First Attempt

After finishing his cultivation, he opened his eyes.

Wang Dong discovered a familiar figure standing before her.

It was Huo Yuhao.

"Here, I brought you breakfast. Hurry up and thank Brother Hao."

Although the storage space within the Second Rank Flower Bud Gu could not keep items completely unchanged from the moment they were placed inside, preserving the freshness and aroma of a breakfast for a short time was more than enough.

Wang Dong accepted the steaming breakfast, somewhat pleasantly surprised, and said with a contrary tone:

"Hmph, at least you have a bit of conscience. You didn't forget about me."

This guy had been rather thoughtful, but when had he come in?

Why hadn't she heard a single sound?

"Still, Wang Dong, shouldn't you explain why you were sitting on my bed cultivating?"

Seeing the faintly teasing look on Huo Yuhao's face, Wang Dong fell into a long silence.

Huh?

What happened?

After Huo Yuhao's "kind" reminder, she finally realized the awkward situation she was in.

So she had spent the entire night cultivating on Huo Yuhao's bed. No wonder she had kept feeling something subtly off.

At that moment, she felt as if she had been petrified and only wanted to flee Shrek.

"Cough, cough, I..."

She truly had no idea how she had impulsively ended up on someone else's bed.

Most importantly, Huo Yuhao knew her true gender.

It was over. He wouldn't misunderstand, would he?

She wasn't that kind of person!

"Anyway, I requisitioned your bed!"

Wang Dong forced down her embarrassment and responded firmly.

"Alright, alright. As long as you're happy."

Huo Yuhao smiled and did not press the matter further.

"Eat first. I'll take a shower, then we'll head out and test the Martial Soul Fusion Skill in actual combat."

Wang Dong was startled upon hearing that. "A shower? Here?"

There was no washroom in Room 108. What was this guy planning to do!?

"Yeah. I was busy cultivating last night and accidentally forgot."

Huo Yuhao did not seem bothered.

So what if the boys' dormitory had no private washrooms? That was no challenge for him.

Still, he had left too hastily this morning and forgotten to borrow Sister Xiaotao's bathroom.

He had been too absorbed in cultivation. He needed to reflect on that.

Although his Ice Soul Body Martial Soul could fully keep him clean, Senior Sister Xiaotao had gone a little overboard yesterday.

Oh, no—she had gone overwater.

It left him feeling somewhat unable to bear looking at himself, psychologically speaking. He should wash up.

"Fine."

Wang Dong understood as well and prepared to leave the dormitory in accordance with Huo Yuhao's intentions.

"There's no need to leave. Watch."

As Huo Yuhao's words fell, just as Wang Dong's thoughts began to wander, an ice wall suddenly rose within the room.

The ice wall directly separated the two of them, completely blocking their view of each other.

Immediately afterward came a rustling sound of clothes rubbing together.

Now, Wang Dong could neither leave nor sit still.

It was an inexplicable torment.

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao was enjoying himself on the other side.

With clean water prepared in advance, coupled with his current control over the Ice Element, manipulating water for washing was as easy as breathing.

It did not take long before he had finished washing up.

"Next time, when you want to take a shower, should I just go out?"

Wang Dong suggested, her face completely red.

Huo Yuhao nodded. "Alright. I was the one who didn't think it through."

Wang Dong seriously offered a feasible suggestion:

"It really is inconvenient to bathe in the dorm. Yuhao, if you want to wash up properly, you could consider getting a room at a hotel in Shrek City."

These past few days, she had occasionally done just that whenever she needed to bathe.

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Going back and forth is a bit of a hassle, and getting a hotel room specifically just to bathe feels like being taken for a sucker."

Besides, he could always mooch off a senior sister's bathroom.

There were always more solutions than difficulties.

Now that the Power of Hao Dong no longer existed, he did not need to return to this lousy dorm every day.

He could only say that he had unconsciously slipped into the mindset of his student days in his previous life.

Though he thought that way, Huo Yuhao would not actually stay out all night every day, much less move out and live alone.

Maintaining the status quo was enough.

When faced with an enemy's sugar-coated bullets, naturally, one should eat the sugar coating and fire the bullets back.

"I'm coming."

As she spoke, Wang Dong quickly stepped forward and wrapped Huo Yuhao in an embrace.

