Gu Yuena: Huo Yuhao Isn't Human (Certain)

At the East Sea Spirit Pagoda airport, the spacious, brightly lit departure hall resembled a modern palace. The marble floor gleamed like a mirror, reflecting hurried footsteps and the shadows of rolling suitcases.

Hua Yichen and Huo Yuhao stood at the edge. Seeing a Soul Aircraft land, Hua Yichen said,

"Come on. Let's welcome the young lady from headquarters."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao looked at the silver-haired figure descending from the aircraft and walked over.

I didn't expect her to come to study in East Sea... That saves me some trouble.

As Gu Yuena stepped off the aircraft, she immediately noticed the two figures approaching her. Her gaze met Huo Yuhao's, and she paused slightly. Thinking of her life in recent years, a flicker passed through her eyes.

All of this had been brought about by him.

"Miss Gu Yuena, welcome to the East Sea Branch. I am the Tower Master of the East Sea Branch—Hua Yichen."

When they met, Hua Yichen smiled and nodded at Gu Yuena.

"I have long heard of you, Your Excellency Xiaoyao."

Gu Yuena gave a slight bow in polite greeting, then looked at Huo Yuhao beside him. Without showing anything unusual, she extended her right hand. "Hello, I'm Gu Yuena."

"Huo Yuhao."

A faint glint flashed through Huo Yuhao's eyes. Smiling, he reached out and lightly clasped her fair hand for a moment.

In that instant, Huo Yuhao sensed his Soul Power being forced into motion, while the surrounding air seemed to turn cold.

Ice Element Control!

"What a straightforward test. You came to Eastsea Academy to confirm my identity, didn't you?" Huo Yuhao showed no change in expression.

Twin Martial Souls were markedly different from ordinary Soul Masters. The key lay in the fact that when a Twin Martial Souls Soul Master switched Martial Souls, their Soul Power would rapidly merge with the new Martial Soul, and the attribute of their Soul Power would change accordingly.

Recently, Huo Yuhao had been switching between his two Martial Souls in an attempt to develop a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill. At present, he was using the Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, and his Soul Power carried the ice attribute.

And what was the Silver Dragon King?

She was a God. What "Elementalist" Martial Soul? Every element under her command was, by human standards, beyond Ultimate!

Even though she no longer possessed her former strength, the Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul was still utterly insignificant before her. It could only be suppressed.

The Soul Power imbued with his Extreme Ice attribute had been affected by her the moment their palms met. The person before him could be called the nemesis of all elemental Soul Masters.

The Sea of Consciousness was already in an uproar as Tian Meng exclaimed in disbelief,

"What is going on with her? Why can she suppress Yuhao's Extreme Ice? How could such a Soul Master possibly appear among humans?!"

The Ice Empress was equally unable to remain calm. Fortunately, she still retained her reason and looked toward the only person present who might know the truth. "Elder Yi, who is she?"

Electrolux said gravely, "She is not human. She is a God! Yuhao, you..."

Huo Yuhao's tone remained calm. "Elder Yi, don't worry. After taking human form, she no longer has her former strength. This is merely attribute suppression. I have contingencies to deal with her."

In this era, with no God Realm above, there were only a handful of god-level beings. Most of them were restricted in some way and found it difficult to exert their full power.

Only the Silver Dragon King, though she had sealed her strength after taking human form, had the fewest restrictions on taking action. If necessary, she seemingly could still unleash considerable power.

How to deal with her naturally had to be considered first. Hoping that she would not attack him simply because he had given Soul Beasts a chance to survive was the stupidest possible idea.

It had been ten thousand years. Huo Yuhao had had far too much time to think. Even through brute-force enumeration alone, he could formulate contingencies for every kind of crisis.

Like this one.

Throne of Godly Seal, it's time for you to pay some rent!

Through that contact, Gu Yuena discovered that Huo Yuhao possessed Soul Power with the Extreme Ice attribute. Having confirmed Huo Yuhao's identity, she instead frowned.

Humans could not live for ten thousand years, much less achieve something akin to re cultivation. What exactly was going on with Huo Yuhao? Why had he lived through ten thousand years to arrive in this era, and what was he here for?

