Who Taught You?

"What about calling it Gaze of the Goddess of Light? Sounds cool, right?"

After thinking for a moment, Wang Dong came up with an answer she was quite satisfied with.

Huo Yuhao looked at her speechlessly. "Leaving aside whether a Goddess of Light even exists, that name doesn't sound very good."

Wang Dong's face darkened. "Then give me an idea! What, should we call it Death Gaze? Butterfly Gaze? Wouldn't those sound even worse?"

Huo Yuhao rubbed his chin and asked tentatively:

"In my opinion, how about calling it Gilded Energy-Gathering Dazzling Light Judgment Shockwave?"

Wang Dong repeatedly shook her head. "Who taught you to name things like that?! No, absolutely not. Making me say such an embarrassingly long name would be worse than killing me."

Huo Yuhao said solemnly, "If you think it's a little too long, you can abbreviate it as Dazzling Light Shock!"

Who taught me?

Naturally, it was Master Men, the one skilled at scrubbing baths. Throwing something like this out every now and then even made him feel younger at heart.

"You know the name is too long too! Anyway, I refuse!"

Wang Dong rolled her eyes at him, her tone turning firm.

"Alright, alright. Then I'll think of another one."

At that moment, inspiration struck Huo Yuhao:

"How about changing it into a poetic opening line? Something like, 'Holding the sun and moon, plucking the stars, there is no one in this world like me!'"

With the Achievement System, he could be considered half a Gu Master. It would not do if he could not compose poetry or couplets.

Elder Yi, let me borrow your famous words for now.

Wang Dong said helplessly, "Forget it, you're no help at all. I'll come up with it myself."

"How about this? Such dazzling gold, along with the brilliance that flashes forth the instant our Martial Soul Fusion Skill is unleashed... Let's call it: Withering in Brilliance, Golden Road. What do you think?"

As she spoke, her eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands in approval.

Huo Yuhao complained, "The name you came up with is nearly as long as my Gilded Energy-Gathering Dazzling Light Judgment Shockwave."

Wang Dong said smugly, "A longer name makes us sound more impressive. We can just call it Golden Road for short. No one else will know what it means anyway; it's enough that we know."

"Alright, then Golden Road it is."

Huo Yuhao did not want to waste any more brain cells and simply chose to respect the Original Work.

After all, it was only a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, not the unbearably embarrassing Vast Winter Three Absolutes.

Looking at the somewhat exhausted Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao made a suggestion:

"Should we head back? In your current state, I don't think you can try out the other fusion skill."

Wang Dong nodded. "Alright. Besides, I still don't have very good control over the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul. We can talk about it later."

As they walked back to the dormitory, Huo Yuhao split his attention to communicate with Tian Meng in his mind.

"Yuhao, your luck is pretty good. I never expected there to be someone in this world whose aura would be so compatible with yours."

Huo Yuhao said helplessly, "It's only a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. There's no need to make such a fuss."

Ice Empress rather agreed. "That's right. Yuhao, you haven't been misled by this false external power. In my view, personal strength is what matters most. We can't guarantee that girl will always be able to keep up with Yuhao's pace."

Tian Meng fell silent, then spoke in a somewhat pained voice:

"What a pity. If Yuhao's Second Martial Soul hadn't evolved, the compatibility between you two might have been even higher. With my help, you might have had more than just two Martial Soul Fusion Skills!"

Ice Empress retorted, "Hmph, where there is gain, there is loss. Tian Meng, you petty fool, Yuhao's Second Martial Soul is something comparable to a god-level existence. Coupled with the characteristics of his Body Martial Soul, its potential is limitless. Isn't that better than some mere Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"

Huo Yuhao agreed and gave his conclusion:

"Ice Empress is right. Martial Soul Fusion Skills have a cooldown of around a week. It's enough to occasionally use one as an unexpected trump card in case of emergencies. I intend to develop in all aspects, so I can't rely on it too much."

Martial Soul Fusion Skills were still somewhat useful in the early stages. Though not overwhelmingly so, they were exceptionally effective for crushing weak opponents.

Did he really expect to rely on its destructive power to challenge opponents above his level?

Huo Yuhao felt it would be more practical to reveal his Ultimate Ice instead.

Besides, he would not court death like that.

If he truly encountered someone he could not defeat right now, even with Wang Dong as an accessory, it would not help much.

Was he supposed to use his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Wang Dong to challenge Tang San? That would be a little too filial.

After obtaining his Second Soul Ring, on the way to Shrek, Huo Yuhao had also studied the four Soul Skills brought by the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Although his Spiritual Power realm was currently very high, he was limited by his Soul Power Level and could not properly make use of that advantage.

Other than Soul Shock, his other skills could only provide their intended supportive effects.

He did not force the issue too much. That was simply how Spirit Type Martial Souls were.

Otherwise, why would Huo the Cheat, who lacked Ultimate Ice in the Original Work, be looked down upon?

Because Spirit Type Soul Beasts suitable for the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul were extremely rare, the academy's higher-ups believed this would limit Huo Yuhao's cultivation prospects.

Moreover, due to the extreme rarity of Spirit Type Soul Masters, even Shrek Academy had very little research on them.

But times had changed.

After using the Soul Soothing Gu, the Spirit Eyes had begun to transform. Even that brief instant earlier had touched upon the realm of time.

Huo Yuhao knew that once the Spirit Eyes fully evolved, they would definitely awaken an attribute related to time.

Although Soul Beasts connected to time were clearly even rarer than Spirit Type Soul Beasts.

At least it gave him another option, didn't it?

If he really followed the Original Work and hung himself from the single tree of the spirit type, it would indeed be somewhat wasteful.

Especially Mass Weakness and Mental Confusion—they clearly had not been of much use, wasting two Spirit Ring slots for nothing.

As the saying went, the end of all Soul Masters was the Assault System.

Turn every tactic into offense!

Huo Yuhao felt that rather than assisting and buffing his teammates, or controlling and weakening his opponents, it was better to improve himself and eliminate every obstacle in his way.

That was also one of the reasons he had not revealed Spiritual Detection Sharing since enrolling.

On Douluo Continent, individual strength stood above all else. The biggest fist was the only hard truth; all he had to do was mindlessly stack combat power.

Teams and such were only temporary. Only one's own strength was fundamental.

Although there had been quite a few Team Battles in the Original Work, those had merely been measures born of necessity during Huo Yuhao's early, weaker days.

Later on, which peer could keep up with Huo Yuhao's pace?

Beasts always walked alone; only cattle and sheep gathered in herds.

A noble cheat did not need teammates!

Of course, although Huo Yuhao thought this way, it did not mean he rejected teamwork.

As for walking alone, he could talk about that after he had fully developed.

While he was still weak, he needed to unite every force that could be united.

Just like Martial Soul Fusion Skills, Huo Yuhao did not reject them either.

He even had some ideas regarding Soul Tools.

"Hurry up. We still need to go back and cultivate."

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao casually urged Wang Dong, who was still dawdling behind him.

"If you don't catch up soon, I'll give you a hand. Heh heh."

Hearing this, Wang Dong, who had been imagining herself slaughtering enemies in all directions while driving the Golden Road, instantly became alert. "What are you trying to do?"