"This is only for trying out our Martial Soul Fusion Skill, so don't get any strange ideas."

Huo Yuhao nodded. "Mm."

Wang Dong's body was soft, but that was all there was to it.

In truth, using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill did not necessarily require hugging and holding each other. Simply holding hands seemed to work as well.

But he had better not tell her that.

Huo Yuhao circulated his soul power and activated his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul. Purple-gold light flickered.

After a brief daze, Wang Dong hurriedly urged her Martial Soul as well.

The instant Wang Dong's pair of dazzling ice-blue wings spread behind her, a golden radiance bloomed from their bodies.

Behind Wang Dong, a complete and magnificent Light Goddess Butterfly danced gracefully beneath the morning sun.

Behind Huo Yuhao floated the phantom of a massive vertical eye, entirely purple-gold in color.

As the two great projections drew closer, the Light Goddess Butterfly spread its dazzling wings and slowly embraced the Spirit Eyes projection. Then, the Light Goddess Butterfly vanished, while the purple-gold Spirit Eyes shone brilliantly.

Brilliant three-colored flames blossomed over the Spirit Eyes projection. It slowly descended, protecting the embracing Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong within.

"Go!"

With Huo Yuhao in control, all the light gathered around the vertical eye erupted at once. A terrifying beam of blended blue, purple, and gold shot forth like lightning.

The fantastical beam streaked straight ahead. Wherever it passed, all vegetation was reduced to nothingness.

That instant of brilliance seemed eternal. The halo did not fade where the three-colored light passed, leaving behind only a bewildering distortion and dazzling colors.

After the beam was fired, Wang Dong felt her mind go blank, as though all the soul power in her body had been drained away.

Had Huo Yuhao not supported her with the strength he still had left, she would likely have collapsed to the ground.

Looking in the direction the beam had traveled, they saw a pale golden trench roughly one and a half meters wide and a foot deep. It pierced through every obstacle and extended straight ahead for more than fifty meters.

At that moment, beneath the morning sun, the pale gold layer gleamed faintly, like a Golden Road laid out before Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

"Th-this is..."

Wang Dong stared blankly at the golden trench, unable to hide the shock in her heart.

"This is our Martial Soul Fusion Skill."

Huo Yuhao chuckled softly.

"Fifty meters, a linear attack, with both destructive and spiritual attributes. Its power is immense, and it can grow stronger as our cultivation rises."

Wang Dong's expression was somewhat strange. "Why is such a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill something I have no sense of participation in at all, aside from having all my soul power drained!?"

"Because I have control over the Martial Soul Fusion. If you want to try, I can let you attempt to aim the attack next time, but whether you can control it properly is another question."

After explaining, Huo Yuhao took the opportunity to spur her on again.

"I'm not trying to criticize you, Wang Dong, but one shot drained all the soul power from your entire body. Look at your current Soul Power Level. If you want to control a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then work hard and cultivate properly."

"I know, so stop nagging me all the time." Wang Dong pouted.

"Still, that Martial Soul of yours probably isn't the one you used when sparring with me yesterday, right?"

Huo Yuhao nodded frankly. "That's right. Like you, I possess Twin Martial Souls. Didn't expect that, did you? If nothing unexpected happens, my Spirit Eyes and your Second Martial Soul should also have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill."

"As expected, I couldn't hide it from you. Fine, I'll come clean—my Second Martial Soul is the Clear Sky Hammer!"

As she said this, Wang Dong grew proud.

"Oh."

Completely unfazed.

"Hey, hey, this is the strongest Tool Martial Soul on the continent. Don't you feel anything after hearing that?"

For a moment, Wang Dong felt a little indignant and glared at him with puffed cheeks.

"No. My Second Martial Soul is Ultimate Ice—do you see me being proud of it? Wang Dong, you need to know that there are always people stronger than you, and a sky beyond the sky."

In the original work, even after obtaining the Ice Empress Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao's innate talent could only be considered unprecedented.

Later, in Douluo Dalu III and Douluo Dalu IV, which protagonist didn't have more monstrous talent than him?

Even now that he had obtained the Achievement System, he would not blindly become arrogant.

"Alright, Miss Wang Dong. Rather than sulking, why don't we think of a name for our Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"

At this, Wang Dong swept away her gloom and grew excited.

"With such a powerful skill, I have to give it a cool name!"

"Let's call it..."