Within the God Realm.
When he discovered that Huo Yuhao had actually managed to break free from that mystical state through his own ability and willpower, Tang San's face was filled with shock.
After all, this had been a method Tang San had deliberately employed.
It was not something as simple as ordinary martial soul fusion.
He had also stored a trace of divine power within Wang Dong's body, allowing it to erupt just now.
Its main purpose had been to alter Huo Yuhao's mind and thoughts.
Yet in that instant, Huo Yuhao had broken free from it directly through some kind of mysterious energy.
This left Tang San extremely perplexed.
"Could it be? Does this brat have other secrets within him?"
"That shouldn't be it. Perhaps that Million Year Soul Beast acted, or perhaps it was that soul fragment from another world—Electrolux."
"I know everything about him. None of his secrets can escape my eyes."
"How could he possibly hide anything from me?"
"It must be as I guessed earlier."
Tang San muttered a few words to himself.
He turned his gaze back to Huo Yuhao on the Douluo Continent, revealing a faint smile.
"In any case,"
"my objective has already been achieved."
"This brat likes cultivating so much and wants to become stronger so badly."
"Now that I have let him experience the wonder of rapid improvement once, he will crave it like an addict. Trying to quit will be nearly impossible."
"Everything is proceeding according to my plan."
Tang San looked down at the Douluo Continent with anticipation.
He eagerly awaited the sight of Huo Yuhao taking the initiative to ask Wang Dong to cultivate with him.
Yet that scene never appeared.
At this moment, inside the Shrek Academy dormitory on the Douluo Continent.
Having successfully broken free, Huo Yuhao was filled with wariness.
He could not help taking several steps back, no longer daring to have any physical contact with Wang Dong.
But Wang Dong had no idea what had happened. After all, she too was a victim in this matter.
So she merely looked at Huo Yuhao in confusion and asked, "Yuhao, what happened just now?"
Huo Yuhao said, "A Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
Wang Dong was stunned, and inexplicably, she felt a little delighted. "A Martial Soul Fusion Skill? Between the two of us? Is that real?"
Huo Yuhao nodded.
Wang Dong could not help saying, "No wonder I felt our Soul Power circulating on its own just now, and the rate at which it increased became so fast. So it was all because of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
Wang Dong said to Huo Yuhao, "Then let's cultivate together from now on, okay? Cultivating in that state should let us achieve twice the result with half the effort. It would be good for both of us."
But Huo Yuhao shook his head at Wang Dong. "Sorry. I still prefer cultivating through my own strength."
He said it calmly, then returned directly to his bed without another word.
After hearing this, Wang Dong froze slightly, and she could not help feeling somewhat disappointed.
"Why is it like this..."
Of course.
The person most disappointed—or rather, most shocked—by this matter
was still Tang San!
He had originally believed that after experiencing the benefits of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Huo Yuhao would become addicted to it and perhaps even sink into it completely.
Yet Huo Yuhao simply did not fall for his scheme at all.
After receiving Wang Dong's invitation, he rejected her outright without a second thought.
There was not the slightest sign that he had become obsessed with it.
Tang San could not make sense of it.
A mere Huo Yuhao
actually possessed such willpower?
Or had he seen through his scheme and realized that he intended to use this method to alter his way of thinking?
"This isn't right!"
Tang San shook his head.
"That kid doesn't know me, nor does he even know I exist."
"How could he possibly know my plan?"
"Could it be that my movements were too obvious and got noticed?"
Tang San felt that was impossible as well.
"Huo Yuhao himself doesn't have that kind of ability. Even the Soul Beast inside him is merely a million-year Soul Beast—compared to my God King power, it's nothing."
"My methods aren't something an ant like that can see through."
"So there's no way he could know my plan."
After thinking it over, Tang San believed there was only one explanation.
It was truly as Huo Yuhao had said: the boy simply wanted to rely on his own strength and was unwilling to depend on others.
Tang San could not help cursing at Huo Yuhao:
"What an idiot!"
"There's a better cultivation method right in front of you, yet you insist on cultivating by yourself?"
"On the path of cultivation, one must stop at nothing. As long as it makes you stronger, what can't be done?"
"If you weren't Douluo Star's Child of Destiny, with that stubborn brain of yours, you wouldn't reach Titled Douluo even in your entire life. What a fool!"
He immediately became somewhat enraged.
What had seemed like a flawless plan had actually ended in failure simply because of Huo Yuhao's stupidity.
To Tang San, it was utterly infuriating.
Yet he could not act directly and could only resort to such petty tricks in secret.
After all, as a law enforcer of the God Realm, breaking the law himself would make his crime all the more severe.
It was one thing if he secretly employed small tricks without anyone noticing.
But if he openly made a move against Huo Yuhao, he would definitely face trouble afterward.
Tang San was strong, but the God Realm had the Five Great God Kings. He was not the sole authority.
Thus, he could only painfully begin devising his next method of taming Huo Yuhao.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao had already begun cultivating once more.
After this incident, he became even more certain that Hao Dong Power absolutely could not be cultivated!
That thing was far too sinister.
Although cultivating it allowed Huo Yuhao's Soul Power to rise quickly, his mind, body, and even thoughts seemed to be subtly influenced.
Huo Yuhao had no desire to cultivate until even his thoughts were secretly altered by Tang San.
So he absolutely could not cultivate that thing.
Furthermore, this incident had also given Huo Yuhao an even clearer understanding of Tang San's terrifying nature.
He could actually alter other people's thoughts.
That was simply too terrifying!
After all, compared to being killed outright, being turned into a puppet without even realizing it, all while remaining unaware that someone had already taken control of you—
just thinking about it filled Huo Yuhao with fear.
Therefore, he had to raise his strength faster. Only then could he ensure his own safety.
"I need to quickly increase the diameter of Mental Detection, then complete Fan Yu's task and obtain the blind box."
Huo Yuhao began cultivating with all his might.
He cultivated continuously for several more days.
Finally, one afternoon a few days later, Huo Yuhao successfully achieved his goal!
As he converted another portion of the Soul Power within his body into Primordial Beginning Power, the range of his Mental Detection increased once again.
It directly reached a diameter of one hundred and ten meters.
Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up, and he immediately rose to his feet.
"I finally did it!"
"Next, I'll immediately complete the task and obtain the blind box!"
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