A Deadly Soul Tool

Chapter: A Deadly Soul Tool

Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Soul Fighting Area.

Because very few students came to the Soul Fighting Area, and it was almost exclusively the student named Ji Juechen and those around him, a referee teacher was not always present.

While waiting for a referee to arrive, Xiao Hongchen took the initiative to sit in the referee's seat, watching as both sides stood on opposite ends of the fighting area.

"You may begin," he said, activating the protective barrier for the audience.

Xiao Hongchen still had the confidence to act as a temporary referee; with his current strength, stopping a match of this level was very simple.

Huo Yuhao did not yield in his words, but in his heart, he dared not be careless. He immediately activated Spiritual Detection Sharing, even sharing it with Xiao Hongchen. This was to allow Xiao Hongchen to grasp the situation on the field, whether to analyze the origin of that soul tool or to intervene in time if an accident occurred.

The boy waved his hand, and two yellow soul rings lit up beneath his feet. He was actually a two-ringed soul master, Huo Yuhao thought; no wonder this person faced Chi Qiu without any fear.

According to the theory in books, below the seventh ring, soul engineers of the same rank have an advantage over soul masters. Not to mention that he held a Level 5 soul tool in his hand; challenging the three-ringed Chi Qiu across ranks was at least theoretically possible.

Beneath Huo Yuhao's feet, two white rings rose slowly, and the boy opposite him immediately let out a disdainful sneer.

"Those two white rings of yours, heh, even if the school wanted to pump you up to level 70 with medicine, I'm afraid it would be quite difficult! I think you'll stop at being a Soul Ancestor at most."

Huo Yuhao also chuckled in response. These two white rings were naturally not the true color of his soul rings; if he wanted to, he could turn both rings blood-red and scare this guy into wetting himself.

However, he had just arrived at the Sun Moon Empire and had not yet figured out how things worked here, so he dared not rashly expose his abilities. Just as Shrek Academy had its own set of rules, he believed this Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy also had its own code.

Once the situation was clear, he would show the people who needed to see it a portion of his true level.

Solving the person in front of him was actually simple; the opponent's spiritual power cultivation was far lower than Huo Yuhao's, and a single Soul Shock could end the battle. However, since Xiao Hongchen had entrusted him to win slowly, he planned to drag out the fight, let the opponent expose the nature of that soul tool, and then finish it in one blow.

The opponent's first yellow soul ring lit up, and at the same time, he shouted loudly and raised his soul tool, but it seemed that no effect appeared. Huo Yuhao scanned the area carefully with Spiritual Detection Sharing and found no changes; even the flow of the opponent's soul power showed no abnormalities.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao had already guessed the effect of this soul skill. A golden glint flashed in his eyes, and he leaped violently to the side.

Spiritual Interference!

The next second, a black beam carrying a terrifying aura landed on the spot where he had been standing just a moment before. Huo Yuhao understood; it really was an aiming-type soul skill!

The reason this ray landed to his rear-left was that the opponent had been aiming at the position of Huo Yuhao's heart.

Huo Yuhao glanced at the mark the ray left on the ground and felt a lingering fear. The ground that had been hit was currently being corroded at an astonishing speed, leaving a pitch-black hole in the floor.

Strange, Huo Yuhao thought, this was a soul fight triggered by verbal conflict, so even if they were eager to fight, it shouldn't have escalated to the point of wanting his life!

He had only spoken a few words to help a friend, and it was merely defensive rather than a counterattack; what could have made him harbor such murderous intent?

At this moment, Xiao Hongchen at the edge of the Soul Fighting Area was also frowning deeply. The soul power emitted by that soul tool was very strange; he was now on high alert, and if there was any possibility that the person might hurt Huo Yuhao, he would immediately enter the field to save him.

"Student Xiao, what is going on?"

Yu Rufeng's voice sounded behind Xiao Hongchen. Since students in his class were fighting, he, as the head teacher, had naturally arrived in time.

"Teacher Yu," Xiao Hongchen said without turning his head, "I am helping the academy eliminate a threat."

"Oh?" Yu Rufeng raised an eyebrow, "If it were truly a threat to the academy, it wouldn't be something you could handle, Student Xiao."

Xiao Hongchen was silent for a moment; clearly, he was also hesitating. He gripped his collar and said, "Teacher Yu, just protect me from the shadows. If you appear in the referee's seat, that kid might not use that soul tool again."

"Fine."

At this time, Huo Yuhao on the field was quickly assessing the current situation. He was also curious about the issue with that soul tool and decided to bait the opponent into using it one more time before ending the battle with Soul Shock.

Clearly, that last strike had drained most of the opponent's soul power. Through Spiritual Detection, Huo Yuhao could see it clearly: the opponent's soul power circulation had not only become rapid, but his dark forehead was already covered in beads of sweat the size of beans.

Having failed to land the hit, the opponent's expression had changed from certainty to a bit of anxiety. With his soul power, he was afraid he could only launch such an attack one more time.

If it had been anyone else as his opponent, that strike would have basically been a guaranteed hit; that aiming soul skill was extremely powerful, no longer resembling the might of a hundred-year soul ring.

Unfortunately, he had run into Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing and Spiritual Interference were both skills that countered him.

The opponent's second soul ring lit up, and this time Huo Yuhao saw the direction of his soul power circulation. A full-body enhancement skill; these two rings were truly a suitable configuration for a soul engineer.

