Dai Yuhao: Mom, Have You Ever Thought About Leaving This Place?

When Dai Yuhao's Soul Lash struck Han Tianyi between the eyebrows, this Level 98 Title Douluo immediately felt the changes in his body.

At first, a cool wave laced with a faint prickling sensation rippled across the surface of his vast, ocean-like spiritual power.

Then, the wave stimulated his originally steady and tranquil spiritual power, causing it to stir and become active on its own!

What surprised Han Tianyi even more was that this excitement on the spiritual level directly affected his body as well!

He could clearly feel a sense of exhilaration arising in his muscles, nerves, and even his Soul Power circulation.

It was as though his entire body had been injected with a mild stimulant, brimming with pent-up energy from the inside out.

Not long after, Han Tianyi slowly opened his eyes.

Looking at Dai Yuhao's tense, expectant expression, he generously gave him a thumbs-up. "Good boy! Even if it were judged purely as a Support Type soul skill, it would still be quite impressive!"

Based on his personal experience, he went on to explain in detail, "This soul skill's supportive effect is similar to the Frenzy soul skill."

"It can stimulate the source of one's spirit, driving the entire body into a more efficient state of operation and allowing one to unleash strength beyond normal limits for a short time."

After thinking for a moment, Han Tianyi gave a quantitative assessment. "Based on what I felt just now, this soul skill improved me by around five percent."

Leng Yaozhu listened from the side, her beautiful eyes shining with astonishment.

"A First Soul Skill from a Level 11 Soul Master being able to produce a measurable positive effect on a Level 98 Super Douluo truly makes it a decent Support Type soul skill."

Hearing such high praise from his two elders, Dai Yuhao naturally felt delighted.

After hesitating for a moment, he still spoke up about what he had felt. "Teacher, Aunt Leng, when I used the soul skill, I had a feeling..."

He carefully chose his words. "If I used this soul skill on teammates of the same level, or whose levels weren't too far from mine, its supportive effect... might be even stronger."

Leng Yaozhu and Han Tianyi knew Dai Yuhao's personality well. Though young, he had never been one to speak recklessly or exaggerate.

Since he said so, it meant that the supportive ability of this Soul Lash was likely even more powerful than either of them had estimated!

A Soul Master had to understand their own soul skills thoroughly in order to make the most precise judgments and unleash one hundred percent of their strength in complex, ever-changing battles.

Leng Yaozhu made her decision at once and said to Han Tianyi and Dai Yuhao, "I'll arrange for several Soul Masters of different levels to come over and test the exact data for Yuhao's soul skill."

As soon as she finished speaking, she wasted no more time and hurried away from the Fusion Chamber area.

Watching Leng Yaozhu hurry off so energetically, warmth surged through Dai Yuhao's heart. He could feel just how much she cared about his affairs.

He withdrew his gaze and turned to Han Tianyi beside him.

"Teacher."

Dai Yuhao hesitated before finally asking the question that had lingered in his heart ever since fusing with the Spirit Soul. "I heard that Spirit Souls don't just provide soul skills. Sometimes, they can also assist Soul Masters in battle."

"But this Evil Eye Soul Spirit I fused with seems to... completely ignore me."

Han Tianyi was slightly taken aback when he heard this. The situation was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations.

Since this Indomitable Soul Spirit had chosen to fuse with his disciple, it should have acknowledged him. Normally, this should not have happened.

He stroked his beard, his eyebrows slightly furrowed as he fell into thought.

"Hmm... this is indeed rather strange." Han Tianyi did not jump to a conclusion. "However, the Indomitable Soul Spirit is fundamentally different from ordinary Spirit Souls. It possesses a higher degree of self-awareness."

"I haven't encountered this situation either, but you can try communicating with him more in the future. Let it see your talent and strength."

Seeing Dai Yuhao's thoughtful expression, he patted his shoulder and smiled. "Take it slowly, one step at a time."

His consciousness was like a fish sinking into the deep sea, slowly rising, passing through an invisible membrane and returning to his body.

