Dangerous Soul Fragments

Chapter: Dangerous Soul Fragments

"My name is Wang Dong." The boy with powder-blue hair sat on a tree stump. "Let's get to know each other. Let me see what you two are capable of."

This was the outskirts of Shrek City, a location Wang Dong had specifically chosen so the three of them could unleash their soul skills without restraint.

"Nice to meet you, Wang Dong. I'm Huo Yuhao." Huo Yuhao nodded at him.

"Chi Qiu." Chi Qiu replied briefly.

"Alright! Brother Huo, Miss Qiu, the two of you, spar with me."

As he spoke, Wang Dong had already released his martial soul. A pair of blue-gold butterfly wings erupted from his back, stirring up a gust of wind. Two soul rings rose from beneath his feet; surprisingly, they were one yellow and one purple, a soul ring configuration that exceeded the optimal ratio.

He tapped his toes against the ground and soared into the air, heading straight for Huo and Qiu.

Huo Yuhao did not rush to dodge. He stood his ground, his emerald eyes lighting up, and the white soul ring at his feet flickered unobtrusively.

First soul skill, Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Sharing!

With the attribute guidance, the range of his Spiritual Detection Sharing had significantly increased; he could now see every movement within an eighty-meter radius.

When Chi Qiu connected to his sharing, she was secretly startled.

After all, this was only the level of a thirteen-year-old!

"Only one ring, Brother Huo." In the blink of an eye, Wang Dong had lunged in front of them. "And a white one at that. Let's see what you've got!"

The next second, he used the momentum of his flight to throw a punch at Huo Yuhao.

This punch was fast. Although Wang Dong considered himself a power-attack soul master, his speed was not inferior to many agility-attack types. Ultimately, he felt that categorizing soul masters so easily was too one-sided.

However, Wang Dong did not expect that at such close range, his punch would miss Huo Yuhao entirely. Huo Yuhao seemed to have predicted his attack path in advance; he stepped back calmly, tilted his head, and let the force of the punch merely graze his bangs.

However, this posture also prevented him from immediately launching a counterattack. Still lacking experience! Wang Dong immediately adjusted his body to prepare for the next strike. The second punch headed straight for Huo Yuhao's chest.

At this moment, Chi Qiu, who had been watching from the sidelines, moved.

She also seemed to know exactly where Wang Dong's attack would land. With a single movement, she arrived beside Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao stepped back in tacit understanding, clearing the space for her. She splayed her fingers and caught Wang Dong's punch head-on with her palm.

In a contest of strength, Wang Dong had no advantage over Chi Qiu.

Wang Dong realized this quickly; he understood that he couldn't shake Chi Qiu's palm at all. He immediately retracted his strength, flapped his wings to retreat, and prepared to create distance to launch another attack.

However, the next second, a low dragon roar resounded. Golden light flared intensely on Chi Qiu, and a point of golden radiance flew straight toward Wang Dong with astonishing speed.

Furthermore, this golden light had predicted Wang Dong's landing spot!

By the time Wang Dong realized his movements had been predicted, it was already too late. His first soul ring flashed in a hurry, but before his butterfly wings could fully harden, the golden light threatened to pierce through him.

He hurriedly raised his hands: "I surrender!"

Before the words had even faded, the light vanished instantly. Chi Qiu stood not far from him, holding the Golden Dragon Spear, the tip of which was only three inches from Wang Dong's brow.

"Miss Qiu is so formidable!" Wang Dong took a small step back and sighed. "In all the time I've grown up, this is the first time I've encountered a peer I couldn't overpower in terms of raw strength."

"Then what do you think of Huo Yuhao?" Chi Qiu retracted the Golden Dragon Spear and asked indifferently.

"Brother Huo and Miss Qiu have great synergy." Wang Dong rubbed his chin. "However, I really couldn't tell what the first soul skill Brother Huo was using all this time..."

Huo Yuhao smiled: "You'll know once you use it."

He carefully extended his spiritual power toward Wang Dong. Wang Dong's cultivation in spiritual power was not high, so when Huo Yuhao connected him to the Spiritual Detection Sharing, he didn't even notice.

The next moment, Wang Dong's expression changed. He looked back at Huo Yuhao in shock, opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

Everything around them could be seen with absolute clarity; the world within the detection range was like a creator's sandbox. At this moment, he felt as if he had suddenly entered a new dimension, and his perspective on all things in the world was completely different.

This... calling it a god's perspective would not be an exaggeration...

One ring, a single white ring, and he could achieve this level? And the range wasn't small either...

"This is my first soul skill, Spiritual Detection Sharing." Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power to send a voice to the two of them within the shared skill.

When Chi Qiu turned to look at Wang Dong, Wang Dong discovered that he could even see the trajectory of every single strand of hair in Chi Qiu's golden locks.

"No wonder Brother Huo and Miss Qiu's coordination was so good just now... it turns out I was completely predicted."

He was immersed in the shock and took a moment to recover, saying stiffly: "It's Shrek's loss if they don't accept you. Wait here for me, I'll go get your exemption certificate for special admission."

After saying that, Wang Dong walked away quickly.

Turning off the Spiritual Detection Sharing, Huo Yuhao wiped away cold sweat and said to Chi Qiu: "You were too scary just now. I thought you were going to kill Wang Dong."

Chi Qiu shook her head gently. "No," she said. "Even if Wang Dong hadn't surrendered, I would have stopped. I know my limits. I just wanted to test exactly where her strength lies."

She had indeed been testing Wang Dong just now, wanting to see what Wang Dong's true strength was when her life was threatened by the Golden Dragon Spear.

The result of the test was obtained: Wang Dong was currently truly only a two-ring Soul Grand Master.

"Is there a problem with Wang Dong's strength?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"...No," she said. "I initially suspected that she had done something to me, but I quickly realized she didn't have the ability."

"Done something to you? What happened just now?"

"Huo Yuhao, where would you say Wang Dong's spiritual cultivation is?" Chi Qiu asked.

Huo Yuhao thought for a moment: "She didn't react to the connection of the Spiritual Detection Sharing, so it should be below mine."

"Yes," Chi Qiu said, "but just now, right after she arrived, I suddenly discovered that a soul fragment had easily breached my spiritual defense and was about to contaminate my Sea of Consciousness."

This sentence gave both Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm inside his Sea of Consciousness a sudden jolt. Having one's Sea of Consciousness contaminated was by no means a trivial matter.

The Sea of Consciousness, even for those who do not cultivate spiritual power, is the place where memories, willpower, and even one's personality are stored. If the Sea of Consciousness were to be contaminated, it would mean that one's very personality could change!

Given the strength Wang Dong had just displayed, she truly shouldn't have possessed such an ability.

"Then what happened to that soul fragment now?" Huo Yuhao asked nervously, "Is your Sea of Consciousness alright?"

Chi Qiu nodded: "Mm. I have temporarily isolated it from my Sea of Consciousness, and it hasn't contaminated me yet. It's fortunate that I was connected via Spiritual Detection Sharing at the time, which kept my mind focused enough to notice this dangerous fragment."

"That's good. This matter... we must find a way to figure out what's going on; it's too dangerous."

Just then, another aged voice suddenly rang out within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness:

"Matters of the soul are truly familiar territory for this old man."