She wanted to probe further, but remembering Huo Yuhao's grace in remaking the Soul Beasts' future, Gu Yuena did not continue.

There would be plenty of time ahead. She would understand eventually. Confirming Huo Yuhao's identity was enough for now.

As she thought this, Gu Yuena withdrew her hand, only to suddenly sense a wave of Spiritual Power.

"Was he angered by my test? With Huo Yuhao's temperament, he shouldn't react like this merely because he discovered that I could suppress an Ultimate Martial Soul... Hm? It's not an attack?"

Gu Yuena had thought Huo Yuhao was angered because his Soul Power had slipped out of his control. Yet she quickly realized it was not a spiritual attack, but... Mental Sharing?

Waves rippled through Gu Yuena's purple eyes. Confident in her abilities, she did not stop it.

Even though her strength was sealed and her apparent Spiritual Power was currently lower than Huo Yuhao's, her essence remained what it was. It would not be so easy for him to seriously injure her.

The spiritual connection was completed in an instant. Then... Miss Gu Yuena's formerly composed and natural expression vanished as she froze on the spot.

Huo Yuhao had already withdrawn his hand. Smiling at Hua Yichen, he said, "Teacher Hua, Senior Luo should have lunch ready by now. Let's take Miss Gu Yuena over."

Hua Yichen gave Gu Yuena, who stood frozen in place, a thoughtful look, then glanced at Huo Yuhao. He shook his head with an inward laugh.

How rare. Yuhao had actually retaliated when someone provoked him.

There had just been traces of Ice Element and Spiritual Power in the air, so naturally he had sensed them. The Ice Element should have been Gu Yuena's Martial Soul, while the Spiritual Power naturally belonged to Huo Yuhao.

Was it the pride of a genius? Having lost out on the rankings, she wanted to win back some face? Yet judging from the situation, things had not gone as this young lady wished.

Not paying much attention to it, Hua Yichen turned and left. "This way, Miss Gu Yuena."

Huo Yuhao also nodded to Gu Yuena before turning toward the Spirit Pagoda.

Gu Yuena paused, then followed the two of them. Her purple eyes held a trace of shock as she stared at Huo Yuhao's back.

Was that the mark of a Super Divine Artifact?

And that aura of origin was absolutely not from an ordinary Super Divine Artifact!!!

Even now, she only had clues regarding a Super Divine Artifact. She did not possess one herself.

Huo Yuhao had a Super Divine Artifact? Had he already Become a God ten thousand years ago? Was he an exceptionally powerful God who had come to the Douluo Plane because the God Realm had suffered disaster?

No, that was not right.

The moment she considered that possibility, Gu Yuena dismissed it.

Becoming a God would cause an enormous commotion. Even if she had been slumbering, with her strength, it was impossible that she would have noticed nothing.

And if that was not the case, then considering all of Huo Yuhao's strange traits, Gu Yuena's expression became grave.

"To have lived from ten thousand years ago until now, to have developed Soul Spirits and Soul Spirit Contracts, he cannot be a mere human. Furthermore, some of the Magic Arrays involved in Soul Spirit Contracts simply should not exist in the Douluo Plane. Could he be... the reincarnation of a God? With a Super Divine Artifact at his side, is he a Level One God, or... a true God King?"

Gu Yuena possessed the Dragon God's memories. As her imagination ran wild, she arrived at an unbelievable conclusion.

A person possessed obvious knowledge from another world and even carried a Super Divine Artifact, yet someone wanted to say he was an ordinary person? Impossible!

And given Huo Yuhao's accumulation from ten thousand years ago, whether he created his own Divine Position or inherited one, he would have been above a Level One God to begin with.

If he had such an opportunity yet did not seize it, refusing to Become a God and instead remaining on the Douluo Continent, that could only mean he had greater ambitions... or that the God Realm would not permit him to Become a God!

The former meant that Huo Yuhao was the reincarnation of a God above a Level One God and disdained that Divine Position.

As for the latter... would the God Realm make things difficult for a human? No matter how bad the God Realm was, it could not have fallen so low, could it?

That could only mean there was something wrong with Huo Yuhao himself. He had never been human from the very beginning! (Huo Yuhao: Who are you calling inhuman?)