Remnant Dream Blade

The remaining two clones and the original body formed an encirclement around Huo Yuhao.

Yu Hongzhi stared fixedly at every vital point on Huo Yuhao's body.

He searched for a way to kill him in a single strike.

The two clones soon began their attack. One used the Soul Bone skill, Shadow Seal Curse, to lock down the enemy's movements.

The other repeated its previous tactic and struck fiercely at Huo Yuhao's heart.

Yet the result remained unchanged. The clone's hand passed straight through his body, as though he were nothing more than a projection.

After those two tests, Yu Hongzhi could already confirm that his opponent possessed an ability similar to a Phasing Soul Skill.

Yu Hongzhi had once seen a Phasing Soul Skill while participating in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition.

However, that opponent had merely been able to temporarily turn their body intangible. The duration was short, and they could not interfere with the outside world.

But this One-Eyed Masked Man before him had displayed the ability to distort space while remaining phased.

Troublesome.

Sweat continuously dripped down Yu Hongzhi's face. He was already drenched from head to toe.

He was certain that this One-Eyed Masked Man possessed an extremely rare Space Attribute Martial Soul.

Martial Souls of this attribute were incredibly scarce, even rarer than Dark Attribute and Light Attribute Martial Souls.

No one with this type of Martial Soul was weak.

He had spent many years roaming the continent, yet the only time he had fought a Soul Master with this attribute was during the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition.

However, he had mainly been in a support role back then. The one who had truly faced that ability was the captain of his former team.

Even though their captain possessed the top-tier True Dragon Martial Soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon,

he had still needed to exert considerable effort to defeat his opponent.

Yu Hongzhi's Dream Eater Martial Soul was quite good, but it still fell far short of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

Still, he was not without an advantage. A Space Attribute Martial Soul meant that the other man's Spiritual Power was bound to be inferior to his own.

As long as he seized the right moment and used his First and Second Soul Skills to affect him, preventing him from entering his phased state, he could kill him.

"The two clones can use their Soul Skills three more times in total. I have to find a way to make my Spiritual Power affect his brain."

Yu Hongzhi's Fifth Soul Ring had been obtained from a Ten-Thousand-Year Mirror Beast in the Far North. The Soul Skill it granted allowed him to summon three clones. The clones shared his level, but possessed only one-third of his Soul Power.

Moreover, each clone could only use Soul Skills twice, including Soul Bone skills, and could only use the first three Soul Skills.

This ability could only be used once every twenty-four hours.

As for his Fourth Soul Skill, which he had yet to use, Yu Hongzhi gritted his teeth. If possible, he never wanted to use this Soul Skill for the rest of his life.

His Fourth Soul Skill was called the Remnant Dream Blade, obtained from a Mutated Demonic Eye Demon Tree.

Once he activated this Soul Skill, his body would inevitably begin transforming into a dream. Put simply, he would slowly turn into bubbles.

Just like the Little Mermaid from Huo Yuhao's past life, he would completely turn into nothingness.

The process was irreversible. Once used, there was no turning back.

Thus, no matter what kind of matches he had encountered in the past, he had never used this Soul Skill.

The effect of this Soul Skill was worthy of its tyrannical side effect.

It drew forth a blade from within a dream. This Remnant Dream Blade would ceaselessly cut through reality, turning reality into a dream and the tangible into the intangible.

Yu Hongzhi transmitted his will to the two clones.

Having received the original body's will, the two clones began launching desperate, relentless attacks against Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao was somewhat puzzled. His opponent should have known that such actions were useless.

But he could only continue maintaining Kamui. His body could not withstand the attacks of a Soul Emperor.

Yu Hongzhi was not the only one looking for an opportunity to kill in one strike. Huo Yuhao was thinking the same thing.

While maintaining Kamui, he could clearly feel his Dojutsu Power being consumed. Fortunately, his reserves were still substantial enough that his eyesight had not been affected.

To conserve Dojutsu Power, Huo Yuhao had to find an opportunity to end the battle quickly.

Otherwise, once his Dojutsu Power was excessively depleted, he would be the one to suffer.