Before he even opened his eyes, merely from the sensations in his body and the scent in the air, Dai Yuhao already knew that he had traveled through time again.

He calmly opened his eyes. What he saw was a dim ceiling marked by fine cracks, rather than the smooth white ceiling of the room in the Spirit Pagoda.

This journey through time had lasted longer than any before it, but he had still returned to Ten Thousand Years Ago!

He propped up his still-small body and was about to get dressed and climb out of bed as usual, then head to the washbasin in the corner for a quick wash.

After that, he would eat breakfast with his mother and begin another monotonous, cautious day in this world.

However...

Just as his center of gravity shifted and his feet were about to touch the cold earthen floor, a voice exploded in his mind without warning.

"Where... is this?!"

Dai Yuhao froze halfway through getting out of bed!

He had heard this voice before!

Although he had only heard it once, he could never mistake it!

It was just that compared to the emotionless words from last time—"Remember your promise"—this voice now carried unmistakable shock!

That was right. This voice naturally came from Dai Yuhao's First Soul Spirit, the Evil Eye.

Dai Yuhao had tested this before. When he traveled across ten thousand years, he could not bring any external objects with him.

Clearly, this Evil Eye Soul Spirit, which had already taken residence in his Spirit Sea, was no longer an "external object." It had become an extension of his own strength and soul, so it had traveled with him to this world from Ten Thousand Years Ago!

Over the previous days, Dai Yuhao had followed Han Tianyi's advice and greeted Big Eye and tried talking to him every day.

But the other party had ignored him every single time, acting aloof. It seemed that becoming Dai Yuhao's Spirit Soul had not made it willing to offer him any help for the time being.

Dai Yuhao had a temper too, so this time, he ignored it as well.

His movements merely paused for a moment before he got out of bed and washed up as usual. In the end, he ate breakfast with Mom, Huo Yun'er.

During this time, Evil Eye's voice rang out in Dai Yuhao's mind several more times, but he still had no intention of responding.

Compared to the nutritionally balanced, carefully prepared meals in the Spirit Pagoda ten thousand years later, which looked, smelled, and tasted excellent, the breakfast before him was truly pitifully plain.

There was a bowl of thin White Porridge, with two small dishes of dull-colored Small Pickles beside it. Other than that, there was nothing else.

There was no oil, no meat, not even a single fresh vegetable leaf.

This was the most honest depiction of the daily meals of Dai Yuhao and his mother in the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

Yet Dai Yuhao sat at the table, cradling the warm bowl of thin porridge and picking up a small piece of pickles, eating with great relish.

Huo Yun'er sat across from him. Seeing her son eat so happily, a knowing smile could not help appearing on her pale, exhausted face.

She reached out and gently wiped away a bit of porridge that Dai Yuhao had accidentally gotten on the corner of his mouth with her sleeve, her movements incomparably tender.

"Yuhao."

She spoke softly, her voice carrying a trace of anticipation and barely perceptible nervousness. "Eat a little more. Tomorrow is the day of your Martial Soul Awakening."

Dai Yuhao merely nodded lightly and said nothing more.

His martial soul had already awakened in the Spirit Pagoda ten thousand years later. It was the rare Spirit Type Body Martial Soul, Spirit Eyes, and he possessed Innate Full Soul Power.

He Lifted Head, his gaze falling on Mom Huo Yun'er's face.

Morning light streamed through the crude window lattice and fell upon her cheeks, so pale they were nearly bloodless. He could even clearly see the tiny bluish veins beneath her skin.

There were dark shadows beneath her eyelids that she could not hide, marks left behind by long-term exhaustion and malnutrition.

Dai Yuhao's heart felt as though it had been clenched by an invisible hand. The sound of his mother desperately suppressing her coughs at night seemed to echo beside his ears once more.

Watching her slightly hunched back as she cleared the dishes, watching the faded, patched old clothes she wore...

He opened his mouth, his voice somewhat dry but carrying an unprecedented seriousness as he softly asked, "Mom, have you ever thought about... leaving this place?"