Watching the figure before him dissolve into drifting motes of light, Huo Yuhao finally relaxed slightly and let out a soft breath.
Fortunately, he had acted quickly enough and had not given "him" the chance to unleash those terrifying follow-up Soul Skills of the Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul.
As the person who understood "himself" best, Huo Yuhao knew better than anyone just how horrifying the power of those Soul Skills was.
Still, personally killing another "himself"... truly was an indescribably complicated feeling.
"First stage, passed."
The cold prompt sounded right on cue.
"Second stage, begin."
Huo Yuhao's expression sharpened. After three consecutive high-intensity battles, especially the war of attrition against "himself" just now, nearly half of his Soul Power had been depleted.
He no longer held much hope for victory in the coming battle.
But the second stage of this "Ultimate Test" was presumably also the final stage.
No matter what, he wanted to see for himself just how powerful the final gatekeeper truly was.
Within the Pure White Space, a light pillar descended once more.
As the light condensed, a familiar figure appeared again—the same fourteen- or fifteen-year-old "Huo Yuhao" from before.
"He" seemed to retain awareness from the previous battle and did not cautiously use the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul again.
The instant he appeared, an ultimate chill capable of freezing one's soul spread out without restraint!
A jade-green halo flowed around "him," while Soul Rings emerged beneath his feet one after another.
The first to light up was still that blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, wrapped in four dazzling golden patterns and radiating a heart-palpitating pressure.
Yet behind that red Soul Ring, which symbolized ultimate power, three even stranger orange-gold Soul Rings slowly rose, orbiting and pulsing like three miniature suns.
The "Huo Yuhao" who appeared this