Thus, Huo Yuhao did not merely passively endure attacks this time. Moving like a ghost, he passed directly through the two clones and charged toward the original body.

If he truly could not touch him, then Huo Yuhao could only grit his teeth and use high-consumption eye techniques such as Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, or long-range Kamui to kill him.

Just as Huo Yuhao was still some distance away from him,

Yu Hongzhi suddenly moved, and immense Spiritual Power invaded Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.

Yu Hongzhi's First and Second Soul Rings shone with yellow light amid the thick darkness of the night.

Huo Yuhao realized that his opponent seemed to have misunderstood something. He had actually made the mistake of attacking him with Spiritual Power.

"Perfect!"

Within his Sea of Consciousness, Spiritual Power that had reached the Spirit Sea Realm instantly blocked the attack. Its exceptionally high quality even began eroding his opponent in return.

Yu Hongzhi had clearly not expected this. His eyes widened.

"Damn it, you're a Spiritual Attribute Soul Master too!"

Yu Hongzhi had no time for regret. Only two minutes had passed, and his Sixth Soul Skill's cooldown had not ended. He could not switch places.

Seeing this, the two clones immediately used the Soul Bone skill Shadow Seal Curse to pursue Huo Yuhao, hoping to buy time for the original body.

Unfortunately, Huo Yuhao was one step faster.

Pitch-black pupils reflected a massive hand slowly approaching.

"Ah!"

"Then you can be the first to experience my Fourth Soul Skill!"

"Remnant Dream Blade!!!"

In the face of mortal danger, he burst forth with his final courage and lit up his Fourth Soul Ring, which radiated a noble purple glow.

In an instant, all the Spiritual Power in Huo Yuhao's body erupted into a riot, and the strongest sense of danger he had felt since crossing over surged into his heart.

The last time he had felt such danger was when he had faced a massive geological collapse in his previous life.

Huo Yuhao watched helplessly as Yu Hongzhi drew a long blade from colorful bubbles. The blade's body reflected all manner of bizarre and surreal images.

The hilt and handle were intertwined, shifting ribbons of color.

The moment the blade appeared, the surrounding space let out a shriek. When it swept across the ground, the stones and dirt vanished without a trace, as though erased by an eraser.

A vicious gleam filled Yu Hongzhi's eyes. He was merely holding the hilt, yet his body had already begun transforming into a dream.

His death was certain, but he still wanted to drag someone down with him.

If I get cut, I'll definitely die!

That thought was suddenly imprinted in Huo Yuhao's mind.

Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth. The left-eye technique Realm of Origins began preparing. If he could not evade the strike and was hit, he would use Realm of Origins to save his life.

At that moment, Huo Yuhao no longer begrudged his Dojutsu Power.

"Amaterasu!"

Pitch-black flames instantly appeared on Yu Hongzhi's body. Flames from Hell licked every inch of his flesh.

Yu Hongzhi screamed and hurriedly used Soul Power to resist, but the extreme heat did not merely burn his flesh—it also burned his Soul Power.

When he realized that he could not extinguish the flames, he looked at Huo Yuhao and twisted the wrist holding the blade, intending to throw it.

"Tsukuyomi!"

Blood tears streamed from the corners of Huo Yuhao's eyes as he stopped him.

Amaterasu's black flames crackled and burned, but Yu Hongzhi made no further sound. His consciousness had fallen into Tsukuyomi.

Just like that, his body had already been reduced to charcoal in the blazing fire.

Huo Yuhao closed his left eye, removed his mask, wiped away the blood tears, and said,

"Thank you. You made me realize that I still can't be considered strong."

"I'm just a damn cheater."

"My courage, will, and resolve are far inferior to yours."

"You taught me something. Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. Otherwise, when the rabbit is driven desperate, it can bite back."

If Huo Yuhao had used Amaterasu the moment he discovered him, Yu Hongzhi would never have had the chance to struggle.

"What a mess."

Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly. From the beginning of the battle, he had wanted to conserve Dojutsu Power, yet that very thought had caused him to consume a great deal of it instead.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly discovered that the blade was still within the blazing flames. It had not vanished with its owner's death.