I'm fine—"

Before Huo Yuhao could finish, Gu Yuena reached out and lifted his exhausted body into her arms.

"I'll take you back to rest."

"I can walk by myself."

"Mm?"

Her voice remained calm, but it carried a trace of unquestionable authority.

Sensing the emotions the Seed of Emotion had obtained from Gu Yuena, Huo Yuhao ultimately said nothing. He silently nodded.

Better to just let things take their course.