Relying on his enhanced body, the boy rushed forward and threw a punch at Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao saw his attack path clearly; the latter dodged the punch with a light sidestep while pulling a small soul ray pistol from his storage soul tool, making it look like he was aiming at close range.

When the opponent saw the soul ray gun, he immediately pulled his arms back and shifted into a defensive posture.

Taking a shot at this distance was no joke!

However, Huo Yuhao did not fire; instead, he took this opportunity to quickly increase the distance between them again.

This gun was the one Huo Yuhao had bought at Shrek Academy. Therefore, he certainly couldn't fire it—he had already broken it when he studied it back then.

Just now, he had simply wrapped his soul power around the broken gun, making it look like it was still charging up, which successfully bought him the time to create distance.

Although the opponent was a two-ringed soul master, he was still in his first year, which meant his theoretical knowledge of soul tools was insufficient. Huo Yuhao believed he couldn't tell that there was no usable core array inside the gun.

In the back row, Yu Rufeng saw this scene and smiled knowingly. He was a Level 7 soul engineer and could naturally see at a glance that the gun was broken.

This kid named Huo Yuhao had even better combat experience and adaptability than he had imagined.

At this distance, if that person wanted to use his enhancement to rush over and launch an attack, the soul power consumed would leave him with insufficient energy to launch the soul tool again. By comparison, it was a better gamble to save his soul power to trigger the soul tool once more.

After all, most people would attribute missing the first shot to "shaky hands" or "bad luck"; those without sufficient spiritual cultivation would not realize they had been hit by an interference-type skill.

This was exactly Huo Yuhao's plan. The opponent had just wanted to stall for time to recover some soul power, so Huo Yuhao would give him the time to trigger the soul tool again.

Anyway, with Huo Yuhao's current spiritual power, he could cast Spiritual Interference ten more times if he wanted to.

Sure enough, the opponent could no longer hold back; his first soul ring flashed again, and the muzzle of that soul tool began to flicker with a pitch-black light.

Huo Yuhao moved his position slowly, bringing his back closer to the Soul Tool protective barrier.

The best way to understand the nature of soul power is to have it collide with another source of soul power. However, Huo Yuhao would never crash into it himself; otherwise, he would have to activate Ice Empress Bodyguard. He did not intend to expose the effects of his second martial soul's soul skills just yet.

Therefore, he chose to let that beam of black light strike the Soul Tool shield, allowing Xiao Hongchen to sense the nature of this soul power himself.

When the plan was being executed, Xiao Hongchen had already seen the mark Huo Yuhao made within the Spiritual Detection Sharing.

Using spiritual power to place markers within the shared connection was a technique Huo Yuhao had developed himself. This technique was originally intended to make it easier to command Chi Qiu and Wang Dong during the Shrek freshman assessment, as both of them focused on offense and were relatively weak in defense; but he soon discovered that this skill was extremely useful, as it could save the time required for verbal communication.

Clearly, Xiao Hongchen understood his mark and immediately placed his hand lightly on the Soul Tool shield, preparing to feel the tremors caused by the collision of soul power.

But the moment Huo Yuhao dodged the attack and the black soul ray struck the shield, Xiao Hongchen recoiled as if he had been severely burned, his eyes filled with deep wariness as he looked toward the stage.

"Yuhao, disengage now!" he shouted sharply. Following this, his third and fourth soul rings lit up, and several Soul Tools assembled in mid-air instantly; this ammunition was sufficient to intercept the opponent's next move.

Huo Yuhao had intended to do the same, though their understanding of "disengaging" differed. A golden light condensed in his eyes, and a Soul Shock was unleashed in response.

Consequently, before Xiao Hongchen could even fire the intercepting projectiles, the opponent collapsed to the ground, losing consciousness, and the black Soul Tool also fell to the floor. With a grim expression, he deactivated the Soul Tool barrier and walked onto the stage.

At the same time, Chi Qiu also walked quickly to Huo Yuhao's side: "Yuhao, are you injured anywhere?"

"I'm fine, Qiu'er." Huo Yuhao brushed off his sleeves, "The opponent's spiritual cultivation was relatively poor, so it was quite easy to deal with. Let's leave the issue of that Soul Tool to Brother Xiao and the others."

"What was going on with that Soul Tool?"

"I'm not sure. I only felt that the nature of the soul power was disgusting, but don't worry, Qiu'er, it didn't hurt me."

"Mm." Chi Qiu nodded, then said, "Wang Dong has been taken to the infirmary. Do you want to go see him after you rest for a while?"

"The infirmary?" Huo Yuhao was stunned. In his memory, there had only been a verbal conflict just now. "Could it be that his headaches are acting up again?"

"Yes."

"Alright, let's go see him together."

On the other side, Yu Rufeng and Xiao Hongchen stood guard on either side, and Meng Hongchen had also rushed over, currently examining the black Soul Tool.

"Brother, are you sure?" Meng Hongchen was wearing Soul Tool gloves, yet she still handled it with extreme caution, her face full of disgust.

"It can basically be confirmed." Xiao Hongchen nodded, "Teacher Yu also verified it just now."

"It is an Evil Soul Master, and a Soul Tool driven by their soul power... I'm afraid they were raised using the cultivation methods of Evil Soul Masters since they were young, which affected their temperament, making them so irritable and prone to killing."

"Are those guys really planning to infiltrate the academy, or even Mingde Hall?"

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